Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As soon as these words were spoken, the person with the most unsightly expression was not Xianyu Fu, who had been refuted, but rather Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan had not discussed this with anyone before, but what he had in mind was to concentrate his forces as much as possible and, with his understanding of Youzhou's terrain,绕到 the eastern side of Yuyang City.

Then, when the Wuhuan were attacking Yuyang City and had gained a firm foothold, he would launch a surprise attack on the rear of the Wuhuan cavalry.

However, after Li Ji's analysis, Gongsun Zan felt that what he intended to do was being evaluated as worthless, and might even fall into the Wuhuan's trap.

Based on his understanding of the Wuhuan, Gongsun Zan almost subconsciously felt that the mere Wuhuan would not think of setting up such a trap, but after Gongsun Zan, who had experienced many battles, calmed down slightly, his brow furrowed involuntarily.

If the attack failed, the Han army, consisting of both infantry and cavalry, would not be able to shake off the Wuhuan cavalry on the plains, no matter what.

Unless Gongsun Zan hardened his heart and abandoned all the infantry, only leading the cavalry to break through.

Otherwise, the only outcome would likely be the one Li Ji predicted: being surrounded and annihilated in the wilderness.

Li Ji glanced at Gongsun Zan, whose expression was constantly changing, out of the corner of his eye, in reality, these words were implicitly directed at Gongsun Zan.

Li Ji had long guessed Gongsun Zan's plan, but Gongsun Zan was too headstrong, which meant that he often would not listen to others' advice easily.

Therefore, Li Ji knew that Gongsun Zan's actions were inadvisable, but he did not explicitly or directly劝说 Gongsun Zan, otherwise Gongsun Zan might not accept it due to face, and might even provoke a rebellious psychology to try to prove himself.

Obviously, this kind of indirect reminder was more likely to be accepted by Gongsun Zan, otherwise Gongsun Zan would have scolded and refuted it at the first moment.

However, Xianyu Fu clearly did not know that he was not the main subject, but felt that his proposal was being criticized by Li Ji as worthless, which made Xianyu Fu, who was fully entrusted with military affairs under Liu Yu, feel that he had lost some face, and he retorted sarcastically.

"What Zikun先生 said was that we need to disintegrate the Wuhuan's gathering勢力, but if we don't send troops to Yuyang City, do you think we can persuade the Wuhuan to withdraw their troops with just a silver tongue in Ji City?"

After Xianyu Fu finished speaking, he deliberately laughed loudly.

Immediately, many generals who followed Xianyu Fu's lead also laughed along with him.

For Liu Yu's confidants, they had only heard that Liu Yu had personally greeted Li Ji outside the door twice, and had even had Congshi Qi Zhou take Li Ji to personally inspect important places such as the barracks, treasury, and granary, which naturally aroused jealousy and dissatisfaction in many people!

Whether it was Liu Yu's courtesy, or the worry that military power would be夺, Xianyu Fu and others would subconsciously target Li Ji, an outsider.

A mere郡丞 from a remote place in Yangzhou, the reputation circulating among scholars would naturally not be taken seriously by Xianyu Fu and other粗 from the northern regions.

It was only because Li Ji had once assisted Liu Bei in defeating the Yellow Turbans in Zhuo郡, otherwise Xianyu Fu and other generals would have been even more blatant.

In this burst of laughter full of sarcasm and contempt, Li Ji still maintained his indifferent expression, and even slowly took out a folding fan from his sleeve and fanned himself leisurely, as if these laughter were nothing more than a gentle breeze caressing his face.

Regarding this situation, Li Ji could only say that he had expected it.

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Moreover, Li Ji was still an outsider, if Xianyu Fu and others had not the slightest thought in their hearts, Li Ji would have wondered if he had some kind of aura that made people surrender upon seeing him.

However, Li Ji did not show the slightest anger, but Liu Yu, who was sitting at the head of the table, voice沉, heavily slammed his palm on the table, and scolded.

"Quiet! With foreign enemies present, Zikun先生 is a great贤 of the world, even Lu Zigang has praised him greatly, how are you equal to Lu Zigang? How can you laugh and ridicule him?"

Immediately, the laughter of Xianyu Fu and others almost stopped, these words were obviously extremely heavy, so that Xianyu Fu and others were somewhat afraid to look directly at Liu Yu, who rarely became angry.

Li Ji then bowed slightly to Liu Yu and said.

"Lord Liu, General Xianyu is only worried about the war, and一心为公."

"This is a military discussion, how can private intentions废公事, let it not happen again."

Liu Yu said in a deep voice, and then bowed slightly to Li Ji, saying.

"Let Zikun先生 laugh, please continue, how can we disintegrate the Wuhuan's gathering勢力."

"This matter... is not difficult!"

Li Ji first said confidently, then turned and walked back to the map, pointing at Yuyang City and said.

"If we go to Yuyang City to obstruct and迎战 the Wuhuan head-on, it would be attacking the strong with the weak, and we might fall into the trap set by the贼人. Therefore, we might as well adopt the strategy of '圍魏救趙', attacking what the enemy must save, and we can naturally disintegrate the Wuhuan's gathering勢力 without any顾忌?"

圍魏救趙?

Attacking what the enemy must save?

As soon as these words were spoken, many generals present felt that a new idea had been opened up.

Because the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Xiqiang, Wuhuan and other异族 were mostly the主动劫掠 side, the Han Dynasty was basically in a defensive反击 position, which in turn made many generals fall into a惯性思维.

For a time, some generals almost subconsciously discussed with each other.

"But, how to attack the place that the Wuhuan must save?"

"This is a good method, but the Wuhuan people's most valued圣山, Wuhuan Mountain, is far in the depths of the草原, who can效仿 Champion Marquis and go deep into the草原 to directly attack Wuhuan Mountain?"

"Difficult, difficult, difficult."

"Why attack Wuhuan Mountain?"

Li Ji's voice interrupted the generals' discussion, and then he said.

"During the Jianwu years, a large number of Wuhuan people moved into Bing and Youzhou, and even the current Wuhuan King Qiuli居 also lives in Han territory."

"Living in Han territory, eating Han grain, serving as Han臣, but having rebellious thoughts and attacking Han cities,劫掠 Han people, it is extremely hateful."

"Can the寇 go, and the Han army cannot go?"

"Since the Wuhuan within Han territory have rebelled, we Han臣 should quell the rebellion, why not send a cavalry force out from the northern part of Guangyang, and then绕至 the Wuhuan settlements in Yuyang郡, sweeping all the way to Youbeiping and Liaoxi."

"In this way, many Wuhuan who have sent troops from various部落 within Youzhou will be panic-stricken, and it is even impossible to turn a blind eye to that cavalry force, the gathering勢力 will naturally解散!"

As Li Ji's steady yet飘逸 voice fell, Gongsun Zan almost subconsciously stood up and撫掌 praised loudly.

"Good! What a 'attacking what the enemy must save, 圍魏救趙'!!"

"How can we only allow the Wuhuan贼子 to劫掠 Han people and treat my Great Han as nothing, this kind of fickle蛮夷, should be repaid with牙还牙 with an眼还眼, if he kills one of my Han people, I will屠 him five!"

However, Liu Yu, upon hearing these words, looked hesitant and said.

"Wait, Zikun先生, those Wuhuan settlements are probably mostly old, weak, women and children left, wouldn't屠戮 old, weak, women and children make my Great Han seem as cruel as the Wuhuan?"

"Furthermore, I am afraid that this method will instead enrage the Wuhuan, causing the Wuhuan to form a血海深仇 with the Great Han, and also to retaliate by屠戮 Han people."

Gongsun Zan, upon hearing this, almost blurted out a rebuttal.

"Pedantic!! Could it be that only the Wuhuan are allowed to kill Han people? Or do you, Liu Boan, have other methods?"

Xianyu Fu and others, seeing this, immediately stood up to reprimand Gongsun Zan's rude behavior.

"Bold! Gongsun Zan."

"Are you trying to以以下犯上?"

"Don't be rude in front of the Lord."

Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan's confidants, although fewer in number, also stood up to反唇相讥 at Xianyu Fu and others.

For a time, the atmosphere of this military discussion became tense, with both sides assuming a剑拔弩张 posture.

However, both Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan understood that with a great enemy at hand, internal strife must not occur.

Therefore, this 剑拔弩张之势 only lasted for a few breaths before being stopped by Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan respectively.

Afterwards, Liu Yu ignored Gongsun Zan, the武夫, and turned to look at Li Ji, asking.

"Zikun先生, could it be that besides this plan, there is no other method?"

Li Ji拱了拱手 and said.

"Lord Liu, please forgive me for my meager talent, I can only think of this feasible strategy for the time being. And as long as this strategy succeeds, according to Ji's estimation, it can at least lead away about 80,000 Wuhuan cavalry to围剿 that raiding cavalry."

In a sense, this was undoubtedly a攻守易形.

Originally, the Wuhuan cavalry had the advantage of the Youzhou plains, but conversely, the same number of Wuhuan cavalry wanting to围剿 the Han army cavalry was also impossible.

Moreover, supplemented by虚实之计 to confuse the Wuhuan, Li Ji 推演 out that nearly half of the Wuhuan cavalry had been led away using the "Strategy Simulator".

This sentence undoubtedly completely persuaded Liu Yu.

Originally, cavalry could not exert as much effect as infantry when defending a city, so if deploying Youzhou cavalry could lead away nearly half of the Wuhuan cavalry, then it would undoubtedly reduce the pressure faced by Ji City.

Even if the subsequent number of Wuhuan, reduced by half, still came to attack Ji City, but with the obvious narrowing of the gap in strength between the two sides, not only would the Wuhuan not be able to攻得下 Ji City.

Even the Wuhuan would not dare to divide their forces into two parts easily, one part to钳制 Ji City, and the other part to continue south to扫荡劫掠, lest they be分而破之 by the Han army.

Liu Yu, combining this with the battle situation that Li Ji had analyzed for him before, even though his personality was as conservative as his, he still had to admit that he was completely心动, and this plan could indeed perfectly solve the current crisis in Youzhou.

"Wait, Lord."

Just then, Qi Zhou, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Congshi Qi, do you have any insights?" Liu Yu asked.

"Indeed."

Qi Zhou first bowed to Li Ji, and then said.

"Mr. Zikun's plan is indeed effective in greatly alleviating the current crisis in Youzhou, but those Wuhuan people who have settled in Han lands have been here for over a hundred years and are already very familiar with the surrounding terrain."

"Furthermore, if the Wuhuan cavalry, as Mr. Zikun anticipates, deploys eighty thousand horsemen to encircle and suppress them, then that cavalry force sent to attack... will be in grave danger!"

"Once that cavalry force is annihilated, they will inevitably return to Ji City with even greater fury, and the disaster will be even worse." (End of Chapter)