Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Clearly, this wasn't the kind of concern Sima Yi wanted, but it forcefully stopped him from uttering the words of wanting to feign illness and escape.

No matter how much Sima Yi pretended to be sick, or even if he really fell ill.

With Zhang Zhongjing's top disciple in the army, he could be treated properly, and there was no possibility of arranging for Sima Yi to return to the rear alone to recuperate.

More importantly, once Sima Yi's pulse was taken, whether there was anything wrong couldn't be concealed at all.

"Thank you for your concern, teacher, but a slight discomfort is not worth bothering you," Sima Yi refused gratefully.

"Are you sure you don't need it?" Li Ji asked again.

"Marching and fighting are not child's play, and this disciple would not dare to distract the teacher with such trivial matters," Sima Yi cupped his fist and said.

"Very well. However, Yi'er is still young, and it is very arduous to follow the army all the way. Do not hide any discomforts."

Having seen through everything, Li Ji did not insist and dismissed Sima Yi.

Watching Sima Yi retreat on his little pony, a thoughtful look appeared in Li Ji's eyes.

In terms of compatibility, Liu Bei's compatibility with Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu is undoubtedly the best.

Secondly, people like Pang Tong, who crave attention and recognition, are also gradually devoted to Liu Bei.

Sima Yi is an exception.

Similar to Jia Xu, Sima Yi is also good at self-preservation and has a very low moral bottom line.

To be used but not fully trusted, that is the characteristic of such people.

In his lifetime, Li Ji will surely fulfill his long-cherished wish with Liu Bei to unify the world, but eventually, the Han Dynasty will need to be handed over to the next generation.

And the Han Dynasty is very large, and there is no absolute perfection in the world. Some dirty work will inevitably require some capable people to do.

Sima Yi is undoubtedly a suitable candidate.

The enemy's foe is our hero.

If the dirty work Sima Yi does is seen by the foreign tribes, it may not be the hero of the Han Dynasty.

It's just that Li Ji believes that Sima Yi still needs to be carefully sculpted and polished before he can be truly useful.

There can be no moral bottom line, but the ideal and belief must be engraved in Sima Yi's bones.

What is Han?

And what is a Han Chinese.

As long as Sima Yi always maintains his heart towards the Han Dynasty and maintains the principles of a Han Chinese, then there will be no need to worry about the tomb tiger biting his own people when Sima Yi is released in the future.

Just as Li Ji was thinking about the cultivation arrangements for Sima Yi, Wei Yan and Pang Tong rushed over with joyful expressions.

Leading troops alone is almost every general's pursuit, which represents recognition of ability and even higher trust from the lord.

How could Wei Yan, who wholeheartedly pursues progress, and Pang Tong, who wholeheartedly wants to be recognized, not be excited?

After Wei Yan and Pang Tong saluted, Liu Bei's tone was majestic and trusting as he explained that he would let them lead a detachment to Tan County.

"Wen Chang, do you have confidence?" Liu Bei asked.

"Yan is willing to make a military pledge. If he does not take Tan County, he will come to see you with his head."

Wei Yan, with a look of excitement, was unwilling to let go of this great opportunity for progress and responded loudly.

These words not only startled Liu Bei and Li Ji, but Pang Tong's ugly face instantly squeezed into a ball.

Tan County is not so easy to take.

Not to mention that Xun Yu is personally stationed in Tan County, and there are many defenders in Tan County. A deep invasion behind enemy lines to attack Tan County will inevitably attract the surrounding Cao troops to quickly come to support.

Liu Bei is not a harsh lord, and he also knows that going deep alone is a very risky thing. Whether 10,000 soldiers can capture Tan County is undoubtedly unknown.

Compared to a Tan County, Liu Bei values Wei Yan and Pang Tong, these two promising talents.

Therefore, Liu Bei said warmly.

"The military pledge is waived. It would be best if Wen Chang could capture Tan County. Even if he cannot capture Tan County, it would be a great achievement to temporarily cut off Cao's grain supply and attract some Cao troops to return to Tan County for support."

"If things cannot be done, Wen Chang should prioritize self-preservation and do not force it."

"Otherwise, losing General Wen Chang would be tantamount to losing an arm to Bei."

In terms of winning people's hearts, Liu Bei is more than a notch better than Liu Biao. In these few words, he won Wei Yan's heart and made Wei Yan wish he could die for Liu Bei on the spot.

Originally, Wei Yan, who was riding a horse and listening to orders, couldn't help but dismount, kneel on the ground, and shout.

"Yan is willing to die for the lord."

Liu Bei also quickly dismounted and personally helped Wei Yan up. While naturally dusting Wei Yan off, he said.

"Then Bei will wait for the day to celebrate Wen Chang's victory."

"Yes, Lord," Wei Yan responded loudly with burning eyes.

Immediately, Liu Bei asked Li Ji.

"Zi Kun, do you have anything you need to explain?"

"Indeed, I have a few words."

Li Ji responded and dismounted, walking to the side of the army's marching route with Wei Yan and Pang Tong, and then said.

"Wen Chang, do you know why I recommended you to lead troops to Tan County?"

Wei Yan was slightly stunned, and then quickly saluted and thanked him.

"Yan will never forget the Governor's recommendation. In the future, if the Governor needs anything, Yan…"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Li Ji interrupted Wei Yan's next speech in annoyance.

Wei Yan is quite good in all aspects of military ability, but it is clear that his political level is just like that, but he is full of thoughts about progress and forming cliques.

Not to mention that Li Ji's recommendation of Wei Yan was not entirely for the purpose of forming cliques. More importantly, Wei Yan completely could not see that Li Ji had no need to form cliques at all.

If Li Ji wanted to form cliques, the number one chair would probably be Liu Bei himself, so what is the need to form cliques, and what can Wei Yan do if he is brought in?

"I've said it many times, I'm very happy that you remember the kindness of the recommendation, but as a military general, focusing your energy on forming cliques makes me very unhappy."

Li Ji scolded in a low voice, scaring Wei Yan to repeatedly say yes.

In Li Ji's view, it is taboo for civil officials to command military generals to fight, as in the Song Dynasty, but conversely, it is even more taboo for military generals to participate in politics and form cliques.

How did Zhao Kuangyin put on the yellow robe?

And why did Zhu Yuanzhang kill the Huaixi nobles in his later years?

Therefore, Li Ji has been intentionally or unintentionally promoting the separation of civil and military affairs. Even Guan Yu, who is now going to Jingzhou to be stationed, cannot actually interfere in Jingzhou's political affairs.

Even Li Ji has been intentionally returning military power during peacetime, but his arm cannot twist his thigh, and Liu Bei really stuffed it to him, making Li Ji feel very helpless to always hang the name of Grand Governor as a special case.

However, apart from Li Ji, the division of labor between civil and military affairs within the entire Liu Bei group is quite obvious. Military generals must not interfere in political affairs, and civil servants have no opportunity to get involved in military power.

The staff group proposed by Li Ji this time is also one of the solutions to maintain this balance.

But being scolded by Li Ji like this scared Wei Yan into a sweat.

This was not the first time Li Ji had pointed out Wei Yan, but Wei Yan had subconsciously thought that Li Ji was deliberately pretending to be reserved.

Only at this moment was Wei Yan really scared.

(End of this chapter)