Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Now that Ruyang has been captured and Yuan Shu has surrendered, the aristocratic families of Yu Province have also been severely damaged.

Therefore, pacifying the Yellow Turbans in Yu Province has become an urgent matter for Li Ji.

Although Li Ji has someone above him in the Yu Province Yellow Turbans, he still needs to handle it carefully to avoid causing unnecessary casualties and affecting the morale of the people.

When Zhang Jiao died that year, the Yellow Turban Rebellion seemed to have ended, but the remnants of the Yellow Turbans scattered throughout the Han Dynasty have not been completely eliminated to this day.

Li Ji naturally does not want such a situation to occur in Yu Province.

To pacify the Yellow Turbans so quickly, Li Ji had a plan in mind, but it also required Liu Bei's cooperation.

Therefore, while Li Ji was designing Ruyang City, he also sent a letter to Xiapi City, asking Liu Bei to come to Ruyang City.

If another lord received such a letter from a commander leading troops outside, it would not be an overstatement to say that they would be furious and would definitely suspect that Li Ji had set up hundreds of axemen in Ruyang City.

Waiting for Liu Bei to arrive in Ruyang City, he would give an order to chop Liu Bei into mincemeat, and then lead troops to rebel.

But this was Li Ji's letter, and the recipient was Liu Bei.

Upon receiving the letter, Liu Bei did not delay for even a moment, and happily led Xu Shu, Zhou Tai, and Chen Dao, guarded by the White Feather Army, towards Yu Province, impatiently going to meet Li Ji.

By the time Li Ji controlled Ruyang City and, through the mouths of the Yu Province aristocratic families, began to convey the news of Yuan Shu's defeat and surrender to the other Yu Province commanderies and kingdoms, it had not even been five days.

Liu Bei had already rushed to Ruyang City by flying boat and fast horse, arriving a full day earlier than Li Ji had expected.

When someone came to report this news, Li Ji hurriedly wanted to go out to meet him, but Liu Bei had already entered the gate of the State Shepherd's mansion.

"Zikun!"

Liu Bei looked at Li Ji's slightly astonished expression and greeted him with a happy face, asking.

"Why is Zikun so flustered..."

After a pause, Liu Bei looked past Li Ji towards the main hall behind him and said meaningfully.

"Could it be that Zikun is doing something that cannot be seen? Could it be that there is some beauty in Yuan Gonglu's mansion that attracts Zikun to indulge during the day..."

Li Ji couldn't help but smile wryly and quickly interrupted, saying.

"My lord is joking."

Liu Bei noticed that Li Ji's expression seemed a little strange, and his eyes shifted to the side.

Years of tacit understanding caused Liu Bei's expression to become slightly serious, and then he looked in the direction indicated by Li Ji, and a person that Liu Bei completely did not expect appeared before his eyes...

Yuan Shu, Yuan Gonglu!

Recalling the words he had just said, even Liu Bei couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed.

In front of someone, joking about whether Zikun was playing with someone's beauty in broad daylight, this was really a bit unkind.

And although Yuan Shu also knew that prisoners had no dignity to speak of, he should at least avoid people a little, being humiliated in front of everyone like this.

The always proud Yuan Shu's face first turned green, then flushed red, and he couldn't help but leave on the spot.

Seeing this, Li Ji knew that this was a misunderstanding, but he did not want to add fuel to the fire by trying to persuade or explain anything.

Some misunderstandings really cannot be explained in a few words.

Even if Li Ji enlightened Yuan Shu, he couldn't possibly tell Yuan Shu to emulate Goujian, enduring humiliation for the sake of the Yuan clan, right?

Looking at Yuan Shu's departing figure, Liu Bei, realizing what had happened, quickly pulled Li Ji aside and asked in a low voice.

"Zikun, why is Yuan Gonglu here?"

"Yuan Shu has surrendered," Li Ji replied.

"Ah?"

Liu Bei made a sound full of doubt.

Based on Liu Bei's understanding of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was definitely not someone who would willingly surrender, so how could he willingly be a prisoner?

Immediately, Li Ji explained to Liu Bei in detail the reasons and process of Yuan Shu's surrender.

Because Liu Bei had immediately rushed to Ruyang City upon receiving the letter, he knew nothing about the details of Li Ji's capture of Ruyang City.

Even the fact that Li Ji had already captured Ruyang City was only known to Liu Bei when he arrived near Ruyang City.

After all, Liu Bei's speed on the road was not much slower than that of the messenger, which made Li Ji marvel at how surprisingly fast Liu Bei's speed was when leading a small group of troops.

No wonder, in the original trajectory, Liu Bei was able to leave the name "Liu Runaway" in later generations, repeatedly losing and running away, never being caught.

And upon learning of Yuan Shu's surrender, Liu Bei's joy was overflowing.

He understood that at this juncture, Yuan Shu's surrender would allow Liu Bei to recruit countless Yuan clan students and former officials for his own use, making up for one of his biggest shortcomings at the moment.

After all, even if Liu Bei had academies constantly cultivating official talents, in just a few years, Liu Bei's territory had expanded like a balloon from Wu Commandery to the four provinces of Jing, Yang, Yu, and Xu, not to mention.

Even the three places of Jiaozhou, Yizhou, and Yingzhou also had a huge shortage of talents.

Furthermore, Liu Bei also knew that no matter how much the academies cultivated, it was impossible to cultivate enough talents to govern and control the entire Han Dynasty with just one academy.

Therefore, Yuan Shu's surrender would undoubtedly greatly alleviate the current predicament of rapid territorial expansion, resulting in a lack of people to use, and would allow the four provinces of Jing, Yang, Yu, and Xu to stabilize as soon as possible.

"Good, good, good, Zikun has worked hard. With Zikun's help, what more could I ask for?"

Liu Bei, who couldn't help but sigh again, obviously didn't expect Li Ji to be secretly arranging the title of "Liu Runaway" in his heart at this moment.

Li Ji's expression became slightly serious, and setting aside his slight offense towards Liu Bei in his heart, he said solemnly.

"For the lord, Yuan Shu is of great use. Although it is possible to put him under house arrest, if we can get Yuan Shu's full assistance..."

After a pause, Li Ji pointed to the north and said.

"Yuan Shao in Hebei left behind many famous ministers and brave generals. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi may not be able to use them, and they may choose to go south and join the lord, so as not to benefit Cao Thief."

Liu Bei nodded and replied, "Zikun, don't worry, I am quite confident in how to win over Yuan Shu."

Speaking of this, Li Ji realized that this was not the place to talk, and entered the main hall with Liu Bei.

After Li Ji explained the current situation in Yu Province to Liu Bei, Liu Bei waved his hand to dismiss the attendants and said with some confusion.

"The situation in Yu Province is very good, I wonder what important matter Zikun asked me to come to Ruyang for?"

"Nothing else, it is precisely about the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province," Li Ji replied.

"Zikun wants to pacify the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province, but it is a matter of one word..."

After a pause, Liu Bei frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.

"Could it be that Gan Xingba has developed rebellious intentions? No, Xingba is not interested in power and values ​​kindness and righteousness very much. He will definitely not betray us."

"My lord is wise," Li Ji said, flattering him.

"Xingba does not have any different intentions, but it is easy to let Xingba abandon the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province, but it is extremely difficult to solve the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province peacefully."

It's like being draped in a yellow robe.

When the position reaches a certain level, even if the person wants to retire bravely, it is not so easy.

Even if Gan Ning has high prestige among the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province, forcing the Yellow Turbans of Yu Province to disband, they may not be willing to pick up their hoes again, and may even add tens of thousands of bandits to Yu Province.