Three Kingdoms: Using Strategy Simulations to Become Xuande's Chief Strategist

Li Ji transmigrated to the late Han Dynasty and lived alone in the wilderness for nine hundred days, growing so hungry he was on the verge of death. At last, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei arrived. But in three simulated runs, he died three times. Playing hard to get got him beaten to death by Zhang Fei's whip. Bluffing got him caught out by Guan Yu. Even a direct confrontation ended with him stumped by the Spring and Autumn Annals. For his final attempt, he threw caution to the wind: no more pretending, he'd lay everything out. The Yellow Turbans would reach Zhuo Commandery within ten days. Zhang Fei called him a spy, while Guan Yu watched coldly from the sidelines. Li Ji drew a map of Zhuo Commandery in front of everyone, carefully analyzing everything from the enemy's route to Liu Yan's fear of fighting. The three brothers were left stunned.

Zhang Fei led the "Eighteen Riders of Yan Yun" out to scout the enemy, asking Li Ji to give them a name before he left. Liu Bei was still worrying about food for five hundred men, while Li Ji was already planning to recruit the surrendered Yellow Turbans. Five hundred men would become five thousand, and with a strong, well-equipped army, they'd go to meet Liu Yan. Guan Yu privately asked Liu Bei, "Can this man really be trusted?" Liu Bei held the map Li Ji had drawn by hand. "Anyone who can draw this map could go anywhere in the world. Yet he chose to follow me."

As he leafed through the Spring and Autumn Annals in the Zhang family study, Li Ji thought to himself: Guan, this time I won't let you stump me again. In this chaotic age, he would carve out a path to survival with his wits.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.