magic high school

Chapter 70: Send! Fast forward to the southward migration of the elite.

If it weren't for the "Sima" banner, Li Ge probably wouldn't have been able to figure out who "Deng Shizai" was or what time it was for a long time.

Deng Ai, courtesy name Shizai, was captured in early 264 AD for plotting a rebellion. Sima Zhao's men escorted him from Chengdu back to Luoyang.

During the transport, he was attacked and killed by people instigated by Zhong Hui.

In other words, by this time Shu Han had already fallen, Liu Shan (A Dou) was enjoying himself in Luoyang and had forgotten about Shu, and the entire world was basically under the control of the Jin Dynasty.

Moreover, it is now the end of the Three Kingdoms period, and Li Ge only knows the general outline of what happened at this time. There is no way around it, because in her previous life, all the stories of the Three Kingdoms basically went fast-forward after the Imperial Uncle Bai Di entrusted his son to the emperor.

Then, the story of the Prime Minister falling five zhang away signifies the end of the Three Kingdoms period. The story then fast-forwards to Jiang Boyue's "My plan failed because it was fate," which means that the Three Kingdoms period has officially ended.

Therefore, Li Ge only has a general impression of this history, and is completely clueless about all the details.

No, Li Ge thought for a moment. The Sima family hadn't completely usurped the throne yet; at least on the surface, it was still Cao Wei.

But it's all meaningless now. When Cao Mao was kicked to death by the roadside by Sima Zhao's men a few years ago, it meant that Cao Wei was completely defeated and didn't even have the slightest power to resist.

Of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, Cao Wei was the first to fall. What was most disgusting about the Sima family was that they actually usurped the throne under the banner of restoring the Han dynasty.

Looking at the "fall of the heavens and sinking of the land" in the exam information, isn't this just fast-forwarding to the War of the Eight Princes, the southward migration of the elite, and then the Northern and Southern Dynasties?

Li Ge was completely dumbfounded.

No, why at this time?!

Back when Dong Zhuo was in power, Li Ge could still mend things, or during the warlord era, he could even use his future advantages to find a way to rise to prominence and then assist Cao Cao, the Imperial Uncle, or even Sun Ce! He could quickly end the internal strife.

Even later, while the Prime Minister was still alive, Li Ge could still manage to pull off some big things.

Even later, when Shu Han still existed, Li Ge could have found a way to assassinate Sima Zhao and stir up trouble between the Sima family and Cao Wei!

Why now?! Cao Wei is like a stray dog ​​on the roadside, Shu Han is already too happy to think of home, Sun Hao of Jiangdong is nothing but a skeleton in a tomb, a beast among beasts, and the Sima family has basically taken control of the whole world.

What are we supposed to do? We can't possibly overthrow the Sima family like this with our four-person team under magic ban, can we?

Or should we fast forward to the War of the Eight Princes, the migration of the elite to the south? And then have these people put on a survival show in the wilderness?

Li Ge was completely distraught. Yi Lian, Xiao Ye, and Valerie, unaware of the gravity of the situation, were still analyzing the situation on the other side.

"There are hundreds of riders in total. We're really going to have a hard time dealing with them since they're under the spell ban," Xiaoye said.

"Yes, hundreds of people. If it weren't for the magic ban, we could have launched a strong attack, but right now I think we're at our best if each of us can only take on a few dozen riders," Yi Lian analyzed from the side.

Valerie looked at Li Ge and then at Yi Lian with a bewildered expression, and said, "I'll do as you say!"

Li Ge: "..."

The issue isn't just about these few dozen or a few hundred riders. Li Ge knows that even though they've been banned from using magic, they would still be formidable generals on par with Xiang Yu in ancient times.

No, let alone Xiang Yu, even a group of Xiang Yus probably couldn't beat these guys who were under the spell ban.

In their current state, each of them possesses a combat strength roughly equivalent to that of a peerless master in a martial arts novel. In history, they could indeed wreak havoc, but as Xiaoye said, a single one could at most take on a few dozen cavalrymen.

But the problem is, Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu are all finished now. There's no longer any force capable of turning the tide against the Sima family. Who can we rely on? Me? Just the two of us, these two smiling tigers and two black sharks, can we overthrow the powerful clans and the Jin Dynasty while under a spell-banned state? Really?

How about the school gives us a plane ticket to Shinjuku? We can go and try to get the Suku Nao card; maybe that will increase our chances.

Li Ge instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, losing all her dreams.

"What's wrong? Li Ge, say something!" Yi Lian noticed that her group had been discussing tactics for a long time, while Li Ge, the intelligence officer, had been hanging up on the sidelines, so she immediately urged him.

Li Ge: "..."

He felt such despair only because he had intelligence.

Even if it were six months earlier, Li Ge felt that it was possible to salvage the situation. If it were a few years earlier, when Cao Mao was still alive, Li Ge even considered whether he could join Cao Mao and overthrow the Sima family.

but now……

"It's hopeless, there's no hope at all, the Han Dynasty is gone... the Han Dynasty is gone..." Li Ge could only mutter to himself.

Fast forward to the story of the southward migration of the Han Chinese.

Yilian, Xiaoye, and Valerie: "?"

"What's wrong with him? Has he gone crazy again?" Xiaoye complained.

"I guess so..." Yilian whispered among herself.

Li Ge: "..."

He took a deep breath and decided to briefly share the information he had gathered with the entire squad.

"I know this place. Now, don't be afraid of what I'm about to tell you!" Li Ge took a deep breath and began to recount the brief events from the end of the Han Dynasty to the present day as quickly as possible.

"So now, the Sima family has basically unified the world, and there is no force that can threaten the Sima family. As for preventing the sinking of the Central Plains during the exam, I estimate that it is to overthrow the Sima family..." Li Ge finished speaking briefly.

In that instant, Yi Lian and Xiao Ye both fell silent, their expressions instantly mirroring the pained expressions on Li Ge's face.

Tired, let's destroy it, quickly...

As for Valerie, she looked like she was wondering, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?" when Li Ge was halfway through his story.

"Is it possible that you guessed wrong, and the sinking of Shenzhou doesn't refer to the Sima family? Otherwise, asking us, who are forbidden from magic, to overthrow an empire is really asking too much of us, isn't it?" Yilian also complained.

Li Ge took a deep breath and then quickly recounted the War of the Eight Princes, the southward migration of the elite, and the general outline of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

To put it simply, back then everyone knew how to get along with people, everyone could get on the table, and there were always two-legged sheep everywhere. Claypot rice really did contain babies, wife cakes really did contain wife meat, and husband and wife lung slices were really made with the lungs of a husband and wife...

Ripple and Xiaoye: "..."

Although they had even seen the twisted and terrifying Datong Cult during the last monthly exam, they still got goosebumps after hearing Li Ge's description.

"Let's put aside where you got this intelligence for now. So, the most important question right now is, what should we do?" Xiaoye immediately retorted. "If your intelligence is correct, then we're in a hopeless situation..."

"That's why I was wearing that pain mask earlier! I don't know what to do!" That's all Li Ge could say.

There is a very simple way: establish a separatist regime, declare yourself emperor, gather your own army, and then try to rebuild your empire.

But now it's no longer possible to stockpile resources and bide our time to become king, because the Sima family has already won the battle royale!

Send it! Fast forward to the story of the southward migration of the elite.

"If Cao Wei was able to usurp the Han throne, and the Sima clan was able to usurp the Cao throne, could we use this opportunity to seize power from the Sima clan?" Xiaoye proposed a seemingly feasible plan.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Li Ge dismissed the plan with a brief analysis. "Unless we can outlive Sima Zhao, then Sima Yan, and finally wait for that idiot Sima Zhong to ascend the throne, and then the War of the Eight Princes breaks out, we won't have a chance..."

"But that would take decades. Do you think the school has given us decades of time, given that we've been placed at this point in time?" Li Ge asked, posing a probing question.

The others fell silent. It was clear that, apart from Valerie, everyone else was wearing a mask of pain, feeling as if their brains were being forcibly strengthened.

"Is there really no other way?" Valerie interjected. She hadn't actually understood what the babbling had been saying, but she figured the school must have a reason for bringing them here. "Don't you still have the option of 'recognizing a thief as your father'?"

"Sigh..." Li Ge also sighed. He thought of his own mistake of recognizing a thief as his father, and suddenly thought of Lu Bu, that three-surname slave.

"How about I give it a try? I'll become Sima Zhao's godfather, change my surname to Sima, and try to inherit the throne?" Li Ge came up with a terrible idea.

Tired, let it all end. He doesn't care who he protects anymore; he'll protect whoever can turn against the Sima family.