Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

After hearing this, Pang De hesitated for a moment, then spoke with a hint of embarrassment on his honest face.

"In fact, I came here rashly because of the order of my young master. Pang De cannot refuse."

Immediately, Pang De bowed slightly, let the two young men who had been sitting beside him move out, and introduced them one by one.

"Lord Liu, this is my master's legitimate son, Ma Chao, and this is my master's illegitimate son, Ma Dai."

Li Ji had guessed this a long time ago.

What Li Ji didn't expect was that the young man who had been staring at him was Ma Dai, while the young man who had been staring at Zhao Yun was Ma Chao.

Moreover, due to the angle, Li Ji was unable to see Ma Chao's face clearly in the central army tent.

After a close observation, Li Ben thought that Ma Dai was a rare and handsome young man. He didn't expect that Ma Chao looked similar to Ma Dai, but was not only more handsome, but also more heroic. No wonder he was given the beautiful title of "Jin Ma Chao" in history.

Ma Chao was not shy either. He led Ma Dai forward and greeted Liu Bei, calling him "Uncle".

Liu Bei looked at these two handsome and heroic young men and felt quite envious. He felt that with Adou's development trend, he would be far from comparable to Ma Chao and Ma Dai in terms of appearance.

"What a nice little foal. It is a great comfort for Ma Shoucheng to have such a son." Liu Bei praised it profusely.

"Uncle is also a hero of the time!"

Ma Chao replied in a loud voice, but Ma Dai, on the other hand, acted like a distant cousin and followed Ma Chao's lead without hesitation.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Liu Bei stroked his beard. Being complimented by such a heroic young man, he didn't know whether he took it seriously, but his mood inevitably improved. Then he asked.

"I wonder if these two thousand-mile ponies have come to see me on purpose in the name of Captain Pang. What's the important matter?"

"Have!"

Ma Chao nodded heavily and said, "My cousin Ma Dai and I both have something we would like to ask of our uncle."

"Little pony, just go ahead and tell me what you want," Liu Bei said.

Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "My request is very simple. I want to fight with General Zhao Yun under my uncle and learn martial arts from him."

"Easy to say, easy to say..."

Liu Bei nodded, then asked Zhao Yun, "Zilong, this little pony wants to fight you, what do you think?"

"This……"

Zhao Yun quickly stood up, hesitated for a moment, and answered respectfully.

"My lord, swords and spears have no eyes, and General Ma Chao is the descendant of General Fu Bo. If I were to injure General Ma Chao without carefulness, I would be guilty of a grave crime. Please forgive me for refusing."

Of course, in fact it was not that Zhao Yun was worried about not being able to control the strength of the Yajiao spear in his hand, but after what happened with Sun Ce, Zhao Yun was also reluctant to compete with the young man from the bottom of his heart.

It was quite difficult for Zhao Yun to control the situation so as not to undermine the young man's confidence and at the same time not to appear to be letting him off too much.

Furthermore, Sun Ce has always been looking for reasons to compete with Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun really doesn't want another Sun Ce.

The reason why Zhao Yun politely refused was quite reasonable, and Liu Bei was not the type to force his subordinates into a difficult position.

Therefore, this made Liu Bei a little embarrassed, and he asked in a gentle voice.

"Little pony, how about your uncle arrange for my third brother Zhang Yide to compete with you? He is also brave enough to fight against ten thousand men."

However, Ma Chao's attitude surprised everyone present, and he insisted, "Uncle, please understand, I only wish to compete with General Zhao Yun."

"Why is this? Is there something special about Zilong?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"It is true that my uncle's two brothers are also quite brave, but how can they be compared with General Zhao Yun who traveled across Youyan and fought three times against tens of thousands of Wuhuan troops?"

After a pause, Ma Chao continued speaking loudly.

"Besides, even if my uncle's two brothers defeated me, they only took advantage of their age. General Zhao only looks to be about ten years old, similar to my age, so it is not considered an unfair victory."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Liu Bei was quite fond of Ma Chao's straightforward character when he heard this, and said with a smile, "The little pony is wrong. Zilong just turned twenty this year, so he is about four or five years older than the little pony."

"That's fine. I just have one question. I heard that General Zhao Yun never married. Is this rumor true or false?" Ma Chao asked.

Liu Bei looked at Ma Chao with some confusion, then answered.

"It is true that Zilong has not married yet, but that is because he had been on an overseas expedition with Zikun for several years, which delayed him for some time. I have been looking for a good match for Zilong recently."

This was originally Liu Bei's way of protecting Zhao Yun's reputation, so that people wouldn't think that Zhao Yun had any physical problems or was a homosexual.

However, Zhao Yun, who was always serious, was quite shy about this matter and couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment.

"That's just right!"

Suddenly, Ma Chao slapped his thigh and laughed. "To be honest, uncle, I see very few heroes in the world, and even fewer who are worthy of my attention."

"And I have a sister named 'Ma Yunlu', who is the best in appearance, character, and martial arts, especially in martial arts. Even my cousin Ma Dai is no match for her." "Brother Dai, do you say yes or no..."

When Ma Chao mentioned this matter in public, Ma Dai's handsome face turned red. He felt ashamed to see people and simply kept his head down and said nothing.

"How shameful that my father was so blind that he took a fancy to Han Sui's son and planned to marry my sister to his son. Isn't this like throwing a pearl into the dark and sticking a flower in cow dung?"

When he said this, Ma Chao was so excited that he almost burst into cursing, and he couldn't help but look at Liu Bei and Li Ji at each other in bewilderment.

"My sister is so outstanding, how can she marry a mediocre person and tarnish the bloodline of General Fu Bo? Therefore, I am determined to find a good match for my sister, and then use this to persuade my father to change his mind."

At this point, how could the people present not understand what Ma Chao meant?
It was obvious that Ma Chao was choosing a husband for his sister, and then he set his eyes on Zhao Yun.

This made Liu Bei and Li Ji feel a little amused and Zhao Yun was even more embarrassed.

As for Pang De, he was terrified. He had no idea about Ma Chao's specific plan before. Now he opened and closed his mouth in anxiety, but he did not dare to offend Ma Chao in front of outsiders.

However, Ma Chao was obviously a young and inexperienced person who was not afraid of tigers. Moreover, he had lived in Xiliang for a long time, where Han and Qiang people lived together, so he did not understand so many rules and regulations of Confucian culture, so he spoke quickly.

"General Zhao, what do you think? My sister and I have the same father and mother. There is no need to worry about her appearance. Her character, martial arts, and personality are also the best in Xiliang. As long as General Zhao can defeat me, I will do my best to bring General Zhao and my sister together."

Liu Bei secretly held back his laughter, first glanced at Li Ji, and found that Li Ji had no intention of objecting, so he simply kept silent and handed the decision to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun, who was always calm and composed, had a changing expression at this moment. He had never thought about how to deal with this situation.

After a long while, Zhao Yun finally spoke.

"The young general's concern for my sister is touching, but Yun Yi is just a warrior, and he only follows the lord to do his best, so he may not be a good match for my sister."

After a pause, Zhao Yun saw that Ma Chao was about to speak, so he spoke first.

"Of course, if the young general is interested in sparring with Yun, then Yun can accompany him for a while."

Obviously, Zhao Yun, who was not good at speaking, was a little anxious at this moment. He simply shot Ma Chao down with a spear in an instant, forcing the humiliated Ma Chao to shut up immediately, so as to prevent the matter from becoming a laughing stock among his colleagues.

Ma Chao saw that Zhao Yun had agreed, so he stopped talking and directly asked his personal soldiers waiting outside Liu Bei's camp to bring in his tiger-head golden spear.

Looking at the young Ma Chao holding the heavy tiger-head golden spear in one hand, he stood on the parade ground with ease.

Liu Bei, who was watching the battle on the side, was quite surprised and whispered to Li Ji beside him.

"Ma Chao is so young and yet he can use such a weapon. His martial arts skills are probably not inferior to Ce'er."

However, the result of the fight between Zhao Yun and Ma Chao was different from what Zhao Yun had imagined, that he would knock Ma Chao down with one shot. It took three shots to knock the weapon out of Ma Chao's hand.

Although this was also due to the fact that Zhao Yun did not go all out at the beginning, it was still enough to surprise Liu Bei and Li Ji.

If Zhao Yun had not deliberately let go, Sun Ce, who is now about the same age as Ma Chao, might not have been able to hold out until the third shot.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Zhao Yun has a huge age advantage.

The age group from fourteen to twenty years old is the stage when a person's martial arts grow rapidly and change with each passing day.

What's more, Zhao Yun has followed Liu Bei in his campaigns since he came out of seclusion, and has experienced numerous battles. His growth rate has probably exceeded the original trajectory. Now that he is approaching his peak, how could he be challenged by the young Sun Ce and Ma Chao?

However, Ma Chao also seemed to have not expected that he would be defeated by Zhao Yun with just three shots.

It should be noted that Ma Chao had competed with Yan Xing, a subordinate of Han Sui who relied heavily on his bravery, and the situation became increasingly difficult to determine the winner.

This is also the reason why Ma Chao is quite proud.

Yan Xing's bravery was unmatched throughout Xiliang, and Han Sui even went so far as to marry his daughter to Yan Xing in order to win him over.

"Now that Ma Chao was defeated by Zhao Yun in three moves, if it was Yan Xing, who I had targeted, he might not be able to last more than ten moves?"

Thinking of this, Ma Chao gradually felt that Xiliang seemed smaller than he had imagined, and Zhao Yun was much stronger than he had imagined, so much so that he was unable to come to his senses for a long time.

It was not until Pang De hurried forward to check on Ma Chao's condition and found that Ma Chao was merely mentally excited that he felt relieved.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bei stepped forward and tried to comfort Ma Chao with some kind words. Ma Chao, who was devastated, only nodded slightly, as if he could not accept it for the moment.

Immediately, Liu Bei remembered something, looked at Ma Dai and said.

"From what the pony said just now, you seem to be asking for something as well?"

Now it was Ma Dai who looked shy. He hesitated for a long time before bowing.

"It is actually that Dai intends to marry the sister of Mr. Zikun, the 'national scholar', so he hopes to get Mr. Zikun's consent."

???

Li Ji.

My sister?

Where did my sister come from???
This time, it was Li Ji's expression that froze, and he was unable to react for a moment. (End of this chapter)