Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 419: Shoot Another Arrow

Since he had the idea of ​​looking for Dian Wei and Xu Chu, Li Ji had already instructed the Jinyisi to search for their whereabouts.

However, it is extremely difficult to find an unknown person in this era.

The Jinyisi was never omnipotent. The basic logic of its operation, in addition to directly placing spies in the mansions of some important targets, was to develop a number of spies in various places and distribute them in various industries.

Among them, the Jinyi Division only found news that Dian Wei had killed someone and fled to the mountains in Chenliu County.

However, it is simply too difficult to find Dian Wei's specific location in the boundless mountains.

Fortunately, Xu Chu's search was much smoother than expected.

Unlike Dian Wei who murdered someone and escaped, Xu Chu was actually quite famous in the entire Qiao County.

This is because during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, officials in Qiao County abandoned the local people and fled in panic, leaving the local people to be plundered by the Yellow Turbans.

In order to protect himself, Xu Chu raised his arm and called on thousands of warriors and relatives in his hometown, and built a building similar to a fortress to resist the Yellow Turbans.

When the Yellow Turban leader Ge Pi of Runan led more than 10,000 bandits to plunder Qiao County, Xu Chu, with his bravery, led thousands of young and strong men who had not received any training and stopped the tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans from advancing even a single inch.

Moreover, at that time, Xu Chu once dragged an ox for more than a hundred steps by its tail with his bare hands in front of countless people. From then on, his reputation for bravery spread throughout Qiao County.

(PS: The above deeds of Xu Chu are all recorded in history books, which is also Xu Chu's true origin. Based on this inference, it can be seen that I personally think that Xu Chu is not from a wealthy family, but a warrior with a very high reputation among the villagers.)
It's a pity that Xu Chu was born in a humble family, and he fought off the Yellow Turbans after a group of officials fled, which made the fleeing officials look incompetent and cowardly.

The officials all ran away, but such a warrior led the local people to stop the Yellow Turbans. Isn't this a slap in the face of the officials?
Wouldn't it make all the officials and noble families who fled from all levels of Qiao County feel ashamed and humiliated?
Therefore, instead of being recommended to the court by local officials or noble families for his efforts in resisting the Yellow Turbans, Xu Chu was repeatedly rejected by officials and noble families in Qiao County.

Fortunately, the thousands of young and strong men who had followed Xu Chu to resist the Yellow Turbans, and a considerable number of them who admired Xu Chu's bravery, did not completely disband. Instead, they formed an organization similar to a militia that obeyed Xu Chu's orders.

In addition, the village where Xu Chu lived still had a fortress that was built to defend against the Yellow Turbans. This meant that even though the officials and aristocratic families in Qiao County disliked Xu Chu, they could do nothing about him.

These things were not known to everyone in Qiao County, but it was quite easy for the Jinyi Division to find out. It only took a little effort to sort out all the information circulating about Xu Chu.

After hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but reveal a look of deep admiration on his face.

"There are many brave men in the countryside!"

Zhang Fei was completely excited. How could he not understand that Li Ji wanted him to have a competition with Xu Chu?

"I have never tried to pull a cow over a hundred steps with my bare hands, but once we have a competition, we will know who is better!"

Under Liu Bei's order, Guan Yu was asked to stay in the camp, and Zhao Yun led three thousand white horse volunteers to protect him. Then the group headed straight towards Xu Village where Xu Chu was.

It has to be said that there is a reason why Gongsun Zan loves white horses.

The three thousand white horses not only displayed full majesty, but also arrogance!

In particular, the mounts of Liu Bei and Li Ji were both white, except for the black horse ridden by Zhang Fei. This led to the fact that when such a formation appeared, everyone who saw it was extremely amazed.

However, even though Xu Chu had completely aroused Liu Bei's love for talent, in Liu Bei's eyes, Li Ji alone was undoubtedly important enough to compare with the entire world.

Therefore, looking for warriors was one of Liu Bei's goals, but taking Li Ji out for a trip was also a major goal. For this reason, after leaving the prosperous area, Liu Bei asked Tian Yu to lead the White Horse Volunteers to follow slowly behind him a mile away, accompanied by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei for protection.

Naturally, Li Ji would not have any objection to Liu Bei's order.

Not to mention that with the speed of the White Horse Volunteers, a distance of one mile can be covered in an instant, more importantly, they are protected by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei on both sides.

Even if Lu Bu attacks, he will probably have to face several fierce fights, so there will naturally be no danger at all.

Therefore, Liu Bei, Li Ji, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei rode ahead and enjoyed the outing, which was quite pleasant for a while.

Especially in this era, there is never a shortage of various wild animals in the mountains along the way, so this is really a big suffering.

What was emphasized in this era was the six arts of a gentleman. Not only military generals but even counselors almost all mastered archery to cultivate their sentiments. Zhao Yun could be said to be one of the best archers of the time.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei not only shot and killed prey along the way, but also kept asking Li Ji to join in the hunting.

Although Li Ji occasionally practiced archery in private during his spare time in Wu County, barely completing the six arts of a gentleman, archery was undoubtedly Li Ji's obvious weakness.

But under Liu Bei's high enthusiasm, Li Ji could not refuse and could only give it a try...

As expected, he fired ten arrows in a row but missed a single one.

This embarrassing hit rate made Liu Bei and Zhang Fei laugh continuously, and they frankly discovered that Li Ji also had shortcomings.

At least in terms of archery, Li Ji was definitely below the average level among scholars.

Although Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's laughter was harmless, Li Ji was still somewhat embarrassed after missing the target with his arrow. Zhao Yun whispered to Li Ji.

"Mr. Zikun, shoot again after you find your prey."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji looked at Zhao Yun, who then pulled out an arrow from his quiver and drew his sword to blunt the sharpest part of the arrow.

Soon, another wild deer came out from fifty steps away, startled by the sound of horse hooves.

Seeing this, Li Ji immediately bent his bow and drew his arrow. After taking rough aim, he shot towards the wild deer.

At the same time, Zhao Yun had also pulled the bowstring to its full extent. The moment Li Ji's arrow was shot, he judged the trajectory of Li Ji's arrow with his amazing eyesight, and the arrow with the flattened tip in his hand instantly loosened.

At once, two arrows flew towards the wild deer one after the other.

However, the arrow shot by Zhao Yun was obviously much faster than the arrow shot by Li Ji, so the latter arrived first...

Just as the trajectory of Li Ji's arrow was about to deviate from the wild deer, Zhao Yun's arrow hit the tail of Li Ji's arrow from behind.

"puff!!"

The next moment, the arrow shot by Li Ji changed its trajectory and "accurately" penetrated the wild deer's neck, killing it with one arrow.

(End of this chapter)