Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Therefore, after the soldiers' review was over, neither the spectators on the city wall nor the people outside the city had any intention of leaving. Instead, they waited for the competition to begin with great interest.

Moreover, whether it was cavalry warfare or cavalry archery, representatives of various princely families and military men from the opposition were also allowed to participate.

In the end, there were more than 200 people participating in horse riding and archery, and as many as 300 people participating in cavalry combat. This shows how strong the Han people's martial spirit was. Among them, there were even some people dressed as scholars, and Jia Xu was among them.

Of course, Jia Xu, who valued his life very much, naturally would not be willing to participate in close combat cavalry battles. He only chose to compete in horseback archery skills.

With such a large number of people, this event may take two or three days to determine the winner.

As for the result, Li Ji could only say that it had been decided long ago.

Being in Wu County, how could Li Ji really allow the military men in the opposition or the generals sent by other princes to seize the first place?

In this case, wouldn't that be a slap in Liu Bei's face?

Therefore, Li Ji arranged Zhao Yun to compete in the horse archery group, and the cavalry combat group included Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Unless Lu Bu dared to leave Luoyang and come to Wujun, the final winner would be almost a foregone conclusion.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Ji to stay on the city wall and watch the game for two or three days, so he left first and planned to come back to watch the final.

As for Liu Bei, because he was a martial artist and also wanted to discover some brave warriors among the wild warriors, he was not in a hurry to leave with Li Ji.

However, when going down the city wall, Li Ji noticed that Xu Chu frequently looked back at the competition that had already begun outside.

"Zhong Kang wants to participate too?"

As a warrior, Xu Chu naturally could not resist such temptation.

"Then go ahead." Li Ji replied.

"But if I leave, who will protect the Marquis?" Xu Chu said in a muffled voice.

Li Ji waved his hand and smiled.

"No problem. I will go after Zhongkang sends me back to the governor's mansion to take up my post."

"I will give you a warrant at that time, and the clerk in charge of arranging the competition process will arrange a suitable competition order for Zhongkang. When the competition is over that day, you can come back and work with me."

After all, this event was originally organized by Liu Bei, and the people who made the rules and the referees were all his own people. Letting Xu Chu cut in line to satisfy his desire was just a small matter.

Moreover, this event was not meant to be fair. Its political significance was to showcase the many brave generals under Liu Bei's command, and to attract some military men in the opposition and discover whether there were any talents.

Therefore, if Xu Chu was interested, Li Ji would naturally not refuse.

What's more, Zhao, Guan and Zhang were already famous generals, but Xu Chu had been protecting Li Ji closely and was still unknown. This event was a good opportunity for Xu Chu to become famous.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Xu Chu was overjoyed and spoke immediately.

However, when Li Ji started to leave the city wall, a young man with an ugly appearance saw him and hurriedly followed him downstairs.

When Li Ji slowly returned to the governor's mansion in a carriage and got off, he saw an ugly young man lying outside the door, seemingly snoring.

Such an unusual thing naturally attracted many pedestrians to stop and watch.

The young man's sleeping position was chosen quite cleverly. It did not block the entrance to the governor's mansion, yet was extremely conspicuous.

Li Ji walked closer and took a look, and couldn't help but laugh.

It was autumn weather now, and it shouldn't be too hot even at noon, but the young man sleeping on the ground was sweating profusely, and even his clothes seemed to be mostly wet with sweat.

"He is quite a strange person. He can sleep with sweat all over his body and out of breath..."

Li Ji commented with a smile towards Xu Chu who was standing beside him.

This made Pang Tong, who was lying on the ground pretending to be asleep, feel nervous and was in a dilemma for a moment.

After seeing Li Ji getting on the carriage, Pang Tong guessed that Li Ji would return to the governor's mansion at this time, so in order to arrive at the governor's mansion before Li Ji, Pang Tong almost risked his life to rush all the way. This also caused Pang Tong to be out of breath and sweating, which became a big flaw in pretending to sleep.

If I wake up now, wouldn't that be admitting my guilt?

Pang Tong, who was too concerned about his reputation, had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue pretending to be asleep, waiting to attract Li Ji to come over and ask the reason, so that he could show off to attract Li Ji's attention.

Unexpectedly, Li Ji immediately spoke to the soldiers guarding the governor's mansion.

"Don't disturb the strange man. Go get two signs and put them in front and behind him to warn people not to step on him."

"Yes."

"Well... now that the weather is getting colder, go get another quilt to cover the strange man."

"Yes."

Soon, Pang Tong felt someone walking beside him and seemed to be placing something, and then a quilt was directly covered on him.

Pang Tong opened his eyes a little and just saw Li Ji's back as he walked into the governor's mansion.

He...really went in?

Why don't you come and ask?
At this moment, Pang Tong, who was lying on the ground pretending to be asleep, felt confused and in a dilemma.

In the end, Pang Tong gritted his teeth, didn't care, and continued to sleep.

When Li Ji was off duty and leaving the governor's mansion, he found that he was still lying in the same position. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and muttered something.

"So stubborn?"

Li Ji naturally knew that this person was Pang Tong, and he also knew that Pang Tong had arrived in Wujun a long time ago. He also understood that Pang Tong wanted to attract him over to talk to him.

It is true that Pang Tong has his own pride, but that doesn’t mean Li Ji will indulge Pang Tong.

If you want to be a disciple, you must have the attitude of a disciple.

Since Pang Tong wants to lie down, then let him continue lying down.

Li Ji ordered the soldiers guarding the governor's mansion not to pay attention to Pang Tong, and then he and Xu Chu went straight back to the mansion.

However, Pang Tong was so stubborn that even Li Ji was surprised.

The next morning, Pang Tong was still lying there.

Li Ji ignored it.

When he was in office, Pang Tong remained the same.

On the morning of the third day, Pang Tong's face had turned pale and his lips were cracked, but he still lay there motionless.

Li Ji hesitated for a moment, but still ignored it.

When it was time to get off duty, Li Ji looked at Pang Tong, who looked like he was about to die, and realized that if he continued to lie there without eating or drinking, he would really die.

During these two days, Pang Tong almost became a spectacle in the eyes of countless people in Wu County.

According to the report from the Jinyi Division, some people have even opened a betting line to see how long Pang Tong can lie down before getting up.

Li Ji thought about it, and asked someone to bring a bowl of porridge with a fragrant rice aroma and placed it next to Pang Tong.

Suddenly, Pang Tong's nose moved visibly, and his throat was filled with saliva being swallowed.

For Pang Tong, who had not eaten or drunk for more than two days, this bowl of porridge must have an indescribable temptation.

But Li Ji waited for a quarter of an hour, and Pang Tong continued to lie there. (End of this chapter)