Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

However, the appearance of Liu Bei and the others did not halt the fierce battle between Zhang Fei and Xu Chu.

On the contrary, with his sworn brother watching, Zhang Fei's fighting spirit surged even higher. With a furious roar, his momentum almost instantly overwhelmed Xu Chu.

Zhang Fei's fighting style was one of becoming braver with each fight, using momentum to suppress his opponents.

With Liu Bei watching, Zhang Fei had a stubborn determination to not accept defeat. He would confront even Lu Bu without hesitation, let alone Xu Chu?

For a time, under Zhang Fei's imposing offensive, Xu Chu, who had initially been faintly suppressing Zhang Fei, was now being suppressed instead.

At this moment, Xu Chu kept one eye on Zhang Fei's attacks, while the other cautiously observed whether Liu Bei and the others intended to intervene. He stood firm like a copper wall and iron barrier, blocking Zhang Fei's attacks.

In Xu Chu's hands, a ring-pommel saber might not be wielded quickly, but coupled with his astonishing brute strength, he could often disrupt Zhang Fei's rhythm through powerful recoil.

This led to the situation where, although Zhang Fei was counterattacking, he couldn't do anything to Xu Chu.

What Li Ji found particularly interesting was that Xu Chu's appearance was very imposing, and his physique could be described as robust and strong.

However, Xu Chu's two eyes seemed to have their own thoughts and directions. Unusually, one eye was fixed on Zhang Fei, while the other was constantly watching Liu Bei and the others, as if guarding against them launching a sneak attack.

He looked like a very clever fellow…

However, Li Ji looked down at the strong bows hanging on their horses and realized that Xu Chu's observation and vigilance were actually extremely high.

Despite being in the midst of a fierce battle, Xu Chu was still able to spare enough energy to observe the surrounding situation, and even subtly noticed the strong bows that Liu Bei and the others were carrying, so he remained vigilant.

It was just that Xu Chu's two eyes looking in different directions at the same time were quite comical, almost making Li Ji burst out laughing.

Therefore, Li Ji simply raised his voice and said,

"Zhongkang, there's no need to worry. We would never resort to such underhanded tactics as launching a sneak attack."

Hearing Li Ji call out his courtesy name, Xu Chu subconsciously responded,

"Really?"

At the same time, Xu Chu couldn't help but feel a little doubt in his heart. He had no impression of Li Ji at all, yet Li Ji could call out his courtesy name. This made Xu Chu instinctively feel that Li Ji might be a long-lost friend?

This made Xu Chu feel a little guilty, after all, he couldn't remember Li Ji's face at all.

"Of course, it's true," Li Ji replied with a smile.

However, in the midst of this question and answer, Xu Chu's appearance of keeping one eye on Zhang Fei and one eye on Li Ji, while still managing to answer Li Ji, completely enraged Zhang Fei.

Although Xu Chu looking at people with one eye didn't affect his combat power at all, in the eyes of others, it was undoubtedly a sign of contempt.

"You scoundrel, how dare you look down on me?!"

Zhang Fei roared, and his attacks became even more urgent.

"Scoundrel?! Who is he calling that?!"

Xu Chu seemed to be provoked by Zhang Fei's scolding.

In addition, Xu Chu seemed to completely believe the guarantee Li Ji had just made, so he turned his other eye back to Zhang Fei. After blocking the thrust of the Zhangba Serpent Spear with the ring-pommel saber in his hand, he launched three consecutive slashes at Zhang Fei.

"Clang, clang, clang!!"

The contest between peerless warriors was almost like two humanoid beasts fighting each other.

Especially when they had weapons in their hands, these top generals could almost be considered the strongest beings on land.

The fighting style between Xu Chu and Zhang Fei also had no fancy techniques to speak of. Direct collisions, sparks flying from time to time, and loud sounds of weapons clashing constantly spread around.

Zhang Fei was the type who became braver with each fight, but Xu Chu also showed amazing and long-lasting endurance.

After a high-intensity confrontation for nearly half an hour, the offensive of both sides didn't show any signs of weakening.

However, even Li Ji, who didn't understand martial arts, noticed that Zhang Fei had begun to fall into a disadvantage.

After all, this wasn't Zhang Fei's most skilled horse battle, and Zhang Fei's Zhangba Serpent Spear was too long, making it difficult to use effectively in foot combat, which made Zhang Fei feel more and more aggrieved as he fought.

Although it was impossible for Xu Chu to defeat Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei was also becoming more and more uncomfortable.

Immediately, Zhang Fei's eyes rolled, and he shouted loudly at Xu Chu.

"You scoundrel, my big brother has sent me a horse, but I won't take advantage of you not having one. Otherwise, if I were riding on horseback and fighting you on foot, I could poke a few holes in you in a few rounds."

"However, simply fighting on foot with weapons is really meaningless, and it's difficult for you and me to determine a winner. If you have the ability, throw away your weapons, and we'll fight hand-to-hand."

Hearing this, Xu Chu felt that this black man could be considered upright and honest, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it.

Immediately, Xu Chu and Zhang Fei tacitly distanced themselves. Xu Chu threw the ring-pommel saber in his hand to the ground, and Zhang Fei followed suit and threw the Zhangba Serpent Spear to the ground as well.

In the next moment, Xu Chu and Zhang Fei collided like two wild bulls, punching each other with all their might.

Zhang Fei's cleverness was seen by Liu Bei and Li Ji, and Liu Bei and Li Ji looked at each other, and couldn't help but chuckle.

It was clear that Zhang Fei was becoming more and more aggrieved as he fought, wanting to take advantage of Xu Chu, but Zhang Fei spoke with confidence and righteousness, and then provoked Xu Chu to actively give up his weapon advantage in foot combat and fight Zhang Fei hand-to-hand.

It was unknown whether to say that Zhang Fei was a little quick-witted, or to say that Xu Chu was too honest and simple.

However, Liu Bei's eyes showed more affection when he looked at Xu Chu. Such an upright and loyal warrior was indeed very reassuring to use.

The reason for this visit to Xu Chu was naturally explained to Liu Bei by Li Ji, saying that if Zhao Yun, who was now leading the White Horse义从, continued to serve as a guard, it would undoubtedly be a waste.

Apart from Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were even more unsuitable.

Xiahou Bo was a good choice, and his martial strength in foot combat could be considered top-notch in the world, but as the Jinyi Si's business grew bigger and bigger, Xiahou Bo became more and more busy.

Therefore, Li Ji's idea was that if they found Xu Chu and brought Xu Chu under Liu Bei's command, Xu Chu could form a Tiger Guard to be responsible for protecting a group of strategists.

In this way, in the future, whether it was Li Ji or other strategists traveling, they could have a loyal and reliable protection force to avoid any accidents.

When it came to Li Ji's safety, Liu Bei was naturally very concerned.

If Liu Bei was the soul and spirit of the Liu Bei Group, then Li Ji was undoubtedly an existence comparable to the foundation.