Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

Therefore, after the military review ended, neither the spectators on the city wall nor the common people outside the city showed any intention of leaving. Instead, they eagerly awaited the start of the competition.

Moreover, whether it was mounted combat or mounted archery, representatives from various feudal lords and aristocratic families, as well as martial artists from the wilderness, were also allowed to participate.

In the end, there were more than two hundred people participating in mounted archery, and as many as three hundred participating in mounted combat, which shows how prosperous the martial spirit of the Han people was. Among them, there were even some dressed as scholars, and Jia Xu was also among them.

Of course, Jia Xu, who cherished his life greatly, would naturally not be willing to participate in the close combat of mounted warfare. He only chose mounted archery, which was purely a competition of skill.

Such a number of people also meant that this grand event would probably last for two or three days before a winner could be determined.

As for the result, Li Ji could only say that it was predetermined.

Being in Wu Commandery, how could Li Ji really allow wild martial artists or generals sent by other feudal lords to win the top spot?

Wouldn't that be slapping Liu Bei in the face?

Therefore, Li Ji arranged for Zhao Yun to participate in the mounted archery group, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in the mounted combat group.

Unless Lu Bu dared to leave Luoyang and come to Wu Commandery, the final winner was almost without suspense.

And Li Ji naturally couldn't stay at the city tower to watch the competition for two or three days, so he left first, preparing to come back to watch the ceremony at the final finals.

Apart from Liu Bei, who was martial in nature, and also wanted to see if he could discover some wild brave men, he was not in a hurry to leave with Li Ji.

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

"Zhongkang also wants to participate?"

As a martial artist, Xu Chu naturally couldn't resist this temptation.

"Then go," Li Ji replied.

"But if I leave, who will protect you, Lord Marquis?" Xu Chu said somewhat muffled.

Li Ji waved his hand and smiled.

"It's okay. Zhongkang, send me back to the Prefecture Lord's mansion to work, and then go participate."

"At that time, I will give you a hand order, and the petty official in charge of arranging the competition process will arrange a suitable competition order for Zhongkang. Come back and work with me when the competition is over that day."

After all, this grand event was organized by Liu Bei, and the people who formulated the rules and the referees were all his own people. It was just a small matter to let Xu Chu cut in line to have fun.

Moreover, this grand event was not meant to be fair. Its political significance was to show that Liu Bei's command had many fierce generals, and to attract wild martial artists and discover talents.

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

What's more, Zhao, Guan, and Zhang were already well-known fierce generals, but Xu Chu had been protecting Li Ji all the time, and he was still unknown. This grand event was a good opportunity for Xu Chu to make a name for himself.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Xu Chu was overjoyed and quickly said.

However, when Li Ji set off to leave the city tower, a young man with a crooked face saw this and hurriedly followed him downstairs.

And when Li Ji slowly took the carriage back to the gate of the Prefecture Lord's mansion and got off the carriage, he saw a young man with a crooked face lying outside the gate, seemingly sleeping soundly.

Such an abnormality naturally attracted many passers-by to stop and watch.

The position where this young man was sleeping was chosen quite cleverly, neither blocking the entrance and exit of the Prefecture Lord's mansion, but also being extremely conspicuous.

Li Ji took a closer look and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Now it was already the season of clear autumn and refreshing air. In theory, even at noon, it was not hot, but the young man sleeping on the ground was sweating profusely, and even the clothes on his body seemed to be mostly wet with sweat.

"He's quite a strange person. He can sweat and pant so much while sleeping..."

Li Ji smiled and commented to Xu Chu beside him.

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

After witnessing Li Ji getting into the carriage, Pang Tong guessed that Li Ji would return to the Prefecture Lord's mansion at this time, so in order to arrive at the Prefecture Lord's mansion before Li Ji, Pang Tong almost risked his life to hurry on the road.

This also caused Pang Tong to be panting and sweating profusely, becoming a major flaw in pretending to be asleep.

But if he woke up now, wouldn't that be admitting it without being beaten?

Pang Tong, who valued face, had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to pretend to be asleep, waiting to attract Li Ji to come over and ask the reason, so as to show off and attract Li Ji's attention.

Unexpectedly, Li Ji then spoke to the soldiers guarding the Prefecture Lord's mansion.

"Don't disturb the strange person. Go and take two notice boards out and place them in front and behind the strange person, warning people who come and go not to step on this strange person."

"Yes."

"Well... the weather is getting colder now, go and get a quilt to cover the strange person."

"Yes."

Soon, Pang Tong felt someone walking around beside him, seemingly placing something, and then a quilt was directly placed on his body.

Pang Tong opened a slit in his eyes and happened to see the back of Li Ji walking into the Prefecture Lord's mansion.

He... really went in?

Won't he come over and ask?

At this moment, Pang Tong, who was lying on the ground pretending to be asleep, was confused and in a dilemma.

Finally, Pang Tong gritted his teeth and didn't care anymore, biting the bullet and continuing to sleep.

When Li Ji finished work and came out of the Prefecture Lord's mansion, he found that he was still lying in the original position, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and muttered.

"So stubborn?"

Li Ji naturally knew that this person was Pang Tong, and he also knew that Pang Tong had arrived in Wu Commandery long ago, and he also understood that Pang Tong wanted to attract himself to come over and talk.

It was true that Pang Tong had his own arrogance, but that didn't mean that Li Ji would indulge Pang Tong.

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

Since Pang Tong wants to lie down, then continue to lie down.

Li Ji instructed the soldiers guarding the Prefecture Lord's mansion not to pay attention to Pang Tong, and then went back to the mansion with Xu Chu.

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

When he came the next morning, Pang Tong was still lying in the same place.

Li Ji ignored him.

When he finished work, Pang Tong was still like this.

On the morning of the third day, Pang Tong's little face was already pale from lying down, and his lips were also chapped, but he still resolutely lay still.

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

When it was time to get off work, Li Ji looked at Pang Tong's dying appearance and understood that if he continued to lie down without eating or drinking, Pang Tong would really die.

Over the past two days, Pang Tong had almost become a spectacle in the eyes of countless people in Wu County.

According to the Jinyi Division's report, some people have even opened a gambling game, betting on how many more days Pang Tong can persist in lying down before he is willing to get up.

Li Ji thought for a while and asked someone to bring a bowl of rice porridge with a fragrant aroma and place it next to Pang Tong.

Suddenly, Pang Tong's nose moved visibly, and his throat was also surging and swallowing saliva.

For Pang Tong, who had not eaten or drunk for more than two days, this bowl of porridge was probably an unspeakable temptation.

But Li Ji waited for a quarter of an hour, and Pang Tong continued to lie down.