Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

The startled warhorse continued to accelerate.

Facing the carriage blocking its path and the young teenager, the frightened warhorse instinctively charged towards Li Xiang.

Li Xiang seemed to be stunned, standing motionless as if he were about to be trampled under the hooves of the frightened warhorse.

In that instant, Jiang Gan snatched the whip from the coachman and lashed it fiercely at the horses pulling the carriage, causing the entire carriage to move forward several steps quickly.

This difference of a few steps allowed the carriage to firmly block the frightened warhorse.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the frightened warhorse crashed heavily into the carriage, breaking its bones and causing the entire carriage to fall apart. Jiang Gan, who was sitting in the carriage, was also sent flying out, crashing heavily to the ground and letting out cries of pain.

Immediately, the guards, who were a few steps behind, quickly surrounded Li Xiang and asked with concern.

"Young master, are you unharmed? Were you frightened?"

Li Xiang's face was slightly pale, but he tried to maintain his composure and said.

"Quickly, go and see how our benefactor is! If it weren't for him driving the carriage to block the horse, I would be in danger!"

Hearing Li Xiang's voice, Jiang Gan, who was lying on the ground feeling pain all over his body, felt a surge of ecstasy in his heart.

'It's done! It's done!'

As long as Li Xiang acknowledges this life-saving grace, Li Ji will definitely not deny it. In that case, why worry about not being valued by Li Ji?

With this thought in mind, Jiang Gan gritted his teeth, closed his eyes tightly, and pretended to be unconscious.

Li Xiang quickly stepped forward to check and hurriedly said.

"Quickly, carefully lift our benefactor and send him back to the mansion, and quickly invite Mr. Hua Tuo to come and treat our benefactor. No matter what, we must save him."

"Yes..."

Listening to the movements around him, Jiang Gan tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, controlling the corners of his mouth from turning upwards, and allowed the guards to carefully lift him up.

What Jiang Gan didn't know was that Zhao Yun, on the side of the street in a pavilion, slowly lowered his fully drawn bow.

The yamen runners, who seemed to have arrived later to control the situation and clean up the mess, did not directly escort the white-robed middle-aged man who was riding the horse back, but instead invited him to the pavilion.

Seeing the white-robed middle-aged man, Zhao Yun quickly got up to greet him, cupping his hands and saying.

"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Brother."

Zhang Ren didn't act arrogant at all, cupping his hands in response and saying.

"I am acting on the Prime Minister's orders. How can it be considered trouble? However, it is thanks to Junior Brother pulling the bow from the side to ensure everything is safe. Otherwise, even if Senior Brother is confident in his horsemanship, he would not dare to charge towards the young master Xiang on horseback."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but reveal a hint of apology on his face.

The matter of the startled warhorse charging towards Li Xiang, if there was a mistake and Li Xiang was injured, the consequences would be unimaginable. Zhang Ren was also taking a considerable risk.

Zhao Yun himself was confident that he could subdue the startled warhorse at any time with absolute force and horsemanship, but Zhao Yun's reputation as the White Horse Silver Spear was too great. Even if Jiang Gan was slow, he would have some doubts.

Or rather, any famous general under Liu Bei riding a horse would arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Coincidentally, Liu Zhang, who gradually controlled the land of Sichuan and Shu, sent Zhang Ren to escort a large amount of grain out of Sichuan to congratulate his uncle on becoming king and to support Liu Bei's Northern Expedition.

Compared to Zhao Yun, who came from the same school, Zhang Ren was undoubtedly an unknown person in the world, making him the best candidate.

However, even so, Li Ji still arranged for Zhao Yun to secretly respond, in case Zhang Ren made a mistake and couldn't control the startled warhorse, he could immediately shoot and kill the startled warhorse.

"Senior Brother is too polite. Senior Brother's horsemanship is superb and rarely matched in the world. Even when the warhorse is startled, he can still steadily control the direction of the impact. Even if Yun is not here, young master Xiang would not be in any danger."

Zhang Ren replied happily. "Hahaha, Junior Brother is praising me too much. When it comes to horsemanship, Junior Brother is probably three points better than me. The name of the Five Tiger Generals is like thunder in the ears."

Liu Zhang has no intention of competing for world domination and has an extremely close relationship with Liu Bei.

Previously, when Liu Bei became king, Liu Zhang repeatedly sent letters of encouragement. Now, after the autumn harvest, he sent Zhang Ren with a large amount of grain to express his submission.

Therefore, after Zhang Ren arrived in Shouchun, he was deeply surprised to find that Zhao Yun, who was ranked among the Five Tiger Generals, was actually a junior brother from the same school.

Moreover, acting under the Prime Minister's orders this time would surely allow the Prime Minister to remember Zhang Ren's name.

Zhang Ren was grateful to Zhao Yun for this.

Without Zhao Yun's relationship and Zhao Yun's willingness to secretly assist and protect him, how could Zhang Ren, as a foreign general, have such a good opportunity to show himself?

Immediately, Zhao Yun invited Zhang Ren to take a seat and talked about the current situation in Sichuan and Shu.

Zhang Ren, who was born in Shu Commandery, had repeatedly made military achievements in the internal turmoil of Yizhou and was entrusted with important tasks by Liu Zhang.

Now, Yizhou has basically fallen into Liu Zhang's hands, with only Hanzhong occupied by Zhang Lu, and the war is gradually calming down.

Zhang Lu occupies Hanzhong with natural dangers to defend. Liu Zhang has little ambition, insufficient offensive power, and more than enough defensive power. Now that he has actively sent a large amount of grain to Shouchun, it is even less likely that he will take Hanzhong.

However, for Yizhou, it must either go south to Jingzhou or north to attack Hanzhong, opening up a passage to Sili.

It can be seen that Liu Zhang's mind is determined to hold on to Yizhou, waiting for the world to return to the Liu family, and then hand over the land and return the government to seek wealth and glory.

However, this undoubtedly made Zhang Ren, a brave general, useless, to the point that he was sent out by Liu Zhang to escort grain.

Speaking of this, Zhang Ren's face also showed a hint of disappointment and distress.

In the end, Zhang Ren is not yet forty years old. After leaving his apprenticeship, he returned to his hometown and wasted half his life before gradually gaining Liu Zhang's attention and control of military power. He thought it was the beginning of making contributions, but he didn't expect everything to come to an abrupt end.

Looking at the few strands of white hair that were faintly visible on his senior brother's temples, Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said.

"Senior Brother is originally a Han subject. Why not switch to serving under the Great King to support the Han Dynasty? Moreover, Lord Liu already has the intention to submit to the Great King. Just ask the Great King or the Prime Minister to send a letter to Sichuan and Shu, and Lord Liu will probably be willing to lend you."

Hearing this, Zhang Ren was greatly moved, but after hesitating slightly, he shook his head and said.

"Ren has wasted half his life, all thanks to the Lord's appreciation for him to have what he is today. How can he abandon the Lord and leave Yizhou for wealth and military achievements?"

"Senior Brother is truly loyal," Zhao Yun said with admiration.

Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and replied.

"It's just that when the world is unified, Ren may have to serve under Junior Brother. Please Junior Brother help me out a lot then..."

...

And at the same time that Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun were reminiscing about the past.

After Jiang Gan was sent back to the Prime Minister's mansion and Hua Tuo was invited to treat Jiang Gan, the matter of Li Xiang almost being hit by a frightened warhorse spread.

However, Li Ji, who was cooperating with Jiang Gan's pretense of being unconscious and pretending not to see it, had not even waited for Jiang Gan, who was pretending enough, to wake up, but instead waited for Liu Bei, who had a serious face, to rush towards Li Ji and question him head-on.

"Where is Xiang'er?" (End of chapter)