Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 419: Another Arrow Shot

Ever since the idea of finding Dian Wei and Xu Chu sprouted, Li Ji had instructed the Jinyi Wei to search for their whereabouts.

However, finding an unknown person in this era was extremely difficult.

The Jinyi Wei was never omnipotent. Its basic operational logic, apart from directly planting informants in the residences of important targets, was to develop a network of spies in various industries across different regions.

Among them, the Jinyi Wei only found news in Chenliu County that Dian Wei had fled into the deep mountains after committing murder.

To further find Dian Wei's specific location in the boundless deep mountains was simply asking the impossible.

Fortunately, finding Xu Chu was much smoother than imagined.

Unlike Dian Wei, who fled after committing murder, Xu Chu was actually quite famous in Qiao County.

This was because during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the officials of Qiao County abandoned the local people upon hearing the news and fled in panic, leaving the local people to suffer the looting of the Yellow Turbans.

In order to protect themselves, Xu Chu raised his arms and, with a single call, gathered thousands of strong men and clansmen in his hometown and built a fortress-like structure to resist the Yellow Turbans.

When Ge Pi, the Yellow Turban leader from Runan, led over ten thousand bandits to loot Qiao County, Xu Chu relied on his courage and led thousands of untrained young men to block the ten thousand Yellow Turbans, preventing them from advancing even an inch.

At that time, Xu Chu had also dragged a cow by its tail for over a hundred steps in front of countless witnesses, and from then on, he became famous for his bravery and spread throughout Qiao County.

(PS: The above deeds of Xu Chu are all recorded in historical books, which is Xu Chu's true origin. Based on this, it can be seen that I personally think Xu Chu was not born into a powerful family, but a brave man with a very high reputation among the villagers.)

It was a pity that Xu Chu came from a humble background. After all the officials fled and he resisted the Yellow Turbans, it only highlighted the incompetence and cowardice of the fleeing officials.

The officials had all run away, but this warrior led the local people to resist the Yellow Turbans. Wasn't this slapping the officials in the face?

Didn't it make all the officials and aristocratic families who fled from Qiao County feel ashamed and disgraced?

Therefore, Xu Chu's resistance to the Yellow Turbans was not only not recommended to the imperial court by the local officials or aristocratic families, but was repeatedly excluded by the officials and aristocratic families of Qiao County.

Fortunately, a considerable portion of the thousands of young men who had followed Xu Chu to resist the Yellow Turbans still admired Xu Chu's bravery and had not completely disbanded, but had formed an organization similar to a militia that obeyed Xu Chu's orders.

In addition, the township where Xu Chu lived still had the fortress built during the resistance to the Yellow Turbans, which made it difficult for the officials and aristocratic families of Qiao County to do anything to Xu Chu, even if they disliked him.

These things, if not known to everyone in Qiao County, were still quite easy for the Jinyi Wei to inquire about. It only took a little effort to sort out the information about Xu Chu circulating outside.

Liu Bei couldn't help but reveal a strong look of appreciation on his face after listening, and said.

"There are many brave men in the countryside!"

Zhang Fei was completely excited. How could he not understand that Li Ji meant to let him spar with Xu Chu, and said.

"Dragging a cow by its tail for over a hundred steps, I haven't tried that, but after a contest, we'll naturally know who is stronger!"

Under Liu Bei's order, Guan Yu was left in the camp to guard it, and Zhao Yun led three thousand White Horse义Cong to protect them. Then, the group headed straight for Xu Village, where Xu Chu was located.

It must be said that Gongsun Zan's love for white horses was not without reason.

The three thousand white horses showed not only full majesty but also extravagance!

Especially since Liu Bei and Li Ji's mounts were also white, only Zhang Fei's Snow-Treading Black Steed was a black horse, which led to the unparalleled amazement of everyone who saw such a formation.

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 be weighed against the entire world.

Therefore, visiting and seeking out brave men was one of Liu Bei's purposes, but taking Li Ji out for sightseeing and spring outings was also a major purpose.

For this reason, after getting away from the bustling area, Liu Bei asked Tian Yu to lead the White Horse义Cong to follow slowly a mile behind, with Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei accompanying and protecting them on the left and right.

Li Ji naturally had no objection to Liu Bei's order.

Not to mention that with the speed of the White Horse义Cong, a mile was just a moment away, and more importantly, there were Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei protecting them on the left and right.

Even if Lu Bu attacked, he would probably get slapped a few times, so there would naturally be no danger.

Therefore, Liu Bei, Li Ji, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei rode ahead, enjoying the spring scenery along the way, which was quite pleasant for a while.

Especially in this era, there was never a lack of various wild animals in the mountains and fields along the way, which could be considered a disaster for them.

This era emphasized the Six Arts of a Gentleman. Not only military generals, but even strategists almost all mastered archery to cultivate their sentiments. Zhao Yun was even one of the best archers in the world.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei repeatedly shot and killed prey along the way, and constantly asked Li Ji to participate in the hunt.

Although Li Ji occasionally practiced archery in private during his leisure time in Wu County, barely completing the Six Arts of a Gentleman, archery was undoubtedly Li Ji's obvious shortcoming.

However, under Liu Bei's high enthusiasm, Li Ji, unable to refuse, could only try…

Unsurprisingly, ten arrows were fired, and none hit.

This embarrassing hit rate caused Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to laugh constantly, saying that they had discovered that Li Ji also had shortcomings.

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

Although Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's laughter was harmless, when Li Ji missed so many arrows, Zhao Yun whispered to Li Ji when he was somewhat embarrassed.

"Mr. Zikun, shoot another arrow when you find prey later."

Li Ji glanced at Zhao Yun upon hearing this. Zhao Yun then took an arrow from his quiver and used his sword to blunt the sharpest part of the arrowhead.

Soon, another wild deer was startled by the sound of horses' hooves fifty steps away and窜out.

Upon seeing this, Li Ji immediately bent his bow and nocked an arrow, aimed roughly, and shot in the direction of the wild deer.

At the same time, Zhao Yun had also fully drawn his bowstring. At the moment Li Ji's arrow was shot, he judged the trajectory of Li Ji's arrow with amazing eyesight, and the arrow with the blunted arrowhead in his hand was released instantly.

For a time, two arrows flew towards the wild deer one after the other.

However, the speed of Zhao Yun's arrow was obviously much faster than that of Li Ji's arrow, arriving later but reaching first…

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

"Puff!"

In the next moment, the trajectory of Li Ji's arrow changed, "accurately" inserted into the wild deer's neck, killing it with one arrow.