Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The frightened warhorse continued to accelerate.

Faced with the carriage and a half-grown boy blocking the way, the frightened warhorse rushed towards Li Xiang almost instinctively.

Li Xiang seemed to be frightened and stood there motionless, as if he would be trampled under the hooves of the frightened warhorse in the next moment.

In an instant, Jiang Gan snatched the whip from the coachman and lashed the horses pulling the carriage hard, pulling the entire carriage forward several steps quickly.

The gap of several steps was just enough for the carriage to firmly block the frightened warhorse.

"boom!"

The next moment, the frightened warhorse slammed into the carriage, breaking all its bones and tendons. The whole carriage fell apart, and Jiang Gan, who was sitting in the carriage, flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground, screaming in pain.

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

"Are you okay, sir? Are you frightened?"

Li Xiang's face turned pale, but he still pretended to be calm and spoke.

"Go and see how the benefactor is doing! If it weren't for the benefactor 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 and feeling pain all over, felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

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

As long as Li Xiang acknowledges the life-saving grace, Li Ji will definitely not deny it. In this case, do you still need to worry about not being reused by Li Ji?
When he thought of this, Jiang Gan clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, and pretended to be unconscious.

Li Xiang quickly stepped forward to check and spoke immediately.

"Quick, carefully carry the benefactor back to the mansion, and then quickly go and ask Mr. Hua Tuo to come and treat the benefactor. No matter what, we must save the benefactor."

"Yes……"

Listening to the noises around him, Jiang Gan tried hard to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, controlling the corners of his mouth from rising, and allowed the guards to lift him up carefully.

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

The yamen runner who seemed to be rushed to control the situation and clean up the mess, controlled the middle-aged man in white robe riding the horse, but did not escort him back directly. Instead, he invited the middle-aged man in white robe to the pavilion.

When Zhao Yun saw the middle-aged man in white robe, he quickly stood up and greeted him with a bow.

"I'm sorry to bother you this time, Senior Brother."

Zhang Ren had no intention of being arrogant at all and responded with a bow.

"I am following the Prime Minister's orders, so why would it be troublesome? Fortunately, I had my junior brother to help me with the bow. Otherwise, even if I was confident in my riding skills, I would not have dared to charge at the Prime Minister."

When Zhao Yun heard this, a look of apology appeared on his face.

Even if the frightened warhorse collided with Li Xiang, if Li Xiang was injured by mistake, the consequences would be disastrous, and Zhang Ren would also be taking a considerable risk.

Zhao Yun himself was confident that he could subdue a frightened warhorse at any time with his absolute martial arts and riding skills, but Zhao Yun's reputation for white horse and silver spear was too great, and even if Jiang Gan was slow-witted, he would have some doubts.

In other words, any famous general under Liu Bei riding a horse would arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Coincidentally, Liu Zhang, who gradually gained control of Sichuan and Shu, sent Zhang Ren to escort a large amount of grain and fodder out of Sichuan to congratulate his uncle on his title of king and to support Liu Bei's Northern Expedition.

Compared with Zhao Yun, who was from the same school as him, Zhang Ren was undoubtedly an unknown person in his time, which made him the best candidate.

However, Li Ji still arranged for Zhao Yun to secretly support Zhang Ren in case he failed to control the frightened horse. He could also shoot the frightened horse immediately. "Brother, you are too kind. Your riding skills are superb and few people can match you. Even when the horse is frightened, you can still control the direction of the collision. Even if Yun is not here, the prime minister will not be in any danger."

Zhang Ren replied with a smile. "Hahaha, Junior Brother, you are too kind. In terms of riding skills, Junior Brother is probably more than three points better than me. The name of the Five Tiger Generals is well-known."

Liu Zhang had no ambition to dominate the world, and his relationship with Liu Bei was extremely close.

Before Liu Bei proclaimed himself king, Liu Zhang had repeatedly sent letters to persuade him to ascend the throne. Now, after the autumn harvest, he even sent Zhang Ren to deliver a large amount of food and fodder to show his submission.

Therefore, after arriving in Shouchun, Zhang Ren discovered that Zhao Yun, who was ranked among the Five Tiger Generals, was actually his fellow junior brother. How could this not make Zhang Ren deeply surprised?

Moreover, this time he is acting under the order of the Prime Minister, which will surely be enough to make the Prime Minister remember Zhang Ren's name.

For this, Zhang Ren was very grateful to Zhao Yun.

If it weren't for the relationship with Zhao Yun, and if Zhao Yun was willing to secretly help 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 sit down and talked about the current situation in Sichuan and Shu.

Zhang Ren, who was born in Shu County, also made many military achievements during the civil strife in Yizhou and was entrusted with important tasks by Liu Zhang.

Now Yizhou has basically fallen into the hands of Liu Zhang, with only Hanzhong occupied by Zhang Lu, and the war is gradually coming to an end.

Zhang Lu had a natural barrier in Hanzhong to defend, and Liu Zhang had little ambition to make further advances. He was more capable of defending than of attacking. Now he had even taken the initiative to send a large amount of food and fodder to Shouchun, making it even more impossible for him to take Hanzhong.

But for Yizhou, it either had to go south to Jingzhou or attack Hanzhong in the north to open the passage to Sili.

From this we can see that Liu Zhang had already made up his mind to hold on to Yizhou, wait for the world to return to Liu, and then offer land and return power in order to seek wealth and glory.

However, this undoubtedly made Zhang Ren, a brave general, useless, so much so that Liu Zhang sent him out to escort food and fodder.

When talking about this, Zhang Ren's face showed a look of melancholy and distress.

After all, Zhang Renru is not yet forty this year. After going on a military expedition, he returned home and wasted half his life before he gradually gained Liu Zhang's attention and was given control of the military power. He thought it was the beginning of his achievements, but he did not expect that everything came to an abrupt end.

Looking at the few strands of white hair on his senior brother's temples, Zhao Yun thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Brother, you are a Han minister. Why don't you join the king and help the Han Dynasty? Besides, Lord Liu has always been willing to submit to the king. All we need to do is ask the king or the prime minister to send a letter to Sichuan. I'm sure Lord Liu will be willing to lend his generals."

Zhang Ren was very interested when he heard this, but after a slight hesitation, he shook his head and said.

"I have wasted half my life, and I am here today because of your appreciation. How can I abandon you and leave Yizhou just for wealth and military achievements?"

"Senior brother is truly loyal and righteous." Zhao Yun said with admiration.

Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and replied.

"But when the world is unified, I will have to join you, Junior Brother. I hope you can help me when the time comes..."

……

And it was when Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun were reminiscing about the past.

After Jiang Gan was sent back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hua Tuo was invited to treat Jiang Gan. This also spread the news that Li Xiang was almost hit by a frightened warhorse.

However, Li Ji, who was cooperating with Jiang Gan who pretended to be unconscious and pretended to be blind, did not wait for Jiang Gan to wake up after pretending enough. Instead, Liu Bei came with a serious face and asked Li Ji a question.

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