Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Just as a woman was finishing her performance, singing a unique Wu-style tune in a soft Wu dialect, and slowly retreating, Gan Ning suddenly stood up before the next scheduled program could begin, and said loudly.

“I have heard that County Deputy Li made great achievements in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Why are the arrangements all soft Wu-style programs, without a trace of masculinity? Why not let me perform a sword dance for you all, and see the martial spirit of Yizhou, what do you think?”

As soon as these words came out, the originally lively banquet was slightly stunned.

The magistrate of Dantu County, sitting in the banquet, was the most panicked, fearing that he would ruin Li Ji's arrangements, and his head would be hung on the Dantu city gate. He repeatedly signaled to the county clerk with his eyes:

‘Is this a program you arranged?’

The county clerk, who also looked blank, blinked and responded with a look.

‘I don’t know!’

‘Then quickly get someone to invite this reckless man out?!’

The magistrate of Dantu County was so angry that his eyes were almost speaking, frantically winking at the county clerk.

After all, since Xiang Yu set up the Hongmen Banquet for Gaozu and arranged for Xiang Zhuang to perform a sword dance.

Although sword dancing at banquets to add to the fun has still been a mainstream program since the Han Dynasty, actively performing a sword dance between two different forces has become a rather sensitive act.

As for Zhao Yun, who was sitting below Li Ji, his palm was already secretly on the hilt of his sword, not only to be wary of Gan Ning, but also to be wary of whether Liu Zhang would make any moves.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty admired martial arts. Whether they were officials or scholars, they often wore swords at their waists to show off their martial spirit!

Therefore, at this moment, not only did Li Ji have a sword at his waist, but Liu Zhang also had a sword at his waist.

When Li Ji was in Julu, he could still spare some time every day to practice his swordsmanship, but after arriving in Wu County, Li Ji had no free time at all.

Therefore, with Gan Ning's rising, Zhao Yun's nerves were almost stretched to the extreme, fearing that these people from Yizhou would do something wrong and hurt Li Ji.

However, compared to Zhao Yun's nervousness, Li Ji's expression was as usual.

It was not that Li Ji knew Liu Zhang's intentions and thoughts, but that Li Ji knew that even if Liu Zhang had the heart to kill him, he would not risk making trouble here, even Liu Zhang himself was still sitting here.

If Li Ji were assassinated, the first person who could not leave Wu County would be Liu Zhang.

Therefore, Li Ji raised his wine cup, looked at Gan Ning who stood up to speak, and asked Liu Zhang with great interest.

“Who is this?”

At this moment, Liu Zhang also regretted taking in Gan Ning, not wanting him to be so unruly, and had to answer.

“This man is named Gan Xingba, a petty clerk from Bajun.”

This sentence can be said to have completely cleared the relationship between himself and Gan Ning, and even made Gan Ning's heart chill.

Perhaps Gan Ning didn't know why Liu Zhang went to Wu County to visit, but Gan Ning knew that negotiations and exchanges must not be weak.

Therefore, Gan Ning's standing up was not only out of dissatisfaction with Liu Zhang's actions, but also intentionally demonstrating to Wu County as a member of Yizhou, as a bargaining chip for Liu Zhang's negotiations, and also to let Wu County know that Yizhou was not without people.

However, Liu Zhang's sentence obviously denied the matter of taking Gan Ning as his personal guard half a day ago. His public and impatient behavior of clearing his relationship with Gan Ning was undoubtedly a huge humiliation to Gan Ning.

This made Gan Ning's face almost flushed with anger on the spot!

On the contrary, Li Ji became interested when he heard the name “Gan Xingba”.

Although Gan Ning has certain flaws in his personality, and his behavior is quite high-profile and arrogant, he is still a ruthless person who left his name in history with “Hundred Riders Raiding the Camp”, and can be completely regarded as a brave and resourceful person.

And after Liu Zhang publicly cleared his relationship with Gan Ning, Gan Ning is undoubtedly in a rather embarrassing situation now. It is not right to advance, and it is not right to retreat, and his face is flushed.

Seeing this, Li Ji's heart moved, but he took the initiative to give Gan Ning a step down, and said.

“I have long heard that Shu has the reputation of ‘Land of Abundance’. I only regret that I have no chance to enter Shu to see it in this life, but if I can see the style of Shu from Gan Xingba, it is also a fortunate thing. Please Gan Xingba perform a sword dance, and I will personally beat the drum to cheer you on.”

As soon as these words came out, a trace of gratitude flashed in Gan Ning's eyes.

In such an embarrassing situation, he was pulled by the person he had intentionally provoked, which Gan Ning had not expected at all.

With Li Ji's opening, Gan Ning's next sword dance would not be without reason and had to retreat awkwardly.

It's just that the reason is no longer to cheer for Liu Zhang, but to promote the martial style of Shu.

As Li Ji took a hand drum and tapped it lightly, Gan Ning also drew out the sword from his waist and danced with it.

Sword dance!

Almost all scholars and military generals in this era knew it, but everyone's swordsmanship and style were very different.

Gan Ning's sword dance showed courage and high profile, with great opening and closing, and had a unique appeal.

Li Ji, who had learned swordsmanship with Zhao Yun for a period of time, also had a certain ability to appreciate it, and clapped the hand drum in his hand to echo Gan Ning's sword dance.

And Liu Zhang, seeing that Li Ji didn't seem to be angry at all because of Gan Ning's rudeness, but instead looked quite interested, gradually relaxed and calmly appreciated the sword dance of Gan Ning and Li Ji.

More importantly, Liu Zhang had already begun to brew in his mind how to praise Li Ji's drumming skills later.

If possible, Liu Zhang felt that he might as well worship Li Ji as his adoptive father, so that the relationship between the two parties would be much more stable, and then smoothly invite Li Ji to enter Shu, why worry about great things not being accomplished, and the position not being stable?

It's just that Liu Zhang didn't notice at all that while Gan Ning was dancing his sword, his figure was gradually approaching Liu Zhang a lot, and occasionally a fierce light flashed in his eyes when he looked at Liu Zhang.

‘Liu Zhang, you kid, humiliated me so much. As a man, how can I bear it?’

‘Why not kill him with a sword, and then gather the Jinfan thieves who came with the fleet, and directly become a bandit in Yangzhou. Even if the Yizhou Mu Liu Yan is annoyed with me, what can he do to me?’

The more Gan Ning thought about it, the stronger the killing intent in his heart became, and the originally displayed sword dance with great opening and closing also had a bit more murderous intent.

Suddenly, just as Gan Ning approached Liu Zhang to a certain distance, the sword light suddenly changed and swept towards Liu Zhang.

It's just that before the sword light approached Liu Zhang to a certain distance, Zhao Yun, who had been on guard for a long time, was shocked that Gan Ning's assassination was actually Liu Zhang, not Li Ji, but his movements were not slow at all.

“Whoosh!”

Liu Zhang, who was immersed in his thoughts and distracted, only heard a burst of air, and then saw two Han swords colliding together in front of him.

“Gan Xingba, wouldn’t it be better to let me, Zhao Zilong, accompany you for a sword dance, since you are the only one showing the martial style of Yizhou, what do you think?”

Zhao Yun said modestly, but his movements did not hesitate at all. He directly shook off the Han sword in Gan Ning's hand, and then stood up to block Gan Ning.

Immediately, the Han sword in Zhao Yun's hand stabbed towards Gan Ning.

Gan Ning, who was shocked by the speed of Zhao Yun's sword, no longer had the previous contempt for Zhao Yun, and quickly raised his sword to block.

For a time, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning were in the middle of the banquet, in that small space, accompanied by the increasingly rapid drumbeats, the speed of the two sides' swords was also getting faster and faster.

The subtlety of the sword skills displayed by the collision between the two Han swords made everyone present watch with rapt attention, only feeling that it was wonderful.

It's just that the scene seems to be evenly matched, but only Gan Ning secretly complained, knowing that he had actually been firmly suppressed by Zhao Yun.

The obvious gap in strength made Gan Ning feel like he was facing that middle-aged fisherman again.

As the increasingly激昂 drum sound suddenly stopped, the Han swords that Zhao Yun and Gan Ning collided with also stopped.

“What a wonderful sword dance!”

Suddenly, as Li Ji took the lead in putting down the hand drum and gently applauded and said a word to define it, the rest of the people present also echoed and praised it.

Only Liu Zhang followed and clapped his hands, but a hint of surprise flashed in his heart.

Although Liu Zhang was distracted just now, Gan Ning's sword was too close to him, so close that Liu Zhang was afraid.

At that distance, if Gan Ning's Han sword moved forward slightly, Liu Zhang would have been splattered with blood on the spot.

Amidst the cheers, compared to Gan Ning's somewhat panting performance, Zhao Yun still maintained his calm and modest posture and took the initiative to clasp his hands and said.

“You’re too kind!”

Immediately, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning each put their swords back into their sheaths and returned to their seats, as if all this was just a normal sword dance to add to the fun.

The banquet also continued as usual.

It's just that after the banquet was over, Liu Zhang left the county government office under the protection of the people arranged by Li Ji, and went to the post house in the city to rest.

Liu Zhang's small eyes flashed a few fierce lights, and he turned to look at the guards behind him, as if he was looking for something.

However, Gan Ning was not among them.

This made Liu Zhang even more certain of a certain guess, and asked.

“Where is Gan Xingba? Has anyone seen where Gan Xingba went?”

However, none of the guards noticed when Gan Xingba disappeared.

“Humph!”

Liu Zhang sneered and ordered.

“Immediately go and control and imprison the Bajun County Deputy and all his confidants.”

Although Liu Zhang didn't know why Gan Ning wanted to assassinate him, the fact that Gan Ning failed to assassinate him by sword dance and fled in fear of guilt was an indisputable fact, and his heart was punishable!

Gan Xingba can run, can Jiang Zhi, who recommended Gan Ning, run?

Can the Gan family in Bajun escape?

Liu Zhang flicked his sleeves, and the hatred in his eyes was even stronger.

… …

In the county government office, as the banquet ended, Liu Zhang and the Dantu county officials who accompanied him left, and Li Ji went directly to the backyard of the county government office to rest simply.

It's just that Li Ji had just left the main hall of the banquet and was walking towards the backyard.

Zhao Yun, who had been following behind Li Ji, suddenly stepped past him, placing one hand on the sword at his waist and the other protecting Li Ji from behind, and shouted.

"Aren't you coming out yet?!"

Immediately, from a dark corner ahead, Gan Ning slowly walked out, then knelt directly before Li Ji, and said.

"Gan Xingba acted impulsively and committed a great disaster, I beg Mister Zikun to save me!"