With Ma Chao's death, the Five Tiger Generals, the highest honor as the military general of Qi, have now said one. This quota must be completed, but whoever makes up for it will be arguable.

From all the military generals to ordinary soldiers, everyone was waiting for Liu Bei to announce who the newly promoted Five Tiger Generals were, but at this time Liu Bei was in trouble. Ju Su from Xuzhou wrote a letter to Liu Bei to recommend Zhang He to replace Ma Chao and promoted to the Five Tiger Generals. Taishi Ci, who was stationed in Jianye City, also wrote a letter to recommend himself that Liu Bei could let him take over Ma Chao's position.

Even Guan Yu, who was far away in Yizhou, sent his own opinions. He recommended the two of them, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren. There were letters of recommendation from the rest of the places, but they were far inferior to the previous four. Whether it was martial arts or military achievements, Taishi Ci, Zhang He, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren were all the best choices.

Liu Bei was not sure about it for a moment, so he summoned Han Fei and others to ask who should use to fill the vacancy left by Ma Chao. Everyone was speechless. Tian Feng and Ju Su were good friends, and both were from Jizhou. So he supported Zhang He and said bluntly that he should fill the vacancy of the Five Tigers.

But Gu Yong disagreed. He and Taishi Ci both served as officials in Jiangnan and had a good personal relationship. Therefore, he thought that Taishi Ci should fill the vacancy. The rest of the people suggested that Wei Yan, and some people suggested that Zhang Ren should be named one of the Five Tigers in order to appease Shuzhong. Liu Bei looked at everyone below and said something, and the key was that everyone said something was reasonable! This made him even more troubled. When he was at a loss, Liu Bei suddenly found that there was a man who didn't say anything at all, but had been drinking tea leisurely. Looking at everyone's discussion was like watching a farce.

This person is no other person, Han Fei. Liu Bei coughed, and the voices of everyone's discussion gradually became less and less. He said, "Zi Cong, I see you have never spoken! I wonder if you have a way to solve this problem?"

As soon as Liu Bei spoke, everyone's eyes were all focused on Han Fei, hoping to tell the person in his mind from him. At this time, Han Fei felt the eyes of everyone, and he smiled and said, "The lord is undecided. These four people are talented at the moment, and I can't tell who is more suitable!" Han Fei paused slightly when he looked around and looked at the people sitting around with different expressions. Some people seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, while some turned their heads and locked them up and didn't know what they were thinking.

Han Fei smiled slightly and continued, "However, it is easy for the lord to solve this problem."

"Oh!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard Han Fei's words, "Zi Cong, what strategy do you have, come and say it quickly!"

Han Fei nodded and said, "The lord, the five tiger generals are the ultimate among military generals, so martial arts should be the most respected! Therefore, I suggest summoning these four people back, and then drawing lots to decide the winner should be the Five Tiger Generals!"

"Okay!" Liu Bei praised loudly after hearing this, "Do you have any different opinions?" After Liu Bei asked, everyone looked at each other, and there seemed to be a solution! Look at me, I see that no one came out to object in the end. Liu Bei immediately made the decision and did what Han Fei said, and then ordered the four of them to choose a day to return to Changyi City! Then a martial arts competition was held!

After Liu Bei issued the order, the four generals set off to drive to Changyi City one after another! Among them, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren were the farthest away, and it took them a month to arrive in Changyi City.

As the two returned, the date of the martial arts competition was also determined, just three days later, and the location was on the square in the city.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three days passed. Early that morning, the square was already crowded with people. Qi State was still martial, especially this time the selection of the Five Tiger Generals, which attracted even more attention. So many people came to see the excitement and the constables and yamen runners in Changyi City. They all came out and all went to the square to maintain order! They were afraid of riots and changes.

The constable and the yamen runners are nervous, and the shadows and the dark swords are not easy either. Countless shadows are interspersed in the crowd. They are all dull, but they can play an unexpected role at critical moments.

On the 3rd day of the sun, Liu Bei brought a group of cultural relics to the square. A simple stand had been set up here. Liu Bei and others came to the stand and sat down. At this time, Jian Yong came over and asked, "The lords are all here, can you start?"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Let's start!"

Jian Yong responded, turned around and ordered people to call Zhang He, Taishi Ci, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren. Then he asked someone to prepare four pieces of paper, two with the words A and two with the words B. Then Jian Yong put the four pieces of paper into a box, turned his head and said to the four people: "Come on! Four generals, each of you can only draw one piece of paper."

The four of them looked at each other, and Wei Yan came out first and said, "I'll do it first!" After that, he reached into the box and took out a piece of paper. Then the remaining three people took out a piece of paper in turn. After all the four of them were taken out, Jian Yong smiled and said, "Okay, four generals, you open the piece of paper. Those with the same characters are the opponents. Those with the character A will compete first! Those with the character B will wait for a while."

After hearing Jian Yong's words, the four of them opened the paper ball in their hands and saw that Wei Yan and Zhang He had the characters A, while Taishi Ci and Zhang Ren had the characters B. At this point, the lottery was over, and Zhang He and Wei Yan competed first.

Jian Yong told Liu Bei the result of the lottery, and Liu Bei ordered them to enter the court for a competition. At this time, both Wei Yan and Zhang He rode on horses. Zhang He waved his iron halberd, while Wei Yan came to the center of the square with a big sword.

Seeing that the competition was about to begin, Han Fei suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute! You two have heard that, although it is a competition, it cannot hurt the vital points, otherwise you will lose the qualification to compete. Please remember the generals!" Han Fei finished shouting and turned to Zhang Fei and said: "Three Generals, you are ready! If they are in a hurry, you have to separate them."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he laughed and said, "Boy Fei, don't worry! I'm here to guarantee that they are fine!" Seeing Zhang Fei patting his chest and promised, Han Fei felt much more at peace. He nodded to Jian Yong. Jian Yong immediately announced: "The competition has begun!"

With Jian Yong's order, Zhang He and Wei Yan urged the horses to fight at the same time, and two horses broke up and Zhang He's iron halberd rushed towards Wei Yan and smashed him head-on.

Wei Yan was not vague. He raised the big knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Disable it for me!"

With a loud "dang", the iron halberd and the big sword collided. At that time, the fire was everywhere, and both of them were shaken. This time, they fought evenly! Wei Yan took advantage of the opportunity of shock. He gritted his teeth and turned the big sword in his hand and rushed to Zhang He's chest and chopped it. Zhang He did not dare to neglect the iron halberd in his hand and blocked Wei Yan's big sword outside. At this time, the two horses were kicking in the wrong way, and Zhang He suddenly turned around and stabbed Wei Yan's back.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!