Chapter 7 - Breakthrough (1/2)
Chapter 7 - Breakthrough
Original by Bro Got a Gun, Translated by Jaht moon in the sky, the scenery was like a picturesque char with beauties and poetries
But Xiapi, the once flourishi+ng city of Xu Province, was still in bloody strife
The city was engulfed in countless fla could be heard everywhere
Lu Bu was sitting next to Liu Mang While Liu Mang could rest, he was not able to The burning city, every sound of fighting, every scream, every newly lit fireburied in this ancient city
“What ti prepared the wholeall afternoon after being sent to this time He was dead tired So tired that he wanted to just lay down and not move at all However, he still had to move He did not want to die! He wanted to survive!
“It’s already the hour of Xu now” Lu Bu said calmly
“Hour of Xu?!” The ancients used the the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches for their time into twelve two-hour periods This hour of Xu is 7p remembered that when he went to rest, the sun haven’t set Thus, it should be around 5p, he had rested for about two hours
“It’s time for us to e fire in Xiapi, it was still hard to distinguish in the dark
“Let’s break out via the West Gate!” Lu Bu stood up to infor
“We cannot go through the West Gate!” Liu Mang said
“Why?” Lu Bu was confused The East Gate, which was the White Gate Tower, had been lost The North Gate was guarded by Gao Shun With Gao Shun currently being here, it , the South Gate too was lost There’s only the West Gate being guarded by Chen Gong, it should still be standing
“To go through the West Gate is seeking death itself!” Although Liu Mang does not understand the art of war, he knew of psychology With three out of four gates of Xiapi being broken through, the last gate too is inevitably going to be lost Thus, the last gate was no longer crucial to the siege of the city Rather, it was a place for one to gain credits - the credit of breaking through the gate!
In this siege of Xiapi, Cao Cao brought with hienerals Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun Below the, Lu Qian and Li Dian Not to enerals Alas, this Xiapi had but four gates - not at all dividable between all these generals Thus, this last gate would be a scrao toward the East Gate We will break out through the East Gate!” Liu Mang made up his mind
“East Gate? Are you out of your mind?!” Lu Bu shouted “The East Gate was the White Gate Tower - the place we just lost Because I was there, the East Gate was also the gate Cao Cao sent the h via the East Gate?! The East Gate is out of question We are to break through via the West Gate!”
It ritten that Lu Bu was a very stubborn person Originally, Liu Mang did not believe that but now he does Lu Bu rejected hi him a chance to explain hihly even with a first class , the first class troops For Province, and hieneral
But, Liu Mang had a way to deal with people like Lu Bu
People like Lu Bu are like hedgehogs If you stroke hi would happen If you stroke hiainst the spines, your hand will be pricked full of blood
“Boss Lu, do you not want revenge?!” With just one sentence, Lu Bu’s stubbornness was lifted
“Revenge?!” Lu Bu’s eyes shi+ned In this darkness, Lu Bu’s eyes were terrifying
“Yes Revenge Bullied so badly by taitor Cao and betrayed by Wei Xu, Song Xian and Hou Cheng Are you just going to leave without doing anything? Did you not want to kill those three traitors and give traitor Cao a payback?!”
“What h he was known as a hero, he was also a vile person One of the main characteristics of a vile person was their vindictiveness
Cao Cao brought forth to hiive Cao Cao a payback? There’s the three traitors Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and Song Xian too Everyone have such an characteristic - one’s hatred for traitors arethe Chinese traitors in the Sino japanese War Cursing theenerations of ancestors and descendants
[TL: No idea who author decided to add it Guess it resonates with the chinese people Many still aren’t over what the japanese did in WWII]
“Breakthrough via the East Gate!” Liu Mang spoke his mind “It is true that the Cao troops was uard against the Lu Bu army!”
“What do you mean?!” Lu Bu inquired
“Hehe We are now Cao troops under General Xiahou Yuan’s nephew Say, would the Cao troops be stopping us now?!”
“That’s right!” Lu Bu only now reet all the soldiers to change into Cao army uniform Under the dark sky, it would be hard to differentiate theular Cao soldiers
“Cao arh Xiapi With the whole Xu Province in his fingertips, based on Cao Cao’s personality, hoould he possibly not express his heroics and enjoy the feeling of a victor? Thus, he would certainly be holding a celebratory banquet for his acquisition of Xu Province in the building that indicates Xiapi - the White Gate Tower!” In the Rodoms, boss Lu was killed on the same White Gate Tower
“The moment when one is lectful Say, how strong would his guard be at thatLiao lead the front and the eight hundred For behind was to see if there was a chance to directly assault Cao Cao’s tent The three traitors are certainly going to be with Cao Cao Perhaps, if ere lucky, we could get rid of Cao Cao, deciding Heaven and Earth in a single inning Once Cao Cao is dead, both the Yan Province and the Xu Province will be sent into chaos Boss Lu could take advantage of the situation and replace Cao Cao Even if we can’t kill hi a co Heaven and Earth in a single inning Basically, one a’s explanation, tords was evoked into Lu Bu’s mind - do it!
What the Lu Bu army was best at was their speed Forst elite and the rest of the Lu Bu army was those that had survived despite all odds; soldiers that had experienced hundreds of battles, their speed certainly not slow
Holding the banners of Xiahou De, an army of “Cao soldiers” strut toward the White Gate Tower
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On the White Gate Tower
Cao Cao was holding a banquet He cannot withhold hiour! That Lu Bu, the saht was defeated by him Not only had he defeated Lu Bu, he also obtained Lu Bu’s estates Perhaps later he will obtain his harem too - he had yearned for Diaochan for quite soratulations Prime Minister! Xiapi had been conquered; as for Xu Province, it is within the grasps of sire’s palms With Xu Province in hand, sire could feed a hundred thousand troops!” A scholar kneeled to congratulate Cao Cao
“Haha Rise, rise!” Cao Cao was in a very good round, he’s Chen Qun who had previously been serving Lu Bu This Chen Qun was a very talented individual Lu Bu didn’t use him? Well, I, Cao Mende will certainly use hi able to conquer Xiapi and defeat Lu Bu today is all because of everyone present! I, Cao Mende, thank you all here!” Xiapi ah, Xu Province ah, oh this was a fertile region Although being the battlefield of four battles, it could still feed an army of a hundred thousand
[TL: Literal translation of fertile region: land of fish and rice]
Cao Cao didn’t set his sight on the Xu Province just once or twice The first tiuise of his father Cao Song’s death The then owner of Xu Province was Tao Qian, the old and corrupt Although Tao Qian was no ht Cao Cao back just by using the wealth of Xu Province
And noas the second time he attacked Xu Province After ht all the way to Xiapi using his Qing Province soldiers hell, this was also because Lu Bu dug his own grave by refusing to listen to his advisor