Chapter 29 - Battle of Kaiyang (2) (2/2)
“Marquis of Wen! Prime Minister Cao is neither wolves nor foreigner! He is our Great Han’s Prime Minister, the representative of His Majesty!” Li Dian didn’t give up on trying to persuade Lu Bu to surrender.
“What is the difference?!” Lu Bu gave off an insipid laugh. “Those learned men like Gongtai always spoke of the heart of wolves and lungs of dogs, heart of wolves and lungs of dogs. However, what they didn’t know was that men’s heart were so much crueler than those of wolves, men’s lungs were so much more malicious than those of dogs! In Luoyang, outside of the Hulao Pass and inside Xiapi, three times! Three times he Cao Mende almost died in my hands! Say, how would Cao Mende possibly spare my life?! Furthermore, I had gravely injured Xiahou Yuan.” taunted Lu Bu. “Besides, is Cao Mende not afraid of this slave of three surnames turning into a slave of four surnames?!”
[TL: heart of wolves and lungs of dogs = a term to describe how cruel and unscrupulous someone is.]
Li Dian was left speechless. Even if it was him, he knew it was impossible. If someone almost killed you, how would you possibly be able to forgive that person? And this scene of almost killing you happened not just once but three times. Not only did this man almost killed you, he also gravely injured your blood brother. Most importantly, this man had a previous record of rebelling against his masters.
Much less Cao Cao, even a sage could not possibly be able to just forgive and forget this person right away!
“Lu Bu, did you really thought that we would be trying to persuade you to surrender out of our goodwills? Stop daydreaming! We are merely stalling for time!” said Xu Huang.
“Oh?!” Lu Bu looked around, half of the city wall was now occupied by the ever increasing Cao troops. The city of Kaiyang was soon to be broken through and it was already impossible for Lu Bu to escape now.
“Forget about whether or not the Prime Minister would forgive you. If you were to surrender, how would we present your head as our achievement?!” sneered Xu Huang.
“Want my head?! That’s simple!” Lu Bu raised his trident. “My head’s here waiting for you to take it!”
“Since you wanted to die, then you cannot blame us!” Xu Huang waved his gigantic axe. “Brothers, attack Lu Bu! Once we killed him, all shall ascend three ranks, rewarded with a residence and thousands of gold!” The gigantic axe was lifted up and came striking down on Lu Bu.
“Attack! Once we killed Lu Bu, Prime Minister will certainly reward us greatly! This was the perfect opportunity to achieve something for yourselves, to grant your wives a title and to make your son heir to your titles!” Seeing Xu Huang engaging Lu Bu, Li Dian brandished his blade and joined the fray.
“Hahahaha!” Lu Bu laughed loud and proud. With his trident erect against the sky, he shouted. “Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian is here, who dare battle against me?!” An aura belonging to a great and uncultivated ferocious beast was overflowing from Lu Bu.
An scene came into Li Dian. It appeared as if what they were confronting wasn’t human at all. Instead, it’s a beast, a great and uncultivated ferocious beast that could swallow the Ninth Heaven!