Chapter 34 - A Turn for the Better (2) (2/2)

“Yes, there is such a force that can!” Chen Gong replied.

“Gongtai, you are talking about him?!” Lu Bu’s eyes lit up.

“Exactly, I am talking about Chen Deng of Guangling!” Chen Gong replied “My lord, the conversation you had on the plain has created an opportunity for our survival!”

“So, Chen Deng is taking revenge for his father?!” declared Lu Bu while squinting his eyes. Lu Bu released Cheng Deng on the plain not because he wanted Chen Deng to save him in the future. He did not bother to kill him because he wanted Chen Deng to see what kind of person his father and he choose to serve was. What benefits Cao Mengde can give them!

“Tomorrow is the time for the decisive battle!” Lu Bu sighed. He knew that even though Old Cao was getting attacked from behind, he would absolutely not give up this opportunity to kill Lu Bu.

“Gongtai, I will go and inspect the city defence!” Lu Bu stood up while talking.

“Alright!” Chen Gong watched Lu Bu leaving. He knew that there were not so many defenders left in Kaiyang. Tomorrow, the Cao army would do total assault and they would not stop until they killed Lu Bu. His Lord was going on a walk to have some fresh air and to get some time without being disturbed.

In fact, there were times when Chen Gong was asking himself, is it worth it to follow Lu Bu? Sometimes he was confused by Lu Bu’s behaviour. When Cheng Gong was a part of Hao Meng’s betrayal, Chen Gong thought that Lu Bu would execute him. Because Lu Bu, who was cold hearted, would never let go of traitors, but he didn’t behead Chen Gong! Lu Bu instead gave him a look. Did his eyes have doubts? Did he lose his confidence in Cheng Gong? It looked more like loneliness.

Did Lu Bu regard him as family? Chen Gong had only seen this look on Lu Bu’s face when Lu Bu was with his family.

Exactly because of these kinds of looks, Chen Gong had followed Lu Bu until now.

Lu Bu walked out of the city tower and watched how his soldiers collapsed on the floor. They all did a great job. They were Lu Bu’s loyal soldiers and his brothers-in-arm. Kaiyang’s nights were very cold. Lu Bu noticed that most soldiers had already fallen asleep since they were too tired. During the day, they had exhausted themselves with the endless battle spirit. They were shivering while sleeping in the cold.

“Wush!” Lu Bu took down his cloak and gave it as blanket to some teenagers who still had childish faces. He could only do this much for them.

“Nhh!” At corner of the city wall there came an extremely painful moan. Lu Bu went to have a look and saw that it was the man who lost his arm during the day. The cold wind which blew on his wounded arm created an extreme pain, but he did not make any loud sounds in fear of affecting his brothers’ rest.

“Is it painful?!” Lu Bu asked while kneeling down.

“So painful!”The men replied back unconsciously. He suddenly saw that it was Lu Bu and tried to kneel down, but was prevented by Lu Bu.

“I, Lu Bu, ask for your forgiveness!” Lu Bu’s eyes became moist. He turned his head to not let his tears fall down. “Go to the city tower and rest! Tomorrow is our final battle!”

“Right or wrong, success or failure, we will let the future generation decide! Tomorrow we will show Cao Mengde what I, Lu Bu treasure the most in my life!” declared Lu Bu with great fighting spirit and determination.

“Shing!” In Kaiyang city, most residents had already escaped. At night it was a like a ghost town without any life. Suddenly a huge beam of golden light fell from the sky.

“Bang!” A crashing sound appeared on the place where the sky shone. *Cough Cough* Liu Mang cried with a wry smile on his face “Shit I messed up!”

TL: The author made a mistake imo, he should be naked and say: “I. AM. BACK.!” Arny style!

*Clip Clop Clip Clop* more and more horses hoof sounds rang in this ghostly abandoned city.