Chapter 44 - Building An Army (1) Original by Bro Got a Gun, Translated by James (1/2)
Chapter 44 - Building An Army (1)
Original by Bro Got a Gun, Translated by James
Kaiyang to Xiapi was over five hundred li, from Xiapi to Shouchun was another five hundred li, if they were to pass through Runan, that’s another thousand and five hundred li. Although the Lu Bu army was mostly cavalries, their horses would still get exhausted from the distance. Furthermore,it was difficult for the carriages carrying Lu Bu’s family to expedite their speed.
Chen Deng had removed everything of worth from Guangling, everything else that cannot be moved like houses and lands were turned into foodstuffs, golds and war supplies. Thus, in addition to the four thousand war horses Liu Mang brought over, Chen Deng had also brought with him two thousand war horses to the Lu Bu army. As for the soldiers, Chen Deng have brought with him all those that are loyal to the Chen family that didn’t have their own families or was willing to abandon their families to repay the kindness of the Chen family - over twenty thousand soldiers.
After Lu Bu took out the the old, sick or disabled, there’s still fifteen thousand strong and healthy men.
Lu Bu turned the five thousand old, sick or disabled into supply troops and transferred two thousand strong and robust soldiers that knew how to ride horses from the fifteen thousand healthy soldiers to the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry that was left with less than a thousand strong after the battle of Xu Province. The only reason they were able to best the Cao troops and display their might on horses in the battle of Kaiyang was because of the soldiers from the Formation Breaker and the Xu Province soldiers. Only with those troops did the leadership from the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry managed to bring out the strength of the cavalry.
There were five thousand robust individuals amongst the fifteen thousand strong and healthy men, two thousand of them was taken to become cavalries, of the remaining three thousand, two thousand men were taken by Gao Shun to become new soldiers of the Formation Breaker. His Formation Breaker was badly damaged and even nearly annihilated from the previous battles; it needed to be reestablished and replenish the lost soldiers. As for why the originally eight hundred strong Formation Breaker needed two thousand soldiers, that’s because Liu Mang brought back with him five thousand large shields, enough to allow Gao Shun to produce five thousand Formation Breaker troops. Had it not been for the lack of heavy armors, then Gao Shun might’ve really asked for five thousand new troops.
“What? You’re giving me a thousand robust men to construct a new battalion?!” Liu Mang had just woken up and was still a bit muddle minded, however, Chen Gong have already came bringing with him the orders from Lu Bu.
“What’s with that?!” Liu Mang didn’t come to this world in order to become a general, had it not been for the existence of Lu Bu and his transfer cd, Liu Mang perhaps would’ve already left this world. While Liu Mang had brought to Lu Bu countless war-horses and armors, that was all for Boss Lu to fight in the frontline with. He planned to only follow Lu Bu and live comfortably from behind the frontline. In the situation that it would help, he’ll use his knowledge of the two thousand year old history of the Three Kingdoms to help Lu Bu. And if he can’t then so be it, he’ll just stick around and go with the flow.
And now, Boss Lu wanted me to construct a battalion and join the frontline? What the heck is with this? With my fighting strength of five, how could I possibly do anything other than being killed right away?
“You’re pushing me to do something way beyond my ability!” Said Liu Mang powerlessly. It wasn’t as if the Lu Bu army didn’t have generals; aren’t Gao Shun and Zhang Liao generals?
“Generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao needed to reconstruct their respective troops, they are currently busy!” Said Chen Gong smiling.
“Then what about Chen Deng?!” Liu Mang remembered that even though Chen Deng was just a scholar, his marital strength was no weaker than a second rated general, he could be considered as a scholar-general.
“Oh, Yuanlong? He is busy commanding the remaining ten thousand soldiers!” Chen Gong continued to answer Liu Mang.
“Don’t he also have two familial generals?!” Liu Mang remembered that amongst the soldiers and horses that Chen Deng brought over, there was two familial generals.
“That’s right, one of the two familial generals were commanding five thousand spearmen and the other five thousand shielded blade soldiers!” explained Chen Gong.
“You really want me to command them?! Can’t you find someone else?!” complained Liu Mang.
“This was my lord’s intention, if you want to decline then please speak with him yourself!” Said Chen Gong, holding back his laughter.
“Talk with Boss Lu myself?!” Had it been a day ago, Liu Mang was daring enough to do such a thing. However now, he wants to flee whenever he sees Lu Bu. Why? That’s because Boss Lu have started to taken the role of the father-in-law more and more. Whenever Liu Mang met him, he would lecture him on everything from how to command soldiers to how to act with one’s family and then to everything else. It was as if Lu Bu was trying to teach Liu Mang everything that he know.
“In that case, I shall take my leave! Your thousand troops are located in the main barracks.”
“Don’t… don’t! Old man Chen Gong!” Before Liu Mang was able to respond, Chen Gong had already left.