Chapter 246 – Thank You General Guan For The Arrows (1/2)
Chapter 246 – Thank You General Guan For The Arrows (Continuation of Guan Yu’s Retelling Of His Defeat)
“General, this is not good at all!!! What should we do?” Said Guan Yu’s deputy general in panic This person’s na and he is the one who responsible for Liu Bei’s escapade froiven by Tao Qian to Liu Bei while he was sheltered by hieneral since then In original history, he did not have a chance to leave a good na on the road to Xinye However due to butterfly effect brought by Liu Mang, Tao Quan ed to survive until now Tao Quan’s mannerism is calm and quiet and he is a very learned person This is one of trait that Guan Yu liked and put hieneral However Tao Quan panicked now Shouchun was bombarded from every direction and they cannot counterattack at all and when the eneet Shouchun’s blindspots, leaving no chance to counterattack, even though those 50 catapults target are city wall Big boulders are banging on the wall made the whole structure shook violently, it made soldiers’ morale dropped severely, and when it slammed itself on them, they are dead iritted his tooth “Mrngghh!!!” and said to Tao Quan “No choice, we need to breakthrough the city!!! Attack the on defensive will exhaust what’s left of our army morale!!!” Shouchun has been compromised severely, their defensive maneuvers were toppled one by one Guan Yu’s trebuchets which had been placed on the South Gate tower, had been taken out coe to South Gate itself is quite severe Leaving Guan Yu’s only option to attack them directly
“Direct assault? General, please don’t do that!!!” Said Tao Quan, while holding Guan Yu’s arht Tao Quan They indeed had 10,000 troops only but they are heavy infantries 10,000 Qing Province Soldiers will be unable to cope with 10,000 heavy infantries with direct confrontation The only troops that Liu Bei army had who can stand toe-to-toe with those heavy infantries were White Feathered Warriors1 who are currently is their lord’s direct subordinate and their trump card
One of the reason that Liu Bei was able todefeated numerous times was the existence of White Feathered Warriors They can be considered as Liu Bei’s Royal Guard Unit and being a Royal Guard Unit, they must be robust and healthy also they need to be skilled inFei had spare tiht theh Chen Dao is their field co Fei’s apprentices However, as forht infantries, so when they reach Runan, Liu Bei approached Liu Pi, Runan’s master Liu Pi who had sworn brotherhood with Liu Bei, quickly open his armory and Liu Bei can expand his White Feathered Warriors from 3,000 troops into 5,000 troops with each personnel is wearing heavy ar his heavy infantry tru heavy infantry is not a match for them
However currently, Guan Yu don’t have White Feathered Warriors with hi death, as their opponents are heavy infantries and 200 heavy cavalries They will be annihilated in an instant! But Guan Yu already prepared his resolve and said “If we just stay and do nothing, death is the one awaiting us!” Guan Yu’s face is very grioes all out fro with 7,000 troops who stationed here, he may still be able to escape albeit with heavy casualties fro army Guan Yu calculated that out of 7,000 troops, around 5,000 will be casualties
No other options except to breakthrough!!! Thought Guan Yu who then steeled again his resolve Guan Yu then prepare to ordered breakthrough using South Gate to all of his officers when Tao Quan interrupted and said “General, are you sure about this?!” Sure?! hell NO!!! Thought Guan Yu and senerals, I will certainly SURE to rush ahead Alas, the situation is very difficult now Thought Guan Yu again and exhaled dejectedly He already obtained the intel that co ar They are Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Sheng Being a survivor of a battle that is more hopeless than Battle of Xiapi, they are surely able to block their escape and kill them all Since both options resulted dead, Guan Yu chose the o out
Tao Quan caled to Guan Yu “General, if you are not sure, then please stay If general is to die in this battle, those 10,000 Qing Province Elites will beco to break your oath of brotherhood to Milord?!” The oath, eh? Thought Guan Yu Then Guan Yu’sthe peach trees, their fated s “We seek not to be born on the same day, in the same month and in the same year We merely hope to die on the same day, in the same month and in the sa, ill die trapped in this city!!! Better do so at all!!!” Guan Yu then held Tao Quan’s shoulders and said “Zizhang, don’t you worry about a thing With Zhou Cang at my side, I will definitely be able to return!!!”
Tao Quan then shook his head and said “General, we still another way to survive!!! Right noe are not cornered at all, although we are besieged by Liu Mang araps for us to withdraw fro bro and strategist Pang said to defend Shouchun with our life This place is a vital place of Yang Province!!! If not, big bro will not allocate 30,000-shi+ provisions and a lot of weaponry here!!!” With those words, Guan Yu resolved to not abandon Shouchun Tao Quan then shouted “WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT NOW!!! NO MORALE, NO TREBUCHETS, NOTHING!!! GENERAL, ARE YOU REALLY SURE WE CAN STILL DEFEND THIS CITY?!” Tao Quan dared to be rude as Guan Yu treated hiular deputy, he is iht now, if Guan Yu was not given shock therapy, he will not responded to anything Tao Quan said
“I, oes silent He already knew that defending the city is already a fleeting dream and if the battle continues like this, to with his soldiers, but still he stubbornly clinging to his assigned duty Tao Quan then continued, touching several sensitive things to Guan Yu “General, please think thrice!!! If you died in battle, what about Milord and your oath to hi Province Soldiers, Milord is currently severely lacking in troops now! If General were to throw those 10,000 Qing Province Soldiers and your life as well, ill happen to Milord’s great cause?!” Guan Yu kept his silence
Guan Yu is a very proud person and in his eyes, this Prince of Shu is nothing ht now, that bratty ht now Guan Yu is two e his pride and fulfill Pang Tong’s and Liu Bei’s order, second is to retreat, ht for another day Also the thing thatProvince Soldiers Tao Quan is right, if he exhaust these 10,000 elites, Liu Bei Army will lose one limb Guan Yu then responded to Tao Quan “If we retreat now, it will be very bloody to retake Shouchun again” When they occupy Shouchun, Shouchun is already desolate and its gates were open, therefore they could occupy it al ared Shouchun Tao Quan then replied “General, if we lived, we still can otten how Traitor Cao occupied Shouchun froht How Lord Cao occupied Shouchun? Guan Yu then slapped his forehead How could I forgot about that? Regarding that “Lord Cao” address for Cao Cao, it is because Cao Cao treated Guan Yu very good He gave Lu Bu’s Red Hare to be his personal steed personally and treated hi there So Guan Yu’s respect for Cao Cao is still very high even though Liu Bei ar how Cao Cao occupied Shouchun2, how can Guan Yu not know about that? Guan Yu loved about art of war, therefore he will follow every battle event in all of the nation When Cao Cao occupied Shouchun, it happened because of Yuan Shu proclai imperial seal from Sun Ce At that time, Cao Cao composed an edict in order to destroy Yuan Shu, the usurper So Yuan Shu was attacked frooes to Shouchun, throwing away his Yu Province and made Shouchun his final defense line He then quickly raised his troops to be 100,000 troops and create 4 daate the land, thus fulfilling his need of provisions However those 4 daraphy and finally was used by Cao Cao to flood Shouchun 80,000 troops out of 100,000 troops ashed by the flood and the re were either died or run away Yuan Shu hi his recreation shi+p Cao Cao then gave a stern warning toward the boat, not to proclaiain or else
Guan Yu then said “Are you talking about flooding Shouchun again?!” Tao Quan then nodded Tao Quan then said “If we kept clinging to Shouchun, ill ended up dead But if we retreat and prepared again, then Liu Mang army will certainly suffer the sareed with that kind of reasoning but he still clinging to the fact that he still can defend the city While he is in that thought, suddenly “BOOM!!!” there is a big sound on the Shouchun South Gate that they are standing on
The gate of South Gate was quickly breached since Shouchun defensive ht now Shouchun is just like a girl who opened his legs, waiting for Liu Mang to penetrate Seeing this very event Guan Yu gritted his tooth “Mrnggh!!!” and said “Go, order the troops to retreat!!! NOW!!!!” Finally Guan Yu chose to retreat as he finally recognize that this is a lost cause as his“Yes sir!!!” Replied Tao Quan happily and he quickly beat the dru the retreat “H victoriously He is overlooking the battle with telescope The telescope finally was able to be replicated as right now there are artisans who can refine crystals for lensthis telescope is still high, as the lens wasLiao, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun and hi resolved that when Shouchun is captured, he will assign those crafts then hand Xu Shu his telescope Xu Shu also felt very fascinated with this telescope and been playing with it a lot This instruht Xu Shu Seeing Xu Sheng kept his eye on the telescope played by Xu Shu, Liu Mang scolded “Stop looking at it! Wait until Shouchun been captured, then you can have one of it!” Xu Sheng dropped his line of sight He is really drooling with the telescope and has been wondering what could he and his Black Flag could do with this telescope But because of his unit Black Flag’shi did not prioritize hienerals ere given telescope now
Xu Shu then asked Liu Mang “Milord! Why have you not send any generals to storm in?!” Xu Shu was really confused because the South Gate had been breached and Qing Province Soldiers will not be able to close it again At this point of juncture, Liu Mang could just order to do siege and with White Riders3 as its vanguard, Qing Province Soldiers and Guan Yu will be entrapped inside the city Liu Mang then said to Xu Shu “Yuanzhi! They are cornered beasts and cornered beasts will unleash their last burst strength if we keep on pressing them Yes, we had breached Shouchun South Gate, but their nu Province Soldiers and they are very formidable foes especially cornered like this Also, Guan Yu Guan Yunchang’s nificent It is comparable to my honorable father-in-law!”
“Yes sir!” Xu Shu acknowledged his words Although Xu Shu’s , kept asking his real reasons Making Liu Mang eht What nonsense are Milord is saying? Cornered beast? They are not worthProvince Soldiers will become mincemeat once they encounter these heavy infantries we possess Also, Guan Yu’s prowess as good as Marquis of Wen? We can end hi Wei and Zhao Yun attack together, let him taste what Marquis of Wen felt at Hulao Gate The very reason Liu Mang is giving mercy is because he really respected Guan Yu back in the present Readers, you know that Guan Yu’s effigy is everywhere and he is revered by all of Chinese people also his stories, whether it is fact or fiction, still piqued anyone’s interest even now For that very reason, Liu Mang showed mercy to him now as his respect did not di did not order his ar Lord Guan The Second a chance to slip through Liu Mang kneell Guan Yu’s stubbornness and he is impossible to surrender and would rather be annihilated in battle as proven when he is defeated by Lu Meng at Maicheng and by Cao Cao at Xiapi Liu Mang’s gaze then fixated at South Gate and said in soft tone “Oh Lord Guan The Second, this mercy is because I respected you Next time, I shall have your life!!! Also, if you happened to be at that gate blocking rave!!!” In this world, there is nothing that cannot be destroyed
Really Guan Yu did not let Liu Mang feel disappointed After South Gate fell, he decisively shouted order to retreat When he retreated he assigned 3,000 troops to guard his rear But strangely, no one is pursuing hi now entered Shouchun, with Urban Army entered first as they are better equipped and can anticipate any retaliation, followed by Black Flag and craftsmen and commoners and finally with Zhao Yun’s Urban Army Cavalry which had turned into Zhao Yun’s White Riders When they entered Shouchun, the city was on fire that was burnt by Guan Yu in order to shake off their pursuers, the fire wasthen ordered to put off the fire Fortunately Liu Mang got 50,000 co commoners they are sensitive to fire, so they quickly responded to Liu Mang’s order
Yang Hong, being Liu Mang’s head butler, organized poor fa surprise Provisions got 20,000-shi+ in Shouchun warehouse while the burnt provisions had several thousand-shi+ Arrows got a lot, but was picked out by those poor faot 200,000 pieces Defensivestones, spiked woods and other weaponry also got a lot Really! Liu Bei had this hed in relief and thought With this kind of provisions, Guan Yu will be able to last for at least 6 months Fortunately, those craftsmen were able to built catapults to siht a very arduous, unefficient battle for likely a month or tith insurmountable casualties Nevertheless, those 20,000-shi+ provisions and 200,000 piece of arrows beco asked Zhao Yun while s, how do you like your White Riders?!”
“Report Milord, it is very good, doing battle is no problem at all!!!” Replied Zhao Yun earnestly Zhao Yun is really satisfied leading Urban Ar warhorses, Urban Army Cavalry’s warhorses are comprised of pure breed Arabic warhorse These warhorses is especially breed for cold weaponry cavalries and perhaps when the era hot weaponry ca soldiers, Zhao Yun also had no co trained by Liu Mang and Cheng Yu back in Wancheng Regarding heavy arhted only 20 pounds