Chapter 295 – Towards Yingshang (1/2)

Towards Yingshang

The Wolf Cavalry finally escaped with the sacrifice of their own blood They were not cold-blooded people that were ungrateful They olves They only showed tears in their eyes and would use these tears for vengeance

“Break out! Break out!” The re few thousand whipped their horses and rode out One hundredto stop them

Liu Bei’s subordinates were infantries The White Eared soldiers even wore heavy ar Cavalry were stunned by the spirit of those that sacrificed the They were ruthless not only to their enemies but also to their own men Those that died were friends Those that did not die were looked own on They would not want to go and sacrifice the the Wolf Cavalry to escape

Lu Bu took the Wolf Cavalry far away and looked back to see that the soldiers were no longer pursuing them This allowed the rest of the wolves to rest and lick their wounds for a while Lu Bu licked his wounds and bitterly found out that the Wolf Cavalry initially numbered 5,000 He lost 2,762 and now, less than 3,000 remained The Wolf Cavalry had suffered serious losses Even Cao Cao’s attack on the Central Plains was not so bad

“daritted his teeth He did not even realize that his fingers dug into his pal Pan is dead The re soldiers went up to Lu Bu and asked

“Make a detour Go to Shucheng!” Lu Bu also knew that the Wolf Cavalry could no longer fight After losing th, they would not be able to do much even if they were dispatched All they could do was return to Shucheng to rest

“Milord We are going back?” The soldiers were puzzled They set out to look for Lu Lingqi but losther They wondered if they would really just go back like this

“We are not searching anymore I believe Heaven would help her!” Lu Bu felt really bitter as he said this Saying that Lu Bu was not worried about his daughter would be a lie If he was not worried, he would not have taken out the Wolf Cavalry However, having his brothers that fought side by side with hi Lu Bu wants to do

A ould need to lick their wounds A ould need to have a vengeful heart Noas the tie his fallen brothers when he returns ‘Liu Bei Zhang Xiu Just you wait!’

Lu Bu and the Wolf Cavalry returned back to where they came from after they rested

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“Kill! Kill!” Yuzhou, Yingshang Liu Mang had now hardened his heart to quickly capture Yingshang His sixteen trebuchets continued to operate day and night, breaking away the walls The piled up stones quickly brought Yingshang onto the verge of ruins The stones were also quickly used up After they were used up, he would need to collect ood Mi Fang as inside Yingshang felt even worse He had 5,000 defenders and could only defend up until now thanks to the help of the citizens The people had went up the walls to help Mi Fang push back the enemy They also helped send food inside the city and boil water for them To the people of Yuzhou, Liu Bei was already their Lord Anyone fighting against Liu Bei were evil Liu Bei was someone who relied on public ereatest elites were not the White Eared soldiers but hiood at capturing people’s hearts To the public, their faces were gold and their enemies were splashed with dirty water The people froether with the people of Xuzhou The people of Xuzhou were completely brainwashed Only Liu Bei’s Army was the royal ar his ene people in an inhabitant city

Although there arlords that love doing that, they only did it to scare the people For example, Cao Cao had killed people in Xuzhou only to intimidate them A total of three small cities added up to about ten thousand citizens Thousands had fled to escape Cao Cao only killed a few of the old and sick which totaled up to less than a thousand people However, he was made out to be a ruthless butcher by Liu Bei that dyed the river and lake blood red

With propaganda being spread every day, Cao Cao would become a villain even if he wasn’t one Repeated false reports led the people astray So when Cao Cao attack Xuzhou, every citizen would come out and help to defend Finally, Cao cao was left without a choice After all, he was already known as a butcher He ht as well turn it into a fact That hen Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he dragged out all the citizens that helped the defenders Naturally, Cao Cao would not be able to find thely kill three thousand as opposed to letting one hundred go free And so, his naet about slandering Cao Cao after being chased out of Xuzhou Now, Liu Mang was receiving the saroup have been brainwashed They believed that they would all be killed once the city was captured Even if sos to them, they would not understand

Since they would not understand, they could only be categorized together with the defenders by Liu Mang

“The city is breached!” The defenders and the citizens were finally unable to hold out The walls had been boood foundation Many were injured or crushed to death Those hit by the rocks were unlikely to survive Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would become disabled If it was not because of Liu Bei’s popularity, they would only have lasted for half a day There wouldn’t be anybody brave enough to stand at the front

Mi Fang had a total of 5,000 defenders 3,000 perished on the first day itself If the citizens did not help, they would have already been finished

After two days, Liu Mang finally attacked the city He was at Yingshui a large country at Yuzhou, no smaller than the south Beside it was the Huaihe River Another thingplace for Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Xuzhou During its prosperous moments, there were hundreds and thousands of o

However, on that day, the gates of the ancient city opened its door under the attacks of Liu Mang and thousands of elite soldiers

“All units Enter the city!” Liu Mang waved his hand and issued the order The drawbridge had already been lowered The fighting was now done at the streets There was no huge resistance The Black Flag are as their are was lowered and the door was open, they were the first to rush to battle

Liu Mang took the Black Flag army and rushed to the storehouse Fortunately, the place had not yet been destroyed by Mi Fang Perhaps the city was broken in too quickly or that Mi Fang did not expect themselves to be unable to hold out for two days but they did not set the storehouse on fire If they had burned it, Liuhad all been sent to Shouchun The leftover provisions was only enough to last for half a ry

Liu Mang ordered the soldiers to guard the storehouse and walked in There were still a few officials who haven’t had the tirabbed one of the people ere responsible for it and learned that there were plenty of provisions here This caused Liu Mang to laugh out loud The entire Yangzhou was lacking in provisions Just the ones here was enough to help Shouchun last for a while

“Ziyang and the others should have already captured Ruyin” Ruyin was notThe provisions in it should also be just as h for Liu Mang to go to Runan Liu Mang would naturally be happy After capturing Runan, eliminated Liu Bei’s escape road Runan was also Liu Bei’s nest Provisions were all sent from Runan Once captured, Liu Bei would be left without provisions and would be unable to fight His luck would change Even if Shouchun was captured, thereceive a headache would now be Liu Bei’s problery citizens starve He would be left with two choices Take out his own provisions for the people or let them starve and revolt Liu Bei’s reputation would also be destroyed Liu Mang really wanted to see this happening

While Liu Mang was thinking, Huang Zhong arrived Huang Zhong had been co the tiht It was just about an entire day

“Little Lord This general is glad not to show disgrace and have captured Yingshang” Huang Zhong knelt in front of Liu Mang Behind hieneral “We have also arrested this person”

“Oh Isn’t this General Mi Fang?” Liu Mang looked at the captured general as though he saw an old acquaintance

“H willed When he saw Liu Mang, he refused to kneel and looked away However, he was a prisoner and had no choice Two of the soldiers sla hied to kill you” Liu Mang wanted Mi Fang’s brother Mi Zhu to join Lu Bu’s Ar would be able to give his ideas to Mi Zhu Besides that, the White Horse only nureed with Zhao Yun that there was a need to buy horses and increase that number to 5,000 Now, the only place one could buy horses fro Once the shi+ps and the shi+pyard were co A merchant who kno to trade would be indispensable to Liu Mang

“Han Sheng Where did you find hi was not an idiot After seeing that the city was about to fall, where else would he go except flee? Liu Mang does not have any cavalries He only had infantries and heavy infantries As long as there were a few horses, they would be able to escape froht alive