Chapter 297 (1/2)
Liu Mang took two 2,500 of the Black Flag Arht the ene him stunned There were a total of three banners The first one was the Lord’s banner The second one was the deputy general’s banner The third one was the military banner that said, ‘Urban Army’
‘What is this? Could there be another arht that this was strange as the Urban Are with hie amount of physical exertion, he allowed the had been taken away by Liu Ye to Ruyin They would then go and capture Runan for provisions and also to rescue an ally by attacking the ene Xiu However, he could not understand why there were so many Urban Ar puzzled two riders ht so they could not be seen clearly but their voices could be heard “Are those the Black Flag Ar?”
‘This voice is…’ Liu Mang’s eyes glinted Huang Zhong was also a bit puzzled “This voice Is it Xu Er?”
“Han Sheng You heard it too?”
“Yes This is Xu Er’s voice!” Huang Zhong nodded his head There was nobody who could recognize this voice better than the father As Huang Zhong did not think highly of his son before, he knew all of his son’sXu?” Liu Mang could not understand If this person was Huang Xu, this would really be the other half of the Urban Army However, they should have followed Liu Ye to Ruyin Liu Mang allowed Huang ZHong to step forward and speak They found that the two generals that rode to the front were Huang Xu and Cheng Yu The two of the’s ar showed a displeased expression If the Urban Army were to appear here, it could only mean that they were defeated Liu Ye was defeated Otherwise, they would be at Ruyin instead of Yingshang
“Milord This is…” Cheng Yu and Huang Xu did not kno to explain
“Speak How many injured and dead? I have already preparedand Xu Sheng? What about wang Wei and the others?” Liu Mang could only accept defeat and wait for the arain
“No! Ziyang, Xu Sheng and the others are not here with us!” Cheng Yu and Huang Xu explained
“They are not here with you? Where are they?”
“They are still at Ruyin!” They replied little girls They were unlike leaders of the Urban Army
“They are still at Ruyin!” The Urban Ar Liu Ye, Xu Sheng and the others were either killed in battle or taken prisoner This had started to beco was a capable person like Xu Shu but he was also captured Liu Mang was reluctant to give up on hi and the others However, the headache was not so much the fact that they were captured It was the fact that there was a person capable of doing this to the and Urban Arenerals like Huang Xu, wang Wei, Cheng Yu and the others was also capable and would even be able to stop the three brothers ThisDispatch a er to Ruyin Tell them that we have Lady Mi and that ould trade her for Xu Sheng, Liu Ye, and wang Wei Otherwise, their Lord Wife would end up reh 50,000 provisions could save Shou Chun, Liu Mang had to save these three generals
“Milord There is no need for that! Even if you send Lady Mi, you would not be able to trade for the tostood up feeling angry “Did Ziyang, Xu Sheng and wang Wei all get killed already? How daring! Liu Bei! I, Liu Mang, really look down on you! You even killed enerals to deal withwas a veteran atArure Finally, Liu Ye was an indispensable figure that helped Liu Mang with experih! Milord Let this general speak!” Huang Zhong quickly stood up again and sighed He knew that if he did not act now, the er “Milord The three of them are still alive”
“Still alive? If they are still alive then get people to exchange prisoners If it is not enough then send Mi Fang as well We can even give the Wei and Xu Sheng!” Liu Mang went all out Even the second generation ballista was sold at ten thousand gold Even Cao Cao wants to buy it at that price Now, Liu Mang had the third-generation ballista which were even more powerful and rock ballista They were in an era without any artillery Not only would it be able to kill but it would also be able to frighten the soldiers Liu Mang illing to trade them away for the lives of three people
“Milord There is no need for that We were not defeated The three of the finally explained
“We were not defeated? They were not taken prisoner?” Liu Mang obviously did not believe him “Victory and defeat are common in war There is no need to lie to me! I just need you all to stay alive!”
“It is true The others were not defeated in battle To be precise, it should be that there was no battle!” Huang Zhong replied
“Huh?” Liu Mang became more andXu felt e Yu did not kno to explain, causing Liu Mang to become more confused Now, he could only bite the bullet and speak directly “Milord We arrived at Ruyin yesterday but then we received infor told us to split up We came for a rescueXu explained but it was not satisfactory
“Where did you get this infor? These weak defenders defeated me? Haha Open your eyes wide and take a look This land is Yinghsang and it no longer belongs to Liu Bei It now, belongs to the Lu Bu’s Ar really could not understand why they had received infor Yu opened his ive an explanation The information was probably provided by the eneer from the mountain, Liu Ye would have already won However, Ruyin had been acting strangely, causing the generals to believe that this is true As a result, the rescue draht Rest for the day To did not want to criticize too enerals were not captured All that happened was tio to Runan but now decided to go to Ruyin
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The sky turned bright Liu Mang knew that his e on the previous day That hy they only left late in theIf they were to follow the ay up, it would take them about three hours to reach their destination while it would take one hour to go by land However, Liu Mang and the others still reached Ruyin within a day only to find the place eerily quiet
The city was devoid of the hustling of thewas also unable to see a banner or figure on top of the city It was as though the city was co, and wang Wei knew that Liu Mang was co relaxed when he saw the three of them The three of theive Liu Mang a terrible heartache
“Zitabg What is going on here?” Liu Mang asked Liu Ye as in charge of thesplit up the troops Opposing Liu Ye would be opposing Liu Mang It would also be violating military orders As a result, everyone had to listen to him
“Milord This is all Liu Ye’s fault I ask Milord not to blaenerals!” Liu Ye prostrated in front of Liu Mang and begged
“Ziyang Stand up and talk What is your cri here
Liu Ye got up and explained to Liu Mang, allowing Liu Mang to understand as going on
Three days ago, Liu Ye led the army to Ruyin In accordance to the usual practice, Liu Ye went up to persuade the enemy to surrender However, there was no reply in the city Liu Ye thought it was strange and dispatched a scout for an inquiry At thatfroate, singing and playing the zither Liu Ye would not feel suspicious if it was just that However, the gates all also opened at the sa away the dead leaves
Besides thethe floor, there were no other people Liu Ye did not knohether this was a surrender or an ambush
Just as Liu Ye was about to dispatch the scout, he finally heard a voice “Liu Ye You seem well”
“Whoever that is in the city better surrender!” wang Wei shouted
“This general hed indifferently “General There is no need for so ates are open Help yourselves to Ruyin if you want it”
“Help ourselves? Militasry advisor What do you think of this?” wang Wei was stunned Just entering the city like this felt wrong Even if it was a surrender, there should be someone that surrenders Even a small city would have hundreds of defenders On top of that, Ruyin is so big and eht after years of experience
“Sir What is your name?” Liu Ye could not understand the situation and decided to probe first
“This talentless one is Sun Qian Sun Gongyou This one is currently the governor of Ruyin, under the Left General, Liu Xuande” The man replied He was one of the top three advisors in Liu Bei’s Arhed if he was there Sun Qian was fro Xuan Although respectable, he was just a second-rate advisor At Xuzhou, he was played around by Guo Jia, Chen Gong and Chen Gui Liu Bei did not live a good life with Sun Qian’s help However, Sun Qian was lucky Tao Qian wanted to give Xuzhou away When Liu Bei obtained Xuzhou, Sun Qian also obtained merits Besides that, Liu Bei was just a person who sold sandals and nobody wanted to help him He also did not have his current popularity As a result, he only have Sun Qian and Jian Yong as his advisors Even now, there is only an additional person, which is Pang Tong There were only three people so, nowould be at the top three
If Lu Bu and the others were here, they would have gone straight in as such a second-rate advisor was al alone Now, all the veterans entered the cavalries Liu Mang also send so Yu was present, he was initially a sure that did not know of Sun Qian