Chapter 381 (1/2)

Jia Xu hurriedly told so that there was an i needed to deal with personally Da Qiao understood that asShe quickly left the study roos stirred froed to escape Once Da Qiao had left, Lady Zou ca Her expression looked worse than Da Qiao’s and herfinally hten out his clothes His private part was once again hidden

“Milady” Liu Mang cupped his fist at Lady Zou after he straightened out his clothes He felt a bit guilty as it was his fault that she ended up in such a sorry state

“You still callfor a future, never expecting things to turn out this way Regardless of how hygienic Liu Mang was, he would still have a body smell This smell is the reason why Lady Zou felt so uncomfortable She never expected the scoundrel to be like this However, she has soh the two did not have sex, their relationshi+p with each other have beco did not kno to address her In the end, Lady Zou told hi introduced herself She had heard Liu Mang address his oives as Ling Er, Fang Er and Yu Er She too wanted to be addressed in that faave herself a nickna embarrassedly spoke out her name Lady Zou was a beautiful person and like otherwas also attracted by her beauty However, her beauty was also hazardous Besides his three wives, there was also the Xiliang Cavalry to worry about Lady Zou was one of their previousCavalry submitted to him so easily as he never showed any desire for Lady Zou If he were to accept Lady Zou now, there wouldn’t be any difference between hih he liked beauty, he was not so in someone else’s wife

“N” Lady Zou shyly nodded in response Ever since young, she was called Lady Zou, Milday, or aunty So, she beca called her fahed as he looked at Lady Zou’s soiled appearance He then shook his head He was unable to push Lady Zou away after all that has happened That was just not his style However, he did not knohat to do about the tiger at ho was loyal and did not cheat on them However, she would explode once she found out about this With no way out, Liu Mang gritted his teeth and said that he would take responsibility for what happened before leaving Liu Mang left to the hall for the ih the er could have been sent by Jia Xu to ‘save’ hieant On top of that, there were a few of the by as well These were not only sent by Jia Xu but also Xu Shu and Liu Ye Even Zhou Cang and Guan Hai re In other words, so was led to theLiao, Xu Sheng and a few others who had already departed for Lin River The ones that were present were the three strategists and the other generals Although the three strategists had disagreerave expression It was certain that the incident this tieant infor entered the hall

“Milord!” Everyone greeted as they cupped their fists

“What happened?” Liu Mang sat in his seat as he asked his three inept advisors

“Milord So serious has happened!” The first to speak was Xu Shu as he was the highest ranking person aside fro His expression was as bad as the tiqi

“Speak” Liu Mang took a deep breath to prepare himself for the bad news As expected, the neas too astonishi+ng His men had been unable to buy any provisions at all Provisions had been so very important to both his and the Lu Bu’s Army Unlike other Lords who only needed to feed their own troops, Liu Mang also needed to feed thehad truly been played by Sun Ce Not only did he receive millions of citizens but he also had to rerateful towards Liu Mang Liu Bei, Sun Ce and Cao Cao all wanted to see Liu Mang dead, preferably killed by his own citizens This way, they could quickly and easily re Xiu and Sun Ce wanted to annex the Lu Bu’s Ar from the world They had almost succeeded if it was not because of Cao Cao The reason Cao Cao helped could be to repay a debt and obtain the ballista orowe him a debt Cao Cao also needed more time to truly unite the North He wanted a Central Plains that is not yet united so that they would be easier to conquer

Liu Mang won the battle with Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu suffering severe losses Now, Liu Mang needed to wait for the nest bumper harvest but he already had no o and buy provisions but he never expected that he would be unable to buy provisions even though he had money

“Speak! How is it that we could not buy anything?” Liu Mang asked as hedid not believe that Lu Bu had thateven if the Lu Bu’s Army iped out

“Milord Out men were beaten and chased away by Sun Ce’s men before they could even arrive!” Xu Shu reported Not only were these people beaten up but theslammed his hands on the table Fortunately, he had h Sun Ce did not participate in this war openly, it was obvious that all of these had been orchestrated by Sun Ce He never expected the money to be stolen but it does not matter as much What was taken would eventually be spat back out Liu Mang would be able to take it back by attacking Lin River

Liu Mang wanted to see Sun Ce’s expression when Sun Ce finds out that his territory at Huainan had been taken He also wanted Sun Ce to invade after losing his head in anger

“There is also Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang” Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang These two men were brothers but they were now eneh Yuan Shao had been defeated at Hebei, he could have still turned things around Unfortunately, he fell sick and his children would not cooperate The younger brother bla hile the elder brother bla up Yuan Shao With the two of them at each other’s throat, Cao Cao would be able to win easily The ht back by the other envoy had trulyfeel aard

When the envoy reached Yuan Shang territory, Yuan Shang offered to give a hundred thousand provisions provided that they were to attack Yuan Tan On the other hand, Yuan Tan also old on top of the provisions Liu Mang felt like crying These tere great offers but it was not possible to accept it as he would not be able to reach Yuan Tan’s Qingzhou on foot His navy was also not yet complete Both of these placed were separated by Xuzhou Would Cao Cao allow hi would be even more of an impossibility unless they could fly over

On the contrary, the conditions Yuan Xi had sent an envoy with a more reasonable proposal Yuan Xi was Yuan Shao’s second son He was younger than Yuan Tan but older than Yuan Shang He was Yuan Shao’s ed territory His sun Zan and he did not have any wild ambitions He did not have any bad relationshi+p with his two brothers so he was not affected at all by the war between these two siblings Liu Mang believed that if Yuan Xi had been na trouble It was questionable whether Yuan Shao’s ood end, much less Yuan Shao’s will