Vol 4 Chapter 21 (2/2)

As I held these tumultuous emotions inside me while we advanced, Liyang city appeared before me.

Liyang city was only about the size of a county city and wasn’t big at all. But it had now become the advance base for Yuan Shao in her upcoming battle with Meng De and currently housed 5-60,000 troops.

Looks like the original inhabitants have been mostly driven out and only troops are left in Liyang city. As I thought so, I followed Gong You into the city.

As I looked about, apart from male and female troops, there were only weapons, plate armour and ancient siege weapons of all shapes and sizes about. There seemed to be no peaceful signs of life at all, only brutality and violence.

“Please be careful when you speak later, my lord.” Gong You whispered to me just as a tent that seemed extraordinarily big compared to the constructs about it appeared.

She then went up and parted the curtains–

“I’ve shed blood, sweat and tears for you, Yuan Shao! And now you turn on me!” Just as Gong You parted the curtains, a big and burly man cursed and swore as he was hauled out by 4 soldiers.

“Kill me?! You would dare kill me! You useless coward, Yuan Shao! You will die a horrible death!”

“Isn’t that Ju Yi?” Zi Long softly muttered.

“You know him?”

“I fought quite a few bouts with him at Jie Bridge. He was a brave and upright warrior, if a bit brusque.”

Is that so? Looks like he is another brave warrior general. But why is he about to be executed?

Just as I was looking on in bewilderment at this big, burly man who was being dragged out, the sounds of argument coming from inside the tent drew the attention of my eyeb.a.l.l.s. I looked inside the tent and saw Yuan Shao, who was sitting on an elevated stage, while 6 girls sitting below her were embroiled in a heated argument.

Just then, Gong You pulled on my sleeve and bade me to go in with her. When I entered, Yuan Shao yelled out angrily, “Stop it you lot! Ju Yi has grown arrogant and overestimates himself. For this, he deserves to be executed. Tian Feng and Ju Shou need no longer bother defending him.”

Yuan Shao supported her chin with her hands and looked on with a fearsome gaze that emitted a pressure that made it hard for anyone to approach.

“My lord, we are now at a critical juncture where we are in need of manpower. How can you dismiss a general because of such a small matter?! Even if you want to execute him, you could have done so after the battle!”

But even so, a young girl who had her hair tied back in a ponytail continued to reason unrelentingly as she placed her hands in a salute before her chest.

“… Tian Feng! See if I will…” Yuan Shao’s rage seemed to have reached tipping point and she raised her hand, probably to gesture an order when she suddenly saw us and put down her hand as she clenched her teeth. She gave a ‘hmph’ before leaving the stage and storming out of the tent.

Seeing Yuan Shao leave, another girl wearing a black gown rolled her eyes at Tian Feng and then hurriedly followed after Yuan Shao.

“Yuan Hao, why do you have to go so far!? It’s not as if you don’t know how our lord is like.” Another girl, who seemed slightly older than Tian Feng, to the side said to her, but didn’t continue further when she saw us.

She turned to us and said, “Someone will give you your a.s.signments later.” After saying this, she pushed Tian Feng out of the tent as well.

Gong You shook her head lightly, and shrugged as though to tell me that it is always like that.

“If the strategists and the lord are so disunited, how can they face an enemy together?” Zi Long said with worry as she placed her hands on her hips and frowned.

It feels like Yuan Shao has been like this since the feudal lord alliance, has that rich young miss att.i.tude of hers remained as is since then?

Hai, if it’s like this, it would be weird if she didn’t lose to Meng De.

When I thought about how I had no choice but to join Yuan Shao’s side who would definitely lose, I felt troubled.

I hope I can reunite with Yun Chang soon.

“Lord Liu Bei?!”

Just as I was silently praying, a voice called out to me from behind all of a sudden.

When I turned back, I saw someone I hadn’t seen in a very long while.

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