Vol 4 Chapter 26 (2/2)

“Report!!! The Cao army is coming!!” Just then, the voice of a soldier at the city walls captured the attention of the entire army and in the next instant, almost everyone began panicking.

“Don’t panic! Everyone report to your 1,000-man general! All those who have gathered their troops, follow me to battle!” Yan Liang threw down her wine gourd and mounted her horse. Yan Liang’s actions seemed obtuse and frantic, perhaps from the effect of alcohol and the surprise from the sudden attack.

“Don’t leave my side, my lord,” Zi Long, however, was calm, and we followed a battalion of troops that followed after Yan Liang, and she began to explain to me, “We are only guest generals, and need not fight for her. We just need to follow along.”

After only a few hundred meters, the troops ahead descended into chaos again.

I looked ahead, and saw Yan Liang fighting with a Cao general who wielded a large axe. The Cao general had lifeless eyes which were able to read every move of Yan Liang’s. Yan Liang had great strength but every move was deflected, parried or dodged and the Cao general counterattacked between openings such that the entire flow of battle was completely dictated by the Cao general.

But I wasn’t here to see their duel, and I fervently searched for the figure of a green robed girl but there were far too many troops in the area and it was hard to separate body from body.

“Yaa!!!!!!” Just then, a thunderous roar came from in front. I looked over and saw a young girl wearing green, with red hair fly out from the surrounding crowds like an arrow.

Yun Chang!!

She galloped through the troops and made it to Yan Liang’s side. Before I knew what happened, Yan Liang cried out and fell to the ground.

When they saw their commanding general cut down, the surrounding troops descended into total chaos and many began to retreat.

“Yun Chang!” I yelled on my horse and made to rush to Yun Chang.

But in the chaotic battlefield, it was difficult for me to advance. The noises from the battlefield also scared my horse quite a bit, and my ability to control the horse was no sufficient for me to command it to enter the fray.

“My lord, there are too many troops ahead. It’s too dangerous.” Zi Long said as she frantically held on to the reins in my hands, and pulled me along as we ran out of the city.

“No, Yun Chang is still there.” My eyes never left Yun Chang but she did not come over, and turned her horse away and left.

“My lord, even if you do meet Yun Chang! What can you hope to achieve in this chaos?!” Zi Long yelled at me and slapped my back.

The strength behind the slap was so great I nearly fainted. I coughed for a while and by the time I recovered, Yun Chang was nowhere to be seen.

I kept yelling out her name but there was no reply.

Zi Long brought me and the other troops out of the city. We only stopped to rest after we were several miles out of the city and we saw that there were no pursuers. Looking about, it seems like we only have half of our original troops left. I looked at Baima city and saw that the Cao flag was flying at the city walls once more.

At this time, I had finally calmed down. Now that I think about it, I hadn’t even thought of what I ought to say if I really did meet Yun Chang. And so if we did meet, that would probably result in an even greater mess.

On the other hand, I was relieved as I finally saw Yun Chang alive. But now there was another problem. General Yan Liang was dead and by Yun Chang’s hands no less. If I go back now, I wonder if Ben Chu will suspect me…

“Hai, I really messed up huh~~~ I can’t believe I got done in by that green la.s.s~~”

Eh?

I looked to the side and saw Yan Liang standing beside me. “Eh?! A ghost!”

“Oi oi, Lord Liu Bei, what’s with that look of yours? Do you really wish that I’m dead?”

“But, just now…” Zi Long seemed very bewildered as well just like me.

“Haha, I really have to thank my lord this time.” As she said so, she took off her outer plate and revealed another layer of plate inside, both of which were sliced in half but Yan Liang herself was unhurt. “I don’t know what’s with my lord recently, as she seems to be happy all the time nowadays. Just before I left today, my lord even specially gave me her personal plate. Thanks to it, I wasn’t sliced in half… But it still hurt quite a bit~~”

Leaving aside how Yan Liang was able to move so well despite wearing 2 sets of plate armour, Yun Chang actually sliced through those 2 layers of plate with 1 blow that even threw Yan Liang to the ground. What sort of unG.o.dly strength does Yun Chang have huh.

But Yan Liang didn’t die… That’s different from what happened in history… As I thought so, I followed Yan Liang who gathered the scattered troops and returned to Liyang.

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