Vol 5 Chapter 18 (1/2)

VOLUME 5 CHAPTER 18: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE BATTLE OF GUANDU (10)

Liu Bei POV

*Sou* *Sou* *Sou* *Sou*…

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The soldiers adhered the order to disperse as best as they could but the dense rain of arrows still fell many.

“Xuan De, what are you doing!” Zi Long dragged me down my horse by the collar as she exclaimed.

“Don’t move, stay!” Zi Long’s voice resounded in me.

I was utterly shocked by the black rain that was falling down and could only sit motionlessly on the ground.

All that was reflected in my eyes was Zi Long’s figure as she spun her silver spear and danced about, deflecting and cutting down all incoming arrows which were so fast I couldn’t even see their movements clearly. All incoming arrows were cut down with no exception and landed benignly in pieces.

“Xuan De! Are you alright?!” Ben Chu asked from the other side.

“Un, still good!” I twisted my neck as I yelled back, and saw that Ben Chu was swinging her sword left and right, and saw that even her horse was unscathed as well.

“Tian Yuan Hao! Are the others alright?!”

“I’m good! Feng Ji got hit by an arrow!”

“M, my lord! It was just a scratch!”

On the other side of Ben Chu, I saw Tian Feng and Shen Pei holding on to Feng Ji as they hid behind the s.h.i.+eld columns in the chaos, all of them looking fl.u.s.tered.

“Kuh!” A rare click of the tongue came from Ben Chu as she looked about, “Where did the arrows come from?!”

“My lord, looks like something happened at Guo Tu’s side!”

“Guo Tu!!” Ben Chu roared and pulled the reins as she charged toward the rearguard.

Tian Feng wanted to stop her but she didn’t say anything as she slowly retreated while carrying Feng Ji who had an arrow in her leg, and commanded the troops as she did so.

Even if Ben Chu changed… Looks like there are some she can never win over huh.

I wonder what feelings Ben Chu has as she sets out to quell a mutiny.

At this time, the wave of arrows has ended. And Zi Long, who had been blocking the arrows all this while for me hurriedly slapped the me who was in a daze.

“Xuan De, let’s take this chance and retreat back to Liyang. The troops we raised in Ye city should not die here.” Zi Long said as she mounted her horse and reached out her hand, “And I can’t let Xuan De get hurt.”

…

I looked at myself, and saw that I was basically lying on the ground helplessly, and looked at surroundings and saw that many amongst the few hundred men I brought were injured.

That’s right, what can I possibly do when I’m like this? I’ll only be a hindrance.

I’m of no help to this battle whatsoever. Perhaps it might actually be better if I didn’t go.

As I thought so, I reached out to take Zi Long’s hand.

*Rumble*…

Just then, tremors came from an area which should have been devoid of any troops.

An ominous feeling filled my heart as I looked over instinctively…

At the far right of the front lines, a large Cao cavalry unit was preparing to charge in a different direction from where the battlefield was, and at its head was–

Meng De?!

“… Zi Long.” I withdrew the hand I had extended to Zi Long.