Vol 5 Chapter 20 (1/2)

VOLUME 5 CHAPTER 20: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE BATTLE OF GUANDU (12)

Liu Bei POV

Hei! Hei!

Whip after whip landed on the horse as Ben Chu galloped at full speed for Wu Chao. Even Zi Long’s white stallion was unable to keep up.

After I called out to her over and over, she finally realised that the troops behind couldn’t keep up and slowed her pace.

Ben Chu’s expression was a lot calmer now, and her disposition seemed a lot more normal.

“Xuan De, I’m sorry for letting you see so many of my embarra.s.sing failures.”

“No, you can’t really predict for sure how a battle would go in the first place.” I said as I worriedly looked at Ben Chu.

To be honest, given what I know, it is impossible for Ben Chu to win the Battle of Guandu.

It was only just now that I remembered this– That though this history was not the one I knew, it would not be too different.

Even though Yan Liang didn’t die, and was sent to guard Wu Chao, could Ben Chu really win the Battle of Guandu like this?

As I thought so, I looked at Ben Chu. She seemed exhausted even though it was just a few hours since the battle began, and her energy was spent.

This was normal though. Even someone like me who didn’t do anything was fighting to stay alert.

“Zi Long, are you alright?” I couldn’t help but be worried for Zi Long as I thought so.

Zi Long didn’t turn back, and shrugged her shoulders as a gesture that she was alright as she said, “I’m not you so I won’t tire so easily. Xuan De needs to train a lot more. You’re like a little old man.”

“Little…”

“Hahaha,” Ben Chu suddenly laughed when she heard this, “If only I had a relations.h.i.+p with my subordinates like you earlier.” Ben Chu sighed as she said so.

Her sudden words took me off guard and I didn’t know how to reply her at that moment.

“You and Meng De are right. I am really different from when I was younger.” Ben Chu seemed more relaxed as she said so, and began to speak about the past, “I don’t know if you’ve heard this from Zi Yuan, but us 3 were quite an impressive faction in the Court then! The official positions I and Meng De had then were low. We had capability but no authority to follow though, but the help Xu You rendered us was great, and enabled us to deal with the Ten Attendants marvellously. Back then, we were all friends, and there was nothing we couldn’t talk about with each other.”

Ben Chu’s eyes reflected the scenes from years back as she reminisced about the past.

“Back then, I and Meng De were really compet.i.tive and we hatched a lot of schemes against each other, and argued a lot too but our relations never soured. Only when we had established ourselves, and formed our own positions on certain matters did we really begin to grow distant. And now here we are at Guandu. I have many reasons for fighting, be it a desire to be the one who supports the Son of Heaven, or a dissatisfaction to be second to Meng De. But–”

Columns of smoke rose slowly to the sky not far off in front of us.

That, was Wu Chao,

“But this showdown will decide things once and for all!” Ben Chu said and swung her reins.

Meng De POV