Vol 6 Chapter 24 (2/2)

The sound of firecrackers in the nearby forest interrupted the call to retreat by Yun Chang, and sent everyone on high alert.

“Everyone, make preparations to engage the enemy!”

“General Guan, your blade!” Yun Chang reacted immediately and received her blade from Zhou Cang.

And immediately, the army began to descend into chaos. This couldn’t be helped as most of the troops were rather knew. Heck, even I got fl.u.s.tered.

But just as I was unsure of how to react, everyone else yelled out orders and began to control the situation.

“All those resting are to stand up! Once you get back into formation, squat and don’t move! Wen Yuan, get the main body under control.”

“Lord Zhang Liao! Tell the troops not to head toward the edge of the cliff!”

“I got it! Don’t leave our lord (Liu Bei)’s side, my lord (Feng Xian) and Lord Zhao Yun!”

“Cavalry are to dismount at once! We don’t have much s.p.a.ce to maneuver here to be careful of arrows!”

“Get into a dispersed formation! When the enemy appears, destroy them like how we trained!”

“… Protect the supply caravans and be careful of above.” “Get the s.h.i.+eld warriors here so they can protect the rear guard from large rocks and fire arrows.” “But be ready to abandon our supplies as it looks like the enemy will come at us from both sides.”

*Dong* *Dong* *Dong* *Dong*!

The firecrackers went off again but our army was mostly calm now from the incessant shouting and orders. Even I who was in the heart of the army could see that we were in formation now.

…

*Pa*– *Pa*–

After about a minute or so, the firecrackers stopped and all that could be heard were the sound of waves cras.h.i.+ng into the cliffs.

We quietly waited for the enemy to attack and didn’t dare to make any moves.

“My lord (Liu Bei), I feel that this situation is a little odd.”

“I feel the same. If they are robbers then they clearly picked the wrong targets.”

Wen Yuan and Zi Long were at my sides and expressed their suspicions about the situation as they kept their guard up.

But now that they’ve mentioned it, it is weird. Who could come and ambush us at this time?

*Pa* *Pa* *Pa* *Pa*

— Well done! To think you reorganised your troops and dispelled the chaos in such a short time. Xuan De, you really have a bunch of good companions huh.

All of a sudden, applause could be heard from the shrubbery, followed by some praise.

“Who is it?!” Yun Chang raised her glaive and threw it into where the voice came from with all her strength.

“… Hei!”

“Ha!”

At the same time, Liao Hua’s spear and Chen Gong’s arrow shot out.

*Ding*! *Qing*!

I’d thought that the 3 weapons would pierce the shrubbery in the area they were aimed at but all of a sudden, several long weapons came out of the shrubbery and deflected the glaive, spear and arrow.

“…” Feng Xian wordlessly prepared to charge forth.

But it was a good thing that my eyes were sharp and my hands were quick as I managed to stop her. I shook my head slightly at Feng Xian, and she kept her halberd.

The reason why I did so was because I could guess what was going on.

“Feng Xian, Wen Yuan, don’t you both think that this voice is a little familiar?”

“…”

“Familiar?”

— Hahaha! What? You’ve forgotten my voice already?

Along with the reappearance of the voice, several figures leapt out from the shrubbery and revealed themselves before us.

“Ah!” After they did so, Yun Chang was very surprised to the point where she cried out.

Feng Xian and Wen Yuan were also looking at them with bulging eyes, and they slowly lowered their guard. Hua Tuo, Gan Qing and Mi Zhen in the rear guard should be able to recognise this girl.

As I thought so, I felt that I should stop thinking and extended my hands as I saluted the wolf-eyed girl who was speaking just now.

“Sun Ce Sun Bo Fu! It really has been a long while since we’ve met!”

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