Vol 9 Chapter 103 (1/2)

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 103: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A RAID ON FAN CITY (7)

Liu Bei POV

If I think about it that way, it does indeed seem that they will not be able to attack the city.

“Hai, I just hope everything goes according to plan.” I softly said as I leaned against the walls. I did not say this out of doubt. It was just an ordinary prayer. Nevertheless, I was afraid that Yuan Zhi might think of these words as doubt over her capabilities and muttered under my breath.

“Ah! The enemy is here!” Just then, a scout on the city tower yelled out and everyone around, including Yuan Zhi and I, immediately tensed up and looked outside into the entrance to the valley.

They are here. They really are here.

When I looked over, an endless stream of cavalry pouring out of the valley greeted me, dispersing out like an alluvial fan. They continued to disperse and expand out until eventually the heavy infantry behind marched in at a slower pace.

“1, 2, 3, 4…” Unlike me, Yuan Zhi began counting. I am not sure what she is counting exactly but it’s probably the flags.

Does the enemy really number just 10,000? I really have no idea.

I have led armies in excess of 10,000 before, in the Battle of Wan city for example, and have seen Ben Chu’s armies which were several hundred thousand strong in formation but my eyes could only see a few thousand at the most. Even then, all I see is a thick black ma.s.s. If I had no information to make a guess with, I would have thought that the enemy before us numbered about 30-40,000.

“… It is indeed 10,000 huh?”

“Eh?” Yuan Zhi suddenly spoke up and denied what I was thinking with certainty, “Ah, really? I thought that there were much more than that.”

I could only nod awkwardly as I went along with her. When I looked at Yuan Zhi, I saw that she had a grim expression on and looked like she was very tense.

*Tatatata*

The sound of footsteps made by combat boots could be heard coming from the stairs and I looked over while Yuan Zhi looked down in a daze.

“Xuan De, our troops are ready.”

“Ah, Feng Xian huh?” When I greeted her, Yuan Zhi turned around and looked over as well.

“*Tatata* Wen Yuan has gone ahead to the encampment to bring the troops out and they will be here shortly.” Feng Xian continued as she came walking over and nodded at Yuan Zhi when she reached my side, “Lord Xu Shu.”

“Un, Lord Lu Bu.” Yuan Zhi was slow in her greeting and turned back to look outside after she did so.

I looked over Feng Xian and saw that her aura seemed to resemble how she used to be during the Feudal Lord Alliance after putting on her plate armour after a long while. I had gotten accustomed to Feng Xian in her plain cloth clothing that I forgot that she was Lu Bu. But now that she has put on her plate armour again, the domineering aura she has about her really fits the name of Lu Bu.

“Un…” Feng Xian squinted and looked into the distance as I looked at her, her eyes narrowing into a slit and bulging as she did so, making for a rather scary display.

“Are those up ahead, the enemy that is coming to attack us? They’re already here huh?”

“Ah, yes.” I replied and turned to look as well, and saw that the enemy had already made their way out of the valley, “The enemy numbers 10,000, the same as us.”

“I see.” Feng Xian replied as she swung her halberd about while continuing to look ahead.

“By the way, Feng Xian, where is Red Hare?”

“I left Red Hare with Wen Yuan. She’ll be putting Red Hare in 1 of my bags on my horse.” F

eng Xian replied as she continued to swing her halberd and rubbed her chin as she said so, “But it seems like Wen Yuan is still fearful of Red Hare even till today.”

Ah… This cannot be helped since Wen Yuan is afraid of dogs. I do not think that this sort of phobia is easy to get over even if she wants to try to change it.

“Ah, I nearly forgot what I was here for.” Just then, Feng Xian seemed to recall something and stopped swinging her halberd and sheathed it at her back before looking at Yuan Zhi, “Wen Yuan was discussing the battle with me and she suggested to me to ask you if there are any special orders you might have.”

“Un?” Yuan Zhi seemed surprised at this question, “What do you mean by special orders?”

“Like the formations to change into based on the drum beats. We were wondering if Lord Xu Shu had any specific requests.”

Oh~ I never expected this. I always thought that Feng Xian would be the sort to unilaterally make her own decisions but she actually listened to Wen Yuan’s suggestion huh?

“No, I don’t have anything of the sort for this battle.” Yuan Zhi replied without any hesitation and returned Feng Xian’s gaze without any fear, “You just need to fight to your heart’s content in this battle.”

“To my heart’s content… It’s not like I have any particular sentiment…” Feng Xian seemed troubled at Yuan Zhi’s words as she was not that interested in battles after all, “But–”