Vol 9 Chapter 158 (1/2)

Chapter 158

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 158: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE SIEGE OF XINYE (7)

Meng De POV

“How old is she?”

“16, why?”

“She’s already 16.” I said as I pointed at Yuan Rang, “You’re just 2 years older, is it appropriate for you to be calling her la.s.s?”

“Meng De, you will know if you see her. There’s no way someone who is 16 is as unstable as her.” Yuan Rang seemed to realise that what she said seemed to be inappropriate and corrected herself, “Apologies, I mean as brave.”

“Hmhm.” I chuckled. Even someone who was recommended by Yuan Rang can stand on her own 2 feet huh? It’s a wonder what 1 year can do to a person.

“But no matter what, the first batch of troops must link up with Li Dian and the rest as soon as possible. The southern campaign can only be considered to have formally commenced once that happens.”

“Li Dian and… Cao Ren right…” Yuan Rang recited the names of those who commanded the vanguard, “There are also a couple of generals from Yuan Shao right?”

“Lu Xiang, Lu Kuang and Shen Pei.” I immediately replied, “The situation now is that Lu Kuang is dead and Lu Xiang is gravely injured, to the point where her continued partic.i.p.ation is doubtful.”

“I haven’t really heard of their names. They can’t be very strong either.”

“Yes, but from Li Dian’s reports, they seemed to have fought very bravely. Lu Kuang in particular died a heroic death.” I said as I looked at Yuan Rang and smiled, “And did you know? Ben Chu’s Shen Pei contributed greatly during the battle.”

“Eh~ How?”

“She saw through the enemy’s strategy and her counter-ambush succeeded. Ren said that in her letter.” I said as I tucked my hands into my sleeves to try to see if I had that letter. I could not find it and gave up but kept that pose anyway as I continued, “Since Ren said so, then it must be true.”

The personalities of people in my family tend to be similar. Even if we are cunning and calculating individuals, we are fairly forthright about things and do not resort to lame tricks. This is why Ren has explicitly and honestly explained her and Li Dian’s mistakes.

“Perhaps~” Yuan Rang said with disinterest as she tucked her hands behind her back and yawned, “Ah…”

“Un? What’s the matter?”

Just then, she seemed to remember something and stopped as she stared ahead in a daze. When I saw her stop, I did so as well. I thought she was going to ask me what she originally wanted to but then realised that this was something completely different when I looked into her eyes.

“We were talking about Li Dian right? It just so happens that a major in the encampment outside the city handed me a letter from her when I was there earlier today.” Yuan Rang said as she began to search her sleeves for it, “Ah, I found it. It’s this one.”

“Another one so soon?” I said in surprise as I received it from Yuan Rang and opened it slowly, “They just sent one to me 2 days ago.”

“Perhaps there has been some new developments.” Yuan Rang guessed as she slowed down her pace to match mine. Even though today’s work has been finished, this seems ro be important so I will have to deal with this now.

“Let ,e see.” I said as I opened the letter and swept my eyes through each line.

Un… There was not too much content, only about 1-200 words, but that was because it was well-summarised and everything was important and so I sank into thought aft

er reading it.

“What’s up? Is it good or bad news?”

“Un…” I really could not conclude this with certainty but decided to give my initial a.s.sessment anyway, “Based on what Li Dian and Cao Ren has written here, it’s definitely good news… But I cannot agree with this view with certainty.”

“So what is it?” Yuan Rang asked with her eyebrows raised. This expression of hers is truly comical but I do not have the leisure to laugh right now.

“Take a look.” I said as I pa.s.sed it to Yuan Rang and gave her a summary, “From what they write, it seems like there is a rift in Xinye city and Guan Yu, Zhang Liao and another person called Chen Gong is going to defect to–”

“And Li Dian and Cao Ren think that this is a good chance to take down the city right?”

I nodded. I did not think that Yuan Rang would be this quick.

“Isn’t that a good thing?” Yuan Rang asked, seeming happy for Li Dian, “In that case, our troops will vastly outnumber the enemy’s which will make it possible to take down Xinye city right?”