Vol 9 Chapter 162 (1/2)

Chapter 162

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 162: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE SIEGE OF XINYE (11)

Li Dian POV

“If you haven’t fully recovered, then you shouldn’t push yourself…”

“No,” Lu Xiang abruptly interrupted me and shook her head several times as she lay on her horse, “When I heard that this was going to be the last battle, I felt that I had to partic.i.p.ate.”

If I did not know what kind of person Lu Xiang was, I would have though that she was sent by Shen Pei to keep an eye on us. But after working together for a while now, this thought did not even spring to mind. Lu Xiang did indeed want to take the field.

Cao Ren and I looked at each other and then at Lu Xiang, “It’s fine for you to follow along but I’m afraid this battle will not be an easy one by any means. It is very likely that–”

“Lord Li Dian,” Before I could finish, even with the warning that I gave her, she still did not listen and had a strangely firm gaze in her eyes, “My big brother and I are warriors. I do not fear death on the battlefield.”

Un… If she ‘s going to go that far, what more can I say?

“Come along then.” I said and looked at Cao Ren, who smiled with her eyebrows raised.

“Un, looks like that’s the only way.” Cao Ren said as she reached out and touched Lu Xiang’s waist, who jolted again at the touch, “We are indeed lacking generals at this time so you are a great help to us. Even if you are still injured.”

“Ah… Many thanks, my lords.” Lu Xiang gratefully saluted us as she nodded.

Never mind. It’s good to have a general who can take a few hits in battle. No matter what, there is still Zhao Yun, her lieutenant as well as that man wearing a weird hat. None of them are weak opponents by far.

But now that I think about it, it seems like we completely forgot about asking that man’s origins. Now that they are in such a dire predicament, how was it that they managed to get someone like him to join them?

“Ah yes, how much do you know of the upcoming battle?” Cao Ren asked Lu Xiang as she turned to her.

“To the commanding officer, none at all.”

“Ah…” Cao Ren gasped softly as her smile hardened. I really could not take this awkward scene and pulled down my hat to avoid looking at it and to hide the smile I had as I looked at Cao Ren’s expression.

“Ah… That’s fine, that’s not too big an issue.” Cao Ren said as she smiled and explained, “To put it simply, there will be some defections later and we will be sieging Xinye city with their troops.”

“Some generals will be defecting?” Lu Xiang asked in surprise.

At this point, I wondered if we ought to ask her how her battle with Guan Yu went down but then decided against it as we probably would not receive much information that would be useful at this point.

As I thought so, i looked up ahead.

… Un?!

“Oi! Lord Cao Ren!”

“Un?” Cao Ren calmly looked over and stared at the city as I did when she heard me call out to her, “Ah.”

Not far ahead was Xinye city. The gates were already open and troops were streaming out of the city.

“Orders for all troops!”

“Prepare to sortie!” After Cao Ren’s initial yell, the officers began relaying the order to get ready for combat.

“Begin inspecting your weapons! Battle will begin imminently!” Cao Ren continued to yell and soon, the sound of steel clas.h.i.+ng could be heard from behind as the troops began to unsheathe and inspect their weapons.

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They’re coming, they’re coming.” Cao Ren muttered with excitement as she squinted ahead and began counting the enemy troops that were streaming out. I too was counting, to see if things were going as Guan Yu and the rest said it would.

“2,000.”

“About 2,000 men.”

Cao Ren and I said at the same time and looked at each other as we nodded. Looks like their 8,000 strong troops were indeed divided in 4.