Vol 9 Chapter 166 (2/2)

“Did you get a glimpse of who was leading them?”

“Ah… Un, Lu Bu’s lieutenant was there!” Lu Xiang thought for a moment before she answered.

Zhang Liao huh! That woman cheated us as expected!

“There should be 2,000 or so troops there huh… No, it could be 4,000.”

If Zhang Liao is there, then Guan Yu should be as well.

Hai… If I knew their defections were fake, I would have brought my glaive.

“But what do we do now?” Cao Ren asked, “Our vanguard is stymied here and our troops in the middle and the back are suffering heavy losses from ambush after ambush… If this goes on–”

Yes, we have been ambushed twice now. The enemy seems to have predicted that we would disperse our forces in the middle and hid their troops in the buildings in the alleys.

“I understand.” I nodded, “But we still can’t–”

“Yaa!”

“Wu!”

Un?! All of a sudden a figure flashed before me and a grunt came from behind. I hurriedly lowered my head and lowered my spear.

*Dang*!

A clear sound rang out as a longsword landed on my spear.

Wu! I saw that a Serpent Spear had landed on Lu Xiang’s spear which she had raised above her head as well.

I applied strength into my arms and pushed my a.s.sailant back and when I looked up, I saw that it was the general who was wearing the barbarian helmet whowas not riding a horse this time.

Un… This man again huh?

“Wu!”

*Dang*!

Just then, loud, dull sound came from behind and when I turned back, I saw that Cao Ren had begun engaging with Lu Bu again. We really have no leisure at all in this battle to consider our next steps huh?

“Lord Cao Ren!”

“I’m fine!”

*Ding*! *Dang*!

The other 2 were also fiercely fighting.

“You again!” Lu Xiang was no longer calm and had an enraged look on her face as she engaged Zhang Fei who had not appeared in the previous battle.

“Where are you looking at?”

Un?

*Dang*!

The glint of a blade flashed in my eyes as successive attacks came from both left and right. After blocking those attacks, I stabbed out again and the man hurriedly dodged and leapt back to put some distance between us. This man has some skill but he seems to be having difficulties controlling his breathing as he is huffing and puffing after just a few bouts.

What I was more concerned about however was the battle around me.

Though our troops had a unit type advantage, it meant little in an enclosed area. Moreover, after suffering 2 ambushes, troop morale was low and all of the leading commanders on our side were embroiled in battle and were unable to command them.

“Yaaa!”

“Wu!”

While I was preoccupied with my thoughts, that man attacked and I hurriedly stabbed at him before he could get close and exchanged a few blows before that man was forced to dodge and swept out at him. He was able to block it but did not have enough strength and was nearly forced to the ground but was able to use his blade to maintain his balance.

“Yaa!” He then charged again and stabbed at me once he recovered. I blocked his attack and swept out again at him, forcing him back once more. It does not look like he is my match if this goes on.

“Lu Xiang! Finish things on your end as soon as possible and go help the troops in the middle!” I yelled without turning back.

We were 3 vs 3 here but it was a good thing that this barbarian man was not my match and Zhang Fei was also not Lu Xiang’s match. After weighing the pros and cons, I decided that it would be best for Lu Xiang to quickly make her way to the troops in the middle, who were mostly Yuan Shao’s troops and would listen to her orders, and support them. I would then quickly deal with this man and help Cao Ren against Lu Bu.

“Yes!” Lu Xiang roared back and began launching a flurry of attacks at Zhang Fei who was slow to react and began to panic.

“Yi De…” The man uttered as he tried to rush over. I hurriedly attacked him and he was forced to turn back and exchange several more bouts with me. He would keep turning to look at Lu Xiang and Zhang Fei during our duel but naturally, I would never let him go.

… Wu? This irritating feeling is back again.

For some reason, I get the feeling that I have seen this person before. I cannot quite remember who this is but he seems very familiar, be it the way he holds his sword, the way he speaks and even his aura.

… Never mind, I have been through so many battles so he might just be a second-rate officer that I once fought with in the past.

“Yaa!” He yelled as he charged at me again. It was not very intimidating however, as he was too slow. Besides, his sword was shorter than my spear and there was no way he could make it close enough.

*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*!

As we exchanged blows, he would always try to deflect my spear and stab me. Unfortunately, he lacked the strength to do it. He is not Lu Bu after all and he does not have the speed and technique that Zhao Yun has.

“Hei!”

“Wu–”

Be that as it may, he would always successfully dodge any attack I made when he showed an opening. It seemed like pure luck and coincidence very time but it happened often enough for it to mean that he was able to read my techniques.

Looks like this will take longer than I thought…

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