Vol 9 Chapter 178 (1/2)

Chapter 178

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 178: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE 8 DOORS GOLDEN LOCK FORMATION (5)

Liu Bei POV

“Alright.” I was still worried even though Yuan Zhi was not but still nodded, “As expected, the enemy withdraws when our troops charge in.”

“Eh? Really?” I said as I took a closer look, “… Ah, it’s true!”

The enemy troops continued to retreat and make s.p.a.ce for Feng Xian every time she advanced. What was going on?

“This is the 8 Doors Golden Lock formation. Once you are drawn in, you are done for.”

“Eh?!” I exclaimed frantically, “Then that’s…”

“It’s fine. Like I said,” Yuan Zhi shook her head and interrupted me, “As long as they follow my instructions, there will be no problem. I don’t think there will be any issue with this judging by how the soldiers reacted just now.”

— When you charge in, do not get engrossed in battle. Do your best to keep your troops together and just keep moving forward and charging ahead in a straight line.

These were the only instructions given to Feng Xian and Wen Yuan. But I cannot see how this will work for now.

“Officers, are your troops ready?” Yuan Zhi yelled to the 1,000-man generals at the back.

“Anytime!”

Yuan Zhi then looked at me and tried to say something but remembered something and closed her mouth before speaking to me again, “I’ll give the order. I almost forgot you were supposed to be dead.”

“Ah… Hahaha…” I gave several dry laughs. This is not really funny to be honest…

“I’ll leave it to you then.” I said and Yuan Zhi nodded.

… Un? I thought that she would do the same thing as Feng xian did and raise her hand and yell before charging out but what she did instead was to take out a gourd and take a drink from it.

Ah~ Sugar water huh? She’s probably indulging in a similar habit as Huang Zu is, but with sugar water instead of liquor.

Eh? When I took a closer look, I found that it was Huang Zu’s gourd that was of the smaller, more portable size and not Yuan Zhi’s usual gourd that was too big to be carried on oneself.

“You borrowed that from Huang Zu?”

“Haa~ … Un.” Yuan Zhi gave a long sigh after she finished taking a long draught and nodded. I do not know if this is my misconception but her face seems to be redder than before and has a different aura about her than usual.

“Umm, Yuan Zhi?”

“Here.” She said as she tossed her gourd over to me when I called out to her and raised her sword which she pointed to the heavens, “Soldiers! Follow me to break the surround now!”

“Oh!!!”

The way Yuan Zhi yelled was very unlike how she usually spoke. There did not seem to be any hint of intellect in her yell and it seemed ferocious.

“O-Oh!” I yelled back a little slower than everyone else and spilled some of the gourd’s contents while rus.h.i.+ng to respond.

Ah, it would be terrible if I spilt sugar water all over, I thought, but then caught a whiff of a alcohol.

Eh? Why is it… Ah! This is not sugar water! It’s liquor! Yuan Zhi, you… drank liquor?!

I wanted to ask her why but when I looked ahead, I saw that she was galloping ahead at full speed as though she were trying to catch up to Feng Xian and we were only 30-40 paces away from the enemy formation.

Eh! Who cares! Be it drinking liquor or venting out frustrations, I have long gotten past peoples’ pre-battle rituals. It’s understandable for people to feel differently fr

om normal before battles after all.