Vol 9 Chapter 178 (2/2)

“Jia!” I yelled as swung my reins down harder and galloped ahead. I then drew my sword and pointed it ahead. I wanted very much to yell something out but did not know what to say. This seems to be the first time that I am leading a charge into an enemy formation.

“C-Charge!!”

“Oh!!”

In the end, I just used the simplest of messages. It seems like my troops will cheer and yell no matter what I yell anyway. In fact, I think that they will do so even if I just yell some garbled, unintelligible message.

*tata*– *Ding* *Ding* *Ding*!

While thinking about these irrelevant things, the sound of blades clas.h.i.+ng filled my ears and the yells from my troops at the back could be heard.

“Yaa! Haa! Die!”

I must say I have gotten used to hearing such yells all around me to the point where I no longer feel irritated, frustrated or afraid any longer.

“Yaa!”

And soon, I too contributed to the noise as I swung my blade about. My voice was not too loud but I could hear it easily. By the way, I am not really noticing too much where I am swinging at and how I am swinging, only making sure that I was attacking enemy troops and not my own. Zi Long taught me that I should not be concentrating on any one area too much in battles unless I am in a 1-on-1 duel and should just reply on my peripheral vision and spread out my attention.

Of course, part of the reason for this is also to make sure that I have Yuan Zhi in my field of vision at all times so I can keep up. She was currently at the head of the charge and it was really difficult to catch up to her.

“Yuan Zhi!” I yelled over to her but my voice was covered by the surrounding din as she continued to charge ahead without turning back.

“Lord Shamoke! Some troops at the back have begun to fall behind!”

“Eh?” I turned around in shock when I heard what the soldier from behind me said and found that our troops were beginning to get more and more scattered. If this went on then we would not even be able to advance further than 100 paces before our army would be complete scattered.

Wu… As expected of the 8 Doors Golden Lock formation huh?

“Yuan Zhi!” I yelled out to her once more but she did not reply me.

If this went on, we would not have enough troops even if we did reach where Zi Long and her troops were. But Yuan Zhi was still continuing to charge without paying any attention to the back at all.

“Lord Shamoke!” The soldier yelled at me once more, “What do we do now?!”

Wu… I looked at Yuan Zhi and turned back to look at the troops at the back. If we want to achieve victory then I can only believe in Yuan Zhi’s judgement and hope for luck. But if we cannot make it to Zi Long with the bulk of our troops, then it’s clear that we will not be able to attain victory.

… Looks like I will have to do something. I frowned as I felt intensely pressured. I was not Liu Bei now, nor did I have anyone to offer any tactics to me. To save my troops and win this battle, I will have to act as Shamoke.

“As Lord Xu Shu said, don’t get engrossed in battle!” I repeated and gave her further orders, “Relay the order, tell them that if they find it difficult to advance, put 2 platoons 1 on each side to hold back the enemy while the rest charge forward! Don’t get engrossed in battle!”

“Understood!” The soldier replied before running off to relay the order.

“Yaa!!” After that, I continued to fight and yell as I hacked and slashed about, cutting down several enemy troops. I felt a bit shaken at this point and lay down on my horse’s mane.

I looked ahead and saw Yuan Zhi’s white gown floating in the distance, which made me feel relieved. She did not continue charging and remained stationary, which meant that she had decided to wait for the rest of us.

“Haa!!!!” Just then, Yuan Zhi roared out in a rather strange voice that lacked her usual sternness and power.

I looked over and saw that she was moving about like a snake while holding on to her horse with her legs as score of men and horses lay dead around her. Even though there was some distance between us, I could hear the sound of her blade cutting through the air. It was a sound that sent chills down my spine but also made me get hot-blooded.

Yuan Zhi charged up ahead to draw as much attention and tear a hole in the enemy’s formation all by herself. It was difficult to remember that she was just an administrative official and she also did not wear any armour at all.

“Yuan Zhi!” I yelled to her once more when there was just about 10 paces between us.

“Xuan De! Hurry up!” Yuan Zhi finally heard me and yelled back as she continued advancing without turning back,

It feels like Yuan Zhi has become even stronger after drinking. Her swordsmans.h.i.+p was spectacular to begin with but it became even more so after she drank liquor. Is this some sort of drunken swordplay?

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