Vol 9 Chapter 190 (1/2)

Chapter 190

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 190: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF VOLUME 9 (2)

Liu Bei POV

“Un… That’s impossible as the troops they should not be much more than 10,000. And they sent 10,000 of those troops to engage with us in Xinye. How then could they possibly take down Fan city?”

“Un… About that…”

I actually have a few ideas as to how but none of these seemed like they could plausibly work as Shen Pei was the one commanding the garrison after all. Personally speaking, I do not like her but I have to admit that as a strategist, she is better than most and would not be fooled by most tricks.

“Hai.” I involuntarily spat out a sigh as I thought so. I really did not think that I would still be fraught with nervousness and tension at this point after suffering a grave defeat but here I am.

“I hope too that I am just overthinking things.” I muttered to myself and looked at Cao Ren who was no longer smiling and seemed rather serious as she frowned.

After galloping around the mountains and running ahead for some distance, a decently sized city could be seen.

“Fan city is in front of us now.”

“Ah.” I nodded at Cao Ren.

From this distance, we could not yet make out if something had happened. Even if it means being subjected to ridicule and scolding, I still hope that it will be Shen Pei and our troops who greet us when we reach Fan city. However, even as we neared the city, there did not seem to be any reaction from it.

I looked at Cao Ren and saw that she too had a stormy expression on her as she spoke up, “I looked at the tower but all I saw were flags. There was no one there.”

“Troops in city, why aren’t you opening the gates at once!” I yelled out in panic even before we were right before the city but there was no reaction.

“…”

“…”

*Tatata*

Filled with despair in my heart, I wordlessly followed Cao Ren to the gates of the city. At this time, our troops at the back were getting a little rowdy as they were beginning to suspect that something was amiss.

*Shua* *Shua* *Shua*

As I expected, the ‘曹’, ‘审’, ‘吕’ and ‘李’ flags were now replaced with ‘关’ flags.

Ah… We really ended up losing a lot more than we expected huh? I began to feel overwhelmed with melancholy and looked at Cao Ren who let out a much heavier sigh than she had ever done before.

“Those before the city, I wonder if you recognise me~” Just then, a woman standing at the tower yelled out in a sonorous voice. Cao Ren and I knew who she was but still looked up at her. Yes, the green gown, red hair and that Green Dragon Crescent Blade were what I have been looking for.

Guan Yu! I can’t believe we fell for your despicable schemes!–

Or so I would like to yell but it would be far too demoralising for our troops to see one of the leading commanders acting out like that. If Lu Xiang was still alive, perhaps she might have done that. I turned back to look at her but she was still resting peacefully with her eyes shut.

“As expected huh?”

“No wonder we never saw you in Xinye.” Cao Ren said. Compared to me, she was more surprised as she had not thought about this before I had raised the possibility. However, saying anything at this point is a little after the fact. Yet we still cannot seem too pathetic so I will have to say something here.

“Let me guess, you and your troops must have started advancing towards Fan city the moment we left for Xinye.”

“That is correct. That was our plan from the very beginning.

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