Vol 10 Chapter 14 (1/2)

Chapter 14

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 14: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS FAN CITY (1)

Liu Bei POV

“Un…” Yuan Zhi did not ask any further and merely concluded with a quick message, “In any case, what I mean is that you are our lord so y-you should be more confident of yourself.”

Yuan Zhi stammered as she said so and turned away thereafter. Looks like she’s a little embarra.s.sed about calling my ‘my lord’ or perhaps it reminded her of what happened a few days ago in her room, the little ritual we did.

“Yuan Zhi is right.” Zi Long added and gave me a wry smile, “Of course, I also want Xuan De to find a reason to live.”

Wu… Zi Long always pours cold water on me and my pride once again suffered a tremendous blow.

“By the way, is it alright for you to call me Xuan De? Shouldn’t you be calling me Shamoke?”

“Ah, it should be fine now.” Yuan Zhi nodded, “The battle has ended so there is no way that the enemy’s spies are still around. Even if they are, our strict borders and customs control will prevent them from leaving anyway.”

Oh~ I see.

Before we knew it, we had come to the end of the commoners’ procession and the sound of drums and cheers began to fade away. I looked up and saw that we were getting close to the mountain range to the north of the city. Further east was where Cao Ren and Li Dian’s former encampment used to be.

Naturally, we claimed all of their encampment while cleaning up the battlefield and brought back all of it to Xinye. We currently have about 10,000 troops remaining in total between Xinye and Fan city; and thanks to the gear, all of them now have a full set of heavy plate. It’s not just that, we also gained a good amount of provisions and bows and arrows as well. When the wall reconstruction works are complete, Xinye city can be considered a well-supplied and easily defendable city.

We really have Cao Ren and Li Dian to thank for this.

“Where are we going? Through the forest or the mountains?”

“The forest.” I answered Zi Long, “Yun Chang sent me a letter a while ago saying that she and the rest would be at the end of the forest waiting for us.”

The letter had come yesterday, just as we were thinking of going over as well. Yun Chang, Feng Xian and the rest should have the city under control by now.

“I wonder how its like at Fan city.”

“Yes, I wonder as well.” Zi Long said with an expectant voice, “Fan city is about 3-4 times as big as Xinye city so it will be difficult to improve its defences but it will make it easier to get more men and horses.”

It was clear that she was more excited about the latter. Then again, it was her who was able to raise an army of close to a thousand back when we had nothing in Yuan Shao’s territory. Of course, I am also very excited to see what Fan city is like. There should not have been any enemy attacks ever since Li Dian and Cao Ren arrived there so it must have grown well.

Un? I happened to turn around and noticed that Yi De had been silent the entire time and decided to call out to her, “Yi De?”

“Eh?”

“Umm… How are you feeling now? Are you alright?”

“Ah… Un.” Yi De seemed stunned and only responded after a while.

Is she still feeling unwell? To be honest, I did not want to bring her at all and it was Yi De who asked to come herself. Naturally this was a good thing and it also feels like Yi De is trying to establish closer relations with us. Or perhaps she is trying to act like how ‘Zhang Fei’ is supposed to be.

Or perhaps I am just over thinking things.

“If you feel uncomfortable at any point, just speak with Chen Dao. Don’t hold it in. Unlike a certain someone.” I said as I cast my gaze to the side.

“Wu.” Yuan Zhi mumbled and turned her head to the side.