Vol 10 Chapter 16 (1/2)

Chapter 16

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 16: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS FAN CITY (3)

Liu Bei POV

“Oh~ The Fan city troops have put on heavy plate armour as well huh?”

“Yes, the enemy left a lot of sets of armour behind so we decided to appropriate it for our use.”

“That means we are a lot stronger now and we have 10,000 heavy infantry troops.” Chen Dao said excitedly.

“But defending 2 cities with just 10,000 troops is a little…” Yuan Zhi, putting our numbers in perspective. When I turned back, I saw that she was deep in thought, “Lord Guan Yu, how is the drafting going in Fan city? There should be at least 20-30,000 healthy bodies for us to recruit.”

20-30,000? That many? I looked at Fan city in the distance and saw that its walls were twice the height of Xinye city’s. That alone is enough to tell me that Fan city’s population is a multiple of Xinye city’s.

“Ah, about that… We haven’t actually drafted anyone yet.”

“Un? No one at all?” Zi Long asked in surprise.

“We’ve been busy with work in the city and Lord Guan Yu does not want to startle the commoners so soon.” Feng Xian said as she looked at Yun Chang who smiled stiffly at Feng Xian.

“Alright, that makes sense.” Zi Long said. For me, there is no need to draft troops so soon as we still have some time.

“Lord Guan Yu.” Just then, Yuan Zhi called out to Yun Chang again.

“Un?”

“Did… Something happen in the city?”

“As expected of Lord Xu Shu, we got found out huh?”

Eh?! There was something?

“Yun Chang, what happened?”

“Un… To be honest, we have a lot of issues to deal with in Fan city.”

“Eh?”

“To put it simply,” Feng Xian took over and explained, “The bandits attacked before any of Cao Ren, Li Dian and all the other commanders made it to Fan city.”

“And what is the status now?” Yi De asked. I was initially surprised but then soon remembered that Yi De was still an administrative official.

“Now… All I can say is that it’s under control.” Yun Chang replied with an interesting choice of words.

“Not at all, I would say.”

“Lord Lu Bu~”

“If we weren’t in a dire state, we wouldn’t need to think about asking for help.”

“Wu…” Yun Chang groaned when Feng Xian revealed the truth.

As expected, Yun Chang was planning on shouldering everything by herself initially. If things did not get as dire as they were, she would not have asked us to come. It’s not like there will not be any celebratory banquet but there was a real need for help as well.

“Yun Chang, you should have said this sooner.”

“No, it’s always better to try to solve your own problems yourself. I just felt that it would have been weird if we still hadn’t invited big brother and the rest over.”

That is true. She had been exchanging letters with us but had not came back once ever since she went over. And the reason was because she was bogged down by work here huh?

“Un….” I spat out a sigh as I pondered about it. What could be more difficult than the battles we just fought? We have been through many trials and tribulations now and it’s not like this is the first time we are taking over a city. At the very least, it should be easier than what we have just been through.

“In any case, let’s enter the city and have a look first.” I said as I went ahead of everyone. My mood was not reall

y affected by the prior discussion. In fact, I was even happy at the thought of having something to deal with that was not related to battles. And when I saw the state of the city as I went in, I was able to heave a sigh of relief