Chapter 19 - Father (1/2)
Chapter 19 - Father
Original by Bro Got a Gun, Translated by James
“Heeyah! Heeyah!” On Xu Province, a giant black dragon was zigzagging around. With extreme speed, the dragon was rapidly pa.s.sing through mountain ridges.
The whole earth trembled!
At the head of the dragon, a general wearing commander armor suddenly waved his hand and the whole dragon suddenly came to a stop.
This huge dragon was the Ferocious Cavalry, the most elite of the Cao army calvaries. The Ferocious Cavalry numbered only three thousand, each of them an elite before joining the Ferocious Cavalry! Even when attacking Lu Bu, old Cao have brought only fifteen hundred Ferocious Cavalry riders with him.
The remaining fifteen hundred was left in Yan Province. Only with them there could Cao Cao have a peace of mind!
“There’s something ahead!” Cao Chun, as the commander of the Ferocious Cavalry, had set his awareness to the maximum allowing him to sense when to engage the enemies, where they have ambush and what are the weakness of the enemies!
Thus, although he cannot see what has happened in the front of him, Cao Chun still stopped the Ferocious Cavalry!
Xu Province was known as the granary of the world due to its suitability for growing food. Also due to its suitability was an abundance of weeds and woods.
For cavalries, their biggest nemesis are the weeds and woods! Once cavalries enter a location full of weeds and woods, the ambushers only need to set fire to both their front and back and, hehe, those cavalries would be met with a tragic end!
There’s people in the forest ahead. The birds are suspending in the sky, refusing to set. With the wind blowing by, this whole forest seemed eerie.
“Send in a group of men to scout the area!” Cao Chun was Cao Cao’s younger cousin, thus, it could be said that he too inherited the heart of suspicion like Cao Cao!
However, to be careful in the battlefield is a good thing!
A group of soldiers quickly separated themselves from the main cavalries and started advancing toward the forest.
Soon, someone came back.
“What’s the situation inside?!” Seeing this subordinate of his coming back so soon, Cao Chun frowned. Did they not carefully explore the forest?!
“Reporting to the general, there is indeed something inside!” The soldier as he rode his horse back.
“Oh?!” He found people so fast.
“However?!” The soldier said awkwardly “they’re not enemies! Instead, instead, they’re our army!”
“Our army?!” Cao Chun was confused. The lord have only sent my fifteen hundred Ferocious Cavalry soldiers to chase after Lu Bu, how could there possibly be friendly forces here?!
“It’s the Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong, of Guangling!” a young military officer came over to Cao Chun and said.
“Chen Yuanlong?!” Having conquered Xiapi, Cao Cao still did not have enough time to award his subordinates for their merits. Thus, Chen Deng is currently without an official position.
“Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong?” From Guangling to Langye was certainly closer than chasing from Xiapi! And ahead was Lu Bu’s route to Langye! Perhaps Chen Yuanlong have captured Lu Bu?!
As Cao Chun was pondering, Chen Deng have brought his subordinates, the three thousand wounded remnants, and appeared in front of Cao Chun.
“General Cao Chun!” Chen Deng held his fist for a greeting.
“For Mister Chen Deng to appear here, perhaps you have already met the Lu Bu army?!” Seeing the wounded soldiers without any hint of morale, Cao Chun knew that they must’ve met Lu Bu!
Hearing Cao Chun’s inquiry, Chen Deng’s face reddened. An army fifteen thousand strong against two thousand remnants. The result? Complete annihilation! Had Lu Bu not set him free, then he likely could not have escaped death!
“Deng, Deng knew only of the papers and was useless in actual battle, Lu Bu, that man servant, have escaped from our enclosure!”
“Ah?!” The Chen family of Guangling was both prestigious and powerful with over ten thousand personal soldiers! For Chen Deng to come out this time, he couldn't have brought with him fewer than ten thousand men!
For an army of over ten thousand to lose, perhaps there was more Lu Bu remnants than expected?!