Chapter 141 - Sun Ce Makes His Move; The Manifesto (1/2)
Chapter 141 - Sun Ce Makes His Move; The Manifesto
Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto
Sun Ce’s POV
Inside Sun Ce’s main camp, the only thing that filled the air was Sun Ce screaming “ZHOU TAI DEAD? THE f.u.c.k IS THIS NEWS?”
Sun Ce could not believe what had happened, but once he saw Zhou Tai’s and Zhou Cheng ‘s head hanging outside of Wancheng city, he had no choice but to believe this news.
Although the death of his generals was very surprising, the most surprising detail was that that the Prince of Shu Liu Mang sent a meatloaf dish unexpectedly!
The messenger said that this was dog meat. (delicacy?!) Sun Ce vomited after he realized whose meat he just ate. “I ATE ZHOU TAI’S MEAT!!! UPH, UARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! ”
After he finished vomiting, he exclaimed loudly while turning over his table “d.a.m.n YOU, LU BU, LIU MANG!!!! YOU MADE ME EAT ZHOU TAI’S MEAT!!! YOU”VE GONE TOO FAR!!! I WANT ONE OF YOUR NAVY GENERAL’S BLOOD NOW, IN EXCHANGE FOR ZHOU TAI!!!!”
With Zhou Tai dying, this is a big loss for Sun Ce! He was one of his generals that managed to breakthrough into supercla.s.s strength and can be counted as peers among Sun Ce and Tais.h.i.+ Ci.
But now he is dead in Wancheng city, and a piece of him was just eaten by Sun Ce. Zhou Tai’s death was not only piece of bad news that Sun Ce got. The Zhou clan was now on their last legs in Shucheng County, severely lacking grain and provisions, Shucheng County would be broken at any time.
The Zhou clan already lost a prominent member Zhou Cheng. Sun Ce will not let the extermination of the Zhou clan to happen, because Zhou clan is Gongjin’s clansmen.
Sun Ce then exclaimed “BEAT THE DRUM, ALL OFFICERS TO ATTEND FOR BRIEFING!!!”
Shortly, all of the generals and civil officials gathered in Sun Ce’s main camp.
“Hear my order, we will make our move tonight! All of you, prepare for an ambush toward Wancheng city Navy HQ. I WANT TO SIEGE WANCHENG CITY ASAP!!!” Sun Ce screamed.
“YES, SIR!!!” The generals made a happy expression. They had been itching to go to war in order to gain merit, while the civil officials wrinkled their brow, because they needed to allocate their own grain and provisions for military purposes.
With Sun Ce on the move, all of Jiangdong’s n.o.bles lead by the Sun clan on crusade again against Lu Bu, wrote a comprehensive “Sin Manifesto”. This was the doc.u.ment they would read in front of Lu Bu when he has been captured. They sent it to every corner of the nation so all of the n.o.bles can read it and agree with their justice.
That manifesto Read:
“Rebels do not die natural deaths! A new rebel of this nation has arisen. His name is Lu Bu. He is a calamity and a monster. We request for all n.o.bles to join hands in order to destroy this rebel. This particular monster is as vicious and licentious like King Jie of the Xia Dynasty and King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty. This Lu Bu does not have any sense of honor. He is destroying livelihood, disrupting justice, and stomping on humanity. Our hatred for this man is unbearable, he is a disaster for Jiangdong, a disaster of Lujiang, a disaster of all China, and a disaster of Four Seas. We are now enforcing justice on behalf of Heaven, eliminating this abomination.
Lu Bu is a wolf from the north, he lived in the border of the Great Wall. His ferocity knows no bounds! He murdered his adoptive fathers in cold blood therefore, obtaining the t.i.tle of the slave of three surnames. Now he has entered Lujiang Prefecture and his slaughter continues. 10,000 families were slaughtered, their bodies amounted to tens of thousands. This is a ma.s.s-murder; a genocide.
During the Three sovereigns and Five Emperors period when they ruled this country, from the creation of the Xia Dynasty Yu the Great conqueror of the flood, to Cheng Tang founder of Shang Dynasty, by destroying King Jie the last ruler of the Xia Dynasty under the name of humanity, to the destruction of the Shang Dynasty by King Wen (Jichang), founder of Zhou Dynasty, all of these were under the name of justice. These series of purifications led to Duke Zhou writing a moral code for us to follow today.
This Lu Bu has angered the people, stomping at that moral code, humanity and justice. If our sage teachers Confucius, Mencius and all of our pre-Qin teachers are still alive right now, they would weep until their tears turned to blood. They would speak “Alas, humanity and justice were not upheld anymore! This Lu Bu is an uneducated brute, vulgar, and inhumane. In the name of justice and humanity, all of n.o.bles, please join us destroying this rebel!”
Lu Bu, a traitor, thief, stray dog, a usurper and a slave of three surnames. He is barking wildly before us n.o.bles. With dirty tricks, vulgar plans, poisonous planning and his ruthlessness as a wolf, we are in a grave danger. The Morale code is on verge of collapsing, loyalty and filial piety has been abandoned, and justice and humanity is almost no more.
We hope that our scream will reached ninth heavens. We ask for the G.o.ds and G.o.ddesses who cares for all living beings to help us in our crusade to smite down this beastly brute. If we let this abomination run amok, there will be no more of us.
This kind of person is just a leech, a parasite hated by everyone. He is hated by the G.o.ds and people and should be eliminated.
With all of that sins weighing on him, we announce his crimes:
First crime: Lu Bu only concerned about profit, disregarding righteousness and justice
Second crime: Causing chaos and disrupting balance in this nation
Third crime: Lu Bu is a ruthless character, hiding a dagger behind his smile
Fourth crime: Lu Bu did not uphold his ancestors, disrespecting all of sage’s teachings
Fifth crime: Vulgar speech, rude towards everyone and disloyal in his words
Sixth crime: Lying to the public, distorting facts
Seventh crime: Being a man of violence with destructive behavior.
With seven crimes like this, even amnesty will not help him. This man should be cut down.
Lu Bu is a usurper and wicked man, who will face retribution as a criminal. All those who are are involved with him are considered as insects, all of them brings the plague; calamity like locusts. They are the kinds of people that will turn deer into a horse.
With this manifesto, we asked for all of the n.o.bles to rise to destroy these villains. Put aside our difference and ambitions now and join our hands, help us eliminate this rebel in the name of heaven.
Just like when King of Yue country destroyed Wu country until King of Wu country committed suicide, we must execute this traitor by dismemberment.
TL: Turn deer into a horse. See, second emperor of Qin Dynasty in Wikipedia.
This person is a usurper, a wicked villain, inviting anger from all people! If this kind of person is not evil, then what else is!? We will go through fire and water in order to kill this heinous monster and rid evil from this earth just like Dong Zhuo.
In addition: Beside Lu Bu there is Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Chen Deng, all of them are also monsters. Chen Gong and Zhang Liao are villainous duo, accomplices to that usurper! Gao Shun, his heart only beats for Lu Bu and has become an extension of his evil will! Chen Deng, is a sly person, not straight, originally wanted to kill Lu Bu, now is helping Lu Bu, is also a villain. These people are five poisons of our country! Their army only seeks gain, they are parasites, they are cowards, and they are group of villains. There is no need to fear them!
We have received divinations from the G.o.ds. The G.o.ds are on our side in this battle! Do not fear this Lu Bu, we are all standing beside you. This manifesto is the call for a crusade; a coalition. We must destroy this rebel completely. We are calling for heroes from all directions, from all the nine provinces to be come together in this great task.
We are enforcing justice on behalf of Heaven. G.o.ds will bless us with an invincible force. When we destroyed him, we will destroy his ancestors up to three generations, wiped out his clan.
We shall enforce ancient execution by pulling their bodies with wagons, death by a thousand cuts.
We shall take their skulls as trophies for this crusade and we shall tell all of this nation: This is the way a rebel and wicked man dies. We swore our oath not to stop at any cost in this crusade.
Alerting once more: To those soldiers and generals who have fallen in this crusade! All of your sacrifice is worthy, all of your blood has become our reasons to do this crusade. We all n.o.bles thankful for all of your sacrifices!!!” That is the Sin Manifesto that is created by n.o.bles.
TL: h.e.l.l MANIFESTO. ANCIENT f.u.c.kING LANGUAGE, STUCK FOR G.o.dd.a.m.nED 4 DAYS JUST TO TRANSLATE THAT PARAGRAPH!!! (Sorry everyone, I need to blow off some steam)