Chapter 174 (1/2)

Chapter 174

Chapter 174 – A Breathing Room, Sun Ce Army Is Preparing Decisive Weapon

Translated by Bloodfalcon

Liu Mang then returned Sun Ce’s sneer while thinking “Choose, eh? Oh, Sun Ce, you truly think too highly of yourself, you arrogant, overbearing p.r.i.c.k!!!!” Sun Ce truly overestimate him by a big margin . Liu Mang already admitted from the bottom of his heart, that he is one-fifth of Sun Ce if the comparison is based on wushu skill, commanding ability and if the scenario of Battle of Wancheng city switched with Liu Mang given 100,000 men, Liu Mang will not last even a day against him even if given 3 times more soldiers and in achievement, Sun Ce already boss of Jiangdong and his domain consists of Warring States period, Wu country, Yue country and Sanjiang region with hundreds of thousands troops under him, ready to help him conquer this nation at any times . Liu Mang? He only have 3,000 Urban Army elite troops and Cheng Yu as his lieutenant . The comparison is as high as sky and earth, it is not even funny to joke about . If one followed normal logic, Liu Mang should never ever challenge Sun Ce with his current status .

Nevertheless, two people whose strength differ like that, attacking each other with mutual hatred .

Sun Ce must have his revenge, he must regain Wancheng city in order to exact his blood for blood debt with Lu Bu army for taking his belongings and precious wife’s life .

Liu Mang also want to take revenge as Sun Ce planned for him and his father-in-law to be a borrowed knife to kill Huang Zu and Liu Biao, he also want revenge for killing Su Fei . Moreover, Liu Mang’s burden is greater than Sun Ce as he is also required to persevere as Lu Bu’s army rations all stored in this city also he need to secure his and his troops’ families safety .

“Boom!!!!” Battering rams started their a.s.sault again and this time, Wancheng city’s mighty main gates already unable to withstand the a.s.sault and will be broken in one more a.s.sault .

“HAHAHAHAHA!!!! IN JUST MOMENT, YOU WILL DIE, TOUGH GUY!!!” Thought Sun Ce while his eyes is showing extreme satisfaction . Sun Ce’s troops who accompany battering rams all eager to rush in to avenge the death of their comrades, all fuming with rage similar to their commander .

Earlier when Huang Zhong requested to destroy battering rams, he was approved by Liu Mang but he can only a.s.signed 50 soldiers to accompany him . Liu Mang already have no more resources to spare, he only have 4000 troops and they are decreasing with every minutes pa.s.sing . Sun Ce smiled victoriously as he see that Liu Mang did not make any movements to counteract his stratagem, instead Liu Mang just focused to defend city wall . With only 4000 troops and no more horse, Liu Mang can only think this way to defend and is unable to allocate more resources to attack battering rams .

Liu Mang then gritted his tooth loudly and muttered “Darn, if only I have more soldiers… Main gates will be breached any time now!!!!” Sure enough, with his last sentence, main gate is destroyed and raising lot of dust .

“HA HA HA!!!!” Lu Su also laughed . The battering rams really did their job as apparatus in sieging a city . In just 2 hours, the mighty gates of a city fall like domino .

In these 2 hours of battering rams a.s.sault, Sun Ce army also suffered big casualties as those soldiers who climbed up ladder unable to withstood Lu Bu army’s defense . The view on the city wall, is absolute b.l.o.o.d.y as the corpse from morning a.s.sault is not yet cleaned up .

Sun Ce army’s loss is very big, but worth the loss . Because of their sacrifice on the city wall, battering rams managed to break city gates smoothly . Sun Ce then gripped his Conqueror’s Spear and yelled loudly while his heart is smiling “ALL TROOPS, BREACH WANCHENG CITY!!!!!” Sun Ce quickly move to the front in order to join the charge in order to take that d.a.m.ned Prince of Shu’s head, but he and his troops suddenly stopped their advance . They saw a big surprise, because even though the gate is broken but there is no way, they can enter Wancheng city, as the entrypoint is blocked completely by debris mixed with corpse, sack of stones and anything else that is solid .

Sun Ce looked to his men and said “How can this be?” and continued to be stunned . Then he thought “How could this happened? This Wancheng city is a very strategic place that I personally acquired for my plan to attack Xu Du and all places . I personally supervise the building of the main gates . I even put flaw in the main gates in case there is an event like this for G.o.dd.a.m.ned insurance!!! But now, it is f.u.c.king blocked, nothing could get in, nothing could get out . SCREW YOU, LIU MANG!!!!” The flaw that Sun Ce talked about is, the gate is intentionally made weak on the hinge . The material is made of copper rather than steel, so with 3 or 4 strike from a battering ram, it will go down . But now? There is no way in h.e.l.l, any of them can enter the city through city gate

Huang Zhong himself is pretty surprised . When he asked to destroy battering rams, he kept pondering why he was given so little men . Huang Zhong already resolved to die, but when he saw that the gates is already blocked, his heart is a little relieved but also questioned Liu Mang “When is the gate blocked?” He really surprised because during yesterday skirmish, when he led Urban Army, the gates still able to be accessed .

On the other side, Sun Ce’s expression can be said that he had dropped his shoulders . His whole scheme to make Liu Mang choose and die within his plans are shattered in an instant . Liu Mang has chosen to block his escape route in order to stop Sun Ce’s army advance, to stop them from gaining easy access to Wancheng city . Thus, the only viable way to a.s.sault Wancheng city, is to climb city wall . Sun Ce admired a little of Liu Mang’s courage now, because the Venerable Prince of Shu actually chose to fight to the bitter end by sealing his exit .

On Liu Mang’s side, he just casually answered Huang Zhong “Last night, we did it!!! After we subjugate Black Flag! I ordered all of them to bring anything solid to build a wall behind gates!” Last night, Liu Mang really resolved to annihilate Black Flag with starvation as their master is already enemy with Lu Bu’s army . With Black Flag subjugated, he quickly put them to use by doing heavy labor to build barricade . Sun Ce who heard Liu Mang’s response glared back toward Liu Mang . “G.o.dd.a.m.n you, Liu Mang!!!” With self-blockade strategy like this, Liu Mang has sealed off his chance to escape, but at the same time, he has bought enough time for Lu Bu’s Bing Province Heavy Cavalry to arrive and smite Sun Ce .

The execution of this stratagem is thanks to Liu Mang’s rigid military training of his Urban Army and also thanks to Black Flag who obeys orders no matter how insane it is, then again, if Liu Mang use reserve soldiers to do his order, the final outcome will be Liu Mang tied up and brought against Sun Ce . “G.o.dDAMMIT, LIU MANG!!!!” Sun Ce cursed Liu Mang . In his eyes, Liu Mang who had calm expression felt like an insult to his failure . Again and again, he tried to destroy this monkey, but again and again that monkey thwarted every single of his plan like it is a plaything .