Chapter 185 - Friendly? (1/2)
Chapter 185 Friendly?
Translated by Gamer
Huang Zhong and Sun Ce also moved. Their speed surpa.s.sed Liu Mang, Dong Xi, Tais.h.i.+ Ci and Xu Sheng. Their blades clashed as a blur of gold and black seemed to dance in the air.
Huang Zhong has long ago became a supercla.s.s general and reached the peak of refinement. His grasp of this state is much better than Sun Ce. However, because he shot that arrow earlier, he has reduced half his vitality.
As for Sun Ce, after being defeated by Huang Zhong, his body injury has not fully healed. Besides that, although he has reached the peak of refinement, time was short and the inner strength cannot be achieved overnight.
The two fight on the walls to a deadlock.
“Do you truly want to do this?” Lu Su looked at the letter in his hands. He was told to open the letter if the battle on the walls is at a deadlock. The six people on the walls fought and the sounds of the battle shook the earth. Whichever side that gets the first kill will have a huge advantage. Even Liu Mang is bracing himself under the heavy attacks of Dong Xi.
When Lu Su opened the paper, there were only two words written on it. Fire attack. Fire attack! Lu Su knows what it means. Fierce kerosene has been poured on top of the walls. Their original plan was to sacrifice hundreds of Danyang soldiers to take the fierce kerosene onto the walls. Archers on the siege tower will then release fire arrows onto the walls and ignite the fierce kerosene on Wan Cheng City. In Wan Cheng City, the Lu Bu’s Army wore heavy armor that is very strong. However, the heavy armor would not be able to withstand the heat and will finally turn into hot metal.
Originally, that plan would have been implemented but the ballista and Huang Zhong destroyed two of the siege towers. The remaining two siege towers fell into a panic. They are afraid two more arrows will fly out of the city to destroy the siege tower. To prevent the bow from being shot again, Sun Ce, Tais.h.i.+ Ci and Dong Xi went up the walls. Now they are fighting 3 on 3.
Now Sun Ce is asking to be left behind on the city walls for the two siege tower to shoot the arrows.
For them to release fire arrows and ignite the whole city.
If Sun Ce, Tais.h.i.+ Ci and Dong Xi were not on the walls. If the Danyang soldiers were not on the walls, then he can issue such an order. But now on the walls was not just Lu Bu’s Army but also 3,000 Danyang soldiers and 10,000 Su Ce’s Army common soldiers. If the fire attack order was issued, the Danyang soldiers and 10,000 common soldier will not be able to avoid it!
He wants them to perish together! Sun Ce is cruel. Truly cruel. He has already surpressed himself. He wants to enter Wan Cheng and does not want to wait a moment longer. As long as the fire attack commence from the siege tower, Lu Bu’s Army will turn into ash and buried together with 3,000 Danyang soldiers and 10,000 of Sun Ce’s Army soldiers.
Lu Su hesitated as he tried to harden his heart. But that is more than 10,000 soldiers. They were not 10,000 pigs. He then remembers that he was the one who sent out the siege towers but is now thinking of being merciful. Trying to be reasonable is like a joke! If they don’t capture Wan Cheng today then everything is lost. Sun Ce’s Army can only opt to retreat. While Lu Su is trying to think of what to do, someone on a horse rode up to him. “Report! Military Advisor! Bad news!” The man was a scout for the Sun Ce’s Army. He was riddled with arrows. The moment he got down from the horse, he fell to the ground and started foaming at the mouth.
“N?” Lu Su suddenly has a bad feeling. These are the scouts that Lu Su sent out. They were spread out hundreds of miles away. Their job was to update Lu Su about the location of Lu Bu Army’s Bing Province Wolf Cavalry. Now that the scout appeared here, it can only be one problem.
Sure enough, the scout delivered the news that worries Lu Su the most. “Militory advisor. Military advisor. Lu Bu. Lu Bu’s Bingzhou Province Wolf Cavalry. A lot is coming. A lot!”
The scout was breathing heavily as he tried to report to Lu Su.
“Bing Province Wolf Cavalry!” Lu Su’s brow wrinkled up. It was too fast. According to Lu Su, the Wolf Cavalry will only reach Wan Cheng late at night or early in the morning. But now it seems they were only a hundred miles away. That distance would be a one day march for infantries but would only take one or two hours for horses.
One or two hours! Lu Su looked at the stalemate at the walls. If this situation continues, one or two hours is not enough to finish the battle. When Lu Bu’s Wolf Cavalry arrive, the defending troops and the cavalry can do a pincer attack. It is truly not a joke. The whole army could be routed.
Lu Su closed his eyes and clenched his fist. Too late! Too late! It can only be this way! Lu Su opened his eyes again. His eyes were bloodshot. If Zhou Yu were here, he would say that his friend has changed. Lu Su has indeed changed. War will not only change ordinary soldiers but will also change scribes like Lu Su. The old Lu Su would think that wars are the a.s.sault of generals. The scribes will help produce technology but the a.s.sault and the killing is the general’s job. The generals would just need to follow a few advices and everything will be good. Now he found out that he was wrong. Generals can kills hundreds of people. People like Huang Zhong, Lu Bu and Sun Ce can even kill thousands of people on the battlefield. However, it is decisions that will kill ten thousands of people. The decisions are the job of the scribes. He is afraid that his strategy, his commands, will cause ten thousand people to die.
Lu Su looked firm. The original Lu Su who can only do paperwork has finally matured. If the former Lu Su can only be counted as a second-rate counsellor, then the current Lu Su would be able to stand on his own.
“Pa.s.s my military orders. All those on the siege towers use fire arrows! Target is Wan Cheng City! Rapid fire!” Lu Su roared out his command.
“Ah. Ah!” The messenger was confused. Now use fire arrows? Their own soldiers are still on the wall. If they use fire arrows now they will just be killing each other. They would know how to shoot the arrows but they are not able to identify friend and foe. They can only harvest heads. “Military advisor. Military advisor! Our men are still on the walls!”
“N!?” Lu Su’s attention turned to stare at the messenger. “Did you not understand my order! Or did you think I am blind!?”
What is this situation? The messenger heart chilled up but he still hesitated. “But, but!” His brother is still on the walls! He was among those Sun Ce soldiers. He really could not understand this command.
After a while, the messenger stopped thinking about it. This is because he was now unable to think about anything.
*Splash* A column of blood rose up and splashed onto Lu Su’s face. A head fell to the ground. Lu Su’s face that was contaminated with blood did not show any panic or fear. Instead, it looked a bit insane. “Whoever who questioned my order will be killed!” This messenger was personally beheaded by Lu Su.
“Yes!” All the other messengers shouted. The weak military advisor has always been a good old man and always had a smiling face. Who knew that he would suddenly become hostile? Someone who is always angry may be scary but it did not reach the level of fear. Besides that, the longer you are with this kind of person, you will get used to his behavior. However, someone who is usually kind and agreeable that suddenly gets angry to the point of beheading people will cause fear. This is because you do not know whether he would suddenly kill you. In silence, they quickly sent out Lu Su’s commands.
The command was quickly carried out. Despite the confusion from the soldiers on the siege tower, they quickly obeyed Lu Su’s orders and rained fire arrows onto the walls of Wan Cheng. The arrows used are not to hurt people. However, the chaos and destruction caused will cause more injuries compared to arrows made to hurt people.
“Agggh!” The arrows fired hit both the Lu Bu’s Army and the Sun Ce’s Army. As the Black Flag’s Army wear heavy black armor and the Urban Army wear heavy silver armor, the damage to them from the fire arrows is comparatively small. However, those in the Sun Ce’s Army met tragic fates. Especially those in the Danyang soldiers. The Danyang soldiers wear armor made with vines or rattan. It has high defensive power and is light in water. Unlike iron armor that sinks, there is a buoyancy for the rattan armor. This is mostly used in places with a lot of water like Jiangdong. This made the soldiers a dragon in water and a fierce tiger on land. It was the true strength of the Sun Ce’s Army Marine Corps.