Chapter 195 (1/2)

Chapter 195 Gamble (2)

“Set up a camp!” Lu Bu stares at Sun Ce’s main camp and decided that there is nothing to do except set up a camp. His Wolf Cavalry has already reached Wan Cheng City. Sun Ce no longer has the foundation to a.s.sault Wan Cheng. Shucheng has also fallen. More soldiers will return soon. At that time, Sun Ce is finished. This is why Sun Ce can only choose to withdraw.

The Wolf Cavalry will have their opportunity when the Sun Ce’s Army withdraw. When the army retreats, it would not be 1-2 people but their entire army. It is a big action where the entire army could be routed if something went wrong. This is especially true if there is a group of wolves staring at them.

Would Lu Bu let them go? He won’t! His pack of wolves would definitely tear the retreating Sun Ce’s Army apart piece by piece and swallow them all.

The city gate for Wan Cheng is broken and all the pa.s.sageways are blocked. Now, the army, especially cavalries, would have difficulty getting into the city. Therefore, Lu Bu can only choose to camp near Wan Cheng.

As Lu Bu was about to set down the main camp, a messenger from Wan Cheng arrived. The person who arrived was Liu Neng from the Liu family. He has heard that people say Lu Bu is tall and imposing. His father also said that Lu Bu looks like a real man. Now Liu Neng also have this feeling. He agrees that Lu Bu is a unfathomable person.

His every action drew the attention of Liu Neng. He was a person worthy to be called a Lord. Worthy to be called Marquis Wen. Worthy to be called G.o.d of War Lu!

“Wan Cheng has 1722 soldiers! Among these, the injured are 352 people. The captured prisoners are 3892 people!” Liu Neng reported to Lu Bu. Lu Bu is the real master of the Lu Bu’s Army while Liu Mang is just the little lord. This is why Liu Neng decides to report the situation to Lu Bu first.

1,700 people? Not counting the injured soldiers only 1,400 people? 1,400 actually managed to capture 3,800 people? Lu Bu was puzzled. How did they manage to capture almost 3 times the amount of enemies?

Liu Neng did not say that the injuries of the 300 soldiers did not affect their combat effectiveness despite the injuries being quite serious.

Most of the soldiers that had serious injuries earlier were burned to death when Sun Ce used the fire attack. Only a few soldiers managed to escape. When the citizens doused a bit of the flames, a bit of hope came back to the injured soldiers.

“Was Sun Ce’s Army so weak!?” Lu Bu was really confused. It could not be that the whole army was filled with old, weak, sick or disabled people! Looking at the situation, it is easy to say that the defenders are all tired. Ordinary soldiers could easily behead the Lu Bu’s Army but were instead captured. They must have been really weak.

“Of the 3,800 people, 2,000 of them are Danyang soldiers!” Liu Neng’s words stunned Lu Bu. Danyang soldiers? He looked at Liu Neng. Are you sure they were Danyang soldiers?

Lu Bu knows how formidable Danyang soldiers were. This is because when Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, his father-in-law Cao Bao, gained fame with the help of Danyang soldiers despite being a third-cla.s.s general. Tao Qian also relied on the Danyang soldiers to protect his counry. After that, Lu Bu and Liu Bei divided the Danyang soldiers among themselves. Lu Bu took his Danyang troops and made them part of the Wolf Cavalry or elite troops. As expected, the Danyang troops did not disappoint Lu Bu. Under the leaders.h.i.+p of Cao Xing and they had almost killed Xiahou Dun! After Cao Xing died, the Danyang troops dispersed. This is how Cao Cao recruited the Danyang soldiers that were once in Lu Bu’s Army into his army of 150,000.

Liu Bei’s Danyang soldiers had a more direct treatment. Their name changed to White Army. The White Army was like Liu Bei’s precious conscience. Liu Bei has always relied on the White Army to save his life. Although he lost at Xuzhou, the White Army saved his life again and prevented Liu Bei from being surrounded. They were also considered elites under Liu Bei.

Now Liu Neng unexpectedly told him that 2,000 Danyang soldiers and 1,800 ordinary soldiers was captured by 1,000 wounded soldiers? How could Lu Bu believe this?

Sun Ce had enough manpower to capture Wan Cheng and at that time the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry will not be able to attack him. If it was not because of the Chu division’s third master being in the ranks of Liu Mang’s Urban Army, the city would have been captured. The 2,000 Danyang troops could even give the final blow to finish off Lu Bu’s Army.

However, the opera story bore fruit. The Danyang troops that were rebellious was betrayed by Sun Ce. As a result, the Danyang troops could not be blamed for surrendering and refusing to fight.

This incident made Sun Ce dumbfounded. Had the Danyang soldiers attacked, Lu Bu would be looking at Sun Ce’s banners while wandering around with his wolves. The heads of Liu Mang, Huang Zhong and Xu Sheng would be displaying on the walls and Lu Bu’s family would be in prison.

However, Lu Bu did not know that in this one war, Liu Mang has removed all of Sun Ce’s Danyang troops from Sun Ce’s Army.

Lu Bu could not dwell on the issue with the Danyang troop. This is because Liu Neng went on with the next issue. “The total casualties on Wan Cheng are over 9,000. Out of the total casualties, 5,000 are ordinary soldiers.” Liu Neng did not that that these were the Liu family’s private army but he believed that Lu Bu also knew about it. “The Urban Army casualties are about 2,600 people and the Black Flag Army casualties are about 1,500!”

The Urban Army had more than 2,600 casualties! The figure made Lu Bu silent. The Urban Army was originally given to Liu Mang to train him. He had no hope for the Urban Army to be strong at all. He only hoped for the Urban Army to be a second line of defense. Who would have thought that the war casualties would be so high. From the start, the Urban Army had major casualties when fighting Chen Lan and Lei Bo. It did not exist as a military. In order to compensate for the Urban Army, he allowed Liu Mang to expand the military and it became 3,000.

Out of the 3,000 Urban Army soldiers, 200 soldiers had joined the cavalry. In that case, the remaining Urban Army soldiers defending the walls right now is about 200. That is almost as if the whole army was destroyed!

If the previous casualties of the Urban Army made Liu Mang silent for such a long time, what would he do now? Lu Bu was speechless.

“Black Flag Army!?” Lu Bu looked at Liu Neng. He has never heard of this army before. He could not guess who the general was or where the soldiers came from.

“The Black Flag Army was originally the Zhou family’s private army!” Liu Neng recounted the events to Lu Bu. He explained that Liu Mang wanted to destroy the entire Black Flag Army and how he persuaded Xu Sheng, the leader of the Black Flag Army.