Chapter 208 - A shocking battle (3) (1/2)

Chapter 208 A shocking battle (3)

Translated by Gamer

The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry rushed toward the walls of Wan Cheng as they needed half a day to reach it. They looked at Sun Ce’s banner that was placed on one of the remains of the battle between Sun Ce’s Army and Lu Bu’s Army a few days ago. The walls were strangely quiet. Although it was dawn, Sun Ce’s Army could not be so lax. There should at least be a few patrols.

“Zhang Fan. Advance to the front.” Lu Bu frowned. What tricks would Sun Ce try to play now? What was Han Yang trying to say?

“Yes!” Zhang Fan cupped his fist, then he took the horse to the city moat. This distance was the safest as the arrows could not reach here. Even if an arrow managed to reach here, Zhang Fan could shoot it down.

Zhang Fan took a deep breath and shouted. “Sun Ce’s Army! Listen here! You guys are frauds and disgrace to martial arts! I am back to send that little boy Sun Ce to death!”

Zhang Fan was more proficient in the art of challenging others. If Zhang Liao was here, that job belongs to Zhang Liao. Otherwise, it belongs to Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan’s voice was extremely loud and could be heard on the walls of the city. As it was early in the morning, his voice was loud and clear.

“N?” Zhang Fan could not see any movements and shouted again but there was still no response. As soon as Zhang Fan wanted to shout a third time, he heard a piercing sound. That was the sound of an arrow. The destination of the arrow was Zhang Fan. However, Zhang Fan did not move as he judged that the arrow did not have enough strength. Before it could reach Zhang Fan, it fell to the ground.

“An arrow?” Lu Bu also saw the arrow and saw the person shooting the arrow. It seems that Sun Ce is still in the city! Han Yang’s words were empty. Lu Bu shook his head. Half the reason he decided to come here was because of Liu Mang’s words. The other reason was because he wanted to chat with Sun Ce once. Honestly, Lu Bu kind of admired and appreciated Sun Ce. He was unexpectedly invited to the wedding and even almost considered him a nephew. Lu Bu even boasted about Sun Ce’s dead father, Sun Jian.

If it was not because Sun Ce wanted to make use of him. If it was not because Chen Rui tried to avenge himself and was aggressive, this day may not happen.

Perhaps Lu Bu may have left Wan Cheng and reached Hanzhong and besiege Zhang Lu. Together with Chen Gong and Liu Mang’s strategems, they may even ally themselves with Sun Ce.

Now that future was destroyed. Not only did Lu Bu obtain Huang Zhong but because of Chen Rui, they ended up capturing Wan Cheng. This was Sun Ce’s reason to fight with Lu Bu.

Zhang Fan raised the arrow up.

“What! Is there no people inside the Sun Ce’s Army? Did you send a weakling to shoot an arrow as a joke? Is the Little Sun Ce afraid? When the city is captured, it would be day that you die!” Talking big to scare off others is something veterans are experts in.

Although Zhang Fan was not as strong as his brother Zhang Liao, he was still quite strong.

Lu Bu only came out because of Liu Mang’s words. He made Zhang Fan a distraction and made him boast to annoy the Sun Ce’s Army. Also, the Wolf Cavalry was not afraid of Sun Ce.

Unfortunately, Zhang Fan’s efforts were in vain. He only received 1 arrow as a response but everyone else seemed to ignore him.

“It is too quiet!” The city is too quiet. During times of war, even a normal city would be vigilant and it would not be so quiet. Now Wan Cheng really was too quiet and could only have 2 possibilities. The first was that there was really no one in the city. The second possibility is that this is a trap.

Lu Bu became indecisive and was not sure what to do. Fortunately, Liu Kai spoke up. “Milord, Kai has a way!” The one who was most knowledgeable of Wan Cheng is Liu Kai. He even had a part in the construction of Wan Cheng. He told Lu Bu that there was a small hill near Wan Cheng city. It would be able to see the defenses of Wan Cheng from that small hill.

“There is such a place?” Lu Bu did not expect Liu Kai, who he thought was just a flatterer, was able to provide such a place. “Quickly take me there!” Lu Bu quickly pulled Liu Kai and told him to lead the way.

The two men, accompanied by the cavalry reached the small hill. Standing on the hillside, Lu Bu could not only see the inner city of Wan Cheng but also see the walls on the other side of the city.

Lu Bu could see Sun Ce’s banner but could not see any soldiers. Capturing the city would be effortless and was very tempting.

“An ambush?!” Lu Bu thought of the possibility but decided it was unlikely. Even if Sun Ce wanted to set up an ambush, it is unlikely for him to give away the benefits of the city walls. For example, Liu Mang, who defended the city and tried his best to prevent the enemy from fighting inside until he even locked himself inside to wait for the enemy.

“Could it be?” Lu Bu remembered Liu Mang’s words ‘Wan Cheng is not lost. Wan Cheng still belongs to us!’

Could it be that Sun Ce withdrew his troops? Lu Bu thought hard and could not understand. In the end, he stopped thinking. Since the city is empty, n.o.body could blame him. Lu Bu and Liu Kai issued an order to the Wolf Cavalry. “All units! Siege!”

“Besiege the city?” Zhang Fan was confused. How did it become like this! Zhang Fan still has not managed to obtain a response from Sun Ce’s Army. Zhang Fan thought that the Sun Ce’s Army was trying to stay silent and wanted to report it to Lu Bu. However, Lu Bu and Liu Kai left so Zhang Fan could only wait for them to return. The moment they return, Lu Bu gave the order to siege. Cavalry siege? Is this a joke? The Wolf Cavalry were not ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers can die while sieging. They were expandable. The Wolf Cavalry on the other hand were filled with elites.

“When you enter Wan Cheng, you will understand my orders!” Lu Bu did not bother explaining to Zhang Fan as he did not think Zhang Fan would believe him.

“Yes!” Zhang Fan was puzzled but he still followed orders and began the preparations. Although he was not able to prepare siege towers, he was still able to prepare siege ladders. However, Lu Bu was impatient.

“Zhang Fan, what are you doing?” Lu Bu asked as he watched Zhang Fan command the Wolf Cavalry to dismount. Wan Cheng City already went through a battle. As Liu Mang had already chopped off all the nearby trees to prevent Sun Ce from using it, and forced Sun Ce to collect materials from a distant location. Zhang Fan is now trying to do the same thing.

“Don’t need to trouble yourself so much.” Lu Bu shook his head. “Use those wooden pillars over there to make the ladders.”

“Those wooden pillars? How many siege ladders can we make? 5? 10? What is the use with so little ladders?”

“Not everyone will go!” Lu Bu did it this way as a precaution. In the event that there is an ambush, he could minimize the casualties. If a large part of the army was the Wolf Cavalry, even Sun Ce would not be able to control the situation.