Chapter 209 - A shocking battle (4) (1/2)

Chapter 209 A shocking battle (4)

Translated by Gamer @ endlessfantasytranslations.com

The battle in Lujiang has completely stopped. Sun Ce’s entire army of 100,000 was defeated and the ones retreating was only 5,000 soldiers and horses. The others were either captured or dead! Other than Tais.h.i.+ Ci, there were no other survivors. Chen Wu, Dong Xi and Zhang Kai were dead. It was unknown if Jiang Qin and Lu Su was still alive. Sun Ce was also seriously injured.

Two tigers fought on the plains of Lujiang and the victor was Lu Bu.

Liu Mang Liu Hanyang, Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng, and Gan Ning Gan Xingba became famous.

Liu Mang blocked Sun Ce’s Army of 100,000 with merely 10,000 soldiers. He even managed to make the enemy lose tens of thousands of soldiers, including the 10,000 Danyang troops. If it was not because Lu Bu underestimated the enemy, Wan Cheng would have even been captured.

Huang Zhong fought with Jiang Qin, Tais.h.i.+ Ci and Sun Ce alone. All 3 men were strong, especially the Little Conqueror Sun Ce and Tais.h.i.+ Ci. However, the 3 men failed to defeat Huang Zhong. It was like a repeat of the events at Hu Lao Gate. Huang Zhong also became famous as a valiant general, similar to Lu Bu. It was like a bad joke to Lu Bu’s enemies. One Lu Bu is already a headache. A second one appearing is a very big problem. When Big eared Liu and his two brothers heard Huang Zhong’s name in Runan, their eyes turned bright. Guan Yu merely held his Green Dragon Crescent Blade while Zhang Fei woke up early every day to practice his martial arts.

Gan Ning’s story was the most dazzling one! This is because Gan Ning completely destroyed Jiangdong’s navy of 30,000. Although this was only a part of the Jiangdong’s navy, the whole world was stunned. What is the Jiangdong Navy! It was the water dragon amongst the navy! Who could possibly defeat the Jiangdong navy? Even the Jingzhou navy had no choice but to retreat. The Jiangdong Navy was not inferior to the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in strength. But now the Jiangdong Navy’s position of the strongest was taken. It was a big slap to the face! It was 30,000 soldiers!

When the Jiangdong Navy and the Jingzhou Navy fought each other, the Jiangdong Navy also had 30,000 soldiers. Although the Jingzhou Navy were also elite, the Jiangdong Navy of 30,000 was a match for the Jingzhou Navy of 70,000. But at Wan Cheng, the 30,000 soldiers were only fighting against 7,000 of Lu Bu’s Navy. Has Lu Bu fought naval battles before? Lu Bu was like a dry duck and was more likely to be seasick.

What people expected as Lu Bu’s baby navy, under the leaders.h.i.+p of Gan Ning Gan Xingba, managed to defeat the Jiangdong Navy of 30,000. What else could this be called except a slap in the face? Even Lu Su and Jiang Qin were captured.

The weapon that Gan Ning used was also inquired about. It was mostly inquired by warlords like Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang as they all need to fight naval battles. Liu Biao wanted it to deal with Sun Ce. Sun Ce wanted the information to understand how did he lose. Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu just wanted to protect themselves.

Cao Cao also wanted this instrument. He is now confronting Yuan Shao at Guan Du. If he had the weapon that Gan Ning used, he could probably turn the tides of the battle. If 7,000 soldiers could defeat 30,000 soldiers, then his 100,000 soldiers could also defeat Yuan Shao’s 300,000 soldiers. They all know that it is a ballista. However, when they tried to make their own, their ballista could not shoot very far, compared to Gan Ning’s that can shoot several hundred paces away. Their ballista was also very heavy and require several tens of people to pull. All the soldiers also collapsed from exhaustion after using it once.

Naturally, Yuan Shao who used to have a navy, did not think much of it. He was the kind of person who looks down on other warlords. The Jiangdong Navy was strong only because he was not there. If he was there, the Jiangdong Navy would have been wiped out from existence long ago.

In fact, the one that was humiliated the most was not the Jiangdong Army but the people confronting Zhou Yu right now. These were Huang Zu and Liu Biao. This is because they know who Gan Ning was! Liu Biao hated him and gave him to Huang Zu. Huang Zu also hated him and only gave him a small position in the army. It was Su Fei who ended up helping Gan Ning to become a war minister. While their Jingzhou and Jiangxia Navy were getting suppressed by the Jiangdong Navy, this bandit went and destroyed 30,000 of the Jiangdong Navy. Huang Zu and Liu Biao did not know where to put their face. They were blind and could not spot talent. Even worse, they gave the talent to someone else.

Now the Jiangxia Navy has lost a good potential commander while the other overlords laughed at the blunder. Besides that, no one would go and serve Liu Biao anymore. This is because Liu Biao does not have the ability to see talent!

On the other hand, Lu Bu became a person who could see talent. This is because Huang Zhong and Gan Ning are in the Lu Bu’s Army. Most of Lu Bu’s previous offiers were all dead. The only ones strong officers that used to work for Lu Bu is Zang Ba and Zhang Liao.

In other words, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning were new additions that just joined the army. Despite that, they have already made names for themselves! That is why, some people with great ambitions but did not care so much for reputation, started to become interested in joining Lu Bu.

For example, in Wan Cheng, there was a middle-aged scribe. Lu Bu has changed too much from his knowledge. He has met Lu Bu before in the palace and recognized Lu Bu as a self-willed and ignorant man. He was strong but he is an idiot and would not die a natural death. The Lu Bu that betrayed his own foster father. But now it seemed like Lu Bu has changed. He has changed so much that the scribe could not believe it.

He had intended to pledge his service to Old Cao as he saw that Old Cao has the highest chance of uniting the land. But now, this man is hesitating. Can Old Cao capture the Central Plains? After all, he is currently fighting with Yuan Shao. Jia Xu decided to wait and see.

Inside the Zhuge hut in Nanyang.

“I win again!” A youth with a feathered fan laughed as he faced a fat person. “Thanks for letting me win.”

“Don’t be so proud Kong Ming!” The black faced fatty said. The table showed the overview of the Lujiang campaign.

“Haha” Kong Ming was not offended at the impoliteness of his friend and persuaded his black faced friend not to mind victory or defeat.

“Ming. I will go to my lord tomorrow. You cannot forget our bets!” The black faced man looked at Kong Ming. He was really afraid that Kong Ming would forget his words.

Kong Ming stopped laughing and became serious. “Have you decided? s.h.i.+ Yuan!” Kong Ming knew who this black faced man wanted to serve. Originally, Kong Ming also had the same opinion that this man could conquer the lands but he has changed his mind. The man had little skill and his lands were occupied. Now the Central Plains did not have any winner but he knew that the man’s chances of capturing it is low.

“N!” The black faced man nodded.

“May you be successful in aiding your lord.” Kong Ming was not being sarcastic. He genuinely wished that his friend would be happy with his new lord.

“Kong Ming!” The black faced man also felt moved. Although they fought a lot and quite aggressively, Kong Ming would usually laugh indifferently. This is because they were truly friends.

“Give me a break!” The black faced man swallowed his emotions and joked. “Are you hoping that when you lose to me you would make me show you mercy? Keep dreaming!”

“s.h.i.+ Yuan, you think too much!” Kong Rong shook his head. “Go, go. Go and show your teachers and Pang Degong what you can do.” Kong Ming now looked like a brother.