Chapter 344 (1/2)

Pang Tong brought down a woman that was wearing armor from the carriage. She struggled with hands tied with ropes.

“Let me go!” The woman struggled but it was in vain as there were two powerful soldiers by her side.

“Zilong. Have you ever seen the Lord’s wife?” Xu Shu asked as he looked at the woman below.

“Military Advisor. We were both stationed here the moment we joined. How could either of us have seen her before?” Zhao Yun laughed bitterly and shook his head. In fact, Zhao Yun joined up a little bit later than Xu Shu. When Xu Shu already pledged his loyalty to Liu Mang, Zhao Yun was still being contained by Liu Mang in the camp. The only people that could have seen Lu Lingqi before were the Urban Army soldiers that had been transferred to the White Horses. However, none of them could recognize her. The woman’s appearance was in such a sloppy state that they could not recognize her even with the telescope. It was as though she had just came back from a long trek.

“Military Advsior, our Lord’s wife is a very determined person. If she is captured…” One soldier started.

Xu Shu nodded in understanding. Lu Lingqi would rather die than be used by Liu Bei. He decided to test this woman.

“People on the walls! Do not care about me! You must not let my husband’s city fall into Liu Bei’s hands!” Suddenly, evaluating her became hard again.

Pang Tong had obtained the information of Lu Lingqi’s character and displayed them one by one to Xu Shu.

“Ha!” The woman suddenly broke free and knocked down the two guards. She grabbed a spear and tried to break out.

“Good martial skills!” Zhao Yun saw what happened below. Liu Bei’s Army moved in to arrest her again but the woman killed about three people. Zhao Yun could see that the woman was good at martial arts.

“Little girl, come and fight this Zhang!” As the woman tried to escape, Zhang Fei stopped her. No matter what, a woman would definitely be no match for a man like Zhang Fei and she was quickly captured.

“Milady!” Zhao Yun became anxious. He already treated that woman below the city as Liu Mang’s wife and wanted to go down and save her. However, Xu Shu stopped him.

“Military Advisor! That is definitely Milady!” Zhao Yun felt confident of this fact because there were not many women that were good at martial arts. During ancient times, a woman’s virtue was to have no talents. They would not learn martial arts and n.o.body would instruct them even if they tried. This woman’s martial prowess was almost at the level of a general. It was not extremely good but it was already amongst the top for women.

“Do not worry. They will not hurt Milady.” Xu Shu also started to believe that the woman below was Lu Lingqi. If Liu Bei wanted to obtain Shouchun by using her, he would make sure that she is not hurt. Sure enough, Zhang Fei tied her up and pushed her back into the carriage without any further actions.

“What do you think about this?” Pang Tong smiled as he asked his friend on the city walls.

Before Xu Shu could speak, Zhao Yun cursed in anger. Zhao Yun was a person that usually would not curse but he could no longer hold it in on that day. “Despicable and shameless villain! How dare you use a woman to threaten us! Come and attack Shouchun if you got guts! Liu Bei Liu Xuande! I once believed you were a benevolent and righteous person but it looks like I was wrong! You are a despicable villain!” Even though Zhao Yun had joined Liu Mang’s Army, he had still held Liu Bei in high esteem. At Xuzhou, they were so close that they even slept together. At that time, Liu Bei was Zhao Yun’s idol that worked strenuously for the Han. However, Liu Bei now held a woman hostage, threatening her family, just for one city.

Pang Tong paid Zhao Yun no attention as he knew that only Xu Shu had any authority. Liu Bei felt ashamed but that feeling slowly disappeared when he thought of how Zhao Yun was helping his enemy.

“Pang s.h.i.+yuan. Are you not afraid that others would ridicule your Lord?” Xu Shu intended to place pressure on Pang Tong using righteousness. However, it was obvious that Pang Tong now intended to complete his objective by any means possible.