Chapter 369 (2/2)

“That’s right!” Liu Mang finally understood that it does not matter whether or not he provoked this viper. This viper would eventually bite someone. By joining up with Liu Bei’s Army, he would definitely become their enemy. By then, grudges would mean nothing. However, a long time had pa.s.sed by the time Liu Mang understood this. The Xiliang Cavalry were already several kilometres away. It would be difficult to chase them now. Just as Liu Mang felt regret, he heard shouts coming from afar.

“What is going on?” Liu Mang immediately went on alert. He had become used to such a state ever since coming to this era. “All units take precautions!” No matter what, taking precautions is never a wrong move. All of the Wolf Cavalry took out their swords. The horses also started to do warm ups.

“Kill! Kill!” A group of cavalry rushed out of the woods outside Shouchun City. These were the Xiliang Cavalry that had just left. Why have they started to panic now?

“Your Majesty! We surrender!” Just as Liu Mang felt confused, groups of the Xiliang Cavalry soldiers got off their horses, threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground.

“Huh?” Liu Mang and Liu Ye’s eyes grew wide. They could not comprehend what was going on.

Another group of cavalry then came out. A carriage could be seen in this new group. In front of the carriage were few cavaliers led by Jia Xu.

“Despicable! Shameless!” Jia Xu cursed as he looked at Liu Mang with resentment.

“Despicable?” Liu Mang froze. Jia Xu came out from the woods while being chased. Liu Mang did not even know what was going on but he was already called despicable. He was definitely wrongly accused.

Zhang Liao saw the approaching army shouting to kill and pulled Liu Mang back. “Little Lord. That should be Gao Shun’s Formation Breaker!” Zhang Liao had been correct. The Formation Breaker and Xu Sheng’s Black Flag Army had left the city from different gates. However, it was dark and they could not use torches. It was already good enough that they did not get lost. Gao Shun did not face any problems but Xu Sheng had strayed about a thousand miles away from his objective and encountered Gao Shun’s men. If they had not taken out their banners first, the two armies would have started killing each other.

As Xu Sheng had already strayed from his path, it was already too late to turn back. Gao Shun does not speak much but he knew battle strategies. The two of them gave up setting ambushes. As the total number of soldiers they had were over ten thousand and the place they wanted to defend were hundreds of miles away, they took the initiative to attack and rushed towards Shouchun’s South gate. They gambled on the fact that the Xiliang Cavalry had not left yet. They found the Xiliang Cavalry along the way. As the Xiliang Cavalry were heavy cavalries, their movements could be heard from miles away. The Xiliang Cavalry were suddenly attacked from the dark. They did not even know how many enemies there were. The fact was they could not escape. Charging towards the Black Flag Army and the Formation Breaker was no different from committing suicide. The only thing they could do was turn back.

Jia Xu gazed at Liu Mang unwaveringly. He believed that he had underestimated Liu Mang. He never expected to be ambushed by so many soldiers. He believed that Liu Mang was simply stalling for time and that he had been played.

“Wolf Cavalry! Ballista! Get ready!” Liu Ye shouted at the Wolf Cavalry and the soldiers on the walls when he saw Jia Xu’s expression of hatred. He was afraid Jia Xu would act desperately and struggle to his death. After all, Liu Mang had already separated himself from the main force. His bodyguards had also rushed to the front to protect Liu Mang, fearing that Jia Xu would rush to the front and seize Liu Mang.

Just as the Wolf Cavalry were feeling nervous, Jia Xu got down his horse and quickly knelt on the floor. “Jia Xu of Nanyang, along with the Young Lord, Zhang Lei, and the generals, Ge Jun and Zhang Hu, begs to surrender!”

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