Chapter 265 Li Feihongs Targe (1/2)
Chapter 265 – Li Feihong's Target
1 PM.
A make-shift bridge was completed, but it was enough for the soldiers to cross. The rest of the siege weapons could not be moved to the other side of the trench as the bridge was still too weak and narrow.
”Troops, move in and secure the inner areas! Send words to our main army. Have them send extra workers over here so the towers can cross.”
Gao Lan was busy pointing fingers and assigning tasks to his subordinates. Meanwhile, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were following after Gao Lan's battalion from behind as their support.
The 5,000 soldiers formed two lines and crossed the bridge in order. As the bridge looked fragile, the men were careful with their feet. Their steps became slow as they walked. But once they got off the long logs, they quickened their legs.
Before all of them could cross the bridge, a large army appeared on the horizon. They caught sight of the black flags of [Lu] and [Li], which stood out as they were everywhere.
”Lu Bu!?”
”Li Feihong!?”
Subordinates of Gao Lan recognized the names of the enemy generals. They bellowed and shouted to warn the others.
Gao Lan's face paled when he heard Lu Bu's name from his men.
”Do not retreat! Keep moving forward and form ranks on the other side!”
Instead of retreating because of his nervousness, Gao Lan held his ground and ordered the men to form a defense line.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou also galloped forward to where Gao Lan was standing.
”I heard you've spotted Lu Bu?” Asked Wen Chou.
”Yes. They are coming toward us from the front.”
”Number?”
”No idea. But from the size of the dust, it should be around 5,000 or more.”
”Good. Have your men open a path for us. Let our horsemen cross the bridge first. We'll deal with that so-called [Monster].”
The heavy cavalries got into the line as they slowly crossed the bridge one by one.
The workers behind the moat line managed to get a long rope from the main army. They had one of the horsemen carried it to the other side, which the men began to work on another bridge.
3 PM.
All soldiers managed to cross the deep moat. However, the siege towers and trebuchets were still lining behind the line as they could not cross it.
Yan Liang stood at the front of 5,000 Infantries and 3,000 heavy cavalries. All of them had repeating crossbows on their hands, getting ready to aim and fire at his order.
However, Lu Bu force stood still and maintained a distance of 500 meters, not getting into the range of the projectiles.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou smiled as they had enough time for the workers behind them to finish reinforcing the bridge with dirt and mud, so they could cover a part of the moat and move the siege weapons to the other side.
”Are they stupid or are they inept? Why didn't they attack us when we were not ready?” Wen Chou half-mocked, half-doubted.
”Well, there was a saying that he's a muscle brain. It appears to be correct! BWAHAHAHA!” Laughed Yan Liang.
Gao Lan did not comment. He had been having goosebumps since they crossed the moat. It felt like he was being watched by something and the killing intent was on him from the start.
Gao Lan could not handle the pressure anymore, he turned to Wen Chou.
”Sir, I'll go supervise the workers behind us. Can I leave the army to you?”
Yan Liang snorted, ”Go if you want. Hurry and finish the crossing already! We don't have all day!”
”Yes, sir!”
Without hesitation, Gao Lan ran back and crossed the bridge. He stumbled on a rock as he was running in a panic. His instinct was crying that he had to run or he would die for some reasons.
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Three hours ago.
Lu Bu and Li Feihong were leading their 10,000 men forward. With Li Feihong's guidance and his monitoring, they could tell that an army was trying to cross the moat at the corner of the north fort.
”I'll circle around them. Take care, guys.”
Gao Shun detached from them and disappeared from the sight of their army.
”Alright, boss. As I told you before, you can't charge until I give you the signal, ok?”
Lu Bu snorted. He did not like fighting with a complex strategy, yet he followed Li Feihong's suggestion. After they had been together for years, he had faith in Li Feihong's decisions regardless of how troublesome it was.
”Ah, do as you wish. But I'll give you a condition. If you spot an important general of their army, don't kill him with your gun yet. Let me play with them first.”
”Err boss, that's unreasonable. We have to win this efficiently so I'll have to finish their leader …”
The killing intent of Lu Bu locked down on Li Feihong.
”OKAY! OKAY! I won't use it, I swear!”
Lu Bu smiled, ”That's more like it. If you want someone dead, you just tell me, and I'll kill him for you.”