Chapter 349 Tian the Troll Yu (2/2)
Budugen separated his 5,000 Xianbei warriors from Gongsun Du's main army. He volunteered to guard the supplies and the reserve troops, which he would also act as their rearguard.
Gongsun Du allowed it without realizing Budugen's real intention.
Looking at the trusting Gongsun Du, Budugen sneered, 'Idiots.'
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Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun, and their escorts traveled south, returning to Xuchang. As they were Cao Cao's men, all scouts from Gongsun Du left them alone.
As they were traveling, they saw a panicking group of civilians at the roadside. Curious, Cheng Yu sent his men to inquire about their situation.
The result surprised them as they were the peasants that followed after Zhao Yun and He Xing. However, Zhao Yun resisted against Gongsun Du's soldiers and killed them all. Afterward, they left them there.
Cheng Yu mumbled to himself before he peered at Xiahou Dun.
”How about it? Want to snatch the empress?”
”What's the catch?”
”If we have her, Mengde remains as a righteous prime minister. If we don't have her, Mengde will be a villain in the eyes of people.”
”Is there a demerit to this if we take the empress?”
”Zhang Tong will find out about our scheme if we pursue. If we don't, he won't find out.”
Xiahou Dun shrugged, ”Too troublesome then. Leave them alone.”
”Are you sure? His current position is quite awkward, you know? He got this position from a false empress.”
”That's none of my business. I have one job, and that is protecting you. Anything else is irrelevant to me.”
Cheng Yu chuckled, ”Got it.”
The two disregarded the events and the people as they continued marching south.
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4 PM.
After hours of galloping outside of the forest, Zhao Yun could see a group of horsemen before him.
Upon seeing their banners, Zhao Yun could finally smile.
It was the flags with the letter ”Tian.” This unit belonged to Tian Yu!
The leader of the riders also recognized Zhao Yun from afar. As Tian Yu knew about Zhao Yun's behavior and riding style, it was not hard for him to differentiate Zhao Zilong form the rest of regular riders.
”Zilong!”
”Guorang!”
”AHAHAHA! You undying bastard! You made it!”
”Same goes to you, silly fool!”
Zhao Yun had the urge to leap from his horse to hug his friend. Unfortunately, Tian Yu's subordinates, He Xing, and Liu Xie were watching. He had to control his manner.
”Ahem, how did you rush here?”
”Haha! You'd better ask her majesty about this. Master Lu said that she sent this … err, clan message to him? And he knew that all of you will be coming south, so we're here to pick you up.”
As they chatted, a soldier got down from his horse and offered the horse to He Xing.
”Your majesty, please.”
He Xing nodded and got on the other horse with her son. As a woman with high status, riding with a man who was not her husband in public was against her moral.
Tian Yu nodded in approval, ”Alright, let's regroup with master Lu. I don't want to listen to his lecture again.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
”AHAHAHA! Sucks to be you.”
”Oh, you don't have to worry, Zilong. Master Lu said you fOOked up the bodyguard duty, and he has reserved his private tutor course for you as well.”
”Err, crap.”
Zhao Yun sulked while Tian Yu's subordinates snickered by their boss' misfortune.
Unfortunately, their little happy reunion had to be put on hold as the ground trembled. It was a sign that an army of horsemen was coming in their direction.
”Enemies!”
”Get into an array!”
Tian Yu turned to Zhao Yun, ”Don't screw up your bodyguard job this time. Stay behind us.”
Zilong complied with the suggestion. One mistake was enough, and Zhao Yun swore that he would not make the same mistake again.
Soon, an army with the banners, [Wang], came to their sight. It was Wang Men's troop of 6,000 riders.
Wang Men raised his fist and ordered his troops to stop. Upon seeing the [Tian] banners and the dirty Zhao Yun behind their formation, he understood what had happened here.
'They reunited, but that doesn't matter as long as I defeat these men.'
Wang Men whispered to his aide, ”Form wedge. We'll charge at them.”
Meanwhile, Tian Yu read Wang Men's mouth as he licked his lips.
”Wedge, is it? Okie, dokie!”
Tian Yu bellowed with everything he had as if he wanted Wang Men to hear his words.
”MEN!”
Tian Yu's soldiers tensed, getting ready to form any formation he commanded.
”TURN AROUND!”
Everybody turned their horse around in confusion. Everyone was thinking why Tian Yu wanted to show their backs at the enemies.
”RETREAT!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!”
Zhao Yun, He Xing, and all 5,000 light cavalries almost spat blood.
”Dafuq, Guorang!?”
”Eh, shut it and follow my command, Zilong. I REPEAT AGAIN! RETREAT!!”
All the soldiers looked at each other and shrugged. They turned their horse around and galloped away, showing their back to Wang Men. Zhao Yun and He Xing also rode with them.
Wang Men stared at them with wide eyes. No word could describe his feeling at the moment.
When he came to his sense, Tian Yu and others had already fled a hundred meters.
Infuriated, Wang Men shouted, ”CHASE! AFTER THEM!!”
All 6,000 soldiers with a wry smile galloped after the fleeing troops. They took out their bows and arrows, getting ready for a horse archer tactic.
Unfortunately, before they could shoot an arrow, they saw a straight line of running horsemen with Tong's repeating crossbows.
”Eh?”
Behind the running riders, Tian Yu had a mocking grin on his face.
”ARROWS, RELEASE!!”