Chapter 446 Assassins? (2/2)

”Sun Ce of Jiangdong has arrived! He has brought 100,000 soldiers!”

The visitors, Sun Ce, Sun Fang, Zhou Yu, and their officers, entered the assembly hall and were guided to their prepared seats, west of the room.

”Liu Bei of Liang has arrived! He has brought 150,000 soldiers!”

An hour later, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and his strategists arrived, and Cao Cao's subordinates guided them to the eastern seats.

All heavyweight warlords assembled today for one purpose.

Overthrowing Tong!

”Gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation and your time to attend this meeting,” Cao Cao stood and bowed to all his nemeses in the other life, ”With your troops and your talented generals, even those immortals will fear us!”

Sun Ce and Liu Bei rolled their eyes.

”We've come prepared. How are your troops? What can you contribute to our coalition?”

Cao Cao snorted, ”100,000 soldiers and magic weaponry!”

”Magic weaponry?”

Cao Cao waved, and his attendant presented an arquebus to Liu Bei and Sun Ce.

A group of soldiers entered the meeting room with a set of shooting practice. They placed a scarecrow at the center of the room and a thick metal plate behind it.

Xiahou Dun also took one of the rifles. He positioned himself in the opposite direction of the metal plate and the scarecrow. After he had loaded the gun with gunpowder and an iron ball, he aimed at the scarecrow, which had an imperial lamella armor on it.

*BANG*

The bullet penetrated through the armor and hit the metal plate behind the doll.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei narrowed their eyes as they recognized this kind of weapon. They recalled the past battle ten years ago when they fought against Tong.

”Gun,” Liu Bei muttered.

Cao Cao nodded, ”Correct! This weapon is not something exclusive to those disgusting immortals anymore. Right now, we can manufacture guns!”

Sun Fang frowned. He stepped forward, ”How many guns do you have? Can you share your manufacturing methods with us?”

Although Sun Fang was from the modern world, he was not educated on gunsmithing or firearm manufacturing. He also wanted to build cannons, but he did not know the method.

Pu Jing, who stood behind Cao Cao's officers, smirked, mocking Sun Fang in his mind.

'Noob.'

Cao Cao continued, ”Of course. We're planning to strike the heartland of Zhang Tong soon, so we will share our knowledge with everyone. We called you here for this purpose!”

Sun Ce and Liu Bei's eyes gleamed as they were interested in this new weapon. However, Zhou Yu and Pang Tong found this odd.

'They had this technology that can change the entire warfare. Why are they sharing this knowledge with their future rivals?'

Both of them observed Cao Cao and Pu Jing's reaction. Although they could not get any hint from them, someone else was winking at them.

Zhuge Liang!

Zhou Yu was surprised that Zhuge Liang was serving Cao Cao in this world.

'Dafuq is he doing here!? Did Gan Ning fuck up and force this bastard to Cao Cao's side?'

Pang Tong was shocked as well.

'Kongming, you bastard! How could you serve Cao Cao of all people!? You should have come with us and join the righteous side!'

Unbeknownst to their thoughts, Zhuge Liang's lips moved, hinting them with his soundless words.

[Zhang Tong too strong. No chance of victory.]

Zhou Yu and Pang Tong caught that. Their frown deepened.

'Too strong? Really?'

'I see!'

While Pang Tong doubted his friend, Zhou Yu understood the secret message.

'Cao Cao doesn't think that our coalition can fight Zhang Tong, so he's desperate enough to give everyone a boost. Then, we can at least have a slim chance of victory? So, his forces are that threatening?'

Zhou Yu decided to be direct. He raised his hand and asked Cao Cao, ”We don't have a chance against Zhang Tong, have we?”

Cao Cao sighed and turned to Zhou Yu, ”Haven't your mentor taught you not to discourage your allies before a war?”

”If we don't admit that we have weaknesses or flaws, we won't be able to fix it! Please get it straight, Marquis. Do we have a chance against Zhang Tong?”

Cao Cao did not speak. However, Guo Jia stepped forward and confessed, ”We don't.”

”Then, what's the purpose of this meeting?”

Guo Jia snorted, ”We need to boost our military power. Right now, all of us are too weak. Had we mobilized or declared our intention to the public, Zhang Tong will annihilate all of us within a year… Two years at the longest.”

”I need info. What makes you think that he's so overwhelming to the point that you come up with such a conclusion?”

Guo Jia turned to Pu Jing, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan, ”Can you reveal your power, please.”

The three spread their angel wings.

Pu Jing had gambled and forced his way to become a four-wing angel. Meanwhile, the Xiahou brothers had 2 each.

”I'm sure that some of you have this [Secret] or [Cultivation Technique], so I won't get into how you acquired these wings. But as you know, the more wings you possess, the stronger you are.”

Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Sun Ce understood what he meant. After all, they also had the cultivation technique.