553 Epilogueception 7 300 Years East-West War Part 2 (1/2)

= Lu Bu =

After the country unification, Lu Bu resumed his work as the grand commander to the Red Hare Legion.

Due to the authority conflict between Zhang Liao and Lu Bu, Zhang Liao got a new army of his own, which dissatisfied Lu Bu as he wanted to use his former subordinate.

He got into the fight with Tong several times, but Lu Bu couldn't beat Tong anymore despite having the same cultivation base, 10 wings.

Lu Bu isolated himself to cultivate some more, but he reached the bottleneck because of his immortal oaths. He could not raise his strength more than 10 wings unless Lilim released him from her subordination.

Lu Bu visited Lilim and begged her to release him. However, she refused. The brainwashed girl wanted to keep Lu Bu in check for her husband, so she kept him as it was.

The god of war quit his job after that. He retired and returned to Jinyang to live with his father, Ding Yuan.

Years passed. The East-West War began.

Because of the emergency, Tong summoned Lu Bu back and returned his position. To compensate for his service, Lilim voided Lu Bu's oath, and allow him to cultivate more wings.

Delighted by the war and the freedom, Lu Bu returned to the battlefield with his father, Gao Shun, and other commanders.

The first battle he fought was the Southern Xiongnu Defensive Campaign. Guo Jia sent Lu Bu and Zhang Liao's unit to fend off against Severus Army and the coalition forces from Kushan and Sassanid.

As prideful as Lu Bu was, he didn't listen to Guo Jia or Ju Shou, who were supposed to assist him on stratagem and troops placement. Lu Bu allocated his best units and dumped all weaker soldiers to Zhang Liao before he rushed out to kill his enemies.

Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, and Gao Shun massacred and routed Sasanian and Kushan Army with ease due to Tong's advanced weapons, such as modern rifles, night goggles, grenades, and 20 year-worth of food in Lu Bu's new [Inventory] skill, bestowed by Tong.

With such supplies, Lu Bu got cockier. He charged at Severus Army head-on.

Little did he know that it was Hannibal's schemes. Severus drew Lu Bu's forces into Siberian and isolated him during winter. The coordination between Hannibal and Severus stopped Lu Bu's momentum, and they killed both Ding Yuan and Gao Shun during the counterattack. At the same time, he sent his main forces to strike Zhang Liao to destroy Lu Bu's main supply base.

When Lu Bu heard that his father was killed and Zhang Liao's base was destroyed, he sent his forces back home and fought against Severus on his own, planning to kill as many soldiers as he could to avenge for his father's death.

He ran into another trap. Severus and elite cultivators surrounded him.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao busted him out of trouble. Lu Bu returned home with a humiliating defeat.

Angry and sad, Lu Bu got depressed. He isolated himself and cultivated like a mad man. Yet, he couldn't progress further as he didn't have an oath subordinate.

When Lu Bu heard that his father and Gao Shun could reincarnate with Tong's system power, he recovered. He reflected on his mistake and asked Tong for another chance to lead troops against Severus.

However, the war had already tipped to their favor at that time, thanks to Pu Jing, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, and the navy forces of the Sun Clan. Tong didn't need to deploy more troops or send Lu Bu to the battle again.

Yet, after seeing Lu Bu's enthusiasm, Tong allowed Lu Bu to fight again, but he was not allowed to lead any unit. Lu Bu had to fight on his own.

The good news was – Lu Bu could do anything he wanted or roam the battlefields. However, he couldn't command soldiers.

Lu Bu agreed. He traveled west, searching for a battlefield that he could fight. Also, he planned to kill Severus and Hannibal, who killed many of his men and his father.

Jia Xu learned that Lu Bu was on his way. He sent some info of Severus Army location to Lu Bu and told him that Severus was vulnerable there.

Learning Severus' location from Jia Xu, Lu Bu rushed to Constantinople, Greece, where Severus was preparing his forces to fight against Sun Quan, Lu Xun, Gan Ning, and the Sun Clan Army in Karapınar Forest, Turkey.

Lu Bu barged into the city and killed soldiers, civilians, and officers. He destroyed half of the city on his own before Severus showed up with his elite bodyguards.

Like a mad dog, Lu Bu fought everyone without caring for his life.

In the end, he killed Severus as he wished, but he was killed by Severus' no-name bodyguards. Still, he died smiling, knowing that he could reincarnate again.

Thanked to Lu Bu's contribution and self-sacrifice, the Roman Empire went into chaos as ambitious senates fought each other to succeed Severus for a whole year. The prepared troops deserted their armies, while many senates drew them to their sides to increase their political power.

Lu Xun, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, and Jia Xu went into action and intervened with Roman's internal affair. Each of them pretended to support different factions and put them to fight each other.

However, Hannibal thwarted their plan and raised a puppet emperor, Caracalla, the eldest son of Severus, as the new emperor before civil war broke out.

But the effort was futile as more new forces and countries emerged from the ruined cities that Cao Mengde and Pu Jing destroyed. Hannibal went missing afterward.

This development led to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Lu Bu was given the full credits for dealing the decisive blow, which triggered this event.

Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, and Gao Shun's statues were built in Jinyang to honor their glorious achievements after the war.

Lu Bu's reincarnation was delayed due to the death of Tong during the festival. But after Tong reincarnated as Xian Tong and reclaimed his old universe, including the admin position, Lu Bu was born as Tong's 2,005th son.

Lu Bu changed his name into Xian Fengxian, who became a dominant figure among Tong's descendants. But that was for another story.

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= Shu Han Legion =

After Tong's returned from Lilim's dimension, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Ma Chao were repositioned and assigned into a single unit – Shu Han Legion.

This was to honor Liu Bei's former generals. Even though Zhang Fei was killed by Li Feihong, nobody minded it since Li Feihong was Liu Bei. Master killing a bad subordinate was a normal thing.

Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Cang were transferred to help this unit as well.

Li Feihong's Crimson Angel Legion was disbanded, but Li Feihong was transferred to be Shu Han Legion's grand commander instead. Since they were all Shu-Han, they should have a better affinity than working with other former Wei generals.

This move was to gather potential threats into one unit, so Li Feihong, a loyal buddy, could control them.