Voluzhou Road (1/2)

Voluzhou Road¹

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— Records Volume Three

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In the Chuzhou Barracks, Luo Louzhen sat in the co before he reluctantly completed the preparations for war for the Chuzhou Barracks This made him more worried How could he meet the enemy like this? If he had three to five days, he would be ready However, he didn’t knohen the Yong ar and Grand General Lu arts But when he thought things through, Huaidong had always been a place of strategic i ar if they did not take Shouchun in Huaixi And if they wanted to take Yangzhou, the Yong ar If the Yong ar, he was sure to be the first to bear the brunt

Luo Louzhen glanced at Adjunct Huang He iers sent to Sizhou and Guangling returned?”

“They still have not, but the two regions are distant,” said Adjunct Huang, looking uneasy “One round trip takes until night before they’ll be back”

Luo Louzhen angrily said, “They’re all useless Grand General Lu’s xia to Chuzhou within in a few days Sizhou and Guangling are right next to us and it still takes that long! There’s also that Sun Ding fellow I had hio to Sikou and take control of the defenses Why hasn’t he sent a er back to clarify the situation in all this tier erupt and nervously said, “Perhaps he is busy with military affairs There will presumably be news by the afternoon”

Luo Louzhen was enerals and other officers are not to be remiss in their duties If Chuzhou is lost, and I cannot save my life, don’t think you’ll have it easy”

Adjunct Huang shuddered and said, “General, should we inforarrison? They have five thousand troops there Although they don’t have ood to take precautions”

Luo Louzhen furrowed his brows The Chuzhou garrison and he didn’t get along He didn’t have , so he didn’t want to offend them However, he finally understood the truth in “without lips, the teeth feel cold” His base in southwest Chuzhou was isolated, and he couldn’t defend the barracks if the Yong ararrison the city If he didn’t seize the ht not even have an escape route A moment of consideration later, he scoffed and decided, “Dispatch soates within the next few days and await the ene hastily co were on bad terms, mostly because the Chuzhou Barracks’ soldiers ran riot in Chuzhou Luo Louzhen didn’t restrain the was too powerful, Gu Yuanyong had no choice but to think of ways to please hih Luo Louzhen didn’t appreciate the effort, Adjunct Huang and others benefited fro, so Adjunct Huang would think of a way to notify the Chuzhou ht after Adjunct Huang departed, a bodyguard entered and reported, “General, Colonel Sun’s bodyguards have returned”

Luo Louzhen rejoiced “Have them enter”

Soon, two soldiers walked in Luo Louzhen recognized the one in front: Sun Fang, a relative of Sun Ding He was the leader of Sun Ding’s bodyguard The one in the back was tre a little, however, and was too scared to lift his head after entering the tent He was clearly fearful Luo Louzhen only knew the nored hi, “Colonel Sun has already arrived at Sikou, right? What’s the situation there? The Yong ar looked a little nervous He replied, “General, the Colonel army hasn’t moved yet However, the Colonel the river They’re reconnoitering, and if there is any news, they will swiftly report to the barracks”

Luo Louzhen was put at ease He looked at thehi said in disquiet, “He is one of the best experts in our force The Colonel scouts had already sneaked into Huaisi,² so he ordered hihtly so,” Luo Louzhen laughed “Colonel Sun is indeed careful What’s your naood, I presume you are a one in a thousand warrior Why are you like a tioblet of wine Don’t be so nervous This general is no murderous tyrant”

The soldier seemed relieved to hear this He relaxed quite a bit and lifted his head, taking the goblet with both hands He stepped forward and declared, “Many thanks to the General for the wine” Then he downed it all in a single gulp

Luo Louzhen inspected the soldier, seeing he was around twenty-nine years old with sharp features, handsome and valiant He looked cal a tall, striking white poplar Between blinks, a gleahast This bearing was similar to Grand General Lu Can’s If he had seen this man before, how could he have no memory or i, “You certainly aren’t a soldier of the Chuzhou Barracks Who are you?”

With hiuards outside the tent sta a protective barrier around Luo Louzhen

Luo Louzhen was about to order people to take Sun Fang and the other soldier ahen a clarew louder, and a scout soaked in blood staggered his way in Collapsing, he screas have gone poorly The Yong aruard has already reached the barracks”

Luo Louzhen looked up froers at Sun Fang and the other soldier He furiously said, “The two of you are spies for the Yong ar was scared out of his wits, but the other soldier didn’t look any different He offered a brief smile and said, “General Luo, this one is Military Commission of Huainan, Pei Yun Ithe General ards”

Everyone in the tent felt their ears pop How could this be? How could Pei Yun, a co army, in control of the Xuzhou Barracks with a fifteen thousand-strong arht Pei Yun in, even felt his teeth chattering After he had been taken prisoner, he obeyed orders to bring this man into the Chuzhou Barracks and fit in The whole tiht this man was an expert from the White Clothed Camp How could he kneas actually Pei Yun? After all, Pei Yun was around thirty-six How could he have expected hiht of this soldier’s true identity Now, the life of Pei Yun euished disciple of Shaolin with sophisticated martial arts They had heard that Buddhist meditation improved one’s mind and body Today they saas indeed so

While everyone was dealing with turbulent emotions, Pei Yun bolted away and threw hiht popped into Luo Louzhen’s ht descend into tur was secured, his contribution wouldn’t be s arrows is not allowed Capture that man for me!” He didn’t permit his subordinates to loose arrows, because he was afraid that if they killed Pei Yun it would anger the Yong aruilt wouldn’t be insignificant, possibly even spelling the end for the troops under his co, the tent rang out retched cries A dozen bodyguards who had rushed at Pei Yun were rolling in a heap on the ground Both of Pei Yun’s hands gloith a steady golden light His unrivaled Divine Diamond Force had been perfected,³ each palh the bodyguards’ barrier to face Luo Louzhen Luo Louzhen drew his sword and thrust forward, the sound of a tee, but Pei Yun greeted the attack with a palm strike As the sword and pal Luo Louzhen was jarred back a step by the force of the palm strike Pei Yun threw another pal⁴ Luo Louzhen was again driven back a step The wind created by the pal Pei Yun slowly and calmly forced his way to Luo Louzhen, step by step He turned a set of the Shaolin Te display The bodyguards couldn’t even intervene, let alone mob Pei Yun

Luo Louzhen’s swords, but he had indulged in woy Seeing Pei Yun force his way closer, Luo Louzhen couldn’t even slash a blow to counterattack He had wanted to call out for his bodyguards to shoot arrows, but he orried he would get entangled in the volley, so he lost all strength to speak Though the Chuzhou Barracks currently lodged thirty thousand troops, Luo Louzhen felt all alone

! Luo Louzhen crashed his back into the back wall of the tent By this tied to the flap of the tent Adjunct Huang snarled, “Shoot him dead! Don’t harave a savage s as he could ward off a few strikes, he could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat He didn’t believe that flesh and blood could resist a volley of arrows He just had to wait for Pei Yun to block the arrows and take the opportunity to cut through the tent and escape Adjunct Huang was bound to have reinforcements ready to come up