Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - Guys, We Are On The Same Side!
Chapter 3 - The Escape Of Lu Bu
Chapter 4 - Death To Those Who Are Discontent
Chapter 5 - Shooting Of Palm In Xiapi
Chapter 6 - Formation Breaker
Chapter 7 - Breakthrough
Chapter 8 - Wrongly Kill Three Thousand
Chapter 9 - Home?
Chapter 10 - Death
Chapter 11 - Man From Heaven
Chapter 12 - Fifteen Thousand Dollars Worth Of Buns
Chapter 13 - Boss Cao’S Scheme
Chapter 14 - The Great Coax
Chapter 15 - The Flashy And Enticing Boss Lu
Chapter 16 - Look Your Sister
Chapter 17 - Got Sold
Chapter 18 - I, Lu Bu, Never Regret
Chapter 19 - Father
Chapter 20 - Wise Lord?
Chapter 21 - Trapped In Kaiyang
Chapter 22 - Long Distance Surprise Attack
Chapter 23 - Too Big Of A Joke
Chapter 24 - If We’Re Going To Do It, Then We’Re Going Big
Chapter 25 - Selling Gold
Chapter 26 - Big Transaction
Chapter 27 - Camaraderie Under The Setting Sun
Chapter 28 - Battle Of Kaiyang (1)
Chapter 29 - Battle Of Kaiyang (2)
Chapter 30 - Battle Of Kaiyang (3)
Chapter 31 - Battle Of Kaiyang (4)
Chapter 32 - Battle Of Kaiyang (5)
Chapter 33 - A Turn For The Better (1)
Chapter 34 - A Turn For The Better (2)
Chapter 35 - Cavalry Cavalry
Chapter 36 - Casualties Of The Cao Army (1)
Chapter 37 - Casualties Of The Cao Army (2)
Chapter 38 - Fengxiao Vs Fengxian
Chapter 39 - Fengxiao Vs. Fengxian (End)
Chapter 40 - The Wisdom Of Crying
Chapter 41 - The Anticipated Meeting Original By Bro Got A Gun, Translated By James, Bloodfalcon
Chapter 42 - Prince Of Shu
Chapter 43 - To Or Not To Runan?
Chapter 44 - Building An Army (1) Original By Bro Got A Gun, Translated By James
Chapter 45 - Building An Army (2)
Chapter 46 - Army March
Chapter 47 - Father-In-Law?
Chapter 48 - Father-In-Law? (2)
Chapter 49 - I Am Me
Chapter 50 - Renegade Traitor
Chapter 51 - Lu Bu Starts To Change (1)
Chapter 52 - Assaulting The Mountain
Chapter 53 - Liu Mang Become Bait (Once Again)
Chapter 54 - Mountain Fortress Infiltration
Chapter 55 - Bandit Brigade Retaliation
Chapter 56 - Urban Army Division First Battle (1)
Chapter 57 - Urban Army First Battle (2)
Chapter 58 - Fight To The Death
Chapter 59 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (1)
Chapter 60 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (2)
Chapter 61 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (3)
Chapter 62 - Deadly Battle With Chen Lan And Lei Bo (End)
Chapter 63 - Xu Province Ownership Change
Chapter 64 - Teach Me Martial Arts
Chapter 65 - Selecting Weapons
Chapter 66 - Intermission Before Crossing Over To Xinyetranslated By Bloodfalcon
Chapter 67 - Luckless Boss Liu (Liu Bei)
Chapter 68 - Plot Concocting In Wan Castle, Lujiang
Chapter 69 - Hunted By Tiger (1)
Chapter 70 - Hunted By Tiger (2)
Chapter 71 - Another Tiger ???
Chapter 72 - The One Who Reign Over Tiger
Chapter 73 - Into Tiger’S Den
Chapter 74 - Did We Did The Wrong Thing?
Chapter 75 - Mother'S Flesh
Chapter 76 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (1)
Chapter 77 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (2)
Chapter 78 - First Aid In Three Kingdom’S Era (End)
Chapter 79 - Reaching Wancheng City
Chapter 80 - War Of Words
Chapter 81 - Qualifications For A Hero
Chapter 82 - Heroes In Your Heart
Chapter 83 - Yuan Shu’S Testament And Legacy
Chapter 84 - Miss Yuan’S Imperial Seal As A Dowry; The Path Of Princes Or The Path Of The Emperor.
Chapter 85 - A Worthy Drinking Adversary, Even One Thousand Cups Is Not Enough
Chapter 86 - Binge Drinking In Ancient Wedding Banquet
Chapter 87 - Fornicating With A Goddess
Chapter 88 - Wedding'S End
Chapter 89 - There Is No Such Thing As Free Lunch
Chapter 90 - Inevitable Battle With Huang Zu Of Jiangxia
Chapter 91 - The Precipice Of Battle; Enter Huang Zhong
Chapter 92 - Huang Zhong Vs Lu Bu
Chapter 93 - Duel Conclusion; Who Defeated Who?
Chapter 94 - Planning For Jiangxia'S Downfall, Liu Mang Go Back To Present To Find Medicine
Chapter 95 - Major Event In Jiangxia
Chapter 96 - Huang Zhong Is Forced To Submit Under Huang She'S Leg
Chapter 97 - Command Transfer In Jiangxia'S Army
Chapter 98 - Lu Bu Uses One Of The 36 Stratagems.
Chapter 99 - Jiangxia’S Destruction Is Coming
Chapter 100 - Jiangxia’S Downfall (1)
Chapter 101 - Jiangxia’S Downfall (2)
Chapter 102 - Sit Back And Wait For Result
Chapter 103 - Liu Mang, A Hostage???
Chapter 104 - Reusing Of Surrendered Generals
Chapter 105 - The Beginning Of An Event
Chapter 106 - Plundering Of Jiangxia By Sun Ce
Chapter 107 - Breaking Wancheng City
Chapter 108 - Da Qiao Declared As Dead
Chapter 109 - Held Banquet For Lujiang Nobles
Chapter 110 - Lu Bu Is Regarded As A Beggar; All Of Patriarch Eat Beggar’S Food
Chapter 111 - Disastrous Event For Lujiang Nobles
Chapter 112 - The Extermination Of Three Generations
Chapter 113 - So What Is Wrong With Killing Them?
Chapter 114 - Sun Ce Retreat Alone To Avenge His Losses
Chapter 115 - Liu Clan Of Lujiang Takes Refuge With Lu Bu
Chapter 116 - Inventing Weapons And Gadgets For Battle To Come
Chapter 117 - Each Sides Reaction To The Big Event In Lujiang (1)
Chapter 118 - Each Sides Reaction To The Big Event In Lujiang (2)
Chapter 119 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (1)
Chapter 120 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (2)
Chapter 121 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (3)
Chapter 122 - Sun Ce'S Begin His Counterattack (4)
Chapter 123 - Extinguishing Fire In Wancheng City
Chapter 124 - All Must Be Eliminated; The Extermination Of Private Soldiers
Chapter 125 - Zhou Cheng'S Heavy Infantry Troops; The "Black Flag" Moves
Chapter 126 - The Urban Army Vs The Black Flag
Chapter 127 - The Urban Army Retreats
Chapter 128 - The Last Stand
Chapter 129 - The Black Flag Is Defeated
Chapter 130 - Drastic Changes; Wancheng City'S Administration Office Is In Danger
Chapter 131 - The Bloody Administration Office
Chapter 132 - Liu Mang And Co. Vs Superclass General
Chapter 133 - Beast-Like Man
Chapter 134 - Together We Live Or Die
Chapter 135 - Huang Xu Unleashes The Rapid Point-Shot
Chapter 136 - Damned People Should Just Die! Huang Zhong Enters The Fray
Chapter 137 - Wounded Cheetah Vs Lion King
Chapter 138 - Massacre Of The Rebellious Nobles
Chapter 139 - Reactions To The Noble Massacre In Wancheng City (1)
Chapter 140 - Reactions To The Noble Massacre In Wancheng City (2)
Chapter 141 - Sun Ce Makes His Move; The Manifesto
Chapter 142 - Sun Ce Makes His Move (2)
Chapter 143 - Sun Ce Makes His Move (3)
Chapter 144 - General Vs General
Chapter 145 - The Execution
Chapter 146 - Su Fei'S Burial
Chapter 147 - An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth (1)
Chapter 148 - An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth (2)
Chapter 149 - Three Heroes Vs Huang Zhong (1)
Chapter 150 - Three Heroes Vs Huang Zhong (2)
Chapter 151 - Oxybeles Prototype Launched!!!!
Chapter 152 - The Siege Begins
Chapter 153 - The Danyang Soldiers Unleashed!!! (1)
Chapter 154 - The Danyang Soldiers Unleashed!!! (2)
Chapter 155 - The Third Master Of The Danyang Soldiers Appears!
Chapter 156 - Sun Ce Joins The Fray
Chapter 157 - Battle Between Superclass Generals (1)
Chapter 158 - Battle Between Superclass Generals (2)
Chapter 159 - Rampage (1)
Chapter 160 - Rampage (2)
Chapter 161 - Chen Wu Has Fallen
Chapter 162 - Plan To Recruit Black Flag
Chapter 163 - Emergence The Of Black Flag Leader, Xu Sheng Of Langye
Chapter 164 - Subjugation Of Black Flag, Black Flag Agrees As Reinforcement
Chapter 165 - Sun Ce Vows To Kill Liu Mang
Chapter 166 - Sun Ce Become Shameless Once More - Use Liu Mang As Borrowed Knife To Kill Nobles
Chapter 167 - Sun Ce Become Shameless Once More - Use Liu Mang As Borrowed Knife To Kill Nobles (2)
Chapter 168 - Nobles Siege (1)
Chapter 169 - Nobles Siege (2)
Chapter 170 - Black Flag Re-Emerges!!! Calamity Has Come To Nobles
Chapter 171 - Sun Ce Is Exterminating Wu Clan
Chapter 172 - Vanquishing Private Soldiers
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176 - Choice
Chapter 177 - Killing Device (1)
Chapter 178 - Killing Device (2)
Chapter 179 - Killing Device (3)
Chapter 180 - Indulgence 3 Days
Chapter 181 - Movement (1)
Chapter 182 - Movement (2)
Chapter 183 - To Me
Chapter 184 - 3 Vs 3
Chapter 185 - Friendly?
Chapter 186 - Reinforcements
Chapter 187 - Reinforcements (2)
Chapter 188 - Counterattack
Chapter 189 - Counterattack (2)
Chapter 190 - Counterattack (3)
Chapter 191 - Counterattack (4)
Chapter 192 - Warrior Resolve (1)
Chapter 193 - Warrior Resolve (2)
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Turnabout Victory
Chapter 204
Chapter 205 - Navy War
Chapter 206 - A Shocking Battle (1)
Chapter 207 - A Shocking Battle (2)
Chapter 208 - A Shocking Battle (3)
Chapter 209 - A Shocking Battle (4)
Chapter 210 - Discussing Official Business (1)
Chapter 211 - Discussing Official Business (2)
Chapter 212 - Discussing Official Business (3)
Chapter 213 - Diplomatic War
Chapter 214 - Diplomatic War (2)
Chapter 215 - Diplomatic War (3)
Chapter 216 - Condition!
Chapter 217 - Condition! (2)
Chapter 218 - Finally Went Insane!
Chapter 219 - Wolves Offer To The Sheep
Chapter 220 - Not Peaceful Jiangxia
Chapter 221 - Wolves Offer Sheeps Warfare (1)
Chapter 222 - 4 Embraces The Flames
Chapter 223 - Cao Cao’S Vain Hope
Chapter 224 - Zhou Yu Defeated (1)
Chapter 225 - Zhou Yu Defeated (2)
Chapter 226 - Zhou Yu Defeated (3)
Chapter 227 - Zhou Yu Defeated (4)
Chapter 228 - Zhou Yu Defeated (5)
Chapter 229 - Compelled Marriage
Chapter 229.5 - Liu Mang’S Wedding Night
Chapter 230 - Cao Cao Chases Liu Ye At Noon
Chapter 231 - Talented Person Under The Heaven
Chapter 232 - Command That Shocked The World
Chapter 233 - Recruitment Order (1)
Chapter 234 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (1)
Chapter 235 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (2)
Chapter 236 - Recruitment Order Brings Misfortune (3)
Chapter 237 - Regaining Consciousness
Chapter 238 - Charisma
Chapter 239 - Stakes
Chapter 240 - Recruiting Zilong
Chapter 241
Chapter 242 - Army Prepare For Battle!
Chapter 243 - Brother Zhuge Become An Official
Chapter 244 – Escapist Liu Wildest Dream
Chapter 245 – Battle To Reclaim Shouchun
Chapter 246 – Thank You General Guan For The Arrows
Chapter 247 – Revenge By Using Same Methods
Chapter 248 – Two Raging Battles At The Same Time
Chapter 249 – Decisive Battle?
Chapter 250
Chapter 251 – Savageness Of Fried Chick (2)
Chapter 252 – Roast Fried Chick (1)
Chapter 253 – Roasting Little Chicken (2)
Chapter 254 – Fledgling Phoenix Maturation
Chapter 255 – Yuan Shao’S Scarecrow (Yuan Shao’S Loss)
Chapter 256 - Guandu Naval Battle (1)
Chapter 257 – Guandu Naval Battle (2)
Chapter 258 – Temple Of Heroes
Chapter 259 – Liu Mang The Genius
Chapter 260 – Food Programme
Chapter 261 – Calculating Person From Behind The Scenes
Chapter 262 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (1)
Chapter 263 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (2)
Chapter 264 – Ascension Of Sagely King Liu Mang (3)
Chapter 265 – Playing Each Other Sides
Chapter 266 – Liu Bei Submits A Memorial To Emperor
Chapter 267 – Liu Bei’S Scheme
Chapter 268 – Chen Gong’S Counter Stratagem
Chapter 269 – Hidden Intention
Chapter 270 – Cement
Chapter 271 – War Again
Chapter 272 – Liu Bei Mobilize
Chapter 273 – Liu Bei Gathers At Yangzhou
Chapter 274 – Gift
Chapter 275 – Runaway Liu’S Tears
Chapter 276 – Guangzhou’S Defender Hao Zhao
Chapter 277 – Crossfire
Chapter 278 – Pang Tong’S Advice
Chapter 279 – White Eared Heavy Armor
Chapter 280 – Guangzhou In Peril
Chapter 281 – Field Operations Outside The City
Chapter 282 – Fight To The Death
Chapter 283 – No Title
Chapter 284 – Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry Rides To Yangzhou
Chapter 285 – Silly Mi Fang
Chapter 286 – Liu Mang Defeated
Chapter 287 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem
Chapter 288 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem (2)
Chapter 289 – Xu Shu’S Stratagem (3)
Chapter 290 – Xu Shu’S Strategem (4)
Chapter 291 – Dog Eat Dog
Chapter 292 – Pang Tong’S Strategem
Chapter 293 – Pang Tong’S Strategem (2)
Chapter 294 – Chapter 294 Spoiler Title
Chapter 295 – Towards Yingshang
Chapter 296 – Mi Fang’S Death
Chapter 297
Chapter 298 (1)
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365 Long Chapter
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394 12K Words ;_;
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506,507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514-516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Chapter 556
Chapter 557
Chapter 558
Chapter 559
Chapter 560
Chapter 561
Chapter 562
Chapter 563
Chapter 564
Chapter 565
Chapter 566
Chapter 567
Chapter 568
Chapter 569
Chapter 570
Chapter 571
Chapter 572
Chapter 573
Chapter 574
Chapter 575
Chapter 576
Chapter 577
Chapter 578
Chapter 579
Chapter 580
Chapter 581
Chapter 582
Chapter 583
Chapter 584
Chapter 585
Chapter 586
Chapter 587
Chapter 588
Chapter 589
Chapter 590
Chapter 591
Chapter 597
Chapter 598
Chapter 599
Chapter 600
Chapter 601
Chapter 602
Chapter 603
Chapter 604
Chapter 605
Chapter 606
Chapter 607
Chapter 608
Chapter 609
Chapter 610
Chapter 611
Chapter 612
Chapter 613
Chapter 614
Chapter 615
Chapter 616
Chapter 617
Chapter 618
Chapter 621
Chapter 622
Chapter 623
Chapter 624
Chapter 625
Chapter 626
Chapter 627
Chapter 628
Chapter 629
Chapter 630
Chapter 631
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Drama, Harem, Historical, Martial Arts, Mature, Ongoing, Seinen, Tragedy, Wuxia Status: Ongoing Alternative names: 我的岳父大人叫吕布, ______
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Chapter 509
“Is there still no news?” Liu Bei asked as he walked up and down impatiently for Pang Tong’s letter in Nanyang as the situation grew more urgent due to dwindling food supplies. It was like those years where Liu Bei lived a wretched life. There was also the shocking news that Liu Mang and Liu Biao had form an alliance.
It could be said that Liu Bei and Liu Mang shared the same hardship. They both required provisions however, Liu Mang needed provisions for the citizens while Liu Bei needed provisions for his army. Pang Tong was the hope of everyone in Yuzhou.
“Milored, there isn’t any news yet!” Jian Yong replied. He was in charge of collecting intelligence but have already handed over most of his men to Pang Tong. Those people did not have any time to send reports. On the other hand, information of Liu Mang and Liu Biao’s alliance was bought by Jian Yong. Without this information, they would be completely ignorant of the outside world.
Jian Yong was no longer as willful and intimate towards Liu Bei due to the previous incident. That was why his reply was short and to the point.
“No news? There are no reports from your men in the past few days! Have they all died? What a waste of the thousands of gold I invested!” Liu Bei cursed angrily.
“This subordinate deserves to die!” Jian Yong replied. All of his men were being controlled by Pang Tong but it was not like he could argue.
“Milord. It seems like the Military Advisor cannot be relied on!” Sun Qian laughed. He wanted Pang Tong to fail. If Pang Tong was useless then Sun Qian could obtain a better position.
“Hm?” Liu Bei raised his brows while Jian Yong looked over fearfully.
Liu Bei knew that Pang Tong and Sun Qian did not get along but it was not time to fight amongst themselves.
“Milord. We are already running out of provisions. We do not have the time to wait for the Military Advisor. What we need to do now is to make a plan!” Sun Qian advised without saying anything bad about Pang Tong. Doing that would only make Liu Bei look down on him as a slanderer. Instead, he tried to make himself look more useful than Pang Tong. Saying Pang Tong cannot be relied on could have many different meanings to it so it did not count.
“Hmm, we should start to make plans.” Liu Bei agreed. Hearing Sun Qian’s words, he now thought that Sun Qian had no intention of discrediting Pang Tong. At the same time, his favorability towards Pang Tong dropped because Pang Tong could not provide during times of an emergency.
“Milord, our provisions would not last. Other than the Xiliang Cavalry who are still fed twice a day, the other soldiers are already given less food. Although this can reduce our food expenses, it will not last for long. In half a month, we would need to start borrowing from the common people!” Sun Qian explained the situation.
“Borrowing provisions again?” Liu Bei immediately felt uncomfortable. The reason Liu Bei could obtain a territory and have the support of the citizens is because he had the reputation of a benevolent person. Borrowing provisions from the people would have negative effect on his reputation since he had borrowed provisions from them before.
“Milord. Your reputation is indeed important but it would be useless if our soldiers starve to death! If only the Military Advisor could have brought back provisions!” Sun Qian lamented. His words created a sense of hatred in Liu Bei. Liu Bei needed to choose between his reputation or his ambition. The cause of this is because of Pang Tong’s failure.
“Sun Qian!” Jian Yong was frightened. Since when was Sun Qian able to do this? He would have fallen for Sun Qian’s misguidance and also feel dissatisfied with Pang Tong if he had not been vigilant of Sun Qian.
Liu Bei gritted his teeth as he considered his options. He had to borrow provisions or his army would not have enough food. Both Cao Cao and Liu Mang would prefer him dead so if he were to be defeated, he would not meet a good end.
Meanwhile, Sun Qian was pleased to see Liu Bei struggle with his decision as discrediting Pang Tong was only the first step. Sun Qian was not without skill. Otherwise, he would not have been recommended by Zheng Xuan, nor would he have been able to support Liu Bei until Pang Tong arrived.
“Milord. Borrowing from the citizens may also not be feasible as the citizens would not have much as well. At most, their provisions could sustain our army for another half a month. Unless Milord is willing to extort the citizens, or if the Military Advisor manages to provide the provisions. Without those provisions, we would be finished.” Sun Qian added. This was simply a fact. Without the provisions, the enemy did not even need to attack to get rid of Liu Bei. The Xiliang Cavalry full of Qiang barbarians would do the job for them.
“What should we do?” Liu Bei was at a loss. He did not want to give up but borrowing provisions would only postpone the inevitable. Unfortunately, the people civil and military officers he looked to for advice weren’t miracle workers. They could not conjure provisions for Liu Bei. As a result, they simply tried to avoid his eyes.
Liu Bei’s expression turned darker when he did not get a reply. Jian Yong noticed this and quickly said. “Sun Qian. You must already have a plan if you have thought so far ahead. Why don’t you tell us?”
“Gongyou. What should we do?” Liu Bei immediately looked at Sun Qian after the reminder.
“Milord. We borrow provisions from Cao Cao.” Sun Qian suggested.
“Cao Cao?” All the others start to discuss amongst themselves as they all knew what kind of person Cao Cao was. More importantly, they knew that Cao Cao was Liu Bei’s mortal enemy.
Liu Bei’s expression turned bad again. Cao Cao wanted him dead so why would Cao Cao give him provisions? It was more likely that Cao Cao would rejoice at his predicament.
“Milord. There are three reasons why…”
“Milord! We received a report from the Military Advisor!” A messenger suddenly appeared and interrupted Sun Qian just as Sun Qian was about to give his reasoning.
“What?” Liu Bei quickly stood up. “The Military Advisor’s letter? Does that mean we got the provisions?”
“That’s great! We can now expand our army!” The others also cheered. A bigger army also meant more positions for them to fill.
“Quick! Bring the letter over!” Liu Bei was overjoyed since they had been waiting for so long.
“Milord…!” Sun Qian was dumbfounded. He did not even have a chance to speak.
“Gongyou. Postpone your suggestions. Let us read this letter first.” Liu Bei interrupted him with a smile.
“It is that Pang Tong again!” Sun Qian thought to himself hatefully. Yet, he could not do anything except withdraw.
When Liu Bei read the letter, hesitation and doubt appeared on his face.
“Milord, what’s wrong?”
“Xianhe. Come and look at this.” Liu Bei handed the letter to Jian Yong.
“This is… What is the Military Advisor thinking?” Jian Yong asked. Sun Qian also took a peek at the letter and understood that Pang Tong wanted Liu Bei to attack Fancheng.
“Hahaha!” Sun Qian laughed. If Pang Tong approved of this then Sun Qian would not. He was still angry at being interrupted by Pang Tong’s letter when it was supposed to be his time to shine.
Sun Qian’s laughter was so loud that Liu Bei felt uncomfortable. “Gongyou. What is your opinion of this?”
“Milord. This is not me having a complaint against the Military Advisor. However, this man wants to bring us all down!” Sun Qian bowed as he replied.
“That’s right! We cannot attack Fancheng!” Some of the officials objected as well. Attacking Fancheng would mean offending Liu Biao.
“Milord. Fancheng is not only heavily guarded. It is also a place that is naturally hard to attack. Over a hundred thousand soldiers will be needed to capture Fancheng.” Sun Qian explained. The amount of soldiers Liu Bei needed to capture Fancheng was his entire army. The losses would be too great.
“Milord. Even if we manage to obtain Fancheng, we would not escape death! Cao Cao is to the North and Liu Mang is to the East. If we make enemies with Liu Biao now, we would have enemies in all directions. Doesn’t that mean that the Military Advisor wants us to die as well?” Sun Qian’s explanation was well received by the civil and military officers. Liu Bei was not like Cao Cao who had a vast army. He could not afford to be surrounded by enemies.
“This…” Liu Bei frowned. He himself knew the risks stated by Sun Qian and did not want to attack Fancheng. Even domesticated dogs would bite off your bone if you irritated them too much, much less a warlord like Liu Biao.
“Milord. I think everyone is exaggerating too much.” Jian Yong suddenly said.
Sun Qian narrowed his eyes at Jian Yong. He still had some trust towards Jian Yong when the man slandered him in front of Liu Bei. However, he was now more certain that Jian Yong had allied with Pang Tong. Of course, this was just a misunderstanding. Jian Yong was wholly loyal to Liu Bei. He would only accuse those he thought was suspicious.
“Xianhe. What do you think?” Liu Bei asked Jian Yong.
“Milord. Fancheng is a strategic location for Liu Biao. Sun Qian is right when he says that we would offend Liu Biao by taking it. He is also correct when he says that we cannot fight three enemies at once. However, he has forgotten that Liu Mang and Liu Biao have already formed an alliance. There is no difference even if we were to offend Liu Biao now!” Jian Yong replied.
“That’s right! Liu Biao and Liu Mang and now allies!”
“As a matter of fact, Liu Biao’s heart is not in the alliance. The alliance is just for show!” Sun Qian’s words were correct. Liu Biao only wanted peace and had no intentions of being enemies with Liu Bei.
“Milord. Another point is that by capturing Fancheng, we would be right beside Jingzhou. More importantly, there are provisions in Fancheng. As a strategic point, it would be full of provisions!”
“Provisions!” Liu Bei’s eyes glinted.
“No Milord! We can borrow provisions from Cao Cao! We just need to…”
“Gongyou. There is no need to say anymore.” Liu Bei had already made his decision. All he needed was provisions to get through the crisis. He did not want to think about Cao Cao at all.
“Xianhe. How will we capture Fancheng?” Liu Bei asked.
“Milord. Fancheng is big but it has a weak point. Its weakness is that the gates are hard to close.” Jian Yong replied. A large city meant a large gate. While this gate was hard to breach, it was also hard to open and close.
Liu Bei thought of this and then called for Hu Che Er.
Total Chapters in book: 622
Estimated words: 1537939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7690(@200wpm)___ 6152(@250wpm)___ 5126(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1537939 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7690(@200wpm)___ 6152(@250wpm)___ 5126(@300wpm)
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