“Tonight when the moon is high up in the sky!” said Chen Gong. The Xu Province have no shortage of forests. As long as they can break through and enter the forest, they will be able to escape! Not to mention there’s also Zang Ba, a local of Langye. Once they enter Mount Tai, they’ll be able to escape!
“Okay!” Liu Mang nodded his head. He decided to go rest himself up before the break through.
“Reporting! Reporting to the lord! The situation has turned bad!” Cheng Yu who had just left suddenly rushed in. “Reporting to the lord, outside, outside the city there’s suddenly a couple thousands more troops! They have surrounded Kaiyang!”
“Couple thousands more troops?!” Lu Bu was shocked. The original fifteen hundred Ferocious Cavalry had already left Lu Bu with a headache. And now, there’s an addition of a couple thousands more troops?! Had it been before then perhaps Lu Bu wouldn’t care much of it. However, he had only now decided that they are going to break through when the moon is high up in the sky and such a thing happened.
“Xiahou Yuan’s troops!” said Liu Mang and Chen Gong at the same time.
Chen Gong knew that this was Xiahou Yuan’s troops because he had already looked into all of Cao Cao’s advisors and generals when he was setting up plans for Lu Bu. Liu Mang knew that this was Xiahou Yuan’s troops thanks to the help of the Baidu Encyclopedia of the modern times.
Xiahou Yuan’s troops. not as elite as the Formation Breaker, not as strong as the Dangyang soldiers and not as strong against cavalries compared to the Vanguard Battalion. However, his troops one distinguishing features that others don’t have - they specialize in long distance surprise attacks!
[TL: translating 先登营 as a Vanguard Battalion.]
From the Xiapi to Kaiyang was distance worth four days and he arrived in just two days!
Time is of essence in the battlefield!
This time, Xiahou Yuan’s arrival in a timely manner was like a strike to Boss Lu’s balls!
“The commander shouldn’t be Xiahou Miaocai. Cao Cao really have an unending supply of great generals!” Chen Gong sighed with lament. Xiahou Miaocai was already deeply injured by Lu Bu, something that he couldn’t recover in short period of time.
For the Xiahou Yuan’s troops to obey, this commander must also be another great Cao general.
“What to do now?!” asked Liu Mang. Lu Bu too looked toward Chen Gong.
What to do now? How would I possibly know what to do? Chen Gong with a helpless expression said “let’s observe the situation!”