TL: Ding Yuan employed Lu Bu as a registrar before Dong Zhuo convinced Lu Bu to betray him.
“Dong Zhuo? He bestowed upon me both my Red Hare and wealth. I beheaded him not only because of my wife, Madame Ren. The world thinks that I, Lu Bu fell in the honey trap of Wang Yun. But all of you know that if a man can’t even protect his wife, he should not call him a man. People can curse me of double crossing. They can call me slave of three surnames. I will accept everything as long as I Lu Bu can have a fulfilling life. I don’t care what the rest of the world badmouths about me! ”
TL: Red Hare was his horse.
“But towards you all, I am greatly indebt! You campaigned with me, had numerous casualties but never regrets. Even when Wei Xu Hou, Cheng Song Xian, Hao Meng Chen Deng and Chen Gui turned their back on me, you allstayed with me!”
“When Xia Pi was breached, as long as you surrender to Cao Mengde, he would forgive you hence his heart loved talents. But you didn’t! You did not surrender, but instead broke out with me! And I? I could bring forth neither wealth, title nor a future to you all. I felt guilt!”Lu Bu looked over them and put all the soldiers within sight in his heart.The soldier Zhang Yu, had followed him since his father. He survived Bingzhou, Jizhou, Luoyang and Chang’an! These are all sad places for Zhang Yu, since every one of his family died except him. His father and three brothers all perished in the battlefield.
Zhang Yu’s childish face was covered in blood. He was only fourteen years old, but is already an experienced soldier! Lu Bu didn’t know whether he should cry or laugh.
“Now Kaiyang will be breached, but there is still a chance! If you want to go, the gate might not be able to open, but you can climb down the ladders the Cao army left and arrive at the Cao camp. I can also write you a letter. Cao Mengde wants my life and if I die, he will give me some face and spare you!” Lu Bu said with a smile, like a dying person preparing for the general affair of his funeral.
“My Lord we won’t go! Zhang Liao kneeled down, his head knocking against the floor and tears in his eyes.
“My Lord if you die, Gao Shun won’t live either! “His eyes fixed on Lu Bu and also kneeled down.
“Follow the general to death!” An old soldier of Bingzhou shouted. One of his arm was already gone and was tied in a knot.The blood has spread over his clothes, his face was pale, but his voice was loud and clear.
“If the general die, we die!” A soldier yelled holding a broken sword.
“General, we won’t leave!” If we wanted to go, we would have left already! ”
“Right, we won’t leave! Death is just a big a scar. It is not a big deal, even though dead, we must follow the general!”
The fourteen year old Zhang Yu silently walked to the front and points towards his body where a thin rope holds a circle of small bones. “General, my father has died, my brothers are dead! Zhang Yu has nowhere to go!”
“Follow the general to death!” Follow the general to death!” The voices become louder and louder, bigger and bigger.
“You all!” Lu Bu, the man who would not shed tears even when he bleeds had begun to get teary eyes! How familiar these screams were. They screamed the same words as when Lu Bu was stationedbeyond the Great Wall and made his pronouncement, that he will achieve victory and become the Flying General of Han.