“Follow my lead!” shouted Cao Chun. “Sweep everything before us!” The Ferocious Cavalry began their charge, trembling the earth and the bodies of everyone present.
“This is the Ferocious Cavalry?! This is the strength of Heavy Cavalries?!” Although Guo Jia knew of the elite Ferocious Cavalry, he had never seen them in battle. Seeing the dust storm brought forth by the cavalries as well as that kind of grandeur, Guo Jia could not help but widen his eyes in shock.
“The victor was determined!” Cao Cao started laughing out loud. The Ferocious Cavalry have never once lost a battle on the open fields. Even if they’re against other Heavy Cavalries, Cao Cao believed that his Ferocious Cavalry would certainly not lose against them.
“Something’s amiss!” Xu Chu suddenly shook his head and began to feel a little worried.
“What’s wrong? Zhongkang?!” inquired Cao Cao while smiling. “For us to kill Lu Bu, Zhongkang have greatly contributed. If it wasn’t for you wounding this fierce tiger, how could we possibly be able to force him out?!”
Xu Chu did not respond to Cao Cao’s complement. Instead, he muttered. “the sound of activities are amiss!”
“My lord! I need to see my lord! Get out of the way!” A general donned in armor suddenly burst into the army tent. Wasn’t this man Xu Huang?
“Gongming?” Seeing the incoming person to be Xu Huang, Cao Cao had his guards let him pass. “We were just discussing the contributions in killing Lu Bu. Gongming, you have also contributed greatly!”
“No, no. My lord! It’s not regarding this!” Xu Huang quickly spoke. “these sounds of activities… there’s heavy cavalries in the vicinity!”
“Heavy cavalries? You meant the Ferocious Cavalry?! The Ferocious Cavalry are the elite amongst the elites, they’re comparable with the Western Liang Heavy Cavalry that Dong Zhou had!” Xu Huang was formerly a subordinate of Yang Feng. Thus, he was naturally very familiar with the Western Liang Heavy Cavalry.
[TL: Yang Feng was a cavalry general under Dong Zhou who was later defeated by Cao Cao. Xu Huang joined Cao’s camp after that.]
“Is it really my lord’s Ferocious Cavalry?!” doubted Xu Huang. “My lord, didn’t you only brought with you three thousand Ferocious Cavalry? How could they possibly have the grandeur of nearly ten thousand?!”
“Ten thousand?!” Cao Cao was also in doubt.
“My lord, please listen to the trembling of the earth. This is obviously the sound of ten thousand cavalries in the vicinity!” replied Xu Huang.
“Ten thousand cavalries?!” Cao Cao grew even more confused.
“That’s right! It’s certainly ten thousand cavalries!” Xu Chu came to it too.”These sounds of activities was too large, too great! It’s impossible for it to be originated from just the Ferocious Cavalry! There’s other cavalries in the vicinity!”
“There’s other cavalries other than our Ferocious Cavalry?!” Immediately, Cao Cao knew that the situation was bad. If it was like what Xu Huang and Xu Chu said that there’s ten thousand cavalries in the vicinity, then taking into consideration of the three thousand Ferocious Cavalry, there’s still seven thousand cavalries in the vicinity that wasn’t his troops!
“Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian. This Cao Chun had set to obtain thy head! After reaching the realms of the dead, don’t forget to tell Yama that it is I who sent you there!” As the distance from Lu Bu grew ever closer, Cao Chun eyes grew with ever more malevolent.
“Hehe. There are numerous people who wanted my life. Amongst them, who are you Cao Chun?!” With a confident smile, Lu Bu viewed the magnificent army with thousands of men and horses as if they were nothing.
“Kakakaka!” The gates of Kaiyang have all been opened. Under the reflection of the sun, the armors were glistering. One by one, horses came running out from within the city as if there was no end. Mounted atop the horses were ferocious soldiers donned in heavy armor and holding long spears.
“Cavalries?!” Cao Chun was abruptly startled. “Where did these cavalries came from?!”
Just like this, two powerful currents of steel collided with each other.