Meng De POV

Let me pose a question, how much power can a glaive possible have?

It could easily knock over a soldier, or several, and even slay a general in a single slash.

But I learned, right now, that a glaive could be used to stop an entire army numbering into the thousands.

“Ha!” An earth-splitting roar came from not far off as Yan Liang swung her glaive with full force. Several cries could be heard and an entire row of cavalry fell off their horses, their heads separated from their bodies.

Yan Liang. No matter how I look at her, she’s the great general of Hebei, Yan Liang.

But… Wasn’t she supposed to have died in combat?! Why is she here…

Could it be?! That Yan Liang didn’t die then? That Ben Chu, I can’t believe she still had such a card hidden at this stage.

“Big sis? Big sister!”

“Ah?” Hong yelled at me and I realised that I didn’t have the time to think about such things. And so I hurriedly spoke to Hong, “Hong, better be mentally prepared!”

“I don’t need you to tell me that!” Hong replied as she hurriedly followed and even overtook me.

“Decurion! Lend me your long spear!” I yelled out and received the decurion’s spear and spun it in my hands.

Yan Liang, if you think we’re going to be easy to deal with then you’re very, very wrong.

I’ll show you, the martial prowess of the Cao family!

Liu Bei POV

Guo Tu did indeed mutiny, and her troops had followed suit as well. And this mutiny of hers had caused the base camp which had less than 10,000 people to be instantly engulfed by chaos.

And I and Zi Long were here in the heart of the chaos because of my decision.

“Zi Long! Have you seen Ben Chu!?”

“Eh! She should have come this way!” Zi Long yelled back as she surveyed the chaos and searched for Ben Chu’s figure while simultaneously dealt with incoming enemies.

“Ha!!”

My eyes soon spotted the gorgeous figure in the distance.

Ben Chu was swinging her long spear as she weaved through the sea of people with her warhorse. She was quite a distance away but I could see from Ben Chu’s eyes that she was zeroing in on a target, and was directing bloodl.u.s.t at that target.

And not far ahead of Ben Chu was a frantic person in administrative official garb who was trying her best to direct her horse to leave this area as fast as possible.

“Zi Long! Over there!” I hurriedly pointed at Ben Chu for Zi Long.

“Xuan De, don’t do stupid things! Someone might cut off your arm.” Zi Long admonished me as she slapped my arm with the pole of her spear and pulled on the reins as she headed for the administrative official.

(TL: Son – “Mum, look, over there!”, Mother – “Keep your hands in the car!”)

“If I’m not wrong, that administrative official should be Guo Tu!”

“Then what do we do? Are we going to kill her when we get there?”

“Eh?” Zi Long’s words stunned me.

What sort of role am I supposed to play in such a matter?

“Guo Tu! Surrender your life!” While I was hesitating about what to do, Ben Chu was now less than 10 paces away from that person.

“Ben Chu–” I called out to her for some unknown reason but after I did so, I realised that I didn’t know what I ought to say.

“Kaa!!”

But whatever it was I wanted to say, it was already too late. Ben Chu’s sabre had now slashed down from the administrative official’s shoulder down to her stomach. If Ben Chu were to use just a little more strength, she would probably be able to slice her in 2.

Blood sprayed everywhere instantly and a line of blood splattered on Ben Chu’s face, which had a bloodthirsty expression on.

“Zi Long.”

“Ah, un.”

I bade Zi Long to hurry forward and we eventually made it to where Ben Chu was.

“Ben Chu! Ben Chu!” I hurriedly called out.

Ben Chu slowly came back to her senses as she gasped for air and looked at me, “Haa… Haa… Xuan De.” She said as she wiped the blood off her face, and then smiled, “Hahaha! This is so embarra.s.sing. Not only was I betrayed, I’m even reduced to such a pathetic state.”

“No, I don’t think so at all.” I hurriedly shook my head and was about to explain what I felt but swallowed back my words when I saw Ben Chu’s sorrowful expression.

“Guo Tu Guo Gong Ze. It was her idea to take Ji state, attack Han Fu and siege Gongsun Zan. Her strategies were good, but she has no honour, but I still listened to her words anyway. Now that I think about it, has she always been loyal to me or was she traitorous all along?”

Eat this! Die!!

S, spare me!!

Run, run, I don’t want to die here!

The surrounding pandemonium was the same as it was but I could hear Ben Chu’s words loud and clear.

If it were me, could I tell who was loyal and who wasn’t amongst those who follow me? And if there were a traitor, do I have the resolve to kill him?

“Xuan De! Why are you sinking into thought at this time?! Don’t you have something to say?!”

Ah! That’s right, I still have things to do.

“Ben Chu, now isn’t the time for this!” I said as I hurriedly shook Ben Chu’s shoulders, “Meng De has launched a raid on Wu Chao, you have to get it together!”

“Ah! Meng De is at Wu Chao?!” Ben Chu blinked and then thought calmly for a moment before she breathed out, “Un, I got it.”

Thereafter, Ben Chu gathered all the troops that were in the area and rushed to Wu Chao and began to surround the Cao raid.

Zi Long asked me what I intended on doing, but my intentions were naturally the same as before.