《In the Three Kingdoms with a System!》 -3 Notice @@ I will start uploading 2 to 3 chapters from Tuesday to Wednesday because I need time to write out more chapters. When we reach 20 ss I will upload the chapters I write up on the breaks I have this weekend.If I don''t end up uploading on those said days I have things to do and will make it up with 6 chapters the next day which would be Thursday. Thank you for the views this novel has received!!! I was shocked to see it go from 2k to 20k this morning!!@@ -2 Notice v2 @@ hello everyone I''m going to start a new semester and will have less time to write and all but I will make up by raising the words from 300 and 200 to 600 to 900ish like chapter 39.I am going to move the uploads to Monday to Tuesday and they shall contain 3 chapters. anyways I''ll stop my babbling and wrap this up! I hope everyone one starts the new year right and hopefully its a good one for everyone!!! I''ll upload 3 chapters tomorrow for reaching one of the goals. can''t promise the chapters will be released on the same day every time and some might be late because I have to write them. Goals 10ss=3chapters 20ss=6chapters 30ss= 9chapters@@ -1 Technique Movements @@ For Tianlong all the technique moves mentioned are used with either a spear or halberd. for Rushing Boas Curl it is a motion curling around the opponent''s weapon till it strikes out towards the head. Rushing Boa Jumps the River is a series or Jabs and slashes which come from a high angle making the opponent unable to attack unless it is countered Rushing Boas venomous Bite is a series of slashes aimed at vital parts the general uses in a duel. Rushing Boa Jumps of the rainbow is a move where Tianlong Unleashes a great overhead jab which can numb the opponent if they try to counter it. Rushing Boas slithering Curl is a defensive movement which takes Rushing Boas Curl and turns it into defense. so Tianlong uses the spear to wrap around the opponent''s weapon and can either knock it out of their hand or rush for a killing blow if the opponent can''t counter him.@@ 1 Prologue Tianlong Brothers!!! To me, we shall breakthrough!! CHARRGGEEE!!!! Tianlong: HAHAHA ARE YOU THE FAMOUS CAI MAO!? COME I SHALL SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY TO MEET YOUR BROTHERS!!! Cai Mao: G¡­G¡­GUARDS!!!! PROTECT ME!!!! Tianlong: you call yourself a commander!? You are a Roach that can only run!!! Tianlong: YOU SHALL DIE TODAY!!!! Cai Mao: GUAAARRDDDSSS!!!! Cai Mao: AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! Tianlong: Your commander is dead surrender or face death!!!!! Tianlong Army: General Invincible!!!! Invincible!!!! Invincible!!!! 2 Chapter.1 Reincarnation!! In the Shadowless, view of the trees, a figure rummaging around through the dirt and rubble was packing up his stuff as he lifted himself up to leave this ruin of an ancient war. Tianlong up! That should be the last of it until tomorrow. Maybe I should pick up that new game for this month''s allowance! Rustle¡­. Tianlong hello? Is anybody there? Rustle! rustle! Tianlong is anyone there? Come out and show you''re self! Tiger: RAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!!! Tianlong: AAAAAAAHHHH!!!.....Wake up child it isn''t your day to die¡­. wake up child, Tianlong mmmmh where am I? is this heaven?Wake up child it isn''t your day to die... Tianlong: God-Sama?God yes child I am the god of reincarnation and by mistake, your life was taken by an evil force that escaped and occupied that tiger''s body and ended up killing you. God: when that evil escaped it brought out five minor beings that escaped to reincarnation into random world''s, but one ended up in an ancient timeline here, so I have a proposition for you.If you, reincarnation and chase that evil being down and kill it, you shall be able to return your original world or be able to reincarnate. Or thy shall join the spirit road or as you refer the yellow road and await reincarnation which shall thy chose? Tianlong: wait, So, I got killed by an evil spirit because it escaped and with it, 5 other evil spirits escaped? God: yes, so what shall it be?Tianlong, I want to choose the first option, but can I have a wish? God: good choice, what shall thy wish be! Tianlong: I want to reincarnate into that world, but I wish for a system that will help me manage my armies, provinces and other things if so, is it, possible God-Sama? God: I shall grant thy wish in the name of reincarnation and shall follow you forever till reincarnation is lost! 3 Chapter.2 My father is Lu Bu!!!!!! Somewhere within Luoyang WAAAH!!!!!! WAAAAAHHHH!!! WAAAAAAAHHH!!!!! Tianlong: Uh... where am I? why are there giants around me?! Man: HAHAHA this is my child!!! he shall be called Lu Tianlong!!! Woman: let me see him, Man here I must go I will be back before night.The woman, must you go to that man? Man: when it''s time we shall kill him but not now we must wait. Woman: come here Lingqi look at your brother.Lingqi why is he so small mother?Woman because he is but when he is like you, he will get bigger and taller~ WAAAAH!!!! WAHHHH!!!! WAAAAAAHH!! Woman come back later we can play when he is asleep. After an hour night had fallen and everything was quiet, Tianlong I must be a baby and have reincarnated into a family called Lu though I can''t say whether my father is that man I should just sleep and see when I get older¡­ yawn. System activating now fusing with the host! 1%....12%....25%....36%....47%....59%....63%....78%....85%....90%....100% beep, beep, beep fusion complete. scanning host beep, beep, beep, beep scanning complete host is healthy and is 0 months and 10 hours. Next morning the sun had risen and illuminated the once dark and quiet world with sound and a baby crying WAAAAAAH!!! WAAAAAHH!!!! Tianlong: hmm? Where am I can''t figure it out still, System Host has reincarnated into the three kingdoms era Tianlong WHAT!?!? Who are you!? System: host I am your system you asked for when reincarnating. Tianlong: everything was real!? System yes host I shall now tell you who your parents are, give me one moment, beep, beep, beep from host''s memory you are the son of Lu Bu and Diao Chan and brother to Lu Lingqi. Tianlong: I am the son of Lu Bu!?!? 4 Chapter.3 Three Years It has been three years since Tianlong was born and is now 3 years old.Mommy! Mommy! Mommy come play!! Diao Chan: not right now Long''er mommy is busy helping your sister~ Lingqi mother!Lingqi was now 10 years old and was going through a phase that every woman and man experienced and that was puberty. Tianlong: okay mommy can I go find daddy? Diao Chan: no baby you stay here~ go play with the servants I''m sure they would be happy to play with you! Tianlong it''s alright I''m sleepy now¡­. system show me my Status! [ name Lu Tianlong] [ age: 3 years old] [stats] [Health: 100] [ Strength: 10] [ Agility: 4] [ Intelligence: 12] [ luck: 4] [ art of war] Sun Tzu locked [Martial Arts] The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan [Equipment] wool garbs Tianlong: 10 more years before I can ask father for training!System open the gift pack!When Tianlong turned 3 years-old he was rewarded with a gift 2 months ago but hasn''t opened it.System opening starter pack![Congratulations host has received Nine-tooth Iron Rake! The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, Special army creation token locked, for now, Sun Tzu art of War locked till host is of age and has met the requirements, and 100 gold] host has unlocked the shop, gacha store, kingdom building, and army building shops. Tianlong: I guess it wants me to help my father in growing and not being defeated in Xiapi. I shall make sure my family survives!!! Tianlong was an orphan and didn''t have any family so Lu Bu, Diao Chan, and Lu Lingqi meant a lot to him. 5 Chapter.4 Father’s Rebel Today day was the burning of Luoyang, Dong Zhou had pillaged the royal tombs and set ablaze the capital Luoyang while fleeing to Chang''an where he was slain by Lu Bu. Present day 3 days later, Tianlong system! Where is a safe place where father can grow before getting slain by Cao Cao? System: host should go to Dunhuang to take over the northeast and solidify your forces to take on the Huang clan. Tianlong: the system is right but how can we sway father?Lu Bu, Chan''er where shall we take the kids? Diao Chan how about we let the kids decide? Lu Bu: good! Qi''er, Long''er where would you two like to live? Lingqi how about the northeast? Tianlong yeah! Diao Chan silly boy! Tianlong puffed his checks what! Lu Bu: to the east, it is then we shall make our lives there.Tianlong yes!! System what next? System recommends host to follow Lu Bu everywhere till your 13 years old and can start training with your father and enlist in his army at 16 though your mother and sister might worry. Tianlong: it''s alright if they worry, I shall lead us to great achievements! and with that the family of four along with their father''s generals they had set out towards the northeast looking for a new life. 6 Chapter.5 Ten Years Later Lu Bu: what are you trying to hit!? Fix your posture!! Are you an old woman!? Swing faster!! AAH!! Thud! training is over think, on what you could fix!!! On the ground laid a young man who quickly got up and yelled YES FATHER!!! This young man was naturally Tianlong, he had grown up quite fine as he had long brown hair to his waist, red eyes, sword pointed eyebrows and was 5''7 and had a fine body since he trained under his father at 10 till 13. Diao Chan: come here Long''er let me wash your face off~ Tianlong its fine mother I''m going to the creek to wash off!! Diao Chan oh that boy! Lu Lingqi: what''s wrong mother is it Long''er again! Want me to knock him on his head? Diao Chan its fine and your not suppose, to be so brutal as a woman! Lingqi blushed as she was embarrassed Mother! ~ Tianlong: sigh! training is so hard while getting yelled at, but I can deal with it, anyways system! Open the gift, System one-moment beep, beep, beep, [congratulations host for receiving Armor set of fine iron and 200 Purebred Arabian Horses] Tianlong:HAHAHA!! I can build a cavalry that can rival the White riders if I give them enough training! After ranting, Tianlong turned serious and asked System how many rebels have joined my father to overthrow Ma Ai? System: besides generals Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng''s personal armies and minister Chen Gong 20thousand rebels have joined Lu Bu and the revolt should happen in 10 days. 7 Chapter.6 First War!!! Late at night, Lu Bu: Chan''er it''s for the greater good! Plus, these rebels are content with Ma Ai and the way he treats them! that''s why they want a new lord. Diao Chan: this was a new start not to be a lord but for our family! But I won''t argue just make sure my precious baby lives from this since your taking him with you! Lu Bu: I won''t let anyone kill my son!? Lu Bu: thank you for understanding Chan''er. Next morning, Lu Bu: Tianlong!!Yes, father!? Saddle up grab your spear and don your armor we set off at sunrise!! Tianlong: its finally here huh? The day my father takes his first step in becoming a lord! System host has received 3 missions! [ Slay 200 enemies] [slay one captain] and [stay alive to witness your fathers or his generals fight the commander] Rewards [ Medium spear proficiency], [ medium horsemanship proficiency], [1000 army building points and 1 gacha ticket] System how many will be participating in the war? System: approximately 40thousand shall be participating 20thousand both for each side. Tianlong: why am I in such a huge battle for the first time!? System: this is normal for an uprising against their lord as they are either mistreated or malnourished and from seeing how your father treated them, they vie for him to be their lord meaning an uprising shall happen to put your father as their lord. 8 Chapter.7 Lu Tianlong! Lu Bu: WE ARE GATHERED HERE FOR ONE THING AND THAT IS YOUR FREEDOM!!!! WE SHALL KILL MA AI AND CHANGE THIS PLAINS CRUEL WAYS OF MISTREATING YOU SO COME¡­ FOLLOW ME AS WE CHANGE YOUR TREATMENT THAT YOU DESIRE!!!!, MAARRRRCHHHH!!!!!!!!! Lu Bu: Zhang Liao!! Yes, my lord!? You shall lead the left with the Bing Province Armored Cavalry!! Gao Shun the Center with your formation breakers and 10thousand!!! Song Xian to the left!!! Wei Xu and Hou Cheng to the right with 5thousand I Lu Bu shall be in the center!!! Lu Tianlong you shall join the Right and be at the front!!! The generals who were heading out stopped to see a slightly smaller and handsome figure behind Lu Bu riding a horse accompanied by iron armor and an iron spear with a cold look. Tianlong: Yes father!!! Zhang Liao, who had seen his young master since birth said is that a safe idea my lord? Lu Bu: he is an ordinary soldier right now who has no experience in a war so if he dies it''s his fault for being unskilled!!! He can command 200 cavalry and that''s it! Dismissed everyone in positions!!! After each general got into position Lu Bu sent them the command. all generals: ALL FORCES MAAARRCCHHH!!!! 9 Chapter.8 Start of the battle!!! The army of 25thousand marched to meet the enemy army of 28thousand on the field of battle. Tianlong rode with his guard of 200 on the right far from Wei Xu and Hou Cheng. Wei Xu: say brother Cheng will young lord die the first clash or survive? Hou Cheng from the looks of it he can survive the whole battle since he seems to have trained with big brother from young. Tianlong: status! [Name: Lu Tianlong] [Age: 13] [Health: 330] [Strength: 13] [Agility: 11] [Intelligence: 17] [Luck: 6] [ art of war] Sun Tzu locked [Martial Arts] The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan basic proficiency [Equipment] fine iron and leather armor, fine Iron gauntlets, fine iron Leg guards, hard leather boots, fine iron spear, and Arabian warhorse]. Tianlong: I can''t be sure of myself to lead cavalry, but I can try, and I can probably gain experience for cavalry proficiency or something probably. Wei Xu and Hou Cheng: EVERYONE BATTLE FORMATIONS!!! CAVALRY TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT!!!! ARCHERS ADVANCE 30 STEPS!!!! SHIELD AND SPEARWALL GOING FORWARD!!! Tianlong: its starting, come¡­ on me men!!Fu Chen!! yes, captain? you shall lead 50 brothers and safeguard us when we charge deep! Fu Chen: so, reinforce captain when things look rough? Tianlong: right! Ma Ai: IF IT ISN''T THE MIGHTY LU FENGXIAN WHAT PLEASURE DO, I HAVE FOR YOU TO COME TO MY DOORSTEP!?!? Lu Bu: TO KILL YOU, OF COURSE, Ma Yuanzi!!! Ma Ai: you think killing Dong Zhou can let you kill me!? With that bunch of rebels!? I won''t be called Ma Ai if I can''t defeat you and your rebel army!!!! Lu Bu and Ma Ai: ALL UNITS CHAARRGEEE!!!! 10 Chapter.9 First Clash!!!! Wei Xu: all forces charge!! Followed by that shout countless soldiers rushed forward!! Tianlong instead of charging was looking as 6thousand and 5thousand clashed which was seen by Wei Xu and Hou Cheng who secretly criticized him in their minds and watched Tianlong before turning away when he and his 200 cavalry suddenly rushed forward! Tianlong: come we shall strike here brothers!!!! SHAAA!!!! KILLL!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!! breakthrough!!! Charge!!! When the cavalry saw their captain slay 3 lives in a second, they all came to fear him as they continued forward. Wei Xu: 100 cavalry to the left!!! 100 to the right!!! Go!!!! Brother Cheng take command I''m going to tell little lord to charge now!! Hou Cheng: there''s no need to go tell him, Wei Xu: why!? He hasn''t even tasted blood or charged yet!! Hou Cheng: that''s where your wrong brother look where young lord is. Hou Cheng pointed his sword to the right where an arrowhead could be seen piercing the enemy lefts side and still going.Wei Xu you mean he''s over their leading his 200 cavalry!? Hou Cheng yes and from the looks, he is at the front I can''t say if he is injured or not. Wei Xu: I''m still going they can get trapped inside and get slaughtered Hou Cheng: that might not be the case it seems little lord can see ahead and prepared something¡­. Captain Fu look!! The commander is getting trapped!!! Fu Chen who heard that turned to see infantry closing the gap of the entrance of the cavalry that was still going! 11 Chapter.10 Lu Tianlong’s Ability!!!! Fu Chen: come!!! On me brothers!!! We shall breakthrough there!!! Captain that''s the same spot what if we get trapped as well!? Fu Chen: captain placed you guys under me for a time like this and we shall support the commander and the rest of our brothers now CHHHAAARRRGGEE!!!!!! SHAAA!!! Hou Cheng: it seems big brother and madam raised a good son!! HAHAHA!!!! Wei Xu: what happened brother? Hou Cheng: exactly what you said but it seems little lord left 50 for his second in command to liberate them should they get trapped, it seems little lord was waiting and reading the battlefield when he didn''t charge and prepared that. Wei Xu: shall we let him control 1000 cavalry and see what he can do? Hou Cheng: no send him 300 more 1000 should be his limit or he would have to stay in the center like us commanding them while moving, so no 500 should be right up his alley. Tianlong: hmm someone!! Cavalier: yes captain? Tianlong: Where are we? Cavalier: we should be somewhere near one of the commanders or captain''s commander. Tianlong: COME BROTHER WE SHALL SLAY OURSELVES A CAPTAIN AND EARN MERIT!!!! TOGETHER WE DIE AND SHARE RICHES AND MERIT TOGETHER!!!! CHARRRRGGGEE!!!!! SHAAAA!!!! Fu Chen: COME BROTHERS SPEED UP TOGETHER WITH THE COMMANDER WE SHALL DIE TOGETHER AND SHARE RICHES AND MERIT CHAARRGEEE!!! CATCH UP TO THE CAPTAIN!!!! SHAAAAAA!!!!.... Messenger: my lord! Lu Bu: so, what have you gathered about Lu Tianlong? Messenger: from the reports and what I saw captain Lu can foresee an area where he can break through but didn''t get caught up in the killing as a relief force of 50 cavalry where there in case the 150 cavalry, led by captain Lu got trapped. 12 Chapter.11 First Duel!!! Tianlong: Brothers prepare for we shall face the commander''s or captain''s personal guards!!! But do not fear for we shall come out superior and leave a trail of blood behind us!!!! CHAAAARRRGGEEE!!!!!! Enemy soldier: captain there appears to be a small force of 150 cavalry approaching us and are getting closer!!! Ting Hua: HOW BOLD TO DARE AND CHARGE FOR MY HEAD!!!! I WANT TO SEE WHICH CAPTAIN OR GENERAL THIS FOOL IS!?!? GUARDS ON ME!!! Tianlong: system which quest is left!? System host there is only witness either your father or one of his general''s duel against a commander and slay either a captain or commander! Tianlong: felt weird since he had just reaped 200 lives now when 13 years ago, he couldn''t even kill another human but now he killed 200. Cavalier: captain a small force of 200 is approaching us fast!!! Tianlong: COME BROTHERS THIS IS IT WE SHALL SLAY THIS ENEMY COMMANDER OR CAPTAIN!!!!! KILLLL!!!!!!! Ting Hua: HAHAHA!!!!! COME MEET YOUR DOOM BRAVE FOOL!?!? Hou Cheng: hmmm? Wei Xu: what''s wrong brother? Hou Cheng can you see little lord? Wei Xu: hmm? Let me see. Wei Xu had tracked where the small force of 50 cavalry where heading and finally he moved his eyes up more to see two small cavalry forces charge head on!! Wei Xu: THAT CRAZY BASTARD TO THINK HE DARES TO CHARGE LIKE HIS FATHER!?!? Hou Cheng: WHAT!? LITTLE LORD IS CHARGING FOR THE COMMANDER!? Wei Xu: no from the looks of it that person should be a captain helping the commander oversee the left. Tianlong: looked to see a bulky figure holding a halberd rushing in front of the enemy cavalry before saying Come face your death!!!! Ting Hua: to think the captain of this force is a small child who hasn''t eaten a woman!? Come let this big brother send you off!!! Tianlong: YOU DARE DO 300 BOUTS WITH ME!? Ting Hua: why wouldn''t I dare!!! HAHAHA!!!! Tianlong: Hmph!! Rushing Boa crosses the River!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!! Tianlong: felt his hand go numb but couldn''t pay attention to that as he faced his first life and death battle ever in life!!! Tianlong followed up with 3 quick stabs and on slash aiming for Ting Hua''s arm. 13 Chapter.12 Victory and Experience of Life and Death!!!! Ting Hua: HA!!! You''re getting ahead of yourself brat!!! With his halberd, he blocked the 3 stabs and slash!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! Tianlong is that right!?Then why are you blocking and not attacking!!! HA!!!! Ting Hua: we''ll see!!! And with that, a series of jabs and slashes came out of Ting Hua. Tianlong: shit!! HAHA!! HA!! HA!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! TEAR! The last slash had cut some of Tianlong''s hair and the jabs gave him small cuts on his armor and cheek!!! Ting Hua: where is all that talk now brat!!! From afar Wei Xu and Hou Cheng could see the clash though it was blurry they could tell which their little lord was. Hou Cheng: it seems little lord provoked him into attacking and suffered slightly for its Wei Xu: which of us shall save him? Hou Cheng: neither one of us since this was his own choice and little lord shall escape that situation by himself! Tianlong: hmphed!! I shall slay you in 15 bouts!!! Ting Hua: I would like to see you try it brat!!! Tianlong: Rushing Boas Curl!!! As both attacks were about to hit Tianlong had curved his spear making the halberd clash with the wood and Tianlong extended his body forward as his spear curled around to cut Ting Hua on the cheek!! Tianlong: HA!!! Ting Hua: AAAHH!!! YOU BRAT!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! HA!!! Tianlong: huff, huff, huff, huff, HAHAHA!! COME!!!! I SHALL SLAY YOU ON THIS FINAL BOUT!!!! Ting Hua: PREPARE TO MEET DEATH BRAT!!!!! Tianlong and Ting Hua: HA!!!! Wei Xu: it seems they are both going for a killing blow!! Hou Cheng: so, it seems. Tianlong: Rushing Boa jumps over the Rainbow!!!!! Ting Hua Menacing Wolfs Bite!!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!!! Tianlong and Ting Hua: KILLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14 Chapter.13 Respect!! Tianlong and Ting Hua: AAAAAHHH!!!!!! Tianlong: huff, huff, huff, huff, is he dead? As he said that he looked to see Ting Hua with his eyes wide open and blood flowing from his mouth before THUD!!! THUD!! Both man and weapon crashed to the group! 130 cavaliers: CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE!!!!! INVINCIBLE!!! INVINCIBLE!!!! Tianlong: alright!!! Enough cheering wait, for captain Fu before we breakout!!! Captain Fu!!! What''s that cheering!? Fu Chen: BROTHERS RAISE YOUR HEAD PROUD OUR COMMANDER HAS SLAIN EITHER THE ENEMY COMMANDER OR CAPTAIN!!!!! NOW WE MEET UP WITH OUR BROTHERS AND BREAKOUT!!!! COME BROTHERS ONE LAST CHARGE!!!! SHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!.... Fu Chen held his Guandao as he was dripping blood like the 40 or so cavalry behind him. Fu Chen: cupped his fist before bellowing FU CHEN SEES COMMANDER!!!!Cavaliers, WE SEE MIGHTY CAPTAIN!!! Tianlong: come, my brothers, we shall break out and return to camp!!!! CHARRRGGGEEEE!!!!!!!! SHAAA!!!! Tianlong keep formation!!! Keep it tighter!!! We are almost through!!!! Tianlong: BREAKTHROUGH!!!!!! KILLLLLLL!!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!! This massive collision was heard by both sides and when they turned to look what they saw where 173 cavalry all bloodied breaking through enemy lines with a young captain who had bloodied armor and a bloodied spear as well that continued to rush back to camp where a group of 1000 cavalry rode out to meet them. 15 Chapter.14 Promotion and reposition!!! This group of cavalry where naturally the two generals of the right Wei Xu and Hou Cheng. Tianlong: cupped his fist and bellowed THIS CAPTAIN SEES GENERALS WEI XU AND HOU CHENG!!!! Hou Cheng: HAHAHA!!! Good! Good!! Good! Big brother has raised an amazing son!!! Tianlong general Hou praises me too much! Wei Xu: not at all to fight a captain almost a first-class general there is much to praise!!! Hou Cheng: with my power as the commander of the right I grant you 400 cavalry and your unit shall be named Xuelang and shall move to the left!!!! Tianlong: Bloodwolf cavalry?But before he could think deeper, he responded LU TIANLONG THANKS GENERAL HOU FOR THIS!!!! Hou Cheng: no need just ready your supplies and tents for you shall join the left and be apart of the giant cavalry battle over there!!! Now go dismissed!!!! Tianlong: rode off to the camp to grab his stuff before forgetting he could claim his quest. System! Claim all quest. System; one moment!!... beep, beep, beep, beep, [Congratulations host has received Medium spear proficiency!! And Medium Horsemanship proficiency] Tianlong I can understand the spear proficiency but the Horsemanship? Why not when I see Zhang Liao command cavalry? System: the 1000 army building points are a higher classification then proficiency rewards so that is why host received both proficiency rewards but not the army building points! 16 Chapter.15 New Front and Mighty General Zhang Liao!!!! A few hours before sunrise Tianlong along with his new group of brothers had woken up early so, they could get a head start on going to the left where they were ordered to go at the request of General Zhang Liao ordering 2 cavalries of 500 from the center and right to reinforce the cavalry front since he was losing by 1000. Tianlong: come brothers we ride!!!.... Tianlong and his unit had arrived at the left when the sun was rising and where tired since they rode 300 miles from the right to left. Tianlong saw a giant black horse and with it was a tall slightly robust figure with a fancy helmet and he carried two halberds. Tianlong had ridden up to him along with another unit of cavalry. Tianlong: cupped his hands before bellowing CAPTAIN LU TIANLONG CAPTAIN OF THE XUELANG UNIT FROM THE LEFT HAS ARRIVED!!!! AWAITING ORDERS!!! The other captain did the same CAPTAIN CHENG YU CAPTAIN OF THE FEROCIOUS WOLF CAVALRY OF THE CENTER HAS ARRIVED!!!!! AWAITING ORDERS AS WELL!!!! Zhang Liao: GOOD! GOOD! GOOD!! SOME YOUNG HOT-BLOODED CAPTAINS WITH SOME CAVALRY THAT MIGHT PROVE THEIR WORTH ARE HERE!!!!!... AS COMMANDER OF THE LEFT I GRANT YOU BOTH THE RIGHTS TO BE INDEPENDENT UNITS THAT CAN MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE BUT SHALL LISTEN IF I CHARGE PERSONALLY!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?!? Tianlong and Cheng Yu: WE UNDERSTAND GENERAL ZHANG!!!! Zhang Liao: good!! Captain Cheng, you shall go to the right flank!!! Zhang Liao stopped before he read something and looked towards Tianlong before yelling SINCE CAPTAIN TIANLONG WENT ON A SUICIDE MISSION YESTERDAY AND SUCCESSFULLY SLEW A HALF STEP FIRST-CLASS GENERAL, HE SHALL COMMAND TODAYS CENTER CHARGE!!!! Song Xian looked towards his little lord curiously since he dared to charge with that many soldiers under his command. Zhang Liao: DO YOU DARE CAPTAIN LU!? THIS CAPTAIN DAAREESSS TOOO!!!! Zhang Liao good! Go to the front and prepare!!!... a few hours later the sun had risen in its full glory and with it, thousands of cavalry had lined up waiting for the command.Tianlong who was viewing the enemy army from afar suddenly received a quest. System: host has received an s level mission!! [ say a speech that will inspire the defeated left from yesterday] rewards [high inspiration speeches proficiency and Cavalry expert] Tianlong looked over the mission before thinking on how he could inspire the defeated cavalry of the left. Tianlong had visited Zhang Liao and Song Xian to talk about how he could inspire the soldiers and came up with the idea to inspire them with his fathers name the god of war who slew countless and they both agreed. 17 Chapter.16 Lu Tianlong’s Speech Tianlong who was at front turned to face the 5thousandish cavalry before bellowing COME, BROTHERS, TODAY, WE SHALL PROVE OUR STRENGTH IN THE NAME OF GOD OF WAR LU FENGXIAN WHO HAS SLAIN COUNTLESS!!!! WE SHALL MAKE UP FOR OUR LOSE YESTERDAY AND SLAUGHTER TEN TIMES MORE TILL WE BECOME DEMONS AND FOLLOW OUR GOD OF WAR TILL DEATH!!!!!!! COME BROTHERS TODAY WE SHALL CARVE A BLOODY FIELD OF DEATH THAT EVEN THE GOD OF DEATH FEARS!!! CHAAARRGGEE!!!!! URRRRRRAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!! Tianlong who had looked at the enemy before had seen where he could breakthrough and did a move that surprised the enemies as well as his allies as he made a sharp left and continued till he and his 573 reached the left where he stood upon a hill overlooking the battle. Song Xian what is he doing brother Zhang? Zhang Liao who saw what his little lord laughed aloud HAHAHAHA!!!! Lord raised a mighty and smart son!! He took over the hill overlooking their entire left and has an open path to their HQ!!! Tianlong: viewed the battlefield where the cavalry had clashed already. Fu Chen: captain shouldn''t we aim for their commander? Tianlong: if you don''t value your life go give it a try and see if you end up lucky do you dare!? Fu Chen: realized what his captain was saying and bellowed THIS CAPTAIN DOESN''T DARE!!! 18 Chapter.17 Massacre and another Life and Death fight!!! Tianlong: good! Come, brothers, we shall make the left a bloodbath to remember CHAARRGEEE!!!! Zhang Liao: he''s staying true to his word but also could tell the captain was a first-class general? Good!! Good!!! Song Xian ride out to the right and cause a bloodbath I shall do the same in the center!!! Zhang Liao glanced towards the left to see his little lord spearhead the breakthrough before riding off towards the center. Tianlong: KILLLL!!!!! DING!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!!! When Tianlong struck out, he claimed the lives of many till hours had past¡­. Tianlong: Fu Chen!!!Yes, captain!? Stay here with 200 brothers I shall ride of with 373 I feel something amiss Fu Chen: I shall carry out this massacre captain!!! Tianlong: come brothers on me!!! Enemy general: Guards!!! To me!! We ride!!! Zhang Liao: hmm? Guard captain Ying Luo: what''s wrong general? Zhang Liao: something is amiss on the left I shall ride with 400 and the rest shall stay here to massacre the enemy Ying Luo: this one understands!!! Tianlong had long ridden around on the outskirts of the left looking for the feeling of fear he was feeling. where is that group I saw!? Cavalier: captain!!! Tianlong: WHAT!?!? Cavalier: a group of 500 cavalry is approaching us from the back!! Tianlong looked towards the back where a figure wearing black armor and rode on a black horse approached with 500 cavalry behind him. Tianlong whispered softly He''s here¡­. Tianlong was silent before he brandished his spear and clutched the neckless made by his sister and mother before yelling BROTHERS TODAY, WE SHALL HAVE OUR FIRST LIFE AND DEATH FIGHT!!! SHOULD WE MAKE IT OUT OF THIS WE SHALL BE LEGENDS AND SHARE RICHES AND MERIT SO FOR THAT DREAM CHARGE FORTH AND MEET THESE ENEMIES WITH ME!!!!!!! CHAAARRRGGGGEEE!!!!! Tianlong: KILLLL!!!!!!!!! Enemy general: HAHAHA!!! GOOD, YOU HAVE SOME BACKBONE!!!! AFTER YOU AND YOUR MEN DIE, I SHALL PERSONALLY SEND EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU BACK TO LU FENGXIAN AND TELL HIM OF YOUR BRAVERY!!!!!! 19 Chapter.18 Fight to the Death!!!! Zhang Liao and his guard of 400 had ridden to the left in search of captain Lu to find he had left an hour ago and said something was amiss, and from that, they found two groups of cavalry had ridden farther east one after each other, one had 300 hundred and the other approximately 500. Zhang Liao: not good!!! Come to me we shall save captain Lu!!! Tianlong and the enemy general where about to hit and unleashed their moves, Tianlong who had to unleash everything he had in this fight to survive using all his moves right away!! RUSHING BOAS CURL!!! RUSHING BOA JUMPS THE RIVER!!!! RUSHING BOAS VENOMOUS BITE!!!! RUSHING BOA JUMPS OVER THE RAINBOW!!!!!!!!HA!!!!!! SHAAAAAA!!!!! DING!!! DING!!!! DING!!! DING!! DING!! DING!!! KLANG!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! DING!!! KLANG!!!! The Enemy general hmphed Rushing Sparrows Flight!!!! Tianlong: AAAHHH!!!!!! Tianlong had got cut on his arm and cheek while the rest were either blocked or scrapped against his armor. Enemy general: maybe if you started earlier you could beat me but today shall be your deathbed!!!!!! Tianlong: I shall fight to the death with you!!!!!!!! Enemy general: come try and take my life HAHAHA!!!! Zhang Liao: faster!!! Faster!!! Captain-general I see fighting!!!! Zhang Liao: prepare to charge 100 to me we shall breakthrough to the center where the duel is!!!! Tianlong had long lost himself in fighting to the death that he didn''t realize that Zhang Liao had arrived and was rushing towards him. 20 Chapter.19 Injured!!!! @@ Tianlong who was In, the state of berserk which was gained from his father had awoken and he was preparing for a killing blow!!! Tianlong: HA!!!!!!!!!! Enemy general: damn!!! He entered the berserk state even I must be wary if he doesn''t value his life!!! Tianlong: SHAAAA!!!! Tianlong had performed RUSHING BOA JUMPS OVER THE RAINBOW as the killing move which the general used to send his sword into his shoulder Tianlong and Enemy General: AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Zhang Liao who had arrived saw the killing blows by both parties and immediately rushed forward and dealt the general a blow slicing him in half with his halberds. Enemy General: AAAAHHH!!!!.... Zhang Liao who finished killing the general turned around and saw this gruesome life and death battle completely, bodies trampled on beyond recognition and trampled horses to see this without vomiting one would have to be a general who killed and seen many gruesome things. He then turned to see the injured Tianlong as he was held up by two soldiers. Zhang Liao: YOU HAVE FOUGHT WELL AND PROTECTED THE LEFT FROM SOMETHING UNBEARABLE AND IN IT YOU LOST MANY BROTHERS THAT WILL BE HEROES FOR DOING WHAT YOU AND YOUR CAPTAIN DID HERE!!!!! SO BE PROUD THAT YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!!.... Cheng Yu who was rounding up the right saw the unit of captain Lu before seeing him being carried while he was pierced through his shoulder, Cheng Yu: what happened, general? Zhang Liao: looked at Tianlong before saying a hero happened that saved the entire left by fighting to the death with his unit against the enemy general!!! Messenger send word to the Lord that little lord Lu Tianlong has been injured but has taken down with him 1 captain and 1 general!!! He shall rest for 1 day before going back to combat!!@@ 21 Chapter.20 Reaching First-Class General!!! @@ System: beep, beep, beep, beep!! Hosts body has been strengthened and force has reached mid-level of first-class general!!! Spear manual has been made from hosts movement named [Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes!] System: host injured a first-class general and has gained one A-ranked gacha token!!!... Tianlong: Mmm¡­ where am I? Zhang Liao: have you finally awoken? Tianlong quickly sat up when he heard that voice to see his uncle Zhang Liao standing there. Tianlong: cupped his fist and said CAPTAIN LU SEES GENERAL!!!! Zhang Liao: no need because you should have broken through, right? Tianlong: general is right!! Zhang Liao: good!! Since you have recovered I GENERAL ZHANG LIAO CONFER YOU THE RANK OF FIRST-CLASS GENERAL ALONG WITH 1THOUSAND TROOPS AT YOUR DISPOSAL!!!! You shall go to the center and be the cavalry commander understand!? Tianlong: this general understands!!!! Zhang Liao smiled before walking out before stopping, Long''er you have done well. Tianlong looked up, but Zhang Liao had already left. System: beep, beep, beep, beep!! host has unclaimed rewards please claim!!! Tianlong: what rewards? System: host must view them himself!! Tianlong hmm? System open the reward menu!! System one moment, Tianlong viewed the rewards and saw a spear manual called [Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes!!!] and one [ A rank gacha token!] Tianlong: did the system take the moves I displayed and combine them into this? System host: is correct as you create more moves, they shall combine in this spear art until you have perfected it. Tianlong: okay system pull up the status!!@@ 22 Chapter.21 Gacha Spin! @@ [Name: Lu Tianlong] [Age:13] [Occupation: First-Class General] [Lord: Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian] [Strength: 20] [Health: 400] [Agility: 18] [ Body Structure: 19] [Intelligence: 23] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu Locked] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, has seen the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, a glimpse of the gate] [Equipment: Slightly damaged Fine Iron and Leather Armor, fine Iron gauntlets, fine iron Leg guards, hard leather boots, fine iron spear, and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 107] Tianlong: what''s body structure system? System: when one advances to a first-class general, they build their body up to be hard as steel, for a second-class general they focus not on their strength or body but their knowledge of war by observing even the tiniest details and for third-class generals they focus on building their strength, force and impact they bring when they clash with other generals. Tianlong who was listening closely had a general idea of how the classes of generals worked. Tianlong: system open the gacha!!! System: beep, beep, because this is the host''s first time you get a free spin, but the other time''s host shall pay a gacha token. Tianlong looked and saw many tokens with fancy names and armors but what caught him the most was a purple and gold token with no name and felt a strong feeling that it was special. Tianlong: spin the gacha!! System: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, [CONGRATULATIONS HOST HAS RECEIVED NAMELESS ARMY BUILDING TOKEN RANK SSS!!!]@@ 23 Chapter.22 AN SSS RANK ITEM AND AN A RANK ITEM!!! Tianlong: hmm? This token was a Rank SSS!!! System: that is right, host this army was long forgotten in the pages of history from their world even when the entire world and gods they had turned against them they stood true to their lord and carved a bloody path of blood leaving fear and dominating their world! System: token has sealed feature!!! the host must find them out himself!! Tianlong: System spin the gacha once more!! System: beep, beep, beep, deducting gacha token!!! The gacha started to spin faster and faster before it stopped and landed on scale covered book, System: [ CONGRATULATIONS HOST HAS RECEIVED Undying Snake Immortal Body tempering manual!!!!] Tianlong: a tempering manual? System: the way first-class generals refine their body is with the help of their lord to find them one or rely on their selves to create a way to temper their body to its peak which can be very gruesome as some might die from their insides exploding from too much pressure on them. Tianlong: alright that''s enough system tell me how many have died to form this rebel? System: on the first day the left suffered a devastating defeat in response one of the enemy first class generals where killed and another one today, for the right it was a light clash a few hundred died on our side while the enemy suffered 1thousand deaths and 900 injuries, the centers remain untouched so 1400 from our side while the enemy has lost 3thousand!!! 24 Chapter.23 Dominating Blood Wolf Army!!! Tianlong: what other effects can this ss rank token have that must be sealed? System: host must find that out on his own, Tianlong: Equipment![Purple Gold Token: effect: sealed, Unwavering will, description: Even when the world stood against us, we stood tall and met them head-on, Were where our gods!? They left us to die and for that, we massacred this precious world they made and marched to the heavenly world and slew countless gods as we followed our Lord to become demons that were abandoned!!! We followed our lord when he became the Evil Blood wolf god and dominated the world in fear!!!! WE ARE IMMORTAL!!!!! Tianlong who read the description felt pain as he closed his eyes and put away the token, but the pain didn''t go away and lasted for 10 minutes before it disappeared¡­. Tianlong: system what was that!? System: that was the remnants of that undying army and their lord as they finally passed. Tianlong: they were still alive!? System: no, they used their soul and blood to forge this token as a tribute for the god of reincarnation sending them into the same world where they could be brothers again. Tianlong: why did they invade my soul? System: they deemed you worthy as their successor to carry on their immovable will and determination! Tianlong pondered on something before calling out status!![Name: Lu Tianlong] [Age:13] [Occupation: First-Class General] [Lord: Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian] [Strength: 20] [Health: 400] [Agility: 18] [ Body Structure: 19] [Intelligence: 23] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu] [Talent: Berserk, Evil Blood Wolf Gods descent: sealed] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, has seen the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, a glimpse of the gate, Undying Snake Immortal Body Tempering] [Equipment: Slightly damaged Fine Iron and Leather Armor, fine Iron gauntlets, fine iron Leg guards, hard leather boots, fine iron spear, and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 107] 25 Chapter.24 Father and Son Meet!!! Tianlong: so, I gained two talents? The berserk should be from father and the other from the token, System!! What are talents! System: beep, beep, beep talents are the skills you inherited from your father or mother or can be received through inheritances like the Purple-Gold token, The user can activate a state where they have their abilities boosted for a certain time before they run out of time and become weak as a side effect so use your talents wisely host. Tianlong: Okay I understand, anyways we should set off now.Xuelang Unit we ride!!!!! Fu Chen: ALL UNITS SET OUTTT!!!!!!! Zhang Liao and Song Xian had woken up early and saw their little lord with his army set off to the center. Song Xian: brother why did you send little lord off to the center? Zhang Liao: so, he could witness his fathers might since lord is probably going to start today and he needs a unit of cavalry to counter the enemy cavalry. Tianlong had seen the army camp of the center and quickly had Fu Chen announce their arrival. Fu Chen: GENERAL LU COMMANDER OF THE XUELANG CAVALRY FROM THE LEFT HAS ARRIVED AWAITING ORDERS!!! The soldiers who were preparing their equipment and making their beds stopped to see a young general in bloodstained iron armor and behind him were at least a thousand cavalry. Gao Shun: who was commanding the army to get in place looked back to see a slightly tall figure with brown hair, red eyes, bloodstained armor and a spear that had blood soaked into the wood. Gao Shun: is that little lord my lord? Lu Bu: seems like it. Soon Lu Bu and Gao Shun with their personal guard arrived before the cavalry and stopped looking solely at Tianlong. 26 Chapter.25 Youngest First-Class General alive!! GENERAL LU TIANLONG SEES SUPREME COMMANDER LU FENGXIAN AND GENERAL GAO SHUN!!!! Lu Bu nodded silently but before he left Gao Shun: spoke let me see if your qualified to call yourself a general!! As those words were said Gao Shun raised his shield and blade and released a terrible killing intent!!! Tianlong had long expected his uncle Gao to test him and came prepared. Tianlong: cupped his fist and said this one seeks guidance!!!! Gao Shun: HAHAHAHA!!!! COME!!! Tianlong suddenly changed as he gripped his spear and with that a killing intent not inferior to Gao Shun appeared as Tianlong struck out, HA!!! Gao Shun blocked and bellowed and said If you block 100 of this generals strikes you pass!!! Tianlong nodded before unleashing a fury of stabs and slashes!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! SHINNNG!!!! HA!!!! Gao Shun had sent a simple block from his shield and sent Tianlong and his horse sliding back!!! Tianlong caught himself from falling by stabbing his spear in the ground and looked towards Gao Shun. Tianlong looked for two minutes before suddenly lunging forward and unleashing multiple attacks!!! 27 Chapter.26 Instinct!!! Tianlong: Rushing Boas Curl!!! Rushing Boa Jumps the River!!!! Rushing Boas Venomous Bite!!!! Rushing Boa Jumping Over the Rainbow!!!! HA!!!!!! Gao Shun: your spear art? Come!!! Let me crush it completely!!!SHAAAA!!!!! BOOOMMM!!! BOOOMMM!!! BOOOMMM!!! BOOOMMM!!!! Tianlong: at the moment he was about to be knocked off his horse he unleashed another move by instinct!! Rushing Boas Slithering Curl!!!! Tianlong shot his spear out while moving the shaft continuously which led to him rapping Gao Shuns sword to the ground while aiming for his neck!!! HA!!!! Before the spear could continue a figure stepped in swinging a halberd. Lu Bu: Enough!!! General Lu, you have passed!! You shall command all the cavalry are you up for the task!? Tianlong: stared at his father before replying THIS ONE DARES!!! Lu Bu: good!!! Now set off we march!!!.... Ma Ai: ALL FORCES MARCH!!! WE RIDE TO MEET LU FENGXIAN IN BATTLE!!!! Lu Bu: had long arrived to see the enemy spread out and assume formation and pondered deeply. Before sending a messenger to Tianlong and Gao Shun. Messenger 1: GENERAL LU!!! THE COMMANDER HAS REQUESTED YOU APPEAR IN HQ NOW!!! Messenger 2: GENERAL GAO! COMMANDER HAS SENT WORD FOR YOU TO COME!!! 28 Chapter.27 Sound of Might the Right Flanks Ferocious Charge!!! Soon Tianlong and Gao Shun appeared behind Lu Bu and announced their arrival Lu Bu turned to look and stared for a minute before speaking. Lu Bu: Good¡­. Both of you have come, now we can start the placement. General Gao shall lead the left and breakthrough within two days and General Lu shall draw all attention to the right making it seem we are launching a full assault from the right. Gao Shun was shocked to hear the words from his lord and spoke. Commander why not reconsider and let me be the decoy!? Tianlong: Its alright this one dares to be the bait!! Lu Bu nodded his head and spoke, there you have it now to your positions!!! Tianlong and Gao Shun both walked back to their respective camps before preparing for the attack. Tianlong: System!!! Do you have an Idea on what I can do? System host shall not receive help since the problem isn''t life threatening!! Work hard to find a way host!!! Tianlong smiled bitterly and shook his head as he stared at the army of 4thousand before him and the enemy army of 6thousand. Soon the war gong sounded and that started the first battle of the center. Tianlong had appeared before the army he was commanding along with his unit and spoke out. Tianlong: BROTHERS SINCE THE HEAVENS AND OUR COMMANDER HAVE FORSAKEN US, WE SHALL CARVE A BLOODY ROAD OF DEATH AND BLOOD AND USE THIS ARMY OF 6THOUSAND AS OUR STEPPING STONE!!! SO, COME!? FOLLOW ME AS WE CARVE THAT ROAD FOR THE COMMANDER AND HEAVENS TO SEE!!!! CHAARRRGGGEEE!!!!!!!! Gao Shun who was about to begin heard loud rumbling in a distance and saw his little lord and his army charge out to meet the enemy. Gao Shun spoke softly may fate be with you, little lord¡­. 29 Chapter.28 Bitter Brawl!! Soon both armies clashed and with that a mighty cry echoed!! Tianlong: KILLLL!!!!!!! HA!!! BOOOMMM!!!!!!! Fu Chen saw Tianlong speed up and breakthrough by himself leaving behind a trail of bodies as he advanced! Brothers follow the general to victory!!!! Lu Bu who was in the center had seen the entire scene of the mighty clash of the right and even saw his son personally breakthrough by himself and continued to advance. Soon the entire right was covered in the flames of combat, if one where to look from where Lu Bu stood, they would see an arrow piercing the enemy force but was stopped. Tianlong: Captain Fu!!! You shall command the front I shall go back and command!!! Fu Chen understood general!!! Tianlong: 200 cavalry to me!!! Soon time had passed, and three hours went by but that didn''t quell the raging battle between the right and enemy left. Tianlong had now assumed a position that saw the entire right and was commanding them. Messenger: General!! The center has been attacked by a group of 100 cavalry and is being harassed what shall they do!? 30 Chapter.29 Breakthrough!!! Tianlong pondered before replying. Send out 100 cavalry to counter them while shifting 300 infantry to the left from the center!! Messenger: yes general!! Tianlong looked and saw his army of 3thousand now fighting against the enemy who also had terrible losses before yelling out. GUARDS ON ME!!! WE SHALL BREAKTHROUGH THE CENTER AND CLAIM THE ENEMY GENERALS HEAD!!!! CHAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGEEEEE!!!!! FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!! KILL!!!!!!!!!! Fu Chen looked towards the commotion and saw his commander leading 300 cavalry to breakthrough and yelled BROTHERS RUSH FORWARD!!! BREAKTHROUGH AND KILL THESE SCUM!!!!! SHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! KILLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enemy Soldier: General things are bad!!! The left flank and right are requesting reserves to their position while Captain Gu has asked you to personally step in and take command of the center!!! Enemy General: what has happened that even little Gu can''t handle it? Enemy Soldier: From the reports, the enemy commander has rushed forward in the center with 300 cavalry and is pushing deep and has broken two lines of our center and we can''t do anything about it!!!!!! 31 Chapter.30 Slaughter! Enemy General: Damnit!!!!! Are all of you unable to stop a force of 3thousand!!!! Soldier: but general their general has personally stepped out and has inspired them by that!!! Enemy General: Guards on me!!! We ride to meet the enemies general!!!!! Tianlong: Stop!!! Cavalier: what''s wrong general? Tianlong looked and pondered before seeing a small force of cavalry heading his way and laughed HA HA!!!! Someone!!! send word to captain Fu have the entire right and center force attack they have no one commanding them!!!! Come brothers let us meet this enemy general!!!! Enemy soldier: General Ma the enemy are approaching!!!!!!!! General Ma: meet them head-on!!! CHAAARRRGGGGEEE!!!!!! Tianlong: KILLLLL!!!!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!!! Both forces collided and quickly started a bloodbath while both generals met each other. General Ma: DARE YOU HAVE A BOUT OF 300 WITH ME!? Tianlong: I shall slay you before 30 bouts!!!! General Ma: YOU BOAST!!! Tianlong and General Ma: HAA!!!!! DING!! DING!! SHANNNG!!!! KLANG!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! SHAAAAA!!!!!!! Tianlong: Rushing Boas Curl!!!! General Ma: Tigers unwavering Claw!!! BOOOMMM!!!! soon the battle between Tianlong and the enemy general had reached its peak while the enemy forces on the left and center had suddenly come under attack but quickly calmed down to face the opposing army but still couldn''t stop their momentum. 32 Chapter.31 The Rights Unstoppable Momentum Fu Chen: ALL FORCES CHARGE!!! WE SHALL SLAUGHTER EVERY SINGLE ENEMY SOLDIER AND RUSH FORWARD NO ONE CAN STOP US!!!! CHAAAAARGGGGEEE!!!! KILLLL!!!!! Enemy Captain: WHAT ARE YOU DOING KEEP FORMATION!!! DON''T LET THEM THROUGH!!! WE SHALL FIGHT TO THE DEATH IF THEY GET THROUGH!!!!! Tianlong: I SHALL SLAY YOU IN THESE THREE MOVES!!! General Ma smirked before yelling out guards save me!!! Soon ten figures on horses rushed forward within the circle and aimed for Tianlong! Tianlong: YOU DARE!? GUARDS!!! SLAUGHTER EVERYONE!!!!! General Ma: I want to see you try!!! Mighty Tigers Roar!!! Tianlong was now besieged by 11 people but still didn''t waver and even met each and every one of them head on!!! Tianlong stared at General Ma before rushing out and unleashing a furry of savage strikes! Soldiers: watch out he''s trying to kill us off!! AAAHH!!! Soldier: you bastard!! AAHH!! General Ma saw two of his guards die without hesitation but was furious and bellowed ATTACK TOGETHER HE''S NOT A GOD!!!! Tianlong was now attacked from multiple sides but didn''t back down and stood tall and shouted out COME I WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO TAKE MY LIFE!!!! KILLLLLL!!!!! HA!!!!! AAAHH!!! AAAHHH!!! multiple screams resounded and countless bodies dropped as Tianlong stood on his horse looking down on the 4 soldiers left and General Ma. General Ma looked back to the giant figure who stood tall and looked down on him and rushed forward one last time with his guards!! Tianlong nodded before rushing forward to meet them and bellowed GOOD!! YOU AREN''T SOMEONE WHO LEAVES HIS BROTHERS TO DIE!! COME I SHALL SEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU OFF WITH HONOR!!! RUSHING BOA JUMPS OVER THE RAINBOW!!!!! KILLLLLL!!!!!!!! HA!!!!!!! DING!!! DING!!! KLANG!! KLANG!!! SNAP!! SNAP!! SNAP!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! General Ma and his four guards had each died together and laid with their brothers. Tianlong: YOUR GENERAL HAS DIED SURRENDER OR JOIN HIM!!!! 33 Chapter.32 The Rights Victory When the surrounding soldiers heard that voice, they turned to see their general lying dead with ten other people and stood silently before dropping their weapons and lifted their hands and shouted WE SURRENDER!!! Tianlong: you won''t be treated wrong all we ask is that you listen!! Soon Tianlong with 100 cavalry rode to the central battlefield where a bloody fight was going on and yelled out ALL ENEMY SOLDIERS YOUR GENERAL HAS BEEN KILLED YOU CAN EITHER SURRENDER OR JOIN HIM!!!! YOU SHALL NOT BE TREATED WRONG IF YOU SURRENDER!!!! Enemy Captain DON''T LISTEN TO HIS RAMBLING WE SHALL PERSIST TILL THE END!!! Soldiers: how can we know if he''s dead!? We all have a life and don''t want to die for a simple rebellion!! But to show them proof Tianlong brought 20 soldiers that were captured and asked them to convince their brothers. Soldier: BROTHERS LISTEN OUR GENERAL HAS BEEN KILLED WE HAVE NO REASON TO FIGHT IF WE SURRENDER, WE WON''T BE TREATED WRONGLY!!! WE CAN GO HOME WITHOUT LEAVING OUR FAMILIES WITH DEAD CHILDREN, SIBLINGS OR HUSBANDS SO SURRENDER FOR THEM BROTHERS!!!! when the soldiers said that the entire battlefield went silent before on after another sounded out saying we surrender Tianlong: EVERY ONE TODAY WHETHER IT BE US OR OUR CAPTIVES WE HAVE WON A BATTLE WHERE WE HAVE AVOIDED DEATH SO BE PROUD THAT MANY OF US CAN GO HOME TO OUR WIVES, SIBLINGS OR MOTHERERS!!!!! with that speech, the entire right sounded out with cheers which were heard from the center and left battlefields which made them look to see two armies cheering which made them confused. Lu Bu: someone!! send word to the right and ask what has happened!!!! 34 Chapter.33 Ma Ai’s Retreat!! @@ On a hill overlooking the plateau of the right Tianlong watched as bodies were buried or cremated, it was a sad sight, soon a messenger from the center had arrived and asked for a report of what happened. Tianlong looked at the messenger before saying.Tell Commander Fengxian that the right has achieved victory and shall rush forward to pincer the enemies center!! Requesting a small force to detain the surrendered soldiers but they shall not be treated badly! Messenger: this one understands general!! Tianlong: ALL FORCES PREPARE TO MARCH FORWARD!! WE SHALL PINCER THE ENEMY CENTER AND ACHIEVE THE VICTORY WE ALL VIED FOR!!!.... Night had fallen but it didn''t hide the sound but embraced it as thousands of soldiers cheered for their victory from the right. Within a tent, on the enemy side, 7 figures sat within and argued back and forth about who was wrong but was silenced by Ma Ai Ma Ai: ENOUGH!!! ITS ALL OUR FAULTS THAT WE UNDERESTIMATED THE RIGHT SIDES GENERAL!! But to make up for that we shall compose a plan to stop the rights pincer!! Wei Zhou: My lord let this lowly one with 500 shields defend the pass leading from the right!!! Ma Ai immediately shook his head and said you can''t Zhiwu you command the entire center''s infantry and they only listen to you so that''s out of the question!! Song Ai: my lord!! We can seal the pass and trap the right on its flank, but they would either join up with the center or left!! Before Ma Ai could say anything, a tall looking figure stood, and bellowed my lord!!! let me lead 500 of my brothers and stall for the center to retreat and set up on the hill behind us!!! Ma Ai: are you sure Jichou? Jichou: this general is sure!!! All I ask for the lord is to protect my tribe!!! Ma Ai: so be it send word to the left and tell them to retreat to the hill!!! Have the center prepare for we march within the night!!!@@ 35 Chapter.34 Birth of a Legend Soon the sun had risen and with it, the sound of marching bellowed as the right and center armies advanced to defeat the center. Messenger: MY LORD THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL FORCE OF 500 BLOCKING THE FRONT!!! Lu Bu: That should be a unit left behind to stall us as Ma Ai retreats quickly defeat them and catch up to the right!!! Gao Shun: ALL FORCES CHARGE KILL THE ENEMY!!!! Little did the center know this day would be a day where a legend was born. Jichou the iron general and his unit of iron soldiers stalled the center a force of 10thousnad and even reaped 2thousand lives which made Gao Shun suffer embarrassment. Somewhere on the left, this massive cavalry battle was coming to an end which signaled Zhang Liao''s victory. Messenger: GENERAL ZHANG YOU AND YOUR ARMY ARE TO IMMEDIATELY RUSH FORWARD TO PINCER THE CENTER ARMY THAT HAS RETREATED!!!! Zhang Liao: this one understands you may return to the center!!! Lu Bu: Send Gao Shun and his formation breakers to slay that general!!! Messenger: yes, my lord!!! Soldiers: hhh¡­eeee¡­. ssss a monster run away!!!!! AAAAHHH!!!! MOTHER SAVE ME!!!! DEMON HE''S A DEMON!!!! RUN AWAY!!!! Gao Shun saw the soldiers being slaughtered by that brave general and rushed forward with his formation breakers. Gao Shun: CHHAAARRRGGGEEE!!!!!! KILLLLLLL!!!!! SLAY THE ENEMY!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!! Enemy soldier: general Jichou there is a group of 700 approaching us fast!!! Jichou who heard that turned to see a group of soldiers with round iron shields wearing red under their armor rushing forward. Turn to meet that group they will deliver us a devastating blow if allowed to push through!!!! BRRRACCCEE!!!!! CHHHHAARRRRGGGGEEE!!!! BOOOOMMMM!!!! Gao Shun: charge forth we shall slay this iron general!!!! HA!!!! KILLLL!!!!! SHHHAAAA!!!!! Soon Gao Shun and Jichou met and engaged in a ferocious fight of life and death for 3 hours till Jichou was pierced through by Gao Shun and finally fell to his death with a smile. Gao Shun: you were a brave and worthy general!!! Formation breakers bury every enemy soldier and this brave general this shall be their grave site!!! 36 Chapter.35 Final Battle!! @@ Soon all three armies had met and combined and formed an army of 18thousand and marched to meet Ma Ai''s army of 13thousand. When they caught up to Ma Ai, he had already turned this plain hill into a defense that could reap many lives. Lu Bu had the army of 18thousand split into 6thousand and 4thousand to surround the other exits leaving 8thousand at the front. Within a tent, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Song Xuan, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Lu Tianlong sat within discussing how to advance. Lu Bu: how should we advance? Hou Cheng: Big brother I suggest launching an all-out assault with flame arrows shooting into the fort!! Wei Xu shook his head and said that would cost too many lives since they have prepared already. We could starve them out till they surrender. Lu Bu: we alone don''t have that much supplies either. The tent went into turmoil before Tianlong spook up. Tianlong: how about we launch a night attack under the cover of darkness!!, we can build siege ladders within the day and launch at the night or we can launch a stealth mission to burn all their supplies!! Zhang Liao: Good!! Good!! Lu Bu: that is a good idea but how would we execute it? Tianlong pulled out the map and described how they would advance. It would first go with a barrage of flame arrows to put them on guard which will make them stay awake in case they tried shooting their supplies.... Lu Bu: it''s settled then we shall go with General Lu''s plan!!!@@ 37 Chapter.36 Lu Tianlong’s strategy @@ Soon night had fallen, and the preparations were complete and now the army was just waiting for the signal to attack. Tianlong wondered around each campsite before heading to the eastern camp and told them something only they heard. Lu Bu: launch the attack!!! Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Tianlong: ALL FORCES LAUNCH THE ATTACK!!!!!!!! Soon in the dark covered sky orange and yellow lights illuminated the sky and rained down on the wooden fortress made and lit ablaze some tents and walls. Zhang Liao who commanded the eastern camp launched the plan Tianlong told them and that was to breach the gate allowing the cavalry to break in and massacre them all. Enemy General Wei Zhou: MY LORD THE EASTERN GATE IS ALMOST BROKEN THROUGH WE DON''T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS TO BLOCK WHATEVER COMES THROUGH WITHOUT LEAVING A WALL EXPOSED!!! Ma Ai sweated profusely before yelling out use your personal guard and block the entrance should it be a decoy return but leave your troops there!!!But before Ma Ai could rest again Song Ai came up reporting. Song Ai: My lord Fengxian has ordered the entire 8thousand at the northern gate to advance and has siege ladders what shall we do!? Ma Ai: Damnit LU FENGXIAN!!!!!! Song Ai: my lord? Ma Ai: defend the walls with your life!!! Don''t come back till they have been pushed back!!! Tianlong: Ma Ai should be in a state of panic now!! ALL WESTERN FORCES CONVERGE ON THE WESTERN WALL AND WESTERN GATE WE SHALL BREAKTHROUGH!!!!!! Battering ram forward!!! Fu Chen!!! Yes, commander!? Take 500 brothers and lead the charge through the gate I shall climb the walls!!! Fu Chen, I shall leave a trail of blood through the enemy commander!!! Tianlong: SOMEONE SEND WORD TO COMMANDER LU AND ZHANG LIAO TELL THEM TO DISTRACT THEM TILL THE ENTIRE WESTERN FORCE HAS STORMED THE WALLS AND GATE!!!!@@ 38 Chapter.37 Eastern Walls Breakthrough!!! @@ Zhang Liao: ARCHERS COVERING SUPPORT!!!! INFANTRY RUSH FORWARD!!! CAVALRY ON ME WE SHALL BREAK THROUGH THE GATE!!!! CHARRRGGGGEEEE!!!!!!!! Soldiers: CHARGE!!!!!! KILLLLL!!!! PROTECT THE LORD!!! SHAAAAAA!!!! BREAKTHROUGH!!!!! Wei Zhou: guards come we shall slay Zhang Wenyuan!!!! Zhang Liao and his guard had stormed through the eastern gate like a flood and started a massacre. Zhang Liao saw a flag coming towards him and it bared the sign of Wei which made Zhang Liao holler out loudly!! BRACE!!!! FOR IMPACT!!!!! Wei Zhou: damnnit!! He noticed!! and with that Wei Zhou unleashed a mighty cry and bellowed RAAAAGGGHHHH!!!! ALL FORCES CHARRGGGEEE!!!! WE SHALL SLAY ZHANG WENYUAN!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!! BOOOMMM!!! Messenger: My Lord general Wei has confronted Zhang Wenyuan!!! Ma Ai: good!!! Good!! Send another 500 to the east today even if we die, we shall take a general with us!!!! But before Ma Ai could step back into the formation surrounding him another messenger rushed forward shouting!! Messenger: THE WESTERN GATE AND WESTERN WALL HAS BEEN BESIEGED!!! THE GATE HAS BEEN BROKEN THROUGH AND CAVALRY ARE SWARMING US!!! Ma Ai: DAMNIT!!! Because Ma Ai had his last general go to the northern gate there wasn''t any left to stop the western armies, approach!! Ma Ai: ready my guards I shall defend the west!!! Messenger: but my lord!!! Mai Ai: my word is final I shall defend the west till morning!!!! Tianlong: KILLLL!!!!!! BREAKTHROUGH THE ENEMY WE SHALL SLAY Ma Ai!!!!! On the western wall, it was a one-sided massacre that the enemy wasn''t ready for and was caught unprepared!@@ 39 Chapter.38 Stalemate of the Wes Soon the enemy had retreated from the gateway to escape being pincered where they met small detachments from the north gate and quickly prepared defenses on the passageways. Tianlong was on foot but that didn''t hinder him but was a boon for him as he slaughtered countless with his experience from his father!! Fu Chen: general!! Tianlong: what happened captain Fu? Fu Chen: the enemy has caught a second wind and has blocked passages leading towards the enemy HQ!!! Tianlong: how many are in each passage? Fu Chen: from the looks the first passage has at least 700 while the left has 500!!! Tianlong pondered before asking what about the passages behind them? Fu Chen they each have 200 guarding and it is a very narrow passage allowing about 100 troops per wave through! Tianlong: Fu Chen you shall lead 600 to the left!!! Bring me, two 100-man captains, they shall lead an attack on the back!!! I shall lead the front!!! 3 hours had passed since the siege had started, the fire was swaying in the dark illuminating the gruesome battle between the two forces. If one looked closely, they would see a blood-red star shining brightly in the dark sky. Ma Ai and his personal guard had arrived to, the western side to see the enemy launch their attack which made them go directly into combat after rushing all the way from the eastern wall!!! Tianlong had yet to charge into the fight and viewed silently and even saw a flag bearing the symbol Ma on it swaying back and forth. Tianlong: Someone send news of our success and stalemate to the commander!!! Captain Hu bring 100 archers up and have them fire on the building!!! Captain Hu: general what about our men!? Tianlong: They will be fine I''m only aiming for the tents and wooden building to block the enemy off!! Lu Bu had a front row seat of the gruesome battle of the north gate as 8thousand and 10thousand went up against each other!! Lu Bu: Someone ride to the western wall and see if general Tianlong has broken through!!! But before the messenger could leave another one came before Lu Bu bringing news of the western front. Messenger: general Lu has already taken the walls and gatehouse but has been met with a stalemate since a general baring the symbol Ma has appeared general asks Commander to personally charge and break through the north gate to pincer the eastern wall and the western wall forces!!!! 40 Chapter.39 Victory of Dunhuang!!! Lu Bu: Send general Lu that by the time I breakthrough I expect to see him pushing them back!!! COME, GUARDS, WE SHALL SLAUGHTER THIS WEAK GENERAL!!!! KILLLLL!!!!! CHHAAARRRGGGGEEE!!!!!!!! SHHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!! Song Ai: Spears to the gate block Fengxian!!!! Do not let them through!!!! Enemy Soldiers: Demon!!! The Demon is coming!!!! Soldiers: The Lord is here!!! Follow the lord!!! CHAARRRGGGEEE!!!!!! KILLL!!!!!!! Once Lu Bu had personally charged it inspired the soldiers and made them chase after his back as he rode through the northern gate with his personal guard!! On the western side, Tianlong had finally joined the fray which resulted in a one-sided massacre that revealed Ma Ai''s true self which was a coward who couldn''t handle blood!!! Anywhere Tianlong struck out multiple cries where heard which echoed across the small passage. Tianlong: LISTEN!!! YOUR LORD HAS ABANDONED YOU TO A MEANINGLESS MASSACRE!!! WHICH YOU SHALL LOSE!!! YOUR LORD FLED AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD LEAVING YOU TO DIE!!! SO, TELL ME IS THAT THE KIND OF LORD YOU WISH TO SERVE!? When Tianlong shouted out those words it made the enemy troops turn to see their lord running In, fear which made them disgusted!! Tianlong continued to shout words which made the enemy soldiers switch sides. Tianlong: SOLDIERS COME, FOLLOW ME!!! I SHALL LEAD YOU ON A PATH OF GLORY WHILE FOLLOWING BEHIND OUR BRAVE LORD FENGXIAN!!!! SO, COME AND ABANDON THIS COWARD LORD!!!!!! When Tianlong mentioned his father, it brought out the reverence the enemy soldiers had because they heard countless tales of Lu Bu the demon who fought it out with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei!!! Soldiers: why do we follow such a lord!? Who brought none of us fame!!! He just stayed quiet in his territory not daring to wage wars!!! Soon the entire western wall was sparked with traitors from Ma Ai''s army as they hated how he didn''t bring them any fame or wage any battles. Ma Ai who fled was now getting besieged with his personal guard from soldiers who were once under his command which infuriated him!!! Ma Ai: DAMN YOU!!!!! In the north, Lu Bu had successfully led the army of 7thousand to victory and pushed back Song Ai with 3thousand back to the center which didn''t bode well for Wei Zhou who was about to get pincered from behind!!! someone quickly informed that blockhead to retreat as many soldiers he could. Song Ai: We shall give up the western, eastern and northern sides and defend the center!!!! And send a force to liberate the lord!!! Zhang Liao who was engaged in a duel with Wei Zhou could tell what was going on from the sound which made him issue a command. Zhang Liao: ALL FORCES PUSH FORWARD!!! THE ENEMY IS CORNERED FROM ALL SIDES AND HAS NO WAY TO ESCAPE!!!!! The soldiers who heard Zhang Liao mustered a final ounce of strength they had from this brutal melee of the eastern side and unleashed a mighty roar that echoed across the battlefield!! RAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Wei Zhou could tell the eastern side was lost and issued the retreat! Wei Zhou: ALL FORCES RETREAT 1THOUSAND FOR THE REAR GUARD!!! CAPTAIN HOU LEAD THE FRONT I SHALL COMMAND THE REARGUARD IN THE RETREAT!!!! On Ma Ai''s side, he and his guard suffered greatly as they escaped the western side where they met with a force of 500 sent by Song Ai. Soon morning had come and the army of 15thousand had surrounded Ma Ai''s army of 6thousand at their HQ where the death of Ma Ai along with his generals Wei Zhiwu and Song Wufu perished meaning the liberation of Dunhuang was there and with-it Lu Bu ascended to be lord of Dunhuang!! 41 Chapter.40 Dunhuang’s recovery and Subjugation With the rebellion for Dunhuang, the plain itself was set ablaze in the flames of war which ruined the crops and buildings while bandits struck out harassing Lu Bu''s army. Somewhere in the fields, a dragon-like figure was rushing back and forth through the grass.This figure was Tianlong along with his unit of cavalry.After Lu Bu ascended the lordship of Dunhuang he ordered Tianlong along with Zhang Liao to clear out all bandits within Dunhuang within three months. Two months had passed and with it 14 of the major bandit groups where kilt or captured leaving the 3 leading bandit groups left. Tianlong: Fu Chen!! Which bandit group remains within the northern plain!? Fu Chen: general!! The last group should be the Blood sword bandits which numbers up to 3thousand!!! Tianlong: why do they have so much? Did Ma Ai not pay attention to the bandits? Fu Chen: when the rebellion happened the first, second and third-ranked bandit groups struck out by recruiting common folk for the price of protection!! Tianlong: Someone!! Send word to lord Lu and request if we can have 2thousand infantry!!Fu Chen lead the rest to the blood sword hideout and prepare camp I shall receive the infantry should the request be accepted! Within Dunhuang, in the city hall, a tall curvy figure with brown hair and black eyes stood before Lu Bu and Diao Chan. Diao Chan: Linger the battlefield isn''t a place for us woman but men like your father and brother!! Lu Lingqi: why can''t I!? I was taught by father as well but I''m not able to enroll in the army!? Diao Chan: sweetie~ a man and a woman are different by many things and war just isn''t for us, Lu Lingqi: daddy let me join the army!! Lu Bu who was listening to the argument not intending to get involved shook his head and walked to Lu Lingqi. Lu Bu: Qi''er the battlefield isn''t as sweet as what you imagine. It is a place where men stake their lives which result in blood, take your brother, for example, he rose to a first-class general from two life and death fights were he almost died but he showed no fear because it was his own choice. That''s what makes us men different, we aren''t afraid to die on the battlefield we resolve our heart with our brothers and give it our all. Lu Lingqi who heard what her father said took a long time to process the last words he said. The resolve of not fearing death and prepared for death these two concepts looped In Lu Lingqi''s mind before she rose her head with determined eyes and said I still want to join!! Lu Bu looked his daughter in the eye and saw her determination of a fiery blaze. Lu Bu: haaaa~ fine you can enroll but you must stay by your brother!! Lu Lingqi quickly hugged her father and screamed out Thank you, daddy!!! you''re the best!!! Diao Chan who saw the scene laughed and called Lu Lingqi over. Diao Chan: Qi''er make sure you come back okay? When Lu Lingqi heard her mothers voice it was filled with sadness which made Lu Lingqi raise her head to see her mother have slightly red eyes. Lu Lingqi tightly hugged her mother for a long time before going with her father. Tianlong had already ridden back to Dunhuang awaiting the infantry he requested. Lu Bu soon arrived in front of Tianlong and asked why he needed 2thousand infantry. Tianlong: My lord!! This one would like to clear the Bloody sword bandit group and that is why I asked for reinforcements!! Lu Bu: you cleared the entire north? Tianlong:Yes!! My unit has cleared every group besides the bloody sword bandits!!! Lu Bu: good!! General Lu Tianlong I order you along with captain Lu Lingqi to clear the bloody sword bandits you march at dawn!!! Tianlong: WHAT!? Lu Bu turned to see his shocked son and asked is there a problem? Tianlong: WHY IS SISTER IN THE ARMY!? But before Lu Bu could answer back a figure walked beside Tianlong and hit him on top of his head. Lu Lingqi: is there a problem Tianlong!? Tianlong: AAAHH!!! Of, course there''s a problem!!! Girls aren''t even able to step foot on a battlefield!! Lu Lingqi: well so sad father said I could!! Tianlong: FATHER!! Why did you say yes!? Lu Bu had already walked back to the city hall intending not to get involved. Soon dawn came and with it, 2thousand soldiers stood behind Tianlong and Lingqi. Tianlong: ALRIGHT WE SET OUT!!! WE SHALL NOT COME BACK TILL WE SLAY THE BLOODY SWORD BANDITS!!!!! MARCH!!!!!!! 42 Chapter.41 Argumen In the Cold soundless night, the sound of marching could be heard and echoed until it got farther and farther from the city. Villager: look!! Its little lord and little madam!! Villager 2: why is little madam in armor? Lu Lingqi naturally heard the whispers from the villagers which made her embarrassed. Tianlong: if you can''t handle it then go home! Lu Lingqi: why are you so cold to me right now!? You always followed me when we were little!! The soldiers heard the yelling and looked to see general Lu and captain Lu arguing. Tianlong looked towards Lu Lingqi before saying when you left mother cried for hours watching another child go. So, you tell me why I''m mad when I left mother was prepared but you didn''t comply with her wishes of staying home and left for the army leaving her alone and sad!! When those words were said Lu Lingqi went silent and rode far from Tianlong. Captain Hu watched the entire scene between his commander and sister and replied after Lu Lingqi rode far away. General, is it alright to be so cold to her your own sister? Tianlong: since she dares to leave and pursue this path, I shall treat her like a normal captain when we battle. Captain Hu talked no more after hearing his commander''s cold voice which was like death. Soon Tianlong and Lingqi along with the 2thousand soldiers arrived at the camp set up by Fu Chen. Fu Chen rode out with 10 Cavaliers to meet Tianlong. This one sees General Lu!!! Tianlong: at ease!! What is the progress? Fu Chen; general all 3thousand brothers have made camp and have scouted the mountain and have found 5 paths we can advance from!! Tianlong had all 2thousand soldiers set camp behind his 3thousand cavalry to make it look like they only had cavalry. Soon morning had come and with it reports of dead soldiers reached Tianlong who was infuriated by the bandit''s shamelessness. Tianlong: Fu Chen!!! Present general!!!Lead 1thousand brothers down the middle and try drawing them out!!! Someone!!! Find four 500-man captains and have them march down the other paths. The same goal try and draw the enemy out!!! Lu Lingqi who was watching was confused about what her brother was trying to do. Tianlong stared at the mountain in front of him with a sharp gaze and pondered before yelling expand the archers by 500 and have them cover each path!!! Soon 2 hours had passed since the group of 2thousand had set out for the mountain. Tianlong stood the mountain waiting for news from Fu Chen. Messenger: SEND WORD!!! SEND WORD THE PLAN HAS WORKED!!! CAPTAIN FU HAS DRAWN OUT 1THOUSAND BANDITS!!! Tianlong heard the shouting and immediately got every reserve into the formation. Tianlong: ALL UNITS GET IN FORMATION!!! SHIELDS AT THE FRONT!!! ARCHERS BE READY TO FIRE!!! CAVALRY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT!!! With those words, all 3thousand reserves rushed into formation waiting for their brothers. Within the mountain, the smell of blood seeped out and with-it blood flowed like a river down each path. Fu Chen along with the 1thousand he commanded marched quite deep until they met with 3 units from the other paths and continued forward till, they met 2thousand bandits led by a very high ranked member within the Bloody Swords, Blood Marauder. Blood Marauder: KILL THESE SOFT- HEARTED BASTARDS!!!! Fu Chen: GET IN FORMATIONS!!!! BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! Fu Chen''s words carried some weight but not enough for all 2thousand to form defenses to stop the brutal impact they received. Soldier: AAAAAHHH!!!! MOTHER SAVE ME!!! MONSTER HES A MONSTER!!! BLOCK THEM!!! KILLL!!!!!! BOOOMMM!!! Fu Chen had clashed with Blood Marauder but was barely able to keep up. Blood Marauder: they send a weak half first-class general to kill me!? They really think bad of me!!! Come I shall dice your head into pieces and send it to your General!!!! Fu Chen who was playing with life and death suddenly remembered his commander''s words suddenly lit up and bellowed ALL BROTHERS CARRY OUT THE PLAN!!!!!!!! When those words were said the soldiers looked to each other and remembered the words said by their general!!! Draw them out!! Soldiers: Brothers retreat!!! Retreat!!!! Fall back!!!!Down the mountain!!!! Back to present time¡­. Tianlong: ARCHERS READY!!! AIM!!! SHIELDS FORM SHIELDWALL!!!!!! WE SHALL SLAUGHTER THESE BANDITS LIKE SHEEP!!!!! Soldiers: BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!! WATCH OUT FOR OUR BROTHERS!!!! READY!? KILLL!!!!!!! Blood Marauder who chased Fu Chen all the way down the mountain suddenly realized that he walked into a trap but before he could turn back the troop''s he lost sight of reappeared behind him rushing towards them looking to cripple the 2thousand strong bandit army!!! Blood Marauder looked all over to see his brothers since he was young dying, arrows overhead and soldiers rushing from behind and in front suddenly let loose a war cry and bellowed RRRRRAAAAAWWWWW!!!!! BROTHERS FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!!! Bandits: RRRAAAWWWW!!!!! TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!! KILLLLL!!!!!!!!! 43 Chapter.42 Massacre on Blood Sword Mountain Tianlong: CHAARRGGGEEE!!!! SLAUGHTER EVER SINGLE ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS!!!! LEAVE NO ONE!!!! Soldiers: KILLLL!!!!!!!! LEAVE NO ONE!!!! FOLLOW THE CAPTAIN!!!! Fu Chen along with 500 soldiers appeared behind the enemy and charged their rear resulting in even more damage from having their rear guard broken through and crippled!!! Lu Lingqi saw this massacre and couldn''t help but throw up and covered her eyes for a while, but she could still hear the shouts for help or their mother. Tianlong had appeared before his sister and saw her puddle of vomit and shook his head and spoke I have already said that war is not a place for a woman.Sister unless you resolved yourself to see massacres or gruesome scenes like this. If not just go home and keep mother company. With that Tianlong walked away and appeared before 300 cavalry looking to charge. Tianlong: come brothers charge!!! Leave no one!!!!!!! Cavaliers: KILLLLL!!!!! LEAVE NO ONE!!!!!! FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!!!!! WE ARE MIGHTY WITH GENERAL!!!!!! LEAVE A BLOODY PATH!!!!!! Lu Lingqi had raised her head to see her brother fearlessly charge head-in that bloody and gruesome one-sided massacre. Lu Lingqi: am I not able to stand this? When Lu Lingqi said those words she couldn''t help but overlay the words of her brother when he said mother cried for hours losing another child to war and remembered her mother''s voice when she hugged her. Lu Lingqi who had her eyes closed opened them and with that a courage which was seen within Tianlong when he fought to death appeared. Lu Lingqi: Charge!!!! And with that Lu Lingqi awoke a sign of new-found courage which drove her to be on the battlefield like her younger brother who played with death multiple times. Tianlong who was deep within this one-sided massacre heard a brave feminine voice which made him look over and what he saw was his sister Lu Lingqi and the 200 cavaliers appointed under her charge deep within this massacre. Tianlong smiled and looked at Lu Lingqi who unleashed their father''s art of halberd on the enemy killing every time she swept out. Tianlong looked at this massacre and was pondering something and didn''t even realize there were about 300 bandits left from this massacre. Fu Chen: General!!!...General!!... General!!!! Tianlong: huh? What''s the matter? Fu Chen: you didn''t hear us calling out to you general!! Tianlong: are the bandits dead? Fu Chen: all 2thousand were massacred!! We have a safe path to their Hideout now!!! Tianlong: no, this shouldn''t be right there has, to be more!! Fu Chen, what do you mean general? Tianlong: ALL FORCES RETREAT TO CAMP WE SHALL STRIKE AGAIN TOMORROW!!!! And with that the first day was over, 2thousand bandits along with a high ranked member of the Bloody Swords was slain, no man was left all that remained was a pool of blood flowing down the river!!.... Somewhere within the mountain, a figure in a black cape and greyish black armor stood on a cliff overlooking this massacre. Bandit: BOSS!!!Blood Marauder and his unit were lost no one was left!!!! Mysterious Boss: Send Blood Handz and Blood Scythe with 2thousand each they shall build defenses upon all four paths I shall also join the center path now go relay those orders!! Night had come and the soldiers had partied for their victory today and were ready to march for the hideout tomorrow but little did they now, a force of 5thousand stood ready for them tomorrow morning. 44 Chapter.43 Ambush on Blood Sword Mountain! The morning had come, and with it, wolves fought over pieces of decaying flesh with vultures.Even though it was a new day the smell of blood sat strong carved into the dirt and rocks. Tianlong: All forces split up!!! 1thousand to the right and left!!! Fu Chen!!! Yes, general!? You shall command the left!!!Captain Lu the right I hope everyone comes out safe!!! Soon the army of 5thousandish had split up and marched up Blood Sword Mountain unknowingly walking into a trap set up by the Bandit Boss of the Bloody Sword Bandits. Tianlong marched with 1thousandish soldiers down the center which smelled of blood. Soldier: did you hear how bad the massacre was? Soldier 2: I hear no bandit was left till the blood flowed like hell!!! Sergeant: Knock it off!!! Keep formation!!!!! Soldiers: Yes Sergeant!!!! As the center force got deeper and deeper within the mountain fog you couldn''t see through appeared and with it voices of the soldiers and animals. Tianlong: System!! Could the bandits really have 3thousand if they wasted 2thousand soldiers? System: Host has made a miscalculation from believing news given out by a captured bandit. Host is walking around a death trap without knowing the exact number!!! As the system spoke Tianlong started getting an uneasy sense of danger and started getting worried but suddenly the system started warning him about something. WARNING!! WARNING!!! SS class mission has been found!!! SS class mission has been found!!! Host is in danger!!! Tianlong: what do you mean system!? System: SS class mission issued!!! [ Host must Defend the onslaught from the bandits till either the left, east, west or right force has broken through the bandit defense] with that message being said the system pulled up the map and with it the forces Tianlong split up appeared, and with it, the entire mountain was filled with danger symbols. Tianlong: what does this mean system!? System: I wish host good luck with the mission!!! Having no other reply from the system Tianlong got flustered and started panicking!! Tianlong: calm down Tian it''s just a mission what''s there to worry about? Soon Tianlong calmed down and started pondering the mission given and suddenly thought of something. Tianlong looked around the fog multiple times and shouted ALL FORCES INTO A DEFENSIVE FORMATION!!! DOUBLE TIME!!! WE ARE SURROUNDED!!!! When those words were said the soldiers started getting panicked but got into formation quickly. Captain Hu: Why are we surrounded general!? Tianlong looked solemnly into the fog where outlines of multiple figures appeared. Soon a figure wearing a black cape and greyish black armor appeared and shouted. Bandit Boss: As expected of a First-class general but you noticed too late!!! LISTEN BOYS SLAUGHTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE LAMBS!!!!!! Bandits: HAHAHA!!!! KILLLLL!!!!! TONIGHT, WE FEAST BROTHERS!!!!!! FOLLOW THE BOSS!!!!!! KILL THESE SOLDIERS!!!!!! Tianlong: ALL UNITS BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!!!!! Soldiers: SHIELDWALL!!!!! BLOCK THEM!!!! DON''T LET THEM THROUGH!!!!!! KILLLLLL!!!!!! TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!! Tianlong watched as his men were besieged by countless bandits and felt infuriated that he was given the wrong information about the bandit group. Tianlong had rushed in with his guard and started massacring bandits to improve the plummeting morale of his men. Tianlong: COME BROTHERS WE SHALL FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!! KILLLLL!!!!!! Soldiers: KILLLLLLL!!!!!! TO DEATH!!!!! Since the soldiers had no way out, so they decided to follow their general to death!!!!!! Elsewhere on a different path Lu Lingqi and her 500 men marched. They encountered small guard groups of bandits like they weren''t expecting to get flanked. Lu Lingqi: Come, men, we are almost to the top!!! Let us use this momentum and push forward and be the first to capture the stronghold!!!! Soldiers: URAAGGGHH!!!!!! Though Lu Lingqi was new to leading it awoke naturally for her since she had an aura that would make one feel safe and protected but could be a demon like her father and brother! On the left path Fu Chen had encountered at least 30 groups of bandits tiring out his men and had to rest but when he thought about Tianlong battling alone, he gathered the morale and pushed forth!! Back to the center Soldiers; THE LEFT FLANK IS FALLING!! PUSH THEM BACK!!!!!!! KILLLL!!!!! FOLLOW THE GENERAL TILL DEATH!!!!! On this lonely path, the shouts of men could be heard but no one answered it was like they were abandoned by their lord and brothers, they fell to countless attacks with their general and would follow him till death!!! Soon Tianlong and his unit of 1thousand fell to 700 and was falling rapidly but they still didn''t waver in front of the barrage of countless bandits. Tianlong himself became a demon and killed any bandit who dared breakthrough which caused the center of the formation to stay stable. As Tianlong sunk deeper in killing his men were dying and saying their goodbyes to him and their brothers. Soldiers: BROTHER HU TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY IM LEAVING NOW IM JOINING BROTHERS FU AND TONG!!!! Captain Hu: NOOOO!!!!!!! On this sad battlefield, the sad cries of men saying goodbye echoed in the mountain and was soon heard by the other forces advancing. As Tianlong lost himself in the rage of losing brothers that followed him since he joined the army didn''t notice the notification from the system. System: Beep, Beep, Beep!!! Host has created an undefeatable army spirit!! Has met the requirements of the Purple-Gold token and has unlocked Unwavering Will/Determination!!!! 45 Chapter.44 Unwavering Army!! Countless hours had soon passed but Tianlong and his men stood strong in the face of death. Lu Lingqi and her unit were the first to arrive and found no one within the stronghold but was able to hear the shouting of men crying and saying goodbye which made her standstill since her little brother''s unit was the central force. Lu Lingqi was nerve-wracked trying to find out whether that was her brothers unit getting attacked. Finally, Lu Lingqi ordered her unit to engage in that fight. Tianlong: BROTHERS TODAY WE HAVE LOST MANY BROTHERS IN THIS AMBUSH AND IM SORRY THAT I LED YOU INTO THIS BUT TODAY EVEN IF WE DIE HERE, WE SHALL SEND THESE BANDITS TO KEEP OUR BROTHERS COMPANY IN THE YELLOW ROAD!!!! TO THE DEATH!!!!!!!!! Soldiers: URRRRRRAAAAA!!!!!! TO THE DEATH!!! FOR OUR BROTHERS!!!!!!! Bandit Boss: CHARGE!! CHARGE!!! END THIS LITTLE SECOND WIND!!!!! KILL THEM ALL!!!!!! Bandits: KILLLLLL!!!!! KILLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! END THEIR SECOND WIND!!!!!!! Tianlong and Soldiers: CHAAAAAARRRRGGGGEE!!!!!! As Lu Lingqi got closer to the center, she and her unit saw the bloodbath from the center and her brother was charging head first into that wave of bandits!!! She couldn''t help but scream! Lu Lingqi: Long''er!!!!! When that voice escaped Tianlong looked and saw his sister rushing over with her unit and became aware again and saw this bloodbath. Tianlong looked and around and turned back to Lu Lingqi and spoke with a smile.SISTER GO FORWARD THIS ISN''T A PLACE FOR YOU TO DIE!!!!!! SEND WORD TO FATHER THAT THE BLOOD SWORD BANDITS SHALL DIE TODAY EVEN IF IT COSTS MY LIFE!!!!! NOW GO FORTH!!!! Before Lu Lingqi could say anything, a shadow went forth and charged head-on into the bandits!! This figure was Fu Chen and his unit. After hours of getting besieged, they finally broke through and went straight to the center to help Tianlong! Tianlong smiled as Fu Chen came and bellowed BROTHERS PUSH FORTH TODAY, WE SHALL BREAKTHROUGH FROM THIS ENCIRCLEMENT!!! CHAARRRGGGE!!!! Soldiers: CHARGE!!!!! BREAKTHROUGH!!!!! KILLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! Bandit Boss: Not good!!!! Blood Handz go meet that Captain!!!!!!!! Blood Scythe Kill that general!!! The woman is mine!!!!! BROTHERS CHARRGGEEE!!! TODAY WE NOT ONLY KILL THE GENERAL BUT HIS SECOND IN COMMAND AND WE GET A PLAYTHING!!!!! SO, KILL!!!!!!!!!!! Tianlong: Captain Hu!!! Yes, general!? You shall be the rearguard!!! I shall charge through and break us out!!! Captain Hu: But general!!! Tianlong: remember to protect us well!!! BROTHERS TO ME WE SHALL BREAKTHROUGH AND KILL THAT COWARD BANDIT BOSS!!!!! Blood Scythe: The fool!! To think he''d charge straight at me!!! Come we shall kill this idiot General!!!!!! Soon the bandits were surrounded from the inside and outside and had no way out once Tianlong, Fu Chen and Lu Lingqi joined together!! It was a quick massacre but still went on for hours!! Tianlong spotted a figure carrying a scythe and recalled the words said by the Bandit Boss "Blood Scythe go kill that General". Tianlong smiled, and bellowed Brothers charge!!! We shall slay a general!!!!!!!! Blood Scythe: your still young if you think you can kill me!!!! Tianlong smirked and said That''s what they all say but have been either injured or slain by me!!!! BROTHERS CHARGE HEAD-ON!!!!!!! Blood Scythe: Meet Them, Brothers!!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!!! BOOOMMM!!!!!! Tianlong: Rushing Boas Curl!!!!! Blood Scythe hmphed! Swift leopard''s swipe!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! SHINNNG!!!!!!! SHNNNG!!!!! KACHA!!!!!! Tianlong: Huff, Huff, Huff, I must be careful of that edge!! Blood Scythe moved his scythe and licked the blood on the edge and gave a horrible smile and said next will be your head!!! Tianlong: You''re not qualified to take my head!!!!! Rushing Boas Venomous Bite!!!! Blood Scythe: HAHAHA!!!! We shall see Bloody leopard''s Swift Pounce!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! SHINNG!!! SHINNG!!!!!! Tianlong and Blood Scythe: AAAAHHH!!!!!!! Tianlong: I shall kill you!!!! Blood scythe: you stole my words brat today shall be the last words you spoke!!!! Tianlong and Blood Scythe reached the peak of their duel and were about to deal the killing blows!!!! Tianlong and Blood Scythe: Rushing Boa jumps over the rainbow!!!!!! Bloody Leopards savage bite!!!!!! KLAAANNG!!!!! KLANNNGGG!!! SHAANNGG!!!!! DING!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Tianlong passed straight through Blood Scythe leaving him decapitated and his head flew through the sky marking his death!!! With that momentum, Tianlong and his unit charged all the way to the bandit boss and slew him making the bandits collapsed without a leader. Seven hours had passed since the ambush leaving Tianlong with 300 men who gave off an undefeatable and unwavering aura which made the other units fear them. Tianlong: Fu Chen!!! Lead your unit and secure the mountain make sure no bandits are left!!! Captain Lu take your unit and free the woman in captive!!! I shall collect all the gold and move it to Dunhuang!!! Soon everyone followed the orders Tianlong gave out and within 2 hours they had secured the mountain and freed the captive females. Tianlong was wondering within the bandit''s treasure house and found many captivating weapons and books but wasn''t interested. System: [Congratulations host for completing SS class mission!!! You have been rewarded 1thousand army building points and 1 movement technique!!! The host has unsealed Unwavering Will/Determination from Purple-gold token host must look himself to see the effects given!!! The host has gained fame for obliterating one of the most deepest and profound Bandit group within the area and is rewarded the title Black horse general for your achievements in the rebellion of Dunhuang!!! Your fame has reached 200!!!] Tianlong: system why have I gotten this title? System: host has gotten this title because of your sudden appearance within Lu Bu''s generals and many warlords wish for you to work for them that is why the host is titled Black Horse general!!!. 46 Chapter.45 Black Horse Army Tianlong: I must admit it is a domineering-like title!!! But Im curious about something¡­ System bring up the army building shop!!! System: Beep, Beep, Beep!! Host has opened Army Building Shop for the first time and is given an army builder started pack!!! Tianlong: System open starter pack! System: Beep, beep, beep [ Congratulations Host has received Unnamed Army basics manual, host has received Army naming token and Unnamed Army Training manual!!!!] Tianlong: What are, these system? System: Host these are unnamed training and basics manual the foundation to any great army has!! I vie for Host to make an Army known throughout history and the three kingdoms!!! Having received that sentence Tianlong felt pumped and ready to live up to the systems expectations of making an invincible army! Tianlong: system pull up the army building shop again!!! System: one moment beep, beep, beep! Shop activated! [Army Building Shop] [Points:3400] [recommendation Mode] [Categories] [Basics and Training Manuals] [ Armor] [Weapon] [Mount] [Bows] [Arrows] [Specialty: locked] [Aura: locked] [Spirit: locked] Tianlong: what does all this mean system? System: if host is confused, I recommend using the recommendation mode for the first time to get started!!! Tianlong confused looked at the recommendation mode in the ABS menu and pressed it. System: Recommendation mode activated! Host should purchase the Horse, Spear, Shield and Sword and Shield and Axe and Halberd training manuals which come out to 3200 ABP Tianlong: Why would I need those manuals system? System: because host does not have an army but a unit which now consists of 1300 soldiers the recruits you draft will not know how to use any weapons or ride horses which will make you delayed and have untrained soldiers! Tianlong thought before pressing purchase for the items listed. System: Congratulations host for taking your first step into making the ultimate army! Host has Unnamed manuals in your inventory please name them within 24hours or they shall be deleted!! Tianlong: WHAT!? Why would they be deleted? System: they would be taken as trash items which have been broken or damaged! Tianlong: pull up inventory! [inventory] [Nine-tooth Iron Rake] [Sun Zhu Art of War] [Black Horse Army Basics Manual] [Black Horse Army Training Manual] [Horse Training Manual] [Spear Training Manual] [Shield and Sword Training Manual] [Shield and Axe Training Manual] [Halberd Training Manual] Tianlong: System!! Change the Unnamed Army Basics to Black Horse Army Basics Manual same for the Unnamed Army Training Manual!! System: Acknowledged! I wish host luck! Soon Tianlong finished clearing out the mountain and was transporting the gold to Dunhuang. Lu Bu and Diao Chan had already appeared at the front gate from the news received from Bloody Sword Mountain and waited with a few officials and soldiers to transport the gold. Tianlong and his unit of 1thousand soon arrived and with it 5 ox carts of gold and other treasures! Lu Bu looked and nodded at the gold and his son and shouted out WELCOME BACK GENERAL LU!!!GENERAL LU HAS OLBLITERATED THE BLOOD SWORD BANDITS AND HAS BROUGHT BACK AT LEAST 20THOUSAND GOLD!!! HE SHALL BECOME AN OFFICAL ARMY OF 10THOUSAND!!! I HOPE YOU CONTINUE YOUR HARD WORK GENERAL LU!!!!! Tianlong: THIS ONE THANKS MY LORD FOR THE PROMOTION!!!! Soon night had fallen and with it Dunhuang and its citizens had succumbed to the dark and slept. Somewhere in the City lord mansion Lu Bu and Diao Chan sat across from two other similar figures. Lu Lingqi was the first to act by hugging Lu Bu and talked loudly about the scenes she saw. Diao Chan: honey why don''t you stay home with mother and forget military life? Lu Lingqi: mother! why must you bring this up again~ Diao Chan: Qi''er your brother already plays with his life I don''t need you to as well!!! When Diao Chan said that Tianlong bobbed his head down and paid no mind to what was being said. Lu Bu: Chan''er is right Qi''er stay here with your mother after what happened on the mountain you shouldn''t be in the army! Lu Lingqi: faaathherr! You too!? But before Lu Bu could continue Tianlong spoke. Tianlong: I feel Qi''er is fine to look after, herself on the battlefield and is more than capable of leading soldiers, so I say we let her stay for another month or so and you decide than! Lu Bu hearing what his son said stood silent before agreeing to it. when Tianlong and Lingqi left their parents room Tianlong felt a hug from behind and heard a soft voice. Lu Lingqi: thank you for helping me out Long''er~ Tianlong just smiled and walked away leaving Lu Lingqi by herself. 47 Chapter.46 Preparations Within Dunhuang, the sun began to rise and with it, a new day started. People talking and opening stores produced a scene of peace as one walked through the streets. Tianlong himself woke up every morning before sunrise to practice and see this scene every time. Tianlong himself had long been accustomed to hiding his identity as the lord whenever he went for walks around Dunhuang which gave him time to think and relax. Tianlong: "Hmm? What do I need? Father gave me 1thousand gold for my service, but I don''t know what to get!" Since Tianlong and the System were connected by the soul, it naturally heard the thoughts Tianlong thought about but didn''t respond. Tianlong: The 200 horses I have can''t support my army of 10thousand alone so I must take to purchasing horses from the horse breeder, but I don''t know if father will let me since uncle Zhang is rebuilding his Bing Province cavalry! Frustrated Tianlong walked and constantly thought about what his army needed and froze and thought about the army from his old life! Tianlong: That''s it I know what I must buy!!! HAHAHA!!! As Tianlong let those words out the people walking by him looked at him weirdly before rushing away from Tianlong. Tianlong saw this and got embarrassed but quickly regained his face and ran to some local food stores. Soon evening had come and with it, many farmers and commoners rushed to countless food stores hoping to get some bread or fish to eat before returning to work. Tianlong passed many food shacks, but none caught his interest till he found a shop called Shi''s Food store, many farmers had come and gone carrying a nice smell from their clothes which piqued Tianlong, so he went inside. As soon as he entered a woman wearing an apron around a black dress welcomed him Woman: Welcome To, Shi''s Food store! dear guest, please wait In line for your order and with that he was handed a yellowish-brown paper that had recipes listed down Tianlong: "Hmm? I don''t recall the three kingdoms era having a menu!" Tianlong: system! What Is this why is a menu here!? When Tianlong said that the system analyzed the paper with orders written down before saying According to the data from the God of reincarnation elsewhere within your original world that evil spirit reaped 5 lives 3 were Female and two were Male! It is possible that host as met one of the reincarnates! Tianlong hurriedly tried to look towards the kitchen but was blocked by the heads of many people. Tianlong: damn I can''t even see the kitchen! Soon an hour had passed, and it was finally Tianlong''s turn he ordered a simple vegetable bowl along with a bowl of rice and a piece of bread. When he finished ordering he found a place to stand to wait. As Tianlong waited many young women had come with their parents or husbands, but the ones accompanied by their parents ogled at Tianlong''s red eyes which were cold and brown hair which was tied in a ponytail that reached his back. Young woman: Hey look at him over there! He so beautiful! When those ladies started talking everyone turned to see who they were complimenting, and they saw a young man in Black clothing leaning on a wall waiting. His red eyes attracted the most attention as he waited. Soon another hour had passed but Tianlong''s food was not finished yet which made him annoyed, but he calmed down but before he could ask if his food was done a tall burly figure holding a killing knife appeared and yelled out GIVE ME ALL YOUR COIN-OR I WILL KILL YOU ALL!! When that shout released everyone within got startled and saw a bandit at the entrance holding a knife with greedy eyes as he looked across the young wom1an. Bandit: GIVE ME ALL YOUR COIN AND GIVE ME THAT WOMAN RIGHT THERE!!! When he said that the woman he pointed to started crying and pleaded for someone to save her. From the kitchen a certain chef had just finished cooking and called someone to take this meal to the person but got no response, so he walked out of the kitchen to find the bandit. Young Man: What are you doing in my store!? When those words were said the bandit turned and saw a black-haired man with grey eyes looking furious and just laughed Bandit: HAHAHAHA!!! Boy if your smart hand over all your coin and give me all the woman here and call me Big Brother!!! When the young man heard those words, he turned even more furious but before he could punch out to the bandit a figure holding a bamboo stick walked out and stood face to face with the bandit. This figure was naturally Tianlong since he didn''t have his spear, he would use a bamboo stick and face this bandit. Bandit: Another one!? Brat calls me big brother and give me all your coin and you can live as well!!! Tianlong looked coldly at the bandit and finally spoke in a death like voice. Tianlong: Hmph your, not qualified to have me call you big brother! Tianlong''s reply shocked everyone as they found this young man was unafraid of death and was casually replying to a murderer who only knew how to rob and lust after a woman. Bandit: To think I the mighty Death Marauder of the Marauder Death bandits have been looked down by a brat who hasn''t even tasted a woman!! HAHAHA!!!! I won''t BE CALLED DEATH MARAUDER IF I CAN''T KILL YOU BRAT When that bandit said those words, everyone was afraid because besides the Bloody Sword bandits the Marauder Death bandits were the cruelest of the bandits living around Dunhuang. Old man: Young man don''t through your life away from it''s not worth it just give him your coin!! Young man: yeah don''t try and be a hero!! When Tianlong heard those comments, he laughed aloud which surprised them and said loudly HAHAHAHA TO THINK I WOULD BE LOOKED DOWN UPON PEOPLE WHO HAVEN''T TREADED DEATH!!! IF I DON''T KILL YOU, IM NOT THE BLACK HORSE GENERAL OF THE LU BU ARMY!!!! When Tianlong said those words, he shocked everyone by claiming he was a general at such a young age. Death Marauder: I don''t think you''re a general brat keep spouting nonsense!!! I will kill you now!! But before Death Marauder could attack, he received multiple strikes from the bamboo stick Tianlong: HA!! KACHA!!!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! DING!!! SHINNG!!! Tianlong unleashed a fury of attacks and kept going giving Death Marauder no time to react which made him go on the defensive. Tianlong: I SHALL KILL YOU IN THIS BLOW!!! Death Marauder: Brat you can''t kill me!!!! Tianlong soon closed in on Death Marauder and said loudly FACE DEATH!!!! Tianlong and Death Marauder:AAAHHH!!!!! Spurt!!!! The people around had closed their eyes and didn''t see the death but when they heard that noise, they saw the bandit pierced through the heart and that young man looked cold as he pulled the bamboo stick out. 48 Chapter.47 First Meeting! Tianlong looked over the bandit''s body and hovered over it for a while before two young soldiers rushed In, from hearing the reports. When the soldiers rushed in, they saw Tianlong hovering over the dead body and classified him as a high threat and yelled Soldier: Put down the weapon!! When the soldier said that he pointed his spear at Tianlong in fear. Tianlong raised his head and saw the two soldiers and saw their insignia of a Bing Character. Tianlong: HAHAHA!!! Little soldier where General Zhang!? When Tianlong said that the two soldiers both pointed their spears at Tianlong and yelled WHO ARE YOU!? Tianlong shook his head and said again but in a friendlier voice little soldier bring uncle Zhang here When the soldiers heard how that young man said uncle Zhang, they remembered about a young man in the rebellion on the left front leading a unit of 500 and called their mighty general Zhang Liao uncle. Both soldiers knelt on a knee and yelled out which startled the people. WE GREET FIERCE BLACK HORSE GENERAL!!!! Tianlong: At ease soldiers it''s alright. Do me a favor and clean this place up! Cut this mans head off and send it to General Zhang this is the Leader you guys were assigned to. When the soldiers heard that they took a closer look at the dead man and saw that he was the ringleader of the Marauder Death bandits who kilt 900 brothers of their squad. Soldier: We thank general for killing this man!! Send word to Lord Lu that General Zhang shall obliterate the Marauder Death Bandits!! The soldiers said that very confidently and Tianlong nodded because for bandits having their leader die, they are like lost child''s who will strike wilder than before and cause more terror when they don''t have a leader. With that over with Tianlong walked over to the young man who came out of the kitchen and asked Is my food ready sir? The young man was stunned but quickly answered, yes, your food is ready mighty general! Tianlong laughed and said you don''t have to call me General today is m off day. Soon Tianlong sat down and enjoyed his food made with great taste but was interrupted by many women and men thanking him. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Tianlong finished his food around 5 pm and finally got up and walked to the only person left and stood staring at him. Young man: How can I help you sir? Tianlong: you reincarnated right? When Tianlong said that the cheerful man became vigilant and looked around before motioning Tianlong to follow him. Soon both had reached a house and entered. Young man: How do you know I reincarnated!? Tianlong: because I''m also one! When Tianlong said that the man looked surprised to see another reincarnator and was happy he wasn''t alone in this ancient world. Tianlong: allow me to introduce myself, I am the Black Horse General of the Black Horse army son to Lu Bu and Diao Chan! The young man was surprised to hear Diao Chan and Lu Bu''s name but quickly regained his composure and introduced himself. I am Tian Feng it''s a pleasure to meet you! Tianlong looked at Tian Feng silently before asking, would you like to become the chief military chef for my army? Tian Feng: Why would an ancient army need a chef if they have rations? Tianlong: I want to change this worlds army into the armies from our world who have a cooking brigade, logistics, engineering and so on! When Tian Feng heard that he had a spark in his eyes because in his past life he was a major who commanded 3thousand brothers but also led a company of chefs who cooked food for the soldiers. Tian Feng looked at Tianlong before answering. Tian Feng greets general!! Tianlong quickly helped Tian Feng and gave him a hug and said Welcome to the black horse army brother! Starting tomorrow I hope you can find 1thousand people who can at least cook with 1thousand silver! Tian Feng: I shall try my best!! Soon time had passed, and Tianlong and Tian Feng spent the time talking till it was dawn. Tianlong soon left and walked under the beautiful moonlight till he reached the manor. There were 2 guards on duty patrolling and when they heard footsteps, they shouted out Who''s there!? Tianlong soon approached and looked coldly at the guards which made them scared, but they quickly greeted him Guard 1 and 2: we greet little lord!! Tianlong said nothing and walked passed them When Tianlong walked into the city lord manor he was greeted by his sister and mother who were smiling and chuckling at him scarily. Diao Chan was the first to speak and teased Tianlong. Long''er is mother expecting a daughter-in-law~ Lu Lingqi: yeah Long''er you must let me, and mom see her! Tianlong stood awkwardly and laughed and said no mother I was visiting a friend from the army. Diao Chan turned sad when she heard that but said Get some rest Longer same for you Qi''er you both are part of the army and must get some sleep! Soon night had fallen and with it, the moon shined brightly as it watched over the world. 49 Chapter.48 Bottleneck and Barbarians!! Early in the night close to sunrise, a figure holding a spear could be seen performing a motion with the spear. Tianlong: HA! Ding!! Ding!! Ding!! Ding!! Ding!! When Tianlong struck out, he hit 5 dummies in 3 seconds and stopped. It''s not right! What am I missing!? Tianlong was pondering about what was wrong with his new technique he developed from training every day but couldn''t perfect it anymore and was stuck with a bottleneck to reach the (Caught a glimpse of the gate) to completely understand this technique better. Soon Tianlong tried again and again but still couldn''t figure out what he was missing and got agitated before he remembered who his father was. Tianlong: I''m an idiot! I could ask father for help! Tianlong then rushed off towards his father and mothers'' room and waited for them to wake up. It was around 7 am and Lu Bu and Diao Chan had already awoken to find their son waiting outside their room patiently. Lu Bu stared at Tianlong for awhile before asking Long''er what''s wrong? Tianlong looked at his father with anticipation and asked Father can you help me? Lu Bu felt curious because his son had never asked him for help before and naturally agreed. Tianlong then led Lu Bu to the training ground where countless dummies were broken and torn to pieces while a wooden spear stood coldly against a tree. Lu Bu seeing such a scene quickly understood what his son wanted help with since he also had problems like this before he became what he was feared and worshipped for. Lu Bu silently walked to the weapon stand and picked up a wooden spear as well and said. Lu Bu: Come show me what you''re stuck on!!! Tianlong got fired up that Lu Bu his father was going to help him with his martial arts and quickly got his spear, Tianlong and Lu Bu stood a few meters apart from each other and started circling around the training ground before Tianlong rushed out and shouted. Tianlong: FATHER WATCH MY SPEAR HA!! Lu Bu: Come I shall greet your feelings through battle!!! DING!!!! DING!!! KLANG!!! KLANG!!! BOOOMMM!!! BOOOMMM!!!! The Father and Son quickly exchanged 20 blows and were continuing without stop and almost reached 40 blows before Lu Bu unleashed a ferocious attack breaking Tianlong''s spear and sending him 7 steps back. BOOOMMM!!!!!!! This blow was heard across the entire mansion scaring the maids, guards and even awoke Lingqi which made them all rush to the sound. When they arrived at the scene, they saw was shocking. They saw their master and little master circling each other on the training grounds without stop giving off mighty intents of battle. If they were to describe it, it would look like a Beta challenging the mighty wolf king for leadership. Tianlong and Lu Bu noticed the maids, guards, and Lingqi but didn''t bother and stayed focused on their battle. Soon Lu Bu rushed out savagely like a demon and sent 8 jabs towards Tianlong who was standing with his eyes closed while the attacks closed in on him. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Lingqi and the guards looked at Tianlong with confusion but before they could say anything his eyes shot wide open. Under the fading Moon''s light, Tianlong''s eyes shined like a Demon which scared the maids. Tianlong: Rushing Boas Slithering Curl!!! Ding!!! Ding!!! Ding!!! Shang!!! Shang!!! Tear!! Splat!!! Tianlong stood with a ripped-up robe which showed his tanned body which had a few scars on it which made the maids blush. Tianlong walked forward and knelt and said Thank you, Father, for your help!!! Lu Bu shook his head and helped Tianlong stand up and said your flaw was your reason why you made it and what was your goal for it that''s what stopped you from breaking through! With that Lu Bu walked back to his room where his mother Diao Chan wiped off his sweat and greeted Lingqi and Tianlong before going back inside. Tianlong stood at his fathers fading back and was pondering about the words he said. After awhile Lu Lingqi walked up towards Tianlong in her uniform and said there was a request from Uncle Gao. After hearing Lingqi Tianlong quickly went back to his courtyard and dumped cold water on himself before undressing and putting on his armor. Tianlong and Lingqi rode off towards their Uncle Gao''s mansion to find out what he wanted. Soon Tianlong and Lingqi arrived but were stopped by two guards before Gao Shun came out holding a map with marking on it. Gao Shun: AH! Long''er Qi''er!! Come come!!! I have something to discuss! After that greeting Tianlong and Lingqi followed to a hall filled where Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng stood seated looking at a map. Zhang Liao: Little Qi! Come give uncle a hug!! Lingqi and Zhang Liao shared an unbreakable bond since she was a baby and always followed Zhang Liao everywhere, he went. Lu Lingqi: Uncle!!! I missed you!! Tianlong smiled and greeted everyone before looking at the map. Gao Shun saw Tianlong staring at the map and started talking. Gao Shun: what you see is the tracks of a barbarian group which came northwest in the breach of the great wall, they are expected to come through this valley but none of us can move our armies without leaving a border unguarded so I... no, we want little lord with his army to ride out and meet the barbarian force and stall them for 3 weeks which is when one of us can leave our border. Tianlong looked shocked and quickly said what do you mean? My army is of recruits that aren''t battle hardened and only 1thousand from the army are trained from the previous rebellion and Blood sword siege! Gao Shun expected an answer like that and said little lord, not all armies are made from training but from bloodshed if you want your army to grow then meet that barbarian force head-on!! Tianlong had a face of anger but suddenly spoke. Tianlong: Captain Lu gather the army in front of the city in 2 hours make sure everything is in order and in check I shall go get something real, quick. Soon Tianlong and Lingqi went different ways and started preparing. Tianlong went back to Tian Feng''s shop dressed in his armor which surprised the people, but he didn''t mind. Tianlong: Brother Feng did you do the thing I asked? When Tianlong shouted a man wearing an apron appeared and looked surprised. Tian Feng: what''s wrong brother Tian? Tianlong:Change of plans get your 500 chefs ready and go to the city gate in 2 hours we ride to meet a barbarian group! When Tianlong said that the people around looked surprised that another battle was happening so soon after the bandit subjugation and was shocked that the young man from yesterday was really a general and looked mighty with his black armor on. Tian Feng: I can have them ready in 2 hours, but I can''t say they can see blood. Tianlong: they aren''t going to see blood they shall only help maintain morale by cooking from time to time that''s all, but you are able to lead a group of 100 and nothing else. Soon two hours had passed and Tianlong''s army of 10thousand had gathered in front of Dunhuang where they were sent off by Lord Lu Bu along with Generals Zhang, Gao, Wei, Song, and Hou. Tianlong: ALL FORCES MARCH!!!! Soon the Black horse army marched towards the barbarian forces and with it, their black flag with a horse and the symbol Lu stood proudly and swayed with the wind as the army marched off. 50 Chapter.49 Black Horse Armies First Battle!! About 3 hours away from Dunhuang two armies were about to clash and blood was going to rise from this valley which would be known in the future as Blood-moon Valley from this clash between two. Fu Chen was the second general within the army and commanded 3thousand brothers. Although he wasn''t a first-class general, yet the soldiers still respected him because he had more experience than them and told them tales of the rebellion and how their commander rose to fame and became the Black Horse General. Fu Chen: Bloodwolf cavalry to the right!!! Match speed with Bloodtiger''s speed!!! Tianlong saw Fu Chen giving orders along with the other captains but didn''t pay any mind to it and observed the valley they were in. Tianlong: Someone! Send word to General Fu and captains Hu, Lu, Zhou, and Ming I send for them! Messenger: Right away general!! Soon Fu Chen, Lu Lingqi, Hu Zhang, Zhou Ang, and Ming Dai all arrived in front of the army were Tianlong stood alone looking cold. Fu Chen, Lu Lingqi, Hu Zhang, Zhou Ang, and Ming Dai: WE GREET GENERAL!!!! Tianlong turned to see his lieutenant and captains and said, at ease! Fu Chen was the first to speak after being silent for a few minutes. Fu Chen: what does general Lu want to talk about? Is it about the battle plan? Tianlong: Neither!As Tianlong said that he raised his spear and pointed it in front of them were hills, trees and a river stood beautifully but was a problem. Tianlong: I called you guys here to tell you each what your independent squads are tasked with. General Fu Shall cross the river with his 3thousand while Captain Hu and Zhou take their squads of 1thousand and capture the hill towards the right and finally Captains Lu and Ming are to swoop around the valley from the mountain with your 1thousand!! When Tianlong said that Fu Chen was the first to object. Fu Chen: general with all due respect that plan is too much for our 10thousand!!! Leaving the center with only 4thousand recruits is basically a death wish and we don''t even know the size of the opposing army!! Lingqi and the other captains nodded expressing their unwillingness for the plan which made Tianlong sigh before saying fine! Fu Chen leave 1thousand behind and Captain Zhou leave your 1thousand and join Captain Hu''s unit for now!! That should fine right 6thousand in the center? After that slight adjustment Fu Chen, Lingqi and the other captains were willing to launch the plan. Soon the army of 10thousand split according to plan taking up the entire plain and waited for tomorrow. After awhile night had fallen and each army had fallen to slumber awaiting tomorrow were a battle left in history took place¡­. Next morning. Soon after night day had followed with the sun shining brightly illuminating the once cold desolate forest with birds chirping and singing while the water rushed. Tianlong along with Lu Lingqi met up before returning to their camp where they started their attack. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Tianlong stood at the forest ahead of him and saw a slight movement from the other side which made him gasp but quickly hid that expression from the troops. Tianlong had a dark face as he yelled SOMEONE!!! Soon three messengers appeared awaiting their order. Tianlong: Send word to general Fu, captain Lu, and Captain Hu that they must slay as many enemies they can the first encounter while keeping the casualties down! When Tianlong said that they looked shocked and found their general staring solemnly at the forest with a cold face. Soon Fu Chen, Lingqi and Hu Zhang received the messenger and looked warily at the center. Tianlong: ALL FORCES ADVANCE!!!! WE SHALL SLAY THESE BARBARIANS AND SHOW THEM THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ROAM FREE!!!!!!! Soon Tianlong and the center were off and marched towards the forest where a similar force was moving towards the forest¡­. In the City hall of Dunhuang generals Zhang, Hou, Wei, Song, and Gao stood silently while a figure was yelling at them. Lu Bu: How dare you go behind my back and send him with an army that has just formed to block a force of 30thousand Without any reinforcements!!! Zhang Liao: my lord that was the only way!! None of the other armies could move to meet them without leaving one of the paths from the Huang clan open!!! We only told him to hold for 3 weeks till the other army is recovered!!! Lu Bu was furious but what Zhang Liao said was right and just punched the table of wood which broke apart and walked away before saying pray he doesn''t take the enemy as a smaller force and attack else its 400 slashes!!! Zhang Liao along with the other generals felt frightened and prayed their little lord didn''t attack. Behind the forest, an army of 20thousand stood awaiting orders as a group of 10thousand marched forward. Barbarian: My lord we estimate the enemy is only 5thousand strong but has advanced to meet our 10thousand!!! Barbarian King: send 5thousand to the river and hill and put 3thousand at the foot of the mountain! We shall kill them before they can get reinforcements! Sometime around noon¡­. Soldiers: Guard that flank!!!! Push them back!!! We''re almost through don''t falter!!! AAAAHHHH!!!!!!! Watch out their firing arrows!!! Raise your shields!!!! URRRAAAGGHHH!!!!!! AAAAHHH!!!! this gruesome battlefield was the left commanded by Fu Chen, they had been caught off guard by the enemies, cavalry which resulted in two squads getting destroyed but Fu Chen quickly countered by trapping the cavalry in before forming a shield wall and defended countless waves of enemies rushing forward. Fu Chen along with his personal guards were viewing this battle which they could not win without casualties. Fu Chen was thinking of ways to reduce the casualties but couldn''t think of any ways which brought him to personally reaping lives in exchange for more losses. Fu Chen: COME BROTHERS WE FIGHT FOR BLOOD!!!! WE SHALL DYE THIS RIVER RED!!!!!!! CHAARRGGGEE!!!! Soldiers: FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!!!! CHARGEE!!!! KILLL!!!!!! Soon the right and left were lit with the flames and war while the center began to near the enemy center of 17thousand. 51 Chapter.50 Tianlong’s Fierce Charge Chapter.50 Tianlong''s Fierce Charge The center was filled with silence as they advanced. Tianlong stood looking forward when he noticed the sound of rumbling getting closer which made Tianlong shout out. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Tianlong: SHADOW HORSE CAVALRY TO ME!!! WE RIDE!!! When Tianlong said those words the soldiers who were originally silent started to panic since this was going to be their first battle, but they kept their marching pace and watched as their general along with some of their friends rode out to meet the enemy cavalry. Tianlong: CHARGE HEAD-ON!!!! Cavaliers: FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!! HEAD-ON!!!! BREAKTHROUGH!!! KILL!!!!! Soon both cavalry parties clashed resulting in a bloodbath for the enemies who had their morale crushed by Tianlong when he slew their captain. But time was not on their side because a large group of cavalry numbering in the 2thousands appeared getting ready to pierce Tianlong''s center army. Tianlong saw that the cavalry wouldn''t make it in time to stop the enemy cavalry, so he shouted with all his might. Tianlong: CENTER BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!!! SPEARWALL!!! BLOCK THE CAVALRY!!!!! When the center heard Tianlong, they were filled with a mysterious strength and somehow, they all simultaneously put up a spear wall like it was natural. BOOM!!!!!!! The soldiers and cavalry clashed which resulted in a massive clash of yells. Man and Horse screams filled the forest which could be heard by the general at the back commanding the first wave. Soon the cavalry was trapped by Tianlong and another cavalry unit which resulted in a final charge by the enemy captain but was unfortunately stopped by Tianlong and the wall of spears. Soon the first clash was over, although Tianlong had the upper hand in the first wave that didn''t change his attitude because he knew he and his army was facing a threat bigger than them. So, Tianlong had his men retreat to a hill while he commanded the rearguard. Soon Tianlong and the rearguard arrived before a hill was the rest of his army was waiting, a captain that commanded 1thousand rode up to him and reported the casualties. Captain Ling: GENERAL WE HAVE LOST ABOUT 300 BROTHERS!!! When captain Ling said that Tianlong was surprised and quickly asked how they died. Captain Ling: a few hundred were killed from your clash with the first cavalry unit while the rest came from the second cavalry unit were either some soldiers that stupidly dropped their spears or died from the last charge. Tianlong: Good! Captain Ling get the men in to position on the hill! Make sure the back is protected by some spearmen!! Captain Ling; Will do general!!! Sometime after the first clash between Tianlong and the barbarians. The barbarians had their army of 7thousandish advance to Tianlong and began to make camp. But Tianlong wouldn''t give them that chance to relax after marching a good while. Tianlong: Captain Ling! Command the army I''m going for a ride!! When Tianlong said that he was already gone with about 600 cavaliers and snuck out of the camp from the back and made their way silently to the left of the enemy camp. Tsar Jota: Have Tsar Agis prepare his men for tomorrow he shall lead the charge we shall kill these scum and pillage their woman!!! Soon a messenger coming out the forest arrived bearing news from the barbarian king¡­. Messenger: Tsar Jota the great Tsar has ordered you to come back!! Tsar Zora shall take over!!! When that was said the originally arrogant and prideful barbarian had a black face as he heard the messenger, he though was sending praise from the great Tsar. Tsar Jota: Why must I go back? Messenger: Great Tsar is embarrassed that you wasted 2thousand brothers and had no gain! And you have been judged incompetent and shall have your land striped! Your brother General Alex shall become the Tsar of your tribe! If you disobey your bloodline along with you bastard children shall be kilt off removing a failure of a Tsar from the once prideful branch family Trotsyok of the Great Tsar Prince Alexander Trotsymier!!! Somewhere off to the left a group of cavalry had been positioned on a hill overlooking a camp that was filled with partying. Cavalier: General why are they happy over a little skirmish? Tianlong hmphed before replying. They are too prideful in their skills that is why they are partying! Cavalier 2: How about we ruin that pride now? When Tianlong heard that he smirked and suddenly launched forward which caused the unready cavaliers to fall behind their general. Tianlong: KILLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! Cavaliers: FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!!! KILL!!!! CRUSH THEIR PRIDE!!!! FILL THIS CAMP WITH BLOOD!!!!! CHARGE!!!!! Soon the sleeping and partying Barbarian people awoke to the rumbling of horses which frightened them because they didn''t have their weapon. Tianlong: BATHE IN THEIR BLOOD!!!!! BOOM!!!! Soon the 600 cavaliers had broken through the makeshift defenses put up by the Barbarians and left a trail of blood as they advanced. enemy soldiers: AAAHHH!!!! PROTECT THE TSAR!!! KILL THEM!!! AAAAHHHH!!!!! WATCH OUT!!!!! When the enemy soldiers started responding to the sudden attack, they were too late because they were trampled into mush or had their head pierced. Tsar Jota and the messenger had heard the screams and immediately knew they were in danger as the sound of rumbling got closer. Tsar Jota looked around and saw his men cowering with fear and yelled out. WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? BLOCK THEM!!! DON''T LET THEM THROUGH!!! IF THEY BREAKTHROUGH IT SHALL BE YOUR HEADS AND YOUR FAMILIES!!!!! When the cowering soldiers were threatened with their families, they all rushed forward to meet that fearsome charge. Cavalier: General were closing in on the general''s camp! Do we assassinate him before returning!? When Tianlong heard that he looked around and found his men had already closed in on the enemy general''s main tent which was ripe for the taking. Tianlong: MEN TAKE A LEFT!!! WE''RE HITTING THE MAIN TENT!!!! Tsar Jota: You useless fools!!! You can''t even stop a small cavalry force!!! You''re all disappointments!!! SOMEONE BRING ME MY HORSE!!! TSAR GUARDS ON ME!!! WE RIDE TO MEET THE ENEMY!!! enemy soldiers: AAAHHH!!!!! KILLL THEM!!! AVENGE OUR BROTHERS!!!! AAAHHH!!!! SPLAT!!! Even if there were more barbarians they couldn''t stop this unstoppable charge led by Tianlong because he was the embodiment of a Grim Reaper who reaped countless lives whenever he struck out which caused the cavaliers to be inspired that their general reaped countless lives when one of them fell which caused them to slowly form a killing intent of a ferocious horse though they didn''t know. Tianlong soon saw a flag bearing a character of a jota and immediately knew that the general had been provoked by him and suddenly someone yelled out. WHO DARES INVADE THIS TSAR''S CAMP!? When Tianlong heard that shout, he turned he smirked and suddenly rushed out towards the enemy general which left his caught by surprise. Tsar Jota: YOU DARE CHARGE THIS TSAR HEAD-ON?! COME! I SHALL GRANT YOU A SWIFT DEATH!!! HAAA!!! Followed after Tianlong''s charge tsar Jota also rushed forward. The cavaliers under Tianlong noticed that the enemy soldiers were rushing towards their commander even after their commander started dueling and this infuriated them. Cavalier Captain: MEN SHOW THESE MEN WHAT THE HONOR-GUARD OF GENERAL LU IS MADE OF!!! FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR THE GENERAL!!!! Soon after that speech the cavaliers gave up their advantage of horses and dismounted to face the enemy. Back to Tianlong Tianlong: Come I shall let my spear pierce through your pig head!!! HAAA!!! Tsar Jota: YOU DARE CALL THIS TSAR A PIG!? I SHALL DECAPITATE YOUR HEAD YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!! RAAGHH!!! DING!! DING!! CLANG!! SHING!! DING!!! The clash between spear and ax resulted in a tie as Tianlong was having trouble breaking through Tsar Jota''s defense but that didn''t stall Tianlong''s might as he continued forward with a flurry of attacks forcing Jota to defend. Tsar Jota: Damn! Have I fell from grace!? That even a brat that hasn''t even tasted a woman can beat me?! I don''t believe it!!! Even If I die today, I shall claim your head little Bastard!! You''re the first person capable of forcing me in a corner! And for that, I shall send you off with this one move prepare yourself Bastard!!! RAAAGHHH!!!!!!Rampaging Elephants mighty stomp!!! As tsar Jota unleashed his all Tianlong looked at the incoming attack before closing his eyes while his spear was held high. As the cavaliers saw this, they couldn''t help but call out. GENERAL!!!! Tianlong who still had his eyes closed suddenly inhaled before he suddenly opened his blood-red eyes and unleashed a mighty roar, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHH! Tianlong: RUSHING BOAS VENOMOUS BITE!!! HAA!!! Ding! Ding!! Tsar jota: HAAA!! Clang!! Shang!! BOOOM!! The next thing the soldiers and cavaliers witnessed was two mighty weapons clashing outwards towards each-other before a boom was heard As the two weapons clashed a cloud of dust rose and blocked the soldiers and cavaliers view. ¡­. After a few moments of silence, the dust was finally clearing, and everyone saw both figures standing, but it was hard to see. Tianlong was seen standing as they saw his hand their eyes followed and finally, they saw a giant figure with an ax in his hand pierced in the head. Tianlong looked at the now-dead jota and with a sigh, he turned towards the enemy soldiers who surrounded him and his honor guard with disdain. Tianlong: I WANT TO SEE IF THE CAN DARE KEEP THIS GENERAL AND HIS GUARD HEAR! MEN MOUNT UP WE SHALL BREAKOUT!!! As Tianlong said his blood-red eyes coupled with the rising moon behind him, he looked like a devil who was out for blood. Enemy soldier: EVERYONE RUN!!! TSAR JOTA HAS FALLEN WE HAVE NO GENERAL WE MUSTB RETREAT!!! As the enemy soldiers said that the enemy soldiers morale was now at its lowest even though the enemy was a small force of 600 which was now reduced to 500 were like demons from hell as they followed Tianlong breaking out the now shattered enemy troops. ¡­sometime later Tianlong and his honor-guard returned with the scent of blood and their armor was drenched, the scene of Tianlong and his honor-guard improved the center''s morale as their general launched a daring plan and it paid off with the enemy center of 7thousnad entering a shattered retreat. 52 Chapter. 51 The Lefts Rally! After Tianlong and the group of cavalry launched a surprise attack it traveled to the other armies which resulted in them having high morale especially the left led by Fu Chen who lost many brothers. Fu Chen along with his captains sat within a tent discussing how to inflict damage upon the 5thousand barbarians guarding the riverbank. Captain 1: the general gave us an impossible task!! We can''t even set a proper battle plan with our 1thousand soldiers'' more or less breakthrough their 5thousand!! Captain 2: I agree!! Lieutenant Fu how can we push with our little unit!? We lost half of our army in the last clash and the men are demoralized! Fu Chen who was in his thoughts also blamed Tianlong for giving him such a task and was flustered. Fu Chen was always calm and cool-headed but tonight he was restless on how he was going to secure the riverbank. Fu Chen who was quiet most of the meeting suddenly spoke and called to one of the captains. Captain Lin!! Before you came here you were a captain that specialized in small skirmishes right!? Captain Lin was confused about why his general brought his past up when he was in General Gao''s army. Captain Lin: I did general, what''s this about? Fu Chen looked at Captain Lin like he was a god and immediately told the captains his plan. Captain Xin: why didn''t we think of this before!? Lieutenant, you struck gold!! We can whittle them down before we make the ultimate push!!! Fu Chen was filled with a new flame and immediately gathered all the troops. Soldier 1: Why did the Lieutenant call all of us? Soldier 2: probably a pep talk. Soldier 3: WHAT''S THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE ARE LOSING AND ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSING!? When that soldier said that others joined and asked what the point was since their commander just sent them to die. Soon Fu Chen and his captains arrived in front of the demoralized soldiers and looked at the soldiers for a while before talking. Fu Chen: Brothers, I know that your sad, depressed or even afraid because you lost your friends yesterday and have given up the hope to live and see a victory but¡­. Let me say this before you give up hope completely. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Fu Chen''s soothing voice traveled through the soldiers gathered and that voice gave them a feeling of a parent comforting their child about something and that warmth embraced many of the soldiers who were depressed or sad over losing their, father, best friend or even their brother. Fu Chen: Many of you may not know this because you weren''t with me and the general at the time but there was a time were, we gave up because our captain was injured and couldn''t lead us, but we were wrong¡­. When the general woke up, he had broken through to a first-class general and that battle he and 300 something brothers had changed the entire war on the left front during the rebellion. They knew that doing these kinds of missions were dangerous, but they didn''t lose their hope and their passion for victory, so they fought to the death and they came out on top¡­. Their cries echoed through the forest because they held hope for their captain and that drove them to follow him till today. After pausing Fu Chen took a moment to look around at the soldiers before continuing. Fu Chen: So, tell me do you still hold hope for me? Your Lieutenant? When those last words were said the soldiers, all looked at each other and were silent before they all nodded their heads. Soldiers: WE STILL HOLD HOPE FOR YOU, LIEUTENANT FU!!!! NO MATTER WHAT WE SHALL FOLLOW YOU TO THE END EVEN IF IT MEANS DEATH!!!! The soldiers echoed all over as they stood staring at Fu Chen. Fu Chen: BROTHERS! FOLLOW ME ONE LAST TIME THAT''S ALL I ASK! FOLLOW ME AND STAY TRUE TO YOUR HOPE THAT WE WILL WIN!!! the soldiers who were originally demoralized raged with a new light and that was to see the same scene those soldiers following the commander had seen. Fu Chen: Captain Lin! Take 200 halberd troops and harass the enemy!! Captain Xin same for you but do hit and run tactics with cavalry!! Make sure you can draw a good amount of them out where the trap is!! Soon Captain Lin and Xin started drawing the barbarians in towards the forest were Fu Chen laid waiting with 600 archers who would rain fire upon the pursuing enemy. Captain Lin: YOU BASTARDS WHY DON''T YOU COME FIGHT US!? ARE YOU, COWARDS!? TO THINK WE LOST TO COWARDS WHO CAN''T EVEN ATTACK A SMALL GROUP LIKE US!!!! Soldiers: COWARDS!!! PATHETIC!!! RUN BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!! When Captain Lin started harassing the barbarians by insulting them and breaking a few wooden walls, the barbarians already started rushing out. enemy soldiers: GIVE CHASE!!!! KILL THOSE RABID BASTARDS!!!! SLAUGHTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! Captain Lin muttered something under his breath before he and his unit retreated while being chased by the barbarians. Soon the exhausted barbarians gave chase after Captain Lin and his unit and didn''t realize they left their camp and wondered deep within the forest leading to the center. enemy soldiers: WHERE DID THOSE BASTARDS GO!? SPLIT UP FIND THEM!!!!! SLAUGHTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!! LEAVE NONE ALIVE!!! Somewhere behind a tree¡­. Captain Lin: Lieutenant those blockheaded bastards fell for it!! Hahaha!!!! Fu Chen who was in a tree laughed before raising his hand which revealed the hidden archers ready to fire. Fu Chen: BROTHERS KILLL!!!! LEAVE NO ONE!!! RUMBLE!!! The group of barbarians who were about to split up heard rumbling which made them turn around and there they saw 600 cavaliers charging straight for them while a few infantry units came up from behind. Barbarians: DAMNIT THOSE TRICKY BASTARDS!!! BROTHERS BLOCK THEM!!!! TO THE DEATH!!!! FOR THE PRINCE!!!!! URRRAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! Even though those 1thousand to 800ish enemy soldiers were surrounded their undying fighting spirit didn''t waver even in the face of death as they met the cavalry and infantry head-on. An hour later¡­. Captain Lin and Xin: ALRIGHT CLEAN UP!!! LEAVE NOTHING TO IDENTIFY A BATTLE TOOK PLACE HERE!!!! HIDE THE BODIES AND RETRIEVE THE ARROWS WE SHALL GET READY FOR THE NEXT WAVE!!!! Fu Chen''s strategy was to lure massive and small amounts of barbarians hence forth weakening them so when they charge, they shall give it their all even if it means death. Hit and run, taunting, traps anything you could think of was in play. The lefts Sudden comeback was told by a messenger which made the right and center armies inspired and were awaiting their turn for glory. 53 Chapter.52 Last Defense A week had passed since the lefts rally and the battles continued to rage on. Tianlong''s army was dropping fast but not as fast as the barbarian army which had fallen to 23thousand. No major battles had taken place in that week, but these battles determined major key points both armies needed.Tianlong''s army was now 8thousand but was still staying strong in the face of 23thousand. Somewhere behind the tree lines. Great Tsar Prince: ARE ALL OF YOU INCOMPETENT!? YOU CAN''T KILL A MEASLY 1THOUSAND ON THE RIGHT AND 1THOUSAND ON THE LEFT!? FORGET ABOUT THE MIDDLE!! NOT ONLY DID TSAR JOTA GET KILLED 80% OF THE FIRST WAVE WAS WIPED OUT BY 6THOUSAND MIND YOU 6THOUSAND!HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!!!!?? Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Tsar: But my prince! Prince Alexander: PRINCE NOTHING!!! SOMEONE FETCH ME MY HORSE!!!! I WILL PERSONALLY LEAD THE SECOND WAVE!!! AND TSAR JORA I HOPE YOU ARE COMPETENT ENOUGH TO DEFEAT THE RIGHT OUR ELSE I SHALL HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HEADS!!! When all that was said every tsar felt fear to this Fourth prince of theirs. Unlike his brothers and father, the 4th Great Tsar Prince Alexandre inherited his great-grandfather''s bloodlust which drove him to be a inspiring, feared and respected warmongering general in the kingdom and he was famed for his cold beauty by many women. Back to Tianlong''s side, Tianlong had ordered the entire right and left flanks and center to retreat and regroup a few miles away to organize a defense to hold out. Tianlong: Captain Ling! Take 1thousand men and make a fort!!! We shall make our last defense here! Captain Ling: What about the flanks general? Tianlong: they already know what to do so don''t worry! We must build it before their entire army is here! the army of 8thousand quickly made a wooden fort and wooden walls where they stood guarding waiting for the enemy. On this day a battle that would go down in history took place, The Black Horse General with his army of 8thousand went head to head with an army numbering 30thousand and prevailed somehow¡­ In the main tent¡­. Fu Chen was the first to speak up regarding this situation they were in and suggested to retreat to Dunhuang Village and join forces with village guards but was rejected. Tianlong: Although that is the best way, we can''t retreat any further else we would be surrounded because of the open plain that the enemy would use to defeat us. Soon hours had passed since Tianlong and his captains started their meeting. Many plans were drawn up but were rejected because of their armies'' size or the risk of getting surrounded. Tianlong: Since we haven''t come up with anything we shall hold here and fight to the death! Lu Lingqi: But general!! Tianlong looked silently at his sister and looked away before speaking again. Tianlong: Lieutenant Fu shall lead the right with captains Lin and Ling!! Captain Lu shall lead the left with captains Ming and Zhou! Captain Hu shall command the center with me that is all!!! Each captain had walked out reluctantly but was forced to by Tianlong. 2 hours later¡­. Night had fallen upon the battlefield and with it, moonlight illuminated the sky.On a cliff, a lone figure stood alone looking down upon the camp and stood there unmoving as he drank, behind him stood a person holding a paper. Tianlong: Messenger Zhu you shall leave tonight and deliver this to the lord, tell him the north has been breached but the enemy shall suffer casualties before they arrive before Dunhuang!! Messenger Zhu: But general!! You and little madam must survive!! You''re the only children the lord made! Tianlong shook his head and raised his spear. Tianlong: messenger Zhu¡­ tell me what do you see? Messenger Zhu: General? Tianlong: What do you see. being asked again messenger Zhu understood and looked towards the forest but all he saw was shadows. Messenger Zhu: I see nothing general. Tianlong said nothing for a while before telling the messenger what he saw. Tianlong: I see the trees sway back and forth, the river rushing, animals hunting, people moving and many soldier''s death¡­. I see the remnants of our brothers and what they died for. That''s why I shall personally lead this last charge. Messenger Zhu was filled with sadness when he heard Tianlong describe what he saw and remembered how many of his friends died trying to bring news to the other camps and so on and this made messenger Zhu shed tears silently. Tianlong: Go messenger Zhu send word to the people tell them to flee to Dunhuang that''s where they will see light! Messenger Zhu started crying and shouted, But general!!! Tianlong: Go I order you as your general to spread the word of the black Horse Generals fall tell everyone that hope lies in Dunhuang!!! Somewhere 10 days out¡­. Lu Bu: Zhang Liang will we make it in time!? Zhang Liang: My Lord I can''t tell but I can say the aura has changed to form an aura of sadness, resolve and determination so we must be close! Lu Bu: How long has it been since Tianlong and his army rode out!? Xu Cheng: my lord it has been two weeks! Yesterday was the second week!! Lu Bu: I don''t care how long it takes but we shall force march all the way I won''t call myself Lu Bu the Demon if I let my children die!! Back to Blood-moon valley¡­. Prince Alexander along with another 10thousand advanced slowly through the forest and arrived in a hilly plain was a massive fort and long wooden walls covered the plain. Great Tsar Alexander: Hmph!! To think you idiots would be beaten by a cowardly general like him!? Tsar 1: But Prince this general was fierce like you and charged head-on into our men and came out covered in blood, so we assumed he was a fierce general!!! Tsar 2: yeah! Prince his spear moved like a dragon in the water!!! He killed many in one move and was like an asura!!! Prince Alexander: Hmph! I don''t care whether he''s an asura or not I only know this coward general shall fall before my Ghastly Demon Spear! When Alexander said that he raised an ancient spear with demon-like engravings, the spear looked old but gave the aura of a masterpiece that was hidden for years and only now was it revealed ready to strikeout. Great Tsar Alexander: Have the men set camp! We shall slaughter this coward general on tomorrows sunrise!! Soon the army of 23thousand covered the entire hilly plain and watched Tianlong''s army. Tianlong at this point was considered to be insane by his entire army but didn''t mind those comments and just stood staring out waiting. 54 Chapter.53 The First Clash Between the Two!! ¡­.. The sun had risen and with it, the two armies awoke to the birds chirping while the sun gleamed light down upon them covering the river, forest, and even the mountains.It was this day a battle that was carved into every warlord''s mind took place. Tianlong: Captain Hu! Take 500 and reinforce the walls!! Move fast we don''t have long!! The shouts of Tianlong and his captains resounded through the camp as they were dishing out orders and preparing for the oncoming siege. From afar Alexander could see the enemy moving back and forth quickly spreading along the wall. Prince Alexander: Hmph!! They think a mere wooden wall and fort can stop this prince!? Advisor: my Prince you must not underestimate this general! He is someone who might unite these lands if he is fortunate enough to survive this battle!! Prince Alexander: I don''t care whether he is someone who will unite these lands!!! He is just another general that will fall before this prince!!! After that conversation, Alexander started moving his army forward leaving the advisor who was shaking his head at his prince''s response. The advisor muttered something as alexander marched forward. Advisor: My king, pray your son survives this challenge¡­. if not, his stubbornness will be the death of him. Tianlong had already patrolled each wall and visited each captain telling them the plan for their side before returning to the center at sunrise. Soon Alexanders army stood towering in front of the makeshift wall and fort waiting to crush Tianlong. Tianlong saw a figure ride forward before shouting out. Prince Alexander: MY BROTHERS! TODAY WE HAVE GATHERED TO PLUNDER, **** AND ENSLAVE ANYTHING IN OUR PATH!!! WE WON''T LET SOME ARMY OF 8THOUSAND STOP US!!! WE SHALL BATHE THIS NEW LAND IN BLOOD TILL WE CONQUER IT!!! Tianlong stood silently and watched the massive army start swarming towards the wooden walls and forts carrying ladders hoping to scale the walls. Tianlong continued to watch even when they started getting closer but before they reached the walls Tianlong started to speak. Tianlong slowly raised his head and looked at the oncoming enemy and yelled out. COME, BROTHERS!!! BY OUR OWN HANDS WE SHALL TURN INTO DEMONS AND KILL TILL BLOOD FLOWS IN THIS ENTIRE VALLEY!!! BY OUR SPEARS, SWORDS, HALBERDS, BOWS AND EVERYTHING WE SHALL CARVE AN UNTOLD LEGEND WITH BLOOD AS WE MAKE OUR LAST STAND!!!! SO, COME BROTHERS!!! FOLLOW ME YOUR INSANE GENERAL AS I BECOME AN ASURA OF DEATH!!!! WE SHALL TREAD AN UNBREAKABLE PATH FOR OUR FAMILIES AND PROTECT OUR WOMEN AND LAND!!!! When the soldiers who were slowly accepting death heard that strong, prideful and unafraid voice of death the soldiers turned to look and saw a black figure donning a purple cape who was slowly riding forth to the gate with a spear in hand. When they saw that figures back, they saw untold strength which made them become inspired. Tianlong arrived before the gate which was slowly breaking and gave one last shout to his men. Tianlong: FIGHT TO THE DEATH BROTHERS!!!!!! When that final sentence was said the soldiers, who were originally scared shouted out with a new-found strength. Soldiers: RAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! KILL THE ENEMY!!!! TO THE DEATH!!! PROTECT OUR WOMEN!!!! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. KILLLLL!!!!!!!!! FOLLOW THE GENERAL!!!!!! When the gate which was slowly being broken by the enemy opened it surprised them but before they could swarm inside 3thousand soldiers stood strong while looking at that figure in black as his spear danced like a dragon claiming life afterlife. When Tianlong decided to fight to the death, he already resolved himself to face death unafraid. Since he was at deaths edge, he decided he would become a demon and kill countless as he defended this makeshift pass with his army. As Tianlong and his men in the center made their no turning back mission ready to face death head-on seven figures were seen riding horses could be seen riding while carrying a pale white, well built, curvy figure as they looked back. Messenger Zhu along with Lieutenant Fu and captains, Lin, Ling, Hu, Ming, and Zhou were currently performing the mission their general had given them. When Tianlong decided to fight to the death with his captain''s he secretly told the other captains and messenger Zhu to send Lingqi out only leaving Tianlong and his 8thousand to face the army of 23thousand. Of course, Fu Chen along with the rest opposed this decision but was forced to by Tianlong who was adamant on staying. Great Tsar Prince Alexander watched from afar as his army laid siege on this wooden fort but still weren''t able to make any gains which infuriated him to the point where he killed the General in charge which caused distress in the now command-less soldiers who kept rushing forward to their death against this unwavering army. Great Tsar Prince Alexander: NOT ONLY ARE ANY OF YOU CAPABLE!!! YOU CAN''T EVEN TAKE OVER A FORT GUARDED BY 8THOUSAND!! 8THOUSAND GODDAMN SOLDIERS!!!!! Tsar: But my prince!! This army has a person like you!!! Tsar 2: my prince!! Within the gate there lies a mighty general colored in black who stands tall with his spear!!! When Alexander was about to yell out again, he paused after he heard there was a mighty general who used a spear. Great Tsar Prince Alexander: Oh!? I wonder what kind of figure dares to compare spear arts with this prince, Royal Guards!! To me, we ride for the gatehouse!!! I wish to see if this prince has found a rival!!! Advisor: But my prince!!! You must value your life!!! It''s not worth finding out!!! Let one of the tsars go!!! When the advisor said that Alexander sneered and continued riding off without looking back as he made his way towards Tianlong with eyes filled with passion for finding a possible rival in the spear. Soon an hour had passed and with it, Tianlong grew exhausted from the skirmishes for the gate but still stood strong as he was the last bit of hope these men swore to fight to the end. Soldier: General Lu a mysterious group of cavalry is heading towards the gate bearing a strange symbol!!! When the lookout soldier said those words Tianlong''s attention was immediately caught and from the back of countless waves, a group of cavalry could be seen rushing forward. Tianlong: Men!! Brace for the incoming cavalry!!! We shall stop them dead in their tracks!!! Soldiers: Follow the general!!! Kill!!!! Brace!!! Stop Them in their tracks!!!!! Urrraaagghhhh!!!! (Alexander''s POV) Royal Guard: My prince! We are closing in on the gatehouse!! Do we charge straight through!? When the guard spoke, Alexander woke up from his void-like state and saw they were nearing the skirmish for the gatehouse. Great Tsar Prince Alexander: Yes! Charge straight through!!! We shall leave a path of slaughter!!! After Alexander said those words the guards around him started howling and sped up trampling anything in their path. Soon both parties were getting closer and closer, and finally, both Tianlong and Alexander let out mighty war cries. Tianlong and Alexander: BRAACCCEEE!!!!!, CHAAARRGGEE STRAIGHT THROUGH!!!!!! URRRAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! BOOM!!!! BOOM!!! BOOOOMMMM!!! AAAAAHHH!!!!! SPLAT!!! SPLAT!!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!!! 55 Chapter. 54 Two Future Rivals Mee As the furious charge for the gate came to an end, the soldiers stood in a circle and stared at those two proud, arrogant and cold figures as they sat upon their black and grey horse. One colored in black and purple and another in white and gold.Both carried a spear that was desolate and vied for blood!! Finally, these two future Kings meet upon the battlefield!!! On this bloody battlefield, these two young generals finally met face to face and were ready to slay each other. They both circled each other waiting for a flaw to appear in their stance but before that could happen Alexander shouted out. Alexander: TO THINK THE COWARDLY GENERAL WHO CAUSED RAMPAGE TO MY ARMY THINKS HE''S MY RIVAL!? COME!! I SHALL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME!!! When Alexander spoke, Tianlong expected a foreign language to appear but what appeared was fluent Chinese. Tianlong: Hmph We shall see whether I''m qualified or not you, arrogant bastard!!! And with those clash of words, alexander and Tianlong Sprung forward and these two desolate spears clashed. Clang!! Clang!! Ding!!! Ding!!! Ding!!! Shang!!! Shing!!!!! Boom!!!!! In just a few moments the two already traded 20 blows and were continuing without stopping. Soon hours had pasted and without stop, this deadly siege continued to hold out till the enemy advisor personally had to drag his prince along with the army to retreat. DING!!! DING!!! SHANG!!! KLANG!!! BOOM!!!! Tianlong: HAHAHA, NOT BAD!!! COME I WANNA SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT WITH YOUR ARMY SAFE!!!! ALL FORCES CONVERGE ON THE RETREATING ENEMY!!! Soldiers: KILL!!!!! STOP THEM FROM LEAVING!!!! CUT THROUGH THEIR BACKLINE AS THEY RETREAT!!!!! URRRAAAGGHHH!!!!!!! Alexander: YOU DARE!? I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU STOP THIS PRINCE AND HIS GUARD FROM LEAVING!!! ROYAL GUARD! BREAKOUT!!!!!! Royal Guard: CHARGE!!!!!!! BREAKOUT!!! MAKE A PATH FOR THE PRINCE!!!! KILLL!!!! Soon Tianlong''s force of 7thousand sallied out and fought a few meters outside the fort as the clashed with the enemy rearguard of 8thousand. Tianlong who was at the back of the army viewed the battlefield as he gave out orders. Alexander: REARGUARD SO LONG AS WE HOLD THE ENEMY OFF AS OUR MAIN FORCE RETREATS ALL OF YOU SHALL RECEIVE GOLD AND WOMEN ALONG WITH YOUR OWN LAND SO LONG AS WE HOLD!!! Enemy soldier: HAHAHA BROTHERS DEFEND!!! WE WILL HAVE COUNTLESS BEAUTIES SERVING US IF WE SURVIVE!!! It seemed like Alexanders speech aroused his soldier''s greed which made them go all out which resulted in a stalemate for 3 hours which costed Alexander dearly for the mistaking Tianlong''s army to have no backbone and was proved wrong. Soon night fell and with it, the enemy rearguard retreated under the harassment of Tianlong with some cavalry as the rest of Tianlong''s army manned the fort. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Tianlong and his cavalry returned after pursuing for an hour and joined the rest of the army on the walls. In a room¡­ 4 figures sat looking towards the center chair where Tianlong stood sitting. Tianlong: Captain Hu what are the left walls casualties? Captain Hu: General! Of the 1000 standing guard, 150 men were lost during the relentless assault from the enemy right!! Without having to be told the other captains began to announce the casualties. Captain Ji: General 300 of 1500 guarding the right died! We were besieged by a general bearing the symbol Kiel! Captain Fong: General from the gatehouse 500 out of the 3000 guarding, died from the fierce fight between you and the enemy Commander!! Tianlong nodded for the low losses which he expected to be more and finally spoke after a few seconds. Tianlong: Of the remaining reserves reinforce the left and right by 1000 while sending 600 to the middle! Have the rest of the reserves sleep during the night! Soon each captain was getting ready to walk out but before they could the door was forcefully opened which startled the captains and Tianlong. Captain Hu was the first to respond by pointing out his sword towards the door and shouted out. STOP! WHO GOES THERE!! The rest of the captains followed suit and pointed towards the door which a messenger walked out of. The messenger froze as he saw countless weapons being pointed towards him and was frightened and yelled out quickly. Messenger: General Lu I have come from Lord Lu''s army and have come bearing news!!! The appointed General Ling along with the lord himself march towards here with an army of 25thousand!!! The lord askes general Lu to hold till tomorrow night!! Tianlong who heard the news started laughing and shouted. Tianlong: HAHAHAHAHA!!! THE HEAVENS BLESS ME!! CAPTAIN HU RALLY THE TROOPS!!! WE SHALL GIVE THEM HOPE FOR TOMORROW!! Captain Hu who quickly understood what his commander meant also started cheering and laughing alongside Tianlong as their days of hardship was soon to be over. The next morning¡­. The sun was starting to rise and with it 7thousand lining up as they stood staring, at their mighty and brave commander which they came to revere and respect¡­ Tianlong scanned through his men and nodded before slowly walking upwards to overlook the entire army. Tianlong: Brothers¡­. Since the day we came to be¡­ we''ve faced countless tribulations through this one battle and have stood strong! Though we have lost many brothers in this we shall send them company in death even if we die!! SO, BROTHERS!!! FOLLOW THIS CRAZY GENERAL OF YOURS ONE LAST TIME AS WE DEFEND THIS PASSAGE TILL THE DEATH!!!! SO LONG AS WE DEFEND EVEN IF IT MEANS OUR DEATH THE LORD AND GENERAL LING WITH A MIGHTY ARMY OF 25THOUSAND SHALL AVENGE OUR VALIANT DEATHS AND WE SHALL GO DOWN AS HEROES!!! SO BROTHERS¡­ MY LIFE AND DEATH BROTHERS IF WE LIVE TO SEE OUR LORD REMEMBER WE SHALL BE HEROES WHO DEFENDED OUR LAND AND HOME!!!! When Tianlong finished his speech the soldiers who lost hope even though they still fought something inside of them awakened and gave all the soldiers present a newfound strength which made them shout out. This shout resounded across the valley and was heard by the far Lu Bu and Ling Fan and the Enemy army which shocked them both. URRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This shout echoed across the entire plain and valley for a good minute before it ended. 56 Chapter.55 Liberation About a few thousand Li out an army of 25thousand was force marching towards a valley but stopped when they heard something. URRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! This caused the entire front of the army to stop from shock. Captain 1: What the hell was that!? Soldier 1: My god was that a roar!? Soldier 2: No, you idiot that sounded more like a shout! Ling Fan: ENOUGH YOU IDIOTS!!! GET BACK IN FORMATION AND CONTINUE MARCHING!!! YOUR STALLING THE REAR ELSE YOU ALL SHALL RECEIVE 100 LASHES!!!!!!! The soldiers and captains of the Frontline were quickly startled as their lord Lu Bu and their general Ling Fan were standing in front of the entire frontline looking at them coldly. Lu Bu looked around and saw most of his troops were in shock and spoke. What happened here that you all are shocked? When Lu Bu asked this the first to answer was the captain. Captain 1: My lord! As we were advancing a weird roar like shout resounded and shocked the entire frontline which was why we stopped! Lu Bu looked confused before asking where did it come from? Captain 1: It sounded like it, came from the valley ahead since it resounded towards here! As the captain said that Lu Bu looked forward to seeing a very far valley ahead which caused him to think of something. Lu Bu: Could it be possible!? Ling Fan was confused when he heard his lord talk and quickly answered back. What do you mean my lord? Lu Bu: Where was the barbarian force said to cross from!? Ling Fan who finally understood was shocked and quickly got off his horse and pulled out a map from his bag. Ling Fan: My lord it seems General Lu rode off in this direction to meet the enemy force which came from the great walls breach!! Which seems to be very close to the valley in front of us!! Lu Bu who was stunned quickly composed himself and shouted out. LISTEN UP EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SHALL MARCH WITHOUT STOP FROM NOW ON TILL WE REACH THE VALLEY AHEAD! SHOULD WE FAIL TO REACH GENERAL LU AND HIS FORCE BLOCKING THE BARBARIAN FORCES YOU SHALL ALL RECEIVE 200 LASHES WITHOUT STOP!!!!! When the soldiers first heard that their lords son Lu Tianlong set out with a force of 12thousand to block a barbarian force they felt respect because when they served Ma Ai there were countless barbarian groups that ranged from 30 to 60thousand which made them all recover faster and set out as soon as possible to save their lords son. Ling Fan followed up and shouted something as well. YOU HEARD CITY LORD LU NOW START MARCHING TIME DOES NOT FAVOUR GENERAL LU!!!!! And with that Lu Bu''s personal guard of 5thousand along with General Lings army of 20thousand continued their force march towards Tianlong¡­. Captain Fu along with his fellow brothers who took a different route passing straight by the reinforcements coming to help Tianlong and were focused on reaching Dunhuang and Lu Lingqi who was knocked unconscious where about a few thousand miles away from the valley when they heard that resounding war cry which startled them and caused them to look back towards the valley. Fu Chen: Come we must hurry towards Dunhuang!! We must respect General Lu''s wish of protecting his sister!!! Although Fu Chen was the most conflicted with leaving Tianlong by himself as he served Tianlong since he first started out¡­. Back to the battlefield¡­ The speech that Tianlong gave inspired his entire army which caused Alexander to be startled by such a ferocious resolve and ordered his Army to begin the siege so Tianlong''s second wind couldn''t get stronger. Soon two hours had passed and with it Tianlong''s army continued getting a second wind thinking about their allies on their way to liberate them but that wasn''t the key factor that kept inspiring them, it was Tianlong himself who already joined upon the wall and stood like a stone as the enemy waves kept coming¡­. Alexander who was at the back of the army saw that this attack was getting nowhere and was getting furious. DOES IT TAKE SO MANY DEATHS TO CONQUER SUCH A LITTLE FORT!? ARE ALL OF YOU INCOMPETANT AND NEED ME TO PERSONALLY CHARGE!?!?! The generals around Alexander quickly shuddered with fear and refused to answer which caused alexander to rage even more. WELL!? DO YOU NEED ME¡­ YOUR PRINCE TO PERSONALLY CHARGE TO BREAK THIS FEEBLE FORT!? Finally, after a few moments the advisor stepped forward which caused the generals to see light as the advisor was the only one here who could calm the prince. Advisor: My prince its best if we retreat, this raiding campaign has bared no fruits to harvest and has only caused massive bloodshed to our people and the foreigners of this land, we are also running low on food and it''s enough for us to return to the fiefdom of the prince if not we will be starving for days as we march! When Alexander heard what his father''s third advisor said it made sense as this campaign was progressing nowhere, and he had already lost half of his army. Alexander: sigh, very well the day I return I shall kill this rival I found! BROTHERS TODAY WE HAVE MET WITH A FORCE THAT HAS LEFT US HINDERED AND HAS CAUSED THIS PRINCES MIGHTY ARMY TO LOSE FACE AS WE RETURN TO THE HOMELAND!!! BUT FEAR NOT SO LONG AS WE HOLD THIS DEFEAT IN VAIN, WE SHALL ONE DAY SWEEP THROUGH THIS UNKNOWN FOREIGN LAND AND RIGHTFULLY CLAIM IT AS OURS!!!!! When the soldiers of Alexander heard this some were happy and somewhere furious and embarrassed that their mighty Wolf Ravaging Army had to retreat from a simple fort manned by a force of 8 to 9thousandish and felt embarrassed¡­. Soon something happened which shocked Tianlong himself and his army. Tianlong who had already lost himself in defending the wall was in a trance that was unbreakable until he finally heard his captain yelling for him. Captain Hu: General.... general!!! the enemy retreats!!! Tianlong: Huh!? Can you say that again!? Captain Hu was surprised by Tianlong''s reply but quickly answered, General I repeat we have forced the enemy in retreat they appear to be doing a full-scale retreat and will probably by forced back through the Great Wall!!! Tianlong who had heard Captain Hu''s report turned to face the enemy who was retreating¡­ after a few moments Tianlong finally spoke. Captain Hu! Go and collect the casualty reports! And have the reserves man the walls! Have the standing force retreat and rest while the reserves guard the walls just in-case the enemy return unexpectedly!! Captain Hu smiled as he heard Tianlong and quickly responded, Yes General! Tianlong who overlooked this bloody battlefield with thousands of corpses felt scared from the horrors of those so called barbarians he heard from his previous life and shuddered as he remembered how Alexander ordered the head of one of the generals to be cut off as they retreated from the previous day. As Tianlong was starting to get into though a sound resounded in his head. System: [Congratulations for host wining, his first defensive campaign as a full-fledged general!! As the difficulty of this campaign was In the S-ranks host is provided with the following rewards! Please claim the gift in the next 48hours or the item in the gift shall disappear!] Tianlong quickly pushed any thoughts he had before to the back and opened his menu. System, why will the reward disappear after 48hours? System: [ I can''t say this because the way the creator programed me to dish out gifts, rewards or punishments were in a random way!] When Tianlong heard that his face turned black because of how random the reward system was but quickly asked something else. Wait if you can''t tell me about the reward system can I now any other feature I have access to? After Tianlong spoke his second question the system paused for a moment. System: [ I cannot answer that question either, but the host shall know when you get a new feature unlocked, So I hope Host strives to upgrade me to unlock a new feature!!] Tianlong: What do you mean upgrade? Can I somehow level you up system? System: [ Since host has asked, host is capable of upgrading me to level 2 where I will undergo an update to activate the new features in the system!] Tianlong: Where can I view my progress to level 2 system? System: [ Host shall find the progress bar in the menu!] Tianlong: Menu! [Name: Lu Tianlong] [exp: 865/1000] [Title Black Horse General] [Age: 13] [Occupation: Mid First-class general] [Lord: Lu Bu] [Strength: 27] [Health: 430] [Agility: 22] [ Body Structure: 24] [Intelligence: 26] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu Locked] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, has seen the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, has seen the gate] [Equipment: High quality black iron armor damaged, fine black Iron gauntlets damaged, fine iron Leg guards damaged, hard leather boots damaged, Nine-tooth Iron Rake and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 340] After looking at his status for a while Tianlong final said, system! Claim the gift pack. System: ¡­. [Beep¡­beep... congratulations host for getting Ferocious Demon Cavalry manual. This manual was based of the ferociousness of your armies'' cavalry and soldiers as the turned into demons as they followed you through death.] Tianlong: Inventory! [inventory] New: Ferocious Demon Cavalry manual Effect 1: under your leadership your men turn into ferocious warriors under your command as you lead them, able to strike terror and fear among enemies. Effect 2: Sealed Tianlong: system is it possible to form other manuals like this? System: [ so long as host is able to develop a bond and reach a certain degree a manual from that bond is formed, I hope host shall strive to make your army known throughout china.] 57 Chapter. 56 Return and Victory Tianlong stood silent after the system said that before asking. System is it possible to measure the bond level of the army? System: [ beep, beep¡­ host does not have permission to know!] After being shot down by the system Tianlong returned to his tent where he soon fell asleep from exhaustion. ¡­next morning around 5 am Tianlong was awoken by captain Fong as he said the lord was closing in and would be here in an hour which awoke Tianlong who quickly donned a black robe which gave him a scholarly feeling. Soon an hour had passed and with it, the army of 25thousand arrived at the pass with open arms as they walked through the fort which smelled of blood and smoke. Tianlong who was waiting at the gate finally saw Lu Bu and quickly knelt followed by his army. Tianlong: General Lu greets the lord! Black horse army: WE GREET CITY LORD LU!!! As the army shouted out expressing their respect for Lu Bu who now stood before them. Lu Bu looked at the soldiers and spoke. ALL YOU MEN WHO STOOD THEIR GROUND AGAINST A HORDE NUMBERING 30THOUSAND AND WITH GENERAL LU AS THEIR COMMANDER CLASHED AND HELD OUT AGAINST A GREAT THREAT TO THE CITY AND FOR IT THIS LU BU THANKS YOU ALL AS YOUR LORD! When the soldiers heard that Lu Bu personally thanked them made all their previous feeling of the war to subside from the warmth shown from their lord. Soon the gathering had ended and with it, the soldiers of General Ling quickly told the black horse army to return while his army stood guard. Tianlong accepted since his army had been cut ferociously from the battle. After settling the affairs and getting his army ready Tianlong along with Ling Fan and Lu Bu to the commander''s tent. Ling Fan was the first to break the awkward silence between the two as it was now just the three of them. Ling Fan: hahaha after 2 months you not only became a general but even won your first victory, I can''t believe the brat I knew grew so much?! Tianlong smiled as Ling fan spoke before replying it has been too long indeed uncle Ling how goes your recovery? Ling fan: nothing but a few scars and wounds that haven''t healed besides that I''m all healed, but I shall leave you to alone I shall go man the fort now! As Ling fan left Lu Bu had a smile on his face as he looked at Tianlong. Lu Bu: Good! Good the son of this Lu Bu is a young tiger!! You have earned your place as a general now! Tianlong: I''m glad I haven''t failed fathers hopes! Lu Bu: your mother has been worried sick about you and Qi''er since you left. Tianlong: is mom alright? Lu Bu: Chan''er is fine she knows her little chicks are flying off. Tianlong: alright then! I say we depart now father we can make it back to Dunhuang. Lu Bu: good we march then! Soon after bidding Ling Fan goodbye Tianlong and Lu Bu set off to Dunhuang. Two days later¡­ Tianlong and Lu Bu with their men had reached Dunhuang at last. On the wall, you could Generals Gao, Zhang, Wei, and Hou who looked at the returning army of their Young Lord and Lord with a smile. Zhang Liao: OPEN THE GATES SPREAD THAT THE YOUNG LORD AND LORD HAVE RETURNED! WE SHALL CELEBRATE THE YOUNG LORDS MIGHTY VICTORY AGAINST THE BARBARIAN HORDE AND THE RETURN OF OUR MEN!! After Zhang Liao shouted out the gates opened and with-it Gao Shun and Zhang Liao rode forth to meet Lu Bu and Tianlong. Zhang Liao: Long''er! I''m glad you returned safely what about Qi''er? Tianlong: Sis is knocked out and being carried here before we had our stand in the fort, I ordered Fu Chen to take her away with a few other captains. When Lu Bu Gao Shun and Zhang Liao heard this, they were relieved nothing happened to neither one of the siblings. Lu Bu: Enough! If we stall any longer your mother shall come yelling at both of us for going to her! Tianlong nodded at his father''s words and started following his father to the city lord mansion. Soon the two arrived before the mansion and the door was open and a figure was standing there. Diao Chan: Long''er! My child! Give mother a hug! Where Qi''er? Seeing her daughter not her worried her. Lu Bu: She''s fine Chan''er just not here yet. Tianlong: Mother you''re choking me! When Diao Chan heard her son, she let go and Tianlong was catching his breath. Tianlong: Mom I''m glad to see you! I heard from father you weren''t okay, are you alright now? Diao Chan: Of course! My baby is home that''s what makes me better. After that, the three went into the house till noon where they headed to the banquet for Tianlong. Banquet Hall¡­ Tianlong along with his parents had finally arrived at the banquet as they were the Lord''s family, they were required to attend the banquet. Within the banquet hall were the nobles of Dunhuang and the civil, military families of Dunhuang like Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and the others. As they were walking in a figure appeared before them and said, Greetings Lord! Little lord! It seems you returned safely from your campaign! Lu Bu: Ah! Nanyang Zhu, how is your wife? Did the medicine cure her fever? Nanyang Zhu: Thanks, you lord for asking, Shi???er is doing fine with Meiying around but yes it did work my lord. Tianlong who was listening to his father and Nanyang Zhu talk the system spoke, System: [ Host! A mission has appeared go to the menu to view it!] Tianlong''s thoughts¡­ Tianlong: Hmm? System why would a mission appear right now? System: [ As I said Host in our last conversation, you don''t have permission to know certain things but just now missions appear for you to level up the system. Tianlong after hearing the system understood something before saying menu! [Name: Lu Tianlong] [exp: 865/1000] [Title Black Horse General] [missions] A betrothal of young Details: As host is soon to be 14 the Lord and Lordess have started to look for a suitable betrothal for you! The Nanyang family hold vast influence in the spice and silk trade and has a private army of 10thousand and have a deep martial arts legacy. The young daughter of the Nanyang is almost age and system has issued a mission for host. [Age: 13] [Occupation: Mid First-class general] [Lord: Lu Bu] [Strength: 27] [Health: 430] [Agility: 22] [ Body Structure: 24] [Intelligence: 26] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu Locked] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, has seen the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, has seen the gate] [Equipment: High-quality black iron armor damaged, fine black Iron gauntlets damaged, fine iron Leg guards damaged, hard leather boots damaged, Nine-tooth Iron Rake and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 340] Tianlong: So, your saying is I''m coming of age a mission for a wife has appeared? System: [indeed host that is correct! I wish you find love with this betrothal as you grow up] Tianlong just stood silently after that before his Lu Bu called him, Long''er come we shall say hello to Madam Nanyang and Miss Nanyang Tianlong nodded and followed after Lu Bu and Nanyang Zhu soon arrived at a table where three ladies were sitting talking. Diao Chan who came over the Nanyang''s saw Lu Bu and her son and called out to them. Diao Chan: Long''er! Bu''er! come over here we were just talking about you three. Diao Chan said that the other two ladies turned and saw the three of them. Nanyang Meiyang who was sitting by her mother saw Lu Bu who had black hair and red eyes then turned to see a younger version of the city lord but with Brown hair and red eyes stopped as Tianlong met her before she blushed and turned away. Diao Chan and Madam Nanyang both smiled at each other as they saw that before motioning Lu Bu and Nanyang Zhu to join them as Tianlong followed behind. As all six of them sat Diao Chan broke the silence by asking saying, Long''er meet Meiyang she''s the young miss to the Nanyang as Tianlong heard his mother say this a pinch came after it. Tianlong: ah! So, the young miss of the Nanyang clan I greet Madam Nanyang and Miss Meiyang this one is Tianlong! Tianlong spoke with a certain charm which was liked by Nanyang Shi as she spoke, indeed Tianlong I hope you and my daughter get along! Tianlong almost spat his tea out as he saw Nanyang Shi''s face was to thick. Meiyang blushed at her mother''s words and drank her tea while Diao Chan smiled, Lu Bu and Nanyang Zhu had started drinking and paid little mind to their wives'' antics. Soon time passed and night had started to fall. Tianlong who had learned quite a bit about Meiyang from his mothers and Nanyang Shi''s schemes for them spoke, Mother, Madam Nanyang miss Meiyang I must get going I must visit my brothers! When Nanyang Meiyang heard Tianlong say he was leaving mad her sad but heard brothers after which made her curious. Diao Chan: Your brothers Long''er? Tianlong nodded, my life and death brothers who fought side by side with me until the end of course! I wouldn''t be a general if I didn''t celebrate with my men. Meiyang who didn''t know about Tianlong found he was a general surprised her. Nanyang Shi: Oh? You''re a general? Which army does Long''er lead? Tianlong: Although my army got cut down, I command the force of 7thousand the Black Horse Army which came back today. Nanyang Zhu: So little lord is the Black Horse General we never met! A prodigy indeed. After saying goodbye to some other people Tianlong got on his horse and rode to the garrison where his army was. Tianlong saw that most of the men were asleep and smiled before returning home. And soon night followed. 58 Chapter. 57 Tempering After Tianlong''s return to Dunhuang two months had passed and with it, Tianlong took his army out for practice to build their bond of teamwork while also building up the new 4thousand recruits which were given to him. Somewhere around Dunhuang¡­ A young man and woman could be seen walking side by side as 3 guards followed behind them slowly. Brother Long! Since your birthday is coming up can I get you something right now. The young man and woman were naturally Tianlong and Nanyang Meiyang who had come quite close over the past two months he was back. Tianlong who knew Meiyang''s personality already knew she was planning something and spoke, if you wish to so be it Mei''er I''m thankful I shall repay this on your birthday. After their talk Tianlong and Meiyang ended up in front of an armorer shop which had 3 armors which Tianlong couldn''t help but look at. System: [ Host has found a natural treasure of this world if host wishes he can see such items.] Tianlong: I can view weapons and armor? Like an appraiser from a game? System: [indeed all host must do is say appraise] Tianlong turned to the Blackish-green Armor bearing a Horse head with Horns as an insignia with a white cape and said appraise. [Ancient Horse General Armor sealed] Quality: A+ Effect 1: [Horse God''s Blessing. From, ancient times the tribes of Xiliang worshipped the horse god every time they rode for battle on their Xiliang cavalry and gathered their prayers to bless this armor. 4 body and 3 strength from wearing this armor.] Effect 2: sealed As Tianlong saw what the armor was, he smiled as he saw a treasure within this shop. Tianlong: Mei''er can I get this armor as my gift? Meiyang nodded before she bought the Armor set, after Tianlong and Meiyang wondered for another hour before they said goodbye. Tianlong after separating from Meiyang appeared at the Black Horse training grounds Fu Chen and the others had soon arrived after the two months and rejoined the Army where Fu Chen became a first low first-class general and official became deputy for of the Black Horse Army. Lu Lingqi had also reached the peak of breaking through and becoming a first class general too and had reached the 3thousand man captain position over the last two months. Tianlong: System from the last two months have you gathered what I need to do for my body tempering? System: [host as you have a manual for Body tempering, I can only give advice after seeing host use it, so I hope host succeeds in the first part.] Tianlong had a blank face after what the system said but shook it off before riding to the woods. As a kid Tianlong had a secret spot in the forest where he and Lingqi came to play but always got in trouble by Diao Chan.Tianlong: There''s the pond! Nobody should disturb me out here. After sitting cross-legged Tianlong took out his Undying Snake Immortal Body tempering manual and started to read it. An Hour later. Tianlong: Ah! So that''s it! I must gather my qi and use that along with my strength and circle through my entire body, System! System: [host?] Tianlong when I start practicing, I want you to observe how it circulates as I practice and work from there. Soon Tianlong who was in a meditative position started to sweat as within his body the strength of a first-class general with his qi circulated and started moving to his first meridian but as it was about to enter it disappeared. Tianlong: Hmm? it disappears if it''s to light it seems I need to build its momentum first! On the second try Tianlong controlled his qi and slowly started to form a circle with the energy as it circulated before suddenly like a snake it rushed upwards towards his meridian and a puchi sound was heard as black smoke came out Tianlong''s nose. Tianlong who saw what happened opened his eyes and had a smile before laughing, Hahaha! Only useful thing I learned from reading! In his past life besides playing Pok¨¦mon and visiting ancient battle sites Tianlong also read Xuanhuan and martial arts novels and so on and learned about cultivation and the bodies meridians. Tianlong: If I can clear a few more gathering qi should be easier!after Tianlong understood how to clear his meridians, he aimed for more than one on his first try¡­ Soon five hours passed, and the sun was on the rise as a figure standing behind a tree saw Tianlong Sitting Cross-legged and had Black stuff on him. Lu Bu: To think he could clear 4 meridians by himself and he just started! It seems my son is a genius indeed! After Lu Bu saw that he headed home as his son''s strength had jumped from a tiger cub to a young tiger with his four meridians cleared. Tianlong who had unblocked four meridians felt the effects as his blood rushed like a fierce tide every time he breathed and his Dantian felt hot and full. Tianlong sniffed the air and smelled terrible and took his clothes off before jumping in the pond which brought a coolness to Tianlong. Tianlong: System! What''s happened to me? System: [ host has successfully taken the first step in body tempering and have unblocked four meridians resulting in your body getting stronger and your qi more lifelike] Tianlong: menu! [Name: Lu Tianlong] [exp: 865/1000] [Title Black Horse General] [missions] A betrothal of young Details: As host is soon to be 14 the Lord and Lordess have started to look for a suitable betrothal for you! The Nanyang family hold vast influence in the spice and silk trade and has a private army of 10thousand and have a deep martial arts legacy. The young daughter of the Nanyang is almost of age and system has issued a mission for host. [Age: 13] [Occupation: Peak mid First-class general] [Lord: Lu Bu] [Meridians: 4/12] [qi: 400] [Strength: 32] [Health: 450] [Agility: 27] [ Body Structure: 34] [Intelligence: 29] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu Locked] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, leapt through the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, leapt through the gate] [Equipment: High quality black iron armor damaged, fine black Iron gauntlets damaged, fine iron Leg guards damaged, hard leather boots damaged, Nine-tooth Iron Rake and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 340] Tianlong: what!? Just from unlocking my meridians I''m almost a peak first class general. System: [Host has long reached the peak of first class, but a bottleneck troubles you which host must break.] Tianlong pulled his spear out and started practicing Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, as he struck out a sliver of qi colored purple wrapped around the spear like a snake as it struck out. Tianlong: Hmm? Is this why fathers weapon didn''t break? Let me see something¡­ Tianlong suddenly had an aura of destruction as he struck Rushing Boa jumping the rainbow a snake hap appeared as the weapon met the tree and boom! Wood dust filled the area as the tree had a giant hole in the middle as a spear struck through it. Tianlong who watched as his spear had a purple glow around it before it disappeared, Hahaha system does this mean I''m a cultivator like the ones in the novels?! System: [indeed host as your Dantian has a flow through the four meridians it''s unlocked your qi] Tianlong soon made his way home after his breakthrough to four meridians. By the time Tianlong arrived at Dunhuang the sun had already risen and with it the people of Dunhuang awoke for work or their day. Tianlong walked past many citizens and could see speckles of white lights around them which made Tianlong ponder on his qi. Soon Tianlong arrived before the city lord mansion where he was greeted by the guards. Guards: we greet young lord back! Tianlong nodded before making his way inside and to the kitchen, Prepare the young madam''s breakfast! And send Madam and Lord their tea and wine. Tianlong walked into the kitchen and was greeted by the manager Soi Fong who had a bright yellow aura around him but was condensed around him tightly instead of scattered. Tianlong''s face changed when he saw that which Soi Fong saw and asked out, Is something wrong young master? Tianlong thought before saying, Uncle Fong from the people I''ve come across your aura is the only one that has been condensed so tightly how did you achieve that? When Soi Fong heard that he was shock and spoke, Wait! Has young master unblocked your meridians? Tianlong nodded and Soi Fong had a shocked face but quickly composed himself and spoke. Soi Fong: Well young master the reason why my qi is condensed around me is because when you first unlock your qi its weak and cant visualize into the world but when you learn and cultivate your qi or unblock your meridians your or as you comprehend how qi works. Tianlong: So, if I train my Qi every day and control could I form it around me? Soi Fong nodded at Tianlong''s words and spoke, indeed young master so long as young master trains his qi you will control it in no time with your speed, Tianlong: Thank you Uncle Fong for this lesson have some maids bring some chicken, rice and meat with tea I''ve yet to eat. Soi Fong nodded and with that Tianlong went to the study and saw the light on he knocked. Knock! Knock! Lu Bu who was sitting heard the knock and spoke, Who, is it? Tianlong: Its me father I''ve come to look for some books. Lu Bu: Ah! Long''er! Come, come, I was just about to send for you! Tianlong entered and saw his father at the table signing papers, Father what do you wish to speak about? Lu Bu beckoned Tianlong to sit before speaking, Son I know of your four meridians which have unlocked I''m happy and wish to speak of somethings but it''s also to tell you something me and your mother arranged. Tianlong who had a good guess what his father was going to say spoke, what is it father? Lu Bu: Its about the little miss of the Nanyang clan little Meiyang and you shall be betrothed on both of yours 14th birthday. Tianlong: Who can it be on our 14th birthday? Were we born the same day? Lu Bu: Indeed, Long''er you were born 5 hours earlier than her. Tianlong: Alright father I have no problem I like Meiyang as well. Lu Bu nodded before he stood up and walked to a door. Lu Bu: Come Long''er! Let me see your skills while we play, I shall discuss matters of war as well! Tianlong who expected a talk like this replied quickly. Who, is it father? The Huang''s? Lu Bu: Yes, we shall expand out and build a foundation in the north patiently! Soon the two arrived before a round table and had figurines of horse''s infantry and archers. Lu Bu: We shall try to destroy each other''s army within 15 days before reinforcements arrive! Tianlong knew his father wanted to see his level of strategy. After awhile Lu Bu had split his army into two marching south and east. Tianlong had set his armies to that they were away from each other but what Lu Bu didn''t know was a massive trap had been set one he sent his troops out. Lu Bu: Hmm? Why not place the two armies together for support? Tianlong: That is good but if one falls the other collapses as well but if they are apart they can''t tell who''s wining and who might lose but also to separate the giant army to two is what I want. Lu Bu: Let me see what you have planned! Soon the figurine armies met but Tianlong reached over and moved 10 cavalry figurines to the east battle, after this move Lu Bu had to retreat his southern army back north where he would be ambushed by 5thousand infantry and 7thousand archers. Lu Bu who had not seen such a trap was baffled and by the time he looked both armies were destroyed. Lu Bu: Son what you just did¡­ such decisiveness to make such a trap with just one simple placement son tell me have you read any arts of war books? Tianlong shook his head and spoke, no father all this is from my battle in the north but also what I need from the rebellion. Lu Bu was shocked that his son had such tactics and laughed, Hahaha This Lu Bu''s son shall shock the world one day! Tianlong smiled at his fathers remark before speaking, father the reason I came was for some art of war books. Lu Bu nodded his head before drinking his wine. Tianlong left after getting four book and bidding his father goodbye. 59 Chapter.58 Birthday and the Necklace Morning had risen over Dunhuang and with it marked a special occasion for the Lu family as it was Tianlong''s birthday. Tianlong who woke up was in a rush for today was Meiyang''s birthday as well and he needed a gift, Tianlong walked to the garden and found his mother sitting by the pond feeding the fish. Tianlong: Good morning mother. Diao Chan turned to see her son and got up before giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek, Happy birthday Long''er. Tianlong: Thank you mother but I want your help with something, you see Mei''er bought me a gift the day before for my birthday and I don''t know what to get her. Diao Chan: Oh! my son is growing up come let''s go. After that Tianlong and Diao Chan visited a few merchants, shops, and traders before they came across a merchant with many jewels. Tianlong with his appraising ability saw a jade and silver neckless and saw it was an item, [ Jade Goddesses Necklace of Beauty and vitality] Tianlong stopped and looked at the necklace and spoke, how much for this necklace? When the merchant saw people visiting his stall he jumped up before seeing that it was the Madam Lu and the Young lord. Diao Chan saw the necklace and exclaimed, such a beautiful necklace little Mei''er will love it! Hearing his mother''s praise Tianlong asked for the price again. Merchant: Oh, the price young lord! Its 400 silver. Tianlong nodded at the price and handed four large silver coins and headed off with Diao Chan. On the way back Tianlong bid his mother goodbye before he headed off to the martial district, Tianlong had come to the martial district to find a body tempering herbs and a martial manual. Some time passed and Tianlong found a martial manual called [Snake Lord''s Yinyang Circulation] Tianlong: System! Look at this manual and the undying snake manual are they connected? System: [Beep¡­ Beep Host has found another manual to the Nine colored Snake emperor''s legacy and inheritance I wish host luck in finding the rest of the inheritance scattered through china. Tianlong: Snake Emperor? Is it like the Army token I got system? System: [Indeed host but you received the full inheritance while the snake emperors is scattered throughout china.] Tianlong after buying the manual and herbs he returned to the forest as It was still late morning and his banquet was at sun fall. Tianlong: Alright! Now that I have a stable Dantian I can temper my body now. Tianlong took out his herbs he bought before gathering wood and setting a fire and put a basin with water on top and let the herbs boil.System: [Host shall endure a 3hour process which shall temper you muscles and tendons while expanding your blood vessels ] Tianlong took off his clothes before he moves the basin on the ground and extinguished the flames before getting in the basin with herbs filled with qi and spirit. Soon the water turned a silver-green and Tianlong sat cross-legged and started tempering his body. An hour passed and the liquid lost some of its luster and was replaced by impurities floating. Tianlong had completed five circulations of tempering and cleared some of his impurities in his body. Tianlong: System! How much have I progressed? System: [ Host has reached the sub-completion level of the undying snake manual after the last hours host shall achieve minor completion!] Tianlong: ha! I shall achieve the second rank before 20! What an achievement! Now I just need to absorb the rest. Finally, after two hours Tianlong emerged and with it his bronze-colored skin gained a certain gloss and glow while his eyes were full of spirit which made his red eyes sparkle. Tianlong: I must hurry back and get ready for the banquet! After Tianlong donned his clothing he rod back to the mansion where he was greeted by his mother. Diao Chan: Long''er! You''ve been gone for some time we thought you wouldn''t make it! Tianlong sighed at his mother''s dramatic act and spoke; Mother I was busy with something but I''m here, now right? Let me put my dress clothes on and we can leave. Diao Chan nodded before walking back into the house. Tianlong followed after and was met with his father''s gaze which turned to shock which was noticed by Diao Chan. Diao Chan: what''s wrong Bu why are you surprised? Lu Bu looked sternly at Tianlong and spoke you already did tempering? Such speed! Tianlong was not surprised his father could tell as he was a hyper-class general for some time now. Indeed, father three hours ago allowed me to reach my techniques minor stage. Lu Bu: Where did you acquire a tempering manual even, we have every few. Tianlong: One of the generals I killed had an inheritance he found called the snake emperors legacy had its tempering manual. Lu Bu: ah so that is it, but you speak as if there''s multiple manuals? Tianlong: indeed, father I stumbled upon its circulation manual in the martial district from a shop. Lu Bu: The heavens look over my son! Hahaha he is surely a son of earth and heaven! Tianlong smirked at his father''s words and spoke if the son is so shall the father. After that Tianlong had gotten dressed and with that, they all left to the city hall. Tianlong who entered the hall after his mother was looked at by everyone and caused many of the young woman to` blush and paid no mind to it. Tianlong had seen Nanyang Zhu and the Nanyang family and walked over to them and spoke, Uncle Zhu! I am glad to see you hear, Mei''er happy birthday! It seems we have the same day. Nanyang Meiyang: Happy birthday too brother Long! Tianlong reached into his robe and pulled a box out and spoke, Mei''er as thanks for my gift I hope you like my gift. Nanyang Meiyang smiled and opened the box which had a jade and silver necklace with a gem in the middle. Meiyang: thank you brother Long! It''s beautiful can you help me put it on. Tianlong nodded and had Meiyang turn around before he put the necklace on. Nanyang Shi and Diao Chan had gathered not seeing each other and hugged before they saw Tianlong take out a box. Diao Chan: My boy has good taste in gifts! After Nanyang Shi saw the beautiful jade and silver necklace with a sapphire and exclaimed, I wish Zhu''er treated me like that! Diao Chan laughed at Nanyang Shi''s exaggeration while Nanyang Zhu sneezed. Nanyang Zhu who was drinking wine with Lu Bu and some other nobles and generals sneezed and muttered, who is speaking bad about me? Soon a few hours had passed, and night was sweeping over Dunhuang and with it a silver light poured down from the moon illuminating the darkness. Tianlong and Meiyang had took a stroll through the garden as the banquet ended and with it the moonlight illuminated the pond with all its flowers and fish. Tianlong had saw Meiyang''s intentions when she asked if he would take a stroll with her and agreed. The two stopped before the pond and Meiyang was standing behind Tianlong before she hugged his back. Tianlong felt two soft mounds on his back and knew it was Meiyang, Mei''er we are both 14 and with it we are old enough to be betrothed do you take this young lord as your betrothal? As Tianlong spoke, he turned around and as face to face with Meiyang who''s face of jade flushed pink. Meiyang looked at Tianlong and spoke, Of course I do brother Long! You''re the only man I like those other young nobles can''t compare to you. Tianlong who heard her answer smirked and leaned down before he closed Meiyang''s lips with his own while his hands wrapped around her back. The kiss between them had lasted for an eternity before Meiyang stepped back breathing in air from kissing. Meiyang: huff, huff, huff, Tianlong who had a peak first-class body wasn''t affected by the lack of air as much and spoke with an overbearing air. Tianlong: Mei''er for till we grow old together you shall be this young lord''s woman I want to see who dares take you away from me! Meiyang: mm! Long''er my love shall last forever with you! After Tianlong and Meiyang kissed the parted ways as it was time for both of them, to return home. Tianlong who was riding through the night to the gate saw a tavern open and from the sound of singing, yelling and laughing could be heard. Tianlong stopped his horse before tying it up and went into the tavern. As soon as Tianlong entered the atmosphere changed which Tianlong ignored and continued walking to the counter. Tianlong: owner! Let me get five gourds of your best wine! When the owner who was drinking his tea peacefully was surprised and saw a young man donning a black embroiled pattern robe with red eyes that glowed brightly. Owner Hu: 200 silver for 5 gourds but if you want great wine 800! Tianlong took eight silver coins from a giant pouch which was seen by some rouges and bandits in the tavern. Bandit 1: hehe! Bro Jun! you see that pouch on him?! Bandit Jun: of course, idiots! What are we waiting for! As he said that 9 men rose from their seats and walked over to Tianlong. The owner who saw that put the gourds on the table before Tianlong. Bandit Jun: hey little brother! If you need help holding your money, we brothers could hold it for you! Tianlong turned around and saw nine men surrounding him and saw their auras of somewhat condensed qi but barely like Soi Fong. Tianlong: oh? There''re some talented people who take to robbing so sad sigh! When the bandits heard that they yelled out, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BRAT SAD FOR TAKING TO ROBBING?! HA! Tianlong: how about this if I beat all nine of you all shall work for me and if I lose you get this pouch and a gourd! Bandit Jun who heard the Scholar in front of him actually talk back and even make a bet he put his guard up as no scholar had the courage to resist bandits. Bandit Jun: alright you asked for it you brat! Attack him boys! After that, the nine all punched out to Tianlong who grabbed the broom and struck out. Augh! One of the men''s shoulder was dislocated with Tianlong hitting him but he didn''t stop there and attacked the others. Bandit: boss! He''s too strong! Aaah! Bandit Jun saw his men falling to the ground and took out his saber and yelled, I''m going to end you! Tianlong who saw Jun??s killing intent and courage and said good! Good! We shall end this now! The people-watching saw the broom turn purple before a snake flew at Jun knocking him out! The owner who saw that shouted out, y.y. your meridians are open! You''re a cultivator like the generals! Tianlong: what do you mean like general! Only generals who reach the peak of first-class are qualified to start tempering their body! The owner who heard his reply thought of something and spoke You''re the Black horse general aren''t you! The young lord! As he said that the owner gave a bow which Tianlong nodded to. Person 1: What that scholar is the black horse general?! Person 2: But it makes sense he''s Lord Lu Bu''s son! Person 3: I agree! He fought a 30thousand strong army, of course, he''s Lord Lu''s son! He''s a young tiger! Jun who struggled to get up heard the conversation and heard that the young man was the young lord and the Black horse general. Jun: we have lost young lord we are at your service! Tianlong: Good you have made a great choice! So long as you follow me you lot shall become great warriors as your qi is well trained! When the bandits heard Tianlong, they were shocked he could see their qi while they couldn''t see his. After all, ten of them left the tavern and arrived at Tianlong''s secret spot. Tianlong: alright each one of you introduce yourself. When they heard that they paused for a moment before Jun spoke, my lord I am Shi Jun and my brothers are Hou Fengxian, Zhao Fu, Kong Feng, Guan Hai, Sima Zang, Ai Feng, Hanan Zhou, and Sima Ying! Young lord, we nine brothers were sect cultivators whose sect was destroyed by a neighboring sect Tianlong: ah! So that''s why it seems you had some foundations that''s good all 9 of you can become captains of my army and control 500 brothers who you are free to teach anything that you feel comfortable sharing as their commander. When the nine heard that their eyes shined as their sect although it wasn''t a tier 4 sect its background was equivalent to a tier 5 sect as their founder was a War God of the ancient era. All nine of the replied we are willing young lord! After that, the nine had been taken to the black horse armies resting quarter and Tianlong went home and fell asleep. 60 Chapter.59 Preparations and Ambush! Soon after Tianlong Absorbed those nine sect brothers the troops under them along with the recruits sent their way the Black Horse Army underwent a huge power upgrade with these nine captains and the troop''s new training. Six months had passed and with it, Autumn was near and with it, Lu Bu had started his plans against the Huang clan who started amassing troops and each border, of all the armies under Lu Bu the one that grew the most was the Black Horse Army which now stood 20thousand strong and was sent to the Southeast border they shared with the Huang''s and was stationed near Gao Shun who was just north of him. Wuwei Fort¡­ Above the wooden walls of the fort a figure could be seen as a few others stood behind him, this figure was Tianlong along with Fu Chen, Lu Lingqi, Shi Jun, Hou Fengxian, Zhao Fu, Kong Feng, Guan Hai, Sima Zang, Ai Feng, Hanan Zhou, Sima Ying. Fu Chen was the first to speak, My lord! What is the battle plan? Are we to hold or push out? Tianlong who was staring at the fields of hills and plains surrounded by forest was awoken by Fu Chen''s voice and spoke, I don''t know yet father hasn''t released the declaration yet but if we get the go-ahead, we shall ambush their army! As Tianlong spoke, he walked to the table which had a map on it with figurines, Tianlong: we shall bait them with Captains Shi Jun and Ai Feng who shall lead 5thousand while 5thousand led by Lu Lingqi shall circle behind through the forest same for Hou Fengxian who shall go from the right while the other 5thousand shall stay as reserves. After Tianlong was finished speaking everyone gathered around and saw the figurines set up like a u-shaped y. Fu Chen: mm! good plan my lord! Shall we start the preparations for it or wait for the messenger? Tianlong: Lu Lingqi and Hou Fengxian! You two shall depart now so you won''t be spotted by the enemy! Lu Lingqi and Hou Fengxian nodded before they headed off to gather their units. Soon two hours had passed, and it was noon from the fort a single horse could be seen riding towards it, which Tianlong saw and shouted, Open the gates! The messenger arrives! Shi Jun! Ai Feng! You can Set off! I wish you good luck on your part! Shi Jun: mm! we shall return with success my lord! After that Shi Jun and Ai Feng set off with their army of 5thousand which the messenger saw from afar and was startled but kept riding towards the southern gate which was open. Messenger Jinn: General Lu! General Lu! I bring news! Lord Lu Bu has declared war over Wuwei with Huang Dan''s faction! Tianlong: Good! good! Messenger you can return to the lord and say General Lu shall be the first to move I wish for the lord''s grace on my assault! Messenger Jinn was shocked when he hears Tianlong and remembered the 5thousand that rode off, is general Lu only attacking with 5thousand? Tianlong shook his head and spoke, I''ve set a trap for them if they take the bait, they shall be devoured by my 20thousand! And we''ll have a clear path into Wuwei! If possible, I ask a request of the lord to have 8thousand troops transferred here for 20thousand might not hold if we encounter more of their garrisons and one of their big armies! Messenger Jinn was shocked when he heard this young generals plan before he spoke, General Lu I wish you luck on your campaign! I shall relay your message to the Lord! After saying this the messenger started to ride off again to Dunhuang. Tianlong: someone! Send word to Captains Lu and Hou to be ready we have the go-ahead! Have the 5thousand Ferocious Demon Cavalry be ready I shall personally lead them! Messenger: right away my lord! One hour later¡­ After Tianlong gave the orders sights of an enemy army appeared and was continuing straight for Shi Jun and Ai Feng who were on the hills. Shi Jun POV¡­ Captain Shi! Captain Shi! Enemies have been spotted and are heading straight for us! Shi Jun: Men stay calm! Spears forward! Form spear wall! Archers fire arrows ready while they''re in the trees create some smoke! Ai Feng also spoke up, Sword and Shields to the left and right of the spears shield wall! We shall defend this hilltop till the end! Ai Feng, who was on his horse, used his qi and amplified his voice while his staff glowed with a yellow haze of light appearing now and then. When the troops heard one of their commander''s voice they were filled with a strange power. Soldiers: URRAA! Till the end! For the lord! Shi Jun nodded at Ai Feng''s action before he shouted, Archers fire! Spear wall hold steady! Soon the sky was filled with streaks of orange before they disappeared. Shi Jun who saw the thousand fire arrows launched he shouted, Archers! Switch to regular arrows let them come to us! Enemy POV¡­ The enemy army here was the border army of 25thousand led by Huang Dan''s third brother Huang Chen. Soldier: general! General! Orange lights are in the sky! Huang Chen who heard the soldier looked to the sky to see the already falling fire arrows above them! Huang Chen: Quick! Get out of the forest! We must not get trapped in the flames! The soldiers who heard Huang Chen looked to the sky before some fled in the opposite direction while others followed Huang Chen''s orders. Shi Jun: Good! With this the lord''s plan is set! Minutes later the forest caught fire and smoke filled the forest obscuring the enemy soldier''s vision and made their chest hurt. Huang Chen: GAH! Men try not to breathe in the smoke! Huang Chen had done a good job leading about 24thousand almost out the forest while others were caught in the flames or fled. Wuwei fort¡­ Tianlong who had been looking towards Shi Jun and Ai Feng''s army saw smoke rising in the air and shouted, Messengers! Send word to Lu Lingqi and Hou Fengxian to be ready the enemy is taking the bait! Tianlong Ferocious Demon Cavalry! To the south gate we shall hit them in the back when they take the bait! Cavalier 1: its finally time?! Cavalier 2: hahaha! With the lord leading we shall claim victory and rack achievements for our move! Cavalier 3: Wuwei here we come! Tianlong hearing the cavalier''s talk smiled and shouted, BROTHERS! WITH THIS ONE MOVE THE WORLD SHALL KNOW OF OUR BLACK HORSE ARMY AND MY FEROCIOUS DEMON CAVALRY OF THE NORTH! When the cavaliers heard their lord, their blood boiled and cried out, URAAAHH! Tianlong: Good! With this momentum we shall sweep the enemy! We march! After Tianlong raised the Ferocious Demon Cavalry''s morale they set off from the south into the woods. One hour later¡­Huang Chen and his army of 24thousandish emerged from the forest and saw Shi Jun and Ai Feng''s army waiting for them and Huang Chen''s forehead vein was seen. Huang Chen: Brothers form up! We shall slaughter those bastards for trying to burn us! Soon Huang Chen and his 24thousand advanced full speed towards Shi Jun and Ai Feng. Shi Jun: Archers! Fire we shall whittle them down as they close in! Somewhere on the left¡­ Lu Lingqi who had been waiting with her 5thousand saw the enemy emerging and started preparing to charge. Rumble! Rumble! Lu Lingqi who heard rumbling turned to her right and saw a flag with the Lu symbol and 5thousand cavalry following behind heading passed her army and towards the smoking forest. Lu Lingqi: Someone! Send word to two-thousand-man captain Ji to take 2thousand cavalry and follow the commander! Tianlong who was riding heard Lu Lingqi and shouted out, Thanks sis be careful with just 3thousand! Lu Lingqi ignored Tianlong''s shout but had a smile on her face and spoke, Archers, move up be ready to fire when we charge! Shi Jun and Ai Feng looked at the swarm of troops incoming and looked at each other before smiling. Shi Jun: brings back memories right when we nine were always surrounded but still made it out! Ai Feng: hahaha indeed brother! We always escaped with their treasure right in front of their eyes! Shi Jun: archers! Double-shot! when Shi Jun spoke of his status as one of the twenty great bow warriors Tianlong gave him permission to control all archers and their training and led to them learning double shot. Archer 1: hahaha they won''t know what hit em! Archer 2: send them off boys! Archer 3: to the depths they go! As the archers spoke the sky was covered in a hail of arrows gliding towards the enemy. Huang Chen: Damnit! Shields up! Avoid the arrows brothers! Enemy soldiers: Aaah! My eye it hurts! thump! My leg! Agggh! As the hail of arrows fell many soldiers had their eyes, arms body, or head filled with arrows while somewhere lucky to raise their shields in time. Huang Chen: Keep charging were almost there! Although Huang Chen was keeping their morale up the soldiers were shattered from the events that happened but kept strong while hanging on a thin line. Shi Jun: Spears advance! We shall meet them downhill! Sword and shields hit their flank! Archers fire! Ai Feng who heard Shi Jun moved and was the first to ride downhill while the spears followed after him. Shi Jun: hahaha give them hell Feng! After Shi Jun said that he pulled a bow from his back and started shooting. Huang Chen: they dare charge us?! Come brothers we shall slaughter these men of Lu Bu charge! Boom! Both armies collided the enemy soldiers were knocked down or fell back falling down the hill while some stood their ground. Ai Feng: where is this rat, Huang Chen?! Come face this captain, Ai Feng! As Ai Feng said that his staff exploded from his side piercing into an enemy soldier''s head before sweeping to the side knocking three soldiers back. Lu Lingqi from afar could see the battle begin and spoke everyone charge! We shall hit their right! Archers fire! Similar on the right Hou Fengxian rode out with his 2thousand cavalry and held his battle-ax high as he pierced into the enemies left with this cavalry. Hou Fengxian: hahaha Ai Feng come! let us see who can slay this Huang Chen first HA! Hou Fengxian swept his battle-ax through two soldiers'' bodies sending their top half flying while he trampled the fallen soldiers from the shock of the charge. Ai Feng: don''t you dare Fengxian I shall kill him first AGH! Ai Feng Spun his staff knocking back and killing the soldiers surrounding him as he strode deeper into the 20thosand which was besieged by two sides soon to be four. Lu Lingqi saw that the enemy ignored her incoming force and smiled, we shall steal the kill of Huang Chen! Charge men! After Lingqi''s words her 3thousand sped up and were upon the enemy and charged straight through their back which was turned. Enemy soldiers: Aaah! Behind us! Nooo! My eye! Don''t! Augh! Huang Chen who was mounted on his horse in the middle saw three flags bearing the symbols Lu, Hou, and Ai while a Shi blew in the wind from afar. Huang Chen: What?! Lu Bu is here? No, it can''t be it must be his son or daughter! Hahaha I shall kill one of them for this disaster! Huang Chen''s eyes were bloodshot as his veins pulsed as he held his saber while striding towards Lu Lingqi. From the sky the army of 19thosuand was being pierced from three sides two sides met while one dug deeper into their backs. From afar by the now ending forest fire, Tianlong and his force of 8thousand cavalry appeared and saw the scene of the three armies attacking the army. Tianlong: My fierce Devils! We shall cause a river of blood in this charge and shall have the world know of this general''s cavalry! Charge! As Tianlong said that rumbling could be heard as from the forest a giant arrow emerged as it headed towards the 19thousand. Huang Chen who was rushing towards Lingqi turned to his right and saw a flag giant flag with many others bearing Lu and his face sunk. Huang Chen had long heard of Lu Bu''s prodigy son who was a general and heard of his feats thought the moment the fire began he fell for his trap. Huang Chen: damn! I''ve been had! It seems I shall be going, first brothers! With Tianlong appearing from behind Huang Chen''s army was now encircled his life hanging on a thread as four warriors pushed to claim his head. An hour passed and the army of 19thousand was down to 8thousand as Huang Chen gave up trying to kill Lu Lingqi and held the defenses which were slowly collapsing. Huang Chen: hold the right! Send 200 more reinforcements else a breach will appear! Even if we die brothers I shall give them a challenge if they wish to claim my head! Tianlong who sat upon his horse overlooked this last stand from the hilltop where his personal guard was and saw Huang Chen surrounded by Ai Feng, Lu Lingqi, and Hou Fengxian closing in almost upon him. Tianlong: Good! With this we can move unhindered from the north! Someone! After Tianlong called out a messenger appeared and knelt before Tianlong. Tianlong: Messenger you are to tell the 4thousand cavaliers led by Shi Jun to scout ahead and make way for Dunhuang and tell them of this victory! 61 Chapter.60 Breakthrough in the North! It had been 8 hours and noon had come since Tianlong started his move in the southeast the messenger sent to inform Lu Bu had finally arrived at Dunhuang exhausted to the brim as he traveled nonstop from fort Wuwei. City lord''s house¡­ Lu Bu and Diao Chan were sitting in the study as a knock was heard from outside. Lu Bu: Who is it? City guard: my lord! My lord! News from one of the fronts! Lu Bu: what?! Which front to be so quick in striking out who was it? Zhang Liao? Gao Shun? City guard: no my lord! From the southeast border! General Lu bid a messenger to tell the lord of his campaign for Wuwei and the results are unknown as the messenger just arrived after general Lu was just starting. Lu Bu: so Long''er made the first move? Good! Anything else within the message? City guard: my lord! general Lu requested an additional 8 thousand to the southeast front if he did succeed in case, they run into one of the Huang''s big armies. Lu Bu: Good! It''s been eight hours? City guard: indeed, my lord! Lu Bu: send the 8thousand have Guyi lead them he shall be Tianlong''s assistant in his campaign! Have them march off right away! City guard: right away my lord! Diao Chan who heard the Lu immediately went to Lu Bu and spoke, what happened to Long''er and Qi''er Bu? As Diao Chan spoke her eyes gleamed waiting for an answer. Lu Bu: its nothing our son is a bold one to kick such a start right off the bat! Diao Chan: you mean Long''er is attacking? Lu Bu: mm, that''s why I''m sending him 8 thousand for him to command I have faith my young tiger shall emerge victorious if not he''s no son of mine hahaha! Diao Chan pinched Lu Bu''s arm when she heard that and spoke, I hope nothing harmful comes to my babies¡­ After Lu Bu gave the order the 8 thousand immediately set off for fort Wuwei under the falling sun. Wuwei¡­ Night had fallen upon the battlefield where Huang Chen and his 8thousand had fallen as he was finally slain by Hou Fengxian who beat Ai Feng by a hair as he broke through the line while they were fighting. Ai Feng: stinky Fengxian! Come out I want to spar! The camp was filled with the yell of Ai Feng who was challenging Hou Fengxian to release his anger from having his prey killed in front of him. Hou Fengxian: hahaha brother Feng! All''s fair in war Jaja! Jaja! Ai Feng swung his wooden staff towards Hou Fengxian jumped back grabbing a wooden staff as well before flipping in the air and landing behind Ai Feng swinging. Ai Feng: ha close one! Ai Feng spun his staff before jumping back distancing himself from Hou Fengxian whose staff glowed golden-blue. Ai Feng: we shall end this in one move Stinky Fengxian ha! Ai Feng who shouted struck his weapon out which slowly started glowing with a yellow haze that had an image of a hawk. Ai Feng: [The Golden Hawks Flight over the Moon!] Raa! Hou Fengxian: [ Imperial Lion''s Roar of War!] Ha! Both staffs struck out taking the shape of a flying eagle and a golden blue lion roaring before they rushed at each other. As they were about to collide a purple glow appeared before the two beasts before they were coiled by a giant purple snake with two horns. Rushing Boa''s Curl! Ai Feng: what?! Hou Fengxian: impossible! As the dust cleared a figure in white robes appeared. Tianlong: what are you two doing? You call this a spar maybe at our level but with the soldiers around not on this level! Ai Feng and Hou Fengxian: sorry lord! Tianlong: it okay just take it somewhere isolated next time! After that incident Tianlong returned to his tent¡­ Tianlong: Alright! System pull up the map! System: [ Host has gotten a mission! view it in the menu and congratulations for completing a betrothal of Young your awarded 200xp!] Tianlong noted the systems words before looking at the map and was still quite north not near Wuwei and scanned the areas between his army and Wuwei and this lasted till midnight. Tianlong had slightly redder eyes than usual and dark bag under his eyes as he spoke menu! [Name: Lu Tianlong] [exp: 1065/1000] [Upgrade available!] [Title: Black Horse General] [missions:] [A betrothal of young-completed] [Details: As host is soon to be 14 the Lord and Lordess have started to look for a suitable betrothal for you! The Nanyang family holds vast influence in the spice and silk trade and has a private army of 10thousand and have a deep martial arts legacy. The young daughter of the Nanyang is almost of age and the system has issued a mission for host.] [A Breakthrough in the North] [Details: After your fierce ambush destroying the defending army of 25thousand take this opportunity before the troops that fled spread news of what happened and secure a foothold in northern Wuwei, take Wuwei pasture and Wuwei village and hold Wuwei for at least 2 or more months!] [Age: 14] [Occupation: Peak First-class general] [Lord: Lu Bu] [Strength: 32] [Health: 450] [Agility: 27] [ Body Structure: 34] [Intelligence: 29] [Luck: 8] [War Art: Sun Tzu Locked] [ Martial Arts: The Eight Extremities Fist ¨C Bajiquan, has seen the gate, Boa Snakes Nine Savage Strikes, has seen the gate] [Equipment: Ancient Horse General Armor set, Nine-tooth Iron Rake, and Arabian warhorse] [Reputation/Prestige/merit: 360] Tianlong: ha good seems we have the same eye system! I was aiming for those two and Wuwei Lumbering yard! But system can I upgrade you now? System: [ host can indeed upgrade me to level two for more features unlocked in the system!] Tianlong: good! System go ahead and upgrade we shall talk tomorrow after your upgrade! After Tianlong finished talking with the system he went to sleep as the system upgraded¡­ System: [ 1%...5%...12 %....31%... 38%...50 %...55%...100% beep! Beep! Upgrade complete!] Soon after the systems, upgrade morning had come and with-it Tianlong and his army marched towards Wuwei Pasture while he left a messenger behind for the 8thousand reinforcements. Fu Chen: my lord where are we marching towards? Fu Chen''s question caught the attention of the other captains as their deputy spoke. Tianlong: good! Now that you mention It, we shall march like this! Fu Chen my deputy! You shall lead 10thousand with your deputies being Shi Jun and Hou Fengxian, Lu Lingqi and captains Hanan Zhou and Sima Ying and Zhao Fu while I shall march with Ai Feng, Kong Feng, Guan Hai and Sima Zang! Fu Chen was shocked when he heard Tianlong before he bowed towards Tianlong. Tianlong: remember if a big army approaches retreat and cover the flank of the pasture and we''ll come riding to help! Fu Chen: I shall bring you the village of Wuwei captured my lord! Tianlong nodded before he spoke, leave the citizens if they resist kill the ones that do but harm none! With that Tianlong had split the army of 20thousand into two and marched for Wuwei Pastures and Wuwei village. One hour later¡­ Cavalier 1: my lord the pasture is in sight! From the looks of it it''s ungarrisoned and the gates are wide open and there are a few people on the walls!Tianlong: have Ai Feng with 500 riders advance! Have Kong Feng take 1thousand and guard the forest in case the garrison is hiding! After the 500 riders reached the gate a white flag rose and a person spoke, the Pasture of Wuwei surrenders hold your weapons! Ai Feng: good so long as none resist, we will not harm you! General Lu is a kind man! Someone return to the lord and tell him of the surrender! Tianlong: no need Ai Feng!Ai Feng: my lord! Tianlong: people of Wuwei pasture I am Lu Tianlong of Dunhuang and have come with the intention of unifying Wuwei as we speak Wuwei Village should be under our control so long as you raise the Lu flag over your pasture you shall be safe! Soon after Tianlong''s speech a flag was given to the pasture head which raised It high. Tianlong: Head Fong! Do you know what happened to the garrison? Head Fong: they were gathered up by general Chen who marched east with an army of 30thousand! Tianlong: why was Huang Chen with an army of 25thousand in the north of Wuwei then? Head Fong: General Huang came in from Tianshu village in the south with his army coming back from Shu. Tianlong''s red eyes glimmered like rubies hearing what head Fong said and immediately yelled out, Ai Feng! Take 3thousand brothers and take the Lumbering yard! 500 of you shall stay here while I march for Wuwei send word to Fu Chen if he conquered Wuwei village send 4thousand to Wuwei and stand guard at the village protecting our rear! Tianlong had already saw the fall of Wuwei prefecture as no army was standing guard which would allow Tianlong to pose a threat and make the Huang faction redirect some of their armies. Tianlong: System! Have you finished your upgrade? System: [ Host has now upgraded the system to level 2 and has unlocked the territory management menu along with the second level of the shop being unsealed and has unlocked the naming system!] Tianlong: Naming system? System: [ host of the captains, animals, or army you may command host is a general and can bestow names to units like your ferocious demon cavalry or something like me the system!] Tianlong: I can name you system?! System: [indeed host!] Tianlong was quite after the systems response before he spoke again, alright system I decided I shall name you Kobe! System: [ beep¡­ beep... name changing initiated system shall now be known as Kobe] Tianlong: Kobe! How many troops would be in Wuwei? Kobe: [host Wuwei is a medium sized city with 800thousand people as its citizens and should have a garrison of at least 5thousand or more!] Tianlong: while Ai Feng shall hold the lumber, yard have a messenger send word for a thousand to come down to Wuwei while he guard the yard! Although Tianlong was speaking to the system, he was also speaking to the messengers awaiting his orders. Send word to Dunhuang and tell them the conquest of Wuwei prefecture was swift and decisive and send word that an army of 30thousand marched eastwards from Wuwei led by one named Chen. Tianlong was able to siege down Wuwei for the time being as his troops came for reinforcing the battle of Wuwei while 8thousand weary soldiers arrived at fort Wuwei. Guyi: seems the young lord was successful in his strike and has advanced! Good! Men we shall rest at fort Wuwei for two hours before we march towards Wuwei prefecture! When the soldiers heard Guyi they shouted and cried out as they marched ten hours nonstop from Dunhuang to Wuwei just for a decisive battle that would take place at Wuwei. Somewhere east of Wuwei. A burly yet refined figure could be seen atop his grey horse with his yellow cape flowing in the wind his face twitched¡­ Chen Zuren the general leading 30thousand troops toward Gao shuns fort Zhuyin looked to his south for a long time. Chen Zuren: all forces turnabout! We head for Wuwei! Something is wrong! Enemy soldier 1: what? Aren''t we to fight at Zhuyin what happened? Enemy solider 2: I don''t know may be that Huang Chen got defeated and lost Wuwei! Enemy soldier 3: for a brother of the lord he is to weak to be beaten! Without knowing who sparked the talk about defeat the soldiers jibbed about Huang Chens actual defeat and death in the south against the Black Horse Army which was at Wuwei''s doorstep. 62 Chapter.61 Battle for Wuwei and Descent of The Young Tiger. Tianlong who had his army of 7thousandish surround Wuwei as a garrison of 3thousand was present which Tianlong took advantage of and immediately attacked all four gates. The enemy captain commanding the garrison stared at the army of 2thousand from afar and could see multiple flags bearing the symbol Lu was awoken by his men''s scream captain! Captain the east wall enemies have a foothold! Captain the gates are being hit with battering rams and are almost open what do we do?! Enemy captain: damn it all we can''t defend! Raise the white flag and open the gates we can''t hold them! Tianlong from afar could see one of the Huang flags being lowered as a white flag slowly rose in the sky Tianlong seeing the flag shouted out, All force halt the enemy surrender archers bows ready in case they don''t surrender have Kong Feng take 4thousand clear the city! As Tianlong spoke his eyebrow twitched and he looked eastwards. Tianlong saw a small dust cloud being picked up by the wind from afar which Tianlong followed as it was getting somewhat close. Tianlong: someone! Send another thousand with Kong Feng and send word to Fu Chen leave a thousand guarding and bring 9thousand to Wuwei a battle shall happen soon! Send word to Ai Feng to come down with his full 3thousand and make for Wuwei their army of 30thousand marches back! After Tianlong''s words an hour passed and with it, Tianlong and his army sat in Wuwei awaiting their reinforcements while waiting Tianlong sent a messenger to the 8thousand reinforcements of the impending battle. Tianlong stood on the walls facing eastward as the dust got closer but looked clear as he saw Fu Chen arrive first with his 9thousand. Fu Chen: I greet lord! Tianlong: mm how went Wuwei village? Fu Chen: very fast lord! There was no garrison while some citizens put up resistance. Tianlong: I figured some enemy general last name Chen took the garrisons to form an army of 30thousand which should''ve went to Zhuyin fort but returned! Lu Lingqi looked at her brother who was talking to Fu Chen before speaking, Brother you say an army of 30thousand we have only 20thousand minus some detachments left for defense! Tianlong: well Sister if I''m right father set a force of 8thousand from my message I sent to him and they should be somewhere near fort Wuwei we have to hold till they arrive they the counterattack beings! Tianlong immitted a fierce aura as he gazed at everyone before he returned looking eastwards¡­ Two hours pasted and Ai Feng finally arrived with his 3thousand and joined the main army to form 20thousand. Tianlong who looked eastwards turned towards the soldiers eating, resting or playing and spoke, Brothers! Now that all 20thousand of us are here we march to determine the fate of Wuwei! The soldiers relaxing, sleeping or playing heard Tianlong and were awoken or rushed to the east gate. Soon all 20thousand were ready to march and were waiting for Tianlong to give the command. Tianlong: we march! We shall drink to our victory to come after brothers! Soldiers: Uraah!!! With that the army of 20thousand marched to meet the army of 30thousand near Xiliang pasture¡­ Three hours later¡­ Tianlong and his army arrived near the Xiliang horse pasture which was a hilly but plains area. Tianlong: We shall set up on the hills and let them come to us! Tianlong chose to setup on the hills for his ferocious Demon Cavalry who were proficient in riding down hills. After Tianlong and his army set up atop the hills an hour passed before the dust trail was right before them. Riding through the forest Chen Zuren was now sure that something was off with Wuwei as he continued forward through the forest with his army. Enemy soldier 1: general! General! There''s an army ahead on the hills! They bear Lu flags! Chen Zuren: to think I would met this young tiger! Hahaha we shall have a battle to the death! All troops assume formations 200 steps forward! Chen Zuren looked towards the hilltops as he saw a shadowy figure in front of the army on his horse. Tianlong who was looking towards the enemy army spotted a yellow caped figure leading looking towards him. Tianlong: ha let us have fun in this battle! Everyone spread out assume the crane formation! As Tianlong spoke from the sky one could see Tianlong''s army on the hills take to a giant crane on the hills. Chen Zuren: damn! Everyone double time! We must not let them form their formation as Che Zuren said that 20thousand of the 30thousand marched forward. Soon the gap between the two armies were small and they were about to clash. Tianlong: Archers fire! Spears spear wall! Ferocious Demon Cavalry strike out! Ha! As Tianlong said that the 5thousand cavaliers around him rushed down the hills after Tianlong who led at forefront. Chen Zuren: what! Spears quick spear wall! As Chen Zuren said that it was to late as Tianlong who struck out was soon followed by the cavaliers who quickly broke through the enemy first line with ease. Tianlong: spears flank them! Archers fire we shall show them what our Black Horse Army is made of Charge! Tianlong who had successfully lured the enemy in from taking a defensive position strode forth like a crouching tiger descending down the mountain after its prey. Chen Zuren smiled at this predicament as he gave orders. Captain: General Chen! Daifu unit is asking for back up! Captain 2: General! Kailing unit is routed the core of our defense 4th and 7th unit are under attack! Chen Zuren: Send Hofei to the 4th and Feng Ji to the seventh they should be able to calm that fire! Captain 3: general that unit bearing the Demon horse has broken through the 2nd line! Should we call for Deputy Gin? Chen Zuren: Not needed! If he breaks through the fourth line alert me! Have Fusin take 300 brothers and flank the enemy they have a front wide open! As Chen Zuren was giving commands Tianlong who was in the center of the Ferocious Demon Cavalry saw the flag bearing Chen behind the 7th line. Tianlong: Someone! Soldier: general? Tianlong: Send word to Ai Feng to take 3thousand cavaliers and punch through the right towards the enemy general same for Kong Feng have Lu Lingqi takeover the left while Ai Feng advance while Fu Chen shall command the left! Tianlong had set up 3 strokes for Chen Zuren''s head with himself being one of them but that''s what Tianlong gambled on seeing which bait he takes will lead to his death. Chen Zuren saw as the left was pierced through by a unit bearing Ai and on the right Kong. Chen Zuren: Send Su Hao to fight that Ai unit and Feng Min to that Kong unit I shall deal with Lu Tianlong! Chen Zuren was surrounded on all sides as Tianlong, Ai Feng and Kong Feng strode towards him. Chen Zuren: hahaha! Men send word to Fujian have him advance to the center with 500 and stall Tianlong! I shall make for that Kong Unit with Feng Min! Tianlong saw a flag bearing Fujian heading towards him while he saw two blurry flags making way to Kong Feng. Tianlong: To have such sharp instinct is he an instinctual general? In this world there laid two types of general being the logical and instinctual type generals, instinctual type generals moved by their instinct and moved in strange ways different from the Logical type generals who think with strategic views and so on. Tianlong: Send word to Fu Chen to assist Kong Feng he shall be besieged by two general or captains! This battle would continue till dawn where both armies would retreat. Tianlong with his modern-day military thinking was able to control Chen Zuren''s falls from his instincts and would go on to take 7thousand of his 20thousand while 3thousand on Tianlong''s side perished. Black Horse Army Camp¡­ Tianlong sat in his tent along with Ai Feng, Fu Chen, Kong Feng, Lu Lingqi, Zhao Fu Guan Hai, Sima Ying, Sima Zang, Hanan Zhou, Zhao Fu, Shi Jun and Hou Fengxian. Tianlong: we hit them hard on the first clash and he shall now be wary of advancing towards us this shall be attrition warfare till our 8thousand reinforcements arrive and we sweep them in one move! Fu Chen: my lord! Have we thought about a night? Tianlong who heard Fu Chens idea spoke, Good! Send word to the Ferocious Demon Cavalry all 5thousand are to harass the enemy each night with a thousand riders! Fu Chen: are you sure you want to use your personal army my lord? Tianlong: of course! I have faith in my demons of the north! You weren''t there but the remaining old-guard turned into demons with me to defend the pass till the Lord arrived! Fu Chen: aah! So that''s why milord is so confident In the Demon Cavalry as they are veterans! Tianlong: besides this we shall have our 17thousand take to the hills to our right and if his 13thousand dare come again we shall defend this time! After the meeting Tianlong had gone to sleep after fighting at the front all day. Morning had come and with it the Ferocious Demon Cavalry had the tent area smelling of blood as they had raided the enemy all night and even went to the other army of 10thousand which brought cheering from the soldiers in the morning. 63 Chapter.62 A Great Battle to Overcome Wuwei or Fail with his Head! Enemy POV¡­ The morning had come and with-it Chen Zuren would stay up the entire night debating his situation. Chen Zuren Staying up saw Tianlong and his army make for the hills north of him and knew what he was planning. Chen Zuren: Sigh! To meet such a genius in war! to make even my instincts feel rusty! He must have a heavy reinforcement coming so he''s planning safe if lord hears of this defeat and my return my head shall roll hahaha! Though Chen Zuren was 34 he was thrown into war at the age of 11 as he was an orphan with something to prove and won fame for his years and made general at 25. Chen Zuren looked silently at Tianlong''s army before speaking. Chen Zuren: hahaha! This Lion of the north shall bear its fang for a youngster if I fail this battle to come! Day had fully risen and Chen Zuren and his army of 15thousand marched slowly towards Tianlong as the second trailed even slower behind them¡­ Tianlong, who was atop his horse, saw this action and knew the decisive battle was happening today. Tianlong saw a great Aura leading the army as it formed an ethereal but solid lion marching towards them. Tianlong: hmph! This Chen Zuren! To push me with such decisiveness I heard stories from father about his tails hear under Ma Teng in the south and even the Han in the rebellion since he wishes to play, I shall accompany him! Soon after Tianlong gave orders for Shi Jn to command the archers while Ai Feng, Hou Fengxian, Kong Feng Lu Lingqi and Sima Ying took to the left and right respectively while Hanan Zhou, Sima Zang, Guan Hai and Zhao Fu in the center in the 3rd 4th and 5th lines. An hour had passed, and the slow marching Chen Army arrived halfway and stopped before continuing, Chen Zuren: Have the cavaliers go forward! Spears behind! Sword and Shield infantry half shall hit their left and the others in the centers have Fujian and Fusin command them! Chen Zuren although cautious saw Tianlong''s intent to defend and started his attack. Tianlong who saw Chen Zuren begin his attack Stared as he saw the cavalry rush forward as infantry followed behind. Tianlong: Everyone Brace we shall hold them here till our reinforcements arrive! An hour passed and the battle between the two soon started as they both clashed Tianlong''s army was no pushover as the held strong against the enemy cavalry. Chen Zuren: Have Gyuki take 500 and take to the center and lead the charge! Have Sugen take 300 to the right he shall command a medium-sized unit there at the front! Tianlong saw as his first line started getting broken through but held fast as he spoke out, Have Sima Ying probe that new captain in the center and have Sima Zang cover his rear and flank in case another captain is there! Tianlong and Chen Zuren''s battle of tactics begun as their men clashed as they dispatched reinforcements where fierce fighting was happening. An hour passed and Chen Zuren who personally joined broke through the 2nd line as he and his men rushed forward their allies were hitting them on their flank. Tianlong who saw the 500 sword and shield infantry on his right and in the center soon saw Chen Zuren''s idea and looked on silently before speaking. Tianlong: so, he seeks to cripple the center? Hmph! Send word for Fu Chen to command the right! Same for the left but Shi Jun the archers in the center are fine without him! If he wishes to encircle this lord''s army, he needs more than just dumb momentum! After Tianlong set Fu Chen and Shi Jun out to the flanks, they quickly consolidated the breaches before killing one of their captains in the flanks. Chen Zuren who saw his attack being halted frowned at the situation but had a smile still. Chen Zuren: have Xin Shun take over the center again I shall return! Have Fuying strike out with 2thousand cavaliers on the right and try breaking their 3rd line! We must breakthrough at least their 4th line today! Sometime after Chen Zuren''s orders the movements between the two stopped as It turned into a brawl that would go on till night where Chen Zuren retreated with his tail behind him as another 7thousand died from their fierce confrontation. Tianlong stood looking at the starry sky as the moon slowly emerged and rose into the sky illuminating the once vicious brawl of earlier and laid blood guts and bodies. Tianlong: How many have we lost? Fu Chen: my lord, although when the enemy was wreaking havoc on our flanks, we saved most of the men but still lost some! But the number is 3thousand Tianlong: That''s a good number we killed 7thousand of them that''s 14thousand gone I have faith our support shall arrive tomorrow! Tianlong after talking to his captains before returning to his tent¡­ Tianlong who was sitting on his futon pulled a book out before opening it, this book was the Snake Lord''s Yinyang Circulation which he got at the martial district. Tianlong who read the manual spoke to himself, to combine both water and fire while combining light and dark? If my Dantian and meridians represent the base my qi and spirit shall serve as my yin and yang! Tianlong who quickly saw the intent of the manual sat cross-legged and started drawing his qi and spirit into his Dantian. Kobe: [Host has drawn 5% of qi and spirit host wishes to acquire balance and must achieve 50% for both sides!] Tianlong: Kobe! Alert me if I go over the required! After that 5 hours had passed and Tianlong had Drawn 45% for Qi and Spirit almost reaching balance as his two powers fought in his body they started calming down after reaching 45%... Tianlong who sat meditating opened his eyes and spoke, damn! Just a little more and I would reach balance for them! but alas he must have started already! As Tianlong said that a shout was heard, General! General! The enemy attack 16thousand strong! Tianlong when he heard that number though did, we really killed half their army already? Tianlong stormed out his tent startling the captain. Tianlong: mm! you can return to your post have Shi Jun Brief me when I get there! About 30mins later Tianlong who arrived at the front line saw Chen Zuren''s army fiercely clashing with his 11thousand, after losing 3thousand from the flanks yesterday. Tianlong arrived before Shi Jun who was giving out orders to the soldiers. Tianlong: Good work Shi Jun! I shall take over now! Shi Jun who heard Tianlong turned to see Tianlong whose body gave off a heroic aura while life seemed to glow around him. Shi Jun bowed towards Tianlong before speaking, Congratulations lord you''ve improved your cultivation! Tianlong: Oh? Why do you say this Shi Jun? Shi Jun was stunned before asking, Does the lord not know of his breakthrough? Tianlong: My breakthrough? When Tianlong thought about it, he remembered he was a step away from a second-class general! Tianlong: hahaha let''s see if he dares to attack tomorrow after this. Someone! Send word to the Ferocious Demon Cavalry we ride! Tianlong ho emerged from his cultivation with his newfound breakthrough rushed forward with half of his army to meet Chen Zuren. Lu Lingqi who was in the center heard rumbling and turned to see her brother''s cavalry chasing after a figure ho drew all the attention from his heroic aura. Lu Lingqi: Be safe brother! Shi Jun atop the hill saw his lord strikeout and his heroic aura filled the area as his Cavaliers followed after him before the pierced through the right of the enemy forces. Shi Jun: hahaha! With this we shall surely win! Everyone! Draw out everything you have the decisive moment has come we shall stall the enemy for the lord as he slays their leader!! Soldiers: Uraah! When the soldiers heard their general was rushing forth to slay the enemy''s general their morale skyrocketed as they screamed out. Tianlong along with his demonic cavalry quickly broke through the defenses slowly but surely going to reach Chen Zuren. Tianlong: 500 of you break off to the right here same for the left reap as many lives you can brothers! Tianlong who would send out detachments into the enemy lines which were in chaos from the two attacks by Tianlong''s army made his stride towards Chen Zuren easier as he was upon the 5th defensive line already and Chen Zuren''s flag blew in the air from afar Chen Zuren saw Tianlong and his cavalry which had broken through his fifth line and knew he would soon be upon him. Chen Zuren: muster all the injured and have them make for the left and stall their general! If we wish to win, we must stabilize the lines and men! Another hour passed and with it the Black Horse Army who had been on the defense finally struck out and wasn''t stopping in this fierce battle and Tianlong finally arrived... A figure stopped atop his horse as he held his spear that was dripping blood while thousands of cavaliers stood ready behind him. Tianlong: old dog! You''re the first General of the instinctual type I''ve met and shall send you off with honor for holding me this long!! As Tianlong spoke his heroic aura was fully released as his blood-red eyes glowed as his brownish hair blew in the wind followed by his white cape and his qi slowly rose Tianlong was like the embodiment of a War God. Chen Zuren: hahaha! To think I would meet such a genius in cultivation as well! Come Young tiger! If you can defeat this Old Lion, I shall serve you and disband this army in the wind! When Tianlong heard Chen Zuren, he looked at him differently as he saw his eyes weren''t lying. Tianlong: For a prideful figure like you to just go quietly? What reason is behind this? Chen Zuren: to follow such a young lord isn''t a shame at all when you''re going to meet deaths end at your return! Chen Zuren had a lofty aura as he talked about his death upon his return if he did manage to save some of the army and retreat. Tianlong: good! Let us start then! Ha After Tianlong spoke his spear like a snake struck out aiming for Chen Zuren''s head but was blocked by Chen Zuren''s glaive. Chen Zuren: it''s going to take more than just that if you wish to bring this old Lion down! Arrgh! Before Tianlong could pull his spear back a glimmer of silver flashed before him causing him to bend backward as he pulled his spear back guarding the following blow which flung Tianlong back. Tianlong: ha! Piercing his spear in the ground Tianlong caught himself as he looked towards Chen Zuren and his Silvery Blue qi swam around his Glaive from bottom up. Seeing this Tianlong muttered to himself, I see! So, you can use it this way too! Tianlong who suddenly closed his eyes surprised everyone as he just held his spear Chen Zuren: have you given up brat?! Hmph I shall claim your head if you can only go this far ha! Chen Zuren who attacked swept forth with a mighty aura as his glaive was about to reach Tianlong. Tianlong whose eyes were closed opened suddenly and had a purple glow before he struck out. Ding! Aah! The impact from the two-weapons colliding brought forth a cloud of dust that slowly went away, and all saw as Chen Zuren was pierced in the shoulder by a purple glow while his glaive laid broken in his hand. Chen Zuren: whose shoulder was pierced laughed out aloud, hahaha! The young surpass the old! Lu Tianlong! You''re the first person to ever defeat this lion and shall hold my promise I shall serve the young lord! Tianlong: hahaha! Good! Good! With this we have won the battle of Wuwei! Soldiers of Huang Dan! Your general has surrender follow after him or follow death to those that resist! Striking while the iron was hot Tianlong''s heroic voice traveled through the entire battlefield crushing the last morale of the enemy soldiers who surrendered soon after. 64 Chapter.63 Consolidation and The Conferred Land! After Tianlong and his army returned to Wuwei, they tended to the wounded while suppressing the bandits that roamed around. Within a Mansion in a courtyard with a giant pond and many flowers and herbs, a man sat cross-legged as a goldish-purple glow hung around him. Tianlong after returning immediately returned to a courtyard to achieve balance. Within Tianlong''s Dantian it sat loftily as it drew in qi and spirit within it as they slowly trembled and released tremors before returning to normal. Tianlong saw his purple qi and golden spirit flow into his Dantian before he finally got a notification. Kobe: [Host! Both qi and spirit have reached 50% anymore and host will go over!] Tianlong heard Kobe and opened his Ruby blood eyes which had a goldish-purple haze which was faintly visible. Tianlong: hahaha! I''ve reached the minor completion stage now I can focus on other matters! Tianlong: Kobe! How long have we held Wuwei? Kobe: [Host has held Wuwei for 3 weeks and must hold for another 2 months and 2 weeks. Tianlong: mm! within these 2 months, we shall rebuild Wuwei for our intentions of staying! After making his decision Tianlong walked out of the city lord mansion and headed for the city hall. The Black Horse Army soldiers who were guarding all over Wuwei were surprised as they saw their general. Soldiers: General! Tianlong: mm no need send word for deputies Chen and Fu and captains Shi Jun and Lu Lingqi and sofficers After that Tianlong walked into the city hall and waited. Chen Zuren along with Fu Chen and the others and with a few civil officers walked into the city hall and saw an azure robed young man sitting. Chen Zuren: hahaha! Amazing my lord! Even as a general you possess such a scholarly aura! When the civil officers heard that the person giving such a huge scholarly aura was the fierce general that beat back the 53thousand in Wuwei. Tianlong: hmph! I read books since little coupled with fathers training but is there even a need to say I won''t possess a charm with such handsomeness! Tianlong had a smile after he spoke his words which caused Shi Jun, Chen Zuren and Fu Chen to laugh aloud while Lu Lingqi snorted with a smile. Tianlong: enough about this, I called you all here since we shall stay here for two months and recuperate while fixing the semi war-torn Wuwei province. Tianlong: We shall erect another fort on the Tianshun border while we repair the farmland and crops while recovering the bandit torn countryside and the economy from it. Chen Zuren: if its building forts I''ve built many in my lifetime of defensive and offensive battles! I say the crops and farmland should be handled by Fu Chen since they admire him. Tianlong: mm! that''s what I had in mind! Sister! You can take 3thousand Ferocious Demon Cavalry with another 2thousand cavalry same for Shi Jun with another 3thousand you two shall clear the bandit ravaged countryside! Lu Lingqi: hmph you just want to send me away! Shi Jun: yes, my lord! Tianlong laughed at Lu Lingqi''s reply as she walked away with Shi Jun. After the two walked out Tianlong turned his gaze to the 5 civil officers and started speaking. Tianlong: the reason I called for you five is to start the recovery of Wuwei''s economy from the bandit''s fierce raids destroying trade and income. Tianlong: I want the reports of all trade goods our income sources and trade routes while slowly building at least 4 new building! As Tianlong spoke his scholarly aura bared down while a little of his heroic aura leaked out merging with his other aura and brought the grace of a king for a moment. When they saw the purplish-gold light around Tianlong they were surprised as it disappeared before they spoke. Civil officers: Yes, city lord! Tianlong nodded at their reply and brought the meeting to an end as they would need at least two days to gather everything. After the meeting Tianlong took to the streets of Wuwei before he came to a shop with name Liuying medicinal Herbs and spiritual herb shop it was a little worn down but still in good quality. After some thought Tianlong entered as the gazes of many young woman and even older woman followed Tianlong before he entered the shop. Shop owner: welcome! Welcome! What does this young master look for? Tianlong: owner do you have any herbs at the spiritual stage of comprehension? When the shop owner heard Tianlong, he paused and thought before speaking, Yes young master! I have two comprehension herbs, but the price will be high. Tianlong: you need not worry about price bring them out! After some time, the owner came back with an ancient-looking box and a silver box that emitted spiritual aura. Tianlong: how much? The shop owner thought for a while before he spoke, 1700 sliver coins for these two and a free mysterious herb. Tianlong: oh? You have such deals? Shop owner: mm! indeed young master! Since the ancient era, my family roamed ancient China in search of herbs and used them to trade and became known for our specialty in northern china when someone purchased any spiritual items, they could get a free item. Tianlong handed over 17 large coins as he got the two boxes, thanks, owner! Shop owner: come again if you need anything young master! Tianlong nodded as he headed out and back to his courtyard. City lord mansion¡­ Within the city lord''s courtyard, Tianlong sat as he looked at the three spiritual herbs in front of him. Tianlong: Kobe! Is there anything with appraising herbs and knowledge of the types? Kobe: [ I Found an appraising herb chip along with an herb encyclopedia host for 200 shop points!] Tianlong: purchase both of them! After a book and a chip appeared in Tianlong''s hand and he swallowed the chip while he set the book aside. Tianlong looked at the three herbs again before he spoke, Appraise! [spiritual 500yr old Spear intent Lotus] [ Desolate era ???? yr. old Qi and Spirit Fruit] [Heavenly Martial Kings Blood-soaked Fruit seed] Tianlong was shocked when he saw the words spear intent but what surprised him the most besides the Desolate era herb was the seed. Tianlong: a seed? To have been soaked in a martial King''s blood It must be for tempering! Tianlong: Kobe! Can I grow this seed? Kobe: Host [doesn''t have enough resources and lacks an area plentiful of spiritual and qi in the air!] Tianlong put the seed away after hearing Kobe before he picked up the Spear intent Lotus, on this road I walk my spear shall bare my path as it slaughters my enemies! After saying that Tianlong started to swallow the whole lotus besides the seeds it left and started meditating. Within Tianlong''s soul, thousands of spears bearing different kinds of aura stood ready to pierce his soul, some had that of Buddhism, Kingship, Slaughter, and even Lightning. Tianlong seeing this finally saw the experience of trying to comprehend any intent that he read in his time on earth. Tianlong recalled what he said before meditating and gave a confident smile as he had started practicing his Boas Nine Savage Strikes. Tianlong went through each form starting with Rushing Boas Curl, as he struck out his qi formed a serpent rushing towards a huge gate before coiling around and reached the top and gave a hiss before dissipating. This went on for three hours as the boa in each move was evolving from being tempered from Tianlong and finally as he struck out all his qi emerged. A giant snake with two horns, two small arms with claws and two medium-sized wings and flew towards the sky. Tianlong opened his eyes and saw his qi form a flying serpent as it gave a roar and he muttered, Boas Jump Through the Gate! Tianlong after going through all his moves finally created the 5th move of Boas Nine Savage Strikes. Tianlong Saw that in his soul a small spear floated around his soul but had a very fierce intent for its size. Tianlong: good! with this, I can start adding my intent to my moves! By now''s not the time for that. After Tianlong said that his hand reached out and grabbed the Qi and Spirit fruit which had a greenish-orange color. Tianlong swallowed the fruit like the lotus and started to focus in his Dantian and circulated the Snake Lord''s Yinyang Circulation. Within Tianlong''s Dantian his qi started circulating around his now 6 meridians as a small golden wisp followed after the purple Qi. This continued for five hours where Tianlong''s body was tempered from his qi and spirit while his spirit and qi formed a vortex in his Dantian which turned to a goldish-purple color before it charged to his Dantian slowly refining the previous qi and spirit left within. Another hour passed and Tianlong awoke, when he opened his eyes the glowed with a purple golden color before it went away while his scholarly aura and heroic aura fused together from this new Qi and Spirt which Tianlong called true Qi. Tianlong had broken through to the late second-class realm just one more realm from Third-class general¡­ After Tianlong''s breakthrough he ordered for a Trade Market be built followed by another granary while also building an Auction house. The days went by quickly as two months had passed and only two more weeks remained till Tianlong completed his mission while also preparing for more force to come down. A messenger walked through the new streets of Wuwei and was amazed as he continued to the city hall. The messenger arrived and entered but was stopped by the guards. Guards: Stop! You cannot enter! Messenger: I have a message for General Lu from Dunhuang! When the guards heard that they let him through. Tianlong with his officers and civil officers were discussing more building options to follow before they saw the messenger. Tianlong: what message do you bring for me? The messenger pulled out a scroll and opened It before speaking, General Lu Tianlong your exploits in capturing Wuwei with only 20thousand against 53thousand from these two battles the Nobles Council proposed by the Lord is that you shall become the governor of Wuwei and safeguard the south and shall have another 10thousand reinforcement for your use. When the Civil officers heard the messenger, they finally knew that Tianlong was actually Lu Bu''s son who made massive achievements in the war. When Tianlong heard that he smiled as he recalled his father''s words on his birthday, Long''er! Although father hasn''t gotten you anything in the future you shall have your gift! Tianlong: mm! send word back to Dunhuang that after all the wounded are healed, I march to help in the Northern battlefront where all the armies are heading! After these two months the Lu Bu armies and Huang Dan armies clashed about 6 times with the battle of Wuwei being one, the decisive clash had soon arrived where a massive battle would take place to end this war in one move. Tianlong had known that a massive battle was imminent as he awaited in Wuwei with his army recovering. After the messenger left Tianlong had called his captains and deputies. In a room, a giant map was on the table as war figurines were moved around on the board. In the north 80 figurines stood in Xiliang province and Tianshi village while 60 were to the right of the 80 figures this was Tianlong''s army. Tianlong looked at his officers before speaking, While we are still recovering after we are at full strength we shall hit the enemy on its flank as they engage the northern armies of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. Chen Zuren: Are we splitting up in two units for better penetration? Tianlong nodded and spoke, You shall lead 10thousand and strike the furthest right trying to close them in while another 10thousand for the left while the other 40thousand shall break through the center and deliver the killing blow to the enemies core. 65 Chapter.64 Black Horse Army Strikes Out! Another month had passed since Tianlong was conferred governor of Wuwei for his exploits in this campaign, with it the injured elites and core of the Black Horse Army recovered pushing the 55thousand to 60thousand a force with much force. Tianlong who stood on the walls had donned his Ancient Horse General Armor over his Azure robe coupled with his flowing light brown hair he emitted the bearing of a Lord after a month as he watched his Army form up getting ready to march. An hour passed and the Black Horse Army was ready to march, surprisingly the citizens of Wuwei all gathered and sent the army off along with their lord. After leaving Tianlong and his army started marching north as the enemy gathered a force 120thousand against his fathers 90thousand who came from Dunhuang. A day passed and Tianlong who traveled through the night arrived just barley from the battle which he could hear. Tianlong looked at his army which was in high morale as they had undergone fierce body training from Shi Jun and the others and spoke. Tianlong: Men! Just over this forest, a battle of the century is going on! With this one move, the world shall know of my Black Horse Army and all its might so brothers! Sisters! Slaughter till your heart''s content so we may drink together after this battle! Soldiers: Uraah! After Tianlong gave his speech, they traveled through the forest and were on the enemy''s left. Tianlong: you know the plan! 10thousand on the left and right while the rest to the center! After saying that Chen Zuren and Fu Chen with their 10thousand rushed out on the enemy flanks while Tianlong and His 40thousand followed behind. Enemy POV¡­ General! General! A new army as appeared on our left and they appear to number 60thousand! And two armies bear the flags Chen and Fu while the last seems to be Lu sir! When Huang Dan who had personally taken to the field heard that he remembered that Lu Bu''s Young tiger of a Son was stationed at Wuwei after defeating his 53thousand garrisons and was said to be recovering. Huang Dan: the young tiger has recovered and bared its fangs! Good! Let this battle go down in history who shall lose, and win in this one battle! Have Huang Fen rush to the left and have Huang Ji continue his assault don''t mind the flanks! After Huang Dan said that he saw as the two armies on his left and right punch into the lines while the other army was almost here. Tianlong saw as Fu Chen and Chen Zuren struck out and spoke, Ferocious Demon Cavalry To me! Tianlong had rushed out and was at the enemy lines and struck his spear out and he reaped three lives in a second and caused the cavalry behind to be inspired. Tianlong: onwards! Ha! Tianlong was a war god as his spear moved swiftly reaping live after live, as his spear left only afterimages... Soon an hour passed and Tianlong with his spear at the helm led his 40thousand to break through the enemy''s 5th defensive line as his flanks were at the 3rd and 4th lines and this created a bulge going into the enemy army. From afar at Lu Bu''s camp he saw as his son punched through the enemy line and within just 1 hour created an advantageous situation for them. Lu Bu: he has finally grown! This son of Lu Bu shall shock China someday! Hahaha! Have Gao Shun start his attack again followed by Zhang Liao put pressure on them! We shall let the Black Horse Army with their momentum seize us this victory! When Wei Xu and Hou Cheng heard Lu Bu, they smiled as they saw the battle unfold. Two hours had passed the enemy were on the verge off collapsing Tianlong had Almost arrived before Huang Dan Just 3 more lines before he could slay him. Tianlong: alright brothers charge! We shall claim Huang Dan''s head in one move! Ha! Tianlong with his Ferocious Demon Cavalry Who Followed behind and before they could react, they arrived. Tianlong who had his armor bloodied while his azure robe had bloodstains from the killing and Tianlong''s spear dripped with blood while his white cape blew in the wind. Tianlong: Huang Dan! Leave your Dog life behind for this young master! Ha! Huang Dan: guards! Guards! Block him Nooo! Aaah!! Tianlong: hmph! A general never shows his back! Tianlong struck out and his spear went through the four guards and seemed to fly after Huang Dan. Huang Dan: no! Finally, in just one move Tianlong slew Huang Dan while he looked down upon the enemy with his noble bearing. Enemy soldiers: no! the lord has fallen! What are we to do?! Hey! Look at him! Such a noble bearing he seems to be ready to kill us! Enemy Soldier: Young lord spare me! I surrender! Some soldiers just surrendered as they saw Tianlong about to raise his spear, soon more followed, and the battle of two Paths finally ended with the Lu family swallowing the Huang family. Tianlong saw their weak morale and stuck again, Soldiers of Huang Dan! Surrender your lord is dead and his brothers shall follow after come serve under this Lu''s family and make yourselves known! Tianlong''s words carried a grace that seemed to make the enemy soldiers walk over without realizing it. From afar Lu Bu who saw everything was stunned as he remembered this kind of grace when he visited Emperor Liu before his death and laughed, hahaha! This Lu Bu''s son is surely a blessed king of the future! Hahaha! After the battle ended Tianlong commanded his army to take the remaining cities of the Huang clan. After splitting his 60thousand into 30thousand they captured the cities of Jincheng, Tianshui, and Anding. After Lu Bu''s victory in the north many feats of the battles were spoken by traveling merchants bards and poets from the north tales about Lu Bu''s Tiger son who was the star of the battle from the information received from the poets and merchants spread quickly among the lords. Xuchang¡­ What?! That Slave of three names actually produced such a young tiger! We must pay attention to the north slightly if that Lu doesn''t see this Cao in his eyes hmph! Somewhere around Runan¡­ What! Hmph! That slave of three names really does go against the heavens even when he should''ve died long ago! Come! Fei and Yu we make for Xiapi! Luliang¡­ Hahaha! Seems there''s another tiger out there! Our blades shall cross one day oh Young Tiger of Lu Bu! All the lords over china had different reactions to Tianlong''s fame some wished for Lu Bu''s death while some were amazed at how a crude barbarous warrior became such a lord in the north. Wuwei... After Tianlong with his army set out of Wuwei they had finally returned after two weeks from subduing the bandits in the areas of the new territory of the Lu clan. Citizens: the lord is back the lord is back! He must''ve come back victorious! Hahaha! Bless our lord! Guard: open the gates! The lord and his army have returned at last! Open the gates! Tianlong smiled at how the citizens acted while he picked up a few children as he and his army paraded through Wuwei after their return. Tianlong had a fierce but noble aura that seemed to cry justice and fairness when he looked at anyone even bandits while he was touring the countryside many bandits turned themselves in while some resisted. As Tianlong was about to arrive before the city hall, a young woman followed by two older women donning purple, jade, and yellow dresses as they waved towards Tianlong. As Tianlong saw the three women, he saw they were his mother and in-law while Nanyang Meiyang. Tianlong caught the running young woman who screamed out, Brother Long! Tianlong looked at the porcelain jade face with violet eyes who had a slight blush and spoke, hahaha! Mei''er! After not seeing you for four months you''ve become even more beautiful! When Meiyang heard that she let go before she ran back to her mother as Diao Chan and Nanyang Shi laughed at their daughter/in law. Tianlong went up to Diao Chan and spoke while giving her a hug, mother! How have you been at Dunhuang? Is father pampering you?When Diao Chan heard her son she pinched his arm before laughing, hahaha! Long''er it seems after not seeing your mother for four months you''ve grown your shamelessness and face! Tianlong saw as his mother''s ruby eyes gleamed at him before walking back to Meiyang and Nanyang who were walking into the mansion, Meiyang gave a stink face at Tianlong as they walked. After the four entered the mansion they went to the table and spoke while eating. Nanyang Shi: Long''er, after being on the front so long what have you done? Tianlong: nothing much mother in law, we built forts while skirmishing with any enemy soldiers crossing and that''s it. Meiyang squinted her face at Tianlong''s short reply and spoke, Brother! Tell us how you won! Diao Chan: yea Long''er we haven''t heard the news as we started traveling down after hearing of your conquest of Wuwei. Tianlong: for Wuwei we broke through two separate armies that formed 54thousand, the first was baited around Fort Wuwei where we decimated their 24thousand before moving on the undefended Wuwei province we encountered my new deputy Chen Zuren leading his army of 30thousand back south from Zhuyin fort and clashed at Xiliang were we fought till we had 11 and 8thousand respectively, Meiyang: what! Your so fierce brother! You must know a lot about war. Tianlong: hahaha! That''s right Mei''er! I''m a Once in a lifetime prodigy of warfare! Tianlong had a boost of confidence from Meiyang''s fawning but returned to normal as the door opened to the dining room. Maid: my lord, the civil officers along with the guard commander have come to see you! Tianlong: have them wait in the city hall! I shall be over there I a while they can discuss their ideas before I arrive! Diao Chan saw her son''s noble aura as he spoke and nodded her head as he was just the same as Bu''er but with both their looks. Tianlong turned back to his mother and in-law while Meiyang looked sad before nodding her head at him. Tianlong: mothers! Mei''er I have to end our talk here for now I have matters to attend to you can use any rooms beside mine or anywhere. After saying that Tianlong left and headed for the city hall. As Tianlong neared the door, he heard many voices talking. Voice 1: That''s preposterous! To propose such an idea, I do not accept it! Voice 2: Well we all have different views and that''s my idea I''m putting down I heard yours and said nothing so wait for the lord to decide! Voice 3: mm! I agree! We shall wait for the lord to hear of our ideas! Tianlong hearing the conversation nodded before walking in. Creek! The civil officers talking hear the sound of the door opening and saw Tianlong who had started walking to the main chair which remained empty as they sat on mats before the throne-like chair. Tianlong sat down and looked at the civil officers and guard commander silently before he spoke, Speak, who shall give their idea first? The first to speak was the officer named Kuai Ming who had told of how the newly established city-guard helped finish the buildings ahead of time and the other officers all have different ideas. Tianlong: alright then! Kuai Ming tell me your idea first then Gu Ying then Bai Lee! Kuai Ming: my lord! My idea is for us to invest in building the roads up more while making a new Granary but also expand what we grow Tianlong nodded at his idea before speaking, Gu Ying go!when Gu Ying heard Tianlong, he was a little nervous and started coughing before he spoke, My lord! Cough! Cough! My idea is to expand the farmland while also building up the spice trade even more from trades with the Nanyang who hold a big influence over it. When Tianlong heard the mention of Meiyang''s family he gave a smile which they all saw before they heard Tianlong spoke. We need not send a message we shall just ask their young madam personally! Kuai Ming: does the lord''s family control the nobles of Dunhuang? If so, lord Lu Bu has really changed over these few years! Tianlong: that would be a feat Kuai Ming co0ntrolling all power under you but one can only dream! We shall go talk to my fianc¨¦! Gu Ying: cough! Cough! So the lord is the future husband of the Nanyang family young miss! Hahaha! Tianlong: mm! good guess Gu Ying! Your idea along with Kuai Ming are almost the same but different which is were you two intersect but that shall change! The expansion of the farmland can be started right away while a granary can be built in a month! We shall build up the roads for better transportation and speed while also opening the way for more trade. When Kuai Ming and Gu Ying heard how Tianlong easily merged the two ideas they spent hours arguing about bowed to Tianlong which he nodded his head to while he looked at Bai Lee. Tianlong: go Bai Lee you can speak your idea now! Bai Lee was the youngest of all three but had an aura of a warrior from the battlefield which conflicted with his scholarly aura. Bai Lee: my lord! As brothers Kuai and Gu worked on agriculture and expansion I propose we use the natural caves around the mountains and down bellow for the production of our weapons to keep them hidden from prying eyes and so on but also invest in making a few small outposts on the borders! When Tianlong heard Bai Lee, his eyes sparkled as he was looking for places to start his work on making siege weapons and other items such as armor. Tianlong: Good! good! it seems this young lord has competent subjects! Bai Lee you and Commander Gin can start looking for suitable spots to start making the factories while I also want to expand the guard by 3thousand. 66 Chapter. 65 Peaceful Days and an Master. After the meeting, Tianlong attended when he got back a month had passed and with it, March was near and the previous bumpy dirt road had been made to a gravel-like substance that paved the giant road big enough to fit two big carriages. As people walked down and up the road carrying their vegetables, meat, or even items of trade, a group of 3 horses trailed together on the road and the forefront horse held a beautiful woman with a silver dress with embroils of emerald flowers while a man wearing a robe of purple. Meiyang: Brother Long where are we going? Tianlong: when I was hunting bandits over Dunhuang I sometimes took strolls around viewing the scenery and would stumble into Wuwei from time to time and found some nice places. Meiyang pouted at his response and pinched him which caused Tianlong to laugh out. Tianlong: hahaha! Don''t worry once we get there you''ll be amazed! A few hours had passed, and it was around noon, and Tianlong, Meiyang and their guards had been traveling about 1thousand li out from Wuwei and were closing in on the mountains. Tianlong had stopped his horse and got off and motioned Meiyang to follow after him and grabbed her waist helping her down. Meiyang after blushing from Tianlong''s action spoke, brother long, do we have to walk up the mountain? Tianlong: don''t worry! Do you think I wouldn''t build a road for such a beautiful place? After saying that Tianlong walked forward and Meiyang followed behind him as she held his hand¡­ The group had tracked the path made by Tianlong and saw many beautiful trees and animals drinking at the stream that flowed down. Soon the group arrived before a small plateau on the mountain and saw the full stream of water flowing down countless paths while many flowers, lotus, and trees were blossoming. Meiyang: brother long! It''s so beautiful! As Meiyang said that she hugged Tianlong. Tianlong: hahaha! Of course, I said you would be amazed! Its beauty is just barley compared to you next to it though. Meiyang blushed at his words but continued hugging him before they continued walking forward. Tianlong with his free hand made a gesture to the 3 ferocious Demon cavaliers who caught the gesture and went back into woods leaving them alone. After some time, Tianlong and Meiyang laid on the ground looking at clouds. Meiyang turned her head to Tianlong who felt her action turned to meet her. Tianlong saw her face blushing red and smirked before he moved his head forward. Their lips met and they kissed till Meiyang couldn''t breathe. Meiyang: huff, huff, brother Long we should start setting out before it gets dark. Tianlong nodded his head at her proposal and kissed her again before he started to get up and helped her up. When the guard heard rustling from behind, they turned with their spears ready and saw it was Tianlong and Meiyang and bowed at Tianlong before letting them walk ahead. An hour passed the group arrived at the bottom of the mountain and started to ride home. Finally, they reached Wuwei and the stars illuminated the sky as they rode home. Tianlong and Meiyang returned to the city lord mansion and went their separate ways and went to sleep¡­ The morning had come and the sun started to rise turning the black sky a blue hue as it slowly rose into the sky as the moon started to fall. Tianlong who was sleeping heard a knock on his door which woke him up, Who, is it? His voice was hoarse as he just woke up and got up. Voice: my lord, lord Lu Bu has ordered the young lord with setting the foundations to attack Liu Zhang we shall attack two years from now. Tianlong: you may go back I understand before you go send word to a guard to gather my deputies and the commanders. Voice: alright young Lord! After the messenger left Tianlong rose from his bed as he was naked and walked to his wardrobe and pulled out a pair of underwear and a white robe. After washing up Tianlong walked out his room and to the kitchen. Chief chef: my lord! Good morning what would you like? Tianlong: bring me some tea with rice, chicken, and soup. After saying Tianlong walked to his study and sat down and looked at the paper needed to be done. Tianlong: hmm? A new inn grant to build on the outskirts of the city. As Tianlong said that he looked to his left as a map of the city and where everything was and saw that there were only lumber yards, brothels, shops, and a barracks. Tianlong: that''s a good spot! We should make that inn less expensive than the others since it''s in the slums. As Tianlong spoke to himself his hand moved like a snake each time, he made a stroke and gave his writing a feel of imposingness, Arrogance, and that of a spear master. After an hour, a knock was heard on the door and with it, the Chief chef came in carrying a large plate while his handheld a tea pourer with a cup. Tianlong who was writing looked up and pointed to the table to the left of him, you can leave it there thank you. After Tianlong said that the Chief chef placed the food down and gave Tianlong a bow before walking out and closing the doors. Tianlong stopped working and started to eat¡­ 30mins later¡­ Tianlong had finished his food and heard a knock on his door, who is it? Messenger: My lord, deputies Fu and Chen and long with commanders Lu, Shi, Hou, and Ai have arrived in the city hall awaiting you my lord. Tianlong heard the messenger and started to get up as they had finally arrived, you may go back now! After saying bye to his mother/in-law and Meiyang had awoken and started eating breakfast. City hall¡­ Tianlong arrived before the city hall and opened the doors and saw Chen Zuren, Fu Chen, Lu Lingqi, Ai Feng Shi Jun, and Hou Fengxian were gathered around a table and they all turned towards him and gave a bow. Tianlong nodded at their bow before walking to the main chair and spoke. Tianlong: I called all of you here because we shall lay the foundations to take Wu gate while pushing Liu Zhang back to the Shu lands! When they all heard what Tianlong said they were shocked as they just finished attacking Huang Dan and his faction. When Tianlong saw their stunned faces he laughed and spoke, hahaha! Over the period of two years of course! We shall strike once we have rested and slumbered. Chen Zuren nodded his head at Tianlong''s following words and spoke, young lord if you wish to lay a foundation to the northeast of Wuwei allow me as I know the lay of the land! As for recruiting commander, Lu and Deputy Fu can start small drives while Shi Jun, Ai Feng, and Hou Fengxian along with the other brothers shall train the new recruits for the army and city-guard. Tianlong: good! We shall shock the world in the next two years, and they shall know of this Young Lord, even more, when we strike out! After the meeting, Tianlong had returned to his courtyard where he sat cross-legged. Tianlong: I haven''t had time to cultivate with being the lord but since I have time lets see if we can breakthrough! Tianlong after finding his balance with his manual had risen to the second-class general and had set his foundations for his qi and spirit but hadn''t found time to integrate the use of his new power. Tianlong had closed his eyes and breathed in and out through his nose and out of his mouth as a golden purple aura highlighted the outline of his body as he continued to breathe the light got stronger and brighter till the two colors merged completely and brought about a dark golden purple that swirled around Tianlong. Tianlong who felt his qi and spirit finally merge completely together stood up as he drew his spear from his inventory. Tianlong: with this momentum, I shall make the next spear move for the Boas Nine Savage strikes! ha! After starting his spear training Tianlong had started off with basic spear moves before he went through his Boas Nine Strikes as he did when he formed the Boas Jump Through the Gate it carried the aura of a king looking down on everything as it flew towards the gate but soon disappeared. After another two hours, Tianlong who struck out had sweat all over his body as his upper robe was taken off revealing his scarred but a slightly tanned muscled body like that of a wolf protruded as he gathered his entire strength in that last strike. Tianlong who opened his closed eyes saw that the iron spear he was using was almost broken but as he stood staring at the sky Tianlong laughed as he collapsed on the ground he saw the coiling flood Dragon that formed as it roared towards the sky before rushing down to Tianlong and disappeared. From afar on a mountain south of Wuwei an old man followed by a young woman and man saw the golden purple dragon roaring before rushing down and disappearing out of their sight. Young woman: master! Did you see that?! Is that what you''re searching for? Old man: within life as we travel down that mysterious road many encounters shall appear whether they are boons of evil or good so long as you keep walking through that road you shall arrive at a better place. while you may not know what you''re looking for but when you find it you will find the truth. After the old man said that he continued forward towards Wuwei as the other two followed behind him. Young woman: senior brother! You''ve been master''s disciple for over 25 years do you still not understand what his proverbs mean? The Young man laughed and spoke, junior sister although his riddles of talk are complicated in my 25 years everything, he said led towards me finding myself in a dark road but turned to light after following the master. After the two finished talking they vanished from the spot and reappeared behind the old man who was already trekking down the mountain with his cane¡­ Within the city lord''s mansion Meiyang who was walking towards Tianlong''s courtyard and knocked but there was no response, so she opened the door. As Meiyang opened the door in the yard she saw Tianlong laying on the ground as a spear laid next to him Meiyang rushed to Tianlong''s side when she saw he was unconscious and arrived by his side to see his face donning a smile of happiness as his hand clutched the spear which had some traces of blood. Tianlong who felt he was laying on something soft slowly opened his eyes as he saw a jade porcelain face looking at him with loving eyes. Tianlong sat up and saw that they were in the main bedroom as he was wearing a new robe and was cleaned. Tianlong: Mei''er did you clean me? When Tianlong spoke Meiyang had a face of red but shook her head and spoke with a mosquito voice, y¡­your mother did. Tianlong: who? Tianlong with his enhanced hearing could clearly hear her but teased her. Meiyang: your mother did! After saying that she ran out of the room which Diao Chan and Nanyang Shi were listening to. Tianlong: mothers! Diao Chan: Long''er why were you passed out? Tianlong: no reason since I had this much free time for once I trained. Diao Chan when see heard that sighed as she saw a figure of Lu Bu appear in Tianlong but smiled. Diao Chan: truly are your fathers'' son like father like son you both train crazily Mei''er if he doesn''t spend time with you in the future come tell mother his father was just like this when we married. Meiyang: I will mother! After Tianlong woke up the four of them sat together to eat dinner and after they were finished a knock was heard. Tianlong: who is it? When Tianlong spoke and nobody responded he became alert. Tianlong who pulled his rake spear out spoke, Mei''er! Mothers go to the room ill come get you all after everything is safe. After saying that Tianlong used his spirit to see nobody was at the door before he moved to the courtyard. As Tianlong entered the courtyard an eerie feeling was around which Tianlong felt as he walked to the center of the courtyard. As Tianlong stepped in the center a shadow came rushing from behind. Tianlong: show yourself assassin! Ha! As Tianlong spoke, he swung his spear behind him as a clang was heard. Tianlong saw the assassin was a male using the sword and spoke, since your so bold to try to kill this young lord you shall leave your life! Arrgh! Young man: hmph! Ha! Clank! Cling! Shang! Ding! Arrgh! Ha! As Tianlong and the man swung the sword and spear, they quickly exchanged 100 moves as they kept going. Tianlong: Boas Rushing Curl! As the spear and sword were about to clash like a snake his spear wrapped around the sword aiming for the Young man''s heads which forced him to drop his sword and retreat backward. Tianlong saw that and struck out again the young man was about to get pierced I the head. Tianlong: die! Ha! Clang! As Tianlong''s spear stopped right before the young man''s head a two thin swords were before him as a slender and curvy figure stood in front of the young man also clothed in black. Tianlong jumped back as he looked at the two and kicked the man''s sword towards him and slowly spoke¡­Since the day I''ve been born besides my father and my rival Alexander forced me this far but since you two are intent to take my life I shall send all three of us to the depths of the yellow river! After Tianlong spoke there was no wind in the still night as the moon waned over the three figures his hair and robes started to blow as a dark goldish-purple formed around Tianlong and his spear. As the two saw Tianlong turn serious and the aura that bared down on them, they turned serious. As a green and violet aura formed around the two. Tianlong: we shall end this in one move! HA! As Tianlong said that his heroic aura and scholarly aura poured out and a flood dragon image formed behind Tianlong as he struck out! [The Flood Dragon''s mighty Roar!] The two also released their moves with a giant sword flying to the snake while a cobra struck out as well. As the three attacks were about to meet a figure appeared before all three and the impact caused a massive dirty cloud to form from the collision. Tianlong: cough! Cough! What happened?! As the dust cleared away Tianlong had his robe ripped up exposing his body while the two other figures also had ripped clothes. Tianlong saw the old man who had no damage and felt fearful a little as he spoke, who are you?! Did you hire those two! When the old man heard Tianlong, he turned to the other two figures who were kneeling before him. Young Man and Woman: master! Old man: why did you two come to kill him? Young Man: were sorry master we thought it was like before when we killed the evil city lord and general. The old man sighed as he walked towards the half kneeling half-standing Tianlong whose internal organs were damaged a little from the impact. Cough! The old man got close and placed his hand on Tianlong s head as he spoke, Oh! It seems I''ve finally found you! Tianlong: who are you! Old man: me? I''m nobody and everybody but some called me old hermit Iroh. Tianlong: hermit Iroh may I ask why you''ve traveled to find me? Iroh: You, my young friend have the destiny of a person who shall lead the world in the future but shall also bring forth an ancient evil. Tianlong: how can I bring an ancient evil when ones already here?! When Tianlong said that Iroh was surprised before he spoke, what do you mean ones already here? Tianlong realizing what he said was now conflicted as he didn''t know if he could tell Iroh who he was. Tianlong: I can tell you but only after knowing why you came here! Iroh: as I said I''m a nomadic hermit who traveled the world hundreds of years accepting disciples and passing down my knowledge to them I come to ask if you''re willing to be this hermit''s disciple. Tianlong hearing Iroh finally spoke, although I''ve been alive for almost 15 years, I was reincarnated from the future because of an accident which brought forth and an evil spirit who traveled to this time period and I was sent after it. Iroh who heard Tianlong was shocked before he spoke, y... y You said future did you not! Then who won world war two and one! Tianlong: of course, the Entente and Allies! When Iroh heard Tianlong''s answer he laughed. Hahaha! After 100 years it seems another has crossed over! Boy let me tell you I come from the same era as you but a few decades before! Tianlong: does that mean you also found other reincarnators?! Iroh shook his head at Tianlong''s question and spoke, no although I searched, I always thought I was by myself. After the misunderstanding was resolved Tianlong kowtowed to Iroh and spoke, Disciple greets master. After that incident, the three found rooms within the mansion as Tianlong walked to the main room were his mothers and Mei''er were in.