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Chapter 265
Chapter 265 - Li Feihong's Target
1 PM.
A make-shift bridge was completed, but it was enough for the soldiers to cross. The rest of the siege weapons could not be moved to the other side of the trench as the bridge was still too weak and narrow.
"Troops, move in and secure the inner areas! Send words to our main army. Have them send extra workers over here so the towers can cross."
Gao Lan was busy pointing fingers and assigning tasks to his subordinates. Meanwhile, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were following after Gao Lan's battalion from behind as their support.
The 5, 000 soldiers formed two lines and crossed the bridge in order. As the bridge looked fragile, the men were careful with their feet. Their steps became slow as they walked. But once they got off the long logs, they quickened their legs.
Before all of them could cross the bridge, a large army appeared on the horizon. They caught sight of the black flags of [Lu] and [Li], which stood out as they were everywhere.
"Lu Bu!?"
"Li Feihong!?"
Subordinates of Gao Lan recognized the names of the enemy generals. They bellowed and shouted to warn the others.
Gao Lan's face paled when he heard Lu Bu's name from his men.
"Do not retreat! Keep moving forward and form ranks on the other side!"
Instead of retreating because of his nervousness, Gao Lan held his ground and ordered the men to form a defense line.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou also galloped forward to where Gao Lan was standing.
"I heard you've spotted Lu Bu?" Asked Wen Chou.
"Yes. They are coming toward us from the front."
"Number?"
"No idea. But from the size of the dust, it should be around 5, 000 or more."
"Good. Have your men open a path for us. Let our horsemen cross the bridge first. We'll deal with that so-called [Monster]."
The heavy cavalries got into the line as they slowly crossed the bridge one by one.
The workers behind the moat line managed to get a long rope from the main army. They had one of the horsemen carried it to the other side, which the men began to work on another bridge.
3 PM.
All soldiers managed to cross the deep moat. However, the siege towers and trebuchets were still lining behind the line as they could not cross it.
Yan Liang stood at the front of 5, 000 Infantries and 3, 000 heavy cavalries. All of them had repeating crossbows on their hands, getting ready to aim and fire at his order.
However, Lu Bu force stood still and maintained a distance of 500 meters, not getting into the range of the projectiles.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou smiled as they had enough time for the workers behind them to finish reinforcing the bridge with dirt and mud, so they could cover a part of the moat and move the siege weapons to the other side.
"Are they stupid or are they inept? Why didn't they attack us when we were not ready?" Wen Chou half-mocked, half-doubted.
"Well, there was a saying that he's a muscle brain. It appears to be correct! BWAHAHAHA!" Laughed Yan Liang.
Gao Lan did not comment. He had been having goosebumps since they crossed the moat. It felt like he was being watched by something and the killing intent was on him from the start.
Gao Lan could not handle the pressure anymore, he turned to Wen Chou.
"Sir, I'll go supervise the workers behind us. Can I leave the army to you?"
Yan Liang snorted, "Go if you want. Hurry and finish the crossing already! We don't have all day!"
"Yes, sir!"
Without hesitation, Gao Lan ran back and crossed the bridge. He stumbled on a rock as he was running in a panic. His instinct was crying that he had to run or he would die for some reasons.
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Three hours ago.
Lu Bu and Li Feihong were leading their 10, 000 men forward. With Li Feihong's guidance and his monitoring, they could tell that an army was trying to cross the moat at the corner of the north fort.
"I'll circle around them. Take care, guys."
Gao Shun detached from them and disappeared from the sight of their army.
"Alright, boss. As I told you before, you can't charge until I give you the signal, ok?"
Lu Bu snorted. He did not like fighting with a complex strategy, yet he followed Li Feihong's suggestion. After they had been together for years, he had faith in Li Feihong's decisions regardless of how troublesome it was.
"Ah, do as you wish. But I'll give you a condition. If you spot an important general of their army, don't kill him with your gun yet. Let me play with them first."
"Err boss, that's unreasonable. We have to win this efficiently so I'll have to finish their leader..."
The killing intent of Lu Bu locked down on Li Feihong.
"OKAY! OKAY! I won't use it, I swear!"
Lu Bu smiled, "That's more like it. If you want someone dead, you just tell me, and I'll kill him for you."
Lu Bu did not tell Li Feihong. Among the enemies far away, Lu Bu could sense three formidable warriors. From his experience, he could tell that Li Feihong's sneak attack by using the gate might fail as these people had sharp instinct. Had Li Feihong used the gate skill to poke his hand at the target, the hand might have been chopped off before Li Feihong could shoot the gun.
'I'm not refraining you because I want to play around. You will be injured if you pick the wrong target. '
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1 PM.
Lu Bu and Li Feihong could see Yuan Shao's soldiers on the horizon. There seemed to be a commotion within their ranks as Li Feihong could hear their shouting from his monitors.
"What are they doing?" Asked Lu Bu.
"Forming arrays. It seems that their siege towers and trebuchets are stuck on the other side. They can't move them across our moat."
"I'll be honest with you. This is actually a perfect chance to strike with our cavalries. Why did Jia Xu tell us not to attack?"
"Yuan Shao's men will be using bombs at us. Our horses are vulnerable to explosive, even our Red Hares can't do anything about it. If they throw those bombs in the middle of our charge, all of the horsemen will be thrown off their horses, and that will be their doom."
"Hmm. Cowardly tactic."
Lu Bu groaned and patted the neck of his horse, the Red Hare King. To Lu Bu, losing this stud would be like losing a wife. Besides, he had experienced it firsthand in the life-and-death duel with Tong and knew about how deadly an explosion could be.
"But will Gao Shun be fine? He'll dive into those guys head-on."
"Jia Xu and I told him to ambush the troops and workers on the other side and take down their bridges before we had dispatched our forces. He knows what to do."
Li Feihong turned around and raised his fist, "Soldiers, bring the ballistae and trebuchets forward. Aim at the general direction of the enemies and stand by for order! Infantries, march along with the weapons, but don't get too close to them!"
While Li Feihong gave his orders, his eyes locked on one of the floating monitors that only he could see. In the monitor, one person stood out within the panicking troops.
'A general. He seems important. '
Unbeknownst to himself, Li Feihong leaked his killing intent on the person as he was fantasizing how he could kill him with his gate-assassination technique.
Lu Bu noticed the killing intent. Instead of reprimanding Li Feihong, he laughed, "That's cute, Feihong. If you want someone dead, don't fantasize about how you will kill him. Plan in your head about how you can torture him while he is still alive. Merge the image of several dying people along with it to increase the power. It will be better if you remember the terrified look of your previous victims and merge his face into your memory."
Li Feihong cringed, 'I'm not a psychopath like you!'
Even though Li Feihong retorted in his mind, his action proved otherwise. He put the face of Ping in his previous life and merged it with the general in the monitor, creating an image that this was his nemesis that deserved to die.
In addition, he added the tormented experiences that he had suffered in Hell with it, turning it to a torture session in his mind.
Chilling air exuded out of Li Feihong's body and his pupils emitted a tinge of red color, the same pupils that Tong used to have last year before he awakened his wings.
Lu Bu's laugh got louder as he liked what he saw. On the other hand, the infantry soldiers of Julu and the cavalries from Jinyang shuddered as they glanced at these two in fear.
"I pray for whoever their target is, " Muttered a random soldier.
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2 PM.
Lu Bu force stopped 500 meters away from Yuan Shao Army. Like Jia Xu had ordered, they stood there, staring down at the nervous groups of soldiers.
Li Feihong was absentminded as he locked his sight on the general he saw in the monitor without withdrawing back his killing intent.
Lu Bu did not mind it. It was good practice for his subordinate, so he could get used to the bloodshed on the frontline. The stronger the mentality, the better strategist he would be in the future.
While they were standing still, Lu Bu had their ballistae crews practiced shooting and gauging the range. The trebuchet range was 400 meters while the ballistae were 200 to 300 meters.
The practice intimidated Yuan Shao Army further. From Lu Bu's corner of his eyes, some of them pissed their pants already.
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3 PM.
Li Feihong noticed that the general he wanted to kill escaped from the frontline with shaking legs. He did not know that the person was Gao Lan, his quest target.
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**Main Mission No. 20**
Clear Condition: Kill Gao Lan.
Failure Condition: Time limit exceeded.
Clearing Reward: 10, 000 years of lifespan. Bonus experiences for your existing skills.
Mission Failure: Your location will be shown on the system map to other players for 1 year.
Time Limit Remaining: 27 Days 8 Hour 59 Minutes.
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Li Feihong withdrew his killing intent, feeling pity that the guy went away. However, he noticed two other generals who were gazing toward his direction.
The two generals stood out from the rest of the commanders as well. They both were burly and wore unique armor sets, which decorated in gold and jewelry.
"Those two guys are mine, Feihong. Don't bother sending your killing intent at them. They are not like the other guy you targeted. I think they can counter your mental attack with their experiences. I've been locking my intent toward them, but they didn't flinch a slightest."
Hearing the warning of Lu Bu, Li Feihong shuddered.
'Those people can withstand Fengxian's killing intent? Wait, Tong can do it, too. Are they famous officers of Yuan Shao?'
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