Capítulo 316: 306. Huang Chao Vs. Dian Wei
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So he hurried toward the entrance of his residence and welcomed the two of them, Wang Lang and Lu Fan being welcomed personally by Lu Fan was satisfied as this showed that Lu Su wasn't an arrogant person and shows that he knew who they were after some pleasantries and introduction was exchanged, Lu Su invited them inside to talk more about their request in a more convenient place.
Lu Su escorted Wang Lang and Lu Fan alongside their soldiers toward the main hall, on the way there they meet with an old lady who was accompanied by several maids, seeing the old last Lu Su immediately walked toward her and calls her grandmother.
Wang Lang and Lu Fan exchange their glances after hearing what Lu Su calls the old lady Grandmother, this is an important piece of news for them especially when theyniverher that it's only Lu Su and his grandmother that lives here, as his father and mother already passed away.
After talking with his grandmother, Lu Su introduced his grandmother to Wang Lang and Lu Fan, who both greeted Lu Su's grandmother with respect and no airs of arrogance or someone who was above her.
This raised Lu Su's good impression of Wang Lang and Lu Fan, after a short exchange Lu S's grandmother leaves wet her handmaidens as she could see that Lu Su has official business with their guest.
Arriving at the main hall, Lu Su as for Wang Lang and Lu Fan to take a seat before calling for a servant to prepare some tea, and after doing that Lu Su asked Wang Lang and Lu Fan about the purpose of their visit.
Wang Lang: "Since Sir Lu Su was so direct, then I will say our purpose which was to ask for some aid and borrow your reserve in your granary, don't worry we will pay back what we owe double the amount we borrow!"
Lu Su: "So Sir Wang Lang and Sir Lu Fan wanted to borrow some crops, I thought Lord Lie Fan have an abundant of crops since I have seen the system which was implemented in Lujiang alongside the new crops that we're introduced called potato."
Lu Fan: "Yes we do have An infant of crops as our supplies, but something happened, and the next batch of supplies will not arrive for a long and a half, while we urgently need some right now, we hope that Sir Lu Su can kindly allow us to sorrow some and we will repay t double don't worry."
Lu Su: "I see, it's not that I don't want to help both sir and Lord Lie Fan, but one of my granaries has been emptied to help the poor people, and only have one left which was saved for emergency."
Wang Lang: "What a kind would Sir Lu Su is, we understand the situation we put you through but we hope that we could borrow that one granary it should be more than enough, do t worry not only we will pay it double but we also recommend sir Lu Su to My Lord, how about it?"
Lu Su: "This.. It's not that I don't want to loan my supplies to the two sir, but it's just- Grandmother! Why would you be the one bringing the tea?!"
When Lu Su tried to say that he couldn't loan his supplies, he saw his grandmother bring the tea alongside her maids shocking him, and he went toward her to help her but his grandmother told him to stay put.
Lu Su's grandmother put the tea on Wang Lang and Lu Fan's table, where the two stood up to receive the tea and thanked her while saying that she shouldn't do it herself and let the servants serve the tea.
Lu Su's grandmother just smiled and said that it was her obligation as the mistress of this house to welcome her guest, after that she asked the two of them who was their lord as she heard them talking about their lord and wanted to introduce her grandson to him.
Wang Lang smiled and told her that their lord was Lie Fan, Marquis of Xu and the Governor of Xu Province. Lu Su's grandmother hearing Lie Fan's name was ecstatic, as she had long heard Lie Fan's name from the people of Dongcheng.
How under his rule corruption was rooted out and crops became more abundant due to the plantation system that was introduced, alongside a new type of crop, and also a thing called waterwheel.
If her grandson could serve such a noble Lord then she could rest easy when she left him alone in this world, she enthusiastically said to both Wang Lang and Lu Fan that the Lu Clan will loan them the granary.
Lu Su hearing this wanted to stop his grandmother because it was an emergency reserve in case the people in Dingcheng or around it needed some help, but her grandmother told him that Lie Fan's men needed help right now and Wang Lang alongside Lu Fan have come from afar to so ask for his help.
Hearing his grandmother's words Lu Su could only stop and reluctantly heed his grandmother, he knew that his grandmother was trying to have him introduced to Lie Fan since her grandmother always wished for him to become an official.
It's not because of its prestige but in her mind becoming an official could protect him from harm, and be protected by the law due to him being an official and always hoping that he could serve a wise lord.
Bow that there's a chance for Lu Su to be an official under Lie Fan who was known for his kindness, virtues, and care for the people, Lu Su's grandmother immediately agrees on behalf of Lu Su.
Since his grandmother already said so, Lu Su finally agree to loan the crops to Wang Lang and Lu Fan, who in turn was ecstatic and promised to repay Lu Su as soon as possible and introduce him to Lie Fan.
Lu Su's grandmother was happy that her grandson finally agreed and told Wang Lang alongside Lu Fan to stay in their residence, with no need to pay for an inn outside, and treat the Lu Clan residence like their own home.
Wang Lang and Lu Fan thanked Lu Su's grandmother for her kindness and agreed to stay thinking that this could be a great chance for them to know more about Lu Su, and if he lives up to his reputation then maybe it's a good idea to introduce him to Lie Fan.
Lu Su who has agreed to loan his granary helped Wang Lang and Lu Fan by sending it toward Lujiang first, where Lu Kang will handle it and send it toward the front line.
While in Dongcheng a happy atmosphere surrounded the Lu Clan Residence, at Jiangxia Commandery full scale wars were happening everywhere, Dian Wei and Zhang Chao managed to capture Xingyang Town forcing Huang Chao who guarded it to retreat.
Feeling that he has broken his father's trust in him, Huang Chao was distorted for a while until his advisor said some encouraging words to him and then they retreated toward a town called Xiangye.
In there they mounted up their defenses as they knew that Dian Wei and Zhang Chao would head here next, and if they failed Jiangxia would become vulnerable because Xiangye was one of the towns designated as part of a line of defense for Jiangxia.
After several days passed by, Huang Chao and his advisor saw the banners of the Baihu Army and Xuanwu Army from a distance, Huang Chao ordered his men to stand ready.
At this time Huang Chao's advisor suggested that Huang Chao challenge one of the enemy generals so that he could raise the morale of their men since their defeat at Xiangyang dealt a heavy blow to their morale.
Huang Chao hearing that he could fight became enthusiastic and agreed to the suggestion, so when Dian Wei and Zhang Chao stationed their army at the front of Xiangye, Huang Chao loudly shouted his challenge toward the opposing army generals asking who dared to duel him.
This immediately caused the generals under Dian Wei and Zhang Chao to be frantic, volunteering themselves to be the ones to accept the challenge, especially Chen Lan and Fang Yue who were the strongest generals in Baihu and Xuanwu Army.
When Zhang Chao wanted to discuss with Dian Wei, Chen Deng, and Zang Hong who they were going to pick to accept the challenge, he heard Dian Wei let out a loud laugh and loudly say that Dian Wei accepted the challenge toward Huang Chao.
Zhang Chao immediately had a headache, this comrade of his sometimes like a muscle brain when his adrenaline spiked through the roof, and he could only calm the generals under them since they weren't picked.
Chen Lan and Fang Yue can only be disappointed that they weren't chosen, but there is nothing they can do as they already thought of others as their own comrade after they fought side by side, especially Dian Wei who saved them once or twice from encirclement.
Huang Chao who heard Dian Wei's name immediately became excited, while his advisor turned slightly pale as he never thought that Dian Wei himself would accept the challenge.
When he wanted to persuade Huang Chao to not do the duel, it was already too late as he saw Huang Chao go down and call for his men to prepare his horse and his weapon, making him sigh and hope that Huang Chao could escape with his life.
After some time, the gate of Xiangye opened and Huang Chao rode out holding a twin rod hammer in his arms, and from Lie Fan's Army side, Dian Wei rode out holding his twin halberd.
War drum was sounded from both sides accompanying them as they headed toward each other, and at the peak of the war drum sound Huang Chao's twin rod hammer and Dian Wei's twin halberd clashed with each other, creating a loud reverberating sound across the field.
Dian Wei was surprised by the strength that Huang Chao had, while it was nowhere near his level alongside Huang Zhong, he felt that he was on the level of Ji Ling maybe above Ji Ling a bit.
Ji Ling's strength is a combination of his prowess and martial arts skill that was combined with his war trident, he felt Huang Chao of the same rank or even a bit higher than Ji Ling just relied on his own physical strength.
Huang Chao feeling the strength from the clash with Dian Wei caused his arm to turn a bit numb, but this only excited him, and with a loud shout he used both of his rod hammers to attack Dian Wei doing an overhead maneuver toward Dian Wei's torso.
Dian Wei seeing this used both of his twin halberds to make an X to block the attack, and Dian Wei could feel that this blow was much stronger than the previous blow, not by much but it definitely increased.
Dian Wei can be sure that this man was a battle junkie like him, which excites him where he also let out a loud roar sweeping off Huang Chao's rod hammer and attacks Huang Chao with ha slash maneuver which was received by Huang Chao, and soon a bout of attack and defense were traded between the two wear the sound of their weapon coming in contact was so loud that the War drum sound slight loose against the sound of their weapon.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 29 (196 AD)
Level: 16
Next Level: 2,462,000
Renown: 725
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 1,071,700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 936 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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Capítulo 317: 307. Huang Zu's Dilemma
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Dian Wei can be sure that this man was a battle junkie like him, which excites him where he also let out a loud roar sweeping off Huang Chao's rod hammer and attacks Huang Chao with ha slash maneuver which was received by Huang Chao, and soon a bout of attack and defense were traded between the two wear the sound of their weapon coming in contact was so loud that the War drum sound slight loose against the sound of their weapon.
Both sides of the Army were in silence watching the duel happening in front of them with serious faces, since the winner or loser of this duel could have a large impact on their next battle.
From 10 bouts, 50 bouts, 100 bouts, 200 bouts, and 400 bouts were exchanged between them and there's no sign of stopping, where both sides have a different reaction from this occurrence in front of them.
Huang Cha's advisor seeing that Huang Chao could duel Dian Wei for so long thought that he had a chance to win against Dian Wei and that maybe the youngest young lord had the same prowess as the famed Dian Wei.
On Zhang Chao's side, alongside Chen Deng and Zang Hong, he thought that Dian Wei finally found his match in terms of strength and even thought that Huang Chao had the same strength as Huang Zhong, Lie Fan, Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao.
Zhang Chao has seen all except for Lie Fan duel each other back at Xiapi, where Huang Zhong and Dian Wei stood tall as the first place and second place respectively, now that there's someone from Huang Zu's side that could stand tall against Dian Wei are worrying.
But all that changes after they receive insight from Chen Lan and Fang Yue who tell them that Dian Wei isn't using all of his strength and that he is playing with Huang Chao because maybe it's the only enemy who could entertain him.
True to their words, Dian Wei is just playing with Huang Chao and when they entered their 400 bout, he could feel that Huang Chao began to be tired and his strength at attacking him slowly decreased.
Feeling that Dian Wei decided to end this duel and give out a burst of strength which shocked Huang Chao, who thought that Dian Wei was lap tired like him and knocked him off his horse after taking one of Dian Wei's twin halberd at his torso.
Fortunately for him, his armor managed to stand the blow of Dian Wei even though it broke in the process, only leaving him a big blue bruise. The sudden changes surprised all the spectators, but soon Zhang Chao's side let out a loud cheer while Huang Chao's side just stayed silent their morale plummeted.
Seeing that Huang Chao has been knocked off his horse, Dian Wei brings his horse and turns around returning to his camp leaving Huang Chao there, soon picked up by a unit of cavalries helping him enter Xiangye.
The end of the duel causes a massive backfire on Huang Chao's advisor who soon sends a letter to Huang Zu to ask for reinforcements, detailing to Huang Zu about what happened.
After the letter was sent, the sound of a war drum from the side of the Lie Fan's army was heard and when Huang Chao's advisor returned to the wall, he saw 10 Hwacha lined up while being protected by some infantries ready to be fired.
He doesn't know what that is as he hasn't seen them before, and Dian Wei alongside Zhang Chao didn't use it when they were sieging Xingyang since they wanted to stall the battle until the new year, now that they needed to speed up they brought out the heavy artillery.
Huang Chao's advisor was confused but told his soldier to be alert of anything, and soon he would undergo one of the worst experiences of his life.
Zang Hong as the leader of the Hwacha units, after receiving the report that all Hwacha were ready to be fired, after calculating the distance and checking that it was correct, ordered the Hwacha to be fired.
The nightmare for Huang Zu's men at Xiangye then began, as the Hwacha let out a sound that surprised and scared them at the same time, where they also saw their comrades being pierced by a high speed arrow on the head or shoulders piercing through their armor.
Huang Chao's advisor was terrified by the sight he saw, so he fled toward a safe location while organizing his men to defend themselves from the unknown weaponry used by Lie Fan's Army.
He hoped that Huang Zu would send his reinforcement as soon as possible, as they couldn't hold on much longer with the blow after blow on their morale and also now that Huang Chao was bedridden after the doctors found out that he had several broken ribs.
While the battle was ongoing at Xiangye, at Yangtze River Lie Fan's navy and the Lu Clan's navy dominated their naval battle, and Huang Zu's navy kept retreating while defending themselves from their attack.
Huang Zhong and Liu Ba decided to continue bombarding Huang Zu's Navy until they reached Jiangxia's port and from there the Qinglong army disembarked from the ships, and began a battle on Jiangxia.
When they were battling against Huang Zu's Navy, the Sun Clan navy suddenly appeared and joined their side in suppressing Huang Zu's navy, but it didn't surprise both Huang Zhong and Liu Ba as they already knew that the Sun Clan would arrive at any moment.
The combined attack from three of the Clan's Navies finally suppressed Huang Zu's navy combat power, which truly showed the expertise and experience of Huang Zu's Navy since it needed a combined Navy of three clans and also a new technological weapon.
This caused Huang Zu's Navy to retreat once again and it was several tens of kilometers before they reached Jiangxia, and at this moment they were joined in by Cai Mao's navy who came to support Huang Zu's navy.
This reduced the pressure put on Huang Zu's navy but not by much as Cai Mao's navy was also surprised by the new weapon that Lie Fan's navy was using and by the sizes of their ships.
So Huang Zu's Navy commander sent a letter to Huang Xu at Jiangxia, asking for all ships in Huang Zu's command at Jiangxia to be sent out, completely emptying Jiangxia's ships.
So when both letters finally arrived at Jiangxia, Huang Zu was furious at the news he received as both his army and navy were thoroughly suppressed by Lie Fan's Army and Navy.
He never expected Lie Fan's Navy to be so powerful that it could suppress his Navy, which was known as the best in the empire. For Lie Fan's Army, he could slightly accept their superiority, but not at the cost of his youngest son being injured like that.
Huang Zu then held an emergency meeting calling all of his available retainers at Jiangxia, he wanted to inform them of the news of the front line and also asked for their opinions on how they should handle this matter.
Huang Zu: "Everyone, I have received the news from the frontline both our army and navy, they are thoroughly suppressed by Lie Fan's army and navy! Give me your advice or suggestions on how we should handle this matter!"
Zhang Shuo: "My Lord I think what we can do is hope for Lord Liu Biao's reinforcement to come, as this report shows that Lie Fan's Army will always be unstoppable and also now his navy begins to show signs of invincibility like his army?!"
Wen Ping: "You Fool! How could we just wait?! My Lord, I think we should call back all of our soldiers and ships to Jiangxia, and put up a defense in Jiangxia while waiting for the reinforcement!"
Su Fei: "General Wen Ping, please watch your language as you're the youngest here aged in your twenties, I understand your frustration and the advice you gave was good but unfortunately our ships can't be called back as they were deadlocked in the battle, right Admiral Huang?"
Huang Zu: "Hah, unfortunately, what Su Fei said is right, since our navy lost its dominance that means they have to fight completely against the Three Clans navies, but I think General Wen Ping's suggestion to call back all our army is reasonable to do."
Deng Long: "Admiral Huang I have a suggestion that I would like to give, but I hope everyone here and Admiral Huang doesn't scold me for what I'm about to say."
Huang Zu: "Oh? Okay said it Deng Long, we have known together for so long you can say anything you want, don't worry as long it's not cursing us Haha!"
Deng Long: "Haha Admiral Huang is jesting, well then my suggestion is that how about we surrender to Lie Fan? Wait! Don't be angry yet! From everything that has happened, when if Lord Liu Biao's reinforcement comes I do think we will win this battle! So why don't we just jump ship to Lie Fan, the trajectory of the landscape was Lie Fan for several past years!"
Deng Long who gave his suggestion saw that some faces of his comrades changed, especially Wen Ping who can be seen to be very angry and wanted to lash out but was stopped by Deng Long who then continued to finish his words.
The moment he stopped talking, the hall became chaotic as some immediately condemned Deng Long led by Wen Ping and Su Fei, as they thought loyalty was above all else, and Deng Long words even his thoughts were already a betrayal to Liu Biao.
Some don't agree with Deng Long because they feel that they can win the land battle, it's already a fact that their navy will list now against the combined attack from three Clan navies, but for their semy they were optimistic that they have a chance.
While the last group was silent, Deng Long's words caused them to think about the possibility of changing sides with Lie Fan, Deng Long's words aren't wrong about the trajectory of the landscape was Ie Fan over the last several years.
Lie Fan's domain size has almost tripled compared to several years ago, and the battle he participated in always results in victory, and his enemies all lose.
Huang Zu was also one of the people who thought of this possibility, he was the hegemon of Jiangxia before Liu Biao came along and became Governor of Jing Province, he pledged his allegiance to Liu Biao in exchange for his navy, and Liu Biao gave him supplies.
Their relationship is more like a mercenary contract but after several years pass Huang Zu is satisfied with his life becoming one of the most powerful officials in Jing Province, but now all of that can be taken away if he were to lose his navy destroyed by Lie Fan.
His Navy is the only reason he became one of the most powerful officials in Jing Province which even Cai Mao doesn't dare to offend, maybe if he were to change sides he could retain his position albeit slightly inferior to his current position, but at the same time, he already feel some sense of camaraderie with Liu Biao so both thoughts were fighting inside of Huang Zu's mind.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 29 (196 AD)
Level: 16
Next Level: 2,462,000
Renown: 725
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 1,071,700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 936 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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