Book 51 Chapter 5 – Alls Fair in War (1/2)
Book 51 Chapter 5 – All’s Fair in War
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
With Hou Xibaileft Bashu by boat via the Three Gorges He felt that it would be wise to leave this trouble spot as soon as possible The dispute between Xie Hui and the four tribes was not only his business, it was beyond his capability to control even , and then spurred the Ten-thousand-Li Spots to travel along the northeast route, passing through a large area of open country, forging ahead in the direction of Pengliang His radually entered the Moon in the Well realrass and rested, he would sit in meditation to cultivate his power More than ten days later his lingtai was an expanse of clarity and e, he did not even think about shi+ Qingxuan or shi+ Feixuan Unintentionally, during the cultivation process, the experience that he accuh the fire and the water in the past has finally enabled him to step across into the harvest ti-the-enehtenment [Buddhist concept, epiphany] inside the strearound, propelling him into the realm of martial art way that he had never dreamed of before
One particular day he crossed the Huai River, and proceeded eastward along the northern bank As soon as he reached the canal, he could go up north along the canal, straight toward Liangdu
By this tiradually turned dark, the birds in the sky returned to the forest, a burst of cold wind blew over thethe end of autu’s heart was an expanse of bright clarity, the sound of Ten-thousand-Li Spots’ hoofs was rising and falling After passing through a forest of cypress trees, theto the east on his right side, the orous
Suddenly the alared his horse to evade into the depth of the forest by the road
Torches’ light was coroup of men and horses rushed down from up the mountain, there were about twenty one far
Fro’s li, where Li Zitong stationed athe area was proper and to be expected as aat all
He was just about to leave when the sound of hoof beats was heard fro That tea troops had turned around and sped back; he could not help shi+vering inwardly
The team of Li Ar The leader shouted his order, the more than twenty riders reined their horses to stop Three of theh to illu outside the light, hence he was not afraid he would be discovered by the enemy
The leader uttered some cusswords, and then he muttered, “I clearly heard the sound of hoof beats, yet there is nobody here, it’s really strange [orig seeing ghost while still alive]”
Anotherthe transition froht are the most ferocious; we absolutely must not come across this kind of evil spirit”
Inwardly Xu Ziling was greatly astonished; listening to the other side’s conversation, this area must be under close surveillance of the Li Arround, in order not to be invaded without they finding out about it
Could it be that soht was underway so to do with Kou Zhong? Thinking to this point, his curiosity was greatly piqued, he leaped off the horseback and climbed up to the top of the tree to chase the ene the inner hall, Kou Zhong was finally stopped by Xu Xingzhi, the latter said, “Shaoshuai, please tell theht”
Kou Zhong patted his shoulder and said with a laugh, “I understand!”
Crossing the threshold, he saw Gui Xiliang and Xing Rong, sitting at the round table in the reet hiuys really have a skill, unexpectedly you knew I ahai”
Gui Xiliang laughed and said, “Kou Zhong has always been a person on’t concede even to the death; if soht, I, Gui Xiliang, will be the first not to believe it”
Kou Zhong beckoned the two to take their seat again, and then he said, “What good news are you bringing hed and said, “After we left last time, our hearts were very uncomfortable; would we really watch you sit and wait for death and do nothing? Other people may not understand your temperament, but how could we as your brothers do not know?”
Gui Xiliang said, “Therefore, when the news of your Shao Shuai Arhai arrived, we are certain that you have du by the sea Since that is no different fro the path to your own doo away back to the south at all because it does not conform to your character – we know that there must be another conspiracy Therefore, we immediately rush over to see hoe can offer you our help”
Kou Zhong’s countenance changed, he said, “Since you are able to guess, wouldn’t it be possible that Li Zitong could also guess?”
“Don’t worry!” Xing Rong said, “How could we be the sa up fro involuntarily, Kou Zhong said, “That’s true! Li Zitong is a coward, naturally a coould think that others are greedy for life, afraid of death, just like hi said, “Are you thinking of luring Li Zitong to attack, while setting up an ambush so that he will be in a sorry state? But the rudu and transferred the entire ’swelled up in Kou Zhong’s heart In the battle for supre helped hireat of a role However, if they becareat threat to him, because the two knew his character too well; they understood hiht only flashed by his one, because toward these two childhood friends, he had always had absolute trust
However, it did not matter how he trusted the two, he still could not reveal the existence of Yang Gongqing’s five-thousand-strong elite troops Thereupon he smiled and said, “You are concerned about rateful It’s just that presently victory or defeat has not been decided, it is not advisable for you to be drawn into the battle betweenLet’s wait until after the situation is clear, then I will have to trouble two gentle to helpshot a quick glance toward Xing Rong, and then he nodded and said, “Very well! It’s a deal”
Xu Ziling pounced to the top of a big tree at the edge of the forest, a wide panorama suddenly opened up before his eyes, unexpectedly it was a wide-open big lake connected to the Huai River, where nearly a hundred warshi+ps were anchored But there were only several dozens of wind lanterns hanging on the sterns of the shi+ps providing the lighting The wind lanterns were even covered up, so that the lantern light would not be reflected up into the sky, giving up a ghostly, evil-spirit mysterious taste
There were hundreds of crafts dummies made of rice straws and set them up on the deck; they even putfroht it was still difficult to tell which one was real, which one was fake
Nearing the coe, two shi+ps left their anchor point, steered away from the river bay and entered the Huai River
Xu Ziling felt his entire spine was drenched in cold sweats What he saw before his eyesout to deal with Kou Zhong Right now, even if he spurred the Ten-thousand-Li Spots at top speed, using the du, due to thethe up north via the canal However, he had no other choice, he simply had to retreat quickly
‘Knock! Knock! Knock!’
Kou Zhong akened frohtmare; he sat up in a cold sweat from his bed and responded, “Who is it?”
Luo Qifei voice caentsnatched his outer garht with fear He dreaenerals under his co Yuzhi’s ice-cold body in his arms, was trapped in a marsh Ay! Luckily it was just a dream
He let Luo Qifei in, and then they sat down in the small hall of the bedrooht after dark, Zhongli’s navy the whole nest ca the canal If they don’t stop anywhere along the way, they could arrive any moment tomorrow after dark The shi+ps are full to capacity with troops, some of the shi+ps even have their hulls extre’s brains was still not too clear, “What time is it?” he asked
“Just passed the third watch [11pht],” Luo Qifei replied, “There are twoto hio up north along the canal’, what do you mean by ‘finally’?”
Luo Qifei replied, “Since dusk, approxili were setting off one by one, they went upstrea of Xu hour [7-9pm], the warshi+ps caoing nonstop fro the Canal and sailing speedily against the streaeon letters in succession, hence I knew it’s urgent and thus immediately reported it to Shaoshuai”