193. Fall Of Shouchun

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Li Feng, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, and Qiao Rui who received the news, began to attack Ji Ling's men on the top of the wall aggressively, saying that the one who surrenders will be spared, while the one who keeps fighting would be killed. Some of Ji Ling's men dropped their weapons, while some continued defending the wall with all of their might.

Lie Fan seeing all of this happening, decided to enter Shouchun bringing his advisors and bodyguards alongside him. There were still many of his soldiers who hadn't entered Shouchun yet, so he lined up waiting for all of his men to enter.

At this time suddenly an arrow flew from the wall, heading towards Lie Fan at a very fast speed. Fortunately, Lie Fan's level of martial arts has reached Lu Bu's level, so he is very perceptive of his surroundings.

Using his halberd, he hit the arrow when it was within reach of his halberd, splitting it into two. Lie Fan's bodyguard immediately surrounded him, looking as to where the arrow came from.

On the top of the wall, a man wearing a blue scarf on the top of his head curses for his failure, he puts down his bow and holds his spear to continue defending Himself. He had heard of Lie Fan's martial prowess, but he didn't expect that it would be on this level.

Man 1: "Brother Jiang Qin, what should we do now? It was the wrong move to join Yuan Shu, we should have chosen to join Lie Fan like that bastard Gan Ning!"

Jiang Qin: "Blame it on me, I should have listened to all of you and not my ego, to prove that even though he is the better pirate, I will be better at choosing the Lord I serve!"

Man 2: "We can still join Lie Fan Big Brother! Since joining Yuan Shu we have been relegated to becoming a gatekeeper, and stripped of our ships!"

Man 1: "What are you saying?! Don't you see that Brother Jiang Qin has shot an arrow at Lie Fan?! Lie Fan will never accept us!"

Jiang Qin: "No he can't see me from his location, but if he can see me that means heaven truly doesn't favor me, come follow me let's rally our brothers and surrender to Lie Fan!"

Man 1 & Man 2: "Yes Big Brother!"

Jiang Qin was a pirate like Gan Ning, roaming the Yangtze River around Yang Province and Jing Province. He was not as famous as Gan Ning, but he has proven to be a menace.

When he heard the news that Gan Ning, pledged his allegiance to Lie Fan he decided to do the same, but he chose to pledge allegiance to Yuan Shu, but the treatment he received was worse than Gan Ning.

The difference is that Lie Fan admires and wants to have Gan Ning serve him, while in Yuan Shu's eyes, Jiang Qin is just a lowly pirate, who pledges his allegiance to him to pardon his crimes, and bring some ships for his pitiful navy.

Inside Shouchun, Ji Ling began to be exhausted receiving attack after attack from Xu Rong and Fan Chou. He also began to feel despair, seeing his men slaughtered and that he couldn't do anything to help.

Xu Rong: "Ji Ling just surrender and all of your men will be soared, Shouchun practically has fallen to the hand of My Lord!"

Ji Ling: "I will never surrender! The only thing stopping me from fighting back is either death or exhaustion! I will never betray My Lord!"

Fan Chou: "Your loyalty is admirable Ji Ling! Unfortunately, you chose the wrong person to dedicate that loyalty to, Have you ever thought of the fate of your family when Tuan Shu was finally defeated?!"

Ji Ling: "My Lord will never be defeated! Even if I died, I knew that My Lord would take care of my family for me!"

Xu Rong: "Fan Chou let's just knock him out, it's better for Our Lord or Master Advisors to persuade him rather than us wasting time here!"

Fan Chou nods his head showing his agreement, together Xu Rong and Fan Chou attack the exhausted Ji Ling. Xu Rong targets Ji Ling's head with his pole, while Fan Chou targets his torso.

Ji Ling using his famed war trident blocked Xu Rong's attack, but because of his exhaustion, he couldn't block Fan Chou's attack and was stabbed in his torso. Fortunately, he was protected by his armor, but due to the force of the attack, he was knocked down.

Ji Ling fell down, and when he tried to stand up his helmet received a heavy blow from Xu Rong's Gudao handle. Ji Ling was flung down once again, but that one blow didn't knock him unconscious yet, seeing that Fan Chou used his spear handle and landed another blow.

This time Ji Ling was knocked unconscious, his men seeing Ji Ling's situation tried to help him but were blocked by the Tian Mao Battalion and Cavalry Battalion, which managed to land a heavy blow to them.

Ji Ling's defeat was not only seen by his closest aides, but also by the tiger's soldiers that were around him, and even on the top of the wall. His defeat was a heavy blow to their morale, which caused some to surrender.

Xu Rong and Fan Chou advocate for Yuan Shu's soldiers to surrender, as Ji Ling has been defeated by them, and their supplies have been under Lie Fan's army control.

One soldier threw down his weapon in surrender, followed by one after the other like a domino falling. Lie Fan who finally managed to enter Shouchun alongside his bodyguards and advisors saw this scene.

Lie Fan's arrival caused the rest of the soldiers who still had the will to fight, and even fight back against Lie Fan's men to surrender as they had heard of Lie Fan's exploit, and with Dian Wei here his threat level ruse significantly.

They don't know that Huang Zhong is also here, if they knew they would have surrendered when Ji Ling wasn't even knocked unconscious yet by Xu Ring and Fan Chou.

They are smart but that doesn't mean they are stupid, they would run away when they heard the one they were facing was the three heroes who managed to defeat Lu Bu.

This marked the fall of Shouchun to Lie Fan's hand, Lie Fan ordered his generals to round up Yuan Shu's men who had surrendered and count how many there were.

Lie Fan brought his bodyguards and advisors to the Shouchun Governor's Castle, where he met with Yang Hong and Yang Dajiang who received him there.

Yang Hong & Yang Dajiang: "Yang Hong! (Yang Dajiang!) have seen the Lord!"

Lie Fan: "Haha raise you two, if it weren't for the two of you Shouchun wouldn't fall easily as no matter how meticulously orchestrated by my advisors, the amount of time spent and casualties will be much bigger."

Yang Dajiang: "We are just following the words conveyed by Master Jia Xu, a wise bird chose the tree it stayed on, not the other way around."

Jia Xu: "I only conveyed some words, the decision is in the hands of Master Dajiang and Master Hong."

Lie Fan: "No matter! Yang Hong and Yang Dajiang the two of you have contributed significantly, amassing 30,000 men and even managing to sway one general to join me! Yang Dajiang will be the Governor of Shouchcun and Yang Hong will follow me back to Xiapi!"

Yang Hong and Yang Dajiang both kneeled to Lie Fan, saying their gratitude and promising to do their best to reciprocate Lie Fan's trust in them. After that, Lie Fan and his advisors have a conversation with Yang Hong and Yang Dajiang.

At this time, Huang Zhong entered the Castle and informed Lie Fan that Lu Kang's army had finally arrived numbering around 15,000 men. Lie Fan told Huang Zhong to let Lu Kang's army commander and his subordinates come in.

Huang Zhong cupped his hand toward Lie Fan, and then turned around to leave the room, after some minutes he re-entered the room alongside 3 men, who were most likely the army commander of Lu Kang's army.

Lu Jun: "Lu Jun alongside Lu Bao and Lu Qian has seen Our Lord! We are sorry for our late arrival!"

Lie Fan: "Please rise three of you, I didn't expect that the son of Lu Kang would be the commander of his army, since you're late tonight you have to drink 3 cups of wine from me!"

Lu Jun: "Don't worry My Lord, no matter how many you toast me I will drink it until I can't stand up!"

Lie Fan: "Ahaha good! Since you have arrived, after resting for some days in Shouchun, we will begin to pacify the surrounding area."

Everyone gives their acknowledgment of Lie Fan's words, at this time Lie Fan uses the Eye of Erlang Shen to Yang Hong, Yang Dajiang, and the Lu Generals while they are talking.

•Yang Hong

INT: 490 WIS: 76 VIT: 74 CHR: 70

•Yang Dajiang

INT: 425 WIS: 70 VIT: 76 CHR: 68

•Lu Jun

STR: 453 (Max) VIT: 73 AGI: 68 INT: 80

•Lu Bao

STR: 389 (Max) VIT: 70 AGI: 65 INT: 72

•Lu Qian

STR: 384 (Max) VIT: 70 AGI: 66 INT: 69

Lie Fan was satisfied with the attributes they had, not the best but the mediocre ones that Lie Fan needed. Lie Fan needs to fill his middle and lower-level positions, as almost all of Lie Fan's advisors were high-class talents or someone who was special in a certain area.

Outside of Shouchun, the news of Shouchun falling into Lie Fan's hand in just one day shocked the land. Shouchucn who was expanded and fortified by Yuan Shu, actually fell to Lie Fan's hand so fast.

When they heard that the cause of Shouchun's falling to Lie Fan was a betrayal from Yuan Shu's ranks it was shocking, as it was at an important conjunction and a mutiny suddenly happened which caused Yuan Shu to lose Shouchun.

Yuan Shu who heard of this news turned angry, as here he was defending Wan from Cao Cao's onslaught and he lost Shouchun so fast, that he ordered a retreat after listening to Hou Zui's suggestion.

Yuan Shu's retreat caused Wan to be empty without defenses, Cao Cao used this opportunity to take control of Wan into his hands easily, only losing a small amount of casualties unlike what Guo Jia had predicted.

Yuan Shu's retreat also caused an opening in his defenses in Xinye, when suddenly something unexpected happened, Liu Biao who was always staying inside Jing Province, moved his army and captured Xinye in one fell swoop, making Cao Cao's heart bleed as it should have been his but they lose this due to Liu Biao's unexpected move.

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Name: Lie Fan

Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu

Age: 25 (192 AD)

Level: 15

Next Level: 1.588.000

Renown:  605

Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)

SP: 371.700

ATTRIBUTE POINTS

STR: 906 (+20)

VIT: 578 (+20)

AGI: 563 (+10)

INT: 567

CHR: 93

WIS: 489

WILL: 377

ATR Points: 0