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 – 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.]