Chapter 59: Langye and Training With Huang Zhong

chapter 59: langye and training with huang zhong lie fan then takes a rest when he arrived in his room, a week passed to begin their expedition and jia xu was surprised when he transported the rations that they have enough for a year thinking that he miscalculated before, and because of this he become more meticulous when trying to do something lie fan is amused by jia xu's reaction at the time and will never expect the suffering he will feel in the future thanks to this, it was morning when lie fan called for every high-ranking official and military personnel to the main hall lie fan: "today i will begin my expedition to clear xu province from the remnants of the yellow turban, i hope you all stay behaved and follow sir chen gui's orders" jia xu: "even though my lord and i leave xiapi, general chao bo will act as our eyes and hand here in xiapi" all the officials there stay silent after giving their signs of agreement, lie fan using his eyes signals to chao bo that he is free to give punishment if necessary to help chen gui after jia xu finishes speaking, lie fan then appointed chao bo officially as interim xiapi military commander replacing ze rong temporarily after that the meeting is dismissed with lie fan bringing his retinue riding towards the northern gate of xiapi at the northern gate, his army numbering 25.400 was stationed there already in formation and waiting for lie fan to arrive xiapi soldiers were lacking in experience on the battlefield so they were trained hard by huang zhong from the second day they arrived at xiapi under lie fans' permission ze rong is there supervising the army while waiting for lie fan and the others to arrive, this past month ze rong admired huang zhong's strength and put himself under him learning his ways lie fan arrived and was welcomed by the sight of his army that will become his tools to start his hegemony as it's any minute now that emperor ling will suddenly die or the governor system is introduced back thanks to liu yan lie fan step up on the stage that was put up and began to give a speech talking about the win they have defeating the yellow turbans and now they will cement that win by clearing their remnants for the safety of their family here in xiapi while the speech does not have that impact full but due to the energy from lie fan's 15.400 soldiers he brought from luoyang everyone feels their morale rise cheering for the defeat of these yellow turbans not wanting to waste any more time, lie fan walks down from the stage and gets up on pangu his trusted steed riding up the front of the army with his generals and jia xu following him in the future, this will be recorded in history as lie fan's rise to power becoming one of the warlords that have influence as big as cao cao and yuan shao as he rise through personal work and not from the help of his family 25.400 soldiers began their march led by lie fan advancing towards the north where their first stop is langye the city that acts as a waypoint between xu province and qing province as north of xu province is qing province that most of the yellow turbans from ji and yan provinces run there so in the northern part of xu province they encounter many small groups of yellow turbans lie fan ordered huang zhong to lead the battle while he and jia xu act as a strategist and observe the battle while commanding the formation if they needed to change direction or form lie fan learn many ways of using military tactics while working with jia xu, and jia xu also learned modern tactics that can be incorporated with the tactics he used which filled some loopholes or even improved it jia xu doesn't even shy about using poison to poison the yellow turbans well when they encounter yellow turbans' base, lie fan agrees to use whatever it is if he can keep his soldier alive and stay fit for battle when they arrive at langye, it's already 2 weeks passed by, and due to the crafty jia xu lie fan army doesn't have casualties but injuries can't be avoided langye governor welcomed him when he was informed of the imperial army that marched toward their city and lie fan decided to rest his army for today while inspecting langye at the same time asking for information about yellow turbans when lie fan accompanied by jia xu and his bodyguards reached langye goernor's castle he began a full inspection of the city's condition asking for reports from each department and jia xu will examine it the condition at langye is much better than at xiapi but not by much, due to the insufficient oriole members they had jia xu concentrate on sending the members to xiapi and other cities only have small numbers like 1-3 members so the evidence they gather for corruption is not much and jia xu suggested that they focus on the yellow turbans first while the oriole slowly accumulate the evidence of corruption in each city except for xiapi lie fan agreed and with jia xu finish examining every report, he found some small problems like a small difference in the fund's number of each report but he act like it was okay as they requested the report suddenly so the report is made in a hurry after finishing inspecting the reports of each department, lie fan ask if there were any yellow turbans sighted near langye or around langue the governor says there is a group of yellow turbans numbering 10.000 men or more that was passing through langye a week ago from qing province, maybe seeing the wall that langye has they changed their target and headed northwest toward the direction of puyang at yan province lie fan thanked the governor and finish the meeting for today, lie fan tells jia xu to supervise the langye government while he will bring the army tomorrow to travel around the vicinity of langye and even go near the border with yan province jia xu: "no my lord that's too dangerous, what if something happened and the step you take is the wrong one?" lie fan: " i have huang zhong with me, he is a veteran and understands military tactics i will listen to o his advice it's gonna be okay" jia xu: "hmm, i trust general huang seeing the demeanor he had when leading our army into battle, fine my lord can do that but don't take too long as we have to continue head to xiaopei before going south" lie fan: "i understand, i will leave 400 men here as your guard" lie fan walks out of the castle and rides his horse accompanied by his bodyguards they ride towards the city's southern gate when they made out they ride towards the camp where his army is stationed to rest when he enters the command tent, he saw huang zhong imparting some veteran knowledge to chao bai, zang ba, and ze rong who was listening to it seriously when they heard the tent curtain is opened up, they turned their head and saw lie fan standing there looking at them making them get up from their seats and greeting him lie fan: "general huang is teaching the younger ones today i see haha!" huang zhong: "the youngsters have great talent but they needed to temper their minds in battle i hope my experience can become a stone that helps them tempering their minds" lie fan: "i like that! why don't we have a duel general huang since it's been a long time since we trained together" huang zhong: "haha! i hope my lord doesn't stop training your skills and be too focused on your official duties!" lie fan: "of course not! but wait before i forgot i come here to inform all of you that tomorrow we will travel around the vicinity of langye and even go near the border with yan province to search for yellow turbans" everyone received the orders and lie fan also pointed out sending 400 of their best men to protect jia xu, ze rong takes that order and walk out of the tent immediately lie fan tells huang zhong to wait for him at the training area while he walks out from the tent and walks towards the tent where they store the weapons, getting inside and takes out his halberd from his system storage then walks out from the tent holding his halberd, lie fan walks towards the training area and sees huang zhong already waiting for him there holding his polearm a crescent blade on his horse huang zhong: "haha! my lord takes your position so we can start, there's a training armor i got for my lord to be used whoever touches each other three times is the winner!" lie fan: "okay i agree! even though i know i will lose i will give my best!" lie fan wears the armor and riding his horse pangu takes his position, huang zhong as the veteran makes the first move riding towards lie fan with his crescent blade do an upward slash lie fan receives the attack and can feel huang zhong's strength still overwhelming him but a little lighter than before with the strength he has now, he deflects the attack and thrust his halberd toward huang zhong's chest while laughing huang zhong use the crescent blade handle to hit the pointy end of lie fan's halberd from below to change its direction upward with his head moving sideways the sound of polearms hitting each other rang across the area attracting the attention of the soldiers to come and watch the training duel between their lord and general huang zhong does a sideways attack which lie fan deflects, and lie fan counterattacks with a heavy crossways attack, and huang zhong does the same making their weapon collide and making a very loud sound, both of their horses feel the heavy blow their body twitching and take a couple of steps backward lie fan arm feels a bit sore due to the impact he receives lie fan and huang zhong do bout after bout, attacking and defending impressing their soldiers and giving morale to them lie fan's original soldiers who knew the strength of their lord are even more impressed with huang zhong's strength as they can see that lie fan is overwhelmed by huang zhong's attack which shows his prowess the training continues for about an hour when huang zhong defeated lie fan with the score of 3 and 1, lie fan accepted the defeat in front of his soldier with a big heart and even laughed about it while saying that this was a fun experience which then they put their weapons down and walk back towards the command tent together _________________________ name: lie fan title: yellow heaven subjugator age: 17 years old (184 ad) level: 13 next level: 912.000 renown: 145 cultivation: art of war (level 7) sp: 246.700 attribute points str: 395 -> 409 vit: 165 agi: 172 -> 175 int: 175 -> 180 chr: 90 wis: 140 -> 143 will: 115 atr points: 0