Chapter 2: Brothers We're in this together

  "Zao Jun is coming to raid!" The shrill voice echoed on the city wall.

  "The whole army is ready to fight!" A man with a helmet stood out, and the sound of drums also came from above the city wall.

  "What's going on? What's going on? The drums are beating! Cao's army is attacking!" a soldier shouted from the side.

  "Ah!" Cheng Yu broke free from the soldier's restraints and glared at Liu Mang "Consider yourself lucky, I'll behead you after we defeat Cao's army!" With that, he led a group of soldiers to run towards the city gate.

  "What the hell is wrong with this world?! Liu Mang's head was burning with anger, first being beaten by the crowd, and just now almost losing his life. Within one day, experiencing so much, can you blame Liu Mang for getting furious?!"

  Liu Mang walked out in the direction the soldiers had left, he wanted to find the people from their school, he wanted to find Chen Yi and make her compensate him. The shock he received was huge, not introducing 17 or 18 sisters to himself would be unforgivable.

  Liu Mang cursed and scolded with his mouth, but the more he walked, the less he could curse.

  The ancient city wall is covered in rust stains and dark red hues. Standing here, gazing out at the city within, row upon row of triangular-roofed houses stretch out before me, as well as those desolate lands.

  Before he knew it, Liu Mang had arrived at the top of the female wall. The scene in front of him made him directly stunned on the spot.

  "Kill!" A white-clad soldier who had just climbed up the city wall raised his knife and slashed at another black-clad soldier, with a red splash flying out as the blade fell.

  The black-clad soldier was not to be outdone, and although he had been wounded, the long spear in his hand still pierced the body of the white-clad soldier, and when it was pulled out, a string of things came out with it.

  "Ugh!" Liu Mang couldn't hold it in and vomited, he wouldn't mistake that red stuff for tomato juice, it was blood, real blood, and those things that had been torn off, they were internal organs and intestines!

  Liu Meng's vomiting is nothing to worry about, just as another white-clad soldier climbed up the city wall. Seeing Liu Meng's golden armor, he was slightly stunned, then suddenly overjoyed - this is a big fish! He shouted to his companions on the side: "The lord has ordered, killing one of Lü Bu's soldiers will be rewarded with 10 gold coins, killing a commander or above will be rewarded with 50 gold coins and promotion by three ranks. Kill!"

  In an instant, Liu Mang became fifty taels of gold plus a promotion in the eyes of these white-clad warriors.

  "Lü Bu's army?! Liu Mang's mouth twitched! Just now, when those black-clad soldiers surrounded us and said it was Cao's army... Are you playing a trick on me?!"

  Just as Liu Mang was still a bit skeptical, a loud thunder made him completely believe.

  "Lü Bu Lü Fengxian is here, who dares to be presumptuous? All the generals follow me and charge!" A tall and majestic man with a hundred-flower battle robe, Tang-style armor, and a lion-patterned belt, wearing a golden crown on his head, stood up. He charged towards that side, and the black-clad soldiers, who were originally in a precarious situation, seemed to have burst out their hidden potential, their morale greatly boosted as they followed the man's charge.

  "Lü Bu, Lü Boss?!" The man in front of him was no different from the historical description of the war god Lü Bu, except that he wasn't holding a halberd. Could it be that this really was Lü Bu?

  Liu Meng felt a sudden pain in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw a long sword thrust into his chest. A white-clad soldier with a ferocious expression was staring at him with bloodshot eyes.

  Does he want to kill me? Liu Mang had lived in a peaceful era, when had he ever seen such eyes, war was so far away from him, let alone this kind of cold-blooded slaughter.

  "Die, you rebel!" The white-clad soldier viciously thrust his long sword at Liu Mang's chest.

  "Clang!" A crisp metallic collision, Liu Mang only felt a pang in his chest, the long sword brought up a string of sparks on the white sheep's seat sacred robe.

  Liu Mang no longer had any complaints about Chen Yi making the holy garment entirely out of metal. If it weren't for the fact that it was made of metal and not wood or paperboard like before, he would have been done for this time. Liu Mang believed that although the long sword had some rusty spots and notches in some places, it could still easily pierce his body.

  "Ah!" Liu Meng's heart was still okay, didn't immediately pee his pants, but he was still panicked and shouted "Big brother, big brother, I'm not that person! You've chopped the wrong one, the wrong one! Lü Boss's underling is over there!"

  The entire white ram's holy garment had wrapped up most of his body, but the helmet on his head was held in Liu Mang's hand, and there wasn't a bit of protection on his head now, it was already too late to put it on.

  "Ha! Go to your death!" The spear pierced through his chest, but his head could be chopped off. The white-clad soldier licked his dry lips, and Liu Mang had already become a treasure in his heart, a fertile land, a proof of promotion and wealth.

  "Boom!" A burst of blood splattered out, a good head flew out.

  "Ahhh!" Liu Mang's face was splattered with a face full of fresh blood, still warm, causing him to scream in terror.

  "What's going on!" After the headless corpse of the white-clad soldier, a black-clad soldier walked out. Isn't this exactly the squad leader who was supposed to kill Liu Mang at first?

  Liu Mang immediately shut his mouth when he heard his roar, and he did believe that this thing had wanted to kill him a long time ago.

  "Big, big brother! I really, really am not under Boss Cao's command!" Liu Mang stuttered as he spoke.

  He glanced at Liu Mang, but didn't say a word. He also knew that this golden armor man couldn't be Cao Cao, nor could he be one of Cao Cao's subordinates. If he were, then the Cao army soldier wouldn't have attacked him. But how else could his appearance be explained? It was clear that he wasn't on Lü Bu's side either.

  He thought for a moment, wiped the fresh blood on his face and shouted "Follow me!" There's no time to think about it now, let's retreat the enemy first, and then he rushed out.

  Follow you? Liu Mang was no fool, although this thing had just saved his life, previously it had tried to kill him. An idiot would follow you, he chose another direction and ran off.

  "What!" Another Cao army soldier who had rushed up the stairs killed, looked in the direction Liu Mang was fleeing, dropped the broken knife in his hand, picked up a weapon from the corpse and chased after Liu Mang.

  "Wipe, still chasing!" Liu Mang had already put on his helmet, and all the way he wore the white sheep seat sacred clothes with golden light flashing, no matter whether it was in Lü Bu's army or Cao Cao's army, it was a fragrant bun. Don't say that killing Liu Mang could get promoted and rich, just say that the golden armor on his body is worth a city.

  Just as Liu Mang was hesitating between advancing and retreating, a loud shout came from the palace on top of the city wall: "You rebel, how dare you!"

  This doesn't sound like Boss Lü Bu's voice at all.

  Cao Cao besieged Xiapi, although the water marks had receded from under the city walls, but the damp earth on the wall still showed the original traces.

  "Lü Bu is bound on the White Gate Tower!" Liu Mang muttered to himself. And then later, Lü Bu was beheaded at the White Gate Tower.

  "Save Lord Lü, save Lord Lü, if I can save Lord Lü, I'll be able to survive!" Now Liu Mang is in a desperate situation, with no friendly forces around him. Cao Cao's army wants to kill him to gain promotion and wealth, while Lü Bu's army wants to kill him for his armor. Now Liu Mang can only try to save Lord Lü, clinging to his leg.

  Rushing into the White Gate Building, Liu Mang immediately regretted it.

  "Who are you to dare enter the White Gate Building!" A seven-foot tall man with a full beard glared at Liu Mang, while another similarly robust man was binding up Lü Boss behind him.

  Song Xian rushed to the left and right, first stole his painting halberd, and then joined forces with Wei Xu to tie up Lü Bu with ropes.

  "Damn it!" Liu Mang cursed in his heart, how could he forget Wei Xun and Song Xian? If the ones outside the White Gate Tower were small fries, then these two were small BOSSes. Although their combat values were at the lower end of the second-rate in the entire Three Kingdoms, they were still war generals, and must be much better than Liu Mang, who was completely useless in battle!

  "I've gone the wrong way!" Liu Mang muttered to himself, slowly backing away from the White Gate Tower with a mixture of embarrassment and relief. He would rather face a group of small-time thugs outside than run into his boss... or worse, both of them.

  Song Xian glared at Liu Mao, the man in front of him was wearing a golden armor and looked extremely luxurious, he must be a high-ranking general. Song Xian knew every high-ranking general in Lü Bu's army, so this person couldn't possibly be from Lü Bu's army!

  Could it be someone from Cao Cao's side?

  "Could it be that you are a man of Chancellor Cao?!" Song Xian asked cautiously, being able to wear golden armor indicates that this person's status in the Cao army is not low.

  Cao Chengxiang? Liu Mang immediately reacted, this should be the gift that Song Xian and Wei Xu prepared to bind Lü Bu and give to Cao Cao.

  If you don't say so, Song Xian's big knife in his hand can end himself with one slash. Liu Mang's head nodded decisively "Yes, yes, yes!"

  "Ah, so you're one of Cao's men!" Song Xian let out a sigh of relief and burst into laughter. "I'm Song Xian, and this is Wei Xu. I don't know what to call you, but since we'll both be serving under Cao, we should help each other out in the future!"

  "In the future, I will temporarily reside under General Xiahou's command as a vassal!" Liu Mang lied.

  "Are you kidding me?!" Unlike Song Xian, Wei Xu had a discerning eye and saw that one of the Du Bo was wearing golden armor. Was he trying to fool him?!

  Song Xian patted Liu Mao's back and started calling him brother, "Brother Liu Mao, look at us, we've already captured Lü Bu, now all that's left is for General Cao's army to rush up the city tower. Look at this achievement!" Song Xian meant that those who achieved merit would get a share of it. He didn't know what position the Golden Armor General held in Cao's camp, but he knew it was much better than his own as a surrendered general.

  "Traitor, traitor!" The bound Lü Bu glared with anger, as if he wanted to devour someone. "Song Xian and Wei Xu, I treated you well in the past, why do you want to do this to me?!"

  "Shut up!" Song Xian didn't give Lü Bu a chance to speak and directly stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth. Lü Bu's raging anger could only turn into muffled sounds. It wasn't that Song Xian was unwilling to answer, but he felt guilty in his heart. To be honest, Lü Bu had been quite good to them, but even ants try to survive, let alone humans. Continuing to follow Lü Bu on this path would only lead to the city being breached and people dying. Why not choose a better fate?

  Just as Liu Mang was looking for an opportunity to sneak out, Wei Xu, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up and asked casually, "I wonder how General Xiahou Dun's left eye injury is doing!"

  "Which is the left eye, obviously it's the right eye, isn't it!" When reading this part of Three Kingdoms, Liu Mang had also debated with others whether Xiahou Dun was injured in his left or right eye. After various arguments, it was confirmed that he was indeed injured in his right eye. As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Mang reflected on himself, thinking that Wei Xu was testing him!

  Liu Meng saw Wei Xun's hand was already on the knife, Liu Meng's heart tightened involuntarily "I won't make a mistake, will I!" If he was beheaded because of this, it would really be a case of having nowhere to cry. However, seeing Wei Xun's hand put down again, Liu Meng finally let out a sigh of relief.

  "Liu brothers, I don't know when Cao's troops will arrive. We've already thrown away the halberd of Lü Bu!" Wei Xu also relaxed his vigilance towards Liu Mao.

  "Right away, right away!" Liu Mang remembered these two secondary characters, tied up Lü Bu, threw away his weapons, and in less than half a time, the Cao army came up and occupied the White Gate Tower. After that, Lü Boss went to take the Western Pass.

  "Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian! People say that among men, you are the equal of Lü Bu, and among horses, you are the equal of Red Hare! First, there was General Hou Cheng who presented the horse to you, and then there were Generals Song Xian and Wei Xu who captured Lü Bu for you. The merits of these three generals are truly not small, their future prospects are boundless!" Liu Mang flattered.

  "It's nothing, it's nothing!" Song Xian said with his mouth, but in his heart he was overjoyed.

  Lian Hou Cheng knew that Wei Xiu had finally truly believed in Liu Mang.

  "This Lü Bu is indeed majestic!" Liu Mang pretended he had never seen Lü Bu before and slowly walked past him in the direction of Lü Bu's voice.

  "I've always heard from Father and elder brothers that on the battlefield, Marquis Lü Bu fought alone against many people and stood undefeated. What I see today is nothing more than this!"

  "Hmph!" Lü Bu's mouth was stuffed with cotton, unable to speak, and could only respond with a cold hum.

  Father and brother? Have you fought with Lü Bu? Those who can fight with Lü Bu without dying are just a few people in Cao's camp, such as Xiahou Yuan brothers, Liu Guan Zhang, Xu Chu and the like. Which one is not a fierce general of Cao's camp?

  No wonder as a small mayor, he can wear golden armor! However, this armor is really beautiful, with huge horns, exquisite patterns, and those connected plate armors.