Chapter 265: A Son Makes Everything Complete
Liang Kun stared into Lei Ming’s eyes and said seriously: “Why don’t you believe that we have six thousand Tiger Guards? Do you know that your arrogance like this will kill many people in the future?”
Lei Ming said: “Data doesn’t lie. Even if He Tian mobilizes the full strength of Lingzhou, he can’t afford six thousand Tiger Guards. I thought saying three thousand was already giving him a lot of respect, let alone six thousand.”
There must be something we don’t know here. If we can lift this mist, the truth will appear before our eyes. Although anticipating the enemy leniently is a basic quality of a general, anticipating the enemy as too powerful is also a shame for a general.
Liang Kun smiled and said: “So, you want to—”
Lei Ming said: “I want to go near the battlefield to take a look.”
Liang Kun thought for a moment, then nodded and said: “You can only observe from afar.”
When Cao Kun’s horse spear was struck back by a horse chopping saber, the horse spear trembled violently, the shaft jumping endlessly in his hands, easily cracking open his tiger’s mouth.
The Thunder Smoke Beast also wailed and retreated repeatedly. If not for Cao Ling’s horse spear thrusting over to save him, he would likely have been killed by the horse chopping saber slashing over again.
When Cao Kun gripped the horse spear tightly, he saw Cao Ling’s horse spear severed by a fierce strike from the horse chopping saber. The horse chopping saber continued downward, brutally chopping off the head of the Thunder Smoke Beast under Cao Ling’s crotch.
“A Ling!” Cao Kun shouted loudly, then forcefully threw the horse spear in his hand. He Tian, the master of the horse chopping saber, swung his blade to knock away the flying horse spear, controlled his Thunder Smoke Beast, and pressed forward step by step. At the hooves of his mount was Cao Ling, half his body pinned under the dead Thunder Smoke Beast.
1 He Tian stared at Cao Kun, and the horse chopping saber in his palm suddenly slipped down, its sharp edge pointing straight at Cao Ling’s throat.
1 Just as Cao Ling was about to meet his end, a bow twanged. The descending horse chopping saber suddenly arced, knocking away an iron arrow. He Tian glanced at Cao Kun opposite him, then turned his horse’s head to look at Zheng Tianshou not far away and said: “You old slave are usually the most afraid of death. What’s wrong with you today? You’ve started learning from those crafty slaves to charge the formation?”
1 Zheng Tianshou put away the longbow in his hand, picked up his horse spear, and his Thunder Smoke Beast under his crotch began to trot in small steps. When he reached He Tian, using the speed from the just-started run, the horse spear in his palm carried a force of a thousand jun as it slashed down toward He Tian’s forehead.
1 He Tian sneered, sat steadily on his horse, raised his blade to meet it. The collision of the horse spear and horse chopping saber produced no loud noise, but Zheng Tianshou’s Thunder Smoke Beast under his crotch suddenly stumbled in its mad gallop, while the Thunder Smoke Beast under He Tian’s crotch had its four limbs sink fiercely. Though it quickly stood up, Zheng Tianshou’s warhorse had already rushed past him.
1 The horse spear flipped over the dead Thunder Smoke Beast. Cao Ling slowly crawled up, spitting blood from his mouth while waving to Cao Kun, indicating he was fine.
1 He Tian turned around and said to Cao Kun: “The Cao Clan won’t even leave the last city to this old man?”
1 Cao Kun did not answer. He took another horse spear from a guard, pointed it at He Tian, urged his Thunder Smoke Beast to charge and kill. He Tian glanced at Cao Kun but did not engage, instead veering off to another battle group.
1 Zheng Tianshou mounted and chased after him. Cao Kun turned around and led the guards to charge toward the pre-selected battlefield.
1 From dawn until now, more and more Cao Clan troops surged into Lingzhou City. Meanwhile, Lingzhou City, which had not experienced war for many, many years, finally had fighting everywhere and smoke rising everywhere.
1 “Cao Kun has turned Lingzhou City upside down, and the Tiger Guards outside the city have also decimated Cao Zheng’s camp. Steward Liang, do you think it’s possible that the Cao Clan seizes Lingzhou City, and the people of Lingzhou City wipe out the Cao Clan army outside the city?”
2 Liang Kun led a group of children lying on the edge of a cliff, watching the great battle below intently. As they watched with full concentration, Lei Ming’s voice rang out again.
2 “I’m not a military man, so what I say doesn’t count. But this scene is absolutely impossible. From the current situation, Cao Kun holds more advantages. Look, the Cao army scattered by the Tiger Guards has not collapsed but has followed Cao Kun’s main force into Lingzhou City.”
2 “I understand that a city has boundaries, fighting can only happen within the city walls with little room to maneuver. Outside the city is different—it’s open terrain on all sides. The Tiger Guards are fierce and unstoppable, but their movement speed is not as fast as ordinary cavalry. Therefore, most of the Cao Clan’s losses are infantry. Their cavalry are continuously entering the city, and Cao Kun’s advantage will only grow greater.”
2 “Lei Ming, not just you—the rest of you children, use your brains too. Think about if you were on such a battlefield, how to breakthrough, advance, or retreat to gain the greatest benefit.”
2 “Cao Zheng’s main banner has already fallen. Look, Cao Ying is coming to rescue. Eh, he’s been chased away by the Tiger Guards again. What’s wrong with this guy? He brought caltrops but didn’t use them, and was killed fleeing in panic.”
2 “If the Lord were here, he would definitely slaughter those Tiger Guards until they were scattered.”
2 Lingzhou City side had already turned into a pot of porridge, and Yun Ce’s side was also busy with no time to touch the ground.
2 When E Ji started humming, Zhang Min immediately started humming too. They thought Zhang Min was just pretending, but Doggy said in their minds: “Pretend my ass, the amniotic fluid has broken, can’t you see?”
2 Yun Ce looked at the two women sharing two beds, Heng Ji included, and felt his head twice as big. He’d just finished comforting E Ji when Zhang Min started crying out.
2 There were only the three of them, the couple and the women, in the room. An Ji and the maids guarded the door, listening to E Ji and Zhang Min’s screams, unable to help at all, just crying wah-wah at the door.
3 Fortunately, today’s midwife was Doggy. This guy had eight hands and the ability to multitask, four tentacles caring for E Ji, four tentacles caring for Zhang Min.
3 Even in the painful labor, E Ji didn’t forget to ask Yun Ce why eight tentacles had grown from his body.
3 “I was born with many hands.”
3 “What about the child? Does the child have many hands too?”
3 “The child has just shown its head. Wait until it comes out, and I’ll count for you.”
3 Zhang Min suddenly started crying.
3 “Ah, I don’t want my child to have many hands. Husband is a monster.”
3 “Monster my ass, this is a great skill this father cultivated. I’ll introduce you later. Now push. I’ve already seen the child’s head. Eh, that’s not right.”
3 Doggy roared: “That’s not the head, that’s the child’s buttocks. This child is in breech position. Push it back in, need to be reborn…”
3 “Hahaha, Zhang Min, your son’s buttocks came out first… Ouch, it hurts so much.”
4 “E Ji, you bitch, mocking me at a time like this… Ouch.”
4 “You’re the bitch, your whole family are bitches.”
4 “Fine, my whole family now is just Husband, you and me, and the two children about to be born. We’re all five bitches.”
4 “Pah, I only said you’re a bitch.”
4 “Pah, Husband heard it too. You said my whole family are bitches…”
4 The room was a flurry of activity. An Ji and the others guarding the door saw both wives shouting in pain, then realized they stopped shouting and started cursing each other. Their voices grew more resounding and sharp, showing their energy was very vigorous and they couldn’t possibly die. The tears on An Ji and the others’ faces slowly dried.
4 It had to be said that Doggy was the best doctor in this world of the Great Han. Not only did he have vast knowledge reserves, but his cognition of human body structure surpassed all doctors.
4 After all, not every doctor had the opportunity to stretch tentacles into people’s bodies for careful study, and study hundreds of people at that.
4 “Doggy, help! The child is coming out.”
4 “It’s out, just catch it. That’s your son. I’ll come clip the umbilical cord.”
5 “What’s this? Another child?”
5 “Get lost, that’s the placenta.”
5 “The child is so slippery, I don’t dare to push hard. Help quickly, I can’t hold it…”
5 “That’s vernix. Cup it, cup it, grab the child’s leg. Yes, one hand to grab, then pat the buttocks once to make him cry, spit out amniotic fluid, open the lungs.”
5 “Zhang Min’s child is coming out too. I’m very busy.”
5 With Yun Ce gently patting the child’s bluish buttocks, a “wah” infant cry suddenly pierced into Yun Ce’s ears.
5 Yun Ce, who usually ignored any sounds, felt another electric current pour in from his crown upon hearing the child’s first cry. The current quickly pierced through his meridians, finally spreading to his heels. His whole body went numb, and he stood rigidly motionless. Even Doggy’s calls seemed, in that instant, as distant as from the ninth heaven.
5 E Ji neither fainted nor fell asleep. From the moment the child left her body, her eyes held only Yun Ce and his son. The child was normal: two legs, two arms, one head, tiny but neat features. She even saw the little pecker between the child’s legs was so exquisite.
5 “Hurry, your little wife’s child is coming out too.”
5 Doggy finally pulled Yun Ce’s soul back from afar. He quickly wiped the vernix off the child, wrapped it in soft swaddling clothes prepared earlier, and placed it by E Ji’s head.
6 “I’m watching the child. Go help Zhang Min.”
6 E Ji looked tenderly at her son.
6 When Zhang Min’s child fell into Yun Ce’s hands, he was already quite skilled: pat the buttocks to spit amniotic fluid and open lungs, wipe off vernix, wrap into a candle wrap, place by Zhang Min’s head—all in one smooth motion.
6 Once Doggy finished the follow-up, he dove headfirst into the bracer and didn’t come out.
6 Yun Ce opened the door, and An Ji and the others rushed in, splitting into two teams to care for each woman.
6 Looking back at the two women completely immersed in the joy of first-time motherhood, Yun Ce’s heart felt intensely clogged. He had countless words he wanted to say to others, countless emotions about to burst in his chest.
6 Ultimately, it turned into a hearty laugh echoing in the courtyard for a long time.
