Lord in the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 105: Lord! I Will Not Let You Down (1)

Immediately, Long Chen clasped his wrist and said, "Brother Bogui (courtesy name), as I just mentioned, I have a request!"

"There are a total of two hundred and eighty taels of gold in this box, and I would like to have fifty of your White Horse Riders..."

Before Long Chen could finish, Gongsun Zan waved his hand seriously, "Brother Jue Ming, let’s not mention this matter again. Please take these gold coins back!"

Jokingly, the White Horse Riders was Gongsun Zan’s "army," and he wouldn’t exchange it for even more gold. Besides, wanting to exchange his White Horse Riders for just over two hundred taels of gold was simply absurd!

However, Long Chen smiled wryly and once again arched his hand, saying, "Brother Bogui, you’ve misunderstood! I don’t want all of your White Horse Riders. I only want to select fifty of them to serve as officer instructors for my light cavalry!"

Gongsun Zan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Just fifty? Brother Jue Ming, don’t limit me. Exchanging over two hundred taels of gold for fifty White Horse Riders is a loss for you!"

Keep in mind that Gongsun Zan currently had around ten thousand White Horse Riders under his command. Fifty White Horse Riders was like a drop in the ocean for his entire army. Moreover, in Youzhou, with sufficient funds, white horses, and strong young men, Gongsun Zan could continuously recruit more White Horse Riders.

Long Chen clasped his hands, saying, "It’s not a problem! Chen has long heard that General Bai Ma of Youzhou has repeatedly led his White Horse Riders to perform remarkable feats in the northern barbarian camps!"

"Therefore, Chen has always admired Brother Bogui and believes that the title of the world’s number one cavalry indeed belongs to Brother Bogui’s White Horse Riders!"

Who wouldn’t love to hear such flattery? Moreover, it came from Long Chen, who had an equal status as Gongsun Zan, making Gongsun Zan proud in his heart. This increased Gongsun Zan’s favor towards Long Chen.

Eventually, Gongsun Zan happily agreed to Long Chen’s request. Now, Long Chen could go to the station of Gongsun Zan’s White Horse Riders and select sixty soldiers. Due to Gongsun Zan’s good impression, he even gave Long Chen an additional ten White Horse Riders.

After Long Chen left, Gongsun Zan ordered his personal guards, "Spread my orders; the captains of the White Horse Riders should keep a low profile, and those generals should not show up."

"Understood!" The personal guard saluted and quickly left.

Playing with the gold coins in his hand, Gongsun Zan secretly thought, "As long as I don’t lose my captains, and those generals, as I told Brother Jue Ming, at most two of them can be taken!"

"In this way, I’m definitely gaining more than losing!"

"Brother Jue Ming is truly a generous person. He actually gave me over two hundred and eighty taels of gold! Knowing that these gold coins are extremely rare in Youzhou, I can recruit more soldiers and horses with them! Hahaha"

Similarly, Long Chen was also happy along with Gongsun Zan.

The reason he didn’t spend money just to take Zhao Yun and was worried that Gongsun Zan would be suspicious.

If Gongsun Zan discovered Zhao Yun’s strength, he might not be able to buy Zhao Yun even with more money!

So he said he wanted to buy fifty White Horse Riders, and even if he took Zhao Yun, Gongsun Zan wouldn’t be suspicious.

After all, there were still forty-nine other White Horse Riders!

After arriving at the military tent, Long Chen pretended to be selective, first choosing several sturdy soldiers from Youzhou.

Accompanying Long Chen and recording the roster was Gongsun Zan’s personal guard.

"Zhang Wu!"

"Wu Xiao!"

"..."

After reporting nineteen soldiers’ names, Long Chen walked to Zhao Yun, saying to the person beside him:

"And this one!"

After nodding, the person asked Zhao Yun:

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Unaware of what had happened, Zhao Yun, seeing Long Chen from the previous night and Gongsun’s personal guard, spoke calmly:

"Zhao Yun, styled Zilong."

After hearing this, the person crossed out Zhao Yun’s name on the roster and said calmly:

"You can leave and follow this general."

Zhao Yun’s mind suddenly buzzed.

What!? Why!? Is Lord abandoning me!?

Zhao Yun believed he had always been loyal and never did anything harmful to Lord!

Why treat me like this?

A series of questions emerged in Zhao Yun’s mind.

But he didn’t ask because he knew even if he asked, this person wouldn’t tell him the answers.

He could only, like a lifeless body, silently return to his tent to take his belongings.

The only thing worth celebrating was that he was going to the more familiar and friendly side of General Long.

Otherwise, he would have been sent back to his hometown in Changshan!

Long Chen just nodded at him, smiled, and then ignored him.

Because Long Chen now knew that he was being watched by Gongsun Zan’s personal guards. If he made any unusual moves, these people would report it to Gongsun Zan.

So, although Long Chen was extremely excited at the moment, he suppressed this excitement and tried to remain calm.

He knew that all of this was for the country and the great cause of the world.

But he still had to show his acting skills, pretending to be calm.

Finally, after selecting sixty White Horse Riders, Long Chen thanked and bid farewell to Gongsun Zan with a relaxed demeanor.

Accompanying him were Zhao Yun and sixty other White Horse Riders.

After Long Chen left, Gongsun Zan withdrew his smile and solemnly asked his personal guard:

"Was there anything unusual with General Long just now?"

"Reporting to Lord, no unusual observations!"

"Show me the list of names he picked."

After taking the roster, Gongsun Zan carefully examined it.

"Zhang Wu, Wu Xiao..."

"Zhao Yun? I have some impression, but he’s just a Centurion..."

After reading it, Gongsun Zan finally relaxed his eyebrows.

...

Back at the campsite of his own army, Long Chen could finally release the excitement in his heart.

"Howl—"

Xu Chu: ...

"Lord, what are you doing? You just brought that pretty boy back, is there a need to be so excited? Lord, you seem like a wolf now..."

Xu Chu scratched his head innocently.

After venting for a moment, Long Chen regained his composure. He was eager to go and see his brother Zhao Yun in the army. Before leaving, he jokingly kicked Xu Chu.

Who asked this guy to say he’s a wolf? I’m not a pervert; I have a normal sexual orientation...

Zhao Yun’s eyes were still lackluster at the moment. He didn’t understand why he had been handed over to General Long by his lord.

"Zilong! Zilong!"

A friendly and warm voice sounded in Zhao Yun’s ears. When he looked up, he saw none other than General Long.