Warlords' Contention (1)
Most of the feudal lords and provincial officials had predicted the anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition Army would report no victory, repeat nothing but a disjointed and muddled war situation, and ultimately self-destruct.
The opponent was Dong Zhuo's army.
How could the motley mob from Guandong possibly defeat the greatest warlord of them all?
The Luoyang Central Army and the Xiliang cavalry would sweep away all the Guandong lords and win an overwhelming victory. In the end, many local officials—led by Kong Rong, Chancellor of Beihai, and Zhang Yang, Governor of Shangdang, who had refused to join the coalition in the first place—rendered pessimistic judgments.
But,
contrary to the grim predictions, the anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition Army succeeded.
The army of Dong Zhuo, which had boasted peerless military power, suffered a catastrophic defeat in which the foremost champion of Xiliang and a grand army of sixty thousand evaporated all at once. What's more, fearing the coalition's advance, they fled in an unsightly rout, burning Luoyang to the ground and carrying out the Relocation of the Capital to Chang'an.
"Have you heard? The Alliance Leader Liu Seong-hwi has laid his hands on the Imperial Jade Seal!"
"Of course...! The marketplaces are buzzing with the rumors out of Luoyang! Heaven itself desires that a young and capable cadet imperial clan member lead the Han Dynasty, in place of a corrupt and incompetent Imperial House and court!"
The exact circumstances of its acquisition were unknown.
But it was clear that the Imperial Jade Seal had chosen a new master.
By nature, treasure circulates through the world regardless of its owner. But it was said that a treasure of the realm, which had accumulated centuries of majestic history, would belong to a hero of sufficient qualification.
The Hero of the South.
The Alliance Leader of the anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition Army had obtained the Imperial Jade Seal.
The common people sincerely yearned for a hero who would put an end to this age of chaos. So the people of the Thirteen Provinces of the Han Dynasty, upon hearing the seal's whereabouts, began to take notice of this young cadet imperial clan member of the south.
And that cadet imperial clan member—right now.
"Hehe, did you sleep well? Little brother... No, should I call you 'darling' now?"
"..."
A beauty with flowing white hair, her voluptuous body barely and precariously covered by a single woolen blanket, flashed a mischievous smile. Her jade-white nape and skin were covered in vivid marks, proof of the fierce pleasures of the clouds and rain that had lasted all night.
Just how long had our bodies been entwined?
I didn't know.
By the time I regained my senses, it was morning.
I vividly remembered seeing Liu Bei lying flat on the bed, swaying her hips gently from side to side like a bitch in heat, beckoning me. I'd held her slender waist tight as I pumped fishy white seed into her.
It would have been better if I'd blacked out drunk.
Regrettably, the Yellow Wine we drank last night did not bestow the blessing of oblivion.
"What shall we name the child? For the first, I do hope it's a strapping baby boy."
"Uh, um... well, I mean..."
"Ahaha! I'm joking. There's no way I'd get pregnant just like that, is there? Honestly, little brother, you're such an innocent virgin."
"..."
Liu Bei laughed softly and rested her head on my shoulder.
Despite a dry cough at the suggestive situation, I didn't reject her display of affection.
"And you lost your virginity to me, your big sister...!"
"Hmm?"
"Hehe, I just wanted to say that once."
"Ha-ha..."
We had shared a physical relationship born of impulse, but I had no intention of denying it. Because, despite the alarming point that she was excessively obsessed with kinship, Liu Bei was an incredibly beautiful and charming woman.
The mischievous smile hanging on her lips.
And skin as white as freshly fallen snow.
We leaned against each other, so close that I could feel her sweet breath. Gazing at Liu Bei, I felt my face flush hot.
"May I... have a kiss?"
I placed one hand on her slender shoulder.
And with the other, I wrapped it around her lithe waist.
She was as light as a feather.
When I leaned my upper body forward, her full breasts swayed as if in temptation.
We completely pressed our bodies together, as though sharing the heat blazing between us. A sweet breath and an excited moan escaped Liu Bei's soft lips.
"Mmm...!"
Our lips met, and I drew her waist in tighter.
Then, as though in a gentle caress, I bit down softly on her lips and sucked in her sweet saliva.
Slurp...! Smooch, smack!
The obscene sounds, full of lust, continued.
Presently, when we parted our lips, a thread of saliva stretched between us. As I looked at Liu Bei, whose expression had completely melted in the passionate kiss, the urge to take her all over again surged up inside me.
"I suppose I... must be going now. Yunchang and Yide... my Sworn Sisters will be worried sick. Knowing their big sister didn't return from the Alliance Leader's tent all night, they must be beside themselves."
"Yes, they would be."
The play with fire, so full of lust and obsession, cooled with the morning. Liu Bei averted her gaze to hide her flushed face.
"You mustn't ever forget your big sister, all right?"
"How could I ever forget you, Sister? As you said yourself... you are the precious woman who took my virginity. I'll remember our intense lovemaking every night as I wait."
"Y-you're so mean...! Honestly, what a troublesome little brother you are!"
"I shall hope we meet again as soon as possible."
I pressed a kiss to Liu Bei's faintly reddened cheek.
At that, Liu Bei smiled softly and nodded.
* * *
There was no way her loyal Sworn Sisters, who revered their big sister above all else, would quietly overlook the unprecedented crisis of her "spending the night out."
Should they call me brother-in-law now?
Even so, we're clansmen of the same surname and house, and yet we slept together...!
The warrior women, famed for being a one-man army on the battlefield, showed themselves to be greatly shaken. Meanwhile, Liu Bei wore an expression of utter satisfaction, grinning from ear to ear.
"U-uh, Sister...! D-don't tell me... did he f-finish inside...?"
"Of course! Truly, little brother is amazing! He pumped his seed into me so fiercely that I, for my part, was exhausted first and completely worn out! Seven times, or eight... Anyway, he gave me so much!"
"Wh-what vulgar talk...! You need not go into that much detail!"
"But Yunchang, aren't you also very interested in lewd things? I don't think it would hurt to have studied it in advance."
Guan Yu, her white skin so lustrous it seemed to radiate the abundant vitality she had absorbed, stared at her big sister and cautiously asked about the events of the previous night. Liu Bei then writhed her whole body and provided an exhaustive account.
Whoosh—
It was the very height of depravity.
Guan Yu's face, which was always so expressionless and composed, instantly flushed red.
"Ugh, you might have at least told him to spill it outside."
"Why? If my little brother's precious seed is spilled outside, then I can't get pregnant, can I?"
At her youngest sister's remark, the eldest sister tilted her head and asked back.
At those words of pure innocence, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei gave up on any further explanation.
"Withdraw to Yingchuan Prefecture!"
"Load the wagons with as much supplies as possible! We have to go all the way to Beiping Prefecture!"
The Guandong warlords, having declared their coalition disbanded in the ashes of Luoyang, moved to Yingchuan Prefecture. As soon as they arrived at Yingchuan, the lords who had formed the anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition Army were to disperse to their respective posts.
"Xuande."
"Colonel Who Arranges the Army... No, you are General Who Displays Martial Might now."
To reach Beiping Prefecture in You Province, the northernmost region of the Han Dynasty facing the Great Wall, they had to make a maximum forced march starting now.
Just as Liu Bei's army was preparing for that forced march,
a beautiful woman with flowing black hair, lovely as ebony, appeared leading her subordinates. It was to pay a farewell visit, just before they all scattered from Yingchuan Prefecture.
Cao Cao.
A granddaughter of the eunuch clan.
The very person who had first planned a coalition army to subjugate the traitors.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao had foreseen the tyranny of Dong Zhuo's army and come down to Pei Kingdom to recruit a punitive force. Cao Cao asked Liu Bei the reason behind her decision the moment she'd heard that Liu Bei would lead her Volunteer Army and join Gongsun Zan's forces.
"The Governor of Beiping is my senior sister. When I heard my senior was in distress, I found I could not refuse."
"That is unexpected. If I were you, I would have relied on the Alliance Leader... on the Southern Heir."
The Great Wall front, where Gongsun Zan's army was active, was a harsh and desolate territory where a life-or-death struggle was unfolding against the northern nomadic peoples, led by the Xiongnu.
I don't understand her reason for choosing that barren wasteland.
Its population is low, and supplies are insufficient.
And she had to contend with nomad tribes grown fierce from hunger.
If she followed Liu Seong-hwi as things stood, a high-ranking general's office and a feudal lord's title would have been guaranteed. Cao Cao, who had believed that the volunteer soldiers who raised an army in Zhuo Prefecture merely sought worldly success, found Liu Bei's unexpected decision to head for Beiping Prefecture bewildering.
"Suddenly, a strange smell... somewhat fishy..."
Perplexity suddenly flickered across the face of the black-haired beauty.
There was a strange smell.
Cao Cao was especially noted for her keen sense of smell.
Catching a vague yet distinct, fishy scent that made her body flush momentarily with heat, she concentrated on the odor.
"Then I shall pray for your fortune in battle, General Who Displays Martial Might."
"Ahem! And I shall pray for your own good fortune."
And so, they finished their brief conversation and parted ways.
Turning her head, Liu Bei stole a glance at Cao Cao's retreating figure and then let out a sigh of relief.
"Hnngh...!"
"Elder sister, what's wrong suddenly?"
Liu Bei, who had turned away with her Sworn Sisters, abruptly flushed red and flinched at the waist.
What had happened?
Could she have caught some vile camp disease...?
Her Sworn Sisters looked at their eldest with eyes full of worry. Their big sister then let out a hot breath, bending both legs and simultaneously clenching her thighs.
"The precious little seed I was holding in my belly... it slipped a bit, just while I was speaking with the General Who Displays Martial Might."
Having heard this truly shameless reply, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's faces burned bright red, and they let out a moan of pain.