Yellow Sky Revolt by Baptiste Pinson Wu

Author:Baptiste Pinson Wu
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Asia (General), Ancient, World Literature, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9784991276811
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Published: 2022-11-09T09:09:21.701617+00:00

We were now deep into autumn, but the days remained hot for longer than usual, so we had to suffer some of the worst thunderstorms I would ever experience. The bolts of lightning crossing between the surrounding mountains would have been a sight to behold if we were not so afraid that one might hit us. To make matters worse, the rain accompanying the thunder was turning the inside of our pits into mud baths. Nights were getting colder, but at least daytime was less insufferable.

I guess our captors were running out of tasks for us to accomplish, for we got less time out of the cages from the moment Huangfu Song was put in charge. He never fed us much, but neither did he mistreat us. I think he was content in forgetting about our existence, and we were glad to oblige him by not seeking his attention.

During those autumn days, I managed to befriend one of our guards. I only knew his family name, Guo, a soldier of about thirty years and altogether a nice man. He had three kids, and I believe this is why he accepted to chat with me while so many others simply hit me back to my spot—that and boredom.

Sieges are boring for most soldiers, especially when no artillery is involved, and the camp is already well set like it was then. Soldiers fall into the boredom of routine, and bad habits form during those times.

Soldier Guo kept his back to me when we spoke, so I rarely saw his face, but those were the happiest moments of my time in the cage. By then, we had spent nearly four months in the pit, and this was the first time we learned of the situation in the empire.

Only two pockets of resistance remained for our cause. The first in Julu, where no battle had been fought for weeks, and in Wan, where war raged on. Fat Ling and I listened intently to Guo’s report on the fight there, and it was with mixed feelings that we learned of the fall of Wan.

Zhu Jun’s army had finally gotten over the wall of Wan, the first of the assailants to make it above being this Sun Jian Tiger we had heard so much about. The fighting had been terrible, no side giving an inch to the other, and in the chaos, Zhao Hong got killed. But just as it seemed the city was lost, Han Zhong, the scarred Adept, had led a fierce resistance and pushed the invaders back to their camp. Wan had fallen for a few minutes before the Yellow Turbans took it back. And now our brothers were led by a competent man, who also happened to be my sister’s guardian.

Guo had come with Huangfu Song, all the way from the city named Chenliu, in Chenliu commandery, Yan province. When I said I had never heard of the place, Fat Ling reminded me we had passed next to the city on our way from Nanyang.

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