My Father in Law is Lu Bu

lord!!!” When the leader said that, his eyes sparkled as if worshipping an idol.

Then the leader sneered toward Liu Mang “With only 8,000 defenders, are you hoping to defend against 100,000 troops?! The result is very apparent today with all of the prison guards missing, and the lord who led the defense also came here.
So, in conclusion, Sun Ce's army has dealt a sharp blow to you and you already cannot persevere right? I calculate, tomorrow at the fastest, noon and at the latest evening, this Wancheng city will changed ownership!!! You are already unable to defend yourself!!! I would like to know, with what will you kill us with?!”

Liu Mang then took a deep breath, he asked the leader “You, what is your name?!”

“This grandpa name is Xu Sheng, Xu Wenxiang of Langye!!!” The leader sneered while holding his head proudly toward Liu Mang.

“Xu Sheng?!” Liu Mang’s brow is rising while hiding his surprise and said: “Are you Xu Sheng of Langye, and hailed from a village in Ju County?!”

Xu Sheng quickly surprised and said, “How did you know that detail?!” Xu Sheng only said that he is a person from Langye and he did not go into the detail, but the person was able to say his origin with such detail.
Who is this guy? Xu Sheng thought

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“I will answer your question later!!!” Liu Mang answered back while getting truly surprised.
Liu Mang had found a 1000-li horse in this prison.
Here is a little trivia about Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng is a native from a small village in Ju County and historically is one of Wu country's great generals.
He took refuge in Jiangdong due to chaos of war broke during Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Later when Sun Quan created “Inn of Talent” in order to recruit able and talented men to serve him, Xu Sheng came to be the most outstanding of them all and was recruited to serve Sun Quan.
Xu Sheng had been in so many campaigns and contributed many merits for Wu.
During the battle with Huang Zu in Chaisang, Xu Sheng with less than 200 men faced with Huang She with a few thousand troops.
Xu Sheng with deft strategies, managed to utilize arrow volley and terrain advantage to destroy Huang She’s troops, killing more than 1,000 troops while he himself loss only 20 men.
After that battle, he was promoted to General of Household by Sun Quan.
During Battle of Xiaoting, where Liu Bei attacked Wu in order to avenge Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, Xu Sheng participated with Lu Xun and managed to occupy many of Sichuan Army camps and finally successfully repelled Liu Bei with the help of fire attacks by Lu Xun.

Also when Cao Xiu attacked Wu during the Battle of Dongkou, although Xu Sheng was in a disadvantageous situation, as there was a storm at that time and many of his ships and men were lost, but Xu Sheng still managed to form a defense line and kept fighting to a stalemate.
During Cao Pi’s assault, Xu Sheng's quick-thinking managed to save the day again.
He proposed to Sun Quan, to create an illusion of a wall and boats, which worked as Cao Pi was forced to retreat while lamenting “Wei has thousands of armed cavalry units but they cannot be deployed here” And finally during Sun Quan’s later reign, Xu Sheng died of illness.

TL: a 1000-li horse is an idiom to call a very talented person.
The idiom actually comes from Red Hare’s title

So, one can see this Xu Sheng is a very talented person and is comparable to historical Lu Meng, Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai and Gan Ning as one of Jiangdong stars.

Liu Mang then points his finger toward Xu Sheng and said “You sir, you said that because I am unable to defend myself, right? That I am here to ask for your help!!! Then you are completely wrong!!!”

“Oh, wrong?! Point my mistake now!!! Did not you come to ask us to join your Lu Bu army to defend this hopeless city?!” Xu Sheng said with a disdainful tone and continued “I know Lu Bu and the Bing Province Cavalry already departed from Shucheng County as of now.
But according to my analysis, their distance to here should be at least 100 li and the fastest they can arrive is the day after tomorrow, but when they arrive, they will only find your corpses!!! So, I ask again.
What else is a reason for a person with a sane mind, the Lord of the castle to boot, to come visit the prisoners of war camp but to recruit them?! “

“Hahaha!!! You really never thought that I will not kill you, sir?!” Liu Mang said it while narrowing his eyes.

“STILL WANT TO KILL US, HUH?! COME ON THEN!!! I WELCOME DEATH FROM YOU!!!! I ALSO WANT TO SEE, HOW MUCH TIME YOU Will SPEND TO KILL US ALL!!! WE HAVE 3,000 COMRADES.
EVEN IF WE ALL OFFER OUR NECK, IT WILL BE DAWN WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH US AND AFTER THAT, YOU ARE FINISHED!!!” Xu Sheng said proudly.
Xu Sheng is a very perceptive person and he can tell the emotion and state of a person, just by looking at them.

Xu Sheng can see this golden-armored general is badly injured, because every time he spoke, he faintly showed a wince with a painful expression on his face.
Although it cannot be seen by the rest of them, Xu Sheng can see it and deduce that this golden-armored general is their commander-in-chief.
Even a commander-in-chief has been injured like this, one can see how bad the situation is.

Regarding the veteran general, Xu Sheng judged that he is a little anxious but that anxiousness was not directed toward the Black Flag but toward Liu Mang.
He already dismissed them all as if they were insects.
That kind of gesture made Xu Sheng understand that this veteran’s skill is very high.

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Xu Sheng then deducted, the one who is emitting killing aura similar to the veteran is his son and the other two bloodied scholars are Liu Kai and Liu Neng.

“Yes, you are right!!! Indeed, if all of you are offered your head, even at dawn, I will perish!!! “ Liu Mang said that while nodded approving Xu Shengs words but the last sentence, made everyone startled “BUT THAT IS IF, I USE A SWORD TO KILL YOU!!!”

“What do you mean?!” Xu Sheng's brow wrinkled.
He felt threatened from Liu Mang’s last sentence.

“You see this prison? You should know that this prison is constructed by the Prefect Lu Kang!!!” Lu Kang is the one who made the entire layout of Wancheng city and all of the moat projects.
He is a truly big character person and a peace lover.
Under his leadership, Lujiang can evade the chaos that was caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, also Lujiang’s people enjoyed a good and prosperous life.
Even when Lujiang was attacked by Sun Ce on behalf of Yuan Shu, Lu Kang managed to put up a strong defense and managed to persevere Sun Ce’s attack by storing grain and provisions up to full two years.
That feat can be accomplished by Lu Kang because Lu Kang is very good in civil and military matters.

During that time, the commoners of Wancheng city also followed to fight for Prefect Lu Kang, because in their eyes Lu Kang is one of the benevolent lords.

“Yes, I know who was the one who made this prison, but what is the point?!” Although Xu Sheng knew the one who made this prison, but he kept inquiring Liu Mang to know his true intention.

Liu Mang then said coldly “Then you should know, what is the final fate of the Prefect Lu and most of his clansmen!!!”

“The entire Lu clan perished.
One-third of them died in battle, the rest of them died from starvation!!!” Xu Sheng said with a low and deep voice.

“CORRECT!!! Two-third of them starved to death!!! And they died in this very prison!!!” Liu Mang finally said the matter that Xu Sheng most feared and said coldly “Finally!!! I am able to see how Prefect Lu died in this prison, but this time, it is the Black Flag who will die!!!” Liu Mang then said this in a very threatening tone “Tell me something will you, have you eaten in these past two days?!”

Xu Sheng then saw Liu Mang again and said these words “Are you going to bury us alive with you?!”