Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Chapter 537 The High Pass

　　While Nan Hua was rushing over, Old Master Nan was already at the High Pass, looking over the situation with grim expression. He could faintly recall the words that some of the commanders who used to follow his old friend said.

　　It felt as if they were waiting for their death when the large number of soldiers came.

　　It was exactly what Old Master Nan was worrying. The smoke coming from Wind City was getting clearer and clearer.

　　"Report, Great General Shangguan had arrived in Heng Feng City."

　　Old Master Nan nodded. Heng Feng City was located across the river, at the other side of his current location. He knew that if he wanted to pay a visit there, he would have to cross the rivers.

　　"Tell him to stay over there." Old Master Nan recalled that there was shallow river area at the northern area. It was probable that those from Shi Long Kingdom split their soldiers or even those from other kingdom to cross the river.

　　He felt a bit vexed about this.

　　Knock! Knock!

　　"Come in."

　　"Great General Nan, General Wei and General Long are waiting for your instruction." On the door, General Feng had arrived. General Feng, Feng Qian Shao, was Old Master Nan's son in law and also Feng Ao Si and Feng Ao Kuai's father. He was also the fastest one to order the retreat to High Pass after stalling for some time in some areas.

　　Old Master Nan glanced and nodded.

　　There were only a total of 8 generals in total in Fei Yang Kingdom, including two great generals. It was not like they only wanted to have few people, but many people of their generation couldn't stand the weight of this title and the younger generations who had potential were still growing up. It would take some time before they were ready to wield the title general.

　　'Old Man Shangguan and his son should be beyond the river. They're usually tasked to guard the south and the border with Shi Long Kingdom, so it's better to leave them in that place. I'm sure Old Man Shangguan will also agree.'

　　Crossing the river from this side was a bit difficult because there was a mountain covering them up. If they wanted to, they had to cross the river through the plains north of the mountain, but it would mean that they had to have the advantage in the overall situation of the battle.

　　Clack! Clack!

　　Old Master Nan pushed the door open and saw two middle aged men sitting inside. The two of them raised their head almost at the same time then stood up to give salute to Old Master Nan. After all, Old Master Nan was still at a rank higher than them.

　　"No need to be so polite, General Wei, General Long." Old Master Nan waved his hand. "I hope you two wouldn't mind me taking the position of the Commanding General."

　　Commanding General was the highest position because he was the one who would overlook of the entire battle. His order was also the highest and could overrule any other order given by other generals and commanders.

　　At the same time, the Commanding General was the only one who could determine whether they were winning or losing the battle.

　　"Of course." General Wei was not interested in this position and merely looked at Old Master Nan coldly. He had a large body and looked a bit intimidating. However, the helmet he wore covered his real face.

　　It was said that his face was partially burned because of an accident during his youth, so he never took off this helmet of his even when eating. But because of wearing this strict helmet, he became a person who rarely speak and would only speak a few words when he was talking.

　　The other generals and commander had long known of General Wei's quirk.

　　On the other hand, General Long was looking at Old Master Nan for a moment before nodding. He had similar appearances with Long Qian Xing, but the coldness he exuded was ten times greater than that of his son. If Long Qian Xing was always smiling, General Long was the complete opposite as it looked like everyone was owing him a thousand gold tael considering his solemn expression.

　　At least, that was the impression people had when they looked at his chilling cold expression.

　　Old Master Nan nodded. "General Mu is already ahead and rushing to the mountains area. As you're more familiar with the mountains at the west, I presume you'll be fine to be in charge of that area, General Wei?"

　　General Wei looked at Old Master Nan deeply then nodded. "I'll head over immediately. How long will it take for the joint forces to reach the High Pass?"

　　"Two days at most. Wind City had fallen today and if they're rushing, they will need two days to reach this pass."

　　"Got it."

　　After giving the confirmation, General Wei left immediately. He didn't have anything else to talk about. Besides, it was not like Old Master Nan was overly familiar with how they did their battle. Each of them have their own methods to fight and Old Master Nan had no interest in trying to study General Wei's method.

　　Wei Family was not exactly a big family, but it kept on producing talented people every generation. Too bad that General Wei didn't like going to the Capital City and merely stayed in his area of guarding, which was not far from where the Long Family stationed theirs.

　　The border with Zhang Xu Kingdom.

　　And also the one with the harshest battle each year.

　　"Ao Ming."

　　General Long's eyes flickered when he heard how Old Master Nan called him. His real name was Long Ao Ming, but it was rare for anyone to dare to call his name directly. After all, he was a famous harsh general.

　　"Where do you want to station me?"