Chapter 200 (1/2)

By the time Situ and the rest hurried over to the deserts of the North, two of Yanmen's neighboring cities had already been seized. Ever since Situ became the General-in-Chief of the Northern Army and he led the four generals to oversee the borders at the deserts of the North, none of the cities had been lost before, so this was a first.

As one of the most important garrisons of the deserts of the North, Yunzhong Pa.s.s was still stable, which made many feel rea.s.sured.

As soon as Situ arrived in the barracks, he went straight to the meeting tent, clearly showing the graveness of the situation. Feng Luodi cleverly picked up her cloth bundle and went to Situ's tent by herself. She entered and sure enough, there was another small tent inside it, just like two years ago.

Images of the past events suddenly popped up in her mind. As she reminisced, she thought about the recent worrisome events as well. After putting down the cloth bundle, she consciously started to sort out her tent. When she was done, she went out to tidy up Situ's desk.

She knew that as the General-in-Chief, Situ would definitely be very busy. No matter if it was this time's unprecedented enemy, whatever order the Emperor gave, or the hopes of the common people, Situ couldn't afford to lose.

Feng Luodi asked Situ earnestly to bring her along this time because she wanted to confirm whether that the scene she had seen in her dream was illusory or not. After all, Situ's original plan was to let her wait in Chang'an for his triumphant return.

”I have to believe in him.”

Feng Luodi kept encouraged herself, forcing back the unpleasant thoughts as she continued to tidy up.

Situ only entered the tent four hours later, just as the sun was starting to set. The sunset view at the deserts of the North was as gorgeous and enchanting as usual. Just as Feng Luodi was pondering about how to get to the dining area to grab some food, Situ opened the tent and walked in with an indifferent expression.

Feng Luodi was puzzled. Could it be that the battlefield's situation wasn't as grim as she had imagined?

Feng Luodi was just about to speak when Situ spoke first.

”Let's go eat together.”

As Situ said that, he walked over to the wall and picked up his bow and quiver.

”Want to go hunting?”

Feng Luodi's eyes brightened for a moment before turning doubtful.

”But, wouldn't it be bad if we went out now?”

Feng Luodi poked his cheek. As the General-in-Chief, he needed to set an example.

”n.o.body will gossip about it.”

Situ's expression didn't change as he held Feng Luodi's hand and walked out. Whirlwind cooperatively walked in front of them and with a cloud of dust, all the soldiers and officers of the armies could see was two figures galloping into the distance.

If somebody asked her what was the most beautiful moment in the world for her, Feng Luodi would definitely calmly reply: It's this moment.

The clouds were dyed hues of red, orange and purple as the sun started to set. As it fell on the horizon, all the colors blended together, forming a magical view that you absolutely couldn't ignore.

At Feng Luodi's side, Situ was skillfully cooking a piece of lamb leg, the rest tossed to the pack of wolves in the forest.

Illuminated by the flame, Situ's features appeared gentle and attentive. He looked nothing like the cold-blooded General in the rumours that was adored by the people of the Xuan Kingdom and detested by the people of enemy countries.

Feng Luodi knew that the smile on her face probably looked very foolish, but she was very happy to engrave this moment in her memory.

”Hungry?”

Alright, it seemed that Situ had misunderstood her infatuated expression and thought that she was pining after the lamb leg. His perception made her feel embarra.s.sed.

”Oh right, I'm curious, what's the current situation like?” Since the allied forces of those enemy countries were approaching the city gates at this critical juncture, Feng Luodi couldn't help but brood over the current state of affairs. Although Zhang Xin, Cheng s.h.i.+fei, and the others were very formidable, the Huns and the allied forces were all largely populated countries, so their army must be ma.s.sive. On the other hand, the Northern Army was made up of solely eight hundred thousand soldiers and they still had to take care of the commoners while defending the gates. Wouldn't it be a very strenuous task?

Feng Luodi didn't really understand military affairs, but she also knew that it would require incomparable resourcefulness and leaders.h.i.+p skills to win an outnumbered battle.

”The Huns has an army of five hundred thousand, Xianbei an army of three hundred thousand, Fuyu and Sushen an army of two hundred each.”

Situ's expression didn't have the slightest change as he took out a dagger to cut a slice of meat for Feng Luodi.

Hearing this, Feng Luodi blanked out, completely ignoring the meat Situ was giving her.

”An army of 1.2 million?”

What a spectacular and terrifying scene that would be!

Situ lightly smiled instead, his originally dark eyes seeming to turn bright with all the light in the world contained within.

”The Xuan Kingdom had also faced such a situation thirty years ago.”

”Thirty years ago?”

Feng Luodi carefully thought about Situ's age. That was to say that the General-in-Chief of the Northern Army at that time was…

Images of her first encounter with the kind old man suddenly popped up in her mind, so she commented, ”Old General Situ? He must have certainly repelled the enemy back then.”

”I'm certain that you can repel them too. Let's hurry and finish eating so that we can go back and discuss countermeasures with the rest.”

Situ continued what he was doing and didn't stop. He was quite surprised and wondered why Feng Luodi had such a reaction when he mentioned the incident from thirty years ago. But when his gaze fell on Feng Luodi's face, his features subconsciously softened again.

Just as the two were about to finish up all the meat, Feng Luodi suddenly spoke again.