Si Ning spotted the man that yelled at the top of his voice, with a deep commanding voice and no one had to tell Si Ning it was General Shen Yu who was out for his head. With his shiny silver armor drawing out his sword swiftly and pointing it towards his direction, his beards straight and white.
At times like this Si Ning knew he was supposed to reply just like how he had seen the Generals do in most dramas but he was not ready to let his voice turn hoarse by yelling since their distance was quite far. Keeping quiet would agitate Shen Yu and make him reckless which would be a good sign for Chen An to quickly take him out."Si Ning..... You die today!!!" Shen Yu yelled.Si Ning wondered if the man had a few screws loose since he acted like Si Ning didn’t hear him at first so he had to repeat his statement."I say! Si Ning... you die today!!!" Shen Yu pointed at him.Si Ning resisted the urge to roll his eyes and he could almost imagine a tint of a red layer on Shen Yu's eyes. If he was the one a person ignored, he would not tolerate it and he would not hesitate to use his fist to punch them in the face and seeing how old Shen Yu was, he knew Shen Yu would not allow him to ignore his elders. So far away but Si Ning could almost picture Shen Yu glaring at him as his face turned red in anger.Almost half of Shen Yu’s army carried a golden flag with what seemed like a bluebird emblem on it. Si Ning's lips curled up into a smile since holding a flag was just like a handicap. The flag was like proof that the Xilie army would win the war. Si Ning couldn’t blame them for their confidence since they knew he had roughly two hundred troops."General, you are not going to reply to him?" Chen An asked."Let the dog bark." Si Ning said softly his eyes on the party approaching them. He had always been foul-mouthed and he wasn’t interested in changing that part of him. Shen Yu could drop dead for all he cares.It would have been a good move if Shen Yu plan the attack carefully since they were greater in number and if they use their number wisely they would overpower Si Ning's army.Looking at them Si Ning could already see his army win this war. The casualties would be much and his army would have won easily if they had reinforcement that would attack Shen Yu's army from behind. Trapping them making a four-way attack."Loose!!!""Loose!!!"Si Ning didn’t have to turn to know it was Su Heng and Ji Ran that gave the orders and he watched how Shen Yu's army looked shocked as arrows started raining from the top of the hill down on them making them confused ruining their formation.It was a sight to see as they started falling off their horses at a fast rate and discarding the flags they were holding. Si Ning almost laughs out like a villain."Loose!!!!""Ah...!!!" Those who were hit screamed in agony as the smell of blood started rising, filling the air."Ya....""Ah...""Rise!!! Loose!!!"Si Ning saw his troops at the top of the hill threw the camouflage leaves away to shoot down their enemies better and to pressure them so they would not have the opportunity to fight back.It would be reckless and difficult for Shen Yu’s army to start climbing the hills to engage them which means the only option for General Shen Yu’s army was to charge forward and some even succeeded in shooting their arrows back at them and the rest didn’t disappoint Si Ning when they tried to control their horses."Charge!!!! For Xilie!!!" Shen Yu commanded angrily and Si Ning could almost imagine how Shen Yu was gritting his teeth."For Xilie!!! Yah....." The rest that didn’t fall kicked their horses into motion."Charge!!!!" Su Heng commanded pointing his sword down at Shen Yu’s army at the bottom of the hill in other to cut part of the troops off from approaching the other half of their army."Charge!!!!" Ji Ran commanded."Ya.....!!!" The soldiers at the hill yelled.Si Ning watched as his soldiers started sliding and running down from the top of the hill with their swords drawn discarding their bows and arrows."Charge!!!! Forward!!!" Chen An yelled drawing out his bow to shoot down General Shen Yu. "For Xiu!!!.....""Ah.....!!!"Si Ning watched as the foot soldiers charged forward to complete their three-way attack but he made no move to join them but sat steadily on his horse. Another time he would train and fight with his men but not today.The army of Shen Yu was dropping fast and Si Ning was quite pleased with the way the war was going. Due to the small attack, they had almost taken half of Shen Yu’s army out.Chen An left his arrow loose. The arrow flew up and Si Ning was about to complain with the absurd direction Chen An just shot his arrow only to see the arrow going down smoothly, directly at Shen Yu but just as predicted by Si Ning, Shen Yu used his sword to cut it down like he just cut a fly but Chen An was already sending series of arrows flying only for Shen Yu to guard himself with his sword and two managed to hit his hand but that didn’t slow him down.The wound didn’t look deep and Si Ning was getting annoyed at how skillful Shen Yu was in using just his sword to cut the arrows."Is he a superhuman?" Si Ning muttered to himself as he drew his sword.With the speed, Shen Yu was coming towards them and didn’t fail in cutting down anybody in his path. Si Ning had to be on high alert."Fight me, General Si Ning!!!" Shen Yu yelled charging towards them.That was it, it won’t be a minute for Shen Yu to engage Si Ning. It was a risky situation but Si Ning didn’t even move. Si Ning silently played Chen An would understand the situation and deal with Shen Yu for him.It would be bad for his image to order Chen An to engage in battle with Shen Yu instead Si Ning didn’t say a word. He didn’t kick his horse to motion but sat there quietly. His horse was on the left side and a little bit behind Chen An which means Shen Yu would have to clash with Chen An first."General I will cut him down! Ya!" Chen An kicked his horse to motion drawing his sword to fight Shen Yu.Their swords clashed and Si Ning could tell Shen Yu was a skilled warrior. He watched as Shen Yu got the upper hand and move to strike at Chen An’s shoulder but Chen An was quick to somersault backward. Jumping down from his horse and slashed the hind leg of Shen Yu’s horse which made the horse to lose balance and Shen Yu rolled to the ground. Before Chen An could jump and slash Shen Yu to prevent him from standing up to regain his balance, Shen Yu met his sword before he could inflict any damage. For how heavy their swords clashed Si Ning could tell it was a battle of power and stability. This wasn’t something he could handle. He doubts he had the power to even meet Shen Yu’s sword without him losing his balance. "Si Ning!!! Fight me!!!!" Shen Yu yelled as he overpowered Chen An, his sword pushing at Chen An’s sword giving him space to extend his leg, and kicked Chen An on the stomach. Hell no. "Hell no." Si Ning had to voice his thought out as he wa
Si Ning was glad they were done with the tying when Shen Yu woke up to glare at him. "You know the way you call me, people might think we are long lost, lovers." He couldn’t help but comment as he stood above Shen Yu. Staring down at him, Si Ning could see the man was quite old, at least in his fifties and because his son died he made a terrible choice by leading his army blindly. Si Ning concluded that Shen Yu must have loved his son dearly. "Si Ning!!!" Shen Yu said between gritted teeth. This was another era. He was a General and would act as a General. "When did the occurrence of his son losing his life again?" Si Ning asked nonchalantly. "Si Ning!!!!" Shen Yu growled, his eyes glaring daggers at Si Ning's nonchalant attitude. "The last time we fought along the river five days ago." Chen An replied as Ji Ran started bandaging his bleeding arm. Five days ago... Does that mean he transmigrated to t
"What is this!!!" Si Ning yelled staring daggers at the water they didn’t change. Did they think filtering the water won’t make him notice? It’s been three days and he’d been trying not to complain about the little water they would bring for him to take a bath every morning but filtering the water he used previously was nothing but inhumane and as the General, he would not tolerate it. The least he could do in this world that refused to fade was to enjoy it. Soaking in a half-filled tub was getting on his nerves and he always choked down his complaint but seeing the filtered water was the height of his endurance. Chen An rushed in to see Si Ning beside the bathtub staring at it like it was an abomination. "General, what’s wrong?" Si Ning took a deep breath trying to calm his nerves before he jumps on Chen An to chew his head off. "This water is what is wrong, why isn’t it changed. This is the water I used to take my bath yesterday." He complained turn
Looking at the tea set brought by Ah Dai made Si Ning smiled. It was the first clean fine white ceramic tea set he would lay his eyes on in this world and to make things better Ah Dai set up a plate of snacks. "Young master I hope you like it, Ah Dai made it personally." Ah Dai poured him a cup of tea acting like he didn’t just lost his arm. "These herbs when added to the water to bath, will help soothing Young Master’s body." He said bringing out a small pouch to show Si Ning. The floral scent of the tea made Si Ning quickly took a sip and the bittersweet taste left on his tongue made him nodded in approver. Ah Dai proceeded to clean out his bathtub, this time Si Ning didn’t stop him. Instead, he decided neither to question Ah Dai’s miraculous change from a determined man eager to lay his life down for him to a polite docile servant. Si Ning closed the classic book he had been reading to take his mind off being annoyed by the absence of the internet and his
This wasn’t how Si Ning planned his night, he was supposed to have a long nice bath in the bath Ah Dai prepared for him and put on his sleeping robes, take a long nice sleep on the bed Ah Dai managed to spread a thick blanket on that made the bed a little decent making the body pains Si Ning do wake up to a little less but instead he had been reading reports and making the necessary arrangement for their journey back home. Just after Xiu TianZhao left to rest in his own tent and Si Ning’s bathtub was filled up with water. Chen An brought a lot of paperwork for him to go through, from the numbers of soldiers categorized into the ones who had few injuries that could ride a horse, to the ones who had heavy injuries that would have to ride in a cart. From those that had to sit to those that had to lie down in the cart adding them to the number of Xilie soldiers to the amount of the rations they had left, it was a lot of maths for Si Ning that he could almost see steam coming out
"I am not letting Ah Dai go." Si Ning said softly wondering if it was the best decision. Si Ning might not be a great person but he knows right from wrong and after seeing how Ah Dai had to work after losing his arm yet acting like he wasn’t in pain just to please him was something he couldn’t ignore and he wasn’t about to let Ah Dai go because he lost an arm. All the snacks and tea Ah Dai made for him was satisfactory, he had no idea of who made the meals he had been eating but it doesn't taste so good but after Ah Dai woke up and made him tea and the meal Ji Ran brought for him after was delicious and he suspected Ah Dai might have one or two things to do with it. "I heard the arm he lost wasn’t even your fault." Xiu TianZhao stood up. "I will leave you to sort out things but I will still leave Xiao Pei with you and also quit looking at me like that, if I didn’t know you well I will think you are trying to seduce me." Si Ning frowned at Xiu TianZhao’s last
Ji Ran ran in and stiffened when he saw Si Ning that was swinging his hair back and forth. "General.." "Ji Ran..." Ah Dai cried sounding worried. "General." Ji Ran tried to call Si Ning. "General Si Ning..." Si Ning couldn’t blame them for being worried. He was also worried about the headache that was building up. "Ji Ran stay outside." He ordered gesturing for Ji Ran to leave as he poured himself a cup of tea, drowning the semi-cold tea at a time before gesturing for Ah Dai to stand up and take his seat. "Young master please forgive me...." "Tell me Ah Dai, what do you want? a shop, a house to live with your mother, learn a trade, learn medicine, work with me or live beautifully with your mother and get married." Si Ning took his seat, his eyes pleading for Ah Dai to be reasonable. Please be reasonable. Please be reasonable. "Ah Dai only wants the quarters me and my mother stays to be renovated with few added furniture and I w
The next time Si Ning woke up was due to Xiao Pei came to wake him, it took him a few moments to try not to complain or ask to sleep for a few more minutes. Si Ning had to remind himself each time he had to get out of bed that he was General Si Ning of Great Xiu nation, a Young Master and man that had to set an example for his men.Waking up to see it was already bright in the tent almost made him jumped out of bed, he was a bit shocked to see he was dressed in his sleeping robes and tucked in bed. The mattress was so soft and the blanket thick, different from the one Ah Dai provided for him. There was a slightly bitter taste in his mouth. He doesn’t remember putting on his sleeping robes but he clearly remembered being picked up from the bathtub and given something to drink, clearly the cause of the bitter taste in his mouth."General, I have filled up the tub with warm water, we will soon depart it’s already noon." Xiao Pei said as he started folding up t