Chapter 212 - Chapter 212: Chapter 170 Speechless Lin Xiuming_2

Chapter 212: Chapter 170 Speechless Lin Xiuming_2

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When General Lin Xiuming led the Imperial Army of twenty thousand men to the south gate of Tianguang City, Li Leng rode out to greet them on horseback. Looking at General Lin Xiuming and the Imperial Army of twenty thousand, Li Feng pretended to be very excited and said, “General Lin, you have finally arrived. If you had been a few days later, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have been able to hold on.”

Seeing Li Feng’s excited expression as if he was about to cry, a sneer crossed General Lin Xiuming’s mind.

His performance was quite convincing.

General Lin Xiuming asked with concern, “General Li, 1 hope the Prince is alright?”

Li Feng sighed deeply, his expression one of sorrow, “The Prince is unharmed physically, but he’s been in low spirits these past few days due to the annihilation of the Black Cavalry, unable to eat or drink.”

“Enough of this, the snowstorm outside is severe, let’s hurry into the city.”

After that, Li Feng led General Lin Xiuming and the Imperial Army into Tianguang City.

Knowing that General Lin Xiuming and the Imperial Army would be coming, Mu Changtian and his two sons had all left Tianguang City, as in Great Sum they were already considered dead. It would be somewhat problematic if General Lin Xiuming saw them.

However, the three of them did not return to Yan County, as Lu Chen had arranged a rather special task for them.

After General Lin Xiuming entered Tianguang City, he surveyed everything inside. At this time, he noticed that the soldiers from North City seemed to have low morale.

Almost every soldier from North City he encountered was sighing and looked as if they had truly been defeated.

Seeing them like this, even General Lin Xiuming began to doubt whether his own guesses on the journey had been wrong.

The low spirits of these soldiers seemed truly genuine, not feigned at all.

General Lin Xiuming frowned slightly, then asked, “General Li, has the Black Cavalry really been completely wiped out?”

Li Feng sighed deeply, “They haven’t been completely annihilated, but only a few thousand are left, and all are injured. They likely won’t have much combat strength in the future.”

“This time we have suffered a great loss. No one expected the North Fre King’s forces to be so formidable; we underestimated the enemy.”

As he spoke, Li Feng sighed again. From the moment General Lin Xiuming had seen him, Li Feng kept sighing incessantly.

This left General Lin Xiuming utterly confused.

He couldn’t help thinking that perhaps the Heavy Cavalry of North City truly had been wiped out.

General Lin Xiuming asked no further questions, quietly following Li Feng to the temporary residence of Lu Chen.

However, when they arrived at Lu Chen’s command post, they didn’t see Lu Chen, only Bai Qingqing.

Li Feng immediately asked, “Commander Bai, where has the Prince gone?”

Bai Qingqing replied expressionlessly, “He went to see the Black Cavalry.”

As General Lin Xiuming was about to ask something, Li Feng turned to him and said, “Recently, the Prince often goes alone to the burial site of the Black Cavalry to be lost in thought. Let me take you there.”

This…

General Lin Xiuming thereafter ordered the Imperial Army to rest within the city, then he alone followed Li Feng to the burial site of the Black Cavalry.

In a short while, they arrived at the foot of a small hill outside the city.

Amid the snowstorm, the silhouette of a young man appeared faintly visible.

The young man stood on the hill, gazing into the distance as if reminiscing about something.

By now, snow had piled upon the young man’s head and shoulders, showing he had been standing there for a long time.

General Lin Xiuming was momentarily stunned.

If this were an act, it was too convincing.

Then Li Feng approached Lu Chen and said in a low voice, “Prince, General Lin has arrived with twenty thousand soldiers of the Imperial Army.”

Upon hearing Li Feng’s words, Lu Chen heaved a deep sigh and then turned to walk towards General Lin Xiuming.

General Lin Xiuming hurriedly greeted him, saying, “I pay my respects to the Prince!”

Lu Chen, looking at General Lin Xiuming with a solemn expression, said, “General Lin, I’ve finally waited for you. If you had arrived even a few days later, I fear Tianguang City would have fallen to the Barbarian Tribe.”

With a puzzled look, General Lin Xiuming asked, “Prince, has the Barbarian Army not retreated?”

Lu Chen replied, “No, they occasionally still send troops to attack Tianguang City.”

“See the hoofprints over there? They came this morning, but they didn’t launch an attack this time.”

Hearing Lu Chen’s words, General Lin Xiuming turned to look at the snowy ground in the distance; indeed, there were numerous hoofprints that looked like those of a Barbarian Tribe’s cavalry.

General Lin Xiuming gave another glance at the large mound of earth before him; he still harbored doubts and couldn’t believe that the Black Cavalry of North City was no more.

Lu Chen then said, “Now that General Lin has arrived, the defense of Tianguang City will be in the hands of the Imperial Army.”

Upon hearing this, General Lin Xiuming was taken aback.

In the hands of the Imperial Army?

Was the North Prince planning to return to Yan County?

Lu Chen continued, “Alright, the wind and snow here are harsh. Let’s talk about anything else back inside the city.”

Then the three of them went back into the city.

After returning to the city, Lu Chen gave General Lin Xiuming some instructions and then led the majority of the soldiers from North City back to Yan County without delay.

General Lin Xiuming did not inquire about the fate of the Black Cavalry from Lu Chen; regardless of whether the Black Cavalry was truly destroyed, it wouldn’t be proper for him to ask about the details of the battle if he was standing on Lu Chen’s side.

If the Black Cavalry had indeed perished, asking the North Prince about the details would be like rubbing salt into his wounds.

If the Black Cavalry had not perished, then there was even less reason for him to inquire about the details, since his father had already decided to side with the North Prince. If the North Prince claimed the Black Cavalry was annihilated, it was likely to conceal the military strength of North City and to avoid constant scrutiny by the Imperial Court..