Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

The night passed by 'quietly.'

Nan Luo thought that he wouldn't be able to sleep at all, but Nan Hua helped him to fall asleep. In the end, he woke up when it was morning and saw the enemies retreated along with Old Master Nan coming out of his tent.

Nan Luo: "…" so Grandfather also sleep.

He thought that his grandfather would be going to the frontline so happily and acted like how a great general would.

*cough*

He thought too much.

"You finally wake up, little rascal." Old Master Nan smiled. "Did you have a good night sleep?"

"Why are you also sleeping, Grandfather? I thought that you're the one who lead the soldiers…"

"No way." Old Master Nan scoffed. "It's called taking turns. When your enemies chose to have a battle day and night, there's no way that you wouldn't do the same. If you decided to go all out all the time, you'll only exhaust yourself."

"Wouldn't it mean that the battle also ends faster?"

"Not necessarily. We don't usually fight at night and only when it's daylight except on special circumstances. If you don't have far greater ability compared to your enemy, you're just going to exhaust the soldier's stamina by going all out even at night.

By taking turns, we can rest and the battle will still continue by the others. I'll naturally take rest since I can't stay awake for that long anymore."

If it was in the past, Old Master Nan wouldn't hesitate to charge and fought three days and three nights without stopping if it means victory. But since he had grown older and had physical limitations, he couldn't do so anymore.

He had to think properly before engaging in battles.

That was why he decided to rest.

"…But I don't see the other generals getting any rest."

Old Master Nan let out dry laugh. He knew very well that those hard headed generals were all fighting at the frontline because they could do it. There was no problem for them to not getting any sleep for now.

They were still young and very energetic. Besides, they wouldn't even think about the matter of resting and sleeping for the time being. All they could do right now was to fight and fight again.

They had the capital to do that.

Anyway… it was just Old Master Nan being a bit older.

However, he would never admit that he was too old to participate in the battlefield. In Old Master Nan's view, he was still as fit as other 30 year old men! At that time, he was at his peak and could battle for three days and three nights without any rest at all.

"You and your soldiers should try to salvage anything possible from the ruins while the others are resting."

"Okay."

Nan Luo glanced at the back. He actually wanted to be more involved in the battle and not being the side character in such a big battle. However, he also knew that his capabilities were not enough for him to be involved in their decision making yet.

He still had a lot to learn.

His position was also a bit low, so he could only help here and there a little bit. For the time being, Nan Luo learned how to be content with what he had already achieved. Anyway, other people might not even be as good as him when they were at his age.

Turning around, Nan Luo rushed towards the ruined city. He could see Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Hua were already there.

"Why are you two so early?" Nan Luo was stunned.

Feng Ao Kuai glanced at Nan Luo. "We're here to inspect the materials used to spread the fire so quickly. As it turns out, they're using a lot of dry grasses."

"Didn't you already know that from yesterday?"

"Yes, but those who gathers them are the soldiers and not the citizen."

"Hmm?"

Turning his head to the side, Nan Luo could see a large number of people standing at the side. From the way it looked like, they were all preparing to leave. Many were dirty but they were mostly healthy.

He blinked his eyes. "They're…?"

"The citizens who managed to get out from the other gates." Feng Ao Kuai kicked the ashes below him to reveal the ground. "Many of them actually didn't want to participate in this plan and decide to leave. However, some people are forced to do this by a group of people."

"The soldiers would do something like that?" Nan Luo was stunned. "Are they so desperate to win the battle?"

"They know that they're not a match against Fei Yang Kingdom in a frontal ground battle. What they're trying to do is delaying time."

"Delaying time?"

Feng Ao Kuai was inspecting the ground and stood up when he had finished. He nodded. "I believe that they're going to use their best advantage soon enough."

River.

Wei Da Kingdom was filled with various rivers from the small ones to the big ones.

There were plenty of them.

"I see."

Nan Luo was amazed to see that Feng Ao Kuai could guess so fast.

Nan Hua pointed at the ground. "The soil is damaged and the well is poisoned. Wei Da Kingdom had long decided to abandon this place."

"Wait, the well is poisoned? How are we supposed to drink then?"

"General Chi had sent some low ranked commanders to lead the soldiers towards the nearby river to fetch water for us to drink."

They carried foods but water usually needed the nearby well or river because the amount they could bring was limited. It was not like they didn't want to bring water, but carrying the large amount of water needed for so many soldiers to drink was not easy.

It was especially so when Han Zhong City was located quite far away from here.

They needed another source.

"When did it happen?"

"When you're still sleeping."

Nan Luo: "…"