Chai Jiayu agreed to Kong He's proposal without a moment's hesitation.

A man has his name as a tree has its shadow!

Ning Chen was known as the god of war of Great Xuan, the general who always won. He had never lost on the battlefield.

Chai Jiayu believed he had a commander in chief's talent, but even so he might not be a match for Ning Chen, especially now, with the enemy outnumbering him.

"Relay my orders: pull out immedi—"

Before he could finish, he felt the ground trembling.

"Report... General, the Wu Kingdom's army is coming at us!"

Chai Jiayu and Kong He felt their heads go boom, and everything went black before their eyes.

Kong He still had some of his wits about him. He shouted, "General, we have to run!"

Chai Jiayu was paralyzed with fear by now. The moment he heard Kong He say run, he scrambled up without a second's thought and ran for the door.

But he was so terrified that his legs were as limp as noodles, and he'd only gone a few steps when he fell flat on his face!

In a way, Zong Sibo was actually Ning Chen's ally.

The shit-stirrer gave the De Emperor nothing but bad ideas and recommended nothing but useless men.

Chai Jiayu came from a family of military officers, but he had never been to war.

Not every soldier in the Great Xuan got the chance to go to war.

Places like Lingzhou and Xiuzhou, for instance, were in the Great Xuan's heartland. Troops were stationed there only to keep the peace.

Only the soldiers in places like Beilin Pass and the southern frontier, who fought enemy states all the time, counted as true soldiers of iron and blood.

Chai Jiayu had always been stationed in Xiuzhou and had never gone to war. Scaring the common people was about all he was good for.

His father was an old acquaintance of Zong Sibo's, and since Chai Jiayu wanted to climb, he naturally made a point of currying favor with Zong Sibo.

After that, Zong Sibo…