Chapter Fifty-One: The Reinforcements Arrive

  "Kill!" A loud shout came from the Tiger Mountain Valley, and immediately a large flag with a giant dragon emblem was raised high. A large group of cavalrymen rushed out of the valley, and in an instant, they arrived in front of Shi Hu and others, engaging in a fierce battle with the 20,000 beastman soldiers.

  "Paper tiger, you son of a bitch, are you dead or not? If not, make some noise." A rough and loud shout rose up.

  The besieged Shi Hu heard the familiar voice, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and the hanging heart also let go, responding: "Yang Baozi, I'm over here."

  Yang Yun heard his good friend's voice and a faint smile appeared on his face. He said to Wen Kai beside him, "General, look, the paper tiger is not dead, haha!"

  "En." Although Wen Kai's face didn't reveal any expression, he was actually very pleased in his heart. After all, both he and Shi Hu were under the old General Leng's command and were old comrades, so naturally he wouldn't want anything unexpected to happen to his comrade.

  "Come, pass on my order, first hold down Tiger Valley and rest." Wen Kai gave the military order.

  The three team leaders beside Wen Kai responded in unison and each waved their hands.

  A team of heavy infantry stepped out, followed by a team of archers, each archer with their bow fully drawn, and behind them was a cavalry regiment.

  "Fire!" Wu Tian waved his hand, and in an instant, ten thousand arrows shot out, rushing towards the beastman soldiers.

  "The army surrounding Shi Hu saw the coming flag and a general ordered to retreat without hesitation."

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Arrow after arrow shot towards the retreating Beastman army, and body after body fell to the ground.

  Jia led the self-taught troops with less than a hundred remaining soldiers and bypassed the beastman army, returning to the front of Tiger Mountain Valley.

  "Xing Zixue has seen the General." Xing Zixue knelt on one knee on the ground, saluting the stone tiger.

  "Get up, how's Leng Xiao?" Shi Hu stretched out his hands to help Xing Zixuan up. He had seen the scene of Leng Xiao leading the charge earlier and naturally appreciated Xing Zixuan's performance on the battlefield. However, he was unclear about Leng Xiao's situation after that shocking sword strike, so at this moment, he was eager to know about Leng Xiao's condition. It wasn't just because of Leng Xiao's identity, but also because of the favor Leng Xiao had shown him this time, which made this general, who never yielded to anyone, surrender.

  Xing Zixue saw the waiting expressions of the generals beside Shi Hu, and suddenly remembered the old man's parting words. He leaned his head close to Shi Hu and said in a low voice, "Xiao Yao was taken away by an old man named Fu Bo."

  "Fu Bo?" Shi Hu exclaimed, his face revealing a shocked expression, as if this old man named Fu Bo was some kind of extraordinary figure.

  "General, who is Fu Bo?" Yan Menggui's face showed a look of surprise, because he rarely saw his old partner with such an expression, and his heart was curious about the name that came out of his old partner's mouth.

  Shi Hu was asked by Yan Menggui, and only then did he realize the situation. After adjusting his mindset, he ignored Yan Menggui's question and instead asked in a soft voice, "Did the old man entrust anything else?"

  When Xīngyè was in a daze, he suddenly realized that his general must have known the mysterious old man who had just appeared, and that the general also knew that Xiāoyáo had other identities. The name Xiāoyáo was definitely not his real name. At this moment, he heard his general's question and hastily replied in a low voice: "The old man has instructed me to say that Xiāoyáo died in battle on the battlefield."

  "Alright." Shi Hu nodded and said: "Okay, I know. You're also injured, go down and bandage your wounds first."

  "Yes, General." Han nodded and then saluted before retreating.

  A loud voice shouted "Paper Tiger" and as soon as the sound fell, a burly man appeared in front of Shi Hu.

  The stone tiger saw the approaching person and showed a helpless expression on his face, saying: "I'm telling you, Yang Baozi, when can you learn some etiquette?"

  Yang Yun ignored Shi Hu's words and stretched out his arm to hook around Shi Hu's shoulder, laughing: "Cut it out, I'm not like some people who pretend to be elegant."

  "Tiger, it seems like something is not quite right this time. On our way to reinforce, we actually received a secret order, and it actually asked us to delay for two days before arriving here." Yang Yun continued in a low voice, quickly saying a sentence during the secretive conversation with Shi Hu.

  "Ah!" Shi Hu's face changed upon hearing Yang Yun's words and he asked in a low voice, "Do you know the reason?"

  "It's unclear, but it seems that the general disobeyed orders, so we rushed here overnight, otherwise this paper tiger would have become a dead tiger." Yang Yun responded vaguely.

  "Alright, let's not mention this for now. When I return to the capital, I'll go discuss it with Old Marshal Yuan." Shi Hu cautioned Yang Yun in a low voice.

  "En." Yang Yun nodded and then smiled: "By the way, Lao Hu, I seemed to have heard a roar when I was rushing over just now. Was it you?"

  "An angry shout?" Shi Hu was taken aback for a moment, and then he immediately thought of Leng Xiao's shocking sword move earlier, which was preceded by an angry roar. He guessed that Yang Yun was asking about this very roar! Thinking of this, a sorrowful expression flashed across Shi Hu's face as he said: "It wasn't me, but one of my subordinates. Unfortunately, he has already fallen in battle."

  Yang Yun saw Shi Hu's sorrowful expression and quickly patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't be sad, old tiger. On the battlefield, swords and knives have no eyes. Let's go ask the general when we can launch a counterattack. These beastmen really think our Tianlong Kingdom is nobody, don't they? They think you're not fierce, and that we're just sick cats!"

  Shi Hu heard Yang Yun's absurd argument and his originally sorrowful expression changed to a smile as he nodded: "Alright, I should also go visit General Wen."

  Yang Yun saw Shi Hu's serious appearance and raised his middle finger in disdain, saying: "Come on, we're old buddies, yet you're still so pretentious."

  "Let's go!" said Shi Hu with a smile on his face.

  Yang Yun and Shi Hu walked shoulder to shoulder towards where Wen Kai was standing, the two of them chatted with smiles on their faces as they approached.