Fang Zheng Wiped Out the Jin Soldiers While Tea Was Still Warm (No Chapter Comments, So I Had to Act Cute in the Title)
For Yue Fei, the situation before him was far from good.
On one hand, the Jin were pressing them hard. On the other, support from the rear was dwindling by the day.
Yue Fei was no fool. He knew why the court was acting this way. In fact, the Peace Faction had always had a voice within the court. Though the Southern Song was wealthy, most of its wealth was spent on military expenses, and the civil officials in the rear had long voiced many complaints. And now, they actually... sent a group of charlatans to the front lines!
Were they here to make a joke of them?
Thinking of this, Yue Fei shot an unhappy glance at the figure in the camp, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
Watching Yue Fei leave, Caiyi could not help frowning uneasily.
"Immortal Master, General Yue does not seem to welcome us here."
"That is normal. Do not mind it, Caiyi."
Hearing Caiyi speak, Fang Zheng smiled and shook his head. He understood Caiyi's displeasure. In fact, Fang Zheng had brought Caiyi to the front-line camp some time ago, but most of the anti-Jin officers and soldiers led by Yue Fei had shown them little kindness. That was only natural. In their eyes, an army needed warriors who could fight on the battlefield, not sorcerers who played at mysticism. Moreover, the Yue Family Army had only just repelled an attack by the Jin Soldiers. They were exhausted and desperately needed supplies. Yet the rear had sent neither reinforcements nor provisions. Instead, they had sent a taoist priest... Hmph!
Thus, after Fang Zheng arrived, Yue Fei had treated him with neither warmth nor hostility.
Had it been anyone else, Fang Zheng would probably have snapped back long ago. But Yue Fei was a national