Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 273: W..wh.o?

Chapter 273: W..wh.o?

"W..wh.o wh..o?" Ge Liang asked with much difficulty, his tongue was still intact but his cheeks were torn. His fingernails were filled with dirt as he kept grabbing grains of sand with his uninjured hand like the sand would be his saviour.

Si Ning smirked as he raised his head like he was basking in the sunlight and Song Feng came forward immediately and carefully started to unwrap the bandages since the bandage was his handy work and within a minute he was done leaving only the bandage around Si Ning’s forehead but his face was revealed.

"General Si Ning!" One of the reserved forces said, his eyes and tune showed that he couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he fell to his knees, tears rolling down his eyes to show how glad that Si Ning didn’t die.

"Im..po.s..si..bu.." Ge Liang was struggling to talk. "I.. Cill him.. Ki..ll.. im.. The Prie..st.. yo..u die...."

"So this is the end of a man called Ge Liang my bastard uncle." Si Ning smirked as he watched terror settle on Ge Liang’s face, watched as Ge Liang grabbed the sand as his started to shake. "How will you die? Your body will be pieces so that the vulture can eat it easily." He saw fear written over Ge Liang’s face as he raised his sword.

"No... N..o...mu... Nu...no..." Ge Liang threw the sand he was holding at Si Ning but it was a failed attempt of attack because the sand didn’t even touch Si Ning.

Without a second thought, Si Ning brought down his sword and cut Ge Liang’s legs in a flash and a shriek that sounded like a wounded crow escaped from Ge Liang’s torn mouth, Si Ning moved over to the thigh and just by swinging his sword twice he dissembled the thigh from the torso.

"F..o.give.. m..." Ge Liang cried out as tears falls down his face. "Ple...se...ese.." He begged in desperation.

A Coward.

Si Ning had always thought Ge Liang was a good fighter but clearly he was not. He moved over and swing his sword cutting off Ge Liang’s arms cleanly from the shoulders. It was a cruel thing to do that Song Feng had to quickly hold Si Ning’s hand.

"Si Ning." Song Feng called, his expression worried because he thought Si Ning had gone berserk but after seeing Si Ning’s sad expression he knew the Empress wasn’t lost but was doing what he had to do to gain his balance so he released Si Ning’s hold.

"I want to leave him like this for him to be in agony and die." Si Ning said more in a whisper to Song Feng.

"That will only bring you pain, you have to end it at once." Song Feng told Si Ning.

"Yes, I shouldn’t waste my time chopping up his body." Si Ning raised his sword and cut Ge Liang’s head cleanly from the neck.

All those around were shocked and when they saw that Lan Wan already subdued Lee and their employer Ge Liang was finally dead and the horrible choking cry had stopped, the rest quickly surrendered and they were all being escorted to kneel in front of Si Ning as some eyes were on Ge Liang’s body that was in pieces.

"Damn Priest! You said he died! You said the process will fall through!" Lee yelled when he saw one of Lan Zhang’s men escorting the Priest. "Damn Priest! Why did I believe you, stupid..."

"Oi, you are being noisy." Si Ning said and Lee kept quiet at once. He walked to the boxes on the ground and bent, he opened the first box, it was indeed his mother’s head and it was kept in a good condition as Ge Liang said. "I am so sorry for not keeping you safe." He said more like a whisper then he closed the box and he stood up and finally felt some inner peace return to his heart.

"General.."

"General."

The seven reserved forces called Si Ning as they got closer and saluted him. Si Ning took a look at them and it pained him to see they were in a bad condition, especially the one holding his bow who now fell on one knee with his hands raised to present the bow to Si Ning, one eye was swollen shut and turning purple, his mouth was swollen too, Si Ning accepted the bow and when the reserved force stood up Si Ning suddenly pulled him into a brief hug and the reserve force was so shocked to receive the small gesture of affection from his General that he started to cry like a baby as he hugged Si Ning back.

The rest of the reserved force came together and hugged Si Ning briefly then they pulled the one crying away knowing their General still had things to do and worst they were dirty so they didn’t want to get dirt on their General.

"Take all you need and let Song Feng treat you." Si Ning told them.

"Yes General." They replied with enthusiasm and then saluted Si Ning as they went in a different direction.

Lan Wan bent in front of Lee whose hands were tied behind him. "Packing a bunch of thugs and calling them your private business army while they praise and call you Emperor Lee, how low you have fallen." He clicked his tongue. "How sad Mr Emperor."

The rest of Lee’s men were expecting Lee to retort back but he didn’t say a word like the cat got his tongue which made most of them mouths fell as they realised they followed the wrong person.

"The way you command should be studied General Si Ning, I have never been so happy following a person’s attack plan." Lan Zhang said when he came to stand by Si Ning’s side because he had no casualties at his side. "I thought you would have loved to torture him more by giving him death by a thousand cuts or drag him full speed on the ground with your horse to Xiu. " He commented, his eyes on the head with a torn mouth on the ground.

"My time is precious, I can’t waste it on something insignificant." Si Ning said as he sighed, he would have loved to torture Ge Liang but that would only delay him and waste his time. "I also have somewhere to be." For some reason, he felt like seeing Xiu Zhicheng.

Lan Zhang nodded in understanding. "So this is where we part." He said a hint of regret laced in his voice. "If this war ends and Xiu wins, the Ge army will follow you." He added.

Si Ning wore a confused look. "Why does it seem like you are supporting Xiu?" He had to ask.

"As I said, it is a meaningless war of pain, either Xiu or Xilie becoming a vassal state of the conqueror and this will only bring hardship to the subdued." Lan Zhang said.

Si Ning nodded, Qiu Bai was the reason for the war so he must die. "Then I will leave you to deal with him." His eyes fell on Lee whose head was bent, it was quite surprising that Lee was a coward who was told to keep quiet and hadn’t said a word.

"Sure." Lan Zhang bowed respectfully and the rest of his men came together and also bowed to Si Ning Si Ning and his men too returned their salute because without them the operation wouldn’t have gone smoothly.

Two of his reserved force already carried the two boxes and were waiting for orders from Si Ning. Song Feng approached Si Ning with a horse that had a big bag mounted on the back. It seemed Song Feng had been busy packing some stuff in the store.

"Did you treat them properly?" Si Ning asked because he didn’t stand for long before his men came back.

"Not really, I can’t find any medicine in the storage so I need to venture into the woods." Song Feng said. "But for me to find the herbs for a quick treatment and come back might take a day." He added.

"Hmmm." Si Ning frowned. It seemed the Priest’s fortune telling was taken to heart for Ge Liang to not see the need for medicine in case of any emergency because he believed everything would go well.

"General we are fine." One of the reserved forces said since he was closer and heard their discussion. "This is nothing." He added.

"We will meet with the rest at the end of the Blossom trees before we find a way to give our brothers that died in the pit a proper funeral." Si Ning said even though he knew it might never happen and to wait for Song Feng to go and come back wasn’t something he wanted to include in his plan, he doesn’t want to sit and watch the men that attacked his reserved force in the pit because he might snap and go on a killing spree starting with Lee.

"Yes General."

"We ride out." Si Ning said and with one final nod at Lan Zhang, he climbed the horse Song Feng brought and waited till the rest of his men climbed their horses with much difficulties then just with a kick they rode out of the camp.