Chapter Sixty Approaches

  "Father, you really want to sleep here." In Liu Yu's military tent, he looked at his father Geya with a surprised expression. Today, the fourth grandfather Aurelio and Geya met with the young masters of the Weilin family, and it seemed that they had discussed something with Jiren. At night, after arranging for the Imperial Guard, Geya declined the large tent arranged by Jiren, not even bringing his guards, and ran alone to Liu Yu's military tent to sleep.

  "What's wrong with this place?" A faint smile appeared on Gaiya's face.

  "There is, but isn't this inappropriate? The army isn't a royal court, and my current identity is just that of a soldier." Liu Yu said with some embarrassment, still feeling quite strange about sleeping with his own father.

  Although the two are father and son, they are blood relatives, but sometimes the close blood relationship and family etiquette will make them estranged, and their mutual understanding is not as good as that between people of the same age.

  "Heh heh, it feels strange, right? I was just like you back then. Alright, let's lie down and talk." Ignoring Liu Yu, Gaiya casually found a spot to lay down his military boots and lay down, sleeping on the same mat as Tugela, right next to Liu Yu's mat.

  "Father, please change places, the warrior in that position just died." Liu Yu blurted out this sentence as soon as he saw Gaiya lying on Tugela's bed, and was still a bit taboo about these things from his previous life.

  "Haha, what's the big deal? I've slept in a pile of dead bodies before. Back then, I killed over a hundred Farnese soldiers in one night, and it was inconvenient to collect their badges at night, but I didn't want to give up on that military achievement either. So, I simply slept next to them for a while and collected the badges at dawn. It's not like it's something worth being ashamed of." Gaius said with a nonchalant expression.

  "Alright." Gaiya said so, and Liu Yu simply took off his military boots and lay down. Moreover, he suddenly remembered some memories hidden deep in his soul, which made him laugh uncontrollably.

  In his previous life, Liu Yu's father was scolded by his mother and had two choices at night: sleep on the sofa or with his son. Generally, Liu Yu's father would choose to come to his son's place to take refuge, and his father's helpless and painful expression made Liu Yu think it was funny.

  "This old man must have been scolded by his mother too." Liu Yu thought to himself with a bit of malice, but soon he remembered many things from his past life and suddenly felt his eyes getting moist. He quickly wiped them with his hand, not wanting Gaiya to notice anything unusual.

  "Before you were two years old, I almost slept with you every day. At that time, you often didn't let your mother hold you and stuck to me. But in just over a decade, you've grown up and become distant from your parents." Liu Yu had just lain down when Gai Ya spoke to him with a melancholy face.

  "Ah, Father, you say that, I will always be your son." Gaiya's words made Liu Yu pause for a moment, and he hastily comforted him with a sentence.

  "Haha, I knew this, I was like that back then too. Your grandfather once came to the army for inspection, at that time I already had my own military account as a team guard, and the old man slept in my military account, even rejecting the king's military account. At that time, I didn't understand either, but later I understood, do you know why?" Gaiya seemed to be explaining his reasons to Liu Yu.

  "Huh, I don't know." Liu Yu thought for a moment and still couldn't figure it out. Could it be to encourage his own child?

  "Your grandfather told me that whether he was the Duke of a kingdom or the ruler of a country, he is still my father and I will always be his son. The bond between parent and child cannot be severed by worldly affairs," Gaia said with a loving expression as she looked at Liu Yu, who was already approaching fifty years old. Although his powerful aura made him look younger than his age, his heart had long been weathered from the trials of life.

  At this moment, Liu Yu suddenly realized that Gaia's hair was also slightly white, and the skin on his face had some wrinkles. Compared to when he was young and studying under Weilin's guidance, he indeed looked much older now. He didn't look like the majestic Da Sima anymore, but more like a father.

  "Fatherly love is like a mountain." Liu Yu only truly understood the meaning of this sentence now. His father in his past life was also a very hardworking person, working tirelessly to earn money for the future of their family. But his busy father really didn't have much time to accompany him, and many times he felt dissatisfied with him in his heart. However, all the dissatisfaction in Liu Yu's heart had now vanished into thin air.

  "Liu Yu's heart was very unsettled as he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, after all, the father he acknowledged in his heart was the one from his previous life."

  "Haha, okay I just told you, don't think too much about it, my purpose for coming this time is not to tell you." Gaiya was a big man who spent his days fighting on the battlefield, and he didn't delve deeply into emotional matters. Seeing Liu Yu's unstable emotions, he proactively changed the subject.

  "Uncle said I'm not qualified, military secrets can't be inquired about." Liu Yu's emotions as a person for two lifetimes quickly calmed down and he honestly replied.

  "Oh, he's still so stubborn and unyielding, completely not understanding the expectations your grandfather and I have for you. But you're a clever kid, you should be able to guess some of it, right?" Gaia turned her words around and asked Liu Yu instead.

  I reckon the kingdom is going to war with Farnod, but I still can't guess the specific reason. The border defense army of Sas Province didn't bother us at first, but just because they chased a few scouts who had infiltrated their defensive zone, they launched a thousand elite troops, which was too abnormal.

  Moreover, after that battle, Fanode calmed down again. These things I just can't figure out." Upon hearing Liu Yu's answer, Gaiya's face showed a few points of approving smile.

  "The reason is simple, before last winter the Spirit Empire was rebuilt by the Fandor Empire, and this year the two countries reached an agreement. The northwest border of the Fandor Empire will be safe for at least the next ten years, so they want to adjust their defense strategy to deal with us."

  Gaia gave an answer that was beyond Liu Yu's expectation, he could never have imagined that the war between the Beastman Kingdom and the Fano Empire would also involve another great empire on the continent, the Elf Empire.

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  When Liu Yu and his father were discussing the war between the two countries, more than 100 miles away, dozens of senior Farnese military officers gathered in a large hall inside a castle.

  The hall is simply decorated with an oval long table, a dozen chairs and a large pendant lamp, which are all the objects.

  At the head of the long table sat three generals with long swords at their waists and magnificent blue military uniforms, each wearing three blue star-shaped medals on their chest, with the middle general's sword being the most magnificent.

  The others sitting around the long table were a dozen or so generals wearing blue military uniforms, but with only two blue star medals on their chests. The general of the Fandor army who Liu Yu saw last time was also among them, and the two medals on their chest indicated that they were all generals of the Fandor Empire Army.

  Behind these generals stood dozens of officers with only one blue star-shaped medal on their chest.

  "What's been going on with the Beastmen lately." The officer at the head of the long table, clearly the most influential person in the room.

  "Back to the commander, after the last border battle with the beastmen, they first gathered their troops and then resumed normal patrols two days later." The general Liu Yu had met before stood up and replied.

  "Hmph, Si Meng, last time you messed up such a small thing, don't make the same mistake this time." The general-in-chief coldly scolded the general who had just replied to his question.

  "Subordinates know mistakes, subordinates were too far away at the time and didn't think that the people below would handle things carelessly, fearing death and being greedy for life. It's a disadvantage to govern the army as a subordinate, please punish me, Great Commander." As soon as he heard the Great Commander's words, Si Meng was frightened and his face turned pale, immediately bowing his head to plead guilty.

  "It's settled, last time it was mainly the fault of that lieutenant general. I know I couldn't blame you for everything, so he was executed, but your crime wasn't pardoned. However, the troops under your command are afraid to die and greedy for life, you must be more careful in the future, lest they drag you down."

  "Jie Ka, how much longer until the 52nd and 53rd legions as well as the 20th legion arrive?" The Grand Commander asked another general after finishing his training with Semen.

  "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, two generals from the 52nd and 53rd army corps who came from the east sent a letter five days ago saying that due to continuous heavy rain and mountain floods, the advance route of the troops was blocked and it is feared that it will take at least fifteen more days to arrive. The 20th Army Corps departed three days ago and is expected to arrive on schedule in twenty days." Another general hastily stood up to answer the Commander-in-Chief's question.

  "Hmm." As soon as he heard this, the face of the great leader sitting in the middle suddenly darkened.