When the captain is giving orders, the soldiers can quickly adapt to the commands and coordinate very well.

If Situ Heng were a 21st-century person, he would marvel: that formation is like a robot composed of a hundred precise parts, each part making a perfectly timed movement under the command of the head, possessing a fluid beauty.

Thirty miles from where Yue Fei's army was stationed, Situ Heng was spotted by sentries. If he hadn't been wearing the brocade robe of the Imperial Guard, he would have been arrested and severely tortured long ago.

Under the watchful eyes of the patrolling soldiers, Situ Heng was taken to Yue Fei's army camp.

This greatly displeased Situ Heng. "I am the emperor's personal guard! Why are you guarding against me like you're guarding against the Jurchen invaders!"

Upon arriving at the camp gate, Situ Heng saw a young man of about thirty-four years old standing at the entrance.

The man was eight feet tall, with an upright posture and a pair of sharp eyebrows that gave him a calm and powerful air.

He wore a heavy tiger-head black iron armor, with a bright red robe underneath, and a long, slender horse-slaying sword at his waist, which was the Emperor's bestowed Moon-Washing Sword.

The man was flanked by five powerful generals.

Yue Fei bowed and said, "The Emperor's special envoy has come; I am sorry for not welcoming you properly."

Situ Heng was startled, and his previous dissatisfaction vanished instantly. He never expected that Yue Fei would personally come out of the camp to greet him.

"Governor Yue, you flatter me!"

Situ Heng hurriedly went over to return the greeting, and as he walked over, the feeling of being on top of Mount Tai became even stronger.

Situ Heng was shocked and couldn't help but sigh. Yue Fei was only in his thirties, yet he already had such an imposing presence. This kind of presence could only be acquired by someone who had commanded thousands of troops, crawled out of piles of corpses, and had accumulated the experience of years.

Situ Heng had experienced this firsthand with Zhong Shidao.