Chapter 529: Turning Point! Counterattack! (II) (1/2)
Rumble!
Invisible ripples spread in every direction, enveloping the entire army. By now, Wang Chong's Bane of the Battlefield Halo was able to cover an extremely astonishing area. Moreover, the geography of the mountains meant that the soldiers were tightly packed together, increasing the effectiveness of the halo.
”Notice! The halo has been activated! Starting now, the death of every enemy soldier in the bounds of the halo will strengthen user's halo!”
A familiar voice piped up in his ear.
A faint smile crept onto Wang Chong's lips, and no surprise could be seen on his face. In this period of time, Wang Chong had understood a certain rule. If he wanted to get stronger through war, he would have to become the highest commander of a particular army, and it had to be an army that completely belonged to him.
The other method was to expand his halo. Weakening enemies in the boundary of the halo was equivalent to him personally taking part in the battle, which would allow him to increase his strength through battle.
Buzz!
Although none of the Tang soldiers felt anything as the halo passed over them, the Tibetans immediately noticed that something was wrong.
”What's wrong? Why did my halo get so weak!”
”Damn it, why am I moving so slowly now!”
”What's going on here? I feel so much weaker!”
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The Tibetans had already been in chaos, and this sudden decrease in strength, speed, and dexterity threw them into absolute panic. What people feared the most was not a formidable opponent, nor was it being outnumbered by the enemy. What they feared was unknown power.
Wang Chong's Bane of the Battlefield did not increase the strength of his own side, so the Tang soldiers didn't sense it. But the way it weakened the strength of his enemies was not an effect seen in any other halo.
At the very least, no such halo existed in all of the Great Tang or the foreign countries that surrounded it.
No one had ever even imagined such an effect.
And Wang Chong's halo was also unique in that it didn't have any particularly special manifestation and was very difficult to detect. The shroud offered by the downpour made such a task even more impossible.
Rumble!
There was no time to think. As the Annan Protectorate army began to attack, the battlefield underwent an unexpected transformation. For the first time in this battle, the Annan Protectorate army possessed the absolute advantage.
Crash! The soldiers collapsed like a toppling mountain. If one looked down from the peaks of this mountain range, one could easily make out that the Tibetans had been divided into two, both their belly and back exposed.
The pocket that Wang Chong had created contained around eight thousand enemy soldiers, and on the main battlefield, Wang Chong had thrust a knife into the node around which the Tibetan reinforcements intersected. Most fatal of all was that the volley of arrows that Wang Chong had ordered the master archers to fire had simultaneously made the node fall into chaos and stopped a large number of soldiers from advancing.
Thus, even though the Tibetans had an astonishing number of troops, they were prevented from bringing them to bear due to the blockade ahead of them.
Neigh!
The highland steeds whinnied as they fell to the ground. The Tang axe soldiers often needed only a single blow of their axes to cut down these horses. While another Tibetan might try to hack at them with their scimitar, a separate Tang soldier would be there to force the attacker back with a single punch.
In terms of individual strength, the Tang soldiers had become unstoppable, with the Tibetans not even able to last a single round. For some inexplicable reason, the courageous and fierce Tibetans had suddenly become much weaker.
”I can't believe it! When did I get so strong!”
A shield soldier looked at his fist in wonder. In all his time defending Lion City, he had never been able to dismount a Tibetan horseman with just a single punch.
”Hahaha, this is all the Tibetans amount to!”
A spearman excitedly thrust his spear through the head of his opponent's horse, through the chink in the horseman's armor and into his neck. He also didn't understand what had happened just now, but he did know that the fast and nimble Tibetans had suddenly become much slower.
The spearman watched with eyes wide as an opponent's scimitar brushed past, letting him finish off the opponent and completely run him through.
No matter what had happened, there was no doubt that he had succeeded.
Similar things were taking place all across the battlefield.
The strength of the Annan Protectorate soldiers had been almost equal at the start, but now, the Annan Protectorate army clearly held the advantage, suppressing their foes.
”Hahaha, brothers, kill! It's time for the Annan Protectorate army to take its revenge!”
”Kiiiill!”
……
Cries of slaughter resounded through the skies as the Annan Protectorate army rallied. All the gloominess accumulated over this long campaign was swept away in an instant, and all the soldiers—the shieldmen, sabermen, axemen, and spearmen—began a full-out advance.
”Something's wrong!”
The Tang soldiers noticed nothing wrong, but the Tibetan commanders immediately noticed that something was off. Amongst the vast sea of Tibetan cavalry, a particularly powerful Tibetan general raised his eyebrows as he subconsciously turned his bright eyes to the summit.
Wang Chong's Bane of the Battlefield had not only affected the northeast region, but the entire battlefield.
Just a few moments ago, he had clearly sensed the subordinates around him weakening. However, Wang Chong's Bane of the Battlefield had no effect on generals, so he had no idea what had happened.
”What's this? What's going on here?”
Those bright eyes surveyed the battlefield, quickly settling on the northeast region. Logically speaking, the number of troops gathered around the northeast mountains should have given them the absolute advantage, but in actuality, the Tang army held the advantage.