Chapter 540: Impact! Tibetan Versus Tibetan (1/2)
Chapter 540: Impact! Tibetan Versus Tibetan
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Damn it!”
Jiaosiluo's eyes went red at the sight of this battle. If nothing unexpected occurred, any of his soldiers who had turned around to fight the Tang cavalry were doomed.
”Fengjiayi, lead the rest of the army in retreat. I'll hold the rear! Go!”
Roar!
With this mighty roar, Jiaosiluo's entire body began to shine with a milky-white light. His body began to rapidly expand, and in just a few moments, he had become a massive white tiger that plunged back into the fray.
”Don't worry about Jiaosiluo. If he dares to attack us, just deal with the Tibetan cavalry behind him!”
In the rain, Wang Chong sat on the White-hoofed Shadow, his fiery eyes locked onto the distant Jiaosiluo.
The current Jiaosiluo and Fengjiayi were no longer as great of a threat, and their twenty-thousand-some soldiers were also not much of a danger.
”If this fellow is willing to stay here, then let him die here.”
Wang Chong's eyes reflected the figure of the distant Jiaosiluo as a hint of killing intent flashed across his face. At this time and place, if Jiaosiluo dared to act rashly, then the strength of his father, Chen Shusun, Old Eagle, Xu Shiping, Xu Andun, and the other southwest generals would be enough to make this place Jiaosiluo's grave.
Wang Chong actually hoped that Jiaosiluo would stay and engage in a reckless slaughter, charging straight into the army and toward him so as to cut off the head of the army. Alas, Jiaosiluo still held on to a shred of rationality. After pushing back the pursuit of ten-some Tang soldiers and making some distance between the two armies, Jiaosiluo immediately ran off without the slightest delay.
”Hmph, he runs fast enough!”
Wang Chong sneered, but he didn't pursue.
At Jiaosiluo's level, as long as he didn't make a mistake and resolved himself to flee, not even Wang Chong could do anything about it.
”All soldiers, hear my order! Ignore the fleeing soldiers and quickly exterminate the remaining Tibetans! We don't have much time!” Wang Chong sternly said.
This battle could be considered the easiest battle these soldiers had ever fought. Forty to fifty thousand soldiers dealing with only a few thousand Tibetan cavalry was like the autumn wind sweeping up fallen leaves. It took only a few moments for those Tibetan soldiers who had failed to listen to orders and turned around in rage to be cut down.
As for the fleeing Fengjiayi and Jiaosiluo, they were unimportant. Wang Chong had already achieved his goal, so they no longer mattered.
”Our time is running out. Clean up and let's set off. We need to head to the next location.,” Wang Chong ordered while seated on his horse.
Whoosh!
A unit of Great Tang cavalry immediately dismounted and began to clean up the battlefield, moving with extreme proficiency.
Everyone had their own duties, and under Wang Chong's arrangements, everything was done in a neat and orderly fashion.
It took only a short time for the battlefield to be swept clean. Wang Chong's forces left the battlefield, departing so quickly that they seemed to have never taken part in this battle.
……
”Reporting! A forward scout has discovered the tracks of Tang soldiers. He suspects that a large Tang force is approaching!”
”Reporting! Generals Fengjiayi and Jiaosiluo have requested reinforcements. They were attacked by Tang soldiers!”
……
In a few short moments, two scouts came from different directions to report to Huoshu Huicang.
”What?!”
Despite Huoshu Huicang wielding the cultivation of a Great General, even he had to knit his brow in astonishment upon receiving these two conflicting reports.
”Attacked by the Tang army? What's going on here? Didn't they have almost eighty thousand soldiers? And they were all cavalry, so how could they be attacked? What sort of force still exists in the southwestern territory that can attack almost eighty thousand cavalry on flat land?”
”Milord, forgive me, but this subordinate does not know. However, Generals Fengjiayi and Jiaosiluo truly have been attacked.”
The Tibetan messenger immediately grew nervous and kneeled on the ground as he spoke.
A rough and wild voice, yet one that was also quite entrancing, came from Huoshu Huicang's side. ”Milord, why don't we send someone to take a look or send out some reinforcements? Fengjiayi and Jiaosiluo had said that they were pursuing the Annan Protectorate soldiers, but now they've appeared in the northwest, in the complete opposite direction from the one they had set off in. Unless something happened, they shouldn't be coming from that direction.”
A muscular man wearing a horned helmet, his appearance like that of a giant python, was the one who had spoken. His eyes were bright and his forehead was pronounced. He exuded a majestic energy that was even more powerful than Jiaosiluo's.
The only person who could stand so close to Huoshu Huicang's side was the leader of the Five Tiger Generals, Longqinba.
It was rumored that Longqinba was an orphan of the plateau, born from a response to draconic energy. However, his innate strangeness meant that, unlike other infants, he was abandoned in the Great Snow Mountain Holy Land. Later on, he was raised by the high priest of the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple until he reached adulthood. This meant that Longqinba had learned all sorts of profound martial arts from the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple.
Of the Five Tiger Generals, Longqinba knew the most techniques from the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple and had the deepest understanding of them.
Boom!
Splitting up the army was a taboo, and while Huoshu Huicang was pondering his decision, a massive explosion came from the southeast. He could hear the sounds of fighting and shouting at the base of the mountains, the clash of sabers and swords.
This was so unexpected that both Huoshu Huicang and Longqinba turned their heads to look.
That area wasn't even close to the Annan Protectorate army. Logically speaking, nothing should have occurred there.
”Reporting!”