Chapter 556: The Attention of Mengshe and ü-Tsang! The Enemy Targeted by All! (1/2)
Chapter 556: The Attention of Mengshe and Ü-Tsang! The Enemy Targeted by All!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”What youth? Your Highness Crown Prince, what are you saying?”
A voice came from the side, its tone grave. In this entire tent, only one other person on Mengshe Zhao's side could butt into this conversation: Mengshe Zhao's sole Great General, Duan Gequan.
Although Mengshe Zhao's strength was far inferior to the Great Tang and Ü-Tsang, it had relied purely on this Great General, who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Geshu Han, Huoshu Huicang, and Zhangchou Jianqiong, to squeeze itself into the ranks alongside the other countries.
And this wasn't considering the fact that the King of Mengshe Zhao, Geluofeng, was himself a most powerful expert.
This was also one of the reasons for the vigorous ambitions of Mengshe Zhao, why it wanted to break away from the Great Tang and push it aside to become the hegemon of the southwest.
”In all of the southwest, only Xianyu Zhongtong and Wang Yan can actually qualify as commanding generals. Where did this youth come from?”
”Great General, it truly was a youth of ten-some years old. He was wearing a golden suit of armor and pretending to be Wang Fu, which allowed both Jiaosiluo and me to easily notice him. We had already surrounded the army led by Wang Yan and Wang Fu, and they were at the end of their rope. I don't know where that brat learned his strategy from, but after he appeared, the Annan Protectorate army seemed to become a completely different one. It became extremely incisive and difficult to deal with! Our vanguard troops were almost about to pierce through their formations, but nobody expected them to be trapped and suffer ten thousand casualties!
”Jiaosiluo and I both noticed this sight and attempted to assassinate that youth. But even though that brat was an insignificant weakling, he was unexpectedly so cunning and slippery that neither I nor Jiaosiluo managed to kill him!” Fengjiayi argued.
Although Great General Duan Gequan wasn't well known on the Central Plains, his reputation was indisputable within Mengshe Zhao. Geluofeng and Fengjiayi both treated him with utmost respect, and even Ü-Tsang Great General Huoshu Huicang was extremely wary around him.
In all of Mengshe Zhao, Huoshu Huicang paid respects only to King Geluofeng and Great General Duan Gequan.
Jiaosiluo's groveling figure finally spoke at this point. ”Great General, Great Minister, Crown Prince Fengjiayi's words are true. An extremely formidable youth really did appear amongst the Tang forces. Our cavalry charged with so much power, but he somehow managed to throw our army into chaos, our own soldiers blocking each other and unable to reach the Tang. Although I don't want to admit it, that youth's strategy and tactics were far better than ours.”
His head was tightly pressed against the ground, and he didn't dare to move.
Upon hearing Jiaosiluo's words, Huoshu Huicang and Dalun Ruozan instantly fell silent. Jiaosiluo was a Tibetan general, and the Tibetans had always been proud of their valor.
It wasn't that they would never lower their heads, but that they would only lower their heads to their own, to Tibetans that were stronger and of a higher rank than they were. But they would never bow to outsiders.
Tibetans would never lightly submit to outsiders, and certainly not Tibetan generals.
Yet now, in front of so many people, Jiaosiluo, one of the Five Tiger Generals, had admitted that he was inferior. This was no easy feat. This could only mean that that fellow truly was very strong.
And only someone far stronger than Jiaosiluo could compel him to say such words.
On the other side, Geluofeng and Duan Gequan also fell silent.
Fengjiayi's words were only a single account, but Jiaosiluo's statement now indicated that they were the truth. Some young and mysterious master of strategy had suddenly appeared in the Annan Protectorate army.
For a moment, the entire tent was quiet, the leaders of both sides unable to speak.
”Jiaosiluo, let me ask you: you said that you saw this youth. What did this youth look like?” Huoshu Huicang suddenly said, a strange light in his eyes. From the pensive look on his face, he seemed to have realized something.
”This…”
Jiaosiluo hesitated for a few moments before describing Wang Chong's appearance.
”Someone, bring over all the commanders who were stationed in the northeast region when the Tang attempted their breakout!” Huoshu Huicang suddenly ordered.
With this order, Huoshu Huicang instantly became the center of attention, with Fengjiayi and Jiaosiluo in particular appearing rather stunned. Huoshu Huicang had never been one to waste words.
His sudden actions had a goal, a reason.
”Great General, have you realized something?” Geluofeng asked Huoshu Huicang. If he remembered correctly, the army that Huoshu Huicang had led had been first routed in the northeast, which was where Xianyu Zhongtong's forces had made their breakout attempt.
”I don't dare say that I've realized something. I only have a vague idea,” Huoshu Huicang sternly replied.
……
After a few moments, the officers who were in charge of keeping watch and attacking Xianyu Zhongtong's army in the northeast filed into the tent.
”In the encirclement of Xianyu Zhongtong's Annan Protectorate army, you were all in charge of the northeast region, correct?”
”Yes, Milord!” the officers all replied.
”Describe all the Tang commanders that you observed. Disregard Xianyu Zhongtong and his generals. Only describe the unfamiliar Tang commanders!”
Huoshu Huicang's words caused a round of strange looks from the crowd.
”Great General, do you suspect that the person who defeated you last night was the same as the person who defeated us? It was all the masterwork of that brat?”
Fengjiayi blinked as he spoke.