Chapter 564: Walking into a Trap! Both Sides Sound Each Other Out! (1/2)
Chapter 564: Walking into a Trap! Both Sides Sound Each Other Out!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Press forward!”
Without waiting for the battle to develop, Geluofeng sent another wave forward with a wave of his hand, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Whitestone Corps marched into the fray. The clash of shield against shield, steel against steel, rang out as the dense ranks collided.
”Press forward!”
The second wave had barely arrived and Geluofeng was already sending his third wave of troops sweeping forward.
”Don't give them a chance to rest! Duan Wuzong, go up there and personally hold the line!”
”Yes, Your Majesty!”
At Geluofeng's side, a heroic general carrying a white-tasseled spear urged his horse forward. This was the commander of the Whitestone Corps, Duan Wuzong, and he was also Mengshe Zhao Great General Duan Gequan's cousin.
He was the one who had trained the Whitestone Corps to its current level.
From this action of sending out Duan Wuzong so early, one could see the importance Geluofeng placed on this battle.
Bangbangbangbang!
The air resounded with the rumbling of halos as they overlapped and incessantly pressed forward. In a few short moments, the Great Tang soldiers on the outermost perimeter of the mountain were put under enormous pressure.
Each inch of ground had multiple members of the Whitestone Corps charging into it.
Massive Halos of Thorns intersected with each other, their rumbling and clattering mixed in with the endless cries of battle. Geluofeng used no other strategy than that of sheer numbers to push and press against the Annan Protectorate army garrisoned on the mountain.
In a one-on-one matchup, a soldier of the Whitestone Corps was no match for a soldier of the Annan Protectorate army, not in strength, speed, or dexterity. But when their numbers reached a certain level, this quantitative change would effect a qualitative change, and everything would be different.
”Let's see how they do?”
At the base of the mountain, Geluofeng, Huoshu Huicang, and Dalun Ruozan quietly watched on, everyone waiting in anticipation for the Annan Protectorate army's reaction.
The rows of steel walls on the mountain seemed like an imposing fortress, a castle that wasn't a castle.
Not even people with Geluofeng's or Huoshu Huicang's experiences had ever encountered such a situation before.
Neither of the pair could grasp Wang Chong's strategy.
This first wave was just a test.
”What do you think they will do?” Geluofeng suddenly asked.
”What they'll do… we'll find out soon.” Huoshu Huicang squinted as he spoke.
These two powerhouses of the southwest, enemies yet not enemies, friends yet not friends, in Zhangchou Jianqiong's generation had always suppressed each other. But after Zhangchou Jianqiong, these two had suddenly stood together to deal with the Great Tang.
”The Whitestone Corps is a corps that I trained to have an extremely formidable defense. No matter what sort of tricks they have, their effects will all be greatly reduced against the Whitestone Corps. As long as we can shatter the Annan Protectorate army's defense and annihilate them, the Great Tang's southwest will be ours for the taking. This will be our final battle!”
Geluofeng looked up to the summit as he spoke.
It was the last battle. Once these enemies before him were eliminated, the southwest would be a world that belonged to Ü-Tsang and Mengshe Zhao. At this moment, not even Geluofeng could conceal his agitation.
All that he had anticipated would become reality on the morrow.
”Don't get too careless!” Huoshu Huicang chided from the side.
”What? With our five hundred thousand soldiers, do you think that we can't destroy their remaining forces?” Geluofeng asked, his brow furrowed.
Huoshu Huicang was an Ü-Tsang Great General and incomparably valiant. Geluofeng had originally believed that he would agree with his point of view. To his surprise, Huoshu Huicang had taken a stance that he would have never imagined.
”I didn't say that we wouldn't destroy them. I am only saying that we need to show the appropriate level of caution. I feel that things won't proceed as smoothly as we imagine,” Huoshu Huicang calmly said.
For some reason, Huoshu Huicang had an ill foreboding that he couldn't shake off. Perhaps it was because that Tang person on the summit was too quiet. Perhaps it was because the Annan Protectorate army had been retreating all this time but had seemed to stop here solely because of this mountain.
”In short, maintain an appropriate level of vigilance. We just can't get careless…”
……
Bangbangbang!
On the slopes, shield clashed against shield in an unending din.
”Kiiiill!”
”Kiiiill!”