Chapter 597: The Decisive Battle! The Great Ministers Night Probe! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Suddenly, Chen Guanshun took in a deep breath, walked out from the ranks, and bowed in front of Wang Chong. ”Young Master, please accept this bow from your subordinate. Your subordinate was rude earlier!” And before he could finish speaking, all the generals behind him, the highest-ranking generals of the Annan Protectorate army, bowed as well.
When they raised their heads and looked at Wang Chong once more, their eyes were brimming with shock, admiration, and deep respect.
The generals of the southwest had all heard rumors of the White Elephant Corps. This was an army highly prized by Geluofeng, and one with a frightening fighting power.
All of them had witnessed this power in the battle just now.
But none of them could have expected that while the rest of them only knew bits and pieces about those massive elephants that lived in the lands south of the Erhai, Wang Chong had already found a method to easily defeat them.
Such abilities were practically divine and had already surpassed their collective imaginations.
”Young Master, can you tell us how you knew that the elephants would be afraid of large sounds?”
Lin Wushou stepped forward, his face filled with admiration.
In the battle of Erhai, if they had known of this method to deal with the White Elephant Corps, things would have been completely different. At the very least, they would not have lost so many soldiers to the charges and crushing of the elephants.
Although Wang Chong lived in the capital and rarely left its borders, his knowledge was so deep and experiences so vast that they made one gasp in astonishment.
”Haha, this actually isn't that hard to guess. These elephants have large bodies, but their eyes are absurdly small, only a bit bigger than the eyes of normal humans. It's obvious that the eyes are their weak point. Since their eyes are like that, then maybe the rest of their sensory organs are like that as well, which is when I thought about their ears.”
Wang Chong held his hands behind him and spoke with a faint smile on his lips. No matter what, he could never reveal his memories of the other world in this one.
”Young Master's talent is truly formidable, standing above the rest!”
The Annan Protectorate army generals were all stunned beyond belief.
Although Wang Chong had explained the matter with just a few sentences, this was completely in line with Wang Chong's usual performance. As for Wang Chong's age, they had utterly forgotten about this problem.
……
Biaaaah!
Although the attack had stopped, the problems in the White Elephant Corps were still far from over. The berserk elephants were continuing to crash through the army, with the casualties inflicted on the White Elephant Corps almost totally due to their rampage.
At least two thousand soldiers had died to the berserk elephants.
But even so, the soldiers of the White Elephant Corps still had to do their utmost to calm the berserk elephants.
A White Elephant Corps without elephants didn't deserve the name.
”Your Majesty, what should we do now? Do you want to dispatch other soldiers?”
”Your Majesty, let this general go!”
”This general is willing to lead his troops and exterminate the Tang!”
……
In the central army of Mengshe Zhao, several generals were in a state of abnormal agitation, anxious to do battle.
”Let us end things here for today!”
Geluofeng gave a deep sigh, a rare hint of fatigue appearing in this ambitious character's eyes. The defeat of the Whitestone Corps and then the defeat of the White Elephant Corps that he had placed so much of his hopes on, the deaths of seventy to eighty thousand soldiers, had left a very deep shadow on his kingly heart.
”Generals, there is no need to speak of battle for now. Let me meet with the Ü-Tsang Great Minister. Once there is a plan, I will make a decision.”
”Yes, Your Majesty!”
The generals bowed in response.
In Erhai, Geluofeng's status was similar to that of the Great Tang's Sage Emperor, and his words truly were law. Any order would be implemented to the last letter.
”By the way, how are General Duan's injuries?” Geluofeng said.
”General Duan's condition has been stabilized,” a Mengshe Zhao general reported, knowing that Geluofeng was speaking of Duan Wuzong.
”I'll go and see how he's doing.”
With a sweep of his divine robe, Geluofeng took his leave from the central army.
The moment he left, the long blare of a horn came from the southeast. The vast Tibetan army retreated like the receding tide, drawing back from the Tang-occupied mountain.
Mengshe Zhao, with a sense of tacit understanding, also began to retreat.
In just a few moments, an empty zone of land had been created around the mountain.
Amidst the blustery winds at the summit, Old Eagle looked down and reported, ”Young Master, they've retreated!”
”Mm, as they should.”
Wang Chong sneered as he glanced up at the gradually darkening sky. The initial assault, the rain of fireballs, the White Elephant Corps… the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army had launched three to four waves of attacks in a single day, but he had defeated every one of them.