Chapter 602: The Decisive Battle! A Clash of Ten Thousand Generals! I (1/2)
Chapter 602: The Decisive Battle! A Clash of Ten Thousand Generals! (I)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The second day and the third day passed, Dalun Ruozan and Geluofeng spending every day watching. However, the number of cooking fires in the Annan Protectorate army remained the same. Yet the atmosphere was beginning to subtly change.
Just when Geluofeng and Dalun Ruozan believed that this would continue, the unexpected occurred on the fourth day.
Flapflap!
A massive pitch-black messenger bird landed in front of the Tibetan commander tent.
”News from the northeast!”
Dalun Ruozan glanced at the symbol on the bird's leg as he untied the message, a hint of confusion in his eyes. To the northeast of the Ü-Tsang Empire was naturally the Great Tang's Longxi.
We Tadra Khonglo and Dusong Mangpoje were currently stationed there, the two of them engaged in fierce battle against Geshu Han's Big Dipper Army.
We Tadra Khonglo was perfectly capable of holding down Geshu Han. The Big Dipper Army was definitely in a state where it could only defend, not counterattack. Dalun Ruozan didn't understand why he would be receiving any news from We Tadra Khonglo's side.
With a hint of confusion, Dalun Ruozan unfurled the message. Buzz! Dalun Ruozan instantly paled.
”What's happened?”
Huoshu Huicang walked up from behind.
”See for yourself.”
Dalun Ruozan passed the missive to him. The paper had a very short message: Great Tang War God Wang Zhongsi had left the capital and was on his way to Longxi.
Huoshu Huicang instantly paled.
”This is a problem,” Huoshu Huicang muttered to himself, an extremely grave look on his face.
If there was one person that everyone in the Ü-Tsang Empire feared, including the Tsenpo, it would have to be the Great Tang War God, Wang Zhongsi.
In Ü-Tsang's wars against the Great Tang in which Wang Zhongsi led the Tang armies, Ü-Tsang had almost always been dealt a heavy defeat and been forced to retreat. Even the King of Generals We Tadra Khonglo had suffered a bitter defeat at Wang Zhongsi's hands.
The Great Tang army led by Wang Zhongsi had even almost fought its way up to the plateau and occupied the royal capital.
When the news came out that Wang Zhongsi had entered the palace to be the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, the entirety of the Ü-Tsang Empire had celebrated, everyone exhaling a deep sigh of relief.
To the Ü-Tsang Empire, the news that Wang Zhongsi was moving out was a veritable earthquake.
”We don't have much time left. The King of Generals won't be able to last for long,” Dalun Ruozan said with a grimace.
There was one person in the Great Tang that Dalun Ruozan had no means of controlling, and that was Wang Zhongsi. This person's level completely surpassed Dalun Ruozan's abilities.
Although Dalun Ruozan had no desire to boost another's morale while diminishing his own, impartially speaking, We Tadra Khonglo was no match for Wang Zhongsi.
He had heard before that Wang Zhongsi had only entered the palace to be the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian because of some hidden disease. It was obvious now, however, that this had been erroneous information.
This was an ill omen for Ü-Tsang.
”Wang Zhongsi will need ten days at most to travel from the capital to Longxi. In other words, we only have ten days to completely annihilate the Annan Protectorate army and pacify the southwest.”
”It seems like we'll have to move our operation up!” Huoshu Huicang solemnly intoned.
……
”Old Shi, do you still have water? Let me use your water bag.”
Behind a high steel wall, a veteran soldier of the Annan Protectorate army licked his dry lips and stretched his hand out to the veteran at his side.
”I've got nothing, nothing…”
The old soldier turned his water bag over, the last drop of water within falling into his mouth.
”See, I don't even have enough for myself. If you want to drink some water, wait a couple of hours for them to send more down from above.”
”I remember that our water wasn't this limited before,” a voice butted in from the side. ”Do you think what they're saying is true? Is the army really running out of water?”