Chapter 606: The Decisive Battle! The Dragon Son Corps! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The most terrifying thing about these Erhai elephants was that they remained completely unaffected by the debuff effect of the Bane of the Battlefield. At this very moment, they had become the sharp tool utilized by the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army to break the Tang lines.
Biaaaah!
Two elephants shrilly blared as their giant feet slammed down on the Tang soldiers like descending mountains.
”Aaaaah!”
Fear spread across the faces of all of the Annan Protectorate army soldiers, for their resistance was insignificant against the impervious and overpowering elephants.
As that heavy foot crashed down, the Tang soldiers had no time to dodge, and even their armor crumpled with them as they were smashed into pulp.
Biaaaah! The elephant raised its trunk high as it rampaged unstoppably through the Tang ranks.
Roar!
Suddenly, a sonic attack struck. The massive energy contained within this voice jolted aside the metal covers, allowing the sound to explode in the elephant's mind.
Right when the elephant raised its head in fright, a metal halberd flew through the air and pierced into the elephant's eye, embedding itself deep into its skull. The elephant's legs went soft as it crashed into the ground, blood gushing out from its punctured eye.
Although they possessed a powerful vitality and enormous strength, beasts were not humans, and the intelligence of elephants was far beneath that of humans. Against human experts, it was still easily felled by a single strike.
”Axemen, cut down the guards on the elephants!”
The middle of the mountain was in chaos. A fully-armored general bellowed this order, his eyes red with madness. The Annan Protectorate army had never been in such a perilous situation before. The lives of more than eighty thousand soldiers were holding on by a single thread. If they could not stop this wave of attacks, the entire army would be wiped out.
In order to stop this attack, all the generals invested all their energy.
”Kill the elephant guards!”
Bangbang! Two soldiers of the White Elephant Corps, struck by whirling axes, dropped down from the head of an elephant. Soon after, two Tang soldiers as nimble as apes began to climb up the elephant's nose! Sploosh! Two sharp swords stabbed into the eyes of the elephant.
”Seize them!”
”Damn it, don't let them escape!”
Sabers and spears madly stabbed down from the elephant's head at the Tang soldiers, but those Tang soldiers had already rolled back down the elephant's corpse and vanished.
Five days had been enough for Dalun Ruozan and the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army to think of many ways to protect the elephants against the Tang attacks, but Wang Chong had also had ample time to think of methods to deal with the elephants. Killing the elephant guards was one of these methods.
Rumble!
In this fierce melee, dust suddenly began to rise from the southeast as a massive boom rang out. When the battle was at its most intense, the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang forces in the southeast retreated without warning. All the Tang soldiers were caught by surprise, but in the intense melee, their bodies dragged them forward in pursuit.
”Interesting—they're learning from me!”
At the summit, Wang Chong's eyes lit up as he saw this, a smile appearing on his face. Dalun Ruozan had actually taken the move he had used against the Mengshe Zhao army and used it against him, replaying this familiar scene before his eyes.
”Pass on my order. Transfer General Luo Ji to the southeast.”
”Yes, your subordinate will go.”
A messenger quickly stood up and left to deliver this order.
”Dalun Ruozan, if you want to use my methods to deal with me, you have to see who your opponent is.”
A sneer crept onto Wang Chong's lips. Dalun Ruozan was truly formidable to have grasped this tactic in such a short time and to have successfully trained a group of soldiers in it, but his spear was still a far cry from breaking Wang Chong's shield.
Luo Ji's troops were extremely skilled in offense. If they had the smallest chance, they would immediately bite down and refuse to let go. If the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army dared to intentionally reveal a flaw before him, they would only be ruining themselves.
Wang Chong could tell at a glance that the level to which the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army had trained this tactic was definitely not enough to deal with a general of Luo Ji's caliber.
It was like how a bag could cover a staff but couldn't cover a spear.
Withdrawing his gaze from the southeast, Wang Chong turned his attention to the north, where an army dressed in armor of gold and white was currently charging up the mountain. Not even the elites of the Annan Protectorate army were capable of stopping it.
The Dragon Son Corps was the most elite corps of Mengshe Zhao. Under the command of Crown Prince Fengjiayi, it was displaying a most terrifying offensive power. Even without the assistance of the other armies or the protection of the White Elephant Corps, it had already succeeded in piercing more than halfway through the Annan Protectorate army's lines.
Weapons, armor, strength… the Dragon Son Corps occupied the highest place in Mengshe Zhao. In terms of pure strength, neither the Annan Protectorate army nor the Tibetan armored cavalry were a match for the Dragon Son Corps.
Even Wang Chong's Bane of the Battlefield was much less effective against them, its debuff effects greatly limited.
The Dragon Son Corps was Mengshe Zhao's trump card. In the battle of Erhai, Geluofeng had drawn this sharp sword to shatter the defensive lines of the Annan Protectorate army in a single blow and deal Xianyu Zhongtong a crushing defeat.
In this mad assault of the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army, the greatest threat to the Tang did not come from Duan Yangyan's White Elephant Corps, but Fengjiayi's Dragon Son Corps.
To Wang Chong, the Dragon Son Corps was the claw of the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army that he most desired to clip.
”Begin!”
Wang Chong turned his head to Lin Wushou.
”Your general will carry out the order!”
Lin Wushou gave a solemn bow before quickly leaving the summit.