Chapter 719: The Crucial Qixi! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

In the army, the most important thing was intelligence, and the most basic requirement of an intelligence report was accuracy. The Big Dipper Army was an elite army of the Great Tang, a valiant existence that could rely on tens of thousands of soldiers to contend against the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Ü-Tsang and make it consider very carefully before moving east. Thus, it was even harsher on its requirements for its intelligence reports.

If a scout on the front lines sent back such irregular information, they could be harshly punished according to military law. This was the reason for the officers' rage.

”Milord, who is the scout assigned to Wushang? According to military law, he can be transferred back, discharged from his post, and investigated!” a furious officer said.

”The one who should be discharged is not him, but all of you.” A gentle, calm, and dignified voice rang out in the study, instantly silencing the room. All the officers pursed their lips and looked straight ahead.

”…The second, third, and fourth wave of scouts have already sent back their reports, and their reports say exactly the same thing as the one you all saw. In addition, Qixi Protectorate's Fumeng Lingcha sent me a letter. I'm afraid that what they say is all true.”

Geshu Han held his hands behind his back, no emotion visible on his face.

As Geshu Han spoke, the entire room remained silent, but all his officers revealed expressions of disbelief on their faces.

”But, how could it be? It's such a huge city! Is it really possible to do in one night?” one of the officers suddenly muttered.

These words voiced the thoughts on everyone's minds. Even though they respected the Great General, and none of them doubted his words, even now, Wang Chong's building six-meter-high walls in a single night sounded like a fairytale.

But none of them knew that even though Geshu Han appeared calm, he was just as shocked as his subordinates.

One night… two zhang high… Just how did he manage to do it?

Geshu Han's mind was in turmoil.

During the war of the southwest, Geshu Han had already seen that the youth in Wushang possessed an astonishing daring and talent. But now that he was experiencing it once more, Geshu Han still felt rather moved.

In Geshu Han's lowest estimates, Wang Chong's City of Steel should have needed at least seven or eight months, but it now seemed that this was far too much time.

Many laws and rules immediately seemed inapplicable upon encountering that youngest son of the Wang Clan. Geshu Han had lived through many battles and developed a very tough personality, so there were few things that could move him. But right now, Geshu Han truly found it hard to understand that youth in Wushang.

The plan couldn't keep up with the changes. It seems like the one I developed to be used in several months won't be seeing the light of day. I will have to think of something else!

Geshu Han's eyes turned as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

It had been a very long time since he had met such a formidable opponent. Although he had still not met this scion of the Wang Clan, in a place that no one had noticed, they had already engaged in a clash.

There was no doubt that Geshu Han had underestimated his opponent.

If he was capable of building six-meter-tall walls in a single night, then there was no doubt that he had been intentionally slowing down at the start so as to catch them unawares. Only when everything was ready and the time was right had he truly revealed his lofty prowess.

Interesting!

Coldness flashed through Geshu Han's eyes.

Only those familiar with the Big Dipper Great General knew that this was a sign that his will to fight had been stimulated, that he was truly beginning to treat someone as his opponent.

It's not that easy to establish roots in Wushang. Young Marquis, this is only the beginning…

With this thought, Geshu Han quickly regained his composure.

Anxi, Longxi, Beiting, Qixi—all these factions had been left dumbfounded by Wang Chong's engineering feat. In the distant northwest of the Great Tang, in Wushang, all the spies and scouts of the various factions were personally witnessing an unbelievable sight.

In the barren and deserted lands along the Silk Road, Wang Chong was displaying modern science and construction philosophy for the first time in this world.

Under the command of Wang Chong and Zhang Shouzhi, the one hundred thousand workmen labored with unprecedented speed to build an unprecedented City of Steel.

When the scouts arrived in the morning, the walls had only been six meters tall, but by night, they were fifteen meters tall.

Never in the Great Tang's history or even in the history of the Central Plains had a city been constructed with such speed, nor had there ever been this sort of modular city.

More and more people gathered around the City of Steel. All the factions had noticed that something strange was going on and sent more scouts, demanded that the news be confirmed three times over.

Even many Hu from the distant Western Regions came over.

All of them looked on in stupefaction as the enormous and grandiose city rose from its foundations.

This sight was a dream, a miracle!

Before this enormous and unprecedented City of Steel, every person felt tiny and insignificant, as ants before an elephant.

Shock!