Chapter 727: The Threat from the Plateau! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Don't worry about him. Let's all go back for now. This is my territory, and it doesn't matter what Fumeng Lingcha wants to do. He won't do anything here, because this is my land!” Wang Chong spoke these final words with a heroic resolve.
This was a fief personally bestowed by the Sage Emperor, so Wang Chong had complete administrative rights over the territory. Any noble, even members of the imperial clan, would have to control themselves here!
Wang Chong had been granted this special right.
It's seems like I'll have to speed things up. I can't allow Fumeng Lingcha to stick around, Wang Chong said to himself as he looked in the direction Fumeng Lingcha had left.
Fumeng Lingcha's appearance had only made him more determined to switch out the Qixi Protector-General. Otherwise, many quarrels awaited him in the future.
With a wave of his hand, Wang Chong quickly returned to the City of Steel, and the City of Steel fell back into its normal state, the rumbling and clattering of steel echoing through the heavens.
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”Milord, will we really be waiting ten days? That bastard's construction speed is far too fast. In ten days, that city might already be finished and we'll be too late. And that brat is too brash and arrogant. By relying on the prestige and status of the Wang Clan, he doesn't even regard Lord Protector-General with any respect.”
While Wang Chong was returning to his city, on the other end, a deputy from the Qixi Protectorate finally couldn't hold back his complaints.
”That's right!” another deputy agreed, his face furious. ”A boy who’s still wet behind the ears with only this trifling title of marquis dares to speak like that to Lord Protector-General! But while Lord Protector-General was battling across the world and achieving great things for the Great Tang, this brat was probably still in the womb! The Wang Clan's people have gotten too full of themselves.”
The deputies' words made Fumeng Lingcha's face twist into a most unsightly grimace.
It was clear that this excursion had not turned out like Fumeng Lingcha had planned. Wang Chong's stance had been much tougher than he had expected.
”Enough!”
Fumeng Lingcha's words immediately frightened his two deputies.
”Do you all really think I would give him as long as ten days? Since he's so insensible, he can't blame me! Aluona, is everything on that side ready?”
”Reporting to Milord: everything is ready. Only Milord's order is needed.” A Hu Qixi general equipped in black armor lowered his head and spoke with an expression of absolute respect.
”Then begin!”
Fumeng Lingcha clenched his teeth, a harsh light in his eyes.
Rumble! It was just at this moment that an astonishing boom came from the City of Steel. Upon hearing this noise, all the Qixi soldiers instantly fell silent.
Fumeng Lingcha's complexion turned even nastier.
”Let's go!”
With this order, Fumeng Lingcha led his Qixi elites off, quickly vanishing into the distance.
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All of Qixi returned to peace, but beneath the calm exterior, an invisible storm was gathering energy.
Several hundred li to the west of Qixi, a plateau soared into the sky, a high mountain looking over a vast abyss. Although this was an empty and masterless area, many people could only ever view it from the distance.
This was the territory of the Tibetans.
The thin air of the plateau made most of the world's elite cavalry regard it with dread. Even the extremely aggressive Turks had never tried to occupy the plateau.
It was for this reason that the Tibetans often said that this was a land gifted to them by the heavens.
In the golden autumn of the ninth month, when the vegetation was lush and green, the plateau also presented a flourishing sight.
Rumble!
The ground suddenly began to quake. At first, it was just as gentle as a light breeze, but it began to increase in intensity until all the grass was swaying madly.
Whoosh! A fierce gust of wind blew over the plateau, and in the distance appeared a churning cloud of dust, from which sharp cries issued.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of Tibetan cavalry had coalesced as a dark cloud, an endless flood, awesome and dreadful.
The Tibetan Plateau was entirely flat terrain, and to the Tibetans, who had always chafed against restrictions, it was the best land for them to ride their horses where they pleased, giving them a taste of that freedom they so cherished.
Neigh!