Chapter 1602: Great General Jiudu Fuluo Moving Out! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Gallop!

A few moments later, a rumbling of hooves resounded over the steppe like peals of thunder. A divine stallion that seemed to have dragon blood running through its veins, taller than a man and bursting with power, set out from a camp. Upon its back was an armored Great General exuding a vast sea of energy.

Creee! As the Great General galloped out, a large golden eagle with sharp eyes took off from his shoulder and began to fly southward. In a sonic boom, the man and eagle vanished.

Unless specifically ordered, Imperial Great Generals were forbidden from leaving their armies and bases. This was the case both in the Great Tang and amongst the Western Turks. But an exception had been made.

To stop that force of four hundred Tang cavalry, Ishbara Khagan had ordered a Great General to pursue.

……

A black-armored horseman in the Tang force suddenly rode up to the front and gave his report.

”Milord, an enemy is chasing us from the rear.”

”How many people?” the white-tasseled Tang general asked.

”Only one,” the scout replied.

Sound seemed to die away as the Tang cavalry focused on the scout.

”But he is moving with incredible speed. His warhorse has three to four times the speed of ours. It will be an hour at most until he catches up to us,” the scout reported.

At this moment, all the cavalry suddenly stopped with a grimace.

One had to realize that they had been ordered to capture Ashide and Hulugan and then return as quickly as possible, so they were essentially pushing their horses to the limit. But this foe was moving at three to four times their speed, which sounded completely absurd.

”Have you identified him?” the white-tasseled general asked.

”It's impossible to be sure, but judging by the speed of the warhorse, he's at least a Brigadier General, perhaps even a Great General,” the scout replied.

There were only four hundred people on this operation, but because they had been facing a far more numerous foe, only the best had been selected. Not only were they all powerful, almost all of them were master archers, and they were equipped with the best weapons and armor possible.

Wang Chong had once bought one hundred thousand high-quality warhorses from the Western Turks, and he had given the strongest and fastest four hundred horses to these cavalry. Ordinary Turkic warhorses would never be able to catch up to these ones.

But the man pursuing them was traveling at three to four times their speed. Only Great Generals could accomplish something so absurd.

The air turned grave.

Even if only one person was chasing them, if it really was as they had guessed, a Western Turkic Great General, they would be hard-pressed to defeat him.

But this was far from their only concern…

Creee!

A sharp cry came from above, and all of them looked up.

A massive golden eagle descended from the clouds. More shrill caws could be heard as the patrolling birds above their group began to fiercely attack the golden eagle.

It was this massive army of birds that had allowed them to reach Ashide's camp completely undetected.

But this golden eagle was unafraid of being attacked by so many birds. It waved and beat its steely wings while tearing and snatching with its claws.

And its two eyes were seemingly fixed on the force of four hundred. Or to be more precise, they were fixed on the figures of Ashide and Hulugan on their horses.

Everyone's hearts sank at this sight. The birds that had come on this mission were able to easily kill the eagles under the command of Ashide's army, but they were helpless against this golden eagle.

Thwish!

An arrow shot upward as fast as lightning, but the golden eagle seemed to predict this. With a flap of its wings, it easily avoided this fatal strike.

The white-tasseled general and his soldiers were rendered speechless by this sight. This golden eagle had clearly gone through rigorous training to counter master archers, as this was not something that any ordinary bird could accomplish.

”Hahaha, it's Great General Jiudu's divine eagle, Jueling! It's caught up! All of you are dead!”