Chapter 1830: The Decisive Battle Begins! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
On the Arab side, countless falcons flew through the air, constantly gathering information on the Great Tang.
While the Arabs might not have had a military text stating 'by knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, you will win one hundred out of one hundred battles', there was no doubt that they had already put that principle into practice.
Three days went by quickly, and soon, the curtain of darkness fell on the last day. Only one night remained until these two armies would clash, and the tension was only rising.
Buzz!
The day of the decisive battle had finally come!
As the first ray of sunlight shot out from the east, gradually illuminating the world, the tension in the northwest suddenly began to rapidly thicken. Bwooooom! A resounding metal horn was blown, and the earth began to tremble as if some enormous beast was waking from a long slumber.
Space seemed to freeze as the horn's blare resounded over the earth. Looking down from the sky, one could see countless Arab cavalry charging out of their base in mighty rivers of black steel.
Roooar!
The Behemoths roared as they stood up, their enormous bodies like mountains rising from the middle of the sea of soldiers.
A few moments later, the millions of Arab soldiers had taken up formation like an immense war machine, their weapons gleaming with cold light.
At the same time, to the southeast, drums began to pound within the City of Steel, rising to the heavens and shattering the calm of the city.
Clang!
With clattering armor, a soldier strode out of his tent, spear in hand, and just a few moments later, he had marched into the torrent of steel flowing past his tent and soon arrived at the steel walls set up outside the City of Steel.
With a clang, his long spear was tilted forward.
Behind him were countless infantry, cavalry, ballista soldiers, master archers… The six-hundred-thousand-some elites of the Great Tang were marching to the front line.
Their orderly marching rumbled like thunder!
Buzz!
Wang Chong, dressed in full armor, was seated on a raised platform in the City of Steel's main hall. His eyelids twitched, and then his eyes flew open, blazing with dazzlingly bright light. At the same moment, an energy heavier than a mountain erupted from his body.
”Your Highness!”
Li Siye, Su Hanshan, Guo Ziyi, Old Eagle, Young Master Qingyang, Zhang Que, Xu Keyi, Su Shixuan, Chen Burang, Sun Zhiming… all of his subordinates had gathered in the hall, and they bowed in reverence.
”Move out!”
With no other words, Wang Chong rose from his chair and swiftly walked out of the hall. With a neigh, the waiting White-hoofed Shadow raised its hooves and shook its mane.
Wang Chong mounted his horse, grabbed the reins, and made for the front line.
His subordinates closely followed behind him.
Whoosh!
As the air rushed past him, Wang Chong could see his vast army, as impregnable as a fortress, arrayed before him. The mighty figures of Wang Zhongsi, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, An Sishun, Abusi, Chuluohou, Zhangchou Jianqiong, and Xianyu Zhongtong were mounted upon divine stallions and in full armor.
Upon seeing Wang Chong, everyone turned to await his orders.
Wang Chong nodded and slowly rode the White-hoofed Shadow to the very first row, to the thousands of steel walls forming the defense line, and looked to the northwest.
Bwoooom!
Clouds of dust billowed into the air. Those millions of Arab cavalry that had lain in wait in the Western Regions for more than twenty days were now charging toward the City of Steel, the earth groaning and shuddering at their approach.
Those mountainous beasts within the army had also awoken, their powerful and brutal bodies blocking the sun, their imposing auras terrifying to behold.