Chapter 1858: Nine Dragon Blood War Banner, Mobilize! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Buzz!
General Li, covered all over in black armor, took a step forward. The earth trembled and time seemed to freeze.
”All soldiers, assemble!
”Generals, the rest is up to you!” General Li solemnly declared.
Upon hearing General Li's voice, Wang Chong exchanged glances with the other Great Generals. A moment later, the Divine Martial Army, Dragon Stallion Army, Divine Prison Army, Azure Martial Army… all of them gathered around General Li. Even Abusi sent several thousand of his men to assemble under the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner.
Rumble! The banner stirred in the wind, and then there was a great metal clattering as blazing lights, each possessing a different nature, rapidly spread out from the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner to the various armies.
An immense energy soared into the air, making the entire battlefield tremble. This energy faintly resonated against the power of the God's Ordained Cavalry, vying with it for supremacy.
Atop the giant elephant Behemoth, Lucis bowed as he commented, ”Milord, the Great Tang really did use that war banner.”
Abu Muslim had emphasized before this battle that the Great Tang possessed an extremely powerful war banner that could boost the strength of its armies. This banner had been the primary reason for Arabia's defeat at the Battle of Talas.
”Go!”
Khatabah didn't say much, simply waving his hand. Lucis understood and quickly jumped down from the giant elephant.
In the distance, there was an earthshaking roar. Saleh's God's Ordained Cavalry had reached the front line. Boom! As this army charged over, the first row of steel walls shuddered.
Horses neighed, weapons clashed, and metal clattered, mixing in with war cries and screams. But after only a few moments of turmoil, boom! The stalemate was shattered.
A terrible scream rang out through the air. A Tang shield soldier was struck by the forelegs of a horse belonging to one of the God's Ordained riders. This shield soldier had already stood fast against hundreds of attacks, but with this one strike, his face went pale, and he was sent flying back like a ragdoll.
Not only that, in another direction, five God's Ordained Cavalry unleashed their halos at the same time, charging together like they were one as they struck a heavy steel wall.
Boom! In a great clang, this heavy steel wall that had once been a chasm of despair, serving as a barrier against all Arab attacks and rendering their vast army useless, suddenly broke free of its foundations and flew into the air.
Boom! Crash! The steel wall flew into the Tang soldiers behind it and even knocked down another steel wall.
An Sishun, King Song, and the other Tang commanders grimaced at this sight.
”How could this be?” King Song called out in alarm. Although he wasn't a commander in this battle, he had still inspected the defense line before the battle. All of these steel walls weighed more than ten thousand jin, and Wang Chong had also added further supports to strengthen them. In normal circumstances, only beings on the level of the Behemoths could knock them aside.
”These God's Ordained Cavalry are stronger than we thought!”
As this thought flashed through his mind, King Song turned grim.
Meanwhile, a heaven-shaking shift was taking place on the battlefield.
Saleh's army was simply unstoppable, knocking aside the steel walls in their way and brute-forcing a path through Wang Chong's defenses.
”Lord Zhangchou, I leave that Saleh to you,” Wang Chong suddenly said. The Arabs had used their trump card. The ordinary soldiers on the front line were incapable of stopping them.
”Okay!”
Zhangchou Jianqiong immediately waved his hand, leading Xianyu Zhongtong and his other subordinates toward Saleh's God's Ordained Cavalry.
Behind them were the Divine Martial Army, Divine Prison Army, Azure Martial Army… An army of more than ten thousand soldiers was marching toward the front line.
During the Battle of Talas, each Protector-General had their own area that they needed to defend, so they had only been able to send a small number of elites to join Wang Chong. But this was a war that would decide the fate of the country, so the protectorates had sent all their forces. Wang Chong had a far greater number of elite soldiers under his command this time.
Clangclangclang! The halos clattered as the nine finest armies of the Great Tang gathered under the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner and surged forward like a storm.
Wang Chong's hair was blown about in the wind as he ordered, ”Lone Silence Ancestor, Alliance Lord Song, Zhao Fengchen, take care of those Arab Governors and Deputy Governors!”