Chapter 1989: The Two Sides Meet I (1/2)
”Fortune?”
Gao Shang had no idea that his words had stirred up something else in An Yaluoshan.
An Yaluoshan looked toward the capital with a savage visage.
”What does it matter how strong he is? One day, I'll stomp him to the ground and make him admit defeat!”
The stronger Wang Chong appeared, the more An Yaluoshan wanted to defeat him.
As An Yaluoshan and his subordinates were still immersed in thought, the air exploded, carrying a cold voice that resounded in their ears. ”An Yaluoshan, this king has waited for you for some time. Are you still not coming?”
Wang Chong!
This voice made all of them pale.
To their surprise, after sensing their energy from the eastern gate of the capital, Wang Chong had concentrated his energy to send his voice over a distance of ten-some li.
”Hmph! Let's go!”
An Yaluoshan came back to his senses. His face chilled and his eyes coldly glinted as he swung his arm down and rode forward with his men.
”Gao Shang, Yan Zhuang, since we've been invited, let's move according to our original plan!”
”Yes, Your Excellency!”
Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang bowed.
Whoosh!
A few seconds later, countless messenger birds took to the skies from the Youzhou force, flying in every direction.
'Make the plan and then put it into motion.' They had known that Wang Chong would be in the capital and that he would oppose them, so it was impossible for Gao Shang and his men to not amply prepare themselves.
No matter what Wang Chong was planning, they would not let him get his way.
Buzz!
As those messenger birds took flight, an undercurrent began to surge. In the prelude to the feast of all countries, an invisible contest began between Wang Chong and An Yaluoshan.
……
”He's coming! He's coming!”
”An Yaluoshan is coming with his Youzhou subordinates!”
Meanwhile, the foreign emissaries and officials within the capital heard that An Yaluoshan and his Youzhou soldiers were approaching the eastern gate.
All of them were focused on the meeting between these two important subjects of the Great Tang.
The air gradually tensed.
……
”Finally here! He even brought his soldiers with him?”
At this moment, on the high walls of the capital, Wang Chong squinted at that great cloud of dust coming from the east, a sharp glint in his eyes.
Clap!
Wang Chong made a gesture, and a moment later, gears began to groan. Past his hundred-some estate guards, the covers were taken off heavy ballistae, their sharp bolts aimed in the direction of the city gate.
At the same time, the archers concealed in the crowd removed armor-piercing arrows from their quivers and took aim at the gate, pulling back on their bow strings until they formed almost a full moon.
These arrows could easily pierce through heavy armor. Together with the ten heavy ballistae and his one hundred elite guards, in this sort of battle involving less than ten thousand men, Wang Chong could easily crush an opposing force.
In a flash, the atmosphere at the eastern gate became as taut as a bow string.
”Wang Chong, what are you doing?!” A shrill voice came from the side. The old eunuch who had delivered the decree several days ago immediately rebuked Wang Chong, his brows furrowing.
He had arrived not too long ago to preside over the ceremony.
”His Majesty had you welcome the Andong Protector-General, not…”
But this time, the old eunuch had only just started to speak when a stream of Stellar Energy emerged from the ground and surged into his body, instantly sealing twenty-some of his acupuncture points. The old eunuch froze, unable to utter another word.
You, you dare!
All the old eunuch could do was move his eyes, and he stared at Wang Chong in both shock and dismay.
He was a eunuch of the palace carrying an imperial decree! How could Wang Chong dare to strike him?!
He had jeered Wang Chong in his visit to the estate, but nothing had happened, and he had smoothly departed. He had concluded from this that Wang Chong would not do anything to him, perhaps because his status earned him some modicum of respect. He had never imagined that Wang Chong would truly dare to lay hands on him!
Wang Chong had no idea what the old eunuch was thinking, or perhaps it was better to say that he didn't care. After sealing the eunuch's movements, he descended from the gate tower.
”Hmph, pathetic!”