Chapter 2162 - Show of Force! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

For this war in the northeast, the men in black had mobilized more than five thousand elite experts from their main base. All of the formations and inscriptions had been created with extreme rigor and caution. Mortal inscription masters couldn’t even come close to them.

And the formations on the steel plates were ancient, lost formations that had been selected from the texts in the main base.

These formations had been made for war, though they had been lost in the present era. In this era where formations had waned in power, they should have been more than enough for use against the Tang army.

“Hahaha, how could I not trust in Sir’s strength?”

An Lushan opened his arms and laughed.

His heart, which had been in suspense, finally settled, and his last worry dissipated like a puff of smoke.

Without the power of the ballista army, Wang Chong’s army was a tiger without its claws, losing at least half its fighting strength.

Though the Great Tang still had one million soldiers, An Lushan had no fear of them.

“All soldiers, move out! Wang Chong, our battle has only just begun!”

With these last words, An Lushan turned to that young figure on the wall and smugly smiled.

Just like how Wang Chong had used only a thousand-some ballistae for his probing volley, An Lushan was also just testing the defenses. The shield carts had been there to test the power of the ballistae, and the alliance army had yet to exert its full power.

But now, the test was over, and there was no longer any need to keep hiding.

Boom!

As An Lushan gave the order, the rear of the alliance army once more became restless.

The Tang soldiers watched as the ranks of the alliance army opened up, allowing tens of thousands more shield carts to rumble out.

Compared to the first batch, this wave of shield carts was even more complete, the wheels larger and sturdier, the steel plates thicker, denser, and larger.

Not only that, on the horizon, mountainous silhouettes emerged with a deafening rumble.

“Siege towers!” Abusi blurted out in shock.

The siege towers behind the alliance army were each several dozen meters tall, as high as the walls. They appeared like miniature moving mountains.

The metal luster from these siege towers indicated that these massive constructions had been reinforced with steel.

The Youzhou army had clearly taken countermeasures against Wang Chong’s steel fortress, with the siege towers and shield carts being two of them.

The siege towers were very spacious, providing passage for ten-some soldiers to move up them and jump onto the walls while shielding them from attacks.

The tops of the siege towers also had compartments that already contained twenty to thirty soldiers. Once the siege towers got close to the walls, these elite soldiers could make the jump and sow chaos on the walls so that the rest of the army could assault the city.

Roooar!

And with furious roars, tens of thousands of siege ladders rose up from the alliance army, and the soldiers roared as they began to charge at the steel fortress.

Having prepared both siege towers and siege ladders, An Lushan had ensured that his Youzhou army could surmount the Tang walls and render Wang Chong’s steel fortress useless.

“Kiiill!”

As the shield carts and other siege equipment began to move, the dense ranks of the alliance army swept forward.

At the very front were the tens of thousands of shield carts, which rapidly accelerated.

Bongbongbong!

Bwoooom!

The pounding of war drums and blaring of horns resounded over the battlefield, stirring the spirits of the soldiers.

Now that he had finished testing his shield carts, An Lushan had ordered a full-scale offensive.

Casting aside skirmishes and probes, An Lushan had brought this unprecedented war of empires straight into the main event. With his many shield carts, siege towers, siege ladders, and millions of soldiers, he would crush this Great Tang army in the first wave.

As the saying went, morale was greatest at the first beat of the drum, but was spent by the third!

The army was currently in peak condition, and the alliance army had a complicated internal organization. Even though all the armies had assembled, if they were ordered to go out separately, then regardless of who went first or last, someone would object, believing that their strength was being intentionally expended.

Only by mobilizing everyone in a full-scale assault would any arguments be avoided and internal unity maintained.

Clang!

As the army mobilized, in the rear of the left flank, Goguryeo Emperor Yeon Gaesomun stomped forward, his eyes coldly flashing. With a metallic clatter, a resplendent war halo spread out from his feet and swept over the army.

Amongst the various countries, Yeon Gaesomun was the most aggressive sovereign. There had never been an Emperor like him, who enjoyed joining the soldiers on the front line.