Chapter 2165 - City Defense Battle! (I) (1/2)
Chapter 2165: City Defense Battle! (I)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Thwishthwishthwish!
With another deafening howl, the Great Tang master archers loosed another volley, their faces cold and confident, as if they were performing a regular training drill.
This time, however, their targets were not wooden dummies, but the sea of alliance army soldiers outside the fortress. And they were aiming not at the soldiers in front of them, but the rear of the army, more than three thousand feet away.
Boomboomboom!
Shrill screams erupted from the rear. Tens of thousands of Youzhou soldiers, Goguryeon soldiers, Eastern Turkic cavalry, and Khitan and Xi braves were nailed to the ground, splashing snow and blood into the air.
The charging alliance army had already been thrown into disarray by the moat, and the tens of thousands of losses inflicted on the rear further expanded the chaos. The region between five thousand and seven thousand feet from the fortress also fell into disarray.
Although the alliance army was vast, the hindrance at the front momentarily rendered it unable to advance.
But things were far from over.
Bang!
With a great rumble, two steel mechanisms on the sides of the fortress suddenly broke out of the ground, sending dirt and snow flying through the air. Thick metal plates more than thirty meters long extended over the spiked moat to the other side.
The forty thousand armored Tang soldiers took up their heavy swords and crossed the steel planks to do battle with the disorderly front ranks of the alliance army.
Clang!
With a metallic clanging, dazzling war halos appeared beneath the feet of a Tang soldier and swiftly radiated to the rest of the army.
A defensive halo, a speed halo, a heavy sword halo, a strength halo, the White Ape Halo, the Boulder Halo… Under the power of these various halos, the forty thousand Tang soldiers swelled in power, and as they crossed over the moat, they plunged into the opposing army like tigers.
“All those who offend the Great Tang will be punished, no matter how far away they are!”
“Kill!”
These simple words fully displayed their indomitable will and power.
Boomboomboom!
The Tang soldiers were unstoppable, cutting down the opposition like they were blades of grass.
Clang! In a cold flash of light, a surprised Youzhou soldier was struck on the shoulder by a giant sword. The terrifying strength in the sword carried the blade through his armor and cut off half his body.
The Youzhou soldier had no time to shout. His face froze in panic, the life drained out of him, and he toppled over like a wooden pillar.
More and more alliance soldiers fell to the ground, none of them able to take a blow.
On one side was a chaotic force without any formation, and on the other side were Tang elites who had been ready and waiting. When the two sides clashed, the result was obvious.
“Kill!”
With heaven-shaking war cries, the Tang army unstoppably pushed forward, plunging into the alliance army like two sharp knives.
Under the assault of the Tang army, the alliance soldiers on the front fell into even greater disarray. Several thousand soldiers were almost instantly killed, and as more and more Tang soldiers crossed, the alliance casualties soared.
In this first clash, Wang Chong finally allowed the alliance to experience the Great Tang’s formidable strength.
In a clash of infantry, the Great Tang was completely on par with Youzhou, even surpassing it in some aspects.
“Four!
“Three!
“Two!”
Atop the walls, Wang Chong half-closed his eyes, his lips softly counting down.
No one knew what Wang Chong was thinking, but when the count reached ‘one’, everyone understood.
Bang!
The forty thousand soldiers had all crossed the bridges, and they now raised their swords in unison. Their swords flashed with cold light like so many fish scales, and then they came down as one.
After a massive boom, the entire battlefield became much quieter.