Chapter 2174 - Khitan Braves! (I) (1/2)
Chapter 2174: Khitan Braves! (I)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
On the crowded battlefield, there was no space for the soldiers to dodge. In just a few moments, the caltrop had pierced through numerous alliance soldiers and ended their lives.
As the caltrop rolled, it left a long and bloody path through the army.
“Release!
“Release!
“Release!”
Orders came from inside the fortress, and steel clattered and gears groaned. One giant caltrop after another arced through the air and crashed outside the fortress.
The dense ranks of the alliance army instantly became a killing zone, with one of the caltrops even smashing into the Goguryeo soldiers transporting sand. Screams erupted as hundreds of Goguryeon soldiers were crushed like ants beneath the giant caltrop.
They unleashed their Stellar Energies and hacked at the caltrops with their weapons to stop them, but their resistance was futile.
“Retreat!”
King Bojang instantly paled.
The division transporting sand was not made of elites, so how could they stop these things?
On the walls, whether it was the aloof Su Hanshan or Chen Burang and Sun Zhiming, all of them were relieved to hear the screams down below.
An Lushan and his allies harbored ill ambitions. If they were allowed to enter the interior, countless common folk would suffer from disaster. They would never hold any pity for enemies.
The kerosene bombs and giant caltrops instantly rendered the area in front of the fortress into a forbidden zone.
“Release!”
From the distant ranks of the alliance army, an order was shouted, and then the air howled as a massive boulder wreathed in destructive force hurtled toward the walls.
One boulder, two, three…
Hundreds of catapults were unleashed, aimed at the areas the kerosene bombs and caltrops were coming from.
Only catapults could deal with catapults!
In the face of the Great Tang’s fierce offensive, the alliance immediately used their own catapults to retaliate.
The alliance had its catapults, and so did Wang Chong.
But unlike the alliance, Wang Chong’s catapults were the metal catapults once used by Arabia.
The only difference was that the Arabs had used the metal catapults to fling giants while Wang Chong had modified them to throw giant caltrops.
The catapults could throw heavy things a very long distance, but there was a long interval between firing times—a critical flaw. However, Wang Chong’s metal catapults had special mechanisms that shortened the firing interval, even though they were launching caltrops that each weighed several tons.
“Pass on my order! Have the Condor Snipers and master archers on the forward siege towers aim at the kerosene bombs. Detonate them at a distance of one thousand feet or more!”
Beneath the six banners of the alliance, Gao Shang put away his folding fan, a sharp light in his eyes as he spoke.
Nearby, a Goguryeon general was taken aback and instinctively turned to Goguryeon Emperor Yeon Gaesomun.
The Condor Snipers on the siege towers were their men. What right did an advisor from Youzhou have to order them around?
“Didn’t you hear? Go!” Yeon Gaesomun said without even turning his head.
“Yes!”
The general felt his heart chill as he dropped his head and ran off.
“For this battle, let my men handle it!” The Khitan King spoke up in a gruff voice, plucking at his thick beard as he surveyed the battlefield.
“My sons are the bravest. While you might be afraid of flames, we are not!”
The Khitan King’s words made everyone fall silent, everyone looking at this rather ‘special’-looking Khitan King with strange looks.
Tian Chengsi was particularly taken aback, barely able to say a word.
This was kerosene that both water and sand found hard to extinguish. The Youzhou cavalry were brave, but not even they dared to charge in.
“Hahaha, the Khitan King is truly fierce and courageous. Since that is so, then I must trouble you!”
An Lushan heartily laughed, choosing to believe in the Khitan King.
With a laugh, the Khitan King turned and left to make arrangements.
A string of orders swiftly began to shift around the battlefield.
Kaclack!
Atop the siege towers, the Goguryeon Condor Snipers pulled back their bowstrings and took aim at the sky.
Boom!