Chapter 2189 - Gao Shangs Unease! (1/2)
Chapter 2189: Gao Shang’s Unease!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Before An Lushan had risen to power, Andong Protector-General Zhang Shougui’s reputation had resounded throughout the northeast.
Even after An Lushan’s ascension, Zhang Shougui’s name still struck fear into the hearts of the other countries.
There was no other reason. It was simply that Zhang Shougui was too powerful!
Before his arrival in the northeast, although the Great Tang had held Youzhou, it had basically not existed to the other countries battling with each other.
But when Zhang Shougui took command of Youzhou, he began to attack the other countries like a madman: Goguryeo, the Xi, the Khitans, the Eastern Turkic Khaganate… Zhang Shougui singlehandedly altered the power structure of the northeast.
In Zhang Shougui’s wars, all of the countries lost soldiers and generals. All of them had their interiors penetrated by Zhang Shougui. This was particularly true for the Xi and the Khitans, which had almost collapsed from Zhang Shougui’s sudden assault.
In the end, these countries that had once attacked each other were forced to work together to resist the Great Tang and put a stop to that string of defeats.
“A pack of demons and monsters dares to clash weapons with this Zhang!”
Zhang Shougui’s body seethed with killing intent that was almost tangible as he thunderously roared, silencing the battlefield.
“An Lushan, you treasonous son, this old man will personally end your life on this day!”
Zhang Shougui turned his bloodshot eyes on the distant An Lushan and Gao Shang.
Zhang Shougui’s killing intent and hatred had twisted his face into a savage visage that made An Lushan and Gao Shang tremble and take several steps back.
“Bastard!”
An Lushan was both shocked and afraid, his hands and legs going somewhat numb.
Though he had been planning his rebellion against the Great Tang for some time, and dealing with Zhang Shougui had been part of this plan, now that he saw Zhang Shougui again, An Lushan felt an instinctive fear. This fear was like that of a mouse seeing a cat, one that was branded into his soul.
“That was then and this is now. Master no longer needs to fear him!”
Gao Shang walked up behind him and placed a hand on his back, bringing An Lushan back to his senses.
“Mm!”
An Lushan nodded, and he became both angry and vexed.
He clenched his teeth and savagely ordered, “Tell Cui Qianyou that he needs to kill Zhang Shougui no matter what. He can’t be allowed to live any longer.”
Yeon Gaesomun, Ozmish Khagan, the Xi Queen, and the Khitan King all had strange looks on their faces.
Though they said nothing, they all empathized.
In this war, the last person they wanted to see was Zhang Shougui.
As the tyrant of the northeast, Zhang Shougui had not merely trained the Youzhou army, he also knew the fighting styles of Goguryeo, the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, the Xi, and the Khitans like the back of his hand.
Unlike Wang Chong, he was extremely familiar with their strengths and weaknesses.
“Pass on my order! Find a way to kill Zhang Shougui!”
The sovereigns of the northeast swiftly gave their own orders.
Meanwhile, by the walls, Zhang Shougui was ready, his body seething with killing intent. With two hundred thousand soldiers at his command, the Zhang Shougui who had been tormented by illness, disappointment, and anger was now restored to that sharp blade of the empire.
Zhang Shougui pulled out his sword and bellowed, “Attack!”
Rumble!
The earth rumbled as two hundred thousand soldiers, a mixture of infantry and cavalry, swept out of the gap in a great wave.
“Kill!”
In the face of the nearly two million soldiers of the alliance army, the two hundred thousand soldiers lunged like fierce tigers.
Two thousand feet!
One thousand feet!
Rumble!
A moment later, the armies collided like gigantic waves.
Clang!
At the moment of impact, a dark black war halo, so black that it seemed to absorb light, erupted from Zhang Shougui’s feet and spread over his army. Three halos appeared under each of the two hundred thousand Tang soldiers, instantly boosting their energies by several levels.
With Zhang Shougui’s halo, the two hundred thousand Tang soldiers instantly tore a large gap through the alliance army.
“Ah!”
In the dense ranks of the alliance army, a Goguryeon soldier was caught off guard and instantly cut down.
The Tang soldier who had done the deed erupted with Stellar Energy and continued charging forward, blasting back two Youzhou soldiers. Behind him, more Tang soldiers rushed into the gap.
The alliance soldiers were cut down like weeds.
“Hold! Hold!”
“Stop them!”