Chapter 2216 - The Great Ice Age Begins! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

“Ah, they still haven’t given up?”

Wang Chong chuckled and shook his head.

The Great Tang was not purely defending. In this period of time, Wang Chong had sent out a significant number of men to raid the alliance army, such as burning the supplies of the army like he had done in the war of the southwest. Such raids would undoubtedly be of great assistance to the Great Tang’s situation.

The Eastern Turkic Khaganate, the Khitan Tribe, and the Xi Tribe mainly ate cattle and sheep, but this wasn’t the case for all of them, at least for Youzhou and Goguryeo.

However, Wang Chong had achieved little except to burn two small granaries.

On the alliance side, while An Lushan didn’t possess astounding intelligence, he had his military advisor, Gao Shang. This man could be said to have been the sole architect behind the calamity the Great Tang had faced in the future.

As for Wang Chong, his title of War Saint said it all.

At the levels of intelligence reached by Wang Chong and Gao Shang, it was difficult to outfox each other, and it was difficult for any schemes to succeed.

In the space of ten-some days, the two had tested each other many times and failed at almost every instance. While Wang Chong had a minor advantage, it was not enough to influence the war.

“I’m going out to take a look.”

Wang Chong strode out of the main hall.

Whoosh!

A cold gust of wind blasted his face. When Wang Chong stepped out of the main hall, it was like he was walking out of one world and into another. The howling of the wind was like the wailing of ghosts.

The ground outside was frozen solid. Wang Chong raised his head and saw nothing but white. Countless snowflakes were falling from the sky, mixed together with large chunks of snow.

But if one looked carefully, one would notice that the snowstorm within the fortress was much weaker than the snowstorm outside. This was the effect of the massive formation beneath the steel fortress.

The enormous underground formation was capable of dispersing the chill around the fortress, improving the army’s situation.

“Senior!”

In the middle of his thoughts, Wang Chong spotted a familiar figure walking toward him through the snowstorm.

It was the Formation Elder!

“Wang Chong, I have a matter to discuss with you.” The Formation Elder began to speak before he even got close.

“It’s about the underground formation. I thought that one was enough, but following your request, I erected two. While this has been of great aid to the army, it has also increased the energy burden on the fortress.

“Though the imperial household sent over a few energy sources, and I’ve also been trying my best to extract energy from the cold wave and from beneath the earth, I still don’t have enough. I estimate that all our energy will be exhausted in a month at most. There won’t be any energy left to extract for the surrounding several hundred li, and this could even cause distortions in the earth,” the Formation Elder sternly said, a hint of warning in his voice.

“So fast?”

Wang Chong pensively frowned.

Ordinary formations just needed to extract energy from deep in the earth. Rarely did situations like the Formation Elder spoke of take place, where not even the Origin Energy in the earth was enough to drive the formation.

“Wang Chong, do you really not want to consider stopping one of the formations or only intermittently activating the formations? This can extend the time.

“At the very least, you should stop the most taxing formation…” the Formation Elder worriedly said.

“There’s no need.”

Wang Chong shook his head and cut off the Formation Elder before he could finish.

“One month is enough. This war won’t last that long. As for that formation you spoke of, though it has no defensive purpose, it will protect everyone’s lives.”

“This…”

The Formation Elder was taken aback by Wang Chong’s words, but when he thought about it, he realized that the argument made sense.

Though one month was very short, almost none of Wang Chong’s wars had lasted longer than one month.

“Since that’s what you say, that’s what we’ll do.”

The Formation Elder sighed.

After allaying the Formation Elder’s worries, Wang Chong took in a deep breath, focused, and quickly mounted the walls.

From the walls, all of the north was opened up to him.

By now, the battlefield had been cleaned up, but even so, he could still see broken weapons and shattered remnants of armor.

The lands of the north had been painted red, and even after ten-some days, it was still obvious. Even those who had not participated in that battle were able to see just how gruesome it had been.

Wang Chong’s gaze did not linger, quickly turning to the distant alliance camp.

The Eastern Turkic Khaganate, the Khitans, the Xi, Goguryeo… the armies of the various countries were clearly divided from each other and organized in a neat fashion. Moreover, there were rings of sentry posts on the perimeter, ensuring that the camp remained well-guarded.

Gao Shang’s ability to create such a well-ordered and well-guarded camp made Wang Chong sigh in praise.

“A pity that you acknowledged this Hu as your master and sold your allegiance to the enemy.”