Wang Chong quietly said to himself. It was not without reason that he had written a letter to Zhang Shougui, even though the two of them had clashed in the past, so that he could mobilize an army from him. Zhang Shougui was adept at hiding his weaknesses, but Wang Chong would not let him do so.
Rumble! In the distance, the Fearless Army was getting closer and closer to the front line. One hundred zhang, fifty zhang, thirty zhang …
"Move out!"
At Wang Chong's order, the four thousand soldiers of the Roaring Tiger Army marched out from behind Wang Chong and into the battlefield.
The energy they exuded was about the same as that of the Divine Martial Army and Iron Wall Army. Even Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but worry as he watched this army march into the battlefield. Only Wang Chong remained calm and indifferent.
"Boom!"
In the blink of an eye, the sea of Arab cavalry parted. Clang! There was a flash of cold light as two Arab scimitars parted, and a moment later, an Arab soldier charged into the battlefield like a storm.
Roooar! This Fearless Army soldier, with the symbol of a pitch-black demon god on his left shoulder, lunged at a Divine Martial Army soldier. Clang! The soldier quickly drew back his sword to block one of the scimitars, but the immense power contained in the scimitar sent the Divine Martial Army soldier flying more than one hundred zhang into the air.
Not only that, the saber swung across the soldier's body. In an instant, the armor was split open, and a stream of blood spurted out, filling the sky.
"Buzz!"
As the Divine Martial Army soldier was sent flying, the muscular Fearless Army soldier turned his head and lunged at a Divine Prison Army soldier next to him. The latter showed no change, not even a ripple of emotion in his eyes. He simply raised his sword and thrust it at the Fearless Army soldier.
Clang! In the blink of an eye, the Fearless Army soldier's scimitar at his waist suddenly slid, blocking the seemingly simple but actually extremely sharp and swift strike of the Divine Prison Army soldier.
Boom! Saber light flashed, and the power of the two scimitars immediately became apparent. Before the Divine Prison Army soldier had a chance to retreat, a crimson light flashed from his left shoulder, and his arm fell to the ground with a plop.
This was the first time a soldier of the Divine Prison Army had lost the upper hand in a head-on battle and had his arm chopped off by his opponent.
"The Divine Prison Army's defenses aren't strong enough!"
Behind the first defense line, Gao Xianzhi's eyes twitched. He turned to look at Wang Chong, a gloomy glint flashing through his eyes. The Divine Prison Army's offense was unimaginably powerful. In terms of offense and killing power, not even Gao Xianzhi's Iron Wall Army or Geshu Han's Divine Martial Army could compare.
But the Divine Prison Army's weakness was also obvious. While their offense was powerful, their defense was extremely weak. In other words, Wang Chong had sacrificed their defensive abilities to obtain that astonishing killing power that could kill even gods and buddhas alike.
This weakness wasn't too much of a problem when the opponent was about the same level of strength or not as fast as the opponent. But if the opponent was as fast as the opponent or was like the Fearless Army, equipped with two extremely sharp scimitars, one for offense and one for defense, the terrifying killing power of the Divine Prison Army would not only be useless against them, but their attacks would also be blocked and they would fall into an extremely disadvantageous position.
But if the opponent was as fast as the opponent or was like the Fearless Army, equipped with two extremely sharp scimitars, one for offense and one for defense.
Clang! Clang!
In a flash of cold light, a Divine Prison Army soldier was injured and had his arm severed. Two swords shot forward like bolts of lightning toward the Fearless Army soldier. Amidst the clanging of swords and flashes, although the Fearless Army soldier wasn't able to further his gains, he didn't retreat in the slightest under the attacks of the two Divine Incarcerate Legionnaires.
The Fearless Army soldier was able to rely on his ferocity and astonishing combat power to block the attacks of the two Divine Prison Army soldiers.
Countless Tang Dynasty soldiers were stunned by this sight.
"What formidable combat power!"
At this moment, even Li Siye's heart was deeply shaken. This army that had suddenly appeared seemed to be born to kill. All of their battle skills were incomparably sharp. Just looking at them from afar would cause people's hearts to palpitate uncontrollably, let alone those who were facing them head-on.
The situation had instantly turned against the Divine Martial Army and Divine Prison Army, but neither Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, nor Cheng Qianli moved.
In the distance, Qutaybah, Abu Muslim, and Osman were also watching, the best Great Generals of both sides maintaining a delicate balance.
Just when the four thousand Fearless Army soldiers were about to sweep through the battlefield and change the course of the battle, the Tang Dynasty's fifth force after the Iron Wall Army had officially entered the field.
Boom! Just as the Fearless Army's twin sabers were as fast as lightning, wreaking havoc on the battlefield, a black heavy sword with the image of a ferocious white tiger engraved on it suddenly slashed down like a blazing flame.
Bang!
The two sabers parried, and a dazzling light flashed through the air, instantly blocking this powerful blow. Not only that, the saber-wielding Fearless Army soldier waved his arms, sending a Roaring Tiger Army soldier flying with immense strength.
Similar things were happening everywhere. Looking across the battlefield, over four thousand soldiers of the Roaring Tiger Army were all stopped by the Fearless Army.
Gao Xianzhi subconsciously glanced at Wang Chong, his eyebrows rising, but he said nothing. Wang Chong had said that the Roaring Tiger Army could stop the Fearless Army, but it now appeared that the Roaring Tiger Army's strength was only on par with the Divine Martial Army and the Iron Wall Army. It was simply incapable of dealing with the higher-level Fearless Army.
"Wang Chong, should we … send another group?"
Gao Xianzhi hesitated for a moment.
"There's no need.
Trust them, "Wang Chong indifferently said.
As the two spoke, as if in response to Wang Chong's words, the four-thousand-some Roaring Tiger Army soldiers once more charged forward and began a second round of fighting. But this time, the result of the battle was completely different.
As the four thousand Fearless Army soldiers gripped their dazzling sabers and charged forward, bangbangbang! The bodies of all the Roaring Tiger Army soldiers began to explode. As soon as he finished speaking, under everyone's incredulous gazes, the bones of the Roaring Tiger Army soldiers began to crackle. At the same time, their powerful auras surged, forcibly increasing in strength by an entire level.
Bang!
In a flash of light, a massive black sword slashed at the two sabers. It was the same move, the same attack, but the result was completely different. Peng! The twin sabers once again parried the black heavy sword, but the immense force of the sword jolted the Fearless Army soldier back a few steps.
"Impossible!"
In the distance, Aybak's eyes went wide, a hint of shock appearing on his face. He was well aware of just how powerful the Fearless Army under Abu Muslim's command was. He had once seen the four thousand Fearless Army soldiers use their two sabers to slaughter the strongest army of the Sassanid Dynasty, leaving rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the ground, shattering the last vestiges of their courage.
The strongest warriors of the Sassanid Dynasty were filled with despair.
In this world, Aybak had never seen an existence that could send Abu Muslim's Fearless Army flying.
But now, everyone was watching as the strongest Fearless Warriors under Abu Muslim's command were being sent flying by these infidel warriors, all of them suppressed and beaten. Just a second ago, these Fearless Army soldiers had been slaughtering their way through the two strongest armies, but now, the battle had been reversed.
None of them even knew what had happened.
Why had this army of black swords suddenly become so powerful when it had been no match for them just a second ago!?
Abu Muslim said nothing beneath the fluttering black war banner, but his complexion had long ago become extremely unsightly. At this point in the battle, the Ironblood Army and the Fearless Army, his two strongest armies, had already been dispatched. He no longer had any top-class soldiers to use.
… …
"Hahaha …"
No one was happier than Gao Xianzhi at this time. After recovering from his initial shock, Gao Xianzhi quickly understood what had happened.
"Prefectural Duke of Nanyang, you truly are a deep thinker. Gao Xianzhi truly admires your ability to conceal yourself!"
The Prefectural Duke of Nanyang was a title that the current Holy Emperor had bestowed upon Andong Protector-General Zhang Shougui throughout the Tang Dynasty. In Gao Xianzhi's life, he had never interacted with the Andong Protector-General. The two were separated by a great distance, one to the west and the other to the east. Moreover, they were both commanders stationed on the border, so it was even more difficult for them to have any interactions.
Back in the court, Gao Xianzhi had heard that this leading figure of the Tang Dynasty, the second-in-command of the military, second only to the Tang Dynasty's War God and Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, Wang Zhongsi, was an extremely shrewd and scheming person. Gao Xianzhi had never understood what he meant, but now, Gao Xianzhi finally understood.
In order to conceal himself, perhaps to protect himself, Zhang Shougui had placed an Imperial Guard seal on every member of his top-class Roaring Tiger Army to restrict their cultivation. At a glance, the Roaring Tiger Army, the Divine Martial Army, and the Dragon Stallion Army were all on the same level.
But when they encountered danger or an opponent that they found difficult to defeat, like Abu Muslim's Fearless Army, these soldiers of the Roaring Tiger Army would immediately release the seal on their bodies, revealing their powerful cultivations.
This top-class force that Zhang Shougui had personally trained was not one bit weaker than Abu Muslim's Fearless Army, but even stronger.
Boomboomboom!
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