"Buzz!"
One, two, three, four … Under the gazes of countless onlookers, one Tongluo Cavalry after another, clad in bronze armor and wearing halos of light beneath their feet, appeared above the hills.
A new transformation was still brewing, and an even smaller golden halo appeared beneath the feet of the Tongluo Cavalry, floating three feet above the ground.
Two halos, one big and one small, one low and one high, appeared at the same time. Bolstered by these halos, the Tongluo Cavalry began to explode with energy, their strength, speed, and dexterity rising to astonishing levels. They quickly surpassed the Divine Martial Army, Divine Prison Army, and Ultimate Martial Army, reaching a level that was infinitely close to the Revelation Army!
The Tongluo Great Halo!
This was the Tongluo's greatest strength and a halo unique to the Tongluo. It could greatly increase the strength of the Tongluo in all aspects. The reason the Tongluo had been able to become one of the strongest cavalry in the world, at least before the appearance of the Wushang Cavalry, was because of this unique halo.
More than one hundred years ago, the Tongluo had followed Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in his campaigns, achieving great feats as the Hu. At the same time, they had won Emperor Taizong's deep praise and trust. For this reason, the strongest Great Generals of the Tang Dynasty had been tasked with researching the Tongluo's war halo, and they had poured a great deal of effort into this research. They refined the Tongluo's original war halo into an even more powerful one, calling it the Tongluo Great Halo.
It was precisely this powerful halo that allowed the Tongluo Cavalry to grow stronger and stronger, ultimately becoming publicly acknowledged as the strongest cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. Their bodies were branded with the intense mark of Taizong's era, and because of the favor of the imperial household, their glory had never diminished, allowing the Tongluo to maintain their glory to this day.
Rumble!
With a thunderous boom, the six thousand Tongluo Cavalry surged out from behind the hill like a surging river. Dust churned, the earth quaked, and the cries of countless warhorses and clattering armor filled the air.
This vast energy even alarmed the distant Revelation Army, causing them to turn in the direction of the Tongluo Cavalry.
The six thousand Tongluo Cavalry moved as fast as lightning. In just a few moments, they had crossed several thousand zhang and were only fifty to sixty thousand zhang from the Revelation Army.
"Everyone, listen up! Kill them! "
On the battlefield, the warhorses of the Revelation Army began to sneeze uneasily. One of the Revelation Army officers unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the Tongluo Cavalry.
The Revelation Army was powerful and confident, and its pride made it so that it would never fear any challenge. The Tongluo Cavalry's display was undoubtedly a provocation to the Revelation Army. Rumble! A moment later, the five thousand soldiers of the Revelation Army changed directions, their bodies blazing with energy as they charged at the distant Tongluo Cavalry.
At this moment, no one noticed that Wang Chong, who was behind the first defense line in the distance, heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw this.
"Great! We've finally arrived! "
The corners of Wang Chong's mouth revealed a trace of a relieved smile.
"Boom!"
A few moments later, the six thousand Tongluo Cavalry clashed with the five thousand Revelation Army soldiers.
In that instant, the wind blew, sand and stones flew, the sound of swords clashing, the sound of armor vibrating, the miserable neighing of war horses, and the sound of countless rings of light vibrating, rumbling, and clashing. It was a cacophony of noise.
Swish! A golden sword gleamed with light as it stabbed into the shoulder of a Tongluo horseman. At almost the same time, a bronze-armored Tongluo horseman shattered the thick energy barrier around the Revelation Army soldier and stabbed deep into the abdomen of this Revelation Army soldier.
The energy barrier around the two soldiers also violently shuddered as they brushed past each other. The Revelation Army was so powerful that it could fling the Xuanwu Army into the air, but it was powerless against the equally powerful Tongluo Cavalry. As the two cavalry forces brushed past each other, they were evenly matched, with neither gaining the upper hand.
"Neigh!"
At almost the same time, a muscular Tongluo warhorse and a golden Revelation warhorse crashed into each other like two boulders. At the moment of impact, the Stellar Energy barriers around the two warhorses were torn to shreds. Following that, two of the best warhorses, under the huge impact, had their bones broken and their tendons snapped, and they were torn into pieces.
In a single clash, both warhorses had died. The riders on their backs, having lost their horses, were also sent flying by the inertia and smashed into the ground.
Clangclangclang!
The sounds of collisions rang out incessantly. The attacks of the Revelation Army were fierce and vicious, each one aimed at the vitals, but the attacks of the Tongluo Cavalry had also reached the pinnacle of perfection.
The Revelation Army had been trained by Qutaybah through decades of war and blood. Just five thousand soldiers was enough to show just how elite and powerful they were.
Although the Tongluo Cavalry had not experienced as much as the Revelation Army, the techniques they had inherited were the crystallization of a different era of war. In terms of cruelty and intensity, they were on par with Qutaybah's wars. Bangbangbang!
Bangbangbang! One Tongluo Cavalry and Revelation warrior after another fell to the ground in this fierce battle. In just a few short moments, both sides had suffered astonishing losses.
But this was only the beginning. As the six thousand Tongluo Cavalry fiercely clashed with the five thousand Revelation Army soldiers, the neighing of warhorses resounded through the air.
This neighing was completely different from that of the Tongluo Cavalry. In the blink of an eye, another group of cavalry charged from the rear. Individually, this army was not as strong as the Tongluo Cavalry, but the dark golden halos beneath their feet were as thin as paper blades and as sharp as peerless blades. They seemed even more frightening than the Tongluo Great Halos.
"For the War God!"
"For Senior Su!"
"For the Tang Dynasty! Kill them! "
… …
Shouts resounded through the heavens. Although there were only four thousand soldiers and they seemed a little fledgling, the unperturbed and seemingly invincible Revelation Army suddenly fell into chaos.
The six thousand Tongluo Cavalry had already drawn all their attention and exhausted all their strength. Adding another four thousand top-class soldiers, all of them at their peak, would be an unbearable burden for the Revelation Army. But no matter what the Revelation Army was thinking, it was too late. From the moment they broke through the left flank of the Tang Dynasty and began to fight with the Tongluo Cavalry, it was already foreordained that they would not be able to retreat so easily.
Rumble! With a massive boom, the four thousand soldiers trained by the Tang Dynasty's War God So Jung-son stabbed into the Revelation Army like two massive swords. The delicate balance between the Revelation Army and the Tongluo Army was completely shattered.
In a flash, the five thousand soldiers of the Revelation Army were thrown into disarray. Even though this army possessed the strongest fighting power in all of Arabia, it was no match for the combined attacks of two armies of ten thousand soldiers. In just a few exchanges, it was utterly routed.
And this was only the beginning …
"Ready! Release! "
The cold and aloof voice was accompanied by the creaking of gears as five thousand ballista bolts exploded into the air. Thumpthumpthump, swathes of Arabs were felled.
Su Hanshan's five thousand ballista soldiers had finally routed Qutaybah's Earth Shield Army and was now free to deal with the Arab army on the other side. In a single volley, more than ten thousand Arab cavalry were felled in pools of their own blood.
"Everyone, hear my order! One thousand ballista columns! All soldiers, form into five columns! On my order, advance in a straight line!"
At this point in the battle, Su Hanshan was fuming with rage. A powerful Arab assault force had gathered behind the ten thousand soldiers of the Earth Shield Army. If they were allowed to use the cover of the Earth Shield Army to successfully approach the steel defense line, they would place enormous pressure on the entire army. This was why Su Hanshan's five thousand ballista soldiers had been suppressing the Tang army this entire time.
But it was also because of this that the ballista army had wasted many bolts and lost the ability to suppress the Tang army in other areas. From a certain perspective, this had caused the left flank to be completely suppressed by the Revelation Army.
In Su Hanshan's plan, the five thousand ballista soldiers should have been used to suppress a top-class force like the Revelation Army.
Boomboomboom!
A moment later, the ballista bolts thundered over the battlefield. Under Su Hanshan's command, the five thousand Tang Dynasty ballista columns left the steel defense line for the first time, passing through the gaps in the defense line.
This was the first time the ballista army had left their 'trenches' unguarded, and this sudden change immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding Arab cavalry.
The Tang Dynasty ballista army had killed countless people since the start of the battle. If there was one army that the Arabs wanted to destroy, it was undoubtedly the ballista army hiding behind the steel defense line.
"Kill!"
In a flash, the surrounding Arab soldiers were like sharks stimulated by blood, rushing to be the first to charge.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A single volley of ballista bolts left several thousand Arab cavalry dead, their corpses flying through the air in a cloud of dust. Then came the second wave, the third wave … Under Su Hanshan's command, the five columns didn't just focus on shooting at the front. Instead, they formed a fan-shaped attack. Other than the rear of the army, all directions were within the range of the ballista army.
"Kill them!"
"Destroy their ballistae and they won't be able to threaten us anymore!"
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