Once all of this was done, Wang Chong turned his head and narrowed his eyes at the two men on the walls of Khorasan.
"Abu Muslim, Ziyad, I've already given you a chance. Since you're not willing to surrender, I'll fulfill your wish. You will live and die with this city!"
After saying this, Wang Chong closed his eyes and became motionless. The army of two hundred thousand behind him also remained motionless, as if they were statues. But the more this was the case, the more uneasy the two men on the walls became. No one knew what Wang Chong was up to.
"Ziyad, confirm it again. We can't let what happened in Samarkand happen again. Put the city gates under martial law. If you see any Sassanid approaching, kill them all! In addition, has the news reached Baghdad? When will our reinforcements arrive? "
Abu Muslim turned to Ziyad and said.
Khorasan was the last gate of Arabia in the east. Once Khorasan was lost, the Arab capital of Baghdad would be threatened. The two were only two-thousand-some kilometers apart, and it would take only a few days to reach the city. In the history of the Arabian Empire's constant expansion and conquest, this was the first time it had been forced to such a close distance.
This was the reason why Abu Muslim had chosen to remain in Khorasan instead of fleeing west.
"I've already confirmed that all the gates are heavily guarded, so there won't be any problems. The news has also been sent to Baghdad, but the nobles in the capital are in disarray.
"In addition, in the previous battle, the soldiers of Cairo, Qutaybah, and our own soldiers have all been mobilized from the eastern half of the empire. We have no soldiers to use at the moment. Although there are other governors and soldiers, they won't be able to get here in a short time. The soldiers closest to us will need more than half a month to get here, and they don't have many soldiers. Even if they get here, they won't be a match for them, "Ziyad sincerely said.
Ziyad sincerely said. As he spoke, his gaze swept over the two hundred thousand soldiers of the Tang dynasty, Khorasan, and various other factions. Every time he looked at them, Ziyad would be stunned.
At the start of the war between the Arabs and the Tang dynasty, they had only had one hundred and ten thousand soldiers, but now, not only had their numbers not decreased, they had increased, reaching an astonishing number of nearly two hundred thousand. Furthermore, the strength of this army was extraordinary. They stood in formation outside the city, surging with killing intent.
The rebels and remnants of the dynasty that Abu Muslim and Tang Wulin had been unable to find were now borrowing the power of the Tang dynasty to emerge like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. This was something that Abu Muslim and Ziyad had never imagined.
Abu Muslim's heart sank at Ziyad's words. At this moment, he could only rely on himself.
The only reassuring thing was that as long as nothing happened to the city gate, he still had time to wait for other reinforcements to arrive.
"Something's wrong!"
As he stared at the army outside the city, Abu Muslim's eyes suddenly widened as a thought flashed through his mind.
"Something's strange! There must be something else that we haven't noticed. Ziyad, take some people and investigate again. If you find any Khorasani spies, kill them all! "
Abu Muslim was currently on high alert, and he would rather kill the wrong person than let them go. Khorasan was far too important. If it fell, even if he managed to survive, he would be no different from dying.
"But Milord, if the Tang people want to occupy Khorasan, they can only break through the walls. The gates are under our control, so how could they get in? Moreover, we've recruited thirty thousand soldiers. Even if the Khorasani have spies in the city, they won't be able to shake us. Could they just drop from the sky?"
Ziyad couldn't help but say.
"Drop from the sky?"
Abu Muslim's eyes widened at Ziyad's words. He seemed to have grasped onto something, but he couldn't immediately sort it out. For a moment, time seemed to stop.
As Abu Muslim was thinking, a massive boom came from the southeast of Khorasan. At that moment, countless soldiers began to roar and roar. "Bang!" Abu Muslim's eyes lit up, and then his eyes lit up. "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Buzz!
Abu Muslim's body shuddered at the sounds of battle, and he felt like he had been struck by lightning. He finally knew what was wrong! Wang Chong and his people might not be able to drop from the sky like birds, but they could break out of the ground.
The Tang people might not be familiar with this place and could not dig out such a massive tunnel in such a short amount of time, but the Sassanid people might not be able to do so. Most importantly, this place used to be the royal capital of the Sassanid Dynasty.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, Abu Muslim's face twisted into a nasty grimace. He knew that he had still underestimated Wang Chong.
But before Abu Muslim could react, a heaven-shaking roar came from outside the city. The two hundred thousand soldiers who had been motionless this entire time suddenly charged out, their cries shaking the heavens. Just as the two of them watched, a huge metal machine was suddenly pushed forward from behind.
"Fire!"
Amidst the army, Su Hanshan waved his arm, and the sharp metal anchors that Zhang Shouzhi had hurriedly manufactured flew out of long metal tubes and toward the top of the city walls. Dingdingding! In the blink of an eye, these sharp anchors, dragging long ropes behind them, were firmly planted on the walls of the city.
Flying Cannon Shackles!
These were weapons that Zhang Shouzhi had ordered his craftsmen to produce on his journey west. Although he had been pressed for time, as a master of construction, Zhang Shouzhi had managed to produce quite a few Flying Cannon Shackles in a short time.
These weapons were simple in structure and only required great flexibility and firepower. To Zhang Shouzhi, who had thoroughly studied the secrets of ballistae, this was no problem at all. After removing the unnecessary complexity and leaving only the necessary parts, the Flying Cannon Shackles had been completed.
"Go! Everyone, prepare to climb the walls! "
Following the order, countless soldiers immediately climbed up the city wall along the ropes like monkeys.
"Everyone, attack the walls!"
Clang! With a heaven-shaking sword cry, Bahram pulled out his Wootz Steel sword and pointed it at the heavens.
The eight-thousand-some Aswaran Cataphracts had been secretly sent into Khorasan through the tunnels that the Sassanid Dynasty had established.
This was how the Khorasani royal family and the Aswaran Cataphracts had managed to escape from the Arabs, vanishing without a trace. And now, they had become an important tool for the Khorasani to counterattack the Arabs.
Kiiiill!
"Hurry and stop them!"
"Cut the anchors and the ropes! We can't let them climb up!"
… …
On the walls, the Arabs were in a panic, all of them beginning to hack at the Flying Cannon Shackles.
"Hurry!"
Abu Muslim roared in fury at this sight. Boom! With a thought, a pitch-black energy exploded out of his body. Clangclangclang! Ten-some sharp Flying Cannons were pulverized by Abu Muslim's shockwaves.
"Hahaha, Abu Muslim, there's no need to waste your energy. You've already lost this battle!"
At this moment, Wang Chong heartily laughed, and then he stomped down, his Stellar Energy exploding. With a dragon roar, he transformed into a massive golden dragon that coiled around the walls of Khorasan and began to rapidly ascend.
Leaping Dragon Art!
Even now, when Wang Chong used the same technique at different levels of cultivation, the difference in power was like the difference between the heavens and the earth. The walls of Khorasan soared into the clouds, making it impossible to fly up. But the Leaping Dragon Art that Wang Chong used was completely different.
Bang! Just when the first Leaping Dragon Art was about to be unleashed, Wang Chong stomped his right foot on the back of his left foot. There was a clattering of metal, and a visible ripple of air erupted from beneath Wang Chong's foot. Meanwhile, Wang Chong borrowed this repulsive force to once more coiled around the walls of Khorasan. Once, twice, thrice … In just a few seconds, before anyone could react, Wang Chong was already on the edge of the walls of Khorasan.
"Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art!"
Wang Chong's expression was cold and aloof as his voice resounded through the heavens. At the same time, a light even more dazzling than the sun erupted from his body. In the blink of an eye, Wang Chong had transformed into a blazing red sun in the sky above Khorasan.
"Ah!"
As soon as this dazzling red sun appeared, a series of blood-curdling screams rang out.
The Arab soldiers on the walls had no time to react before their bodies began to seethe with blood, seeping through their pores and surging toward Wang Chong. Twenty to thirty Arab soldiers furiously hacking at the Flying Cannons were instantly sucked dry of their blood, their flesh withered, and they dropped to the ground.
And the effects of Wang Chong's Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art were not limited to just this.
"Milord, watch out!"
At the same time, Ziyad cried out in alarm. Even though Ziyad was doing his utmost to resist, the blood energy in his body was still being forced out of his body by Wang Chong's Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art.
Abu Muslim was in a similar situation.
When Wang Chong broke into the Imperial Great General level, he had advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the peak of the Imperial General level. His strength had reached an unbelievable level, and he was also extremely familiar with the various martial arts. His grasp and understanding of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was enough to make all experts tremble in fear. Abu Muslim and Ziyad had already recovered the majority of their strength, but they were still no match for Wang Chong.
"Damn it!"
Abu Muslim's eyes widened. Wang Chong had appeared far too quickly, appearing on the walls in just a few seconds.
"Get out of my way!"
Black energy gathered around Abu Muslim's body, and like steel, he slammed it at Wang Chong. As he attacked, he rapidly retreated.
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