Storm Furnaces!
These were storm furnaces that Zhang Shouzhi had designed. After hearing Wang Chong's idea, Zhang Shouzhi had designed them and completed them in less than half a day. Almost every one of the twenty thousand elites had brought two Storm Furnaces with them. One reason was to distinguish friend from foe in the blizzard, and the other was to keep warm.
These Storm Furnaces were designed for warhorses, as these warhorses were far weaker than the twenty thousand elites and needed these furnaces even more.
"… The eight thousand Arabs left behind in the camp have been completely exterminated. Awaiting Marquis's orders."
As the Storm Furnaces grew clearer, Li Siye's stalwart figure gradually became visible.
"Have you found any traces of the other Arabs?"
Wang Chong's brow rose as he quickly regained his composure.
"Reporting to Marquis: our scouts have already found traces of them in the west. Just as Marquis predicted, the Arabs have begun to retreat. Their formation has fallen into complete disarray. However, the snow on the ground is extremely thick, and the surface is covered in ice. They can't get very far. "
Li Siye sternly said.
"Very good!"
Wang Chong nodded, and as he came back to his senses, his eyes turned sharp.
"Pass on my order! Pursue at full speed!"
Bang! The White-hoofed Shadow raised its hooves high into the air and stomped down. Wang Chong galloped out amidst the swirling snow, leading his army westward in pursuit.
The twenty thousand elites swiftly vanished into the blizzard. From a distance, it was impossible to make out their figures, only the flickering lights of countless fireflies.
The ground was covered in snow, making it difficult to see what was going on. In the distance, one could see a group of figures stumbling along on warhorses.
This was a group of Arab cavalry. They had been completely separated from the rest of the army in the blizzard, and the extreme temperature and cold had left them extremely weak. The mouths, noses, eyes, hooves, and bodies of their horses were all covered in a thick layer of frost, making their movements extremely slow.
"Damn it, how could such a thing happen! We didn't die in the hands of those Tang people. Are we going to die in this snowstorm? "
An Arab cavalry captain finally couldn't help but ask. His face was pale, and his expression was extremely unsightly. Who would have thought that an army of hundreds of thousands would be defeated by a blizzard? This was an unprecedented humiliation.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a blood-curdling scream came from the blizzard behind him. This sudden noise instantly attracted everyone's attention. Pairs of eyes quickly turned to look behind them.
"My, my lord … what is that?"
An Arab horseman said, his face pale and his lips trembling, his face suffused with deep fear.
"Could it be … could it be that the Tang people have caught up with us?"
An Arab horseman in the rear gulped, his eyes wide with fear and alarm.
"Shut up! Don't say such nonsense here! "
Before the man could finish, the Arab cavalry captain interrupted him.
"In this kind of extremely cold weather, I can't even see the direction. The Tang people can't leave the city! They can't even take care of themselves, so how could they possibly chase us! "
"Hyah!"
At this moment, a harsh shout came from behind them. In the very rear of this group of Arab cavalry, a sword hummed as it emerged from the blizzard. Swish! It instantly cut off the head of an Arab horseman at the very back of the group.
The head spun seven or eight paces away, its eyes wide open, and then it crashed into the ground, sending up a shower of snow.
At that moment, time seemed to stop, and all was deathly still. All the Arab cavalry stared with wide eyes at the decapitated head, their eyes brimming with shock, but even more than that … fear!
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and in a flash, time seemed to stop. All the Arab cavalry seemed to be frightened and began to flee in every direction. Even the warhorses they were riding on seemed to have received a huge shock. They neighed in fear and stood up on their hind legs. Their originally stiff bodies also sped up quite a bit as they rushed forward at top speed.
But no matter how fast they were, they could not outrun the Tang Dynasty cavalry in the rear.
"Buzz!"
The air buzzed as an invisible ripple swept through the blizzard. Before the Arab cavalry could get very far, an invisible halo swept past them, and then a second, a third … The Arab cavalry felt like they had been shackled, their speed dropping and their auras weakening.
"Kill them!"
"Leave none alive!"
Just at this moment, in the boundless blizzard behind him, energy surged. Two faint fireflies first swayed out, followed by a majestic warhorse, wrapped in a layer of cotton armor, leaping out from the blizzard, landing on the ground with a thump.
Then, two, three, four … Almost twenty thousand cavalrymen charged out of the snowstorm, like a tornado sweeping through the clouds. Blood sprayed and screamed as one Arab horseman after another was pursued by the Tang Dynasty army, their faces stricken with fear as they dropped to the ground.
"After them!"
Nearly twenty thousand Tang Dynasty, Khorasani, and rebel elites continued to gallop across the earth in pursuit. Behind them, almost none of the Arab cavalry had survived, their corpses strewn across the ground.
From the Arab camp on the western shore of the Tigris River to the west, Wang Chong's forces were like a storm of death as they followed the fleeing Arabs. Only by pursuing them and seeing them with their own eyes did they understand just how chaotic the Arabs were.
In these several dozen li, the Arabs had lost their sense of direction and organization. Many of them had frozen to death, and even more had been trapped in the snow. Countless warhorses had been frozen to death.
When Wang Chong and his twenty thousand soldiers arrived from the rear, these Arabs were all stunned. Even in death, they did not dare to believe that Wang Chong would dare to brave the frigid weather and pursue them in this world of ice and snow.
Boomboomboom!
In just a few moments, sixty to seventy thousand Arab cavalry had been caught up to and killed by Wang Chong's army, and this number was still increasing at an astonishing rate. Sixty to seventy thousand soldiers were scattered over several dozen li, completely powerless to resist.
The twenty thousand soldiers led by Wang Chong had crushed through the enemy with absolute superiority, killing tens of thousands of Arabs.
In a short period of time, sixty to seventy thousand Arabs had fallen to the Tang people's swords.
"Marquis!"
As the pursuit continued, a voice rang out in Wang Chong's ear. Two specks of light pierced through the wind and snow, rapidly approaching Wang Chong. But it was not Li Siye, but Anxi Vice Protector-General Cheng Qianli. He was clad in armor, and the Stellar Energy around his body was vast and mighty. Hot air surged, and his eyes revealed a strong desire to fight.
"We've discovered the main force of the Arabs up ahead. There are at least one hundred thousand of them. Milord has sent me to ask if we should pursue?"
Cheng Qianli sternly said as he stopped several paces in front of Wang Chong.
The Arabs had an army of six to seven hundred thousand, and they had only been killing scattered soldiers on their way here. But now, they had finally found the main force.
"Haha, aren't we looking for their main force? Tell Lord Gao to immediately attack! "
With these words, Wang Chong and his horse shot forward, vanishing into the snow.
… …
"Careful!"
"Everyone, assume formation!"
"The Tang Dynasty is in pursuit. Everyone, get ready!"
… …
Not far from Wang Chong's forces, an army of several dozen Arab generals had gathered together, a vast army of Arab cavalry behind them. The Tang people's tracks had already been exposed, and everyone was panicking. No one had expected that the Tang Dynasty would ignore the blizzard and pursue them.
But the long years of training had allowed this army to quickly respond. The more than one hundred thousand Arab soldiers swiftly took up positions along the long road and silently waited in the blizzard.
In the blink of an eye, amidst the deafening sound of metal clanging, an incomparably large invisible ripple suddenly spread out from the blizzard in front of them. Bzzz! In just a few moments, the countless soldiers at the front of the army began to feel their auras drop to an extremely weak level.
"Enemy attack!"
The leading Arab general paled at this sight and let out an earth-shattering roar. He recognized this halo. It belonged to the young commander of the Tang Dynasty!
"Boom!"
Almost at the same time, an earth-shattering sound could be heard as the armored cavalry charged forward. Amidst the neighing of horses, countless armored cavalry charged forward.
Each of these horsemen was like a moving fortress as they charged toward the one hundred thousand Arab cavalry.
"Not good! It's the Aswaran Cataphracts! "
The Arab general's eyes constricted at the sight of these heavy and sturdy horsemen armed to the teeth.
"Kill them!"
The Sassanid Great General Bahram charged like a storm into the Arab ranks. Boomboomboom! In a flash of light, Bahram plunged into the Arab ranks like a sharp blade. Wherever he went, hundreds of Arab soldiers would be sent flying into the blizzard. Before they could even fall to the ground, their organs would be crushed and they would die.
Soon after, Neigh and his eight-thousand-some Aswaran Cataphracts divided into eighty groups, thrusting like the sharpest of swords into the Arab ranks. "Aaaah!" Screams filled the air as the orderly Arab ranks instantly fell into chaos.
"Kiiiill!" "Kiiiill!"
The eight-thousand-some Aswaran Cataphracts poured down like mercury, instantly throwing the tens of thousands of Arab soldiers into chaos. Screams, neighs, and the cracking of bones mixed into a cacophony of screams and whinnies, but the Aswaran Cataphracts did not even pause as they continued to charge westward.
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