Poof! Poof! Poof! His sword shot through the air like a bolt of lightning, piercing through the bodies of two black-clothed men, then three, four, ten, twenty … When Wang Chong joined the battle, he was like a tiger in a flock of sheep. Wherever he went, black-clothed assassins fell one after another.
In just an hour, at least a hundred black-clothed men had died at Wang Chong's hands.
Two hours later, all of the fighting was over. The entire Hyderabad Mountain Range was littered with the corpses of black-clothed men, and the majority of those who had died were the miners who had been slaughtered in the mines.
"Marquis, what should we do with these people?"
At the foot of the mountain, Li Siye's right foot was stepping on the back of a black-clothed man, his expression extremely furious. The ambush had happened too suddenly, and the martial arts of these black-clothed men were completely different from the martial arts of the army. They were vicious and ruthless, and many people had died in the ambush.
However, the black-clothed men had also paid a price. Not only had a considerable number of people been killed, but Li Siye had also led a group of people to capture a portion of them.
"Marquis, I'll have some people splash some water on them to wake them up and interrogate them. Let's find out where these people came from!"
Xue Qianjun said angrily.
"Wait a moment!"
Wang Chong waved his hand and hurriedly stopped Xue Qianjun.
The group led by Li Siye had only managed to knock them unconscious by coincidence. Once they were awakened, they would basically all commit suicide.
"Let me handle this matter!"
With a thought from Wang Chong, a powerful wave of mental energy immediately burst forth, rushing into the mind of one of the black-clothed men like a tide. As expected, Wang Chong very quickly encountered a seal in the mind of this black-clothed man.
"As expected!"
Wang Chong nodded in his mind. These black-clothed men were extremely strict in their control, and they would not leave any openings. This was indeed the case.
Although he encountered a layer of obstruction, the strength of this layer of obstruction was not strong. In just a moment, Wang Chong broke through this layer of restriction.
"How is it, Marquis, have you found out where these people came from?"
Footsteps came from behind him. The King Of Gangke walked over and asked softly.
Wang Chong shook his head and cast a glance at the men in black who had fainted on the ground in a row.
"Take off their masks!"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this. They didn't understand what Wang Chong meant. Xue Qianjun quickly walked over, bent down, and removed the mask of one of the black-clothed men.
"These are … Khorasani!"
Looking at the face under the mask with wavy hair, hawk-like eyes and a tall nose, everyone looked at each other in shock.
He then removed a second and third mask, revealing a wide variety of faces: Khorasani, Ouzan, Western Turks, Chechiqian, and even Sindhi. Everyone was stunned by these faces.
"These people are all assassins of the lowest level. They don't know many secrets."
Wang Chong indifferently said.
Psychic Energy had obtained very few clues, and based on what he had gathered, they knew almost nothing. Li Siye and the King Of Gangke had not been of much help in capturing these people.
"Li Siye, take them away."
After saying this, Wang Chong shot off in another direction.
In the middle of the Hyderabad Mountains, in a collapsed mine, Wang Chong met with Ablonodan, Arloja, and the substitute High Priest in front of that crude temple. His aura was somewhat chaotic, as if he had just experienced a major battle.
"Venerable Master, how is it?"
Wang Chong walked over, a look of concern on his face.
"I'm fine. They were all beaten off and only suffered some light injuries. But … what a pity!"
The substitute High Priest turned his head and gave a long sigh as he gazed at the piles of corpses and the bloody mist in the air.
Wang Chong fell silent. There was nothing he could do about this. The miners of the Hyderabad Mountains were almost all ordinary people with weak constitutions. There were not many experts among them. Although Wang Chong had done his utmost to stop them, he had been unable to change anything.
"In addition, how is the High Priest doing?"
Wang Chong asked. The tremors deep underground had left him rather uneasy.
"The High Priest is fine. He had long ago predicted that Marquis would ask this question, so he had us wait here."
The substitute High Priest bowed to Wang Chong.
"In addition, the High Priest asked me to pass on a message to you. Fate comes and goes, and fate comes and goes. Everything has its own destiny. He has already told you what he should tell you. Almsgiver, don't be so stubborn."
Before Wang Chong could ask for more details, the substitute High Priest cut off all of Wang Chong's questions.
"Marquis, no one can change the High Priest's mind once he has decided on something. If he says he won't see you, he definitely won't. There's nothing we can do about it. "
Arloja and Ablonov said.
Wang Chong stood there in a daze for a long time without saying anything. Although he was very unwilling, he had no choice but to give up.
"Understood. Thank you!"
After Wang Chong said this, he looked around him deeply. He knew that the High Priest would definitely be able to hear his words.
Whoosh! With a flash of light, Wang Chong quickly leaped outside and disappeared.
…
The night attack ended very quickly. No one knew where the black-clothed men came from, and no one knew why they launched the attack. Everything was a blank.
Several days later, after bidding farewell to the substitute High Priest, Wang Chong left behind half of the Wushang Cavalry to guard the Hyderabad Mountains while he set off for Khorasan with the other half.
Around seven or eight days later, Wang Chong finally arrived at Khorasan.
"How is it? Have they all been eliminated? "
"Reporting to Marquis: Following Marquis's orders, we eliminated all the men in black. Alas, we didn't get any useful information out of them."
Li Siye bowed as he heard a voice by his ear.
On his way back from the Hyderabad Mountains, Wang Chong had noticed many men in black who had been following him. They had assumed all sorts of identities and were constantly around Wang Chong. But not even these men in black could have imagined that no matter how they disguised themselves, they could not escape Wang Chong's eyes and ears.
Along the way, Wang Chong gradually realized that the unremarkable metal box the High Priest had given him could accurately sense the auras of these men in black. No matter who they were or how they disguised themselves, as long as they got close to Wang Chong, they would be discovered.
And the closer they got and the stronger they were, the more intensely the crystal on the top of the box would flash and glow.
Combined with the Stone of Destiny in Wang Chong's mind, which could display the surrounding terrain, Wang Chong could even accurately sense where these men in black were lying in ambush.
"Mm!"
Wang Chong nodded. Although he didn't know why the High Priest had such a thing, there was no doubt that this metal box would allow him to guard against those men in black.
Putting aside the matter of the men in black, Wang Chong rode his horse and led his army back to the Lord of the City Residence. In a little more than half a month, Khorasan had undergone a major transformation. As far as Wang Chong could see, the warlike atmosphere of the city had been swept away, and the entire city was thriving.
As he walked along the streets, he could see that the faces of the people were also brimming with joy.
And the greatest transformation was on the streets. In this foreign city tens of thousands of li away from the Tang Dynasty, many of the faces of the Tang people of the Central Plains had begun to appear. Their clothes were embroidered with the insignia of various great clans, and they were selling silk, tea, porcelain, and all sorts of exquisite handicrafts from the Central Plains.
"Marquis, Lord Feng truly is formidable. Those Khorasani were very respectful and full of smiles when trading with us Tang people. It seems like the Khorasani have already completely accepted us."
Xue Qianjun excitedly walked over from the rear.
Khorasan was a foreign land, and they had never encountered anything here before. For Feng Changqing to be able to manage this place to this extent in such a short time was truly an incredible feat.
Wang Chong said nothing, only gave a slight nod. Compared to that, he was more concerned about something else.
Seated on the White-hoofed Shadow, Wang Chong turned his head in another direction, where a Chinese-style school had been erected. The faint sounds of reading came from the school, not in the Khorasani language that the people here were most familiar with, but in the language of the Tang Dynasty.
These voices were extremely unrefined, but they were brimming with passion.
A seed had been planted, and it had already sprouted. In the future, these seeds might spread throughout all of Khorasan and completely alter the fate of the Tang Dynasty and this land.
"Boom!"
As he was thinking, the earth suddenly quaked and the clopping of hooves could be heard. Wang Chong raised his head and saw that Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, and Banahan were riding over on their horses.
"Haha, Wang Chong, how was it? Did your trip to Sindhu go smoothly? "
Gao Xianzhi led the way toward Wang Chong. He seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Lord Protector-General!"
Wang Chong faintly smiled as he rode forward.
"Wang Chong, your strategy was truly effective. Everything in Khorasan is on the right track. In addition, the first group of soldiers sent by the Imperial Court has already arrived at Khorasan, and the rest have already arrived at Samarkand. I trust that they will arrive soon. "
Gao Xianzhi stroked his beard and chuckled. The more he looked at Wang Chong, the more he liked him. Whether it was in politics, military affairs, logistics, government affairs, or any other aspect, Wang Chong was someone he had never seen before. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would have found it very difficult to believe that a seventeen-year-old youth could be so talented. Wang Chong had not only saved his life, but also the entire Anxi Protectorate army.
To Gao Xianzhi, Wang Chong was definitely a friend who had gone through thick and thin with him. If anyone dared to act against Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi would be the first to step forward and say no.
"I've already written a memorial recording all your achievements and sent it to the Imperial Court. I trust that it won't be long before the Imperial Court announces your reward. If not for you, we would never have been able to reach Khorasan. I'm confident that the Imperial Court will reward you handsomely. And I've heard that the Bureau of Military Personnel and Bureau of Personnel are already discussing how to reward you after this battle, and even the matter of your title. "
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