"Damn it!"
In the army, Xiangyang Dalu's face turned green at this sight. His rage made the hand gripping his saber tremble, his veins bulging under his skin.
"Everyone, follow me! I'll kill them all!"
Xiangyang Dalu had originally believed that the first wave of attacks would be able to tear through the defensive line, but in the end, not only had it failed, it had thrown his own army into chaos. Those disorderly vanguards had instead become their greatest obstacle, used by the Tang army to impede the follow-up attacks.
Clang!
The scimitar was raised and let out a shrill cry like a bloodthirsty beast. In the next moment, Xiangyang Dalu personally led the six thousand elite cavalry forward.
"Those who dare block the way, die!"
A warhorse galloped forward, a head flying into the sky. With the Great General holding the line, even the chaos at the front was greatly suppressed. Xiangyang Dalu led the charge, leaving a trail of dust in his wake as he charged up the mountain.
"Third, fourth, and fifth square formations, tell them we can retreat!"
"Commandant Xu, are you ready?"
… …
Wang Chong was standing on a rock. Before Xiangyang Dalu had even arrived, Wang Chong had already given his order.
"Milord, everything is ready!"
Xu Shiping lowered his head and said. But to be honest, even he didn't know what he was doing.
Wang Chong's strategy seemed to be completely different from traditional tactics.
"Carry them out!"
… …
Boom!
A massive Halo of Thorns radiated from Xiangyang Dalu's feet, suffused with astonishing strength. Xiangyang Dalu led his hundreds of cavalry like a meteor crashing into the Tang army's sturdy walls. No one could resist such power, and no defensive line could resist such power.
As a Profound Martial realm expert, Xiangyang Dalu was second only to Bachicheng.
There were definitely experts of his level who could stop him, but not these True Martial realm Tang soldiers. Xiangyang Dalu wanted to use his own strength to open up the current situation and completely break through the Tang army's defensive line.
"Kill them all for me!"
The tyrannical roar of the Ouzan language resounded through the sky. At this moment, Xiangyang Dalu was ready to kill any god that stood in his way.
"Buzz!"
But in the next moment, something completely unexpected occurred. Right in front of Xiangyang Dalu, the Tang army that had been standing firm like a boulder suddenly began to retreat. As if cut open by an invisible blade, a massive hole appeared in the Tang defensive line.
Moreover, the indentation was rapidly expanding inward.
"What happened?"
Even with Yang Dalu's abundant experience, he couldn't help but be stunned at this moment. Having been in the army for so long, he had never encountered such a situation. In an intense battle, this was simply fatal! However, even though he was surprised, the highland steed under Xiangyang Dalu did not stay idle. Seeing a wavy hollow in the air, the highland steed almost instinctively charged over.
"Hmph, no matter what you're doing, only death awaits you if you dare to reveal such an opening in front of me!"
A cold light flashed in Xiangyang Dalu's eyes. Not only did he not rein in his warhorse, but he instead urged it forward. In a battle against cavalry, any infantry that dared to throw their formation into disarray and reveal an opening was suicidal. To all cavalry, as long as they could find an opening in the enemy's defensive line, they could immediately tear it apart.
In Xiangyang Dalu's view, these Tang soldiers dared to do such a thing.
The Neigh steed neighed as Xiangyang Dalu led his army through this opening. The army parted like a wave, but when he saw what was hidden behind the army, Xiangyang Dalu instantly paled. At Xiangyang Dalu's level, there were very few things that could make him lose his composure, but this was definitely not one of those things.
"Ballistae!"
Looking at the cluster of flickering cold light on the hillside, Xiangyang Dalu's expression instantly changed. Behind the Tang defensive line, there were at least several hundred ballistae. These ballistae, carved with powerful inscriptions, were aimed from left to right, from front to back, at Xiangyang Dalu and the dense ranks of Ouzan soldiers behind him.
"Despicable!"
Xiangyang Dalu angrily roared, his complexion a nasty grimace. He had never imagined that behind the Tang army's retreat, there was a hidden pocket, a trap, a trap made of ballistae. The ballistae of the Tang Dynasty were renowned throughout the world for their formidable ability to pierce through Stellar Energy. If it were just one, Xiangyang Dalu wouldn't have cared.
But not even Xiangyang Dalu could take these hundreds of ballistae lightly.
More importantly, these Tang soldiers had been preparing for a long time. By the time he saw them, all the ballistae had been pulled to their limits, making it impossible to dodge.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
No one could describe this sudden transformation. When these hundreds of ballistae fired at the same time, even the heavens seemed to pale. The rumbling of machinery and the trembling of the air completely drowned out the sound of hooves and fighting. Thick ballista bolts, their tips gleaming with a cold light, shot toward the Ouzan cavalry like the scythe of the grim reaper.
From top to bottom, from left to right, these ballista bolts sealed off all the paths of retreat for the Ouzan cavalry, as well as all the space they could use to dodge. Not even an expert like Xiangyang Dalu had any room to maneuver, much less an ordinary person.
Squelch!
Blood exploded. An Ouzan horseman on the back of his horse suddenly leaned forward, and without even a thud, both he and his horse were pierced through by a black ballista bolt. The massive ballista bolt pierced through his chest, exiting through his back, and then into the body of a second Ouzan horseman in the rear, and then a third, a fourth, a fifth …
The cruellest of scenes presented a cruellest of beauty. On the battlefield, ballistae were the most frightening of weapons. Even the famed plate armor of Ü-Tsang was like paper in front of these costly ballistae, unable to stop them.
Wang Chong's order to open the gap and draw in the Ouzan cavalry was now showing its most terrifying side. This narrow and long cavalry formation allowed the Tang Dynasty's ballistae to display their full power in such a narrow space.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The sound of bone and blood rang out as one Ouzan cavalry after another was cut down like straw. In a few short moments, seven to eight hundred Ouzan cavalry had been killed without even a groan.
No one had ever used ballistae like Wang Chong, and no one had ever used them to such a level.
More importantly, even Xiangyang Dalu had fallen into Wang Chong's trap.
Bangbangbang!
Massive ballista bolts flew through the air like locusts, rumbling toward Xiangyang Dalu and enveloping the space around him. In his haste, Xiangyang Dalu didn't even have time to dodge. He could only push the Stellar Energy in his body to the limit, and then he was struck by a storm of attacks.
No one could describe the barrage of attacks at this moment. Xiangyang Dalu had charged at the very front of the cavalry, so he was struck by the greatest number of attacks.
And in truth, Wang Chong had also aimed the majority of his attacks at this fierce Ouzan general.
Boomboomboom!
One ballista bolt after another, powerful enough to easily shatter steles, pierce through the thick plate armor of the Ouzan cavalry, and kill seven or eight cavalry in a straight line, struck Xiangyang Dalu's wall of Stellar Energy from all sides. In front, behind, to the left, to the right, the barrage of attacks continued to rain down.
Seventy to eighty ballista bolts slammed into Xiangyang Dalu's wall of Stellar Energy, but before these ballista bolts could even get close, they seemed to run into an invisible barrier and were all stopped. Xiangyang Dalu's Stellar Energy barrier seethed, but even in the face of this storm of attacks, he only managed to stagger backward, his feet trembling.
Not a single one of these eighty unstoppable ballista bolts had been able to pierce through his Stellar Energy.
But the famed ballistae of the Tang Dynasty were not so easy to block. Although Xiangyang Dalu had managed to hold out, the Stellar Energy in his body was rapidly being consumed, and his color was rapidly fading. In just a short period of time, Xiangyang Dalu was completely unharmed, but he had lost two-thirds of his Stellar Energy.
"Damn it!"
Xiangyang Dalu's face was ashen and terrified. For the first time, he felt fear.
These seven-hundred-some elite cavalry were all his personal guards. They had accompanied him on his journeys through the world, emerging from within the tribe and taking up positions under General Huoshu Huicang's command. They had also participated with him in the campaign to encircle and suppress the Tang. But in a flash, these seven hundred elite cavalry and his trusted subordinates had died without even a sound.
They had once hunted down valiant and valiant generals of the Tang Dynasty and had the strength to capture tigers and capture dragons, but in front of these ballistae, they were as fragile as paper.
And those ballista bolts, he could have dodged them one by one. But his opponent had given him no chance. Seventy to eighty ballista bolts had arrived almost at the same time. It had been less than a second, but it had consumed two-thirds of his Stellar Energy. In all his years in the army, he had never encountered such a formidable opponent.
Even though he hadn't seen his opponent yet, much less knew who his opponent was, Xiangyang Dalu had already begun to feel fear.
That attack, which had lasted less than a second, had utterly shattered his pride.
In this instant, for the first time, the valiant and incomparably ferocious Xiangyang Dalu felt the desire to retreat.
"Hmph, since you've already come in, do you think you can still leave?"
Before Xiangyang Dalu could turn his horse around, an icy voice rang out in his ears. The moment the ballista bolts finished, the sky darkened and a sharp Sword Qi slashed down from the sky like a rainbow. At almost the same time, The Eagle, Commandant Xu, Li Siye, and all the other generals of the army roared and charged like fierce tigers …
At this moment, Xiangyang Dalu found it hard to breathe, his entire body about to suffocate.
His face was pale, and for the first time, he sensed the aura of death!
"Ah! — "
A shrill scream resounded through the foothills, but it only sounded halfway before it stopped abruptly. At that moment, time seemed to stop. From the middle of the mountain to the base, the dense sea of Ouzan soldiers revealed fear in their eyes. They did not recognize that voice. It was the scream of Xiangyang Dalu on the verge of death.
Not even fifteen minutes into the battle, the illustrious Xiangyang Dalu of the Ngari Royal Lineage had fallen the moment he reached the top of the mountain.
The battle had ended so quickly that Xiangyang Dalu didn't even have a chance to escape. At this moment, the Tibetans, famed for their courage and ferocity, felt fear for the first time.
It was also at this moment that they suddenly realized that the Tang army before them was completely different from what they had imagined.
"How could this be?!"
As he watched Xiangyang Dalu vanish into the Tang battlefield like a firework, Bachicheng's eyes went wide in anger, his hands clenched so tightly that the veins on his arms bulged. He simply didn't dare believe his eyes.
It had been too sudden!
Bachicheng had not even been mentally prepared for Xiangyang Dalu's death.
"Useless trash, you've truly disappointed me!"
Bachicheng's heart was blazing with rage, his teeth clenched as he roared out these words.
When Xiangyang Dalu died in battle, the first thing Bachicheng felt was not sorrow, nor was it defeat. Instead, he felt immense rage. There was no question that Xiangyang Dalu's incompetence was simply unbelievable. For this operation, Prime Minister Dalun Ruozan and Great General Huoshu Huizang had left three valiant generals behind.
Of these, Xiangyang Dalu was the closest to him.
This was also why he had summoned him.
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