"I hope that I'm overthinking things, I hope that I'm overthinking things …"
Wang Chong stared at the summit, his brows rising. He could only hope that he was overthinking things.
Stop!
As long as the chaos on the summit stopped, it would prove that his conjecture was wrong. Or at the very least, it would only be a momentary phenomenon.
One second, two seconds, three seconds …
Although the soldiers on the northeast side of the summit were still maintaining their basic formation, the chaos in their formation was only increasing. Compared to before, the gaps in their formation were growing larger and larger.
Bongbongbong!
The anxious war drums continued to beat, and the northeast front line was constantly being torn apart, retreating step by step. Tang soldier after Tang soldier fell. Compared to the other lines, the northeast line was shrinking much faster.
"This isn't good!"
Even The Eagle frowned. Although he was not as perceptive as Wang Chong, who could deduce that there was a problem with the command of the formation, he could still determine that if the northeast line could not hold, the rest of the army would soon be affected. With the northeast as the breakthrough point, the Ouzan would swiftly crush the Annam Protectorate and exterminate the remnants of its army.
Bwoooom! "Whoosh!"
In a flash, the Ouzan horn blared through the curtain of rain. As the horn blared, the Ouzan's attack swiftly changed. Like a surging wave, the Ouzan cavalry began to move northeast. More and more people were surging toward this location.
"Not good!"
The change in Ouzan's formation caused Wang Chong to grimace. The enemy commander was far smarter than he had imagined. The horn had clearly sensed the change in the northeast and was directing the army to this location. Once the Ouzan army finished gathering, the northeast defense would be completely routed.
Boom!
There was no time to hesitate. The moment the horn sounded, Wang Chong urged his horse forward like a bolt of lightning.
"The Eagle, have the giant eagle guide Xu Shiping and Xu Andun. Have them lead the army here immediately. Pay attention to concealment and don't rush into action. Listen to my orders! Everyone else, follow me! "
Before his voice faded away, Wang Chong and the others had already disappeared into the wind and rain.
…
Amidst the intense, vast, and massive battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people participating in it, the battlefield in the district seemed insignificant and insignificant.
"Ah! — "
In the pouring rain, along with a shrill scream, a Tang dynasty infantry soldier failed to dodge in time. A long spear pierced through his chest and came out of his back. At the same time, clang, clang, clang. The three shieldbearers who were forced to retreat actually collided with each other in the process of retreating. The three of them were bound by their weapons and shields like rice dumplings, completely losing their balance.
On the intense battlefield, such a mistake would be fatal.
"Ah!" Along with a series of screams, the Ouzan scimitars rapidly expanded in front of their eyes like intersecting fangs. The three shield soldiers of the Tang dynasty only screamed before they were cut into several pieces by the sharp Ouzan machete.
The battle lines twisted and warped, the axemen unable to find their positions, the shieldbearers unable to sense the support of their comrades to their left and right.
The entire army was losing its original shape.
Large numbers of people were dying at every moment!
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"Hold!"
"No matter what, we can't let them break through our defense line!"
"Where's Milord? Where's Milord? Why hasn't Milord given the order yet! "
"Hold on! Our eighty thousand brothers are right behind us. If we let the Ouzan break through here and the army is wiped out, we'll be the criminals of the Annam Protectorate! "
"Messenger, quickly ask Milord for instructions!"
… …
War halos vibrated in the rain. On the summit, the leading Tang officer's eyes were red as he roared with all his might. He had personally gone into battle and cut down two Ouzan cavalry, but in a battle of tens of thousands, this was negligible.
The army was about to collapse, and it wouldn't take long!
When he thought of this, the Tang officer was so worried that his chest was about to explode. In the last few days, he had seen far too many of his brothers die. The elites of the Annan Protectorate and the brothers at his side had fallen one by one. The air of the Erhai Plain was thick with the stench of blood.
Far too many people had died!
There couldn't be any more people!
It was this belief that had been deeply supporting him all this time.
But he could not understand what was happening on the summit. He looked back and saw that the huge flag was still fluttering on the top of the mountain. Under the flagpole, the young leader of the younger generation of the Great Tang Empire, who was second only to Li Zhengyi, was kneeling on the ground. His head was drooping, and he seemed to be deep in thought.
"Milord, hurry and give the order!"
The Tang general anxiously roared as he turned his head to look. But as a bolt of lightning flashed by, that all-out roar was immediately drowned out by the thunder and the fighting cries of the army. In the rain, all sound was scattered, making it impossible for it to travel very far.
"Buzz!"
The chaos in the army was spreading, and the attacks of the Ouzan soldiers were multiplying. Looking down from the summit, one could see more and more Ouzan soldiers surging toward the summit. Several dozen zhang away, a position was being torn apart by the Ouzan soldiers. At this moment, despair appeared in the eyes of the Tang officer.
It was too late!
It was too late!
After spending so much effort to break out of the encirclement and holding out for so long, were they going to be completely wiped out today?
… …
Just when the Tang officer was feeling dejected and powerless, about to give up, he suddenly heard the neighing of a Neigh horse. Boom! As far as the eye could see, a white horse like a dragon leaped high into the air, flying over the Tang formation like a rainbow.
"Axemen, attack! Right flank, fifty paces forward! Shield soldiers, pull back! Tortoise Shell Formation! Pikemen, work with the formation! Archers, aim for the enemy and work with the axemen to attack! "
A clear voice came from above, suffused with a calming strength.
"Careful, it's the Ouzan!"
Suddenly, someone screamed.
"Bastard! Do the Ouzan know how to speak the language of the Tang dynasty? And they're like us? "
The Tang officer harshly rebuked.
Although there had been so little time that it was impossible to identify the other party, there was one thing he could be sure of. But there was one thing he could be sure of: this person could be anything, but he could not be a Tibetan.
The people of Ouzan rarely knew how to speak the language of the Central Plains, and even if they did, they would speak with a thick accent of the plateau. This was impossible to disguise.
And besides, that white horse was not one of the highland steeds of the Ouzan.
Gallop!
The other party moved with incredible speed, vanishing into the rain in a few moments.
"Just who was that person?"
This thought flitted through the officer's mind, but he quickly forgot about it.
"Axemen, attack! Right flank, fifty paces forward! Shield soldiers, pull back! Tortoise Shell Formation! Pikemen, work with the formation! Archers, aim for the enemy and work with the axemen to attack! "
Not long after Wang Chong disappeared, the Tang officer repeated Wang Chong's order without missing a single word. In the current situation, there was no time to worry about anything else. They could only try.
Rumble!
The axemen attacked, the shield soldiers pulled back, the Tortoise Shell Formation, and the archers attacked!
Everything was done in a short period of time. The army, which was initially in a state of confusion and bewilderment, quickly regained their composure. 'Obedience is the duty of soldiers.' Commanding a battle formation was not something ordinary soldiers could dabble in, nor was it something they were skilled in. When the situation was unfavorable and there were no orders, the army would panic.
But once an order was given, all the soldiers would work together like a precise machine, rumbling to life for a single purpose.
The danger to the army had been temporarily resolved, but the Ouzan army was in a state of chaos.
The area where those several thousand axemen had cut into was precisely where the Tibetan army's defenses were the weakest and most scattered!
"Just who is that fellow?"
The Tang officer was even more shocked at this sight.
… …
The White-hoofed Shadow was a divine steed amongst steeds, its speed and leaping height far surpassing that of ordinary horses. As the horse's hooves landed, Wang Chong immediately took off all the Ouzan armor he was wearing. At this time, disguises were meaningless and would only attract unnecessary trouble.
"Out of the way, out of the way! This is the order! Everyone, out of the way! "
Wang Chong's entire body was drenched, and his hair was stuck to his forehead. Rainwater flowed down his forehead like a stream, sliding down his nose, his lips, his lower jaw … and finally onto the White-hoofed Shadow, dripping to the ground. Wang Chong raised the The King of Song token high in his hand, the golden dragon side facing outward, and charged toward the flagpole at the summit.
Wang Chong's plan swiftly took effect. Upon seeing the dragon on the token, everyone began to retreat, opening a path for Wang Chong.
The plan just now can only help them temporarily stabilize the front line. The Ouzan still have at least one hundred and sixty thousand soldiers that haven't appeared. Time is short, so I have to think of a way to resolve this problem!
Wang Chong's heart was in a knot, a deep worry filling his heart.
A single person's strength was ultimately limited, but no matter what, since he had already entered this battlefield that he could only look up to, and since the heavens had already given him a chance to change the fate of the Empire, he would definitely not let it slip by so easily!
"Hyah!"
With a determined gaze, Wang Chong leaped over a large boulder and charged up the mountain.
"Who's there? Stop! "
Just when Wang Chong was about to reach the commander's tent, a thunderous roar came from the summit. At some point, a tall and muscular man, armed to the teeth and wielding a massive shiny saber, had appeared, aiming it at Wang Chong.
The wind howled and the rain pelted his body, but before it could get close, it was shattered into pieces.
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