But before any of the fireballs could hit the ground, massive fireballs began to rise up from the rear of the Mengshe – Ü-Tsang army, and then they began to fly toward the mountain where the Mengshe – Ü-Tsang army was located.
Time seemed to slow down countless times as the massive fireballs floated in the air, slowly making their way toward the summit like snails.
One, two, three, four … Dozens of huge fireballs were scattered all over the place, interweaving into a scorching sea of fire in the sky. Even the dark clouds in the sky were dyed with a layer of red light.
"Enemy attack!"
"Dodge!"
… …
A wave of screams came from the summit. Even though all the soldiers were dumbfounded by this sight, all the commanders, the high-ranking generals, the small groups of five, ten-man squad leaders, five-man squad leaders … all of them maintained absolute calm.
Everything that could possibly happen had already been transmitted down layer by layer from the top of the mountain. Although no one had expected Mengshe Zhao and Ouzan to attack in this manner, Wang Chong had already made detailed plans to deal with the possibility of a siege attack or a rain of arrows.
Everyone, dodge!
"Pay attention to concealment!"
… …
Voices that were full of energy and sounded like a great bell rang out one after another on the surface of the mountain range. Rumble! In an instant, all the Tang Dynasty soldiers reacted.
Using square formations as units, all the Tang Dynasty soldiers charged toward the massive steel walls of the mountain. The mountain had always been sloping, and Wang Chong's modular steel walls had even been equipped with horizontal bunkers.
At this moment, all the steel walls immediately revealed their other function.
"Boom!"
A huge fireball fell from the sky and heavily crashed into the mountain behind them. Smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the flames raged. The rolling dust rose more than ten feet high, and the whole mountain trembled violently under this attack.
Feeling the power of this attack, everyone's expression changed.
The power displayed by this fireball was enough to instantly turn any soldier of any level into ash. No True Martial realm warrior could withstand such a blow.
Even a high ranking captain like Xu Andun might not be able to withstand it!
On the mountaintop, Luoji and the other generals of the Annam Protectorate also changed their expressions. This kind of attack from Ouzan's people was enough to pose a threat to generals of their level.
Each of those huge fireballs weighed thousands of kilograms. Falling from such a great height, one could only imagine how powerful they were.
However, this was only the beginning.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Time seemed to have sped up at this moment. Countless huge fireballs fell from the sky. Boom! A huge fireball fell from the sky and smashed into a steel city wall that was several meters tall. The incomparably hard steel city wall caved inwards, and a huge depression instantly appeared.
The immense power contained in the fireball even caused the entire steel city wall to sway and tremble violently, as if it would be overturned at any moment.
"These fireballs … are too powerful!"
Behind the steel city walls, the Tang Dynasty elites all paled.
They felt like these massive fireballs could topple over the steel city walls at any moment, pulverizing the soldiers hiding behind them.
"Young Master, watch out!"
On the summit, a massive fireball suddenly descended from the sky, hurtling toward Wang Chong. Chen Shusun was alarmed and immediately pushed Wang Chong away with a palm.
Rumble!
The fireball struck a spot several zhang behind Wang Chong, sending a rain of fire mixed with shrapnel exploding in every direction. The place where Wang Chong had been standing was now a massive pit, its interior scorched black, billowing with thick smoke.
"Arabian Fire Oil!"
A powerful ring of Stellar Energy as tough as steel enveloped Wang Chong, blocking out the rain of fire and shrapnel. Wang Chong quickly retracted his Stellar Energy and walked out, his expression grave as he gazed at the still burning pit in the ground.
Arabian Fire Oil was a product of the far west, a product unique to Arabia and Charax Spasinu. Based on Wang Chong's memories, this product was still a small-scale existence that had not been fully developed.
Even Arabia and Charax Spasinu probably didn't have much of it.
Ouzan was located on the plateau, separated from Arabia and Charax Spasinu by Sindhu. Logically speaking, this product should never have appeared in the Ouzan army. The current situation could only mean one thing:
Ouzan had already colluded with Arabia!
The two sides were still far from reaching the level of Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao's alliance, but there was no doubt that Arabia and Charax Spasinu were supporting Ouzan from behind the scenes.
Arabia's ambitions in the Central Plains have probably started even earlier than I imagined!
As Wang Chong gazed at the pit, countless thoughts flitted through his mind.
The true conflict between Arabia and the Central Plains had actually occurred a very long time ago. In Wang Chong's memories, before his conflict with Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing of the Anxi Protectorate, the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu had never displayed any ambitions for the interior of the empire.
Arabian Fire Oil should have been a strategic resource that would only appear a very long time later.
But now, the situation had clearly changed.
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"Right now, there are only two possibilities. The first is that my appearance caused this change that doesn't conform to history. The other is that Ouzan and the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu have been secretly communicating and colluding with each other for a very long time. This Arabian Fire Oil was sent to Ouzan long ago.
"However, Xianyu Zhongtong and the Annam Protectorate simply didn't have the right to make Ouzan use these siege weapons, and they were completely wiped out on the Erhai plains. Thus, the Tang Dynasty never knew that Ouzan possessed Fire Oil. "
Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil.
The war in the southwest had undergone a massive change due to his intervention. At the very least, he had never heard of a war of the southwest lasting for so long, nor had he heard of a war with the Annam Protectorate requiring Ouzan to use siege weapons.
But no matter what the truth was, there was no doubt that the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu had sent reinforcements to Ouzan. The Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu definitely harbored malicious intentions toward the Tang Dynasty.
Boomboomboom!
In the rear of Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao's armies, one 'colossus after another' rising into the air. Massive fireballs were hurled from the rear of the army, crashing into the mountain with thunderous speed.
These fireballs kept exploding on the mountain. The flames spread and burned rapidly on the mountain peak. In a short time, the entire mountain peak was turned into a sea of fire.
All the corpses and horses on the mountain began to burn.
The flames were so large that even the distant Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao armies at the base of the mountain could feel the waves of heat.
"Hahaha! We've completely suppressed the Tang people! "
The generals of Mengshe Zhao's army began to laugh, their expressions much more relaxed. The pressure from the previous battle had almost suffocated them.
Although it had been the White Stone Legion and Duan Wuzhi who had taken part in the battle and not them, the teeth would feel cold without the lips, and the dogs would be cooked after the cunning hare was killed. The White Stone Legion was one of the top-class armies of Mengshe Zhao, but even they had been beaten into such a state. With less than thirty percent of the army remaining, one could easily imagine the pressure on the other generals.
"The power of these fireballs is truly not bad. It's no wonder we mobilized so many peasants, laborers, and porters to make so many Thunderstone!"
As the sea of fire burned, all the Mengshe Zhao generals became excited as they gazed at the blazing mountain range.
Although the kerosene had been provided by the Ouzan, the entire plan, including the mass production of these siege weapons, had also been the idea of Dalun Ruozan and Ouzan. Dalun Ruozan had even provided the blueprints for the improvements.
But when it came to the actual operations, the fireballs, and the construction of the siege weapons … with the half-nomadic, half-agricultural nature of the highlanders of Ouzan, it was impossible for them to produce such things.
Without Mengshe Zhao's cooperation, even if Dalun Ruozan was said to be the most intelligent of the Ngari royal lineage, and even Zhangchou Jianqiong was said to be somewhat afraid of him, even the cleverest housewife couldn't cook a meal without rice.
Not to mention that the things the Tang people had built on the mountain were meant to deal with the Ouzan cavalry. As for the Mengshe Zhao people, they were mainly infantry, so they weren't affected much.
"Don't celebrate too early! These fireballs have only suppressed them. It's still too early to talk about victory! "
Gelofeng looked at the mountain and suddenly said. His brows were deeply furrowed.
In the distance, the flames soared into the sky, and the burning mountain looked like hell, suppressing all the Tang people. As far as he could see, he could barely see any Tang people, but Gelofeng was far from relaxed.
"This young man is more difficult to deal with than I thought!"
Gelofeng thought to himself.
He could see far more than the others. The mountain in front of him was a sea of fire, and he could hear the shrill cries of death from time to time. But if he thought about it carefully, the number of Tang people who actually died in the fireball attacks was actually much fewer than he had imagined.
The actual lethality of the fireballs was unbelievably low!
In such a dense rain of fire, it was inconceivable that the hundred-odd siege weapons that Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao had spent a great deal of effort to build would die in such a battlefield.
Geluofeng's gaze swept over the mountain peak, then quickly returned to the steel walls that were scattered like stars in the sky and covered the entire mountain like fish scales.
Each of these steel walls was several feet tall and weighed thousands of kilograms.
Thousands of such steel walls, layer upon layer, from top to bottom, covered the entire mountain, forming a solid defense and barrier for the Annam Protectorate. That was why there were one hundred thousand versus five hundred thousand. Duan Wuzhi led one hundred thousand White Stone Legion soldiers up the mountain, but they lost less than thirty thousand of them. Even he himself was seriously injured.
Thinking back to yesterday, when it was raining cats and dogs, this place was actually bare. But today, it was only a day's delay. In just one night, these magnificent steel walls appeared like a miracle …
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