Huoshu Huizang's attack was far faster than expected.
"Ciren Xiangxiong, you should go as well!"
Huoshu Huizang suddenly said as he gazed at the summit.
"Yes, General!"
A voice came from behind him. Amidst the clanging of armor, a fierce-looking Ouzan general with a rough aura mounted his horse and galloped away.
"Follow me!"
With this order, the sturdy Ouzan general known as Ciren Xiangxiong leaped forward, the earth churning behind him as thousands of Ouzan cavalry followed.
"Young Master, the Ouzan have moved out."
Chen Shusun turned to Wang Chong.
Once more, Chen Shusun felt an indescribable sense of admiration. Everything was going exactly as Wang Chong had predicted.
"Has the order been passed down?"
Wang Chong stood on the summit, his eyes calm.
"It has been passed down."
"Then let's begin."
Wang Chong indifferently said.
Rumble!
Battle cries shook the mountain as thousands of Ouzan cavalry surged up the mountain, madly charging at the barricades, the steel walls, and the Annam Protectorate. At the same time, massive fireballs smashed against the mountain, maintaining the front and back lines of the Annam Protectorate.
"Break down those barricades and use ropes to break them open!"
"Some of you dismount and work together to push the barricades away!"
"Go from General Tumi Sangzha and attack them from the back!"
… …
All the Ouzan leaders and generals were madly shouting, hoping to completely tear apart the Annam Protectorate's defenses. At the same time, the Annam Protectorate at the base of the mountain was sacrificing their lives.
"Hold! Hold! Milord has ordered that no one is allowed to retreat! "
"Shieldmen! Shieldmen! "
"Hold the barricades! Don't let them drag us away!"
"If they break through our defenses, all of us will die!"
… …
The atmosphere was extremely tense. One side wanted to attack the summit and completely wipe out the obstacles in the southwest, while the other side wanted to desperately defend and survive. Neither side had a path of retreat.
"General Knot! You go too! "
Huoshu Huizang looked at the fierce battle on the mountain and suddenly frowned.
"Yes, General!"
A valiant warrior from the Ouzan Plateau quickly responded and left.
"Follow me!"
As soon as the order was given, dust and sand billowed. Another group of close to ten thousand Ouzan Iron Warriors rushed up the mountain as fast as lightning. At this point, Huoshu Huizang had sent more than 30,000 soldiers to attack the mountain, which was a considerable number.
The strength of the cavalry was far superior to that of the infantry. On the plains, these 30,000 cavalrymen were enough to deal with 300,000 infantry. But at this moment, their opponents were only the ten thousand Annam Protectorate soldiers on the mountain.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! The sound of the horses colliding and kicking rang out incessantly. The shields let out loud chimes of "Defend!" as they shouted. An Annam Protectorate's shield was supported by at least two to three people, sometimes even five to six.
Everyone was squeezed together, using the strength of their bodies to resist the charge of the Ouzan cavalry.
"Again!"
Huoshu Huizang frowned and ordered again. With the situation on the mountain, the force of forty thousand cavalrymen charging at the same time was enough to overturn the mountains and overturn the seas.
No matter how many people there were, there was no way they could get involved.
At least not until the first line of defense of the Annam Protectorate was broken!
"Kill! — — "
Amidst the fierce battle cries, the fourth Ouzan army finally arrived on the battlefield. Looking down from the sky, the foot of the mountain was covered in a vast expanse of Ouzan warriors.
"Kill them!"
Similar shouts in the Ouzan language resounded over the battlefield. In the face of the wave after wave of Ouzan attacks, the Annam Protectorate soldiers on the front lines were under unimaginable pressure.
The fragile defense line could collapse at any moment.
And the most fatal of all was the passage that Tumi Sangzha had opened. An endless stream of Ouzan soldiers charged up the mountain through that opening. One second, two seconds, three seconds … At this moment, time seemed to be incomparably long.
The Tang Dynasty's defense line swayed, seemingly on the verge of collapse.
"Increase the attacks! They can't hold on much longer! "
Wave after wave of Ouzan attacks rained down on the Annam Protectorate's first line of defense, but the one who truly collapsed it was an unexpected person.
"Boom!"
At some point, Tumi Sangzha had thrown off Luoji, The Eagle, and Lin Wushou and charged out of their encirclement, sending a heavy steel wall flying with a single punch.
Bzzz! As if on some sort of signal, all the barricades and shields around him had been opened. The first line of the Annam Protectorate's defense line had been completely opened.
"Kill! — — "
After a brief moment of silence, all the Ouzan cavalry seemed to realize something. Their spirits were roused, and even the Mengshe – Ü-Tsang soldiers watching the battle from the base of the mountain were in high spirits.
"Wonderful! Kill them all!"
Everyone could smell the hope of victory. It seemed like they had finally found a way to defeat the Tang people. But a moment later, before the forty thousand Ouzan cavalry could charge, and before the excitement and joy in the hearts of the Mengshe – Ü-Tsang army could last very long, the greatest change occurred.
When the barricades were torn down, the shields were destroyed, and the defense line was broken, the Annam Protectorate soldiers almost immediately took cover behind the steel walls.
Swish!
A thick arrow suddenly tore through the air, piercing through a charging Ouzan horseman at the base of the mountain. In the Neigh, the warhorse neighed and the rider reared. That precious and sturdy Ouzan highland steed didn't even have time to neigh before it and its rider toppled to the ground.
After piercing through them, the thick arrow continued to pierce through a second Ouzan horseman, and then a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth …
As the Ouzan madly attacked, a large number of Ouzan cavalry had gathered at the base of the mountain, and it was impossible to tell just how many people there were in this small area. But at this moment, the Ouzan's strategy had become a fatal error.
Bangbangbangbang!
The arrow pierced through ten-some Ouzan horseman, leaving behind a straight, bloody hole. Only then did it stop and fall from the sky.
"The Tang people's ballistae!"
A panicked voice rang out, a voice that made everyone tremble in fear. At this moment, all the Ouzan soldiers gathered at the base of the mountain felt their blood freeze.
The Ouzan were famed for their thick plate armor, but this plate armor had a perfect nemesis: the ballistae of the Tang Dynasty.
The massive bolts fired from those ballistae could easily pierce through all the Ouzan soldiers in a straight line.
There was no mistaking that terrifying explosion just now. It was the sound of the Tang Dynasty ballistae.
Xiu xiu xiu xiu!
Just as everyone began to realize this, Wang Chong's hidden hand was also displayed. Halfway up the mountain, the sound of arrows piercing through the air could be heard.
At this moment, countless ballistae lined up on the mountain began to fire.
The blazing flames and the fireballs filling the sky could stop the Annam Protectorate soldiers on the mountain, but they could not stop the famous ballistae of the Tang Dynasty. Peng, peng, peng. With a series of sounds, tens of thousands of crossbow bolts whistled down, piercing through countless Ouzan Empire cavalry along the way.
The densely packed Ouzan cavalry did not even make a sound. They were like grasshoppers that had been sprang up, falling down from the front to the back like wooden stakes. The concentrated sounds of heavy objects falling caused everyone who saw and heard it to feel a chill in their hearts.
As expected, the Ouzan soldiers who appeared in front of the steel walls fell one after another.
Harvest!
This was a true harvest!
In a few short moments, the number of Ouzan soldiers who had fallen to the ballistae far exceeded the number of soldiers who had charged at the Tang Dynasty's defenses.
Crossbow bolts flew out one after another, callous and decisive.
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