"Young Master, please accept this subordinate's bow. This subordinate was rude before!"
Chen Guanshun suddenly took a deep breath and walked out of the ranks. He bowed deeply in front of Wang Chong. Behind him, all the highest-level generals of the Annam Protectorate also bowed.
They raised their heads and gazed at Wang Chong, their eyes brimming with astonishment, admiration, and deep respect.
The generals of the southwest had all heard of Mengshe Zhao's White Elephant Corps. This was an army that Gelofeng regarded with great importance, and it was also a force with terrifying combat power.
All of them had personally witnessed the previous battle.
But no one had expected that while everyone was still half-acquainted with the elephants that lived in Erhai, only knowing a few scraps of their claws, Wang Chong had already thought of a way to easily defeat them.
This sort of ability was simply miraculous, surpassing everyone's imagination.
"Young Master, can you tell us how you knew that these giant beasts are afraid of sound?"
Lin Wuxu stepped forward, his face full of admiration.
If they had known this method of dealing with the White Elephant Corps in the battle of Erhai, everything would have been completely different. At the very least, they wouldn't have been trampled to death by the charge of those giant elephants.
Although Wang Chong had resided in the capital for a long time and rarely left, his vast knowledge and wisdom had already reached a level that others could only sigh in amazement at.
"Haha, this isn't that hard to guess. These giant elephants have very large bodies, but their eyes are inconceivably small, just a bit larger than normal humans. It's clear that their eyes are their weak point. Since their eyes are like this, their other senses might also be like this. So I thought of their ears. "
Wang Chong held his hands behind his back and faintly chuckled. No matter what, the memories of a soul from another world could never be spoken of in this world.
"Young Master's extraordinary talent is truly formidable!"
The top-class generals of the Annam Protectorate were all astonished.
Although Wang Chong spoke briefly about it, in the eyes of the crowd, this was completely his normal behavior. As for Wang Chong's age, it was completely ignored.
…
"Roar!"
Although the attack had stopped, the matter of the White Elephant Corps was far from over. The berserk elephants rampaged through the crowd, and the losses suffered by the White Elephant Corps in this battle were almost entirely caused by the berserk elephants.
At least two to three thousand people were killed by the rampaging elephants.
Even so, the White Elephant Corps still had to think of a way to pacify these rampaging elephants.
Without elephants, the White Elephant Corps couldn't be called a White Elephant Corps.
"Your Majesty, what should we do next? Should we send other armies? "
"Your Majesty, let me go!"
"I am willing to lead the army to destroy the Tang people!"
…
In the middle of Mengshe Zhao's army, several generals were extremely excited and wanted to join the battle.
"Let's call it a day!"
Gelofeng let out a long sigh, a rare look of exhaustion appearing in the eyes of this ambitious and ruthless character. The defeat of the Whitestone Corps and then the defeat of the White Elephant Corps, which he had placed his hopes on, had left a deep shadow in the heart of the Mengshe Zhao Emperor. Seventy to eighty thousand soldiers had died in battle.
"Generals, there is no need to talk about fighting. Wait until I see the Prime Minister of Ouzan and have some ideas before making a decision."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The generals bowed their heads in greeting.
In Erhai, Gelofeng's status was similar to that of the Holy Emperor of the Tang dynasty. Her words were law. Any order, no matter what, would be thoroughly carried out.
"In addition, how are General Duan's injuries?"
Gelofeng asked.
"General Duan's injuries have already stabilized," a Mengshe Zhao general said.
A Mengshe Zhao general said, knowing that Geluofeng was speaking of Duan Wuzong.
"I'll go see him as well."
With a wave of his sleeve, Gelofeng left the center of the army.
As he left, the long blare of a horn came from the southeast. The vast Ouzan army retreated from the mountain where the Tang people resided like the receding tide.
Mengshe Zhao also tacitly retreated.
For a moment, a large area around the mountain where the Tang people resided had been emptied.
"Young Master, they've retreated!"
Old Eagle suddenly spoke as he looked down from the summit, amid the blustery winds.
"Mm, it's about time for them to retreat."
Wang Chong glanced up at the darkening sky and sneered. The siege of the city, the rain of fireballs, the White Elephant Corps … the Mengshe – Ü-Tsang army had used at least three or four waves of attacks in a single day, but they had all been thwarted.
"If you know to retreat at a time like this, it's not too late!"
Dalun Ruozan, Huoshu Huizang, and Gelofeng were all influential figures of the southwest, people on the same level as Zhangchou Jianqiong. All of them had to be looked up to.
If anyone else had said these words like Wang Chong, they would have been snorted in contempt. But when Wang Chong said these words, no one felt that there was anything wrong with them.
He had already used his actions to amply prove that he had the strength and qualifications to say these words.
Not even the generals of the Annam Protectorate had realized that Wang Chong's position in their hearts had already surpassed that of Wang Yan and Xianyu Zhongtong, who had been fighting a life-and-death battle with them for more than a month.
"Pass on my order. The army is to turn on the stoves and start cooking."
"But Young Master, what if they use this chance to attack?"
The Eagle said.
"Hmph, they dare!"
With a cold laugh, Wang Chong flicked his sleeves and turned to leave. This kind of tactic was meant to force them to attack, and Wang Chong was more than happy to see them attack at this moment.
… …
"This is blatant contempt! That child is mocking us! "
As smoke rose from the top of the mountain, Huoshu Huizang suddenly spoke, his gaze on Dalun Ruozan. His meaning was clear. Rather than saying that Wang Chong was mocking the Ouzan, it would be more accurate to say that he was provoking Dalun Ruozan.
"What can I do? My skills are inferior!"
Dalun Ruozan smiled bitterly.
"Ha! You'll admit defeat? "
Huoshu Huizang had a look of disbelief on his face. Huoshu Huizang could not be more familiar with this Prime Minister of the Ngari Royal Lineage. Anyone who thought that Wang Chong would really admit defeat would be gravely mistaken.
Those people who believed that Dalun Ruozan would easily concede had been reduced to a pile of yellow mud in the past few days.
At the very least, if Zhangchou Jianqiong was around and saw this expression on Dalun Ruozan's face, he would definitely raise his guard.
"However, this kid really can't be underestimated! Even when Zhangchou Jianqiong was around, he wouldn't have been able to force me to this extent. "
Dalun Ruozan's brows furrowed deeply at this last sentence.
Huoshu Huizang also fell silent. Having worked with Dalun Ruozan for many years, he couldn't be any more familiar with Dalun Ruozan. There was no doubt that Dalun Ruozan was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
To be able to receive such an evaluation from Dalun Ruozan, Wang Chong should be proud of himself.
… …
Dusk fell and the sky darkened.
The entire battlefield had sunk into silence, with only the torches burning in the darkness, their glow like stars. At this time, the Tang people, Mengshe Zhao's people, and Ouzan's people were living in harmony, a rare moment of peace.
"Buzz!"
In the darkest hours of the night, no one noticed that several figures had silently appeared on the northwest side of the mountain.
"This is the place!"
A figure with two sabers sheathed on his back stood at Dalun Ruozan's side. It was the fierce Ouzan general Tumi Sangzha, as well as Longqinba and Ciren Xiangxiong.
All of them had solemn expressions on their faces.
The Prime Minister had never done anything meaningless, and he certainly wouldn't do such a thing now.
"Just what is this kid doing?"
Ciren Xiangxiong slowly raised his head, looking from the base of the mountain all the way to the summit. This was a long 'passage', around ten-some zhang long. Unlike the other parts of the mountain, there were no steel walls here, only tens of thousands of caltrops of various sizes.
The largest of these caltrops were four to five feet tall, while the smallest were only the size of a thumb, but all of them were covered in sharp thorns. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, of these caltrops were pouring down from the summit, forming a black 'river of thorns' that was as straight as a waterfall.
This river of thorns was particularly striking amidst the walls of the mountain.
"Could it be that they don't have enough materials, that they don't have enough steel walls?"
An officer of the Ouzan tribe asked in shock.
"Impossible! Just look at how many thorns there are here. With so many materials, wouldn't the steel walls be enough to fill up this passage? "
Longqinba coldly said.
He was basically the only one left of the Five Tiger Generals. The others were all valiant generals of the tribe like Ciren Xiangxiong and Tumi Sangzha. But even so, not even Tumi Sangzha dared to offend Longqinba too much.
As the leader of the Five Tiger Generals, Longqinba was an extremely valiant existence.
"Since that's the case, there must be a problem here. That brat probably wants to use this place to do something. "
Ciren Xiangxiong suddenly said.
It would be strange if there wasn't a problem with this abrupt river of thorns.
"Tumi Sangzha, can you use your halo to turn all these halos into metal men and get rid of them?"
Dalun Ruozan suddenly said, a profound look in his eyes.
"I can, but it won't be very easy."
A troubled look appeared in Tumi Sangzha's eyes.
"These thorns, large and small, are almost all covered in toughening inscriptions. With so many thorns, the number of metal men I can make with my abilities is extremely limited, and it will consume an enormous amount of Stellar Energy. And if I use metal men to clean them up, the metal men don't have bodies and won't be affected by the thorns, but the noise will also alarm the Tang people on the mountain.
"Moreover, there are far too many of these thorns. My abilities are probably very limited."
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