"The Eagle, do you still remember Li Siye?"
Wang Chong said no more, turning his head to The Eagle.
Bang!
The name 'Li Siye' made The Eagle shiver like a bolt of lightning. Like the dark clouds in the sky scattering, the The Eagle seemed to remember something, and his expression became excited.
Li Siye!
That's right, how could he have forgotten Li Siye?!
When they had set out from the capital, the Young Master had far more people at his side. This was the Young Master's number one general!
Now that he thought about it, before they had even reached the Erhai plains and met up with the Old Master, Li Siye had led an army and been dispatched by the Young Master to carry out another mission.
But after so many fierce battles and so much time had passed, even he had forgotten about Li Siye's army.
"Young Master, you mean …"
"Mm."
Wang Chong earnestly nodded.
"The one with the most schemes wins and the one with the least loses. Since Ouzan has the ambition of a wolf and wants to use the strength of Mengshe Zhao and Gelofeng to deal with the Tang dynasty, he can't blame me for dealing with him. Since he wants to break off relations with the Tang dynasty, he should be prepared to break off relations!
"To Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huicang, war might only be a battle in front of them, victory or defeat in a decisive battle, but to me, it has never been so."
As Wang Chong spoke, his eyes shone with an unprecedented radiance.
The Tang dynasty had flaws, the Annam Protectorate had flaws, but did Ouzan not have any?
Success was due to scoundrels, and failure was due to scoundrels.
Dalun Ruozan had focused all his attention on his own weaknesses, but he had no idea that they also had massive weaknesses, even more severe than his own.
"It's about time. There should be a result by tonight at the latest!"
Under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, Wang Chong stood up, looked towards the west, and said something that no one understood.
Strategizing in a tent, deciding victory from a thousand miles away!
Whether it was his father or Xianyu Zhongtong, neither of them understood that the true outcome of this war would not be decided here. It wasn't even determined by this battlefield. Even Dalun Ruozan didn't know that he had set up another battlefield for him.
In contrast to this battlefield, on another battlefield, Ouzan was utterly defeated!
As for Dalun Ruozan, he still had no idea.
War was cruel. This was a fact that every general should know. However, the reality that Wang Chong understood was far crueler than theirs.
Li Siye! The rest is up to you!
A gentle breeze blew past. Countless thoughts flashed through Wang Chong's mind, but he eventually calmed down.
…
"Baa!"
A sheep was bleating on the plateau, its eyes filled with confusion. Around it were mountains of rotting corpses of cows and sheep. There were no wounds on the corpses, but there were black spots that indicated that they had died of illness.
Black smoke billowed up, burning ceaselessly on the plains. Such a pillar of smoke extended far and near, all the way to the horizon. It was a scene of doomsday.
Not far from this sheep, around a ruined tent, a team of black-armored cavalrymen with shining swords and sabers were surveying everything around them.
At the very front was a two-meter-tall giant. He was a head taller than the others, and he appeared exceptionally muscular. He was especially eye-catching.
"Sir, this is the 107th batch we've encountered in the past few days. Since five days ago, we haven't been able to find any herds of Ouzan herdsmen anymore. It looks like we've achieved the desired effect. The plague has already spread throughout the entire Ngari Royal Highlands. What awaits them next is a huge disaster! "
Behind the muscular man, a cavalryman took two steps forward and suddenly said.
"You can't bear it?"
Li Siye said expressionlessly as he sat high up on his sturdy Great Wan Divine Steed.
"Yes!"
The cavalryman who spoke gritted his teeth and nodded. Behind him, the group of cavalrymen had the same expression. They were all elites who had been selected from the various clans. They were originally prepared for the battlefield for their clans. Although they hadn't entered the army yet, they had already considered themselves to be pure soldiers.
If they were fighting on the battlefield, they wouldn't complain even if they died. However, after such a long period of time, what they had been doing was completely different. Even if they were pure warriors who thought highly of themselves, they still wouldn't do such a thing.
As elite soldiers, they had only been doing one thing during this period of time, and that was to slaughter cows, sheep, herdsmen, and spread the plague!
"You guys, you guys, are all of you the same?"
Li Siye turned around and looked at the elite cavalrymen behind him. Everyone lowered their heads. They had the same thought.
"Sir, aren't you the same?"
One of the cavalry leaders mustered up his courage and said.
Li Siye instantly fell silent.
This cavalryman was right. He had indeed doubted it before, and he had also felt a bit of pity. Moreover, unlike the cavalrymen behind him, he was not only a regular soldier, but also a general of the regular army.
'A pure soldier' was his definition of himself.
But soon, Li Siye's eyes became clear.
"If it was before, I would definitely think the same as you."
Li Siye's voice was loud and clear. His first sentence attracted everyone's attention.
"However, have you forgotten who we are? Soldiers! It doesn't matter who you were before. Now that you've entered this place and entered the battlefield, you are soldiers, pure soldiers. You represent others, not yourselves, but the Tang dynasty!
"Let me ask you, what is the most important thing for a soldier? Is it glory? "
The group raised their heads and stared blankly at Li Siye.
The most important thing for a soldier, of course, was glory! Was that not the case?
"Sir, are you saying something wrong?"
Another cavalryman asked.
Li Siye shook his head, but he remembered what Wang Chong had said to him in the brocade pouch. At that time, he didn't think much of it, and even mocked him.
But now, Li Siye didn't think like that.
"You're wrong. The most important thing for a soldier is to obey orders and be loyal to the Tang dynasty. When each of you steps onto the battlefield, your personal will, your honor and disgrace will become insignificant. "
"If the Tang dynasty fails, even if you preserve your glory and die gloriously on the battlefield, what's the use? If the territory of the Tang dynasty is occupied by a foreign country, that would be the real shame. Compared to that, what are your feelings now? "
Li Siye said in a deep voice. His deafening voice stunned everyone.
No one would have thought that the person who should have felt the most pity for him would say such words. But there was no one who could refute him. Yes, if a soldier died gloriously on the battlefield, but the war was lost, what meaning was there in the greatest honor?
Moreover, the southwest right now …
It really had reached the point where Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao had invaded the territory of the Tang dynasty!
For a moment, everyone was silent.
"Soldiers, once on the battlefield, should no longer have personal honor or disgrace, personal will, personal gains or losses … none of these thoughts should exist. Our goal has never been personal glory, but to defend the Tang dynasty, to defend the empire behind us. Have you ever thought, if the southwest is lost and Mengshe Zhao and Ouzan occupy that place, what sort of scene will you see?
"What do you think they will do to the people of the Tang dynasty in the southwest? When the time comes, will they show mercy and pay attention to the glory of a soldier? Let me tell you, if we cannot win the war, when you return to the southwest, the scene will be exactly the same as here, and even more wretched! "
Li Siye's voice grew louder and louder, more and more intense.
When the surrounding soldiers heard Li Siye's words, they all raised their heads in shock.
They had never seen Li Siye so agitated before, but no one could refute his words.
Correct!
If this war was lost, the southwest would become a slaughterhouse for Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao. Whether it was to establish their own prestige or to intimidate the people of the southwest into submission, Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao would definitely carry out a merciless massacre.
And the prolonged war and stalemate with the Annam Protectorate would cause them to vent their anger on the people of the southwest after the war. This was something that everyone understood.
In this war, the Tang dynasty had no path of retreat.
"Milord, we …"
A horseman, his face full of shame, prepared to step forward and say something. Suddenly, there was a clatter of hooves as a scout waved a flag and galloped toward them, dust roiling behind him.
"Milord! The people from the Great Snow Mountain Temple have caught up! "
"Buzz!"
The atmosphere suddenly changed. Everyone's face revealed a nervous expression. Even the warhorses under them were faintly uneasy and kept sneezing.
Everyone looked at Li Siye, who was at the front of the line.
"Hmph, they've come so quickly!"
Li Siye sneered, his expression frigid.
In order to deal with the Tang dynasty, Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huizang had mobilized all the soldiers that the Ngari Royal Lineage had accumulated over the past thirty years. As a result, the Ngari Royal Lineage was currently empty.
On the entire plateau, there were only a few herdsmen and scattered tribal warriors. In front of Li Siye and his WuZi Steel elite cavalry, they could not withstand a single blow. In all this time, Li Siye and the others had not encountered any decent resistance.
However, the commotion that Li Siye and the others had caused on the Ouzan Plateau was too great. This was not a war, but an unprecedented disaster. Even the entire Ouzan Empire would be severely damaged.
The consequences of the plague that Li Siye and the others had spread were so great that even the Great Snow Mountain Temple, which was thousands of miles away, was alarmed and sent out a large number of experts to hunt them down.
In the face of these experts from the Great Snow Mountain, even Li Siye did not dare to take them lightly. Therefore, Li Siye had long sent The Eagle to monitor them from afar. In addition, he had sent scouts everywhere to spy on them.
On the boundless plateau, even the experts from the Great Snow Mountain Temple had nowhere to hide. They would often be discovered by Li Siye and the others from thousands of miles away.
"Let's go!"
Li Siye patted the saddle and led the army at a gallop.
"It's about time to check the next silk sachet."
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