The war horses galloped across a distance of several hundred li. Soon, the two of them saw the edge of the plateau.
Creee! A shrill cry came from the sky, and the two Tibetan horsemen raised their heads. In the distance, they could see five or six different kinds of birds flying in the sky, circling around as if they were searching for something.
The two Ouzan cavalrymen's expressions changed and their pupils shrank. They could tell at a glance that those birds were definitely the scouts of the Tang people.
Screech! Screech!
The sound of a bowstring being pulled was heard. Without any hesitation, the Ouzan cavalryman with a beast ring on his left ear took out an arrow and aimed at the sky.
But before the arrow was released, he saw a blur in front of him. An arm reached out and stopped him.
"It's useless. Those birds are flying very high. Our arrows can't reach them at all."
"Then what should we do? Do we do nothing? If they find something and ruin the general's plan, I'm afraid the general will punish us. "
"Hehe, I didn't say we do nothing. Those birds are being reared by someone. If the birds are here, the person must be not far away. We can't do anything to the birds in the sky, but we can do something to the Tang people on the ground, right? "
The second Ouzan cavalryman said and sneered. Hearing this, the Ouzan cavalryman with a beast ring on his left ear immediately came to his senses.
"Hyah!"
The two looked at each other and smiled. They suddenly pulled out their machetes and squeezed their horses' bellies. In the rolling dust, they galloped toward the direction where the birds were flying, full of murderous intent.
"I see them!"
In just a moment, on the edge of the plateau, the two saw a few figures. They were all about seventeen or eighteen years old. They were thin and weak, as if they could be blown away by the wind. They didn't look like they knew martial arts at all, nor did they look like elites of the Tang Army.
"Let's go! Kill them! "
"Stop!"
"Hahaha, don't run!"
The two were invigorated. They waved their machetes and charged toward the young Tang people. However, the two of them had only rushed out a few dozen feet when a sudden change occurred.
Rumble! Suddenly, a trembling sound came from beneath their feet. At the start, it was so soft that it couldn't be heard, but in the blink of an eye, the trembling grew stronger and stronger. In the end, it was like thunder, and the entire ground was shaking violently.
"Neigh!"
Before the two of them could react, they heard an impassioned neigh coming from the distant horizon. The earth trembled. Under their shocked gazes, tens of thousands of warhorses roared and rushed out from the horizon. And on those warhorses, there were fully armored, murderous soldiers of the Tang dynasty, who looked like demons from hell.
"Not good!"
The two of them turned pale with fright. Their courage to charge and kill had completely vanished in an instant.
"Run! — "
The two of them were scared out of their wits. They turned their horses around and ran for their lives in the direction they came from. The two of them had never seen such a powerful Tang army. Tens of thousands of Tang dynasty cavalry did not say a word, but their cold eyes were like the deepest nightmare, making people's hearts palpitate.
However, the most frightening thing was that this group of Tang dynasty cavalry was extremely fast. When the two of them realized it, the Tang dynasty cavalry at the front was only seven or eight hundred feet away from them.
For the cavalry who were good at high-speed charging, this distance was only a few breaths' time.
"Stop!"
A military order, loud and clear, resounded through the plateau. Right in front of the army, a general gave the order to stop. The five thousand cavalry did not even look at the two Ouzan scouts who were fleeing in the distance. They dismounted one by one. A group of people formed a defensive formation, while another group began to dig and tamp the ground.
Clang! A thick steel plate more than twenty feet tall fell from the sky and stabbed into the ground, forming a tall wall on the plateau. This seemed to be some sort of signal. Next, the tens of thousands of Tang dynasty cavalry split up and worked together. Pulled by their warhorses, they transported the thick steel walls to the plateau.
Some people supported the thick steel walls while others swung their hammers and hammered them, driving the steel walls deep into the earth.
Everyone worked closely together and busied themselves, completely ignoring the two Ouzan cavalry in the distance.
One side, two sides, three sides, four sides … In just a few short moments, hundreds of thick steel walls had been erected on the plateau.
The two Ouzan cavalry had only traveled several hundred feet when a city of steel began to take shape on this desolate plateau.
"Bastards! What in the world are these Tang people doing? "
Although they were fleeing, the two Ouzan soldiers had been nervously paying attention to what was happening behind them. When they saw the Tang people bustling about, minding their own business and looking down on everyone else, the two were stunned.
"Don't worry about it so much. Let's go! Report this to the Great General. "
The two were both shocked and furious. They squeezed their horses' bellies and sped off into the distance.
"Marquis, do we need to deal with those two Ouzan scouts?"
On the plateau, Li Siye rode on his Ferghana horse, standing like an iron tower beside Wang Chong. He held a bow in one hand and two arrows in the other, aiming at the two Ouzan scouts who were running for their lives.
"There's no need."
Wang Chong smiled, a carefree expression on his face.
"Leave one alive and kill the other. If they all die, no one will go back to report, and that won't be good."
"Understood."
Li Siye smiled and put away one arrow. The second arrow shot out, instantly crossing more than one thousand zhang. Squelch! The arrow pierced through the chest of the Ouzan horseman with the beast earring on his left ear.
The Ouzan horseman fell from his highland steed without so much as a groan. The second Ouzan horseman was so frightened that his soul seemed to leave his body. Stabbing his scimitar into his horse's rump, he fled even faster, quickly vanishing into the distance.
"Ready! Pick up the pace! The Ouzan people should be here soon. "
Wang Chong ordered. Ignoring the fleeing Ouzan horseman, he turned to the army behind him. Five thousand Wushang cavalry, more than one thousand elites from the southwestern war, and more than one thousand clan experts from the City of Steel … for this operation, Wang Chong had brought with him nearly seven thousand five hundred soldiers.
And this did not include the five thousand craftsmen accompanying him.
The scene that had taken place in the southwestern war was now playing out once more on the Ouzan Plateau. The strongest aspect of the Tang Dynasty lay in the wealth it had accumulated over the decades of peace, as well as its formidable production and construction capabilities.
It would be a great regret if this powerful ability could not be used in battle.
Wang Chong was currently using the wealth and production capabilities of the Tang Dynasty to intervene in the war. If he wanted to stabilize Qixi, he first had to pacify the Ouzan.
This time, Wang Chong not only wanted to forever block the Ouzan's path south to invade Wushang, he also wanted to establish a base of his own on this isolated plateau. Moreover, with this base as the center, he could repel the Ouzan and completely purge the forces of the plateau, thus stabilizing Qixi.
"Prepare the beehives!"
An energetic voice rang out amidst the densely packed and bustling army. Neigh! Following the excited neighing of horses, huge steel boxes riddled with small holes were pulled up from the plateau by warhorses.
Before the warhorses had even come to a stop, groups of fully-armored soldiers had rushed forward, cut the ropes, and carefully carried the beehives forward.
"Careful! Don't carelessly move the boxes, and don't touch the switches on them. Put them down gently on the ground! "
On the side, a stern-faced officer was supervising the installation of the beehives. Only those who had truly seen them would understand just how powerful and frightening these steel boxes were.
Everything went according to plan. All the beehives were installed in the front row, and the other steel walls were also erected on the plateau in an orderly manner. Everything seemed to have been rehearsed thousands of times in advance, and it was done quickly and efficiently.
In the blink of an eye, a simple but strong fortress was erected at the edge of the plateau. And everything was still in the process of being perfected.
Creee!
Half an hour later, a high-pitched shriek came from the sky. The Ouzan scout that Wang Chong had released was effective. This time, the Ouzan's reaction was faster than any other time. In a short period of time, a vulture that was commonly seen on the Ouzan Plateau spread its wings and immediately appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The first one was followed by the second, the third, the fourth … In just a few breaths' time, more than ten vultures from the Ouzan Plateau flew over from afar.
"What a huge formation! Looks like our opponents this time are very different! "
Wang Chong looked at the sky and smiled.
Nothing could be seen in the distance except for the vultures, but everyone could feel the tense atmosphere in the air. Without a doubt, the Ouzan's had already discovered them. This was only the first wave of investigation. What awaited them next would be a huge battle.
"I heard that the Fomonlința had a few battles with them before. It's normal for them to react quickly."
Li Siye said. Unlike the others, his eyes showed no nervousness, but a deep anticipation. Before he had followed Wang Chong, he had been a soldier of the Beiting Protectorate, a pure soldier.
The duty of a soldier was to obey and to fight. In Li Siye's life, the two things that he was most passionate about were precious horses and fighting.
Only the fiercest of battles could awaken the soul of battle in his heart.
"Zhang Que, get ready!"
With Wang Chong's order, the members of the eagle team began to move. With sharp screeches, the rock eagles soared into the air, including the newly bred and valiant rock eagle on Zhang Que's shoulder.
Creee!
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