"Buzz!"
With a wave of his sleeve, Dalun Ruozan sent Stellar Energy out of his body, causing the map in his hand to float in the air. As everyone watched, Dalun Ruozan extended a palm and placed it over the map. As his five fingers moved, the radiance of the stars fell through the gaps between his fingers and onto the map.
In the blink of an eye, the light and shadow on the map of the continent changed, and suddenly, countless dots of light appeared. These dots of light followed a certain pattern, accurately appearing on the map of the continent, above the mountains, hills, and plains, all the way to Talas.
Dusong Mangpoje and the surrounding Ouzan generals couldn't help but grimace at this sight. Only Huoshu Huizang remained indifferent.
Dalun Ruozan was not an expert of the Great General level, and the Prime Ministers of the empire needed to spend a great deal of time handling government affairs, so the majority of them were not very skilled in martial arts. But this did not mean that their martial arts were very poor. Dalun Ruozan's control over Stellar Energy was no weaker than Huoshu Huizang's.
"Do you see it clearly? This is where the Tang people are defending. Take the vulture army and exterminate them one by one! "
Dalun Ruozan calmly said, his voice suffused with formidable confidence.
"Yes, Prime Minister."
A series of respectful voices came from his ear as five or six Tibetan officers carefully examined the points of light on the map and then flew off. "Caw!" Amidst the deafening cries, countless vultures covered the sky and covered the earth as they rapidly flew forward.
Dusong Mangpoje slightly creased his brow as he looked at the dots of light on the map, a look of confusion in his eyes.
"Let's go! This is your first time working with a Prime Minister. You'll understand after some time! "
Huoshu Huicang patted Dusong Mangpoje's shoulder with a broad palm and grinned as he urged his horse forward. In a daze, Dusong Mangpoje turned his head and realized that at some point, Dalun Ruozan had put away the map of the continent and was galloping away on his horse, leaving only his back to Dusong Mangpoje.
"It's really hard to guess!"
Dusong Mangpoje looked up at the sky and gave a long sigh, but his mind was relaxed.
Dalun Ruozan, who had just walked out of the capital's dungeon, was erratic and unpredictable, like a heavenly steed soaring through the sky, completely unfathomable. Dusong Mangpoje had never worked with Dalun Ruozan before, but this was a blessing, not a curse, for the entire Ouzan.
As for whether Dalun Ruozan's excellent judgment was right or wrong, they would soon find out.
Caw!
Flocks of vultures flew through the darkness like ghosts, and on the ground, the Ouzan commanders faithfully carried out Dalun Ruozan's plan. Flocks of vultures swooped towards the spots marked on the map of the continent. Ear-piercing screeches rang out as rock eagles fell from the sky one after another, feathers flying in all directions.
These rock eagles didn't even have a chance to escape before they were killed one by one by the flock of vultures.
One, two, three, four …
In the sky, the flock of vultures opened a path while the tens of thousands of Ouzan cavalry rapidly advanced. The tens of thousands of Ouzan soldiers were advancing with astonishing speed toward the City of Talas.
Forty li, thirty-seven li, thirty li, twenty-five li …
The Ouzan army was getting closer and closer to Talas. Dalun Ruozan's plan was working, and even now, the Tang people had been completely unaware of it. Most astonishing of all was that Dalun Ruozan's judgment was meticulous and flawless. The Tang people had completely predicted the location of their defenses.
This time, even Dusong Mangpoje could sense that Dalun Ruozan had truly found their weakness and accurately deduced all their plans.
If this continues, we really will be able to launch a night raid on the Tang people, and we won't give them any chance to react.
Dusong Mangpoje quietly said to himself.
In all his years of campaigning with the Tang Dynasty, Dusong Mangpoje had never felt that things had gone so smoothly. Unlike in the past, he was completely confident that the Tang people would not respond. Twenty-five li was truly astonishing at such a close distance.
"There's still an hour. There's plenty of time before daybreak. There's still ten li. As long as we can smoothly break through their defenses without being discovered, we can catch them off guard!"
Dalun Ruozan sat on his mighty Ouzan steed, looking up at the eastern sky, his eyes flashing as he rapidly calculated. Daybreak was getting closer and closer, but even so, the Ouzan army still had a chance. Daybreak was the time when people tended to relax the most. As long as they could fool the eyes and ears of the Tang people and launch a surprise attack at that moment, they could still deal a heavy blow to the Tang people.
"Pass on my order! All soldiers dismount and wrap their hooves. Abandon the supply wagons in the rear and advance at full speed!"
Dalun Ruozan ordered with a wave of his hand.
"Yes! Prime Minister! "
A few moments later, the army was back on the road, moving even faster than before.
Twenty-four li!
Twenty-three li!
A flock of vultures swooped down, sweeping up five or six rock eagles patrolling in the sky. The scouts on the ground didn't even have time to send out a message before they were swarmed by hundreds of Ouzan scouts and killed. Twenty-two li, twenty-one li … The defensive line the Tang people had set up was getting denser and denser, and the number of scouts was also increasing. But all of them were wiped out by Dalun Ruozan with thunderous momentum.
At this moment, the thousands of Ouzan cavalry and the two Ouzan Great Generals, Huoshu Huizang and Dusong Mangpoje, all appeared nervous. Even though Dalun Ruozan said nothing, his body was leaning forward on the back of his horse. His tense body and focused eyes indicated that his mind was stretched to its limit.
Twenty li, eighteen li …
They were getting closer and closer. There were still several li left. As long as the Tang people didn't discover them, the Ouzan army would be able to launch a successful sneak attack.
"Hurry! … "
A nervous voice came out of the darkness. The moment a group of rock eagles appeared in the sky, an Ouzan general on the ground immediately sent out a signal. This time, the rock eagles in the sky seemed even more vigilant than the previous ones. With a sharp cry, five or six of them scattered in every direction.
In that instant, everyone on the ground felt as if their hearts were in their throats. Everyone's eyes were filled with nervousness.
Caw! The vultures in the sky swooped down, howling as they charged at the fleeing rock eagles. The battle swiftly unfolded. According to Prime Minister's plans, this was the Tang people's last defensive line within ten li of Talas. If they could break through this defensive line, they would only be fifteen li from Talas.
As long as they could silently get within fifteen li of the Tang people, they would be able to launch a perfect sneak attack on the Tang people.
"Buzz!"
All the Ouzan generals looked up at the sky, nervous expressions on their faces.
"They won't be able to escape!"
Dalun Ruozan looked up at the sky, his expression calm, but it exuded a powerful self-confidence. He had spent countless hours preparing for today's battle, and he had personally planned all the vulture tactics. None of the birds would have a chance to escape. As for the Tang dynasty scouts on the ground, he had already dispatched soldiers to exterminate them.
This elite force had been trained by Huoshu Huizang in the prison, and he had obtained the full cooperation of all the generals of the Ouzan king districts. Each scout had been carefully selected and trained to hunt down and kill the Tang people's scouts. All of them were capable of fighting one against ten.
The fact that the Tang people had still not sent out a signal meant that the Tang people's scouts had succeeded.
"One, two, three, four, … five!"
Dalun Ruozan looked up at the sky, constantly counting. As if by magic, with each number Dalun Ruozan counted, a rock eagle would fall from the sky, surrounded and attacked by the vultures. As Dalun Ruozan counted down to five, whoosh! An arrow shot out from behind him. Dusong Mangpoje, seated on his handsome steed of the Great Snow Mountain, had drawn his bow and shot down the last rock eagle.
"Success!"
The sight of the last rock eagle plummeting from the sky caused a cheer to rise from the ground. The Ouzan generals looked up at the sky and clenched their fists.
They had finally succeeded!
They had broken through so many of the Tang people's defenses, and now they had finally broken through the last one. Now, the Ouzan only needed to charge in and wipe out their shame, deal the Tang people an unprecedented blow, and then work with the Arabs to destroy the Tang Dynasty's Anxi and Qixi Protectorate, forever altering the map of the Western Regions.
All was quiet, with only the light of the moon and stars in the sky and the sound of the wind.
Dalun Ruozan carefully listened to his surroundings. Finally, he gave a satisfied nod and gave a long sigh. When fighting with Wang Chong, one could not be the slightest bit careless. From the moment they had set out from the Ouzan Plateau until now, he had finally turned the tables and won a true victory.
As long as he grasped the initiative, it would be his turn to strike. In the first round, the Ouzan and the Tang Dynasty had finally won!
"Move out!"
As he watched his highland steed exhale an icy white breath, Dalun Ruozan waved his hand and gave the order to move out. Rumble! The thousands of Ouzan soldiers exploded with killing intent, and like a thawing river of ice, they charged into the distance.
Keekee!
However, at this moment, a sharp cry suddenly came from the night sky. This cry was so sharp that it would have been impossible to notice unless one was paying close attention. But when this cry fell into Dalun Ruozan's ears, the calm and composed Dalun Ruozan instantly shuddered as if he had been struck by lightning.
"Buzz!"
In a flash, Dalun Ruozan raised his head and looked in the direction of that sharp cry. Over the thousands of warhorses, over the mountains, Dalun Ruozan could clearly see a tiny sparrow take off from the branches of a mountain and fly into the distance.
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