"Understood!"
Chen Burang had a solemn expression on his face, apparently waiting for Wang Chong's order.
"I will definitely not fulfill Marquis's request!"
Chen Burang respectfully bowed and then turned around. Summoning his horse, he galloped off into the distance, stirring up a cloud of dust as he followed Zhang Shouzhi into Talas. With everything taken care of, Wang Chong's gaze shifted, and he quickly returned to his senses.
"All infantry and axemen, pay attention. Clear out any wolf pack that breaks in. Beehive teams, get ready to clear out the area. Ballista teams, fire at will. Wait for the order to retreat!
"Xue Qianjun, pass on the order to the first defense line. Bury the Arabian Kerosene in sand and immediately extinguish the fire!
"Craftsmen, set up bunkers. Logistics teams, get ready to repair the ballistae!"
… …
In a few short moments, Wang Chong issued a string of orders. His eyes were calm and wise, as if nothing in the world could shake his mind. At the same time, the disorderly army, under Wang Chong's orders, began to adopt a series of effective tactics. A Hunting Team was quickly formed to snipe the green wolves and kill any Turkic wolves that got past the defense line. Meanwhile, a Sand Team was tasked with extinguishing the fires and quickly began to bury the black kerosene. The raging fires and smoke were quickly brought under control.
Although the flames were still burning, they were several times weaker than before and no longer as intimidating as before. More importantly, the clear and effective orders immediately calmed the army. Although people were still being crushed to death or burned to death, even the mercenaries of the Western Regions who had fought alongside the Qixi Protectorate for the first time had calmed down.
"Do you see? In order to deal with the Tang people, the Arabs and I prepared for so long, but he only needed a few moments to calm down an army of more than one hundred thousand. Even those scattered mercenaries from the Western Regions were subdued by him. How many people can command a battle formation and react so quickly? "
To the east of the battlefield, on a high hill, a strong wind blew. Dalun Ruozan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, silently looking into the distance. A profound light flashed in his eyes. Even though Wang Chong was his opponent, Dalun Ruozan could not help but gasp in admiration and amaze at his talent in the art of war.
Even though the Ngari Royal Lineage had been destroyed, even though more than two hundred thousand cavalry had been buried in the southwest, Dalun Ruozan had nothing to say about his loss. Some people's talents were like the bright sun in the sky. They were so dazzling that no one could ignore them. In fact, as his opponent, he couldn't help but feel that it was a blessing to be able to fight against such an opponent.
"It's a pity that we're still opponents! With such a person around, neither the Ouzan nor the Western Turks can rest in peace. This is why I contacted General to deal with him. This kind of person must die! "
Duwusili said nothing, only turned to look at the carefree Dalun Ruozan with a strange look on his face. Since they were mortal enemies, it was naturally best to kill each other. To Duwusili, someone like Dalun Ruozan who admired his opponent on the battlefield was extremely strange. This was not Duwusili's style.
"Prime Minister is truly an interesting person."
Duwusili smirked, the corners of his lips slowly curling up as he looked into the distance, a hint of cruelty in his eyes.
"I've never respected my opponents. I only like to kill them. Whoever makes an enemy out of me will only meet a dead end! Only a dead enemy is my favorite enemy! "
Dalun Ruozan glanced back, faintly smiled, and said no more.
In the end, people were different. A roc was different from an eagle, and a dragon was different from a tiger. In the end, Duwusili was a fierce general, not a wise one!
"Pass on my order! Increase the intensity of the attacks! In addition, bring the Tang Dynasty's steel walls into the range of our attacks. "
Dalun Ruozan lightly waved his sleeve, not even turning his head as he gave his order.
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
A messenger hastily departed.
Dalun Ruozan gave a satisfied nod. Everything was on the right track. Ouzan's rain of rocks and the Arabs' kerosene were already showing their effects, and the Tang people's attacks had been suppressed. If everything went as expected, the Tang Dynasty was certain to lose this battle.
"Prime Minister, look!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out, quickly attracting everyone's attention. It was one of the Ouzan generals at Dalun Ruozan's side. He had raised an arm, but his finger was not pointing at the battlefield, but at the towering City of Talas. In a flash, Dalun Ruozan, Huoshu Huizang, Dusong Mangpoje, and even the nearby Duwusili were all startled and subconsciously looked in the direction of his finger.
As they climbed up the mottled, smoky, and majestic walls of Talas, they could clearly see the gleam of steel in the southeast corner of the walls. Under the light of the morning sun, the Tang Dynasty soldiers on the walls were busily setting up rows of strange and complicated steel components.
"What are they doing?"
Duwusili subconsciously asked. Even though he was one of the Western Turkic Great Generals who had participated in many battles and even defeated Beiting Protector-General An Sishun, he had never seen anything like this before. But Duwusili had never seen anything like this before.
"I don't know!"
Dalun Ruozan only replied with a single sentence, his eyelids constantly twitching. There was no such thing in his records, but this instinctive reaction gave Dalun Ruozan a bad feeling. No matter what those steel installations on the walls of the City of Talas were, they were nothing good for Ouzan or the Western Turks.
"That's impossible. Could it be that he's prepared?!"
As this thought flashed through his mind, Dalun Ruozan's face paled. He could not believe that Wang Chong had predicted this battle and prepared many catapults to deal with him. But just as this thought flitted through his mind, Dalun Ruozan heard a massive boom.
Rumble!
A massive black silhouette flew over the hills, over the heads of the three Great Generals, and toward the back of the hills.
"Mm?"
On the hills, Duwusili narrowed his eyes, a sharp light flashing through them. Clang! A saber clattered like a dragon. No one could see how Duwu Sili had attacked, but a moment later, a dazzling saber glow soared into the sky like a waterfall. Boom! In the blink of an eye, the black silhouette flying over their heads several dozen zhang away was cleaved in two and exploded into countless fragments that rained down from the sky.
But a moment later, a heaven-shaking explosion came from behind him. As Duwu Sili swung his scimitar, a catapult that had just finished loading and was about to be thrown was instantly smashed apart by a massive rock falling from the sky.
Dalun Ruozan, Duwusili, Huoshu Huizang, and Dusong Mangpoje all paled.
Catapults!
At this moment, everyone understood. The steel equipment Wang Chong had set up on the walls of the City of Talas was actually a catapult, a steel catapult at that. And from their effects, they were even more powerful than Dalun Ruozan's wooden catapults!
"Release!"
Dalun Ruozan's catapult formation was not the only one under attack. On the western side of the City of Talas, on the wall facing the Arabs, Chen Burang's right hand swung down, and row after row of heavy steel catapults began to fire. Massive rocks howled into the air, arcing through the air and crashing into the rear of the more than two hundred thousand Arab soldiers.
Bang!
Massive rocks rained down on the Arab catapults, smashing apart the ten-meter-tall catapults. Boom! One of the rocks smashed into a small mountain of metal balls next to a catapult, pulverizing the metal balls and causing the black kerosene within them to spill over the ground.
One of the Arab generals standing guard was too slow to react and was splashed by the black kerosene.
"Not good! Careful! "
This attack was so sudden that the Arab general standing guard next to the catapult formation paled. But before he could react, a fire arrow pierced through the air and into the black kerosene. Bang! Flames soared into the sky, igniting even the Arab soldiers who had been stained by the black kerosene.
"Ah!"
Screams resounded through the air, opening the curtain on this attack.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Under Chen Burang's command, one massive rock after another fell from the walls of the City of Talas, smashing into the Arab catapult formation. The attacks of the catapults were random and had no accuracy to speak of. The range of their attacks was also rather large, completely incomparable to the accuracy of the ballistae.
But the ferocious attacks of these steel catapults, coupled with Chen Burang's extraordinary perception and hearing, immediately unleashed a frightening power. Although these steel catapults were not as accurate as the ballistae, under Chen Burang's command, their accuracy was rather frightening.
Boomboomboom! Hundreds of rocks were hurled from the walls of Talas, aimed at the metal balls piled up around the catapults. As these metal balls were smashed apart, the black kerosene stored within them poured out and flowed freely on the ground.
Every time this happened, there would be a fire arrow that would suddenly fly over and land on the ground, causing a huge fire that soared into the sky. The entire Arab catapult formation had been transformed into a sea of fire. Thick plumes of smoke soared into the sky and blotted out the sunlight.
"Change directions! Aim at the walls of Talas! "
"It's useless! They're too high up! Our range isn't enough! "
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