"What's going on! What happened? "
In the commander's tent behind the distant hills, Dalun Ruozan suddenly stood up, his face paling.
He had already dispatched the soldiers to attack the Tang Dynasty's ballistae, but before they could return with any success, something had happened in his own backyard. And what made Dalun Ruozan most uneasy was that even though he had made so many arrangements, heard the sounds of fighting, and seen so many fires, there had still been no report from the messengers.
This sort of situation would have never occurred in Dalun Ruozan's plans!
"Prime Minister! Enemy attack! The Tang people have launched an attack! "
A panicked Ouzan soldier rushed in upon hearing the noise.
"What about their numbers? Direction? Cavalry or infantry? Why has there still been no report! The sentries — have they not responded at all? "
Dalun Ruozan sternly said, almost instinctively sensing that something was wrong.
"Replying to Prime Minister! We have no idea how many people they have or which direction they're coming from. The camp is in chaos. Everyone only knows that the Tang people have launched an attack, but we have no idea where they are! "
The Ouzan soldier who had rushed in said, a look of unease on his face.
"What!"
Dalun Ruozan grimaced. Without time to speak, he strode over the metal table, threw aside the curtain, and rushed out of the tent. Behind him, Dusong Mangpoje and Huoshu Huizang exchanged glances and followed.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew a spark toward Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huizang, who had just walked out of the tent. In a flash, the spark was obliterated in the air. As the air howled, Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huizang raised their heads, they immediately saw a massive and blurry silhouette flying over their heads. With a boom, it smashed into the camp behind them.
"Aaaah!" Screams rang out as a blazing bonfire was struck by a massive meteor, exploding into fireworks.
Catapults!
As this thought flashed through Dalun Ruozan's mind, his entire body turned into a nasty grimace.
"What's going on? Didn't we already pull back the camp, out of the range of the catapults? How could the Tang people's catapults still be able to throw so far and attack the camp behind us? "
At this moment, Dusong Mangpoje had walked to Dalun Ruozan's right side, his expression extremely grave.
In the battle during the day, everyone had seen the power of the Tang Dynasty's steel catapults. Almost all the catapults of the Ouzan and Arabs had been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. Thus, when setting up camp at night, Dalun Ruozan had taken special precautions against this move. Other than a few sentries, eighty percent of the army was outside the range of the catapults.
Hundreds of boulders rained down, covering almost all of the Ouzan camp. This was not normal.
"Because they've moved the catapults forward!"
Dalun Ruozan said. That sliver of unease in his heart had finally been confirmed. Only now did Wang Chong reveal his true move.
The steel catapults in the City of Talas could not reach this place. He was completely sure that Wang Chong had moved these steel catapults out of the City of Talas and even moved them forward, to an extremely far location. Only in this way could those steel catapults possibly reach the Ouzan camp.
Catapults that had left the camp were very easy to destroy, but the pitch-black darkness provided the best cover for these catapults. Not even Dalun Ruozan had expected Wang Chong to have such a move.
At this moment, Dalun Ruozan suddenly understood why no soldier had reported back after so long.
"Sentries! Where are the sentries? Why has there been no news of the Tang people's invasion? "
Dalun Ruozan said sternly. Although the stone rain from the catapults looked very powerful, in fact, it was all bark and no bite. The actual lethality was very limited. If they only relied on the attack of the catapults, even if the entire Ouzan army fell into chaos, not many people would die. Dalun Ruozan knew that the attack of these catapults was not the real goal. They were just a cover. The real main force of the attack was definitely an army of the Tang people that had already sneaked in.
However, Dalun Ruozan had already made full preparations. If the sentries were attacked, he must have received the news. Until now, Dalun Ruozan still did not know what the problem was.
"Prime Minister, there is no trace of the enemy in front!"
"Prime Minister, there is no trace of the enemy in front!"
"Prime Minister, there is no trace of the enemy in front!"
… …
A constant stream of news came from the sentries. Even though the camp was in chaos, the information system Dalun Ruozan had established was still working. But to everyone's shock, even though the camp was in chaos and screams could be heard, the sentries had not reported the presence of any Tang Dynasty cavalry.
"How could this be?"
Huoshu Huizang and Dusong Mangpoje looked at each other in dismay. Even though they did not have sufficient evidence, their Great General's intuition told them that a Tang Dynasty army had definitely infiltrated their camp.
However, the information they received from the sentry post in front of them made them completely unsure.
"Ah!"
Screams rose and fell from every direction. In the darkness, it was impossible to tell whether these were the clangs of swords or the crashing of catapults. Even the best of Great Generals would be rendered useless in the face of this purest strategy.
"Prime Minister! I'll go and take a look! "
Huoshu Huizang suddenly said, and before he could finish speaking, he had already taken off, moving so quickly that no one could react.
"Prime Minister, I'll also go and take a look."
A few moments later, Dusong Mangpoje also took off, choosing a different direction and vanishing into the darkness. Dalun Ruozan did not even have time to stop him. As top-class Great Generals, although they could not see through Wang Chong's plan, they still had their own methods of seeing through it.
A peak Saint Martial Imperial Great General wouldn't need much time to patrol the entire camp.
"Prime Minister! Do you need me to go? "
Duwu Sili's voice came from behind him as he walked out of his tent. Few people noticed that one of the Western Turkic messengers had silently departed, vanishing in another direction.
The Tang Dynasty's attack this time had been extremely abrupt and clever. Duwusili had no choice but to worry about his own army. Thus, when Dalun Ruozan and the others had left the commander's camp, Duwusili had been waiting for news. But based on the results, the Tang Dynasty had chosen to attack the Ouzan people. This was good news for the Western Turks.
"There's no need!"
Dalun Ruozan immediately refused. Huoshu Huizang and Dusong Mangpoje were enough. Sending three Great Generals would be a waste of time and energy, and if something unexpected happened, they would not be able to respond.
"Someone! Pass on my order! If any place is under attack, report it to me! "
As Duwusili looked on in surprise, Dalun Ruozan lowered his head, extended a finger, and began to draw a map on the ground. Duwusili glanced at it and immediately recognized it.
The map of the Ouzan Camp!
… …
"Not good! Enemy attack!"
"The Great General has ordered everyone to go and provide reinforcements!"
… …
Somewhere in the middle of the Ouzan camp, the army was in chaos. Ten-some Ouzan soldiers panicked and began to flee toward the sentry post.
"What! Where? "
An Ouzan soldier was on high alert, scanning the area like a hawk. When he heard the commotion, he paled and turned his head.
"Over there!"
The leading Tibetan horseman turned his head to point in a certain direction. At this moment, the air whistled as a massive boulder fell from the sky. Boom! Bonfires soared into the sky, and screams filled the air.
"Follow me!"
With no time to think, the leading Ouzan general unsheathed his saber and ordered the surrounding soldiers to charge toward the area where the boulder had fallen. But as the two groups of soldiers brushed past each other, squelch! The sharp edge of a sword pierced through the Ouzan general's body and protruded out of his back.
The thick plate armor on the Ouzan general's body could even block the finest swords and sabers of the Arabian Empire, but it was like paper in front of this sword.
Time seemed to stop at this moment. The gathered Tibetan warriors were both shocked and enraged, all of them stunned by this sight.
"Milord!"
"Bastards, you dare attack Milord!"
"Kill them!"
… …
No one had expected that the 'kinsmen' who had just fled and gathered the reinforcements would attack them. Clangclangclang! Countless sabers and swords were unsheathed, aimed at the 'kinsmen', and howled as they charged forward.
At this moment, the most shocked was the Ouzan general who had been stabbed by the sword. This sword had been too sudden, and he had been completely unprepared.
"You … you're not one of us!"
In the final moment, the most clear-headed person was the Ouzan general. Shock, astonishment, but even more than that, extreme rage.
"Boom!"
The moment the sword pierced through the Ouzan general, a majestic Stellar Energy swept out of his body. Even though he was injured, the Ouzan general was still as powerful as ever.
"Die for me!" A cold light flashed through the Ouzan general's eyes. Even if he had to die, he would drag this person down with him.
But the Ouzan general's final attack was met with an even more powerful and majestic Sword Qi. This sword was like a mountain, and with a single slash, the Ouzan general's head was cut off.
"Kill them!"
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