The timing of Gao Xianzhi's appearance had been far too coincidental. From the past until now, Duwusili had felt like he was being held back at every turn. Although his opponent had been different each time, Duwusili had always been able to faintly see the same face behind each incident.
Whenever he thought of that young figure, Duwusili couldn't help but feel vexed.
Martial strength and intelligence, two completely different strengths, were clashing in a different way, and in this clash, Duwusili was unquestionably at a disadvantage.
"Duwusili, for better or worse, you're still the Irkin of the Western Turks, one of the elite Great Generals of Mount Sanmi. Don't you think it's beneath your dignity to chase down a general like this?"
Gao Xianzhi stood in the darkness, his sword in one hand and a mocking smile on his face.
"Gao Xianzhi, I won't waste my breath. Since you've appeared, I can't be bothered to continue chasing. Let's meet on the battlefield!"
Duwusili suppressed the killing intent in his heart, gave a vicious glare, and then galloped off.
Battles between Great Generals were often extremely costly and time-consuming. Since Gao Xianzhi had appeared, Duwusili understood that there was no need to continue fighting. Showing no desire to fight, he quickly vanished into the night.
Gao Xianzhi quietly stood there with a smile on his lips. He made no attempt to stop Duwu Sili as he vanished into the distance.
"Milord, it really was as Wang Chong predicted. The Great General sent by Dalun Ruozan truly was Duwusili!"
Not long after Duwu Sili left, a voice came from behind him. Cheng Qianli, the Vice Protector-General of the Anxi Protectorate army, strode forward, his hand pressed to the sword at his waist.
"Huoshu Huizang and Dusong Mangpoje are both Great Generals of the Ouzan and are inextricably linked to Dalun Ruozan. Their every move is under Dalun Ruozan's control. Of the entire Ouzan and Western Turkic army, only Duwusili can chase them out."
Gao Xianzhi faintly smiled. Gao Xianzhi was an extremely formidable Great General in the art of war, and in terms of tactics, he was very similar to Wang Chong. But it was precisely because of this that Gao Xianzhi felt an increasing appreciation for Wang Chong, a feeling that he regretted not having met him earlier.
Gao Xianzhi had never imagined that the Tang Dynasty would have such a person. If he had known about this person, he would have used his status as Anxi Protector-General to recruit him to the Western Regions. If the two of them worked together, the Western Regions would have been far different from its current state.
"Let's go! By leaving the camp, we've already given them enough time and opportunity. The Arabs should have already begun their attack. "
Gao Xianzhi faintly smiled, and as he spoke, he slowly turned around and began to walk toward the other side of Talas.
If one wanted to deal with something, one had to first take it. He had not appeared here just to stop Duwusili. If one wanted to bait a fish, one had to first give it bait. This was a principle that would never change.
On the other side, in the darkness, Huoba Sangye and a group of golden-red armored Mutri Great Cavalry stared at Gao Xianzhi's back. Although they were filled with reluctance, they had no choice but to suppress it.
"Withdraw!"
With this order, the group left as quickly as they had come. Heavens!
… …
Plushplushplush!
Gao Xianzhi's judgment had been correct. Back in time, when Gao Xianzhi had been resisting Duwusili, arrows had shot out of the darkness, each of them striking the furnaces and torches behind the first defense line. Peng, peng, peng. There was a series of light explosions, and a burst of Stellar Energy erupted from the arrows. With a flash of light, the torches were all extinguished, and the originally bright first line of defense was instantly plunged into darkness.
"Careful! Enemy attack! "
In the darkness, the Tang Dynasty soldiers behind the second defense line immediately reacted. Thwish! The vigilant soldier had barely finished speaking when an arrow shot out like a viper, piercing through his neck. The throat of the vigilant Tang Dynasty soldier gurgled, and his eyes went wide as he toppled to the ground.
Clangclangclang!
In a flash of cold light, the Tang Dynasty soldiers behind the first defense line began to pull out their swords and sabers, their muscles bulging as they nervously looked beyond the walls.
"Shieldmen, defend! Use the large shields to block the gap! "
A voice rang out in the darkness, and the training of the Tang Dynasty began to show at this moment. Even though they did not know how many soldiers the other side had or what kind of soldiers they had, the Tang Dynasty generals behind the defense line quickly made the correct response. In a flash, the shieldmen of the Tang Dynasty charged toward the gap, the shields in their hands the height of a man slamming down on the gap. At the same time, they leaned forward and took up a defensive stance.
No matter how many people the other side had or how they attacked, as long as the Tang Dynasty could block the gap, no matter how capable the other side was, they would be powerless.
But while the Tang Dynasty had reacted quickly, the enemy in the darkness had reacted even faster.
"Neigh!"
The neighing of a warhorse resounded through the night sky, breaking the silence of the night. In the darkness, a series of earth-shattering roars resounded like landslides and tsunamis. It was unknown how many enemies were approaching the first line of defense. They had been lying in ambush here for an unknown period of time. Only now did they erupt and launch a fierce attack.
"Kill them!"
"Everyone, charge with me! Anyone who disobeys will die!"
"Kill all these Tang people!"
… …
Rumble! Gales buffeted the steel walls, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of Arab cavalry charged out of the darkness, their eyes bright and fierce.
Plushplush!
In front of these Arab cavalry, countless arrows rained down like a swarm of locusts. In a flash, countless Tang Dynasty soldiers had been shot to the ground. Accompanying this volley of arrows was the attack of the Arab cavalry. Boom! Two huge horseshoes appeared in the darkness and heavily crashed onto a huge heavy shield at the gap with a thunderous momentum. The heavy horseshoes and the heavy infantry shields collided fiercely, causing a heavy metal boom that reverberated in the air above the first defense line, which was so loud that it seemed to break people's eardrums.
With a groan, the Tang Dynasty shieldman behind the heavy shields paled and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but he had managed to endure this heavy blow. But before he could even catch his breath, a second pair of hooves slammed into the infantry shields, and then a third, a fourth …
Five of the sturdiest Arab warhorses slammed into the heavy shields of the Tang infantryman. Not even the seasoned Arab infantryman could stop this enormous force. Boom! The Tang infantryman was sent flying along with his shield. The Arab cavalry in the rear swiftly surged forward.
"Kill!"
Arab roars shook the heavens. The Arabs had prepared for this ambush for a long time. Whether it was the initial volley of arrows or the cavalry, they were both swift and fierce. Boomboomboom! In a few short moments, countless Arab cavalry had crossed the steel walls and charged into the Tang Dynasty positions.
"Stop them!"
"Light the fires!"
Even in the face of this chaos, the Tang Dynasty generals did not lose their composure.
Fwoosh!
In the distance, outside the range of the battle, torches were thrown over. The nearby reinforcements quickly prepared themselves, and in a few short moments, hundreds of torches had been thrown over the battlefield. In the light of the torches, the savage figures of the Arab horsemen could be seen.
"Up!"
With a roar, the Tang Dynasty soldiers charged at the Arab cavalry, none of them panicking.
However, before the surrounding reinforcements could rush over, another wave of unexpected changes occurred —
Thwish!
With a shrill whistle, a dazzling white arc of light like a bright moon crossed the first defense line, cutting through the necks of the first and second Tang Dynasty infantrymen and flying through the ranks of the Arab soldiers behind the defense line. Another arc of light whistled through the air, followed by a second, a third … In a few short moments, countless arcs of light had emerged from the darkness and recklessly danced through the ranks of the Tang Dynasty soldiers. With each arc of light, a Tang Dynasty soldier would fall into a pool of blood. These hundreds of arcs of light were both fast and accurate, creating a bloody dance of death in the ranks of the Tang Dynasty soldiers.
Clang! A Tang Dynasty soldier pulled out his sword, and a fierce white sword light flashed through the air, striking the arc of light in the air. With a clang, the arc of light turned, and not only did it not slow down, it actually accelerated and slashed at another Tang Dynasty soldier. With a swish, there was a flash of white light and a splash of blood. The soldier behind the defense line immediately fell to the ground, motionless.
"How could this be?"
"What's going on here?"
"Everyone, careful! It's the scimitars of Arabia! There's something strange about their scimitars! "
The orderly ranks of the Tang Dynasty soldiers behind the first defense line instantly fell into chaos. These dazzling arcs of light had come too quickly and too suddenly, and they were too small, making them too difficult to defend against. In just a few moments, the unprepared Tang Dynasty soldiers had suffered grievous losses.
"Haha, die! On this continent, no one can stop my Wings of Death! "
In the distance, more than three hundred zhang from the first defense line, a stalwart warhorse stood in the darkness. Mounted upon this horse was the fierce Arab General Nurman, a savage smile on his face. The screams of the fallen Tang Dynasty soldiers were the most beautiful music in the world to him.
"Come, come! The more of you come, the more people will die!"
Nurman looked into the distance, his eyes squinting, bursting with the crazed and excited light of a wild beast.
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