Chapter 1155 – The Elderly Youth (1/2)
Chapter 1155 – The Elderly Youth
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The spear looked ordinary and unremarkable, even more so than Xiao Zhang's own spear.
But a spear that could injure Black Robe could never be ordinary.
This was the number one weapon on the Tier of Legendary Weapons, Emperor Taizong's personal weapon, the Frost God Spear.
”Everything is futile. Your defeat is inevitable.”
Leaving behind her cold and gloomy words, Black Robe transformed into a black fog that dispersed amongst the chaos of the battlefield.
Xiao Zhang wanted to pursue, but his body swayed and he almost fell to the ground.
It seemed like his attempt to attack Xuelao City on his kite was real, and the heavy injuries he had sustained were also real.
Though no one knew when Shang Xingzhou had brought him onto his carriage.
”A kite for ten years with this spear—do you think the exchange is worth it?”
”Of course it's worth it.”
Xiao Zhang caressed the spear, an excited look on his face.
Every spear user dreamed of personally holding the Frost God Spear, and he was no exception.
Shang Xingzhou shook his head.
In his view, he had cast pearls before swine.
In truth, he had never felt like anyone of the current era was worthy of holding the weapon left behind by Emperor Taizong.
But it was necessary to defeat the demons, and Xiao Zhang was the strongest spear user, so he had reluctantly allowed him to use it.
Xiao Zhang raised his head and looked in the direction that Black Robe had vanished, warily saying, ”I feel like the matter is not this simple.”
He had been hiding in the carriage for days, silently accumulating energy. Even his preparations and the might of the Frost God Spear were still not sufficient to kill Black Robe. This was related to the injuries he had sustained, and it was also because Black Robe was too strong. Yet it was possible that Black Robe had not been using her full strength.
”The demons truly want me to die, even if it's just a few weeks earlier, but this is not so important that they would leave the city and start the final battle early.”
Shang Xingzhou was very calm as he spoke.
His gaze saw farther than Xiao Zhang's, or perhaps penetrated farther.
The demons had started the final battle early in order to cause chaos on the plains. The chaos was meant to conceal their true intentions, which now appeared to be assassinating him. But could the demons have made even more plans in advance? For instance, if their assassination failed, this chaos would also serve to distract the humans.
If this really was the case, what was the Demon race's true killing move?
Shang Xingzhou turned to the south.
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For a war, the most important thing was naturally logistics.
And the most important things in logistics were rations and fodder.
If weapons were destroyed, one could rely on the body to fight. If Sacred Light crossbow bolts ran out, one could just use regular arrows. In the most arduous of moments, courage and will would often play an extremely crucial role, but if there were no rations or fodder, how could one fight if the body was starved of strength? If the Dragonhorses could no longer move, how could the army move? And there would certainly be no charge.
The Great Zhou Dynasty placed extreme importance on logistics, and for this war in particular, they had been preparing the necessary resources for ten full years. If one took into account the seventeen strongholds and the granaries in the northern reaches of Tianliang County, one could even say that the preparations had stretched back to the era of the Tianhai Divine Empress and Emperor Xian. There were even some strategies that had been decided on in Emperor Taizong's era.
Gathering and preparing rations and fodder was an exceptionally difficult task, and it was even more dangerous and difficult to transport them. This task grew even more difficult as the war continued. With each successive victory, more and more of the supply line extended into demon territory, increasing the chances of disruption and even large-scale raids.
For the sake of safety and efficacy, the transportation network utilized by the human armies grew larger and larger, and more and more cultivators began to accompany the convoys. The most important convoys would even be escorted by an expert of the Divine Domain. Mao Qiuyu had traveled several times between the north and south.
The war had now entered its ending phase, and Mao Qiuyu had been heavily injured and returned to Mount Han to recover. Huai Ren, the Mount Li Sect Master, and the Prince of Xiang lacked any more strength to fight. Wang Po, on the other hand, was tasked with watching the Demon Commander, and even though he had not fully recovered, he could not take one step away from Xuelao City, so he had no energy to devote to this matter. Fortunately, the demons were in an even worse situation, having already lost three experts of the Divine Domain since the start of the war. Moreover, important figures like the Demon Commander, Black Robe, and the Second Demon General could not leave Xuelao City, so the situation was still safer than it was before.
”The Ministry of Revenue is taking the lead on the matters of the Imperial Court, and it's mostly the Tang clan and the Mutuo clan that are providing the goods from the south, so I don't understand why the Qiushan clan is in such a rush.”
The logistics official frowned as he looked at the carriage at the front of the convoy.
The Qiushan clan head and its legendary Guardian who was only half a step from the Divine Domain were in that carriage, putting a massive pressure on the entire convoy.