Chapter 493: The First Battle! Sweep Away Everything! (II) (1/2)
Chapter 493: The First Battle! Sweep Away Everything! (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The ten-man commander leading the motley group of Great Tang soldiers hardened his heart and suddenly ordered, ”Let's go! While the green hills last, there's still wood to burn! We first have to survive, and then we can avenge our slain brothers in the future!”
Rumble!
The moment he spoke, the earth quaked. Behind them, to the southwest and the southeast, more Tibetan cavalry suddenly appeared, forming an encirclement with the original group of a hundred-some Tibetan cavalry and charging toward the hill.
All this had occurred too suddenly, and everyone on the hill paled. They had dared to enter a standoff with the Tibetans because they had a path that they could retreat down at any time.
But they had not realized that these Tibetans had been drawing their attention while sending their comrades around the back to cut off their retreat.
”Hahaha, just die. After letting you escape for two days, did you think we would keep letting you? Today, all of you will die here!”
At the back of the cavalry, that Mengshe Zhao officer roared with laughter.
These Tang men were dead for sure!
They had been so slow to act so as to make these Tang soldiers let down their guard and buy time. They had already communicated with the other groups of Tibetan soldiers and were just waiting for them to come and complete the encirclement.
Gallop!
Warhorses rumbled forward, leaving trails of dust behind. Three hundred to four hundred Tibetan cavalry arrogantly shouted as they wielded their scimitars and charged toward the hill in their center.
Their eyes were sinister and ruthless, all of them set on letting no Tang soldier escape alive.
”It's over!”
In a flash, all the Tang soldiers on the hill were filled with despair.
It had already been hard to deal with one hundred Tibetan cavalry, and now their numbers had tripled.
”Brothers, we fight to the death!”
The leader of the Tang soldiers drew his sword and raised it high. Since there was no chance of survival, they might as well fight to the death!
As seconds flashed by, as the Tibetan cavalry got closer and closer and all the Great Tang soldiers were ready to fight to the death, the ground suddenly began to shake, the earth fiercely trembling like it was a giant wooden board.
”What's going on?”
”Has our army arrived?”
”How can it be so severe? Isn't it just us around here?”
……
This sudden quaking took everyone by surprise. The charging Tibetan cavalrymen halted their charge and began to warily look around.
But before they could find out what was going on, there was a clear screech from the skies. A massive eagle had appeared, flying out from the north.
This screech was quickly followed by the neighing of horses and a sudden tide of black steel appearing at the peak of the nearest hill. It surged down the hill, swiftly rushing toward the Tibetans.
”Not good—it's the Tang army!”
”Take formation, take formation!”
”Forget them; prepare to receive the enemy!”
……
A series of panicked shouts in Tibetan resounded through the air. The true appearance of that tide of steel had thrown the Tibetan cavalry into panic.
The Annan Protectorate army's 180,000 elites had already been defeated, as had the 60,000 reinforcements. Although Longxi was close, the Big Dipper Great General Geshu Han and his Big Dipper Army were being held down by We Tadra Khonglo. Logically speaking, the Great Tang shouldn't have had any soldiers available.
No one understood where this wave of Tang soldiers had come from, but the reality before them could not be denied. That pitch-black armor was not the armor of Ü-Tsang, nor was it the armor of Mengshe Zhao.
And Tibetans did not look like that!
”Readyyy!”
After a short period of disorder, the Tibetans quickly finished reorganizing. Their halos began to resonate and the warhorses began to line up and face the enemy. Murderous intent began to stir as they aimed their ferocity at the approaching Tang soldiers.
It was the nature of Tibetans to be ferocious and combative. As long as they could gather more than one hundred soldiers, one hundred Tibetans would dare to fight against three hundred.
Three hundred to four hundred Tibetans would dare to fight against an army of one thousand!
After all, the Great Tang had so many armies, and not all of them could be as formidable as Geshu Han's Big Dipper Army!
”Kill!”
”We've already defeated the Great Tang's regular army. These reserve troops are no match for us!”
”Slaughter them all!”
……
The Tibetan cavalry rallied themselves and drew out their scimitars. They completely ignored the ten-some soldiers on the hill and turned to face the Great Tang cavalry charging them from the other end.
Tibetans were not ones to easily retreat. A more powerful foe only served to stimulate them, and this time was no different!
In a few moments that black-armored tide of Great Tang cavalry drowned out the three-hundred-some Tibetans.
Bangbangbang!
In a flash, spear struck armor, saber clashed against sword. There was an incessant series of thumps, like two rocks crashing together.