Chapter 587: The Decisive Battle! Ballistae Show Their Might! (2/2)

Fierce roars filled the air as the fourth wave of Tibetan soldiers arrived. If one looked down from the sky, one would be able to notice that the base of the mountain was completely covered by Tibetan soldiers.

”Slaughter them all!”

Similar shouts in Tibetan could be heard all across the battlefield. Against these terrifying waves of Tibetan attacks, all the Annan Protectorate army soldiers on the front lines felt an unimaginable pressure.

The fragile defensive line could crumble at any time.

And the worst of all was that path opened up by Tumi Sangzha. An endless stream of Tibetan soldiers were charging through this gap and up the mountain. One second, two seconds, three seconds… every moment of time seemed to last for an eternity.

The Great Tang's defensive lines swayed, on the verge of breaking.

”Redouble the assault! They're about to break!”

Tibetans continued to launch endless waves of attacks, but the true person to break the first defensive line was someone no one had expected.

Boom!

At some point, Tumi Sangzha had thrown off Luo Ji, Old Eagle, and Lin Wushou, breaking out of their encirclement and sending a fist flying toward a heavy metal wall.

Buzz! As if this was some sort of signal, all the barricades and shields in the surrounding area were suddenly destroyed. Before anyone could react, the first defensive line had been broken.

”Kiiiill!”

After a momentary silence, the Tibetan cavalry noticed what had happened and were filled with energy. Even the Mengshe Zhao and Ü-Tsang soldiers watching the battle felt excited and energized.

”Wonderful, kill them all!”

All of them could smell victory. It seemed like they had finally found a method to defeat the Tang. But in the next moment, before those forty thousand Tibetan cavalry could charge up, before the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army's joy and excitement had lasted more than a few moments, the greatest change of all occurred.

With their barricades dismantled, shields destroyed, and defensive line broken, all the Annan Protectorate army soldiers immediately hid behind the steel walls to their sides.

Swish!

With a metallic howl, a thick bolt flew through the sky, piercing through a Tibetan horseman. The muscular highland steed barely had time to neigh before it was sent crashing to the ground with its rider.

That thick bolt continued behind them. Bang! It struck a second rider, and then a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth…

In their frenzied assault, a massive number of Tibetan soldiers had gathered at the base of the mountain, densely concentrating their ranks. And at this moment, this Tibetan strategy had become a fatal error.

Bangbangbangbang!

Only after this bolt had run through ten-some Tibetan cavalry, leaving a straight and bloody path, was its strength finally expended.

”Tang ballistae!”

A panic-stricken voice rang out, a voice that caused all the other soldiers to tremble. At this moment, all the Tibetans at the base of the mountain felt like their blood had frozen in their veins.

The Tibetans were famed for their thick plate armor, but this plate armor had a mortal foe: the Great Tang ballistae.

The massive bolts fired by these ballistae could easily blow a straight line through the Tibetan ranks.

That dreadful sound was one that all of them recognized: the sound of Great Tang ballistae.

Thwishthwishthwish!

In a flash, and before they could react, Wang Chong revealed his hidden hand. The sounds of countless ballistae firing rose up from the upper half of the mountain.

Countless ballistae lined up on the mountain were currently firing.

The blazing flames and plummeting fireballs could block the Annan Protectorate army soldiers, but they could not block the famed ballistae of the Great Tang. Bangbangbang! Thousands of ballista bolts howled through the air, piercing through countless Tibetan cavalry.

The dense ranks of cavalry barely had time to make a noise before a thick bolt would shoot through them. Bodies toppled to the ground like wooden pillars, impacting with a heart-chilling thud.

All went according to plan as the Tibetans arrayed before the metal walls were shot down.

Slaughter!

This was a true slaughter!

In a few seconds, these ballista bolts had killed more Tibetans than the number that had been charging the Tang defense line.

The bolts came one after the other, callous and determined.

And that blazing sea of flames was a barrier that protected the ballistae from the Tibetan cavalry!