Chapter 590: The Decisive Battle! Both Sides Display Their Strategies! (1/2)
Chapter 590: The Decisive Battle! Both Sides Display Their Strategies!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”If Great Minister is willing, have the Tibetan cavalry offer themselves as prisoners, and then have the Tsenpo enter the capital to seek forgiveness for his crimes from the Sage Emperor. Perhaps Ü-Tsang can still remain at peace on the Tibetan Plateau. Otherwise, it will face a great disaster!”
Wang Chong's words caused Dalun Ruozan, Huoshu Huicang, and all the other generals of the Ngari Royal Lineage to instantly pale. Wang Chong had clearly used Tibetan to speak these words.
”Impudent brat, you dare to offend the Tsenpo!” a Tibetan general furiously roared, his entire body brimming with rage. The faces of the other generals were also tinged with anger. Ü-Tsang might have been divided into four Royal Lineages, but the Tsenpo's position was supreme.
Even Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huicang were incredibly respectful in front of the Tsenpo, neither daring to step out of line.
”Young Master Wang, I thought that you were a person of culture and that we could talk with each other. I didn't think that you were so impudent. Flowery words and insulting the Tsenpo will be of no benefit to you,” Dalun Ruozan said with great displeasure.
In Ü-Tsang, the Tsenpo's status was even higher than the Sage Emperor's. The reason was very simple. Although the Ü-Tsang Empire seemed to be divided into four Royal Lineages, the Tsenpo reigned over all.
And its internal hierarchy was even stricter than the Great Tang's!
”Ha, Great Minister believes that I am intentionally angering you?”
Wang Chong grinned, regarding the anger of the Tibetan generals with complete disdain.
”Great Minister is blinded by greed, only seeing victory and defeat in a single war, but Wang Chong is looking at Ü-Tsang and the Great Tang. The Great Tang stands in the center of the four extremes and eight wildernesses, its strength placing it above the other kingdoms. Great Minister has not forgotten about those old events, right?
”Within the four seas, the eight wildernesses, and the six directions1, no empire can compare to the Great Tang. Ü-Tsang… is no exception! Even if Great Minister has worked with Mengshe Zhao to gather an army of five hundred thousand, so what? It still cannot deal with a meager army of one hundred thousand. And the Annan Protectorate is only one of the protectorates.
”Great Minister is only thinking about gathering an army today to deal with the Great Tang. Has Great Minister thought about what would happen in the future when the Great Tang gathers its armies to deal with Ü-Tsang?”
Wang Chong's words clearly had an effect on the Tibetans below.
Ü-Tsang's strength was inferior to the Great Tang's, but no one had ever stated it so bluntly as Wang Chong. Moreover, even if this army won this war and occupied the Great Tang's southwest, when the entire Great Tang Empire was involved, not even Huoshu Huicang would dare to speak lightly.
The Great Tang still had Geshu Han, Gao Xianzhi, Zhang Shougui, Wang Zhongsi, and even Zhangchou Jianqiong in the capital… and still many, many more. This time, if the Tibetans had not worked together with the other countries, and if Geluofeng had not pulled off a surprising victory against the Great Tang by the Erhai, allowing the other countries to see the Great Tang's weakness and giving them a chance to strike, just Ü-Tsang alone would not have been enough to challenge the Great Tang.
This brat… is truly much harder to deal with than I imagined.
Dalun Ruozan's brow furrowed. He could clearly sense the change in the surrounding soldiers' morale, and it was certainly not the result he had wanted. He had intended to summon Wang Chong to break the Great Tang morale, but the exact opposite had been achieved.
”Great Minister, there's no need to say any more. This child is difficult to handle.”
A vigorous voice came from his side.
Huoshu Huicang, his brow furrowed, had made the rare decision to intervene. He rarely involved himself in Dalun Ruozan's actions and plans, but this time, Huoshu Huicang felt forced to interfere.
It wasn't because he didn't believe in Dalun Ruozan, but because the discrepancy in strength between the Great Tang and Ü-Tsang was clear and undeniable. Not even Huoshu Huicang would dare to claim that Ü-Tsang could surpass the Great Tang.
If that truly was the case, there would have been no need for the alliance with Mengshe Zhao.
A centipede could die, but it would never fall over. Even though the Great Tang was no longer at its peak, as the strongest empire of the continent, its existence cast a massive shadow on the surrounding countries.
”Hahaha, Young Master Wang is truly a good talker. But a tree that stands out from the forest will be the first to be blown down. If Young Master has the time, you should first worry about yourself. As for Ü-Tsang… in all these centuries, the Central Plains have never been able to subjugate Ü-Tsang, so it will naturally be impossible in the centuries to come.”
Dalun Ruozan gave a faint smile.
Speaking frankly, Dalun Ruozan actually felt some admiration for this Wang Chong. Unfortunately… Wang Chong was a Tang, an enemy of Ü-Tsang.
”Haha, the Tang have never been able to step onto the plateau in the past, but there's no guarantee that this will be the case in the future. And besides, Ü-Tsang can flee to the plateau, but can King Geluofeng?”
Standing on the summit, Wang Chong smiled and turned to another direction.
Buzz!
Before Dalun Ruozan could respond to Wang Chong's words, Geluofeng, Fengjiayi, and the other Mengshe Zhao generals began to pale. They had all been watching the exchange between Wang Chong and Dalun Ruozan, but none of them had expected Wang Chong's spear to suddenly turn to them.