Chapter 612: The Decisive Battle! Wang Chongs Hidden Move! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Old Eagle, do you still remember Li Siye?”
Wang Chong suddenly turned his head to Old Eagle.
Boom!
As if a clap of thunder had rung out in his head, the moment he heard Li Siye's name, Old Eagle immediately felt energy course through his body, the dark clouds in the skies parting. As if recalling something, Old Eagle became very excited.
Li Siye!
Of course—how could he forget Li Siye?!
When leaving the capital, his young master had not had so few people with him. And this was the mighty general who stood at his young master's side!
Upon careful recollection, he remembered that before they had reached the Erhai plains and joined up with Wang Chong's father, Li Siye had already taken some soldiers to carry out another mission.
But the continuous intense battles and the passing time had made him forget about Li Siye's troops.
”Young Master, you mean…”
”Mm.”
Wang Chong sternly nodded.
”The general who makes many calculations before battle is victorious and the one who makes few is defeated. Since Ü-Tsang is so burning with ambition that they wish to use the strength of Mengshe Zhao and Geluofeng to deal with the Great Tang, they can't blame me for dealing with them. If they want to break relations with the Great Tang, then they should prepare themselves well for this break-up!
”War, to Dalun Ruozan and Huoshu Huicang, might only be victory or defeat in a single war or decisive battle, but this has never been the case for me.”
As Wang Chong spoke, his eyes began to burn with an unprecedented brightness.
The Great Tang had its flaws and the Annan Protectorate army had its flaws, so how could Ü-Tsang be immune?
He who was raised by Xiao He was cast down by Xiao He.
Dalun Ruozan had only focused on the weak points of the Great Tang, never realizing that his own side had its massive weaknesses that were even more severe than the enemy's.
”It should be about time. By tonight at the very latest, we should be seeing the result!”
As the others looked on in astonishment, Wang Chong stood up and looked to the west, speaking a sentence that none of them understood.
Strategies planned out in the campaign tent could decide victory one thousand li away!
Neither his father nor Xianyu Zhongtong understood that the true outcome of this war would not be decided here, or even on this battlefield. Not even Dalun Ruozan knew that Wang Chong had already set up another battlefield.
And unlike the battlefield here, on that battlefield, the Tibetans had been utterly routed!
And Dalun Ruozan had no idea.
War was cruel. This was a fact that every general needed to know. But as Wang Chong understood it, war was far crueler than anyone could imagine.
Li Siye! It's up to you now!
Wang Chong's mind turned through countless thoughts, but slowly, he began to calm down.
……
Baaaaa!
A confused sheep bleated over the plateau. It was surrounded by piles of rotting cow and sheep corpses. There were no wounds on these corpses, only the black mottling of disease.
Black smoke plumed from blazing fires. These pillars of smoke extended all the way to the horizon, making the place seem like the end of days had come.
In a place not far from this sheep, around the ruins of a tent, a group of black-armored cavalry with shining sabers and swords were currently keeping a close watch on their surroundings.
Leading them was a giant of a man, more than two meters tall. He was a head taller than a normal man, and his constitution was abnormally muscular and striking.
A cavalryman rode up behind that powerful man and suddenly reported, ”Milord, this is the 107th batch we've encountered in these last few days. Starting from five days ago, we haven't been able to find a single Tibetan shepherd grazing their flocks. It seems that we've achieved the desired result. The plague has already spread across the entire part of the plateau ruled by the Ngari Royal Lineage. The only thing that awaits them is a massive disaster!”
”You find this difficult to bear?”
Li Siye sat on his muscular steed, his face emotionless.
”Yes!”
The cavalryman gritted his teeth and nodded. The cavalry behind him shared the same expression. They were all elites chosen by the great clans, and their purpose had been to fight for these clans on the battlefield. Although they were not members of the army, all of them treated themselves as pure soldiers.
If they were fighting on the battlefield, they wouldn't have complained even if they died. However, their task this entire time had been nothing of the sort. As warriors who had very high opinions of themselves, they would have never done such a thing.
The only thing these elites had done in this period of time was slaughtering cows, sheep, and shepherds, and spreading the plague!
”All of you think the same?”
Li Siye turned to look at the other elite cavalry. All of the soldiers lowered their heads, as all of them shared the same thoughts.
A cavalry captain suddenly gathered his courage and asked, ”Milord, do you not feel this way?”
Li Siye instantly fell silent.