Chapter 734: Dayan Mangban! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Seeking your own deaths!”

Wang Chong didn't even glance at the remains as he quickly collected himself.

With his current level of strength, even ordinary Saint Martial experts were no match for him. As soon as he had the chance, he could suck them dry of energy. These White Braves were only at the Profound Martial realm.

Wang Chong didn't even need to move for those White Braves to all die around him.

With a wave of his sleeve, Wang Chong sent the corpses of the White Braves rolling over the wall and down below.

Rumble!

Just when Wang Chong was beginning to move his attention to scan the area, it happened. Without the slightest warning, an earth-shattering boom came from within the City of Steel, followed soon after by miserable screams.

”Ah!”

”Shit! It's a spy! A Tibetan!”

”Save me, save me! My leg!”

”Run, run!”

The originally calm city instantly turned into mayhem, with screams, explosions, pleas for mercy, crashes, and waves of energy adding to the din. In just a few moments, the atmosphere in the City of Steel had completely transformed.

The controlled situation had suddenly become fraught with tension, and countless more variables had appeared.

”This is impossible!”

The Great Tang warriors on the wall were trembling in fear as they turned in shock toward the screaming below. Wang Chong himself had turned around even more quickly. For a single moment, the entire wall was quiet, as still as a grave.

Even the black-armored soldiers operating the ballistae couldn't help but turn and look in shock.

The City of Steel was the most defended place in the region of Wushang, and no place in the City of Steel was more heavily guarded than the inner city. In addition, all the workmen and craftsmen taking part in the construction were Han. Not a single one was Hu.

Moreover, all of them had their backgrounds and families registered in the Bureau of Revenue, verified by the officials and great clans in the capital. Besides that, all of the workmen had crew leaders, the crew leaders had foremen, the foremen had chief foremen… There was layer after layer of accountability, making it simply impossible for outsiders to sneak in.

The City of Steel was also guarded by several thousand guards and cavalry that maintained a perimeter ten li out from the city.

One could say that even though Wang Chong's City of Steel had many people, it was probably the hardest place in the Western Regions to sneak into. In addition, Tibetans looked completely different from the Han. Even if the White Braves were taller than the average Tibetan, they still had very different physical features. Just the red blush characteristic of the plateau on their faces made them easy to pick out.

This was not something that could be hidden by a taller body!

Just how had these Tibetans managed to sneak in?

”Over there!”

At this moment, no one was more composed than Wang Chong. Although he was surprised at the start, he suddenly felt like he had found the answer to all his questions. From the start of the battle, Wang Chong had never been able to clear up a single problem: why were these people so confident that they could break the City of Steel?

Just by relying on these battering rams and hooks?

Assaulting a city was completely different from a battle on the open field, and such methods were meaningless. Only when he heard the screams from within the city did Wang Chong finally understand.

The opponent this time was far more difficult to deal with than he had imagined, and far more frightening.

Although Wang Chong still didn't know exactly how it had been done, there was no question that his enemy had managed to pass the many safeguards of the City of Steel and had also succeeded in altering his appearance enough to sneak into the city.

These spies hidden within the city were his enemy's true trump card.

I truly want to know just who is the leader of this attack! Wang Chong quietly said to himself, his eyes turning cold and sharp.

He had encountered his fair share of renowned Tibetan generals. Whether it was the slain generals Tumi Sangzha, Longqinba, or Jiaosiluo, or the even higher-ranked Huoshu Huicang and Dalun Ruozan, he knew the style of these generals like the back of his hand.

But this Tibetan general had a completely different style. The muffled hooves, the feint attack, the plate shields, Metal element warriors, hooks, battering rams, infiltrators within the city, and even attacking by night to avoid being observed by birds—Wang Chong had never encountered any Tibetan general who used such tactics.

This was a complete departure from the straightforward nature of Tibetans, and in some aspects, this general was even craftier than some of the generals of the Central Plains who were well-versed in military strategy. Not even the Fox of the Battlefield, Yao Guangyi, could compare to this mysterious commander.

Wang Chong found it very hard to recall a Tibetan general that was this hard to deal with!

But the urgent task at hand was to take care of the mayhem in the city. Otherwise, the massacre of the powerless workmen would lead to such chaos that the gates might end up falling.

Buzz!