Chapter 1031: Gao Xianzhis Great Generals Heart! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”This… How?”
Gao Xianzhi froze, finally realizing that there was something unusual about this long saber. That it could stop flicks from his finger meant that Wang Chong was already very experienced in forging this new kind of weapon. The sheer toughness and tenacity of the blade meant that the quality of this weapon had taken a massive leap, surpassing the vast majority of this world's weapons.
”A good saber! A truly excellent saber! Long is easy to break, and I've never encountered a long saber that can break this rule. Wang Chong, I didn't think that you had this skill. Wonderful!”
Gao Xianzhi was an illustrious Great General with ten-some years of battlefield experience, and he almost instinctively felt that these long sabers had enormous value. Whoosh! Gao Xianzhi immediately snatched the eight-foot Mo Saber from its silk box. As he turned it over in his hands and waved it around, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
This saber was also easy to slash and hack with, so together with its toughness, it was essentially a hegemon amongst sabers.
A single such saber might not be that amazing, but thousands of men equipped with this Mo Saber would be a dreadful flood of destruction on the battlefield.
This saber was a weapon that was made to dominate the battlefield.
”Wang Chong, how many of these weapons do you have?”
Gao Xianzhi turned to Wang Chong. He now understood what Wang Chong meant with his Mo Saber soldiers. If a unit of elites were entirely equipped with these long sabers, they would possess unimaginable killing power. And Wang Chong could tell at a glance that this weapon was eight feet long precisely so that infantry could use it to deal with cavalry.
If this sort of saber were swung down, both the horse and the rider atop it would be in range of the Mo Saber's attacks. Such was the terrifying power of this saber that Gao Xianzhi was wholly capable of imagining the scene of both rider and horse being cleaved into two on the battlefield.
”Zhang Shouzhi has already forged more than one hundred. As long as Milord agrees, all the craftsmen will begin to work on this task. Within a month, all the Mo Sabers should be completed. Before this, we can have the soldiers use wooden staves as substitutes,” Wang Chong seriously said.
Wang Chong had forged this Mo Saber using forging techniques from far beyond this generation. In terms of materials, Wang Chong had gathered up many of the Arabian scimitars and melted them down into the finest steel. By mixing this steel together with Meteoric Metal and a small amount of Wootz Steel, he was able to create this Mo Saber that was both tough and easy to wield, making it a true treasure amongst sabers.
”Wang Chong, we'll follow this bold plan of yours! I will have the Anxi Protectorate army do everything it can to help you!”
Gao Xianzhi's eyes flashed with a strange light as he made his decision.
Rumble! Gao Xianzhi would never know that the moment he agreed, the entire manner in which war played out on this continent changed with it. A soldier type that had never been seen before was about to take the stage!
After sending off Gao Xianzhi, Wang Chong himself soon left the study. In the northern training ground of Talas, Wang Chong met with Li Siye and his forty-six hundred Wushang Cavalry.
”Lord Marquis!”
Li Siye rode his Ferghana horse up to Wang Chong, placing a hand on his chest and bowing.
Wang Chong raised his head and asked, ”Are they ready?”
”Lord Marquis, be at ease. Everyone is awaiting Lord Marquis's call!”
Wang Chong nodded and sternly said, ”Very good. Take these sheets of paper and have the Wushang Cavalry train according to them day and night. Our time is very limited. In one month, you must finish cultivating this formation.”
”Your subordinate will do all in his power to fulfill this order!”
Li Siye shot a glance at the contents of those papers, which caused his expression to turn grim and his pupils to constrict. After bidding farewell to Wang Chong, he immediately rode back to his men.
'Asura Hell'!
This was the name of the formation that Wang Chong had described on those two sheets of paper. Li Siye had heard Wang Chong occasionally mention some Ten Great Formations. The Wushang Cavalry's Ten Charges Ten Victories Formation was ranked the lowest of these ten, and the Asura Hell… was ranked second.
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Gao Xianzhi entered the reception hall of the Lord of Talas and returned to his residence. After taking off the new suit of armor Wang Chong had forged for him, he seated himself before his own desk and began to handle military affairs.
Just like Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi had many tasks to take care of. The treatment of the Anxi Protectorate army's wounded, the distribution of supplies, the placating of the Ferghanans and the Karluks, the repairs to the city, the patrol routes of the scouts… there were far too many matters to handle.
By the time Gao Xianzhi had finished reviewing all his documents, it was extremely late.
Placing his brush on the rack, Gao Xianzhi rubbed his eyes, a hint of fatigue within them. Winds would herald a storm. Although Talas was peaceful now, everyone could sense an enormous pressure. The sixty thousand soldiers of the Tang army were seizing every moment, doing all they could to strengthen themselves for the vicious battle ahead.
There was a knock on the door, and a guard of the Anxi Protectorate walked in with a cup of tea.
”Milord has worked hard. Drink some tea and rest.”