Chapter 1931: The Venomous Snake Called Envy! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Yes, Milord!” said Zhang Que, bowing.

Wang Chong nodded, his expression relaxing.

”Xue Qianjun, what's the status of the group I had you prepare?”

Wang Chong turned his gaze to Xue Qianjun.

After the campaign in the Ten Eastern Islands and the war in the northwest, Xue Qianjun had been remolded into a superb commander who was completely capable of holding his own.

Xue Qianjun lowered his head and respectfully said, ”Your Highness, following your orders, I have selected three hundred of the best scouts and divided them into thirty teams, each team led by an experienced commander. They are ready and waiting for your orders.”

”Very good! Starting now, I want you to send them deep into the north, past the Turkic steppe to the lands even farther north than the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates. I need to know how the climate is changing to the north of the Turkic steppe and a detailed map of the area. All the tundra and forests need to be carefully marked!” Wang Chong sternly said.

The blizzard that took place during the Battle of Khorasan was only the first of many omens. Wang Chong needed to know just what stage the ice age had reached.

The ice age had yet to begin, but Wang Chong sensed that it wasn't too far off. He needed to know all the relevant information, and this was information he would have to rely on his own forces to gather.

”Understood!”

Although he was rather surprised, Xue Qianjun still replied without hesitation.

Arabia had been pacified, and none of the countries was any match for the Great Tang. No one knew why Wang Chong was sending soldiers to such a distant place to gather this kind of information, but after following him and believing in him for so long, they all understood that Wang Chong's foresight was something that none of them could match.

Wang Chong naturally had his reasons. This had been proven again and again!

”There's one last matter!”

Wang Chong took in a breath, his expression turning grave. Everyone immediately focused on him.

They had just defeated Arabia, and morale should have been at its highest. None of them understood what could make Wang Chong so cautious.

”Guo Ziyi, I am now granting you full responsibility over everything in the Youzhou area. Everyone else, including Zhang Que, is to assist you as much as possible!”

Wang Chong was grim.

”I need all of you to investigate a man, and gather as much information as possible without missing a single detail!”

Everyone in the study was shocked. With the current power of the Great Tang and the status of their liege, who in Youzhou was worth such a large-scale investigation?

Guo Ziyi raised his head and asked, ”Who is Your Highness referring to?” His expression was calm, but deep in his eyes, there was a faint hint of shock.

”An Yaluoshan!” Wang Chong declared.

After pacifying Arabia, they had found a white jade roller in Mutasim III's treasury, which had caused Wang Chong to once more turn his attention to the greatest foe from his last life, now lurking in Youzhou to the northeast.

While Wang Chong had been running around to resolve the various threats to the Great Tang, that man had been silently working on his own 'grand project'.

The words 'future master of the Central Plains' on that thin scrap of paper had exposed that man's ambition.

While the cold wave brought by the ice age was dangerous, this was a natural disaster, not a human one. Wang Chong would never forget this traitorous Hu general who enjoyed playing the pig so that he could eat tigers and who would one day commit all sorts of offenses against the Great Tang. And he would never forget the vital role he would play in that calamity!

An Yaluoshan, no matter what you're planning, I'll never let you succeed! In this life, as long as I'm around, you won't even be able to dream about getting your way!

Wang Chong's eyes flashed with a sharp light that seemed to pierce through space and stare all the way to Youzhou.

……

At this time, in the faraway land of Youzhou…

While the Central Plains was celebrating and Wang Chong was holding a meeting with his elite subordinates, discussing a way to deal with An Yaluoshan, on a remote mountain in Youzhou, several figures stood and looked toward the southwest as daybreak approached.