703 Battle in Capital Cheng I (2/2)

He looked at the dusty books on the bookshelves, which reminded him of the scene when he carried young Long Qing in his arms and taught him how to read. A nostalgic smile emerged on his face.

At last, he calmed down and walked out of the study.

”The Intelligence Agency is still calculating the number of invaders. They cannot be sure but the number differs a lot from the one they estimated when the invaders first crossed the border.”

An official reported.

Crown Prince Chong Ming then asked, ”How is it going at the restaurant?”

One of his subordinates answered, ”The Tang Army is staying still, waiting for the firework signal.”

”Then it has to be started with sacrifice.”

Crown Prince Chong Ming then ordered, ”Now, release the firework signal to inform all the people in the city.”

Soon after his words, a beautiful firework display rushed out of the government office and into the Night Dome. It reached so high that it seemed to have touched the moon. Most people in town had seen the signal.

Prince Chongming watched the firework fading in the moonlight. After a long silence, he asked, ”The armored cavalry of Tang called themselves 'the unrivaled one', so have they ever been defeated?”

The armored cavalries were the most devastating forces on all battlefields. Even powerful cultivators were no match for them. However, just as nothing in the world is flawless, the heavy armour cavalry surely had its weakness.

For the heavy armored cavalries, their armors were too heavy. Thus they were not as flexible as the light armored cavalries when it came to wars in narrow places. That was the most obvious disadvantage.

What was worse, the maintainance of the heavy armored cavalries really cost a fortune. An armored cavalry required lots of assistants which usually cost much. That was the reason why Tang and the West-Hill Divine Palace were the only two powers that had heavy armored cavalries.

There was a reason why the heavy armored cavalry was called the ”game changer” on battle fields. It was born to charge. And it was the nightmare of all other countries.

The streets of the capital of Yan Kingdom were long, straight and complicated. It was not the best place for the heavy armor cavalry to line up or to charge accordingly. Given that all Long Qing had with him were light armored cavalries, the heavy armor cavalries of Tang should make full use of its impact power with the assistance of the local army of Yan Kingdom.

Xian Zhiliang had totally honored his name as the ”Wise General”. If everything happened according to his strategy and deployment, Prince Long Qing, who was coming to overthrow Tang in name of the heaven, and his light armored cavalries, would be no more than a laughingstock in history later after tonight.

Fireworks were lighting up the sky.

Soldiers of Tang around the restaurant all looked up to the sky, proudly and calmly, with podao swords on their backs.

Xian Zhilang saw the firework signal and then gave his order, ”Attack.”

Long Qing saw the fireworks, too.

The corners of his mouth raised even more, showing that he was more than pleased.

”Among the Four Greatest Generals of Tang, Xian Zhilang is the one distinguished for his intelligence. He calculates people based on their conflicts of interests. What he doesn't know is that there are plenty of interests in the world, and the one that matters most is called 'righteousness'.”

Long Qing looked down to his subordinates of the palace and said, ”Now the show is on. This is the world's first fight with Tang and Haotian is watching us. Let's kill all the arrogant Tangs in the nation.”

After that, he jerked his reins and rode the horse into a quiet alley with ten more generals behind him. He was going to do the most crucial task— he was going to obstruct the Tangs' escape route.

The Imperial Palace of Yan Kingdom looked extremely grand in the dark night. Under its cornices were endless autumn leaves. The leaves were reflecting the cold moonlight, making the place look like a fairyland.

The grassland cavalries' eyes turned red when they imagined themselves in the Imperial Palace taking advantage of the palace maids. When they heard the command, they couldn't wait to rush into the palace with noisy whistles.

They pulled out their cutlasses and rushed forward on their horses.

Hundreds of cavalries rushed across the streets and then they fell on the ground in succession. Ten more chevaux de frise had torn the horses' legs. At the same time, the Yan Army lurking around started to shoot arrows like a shower. Those cavalries screamed in pain and died swiftly.

The war would never stop until it had to. The whole Chengjing City was screaming and howling. The dark night turned bloody, with broken limbs flying all around in the moonlight.

”There shouldn't be a problem.”

On the straight and broad path beside the Imperial Palace of Yan, there was no torch flaming, and there was no sound. Through the tree leaves, moonlight fell on the heavy armor of the cavalries of Tang. The armors on men and on horses shone in the cold light.

This was the armored cavalry's Forward Camp of the Tang's Northeast Border Military.

The general of the Forward Camp pulled down his iron mask. Then he pulled out his long sword, pointing to the night sky before them. In time, the whole street began roaring and screaming, ”Run over them!”

The hooves were clipping. Armored cavalries stepped heavily on the hard floor. They began to charge like they had been doing in years, shaking the whole city and even the ground it was built on.

The whole city started to shake.

This deadly ambush against Long Qing and his cavalries had been designed and arranged with no efforts spared. The army of Yan and Tang had practiced the maneuvers several times until they were totally familiar with every detail.

When the Tang Empire's armored cavalry rushed out of the straight path, the side of the Imperial Palace seemed like flooded with iron. The Yan's army that had been struggling earlier stepped out of the way as fast as possible.

The grassland cavalry waved their cutlasses, trying to find Yan survivors. Suddenly they felt the earth shaking and the horses under them getting restless. They looked to the north subconsciously, only to see Tang cavalries and their horses in black armors.

”The Tangs!”

”It's the Tangs!”

”Retreat!”

The alarming cry of the grassland cavalries carried little weight on the heavy armored cavalries of Tang. The Tangs were rushing at an unbelievable speed and charged with a devastating impact, leaving dead bodies of men and horses behind.

However, it was at this moment that something unexpected had happened.