Chapter 2199 - Surprise Attack! Wang Chong's Trump Card!
Chapter 2199: Surprise Attack! Wang Chong’s Trump Card!
“Careful!”
Gao Shang’s face paled as he called out, “Defend!”
But it was already too late.
Plans were made and then actions taken. Both An Lushan and Gao Shang had prepared amply for this war, but they were still lacking compared to Wang Chong. The strategic considerations on both sides weren’t even on the same level.
Although Wang Chong had erected a steel fortress in the Cang Province, seemingly ready to defend to the death, this was simply a misimpression that Wang Chong had specifically constructed for An Lushan to draw his entire army to the fortress.
As the supreme War Saint, he had never intended to just sit back and defend!
Proactively using strategy and tactics to exterminate An Lushan and his alliance army had always been his objective.
Xue Qianjun had left early with several hundred thousand soldiers, traveling by sea and landing on the shores of the Eastern Sea. The moment that firework was launched, everything was decided.
No matter what Gao Shang wanted to do, it was all too late.
Rumble!
One second.
In the space of one second, an intense shuddering came from the northeast. Soon after that, a thin, black line appeared on the horizon behind the alliance army, and it began to rapidly approach the alliance army.
“Kill!”
Closer.
Even closer!
With a resounding war cry, tens of thousands of warhorses appeared out of the northeast. And at the center of this army was the yellow banner of the Great Tang.
Beneath this banner was a Great Tang general equipped with red and black armor, a storm of energy around him.
“All soldiers, charge!”
Xue Qianjun drew his sword and pointed it ahead, his eyes cold and bright.
Rumble! The army roared, and dazzling war halos began to spread across the army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The warhorses instantly accelerated as they sped toward the rear of the alliance army.
“All troops, charge!”
Not far from Xue Qianjun, a Great General with hawkish eyes and a high nose pulled out his sword.
He was far more powerful than Xue Qianjun, and when he gave his order, the thousands of Aswaran Cataphracts broke away from the rest of the army, the first to charge onto the battlefield.
The nearly ten thousand heavy cavalry erupted with such power that space around them distorted, seeming more like several hundred thousand cavalry than ten thousand!
Sassanid Great General Bahram!
Only Bahram could command the Aswaran Cataphracts!
Before An Lushan and the alliance had even declared war against the Great Tang, Wang Chong had sent out Xue Qianjun and his hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Amongst Wang Chong’s subordinates, only Xue Qianjun and his men were experienced with sailing and naval combat.
But Xue Qianjun’s power level was a glaring flaw, and he did not have the strength to lead so many soldiers.
Thus, Wang Chong had also arranged to have Bahram and his cataphracts board Xue Qianjun’s boats. This army was a surprise force that would go by sea to get around to the alliance’s rear.
The cold wave was imminent!
The alliance was entirely focused on Wang Chong and his steel fortress. No one would have expected that Wang Chong would send a force out onto the ocean in the middle of such extremely cold weather.
This sudden army had caught the alliance completely off guard.
“The Tang! It’s a Tang army!”
“Everyone, hurry and come back to defend!”
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers charging at them made everyone panic and cry out in alarm, particularly the soldiers in the rear.
It appeared that the enemy force was at least two hundred thousand soldiers.
In the past, the alliance would have not taken this army seriously, would have just thought that these soldiers were suicidal.
But now, the several hundred thousand soldiers in the steel fortress had drawn more than half of the alliance’s army, and even Youzhou’s ‘Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation’ was being used. The nearly two million soldiers had all charged out, completely exposing their rear to Xue Qianjun and Bahram’s two hundred thousand ‘marines’.
This was a surprise attack!
The alliance soldiers were sandwiched between two forces, in the worst position!
It was like two people were wrestling with each other like bulls when a third party came out from behind and stabbed one of them in the back.
This was the current state of the alliance!
And this was not the most fatal thing for the alliance.
“Reporting!”
A Youzhou horseman rode over in a panic and kneeled in front of An Lushan and Gao Shang.
“Bad news! An army of a hundred-thousand-some Tang soldiers has appeared from the northwest! They’re coming at our rear and are led by the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian, Wang Zhongsi!”
Buzz!
The two of them felt like they had been struck by lightning, their faces paling as they staggered.
“How could this be!?”
An Lushan’s eyes flew open as he looked to the northwest in consternation.
The Youzhou horseman lowered his head as he added, “Master, the Great Tang’s army evaded our scouts on the Eastern Turkic steppe and worked their way around to our rear! If not for some vigilant eagles on the steppe, we would have failed to notice their presence!”
By this point, Gao Shang was speechless, his body trembling.
At this time, he finally realized what was wrong!
He had been correct that the supreme War Saint of the continent hadn’t shown his entire hand, but Gao Shang had never imagined that his surprise move would rest with Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian Wang Zhongsi.
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How long has Wang Zhongsi been gone? How could his army have so quickly come around?”
An Lushan’s eyes were wide in disbelief.
This was no small army in the northwest, and Wang Zhongsi had appeared on the walls not too long ago. How had he managed to so quickly appear in the northwest with so many soldiers?
It should have been impossible to muster so many soldiers without them finding out!
“Haaa, if my guess is right, that army began to make its way to the northwest long ago. The only one who had to rush over at the end was the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian himself!
“In today’s battle, the War Saint has proved that he deserves this title!”
Gao Shang let out an emotional sigh.
It was impossible to mobilize an army of one-hundred-thousand-some soldiers right under their noses, unless they were all blind. This army must have been mobilized a long time ago.
All Wang Zhongsi needed to do was appear on the walls and then furtively make his way over to that army.
Rumble!
As Gao Shang spoke, dust rose into the air amidst the neighing horses, and another Tang banner emerged. Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian Wang Zhongsi, mounted upon a mighty steed, charged out of the northwest at the head of an army of tens of thousands of soldiers.
“Kill!”
It was just one word, but when it came from the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian’s mouth, it carried considerable force and power.
This Wang Zhongsi fully exhibited the sharp edge of the former invincible War God of the Great Tang. A beam of energy shot out from him into the air, piercing through the heavens. Behind him, a vigorous force of Tang soldiers charged out like floodwaters released from a sluice.
“For the Great Tang!”
“Kill!”
The two armies, led by Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian Wang Zhongsi and Sassanid Great General Bahram, swept out toward the alliance.
At that moment, the world seemed devoid of sound!
The entire battlefield grew quieter, time slowing to a crawl.
But a moment later…
The two Tang surprise attack forces smashed into the alliance army.
“Kill!”
The war cries shook the heavens and made the world pale.
More than half of the alliance forces had sensed the danger, and began to turn around and form a defense line to counter the Great Tang’s surprise force.
But this sort of impromptu defense was far too fragile, incapable of holding out against the charge of the Great Tang.
“Ah!”
An alliance soldier screamed as a spear ran through him, the immense force carrying him off the ground.
Behind him, more soldiers were struck by the two Tang forces, and in this single clash, they were instantly slain.
“Stop them!
“No retreat!” an Eastern Turkic officer roared.
But a moment later, a divine figure charged out on a horse and struck that Eastern Turkic officer.
“Those who block me will die!”
Wang Zhongsi’s eyes were cold and harsh as he unleashed his Stellar Energy.
Bang!
The Eastern Turkic officer and the several hundred elite cavalry around him were instantly obliterated by this domineering Stellar Energy. Besides Wang Zhongsi, there was no one living within one thousand feet of him.
“Kill!”
One was a prepared army while the other was a frightened bird. When they clashed, the result was inevitable.
Bangbangbang!
The rear of the alliance army fell into disarray, losing any semblance of order.
“All soldiers, kill everyone! No survivors!
“Now is the time to repay the War Saint!”
On the other end, Bahram was seething with killing intent as he gave his orders, his nearly ten thousand Aswaran Cataphracts merging their energies together. This renowned force of heavy cavalry from the Sassanid Dynasty stabbed into the alliance army like a sharp sword.
