Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 893: Calamity on the Doorstep

Chapter 893: Calamity on the Doorstep

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Fuck!

This was the only thought in Dalun Ruozan's mind as he watched that sparrow fly away.

Although sparrows were a common sight in the Western Regions, in the barren and rocky lands to the west of the Cong Mountains, they were extremely rare, as they simply couldn't find much food to eat. In addition, the weather was gradually chilling, and sparrows should not have been seen in this season.

Twang!

A massive boom rang through the air, a bowstring vibrated, and an arrow shot out from the rear, striking the sparrow with such tremendous force that it nailed the corpse to the ground. But Dalun Ruozan's complexion was little improved by this sight, because a tiny silhouette at the very edge of his vision had already vanished into the distance.

That had been a gray sparrow hawk.

While everyone had been focused on the five rock eagles in the air, that gray sparrow hawk had taken off from a distant tree branch. It had moved with such incredible speed that it was already out of their field of vision, and no arrow could reach it, much less vultures in the sky.

"I miscalculated!"

Dalun Ruozan closed his eyes and gave a deep sigh, the hands hidden in his sleeves slightly trembling.

In this invisible competition between him and Wang Chong, he had been constantly on the winning side. His thousands upon thousands of Tibetan soldiers had reached eighteen li from Talas without Wang Chong noticing, but little had he anticipated that when he was so close to victory, he would meet disaster at the hands of that sparrow hawk hidden on that tree branch.

In military patrols, birds were almost all in the air, as the higher they could fly, the more they could see. Very rarely did anybody place surveillance birds on the ground or on tree branches. Dalun Ruozan had accurately predicted where Wang Chong had placed his observation points, but he had not expected to completely lose on a point like this.

"Great Minister, what do we do?"

The people ar

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