RHE - Chapter 489: Crisis! Scaling Ladders!

Chapter 489: Crisis! Scaling Ladders!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

In the distant southwest…

A massive lake, more than eighty li long and more than ten li wide, spanned between the Great Tang and Mengshe Zhao. The lake was said to be connected to the sea, so it was called the Erhai¹.

There was no one in the southwest that didn't know of Erhai.

All the merchants using the Tea Horse Road had to pass through this place. This was a placid lake, a peaceful sea, but now, it was brimming with the stench of death.

Caw!

Crows opened their wings and flocked over the Erhai to a vast plain on its banks.

Here were countless corpses, their pale faces turned toward the sky or the dirt, piled up and stretched out on the ground. There were people from the Great Tang here, from Mengshe Zhao, and from Ü-Tsang, but the majority of them came from the Great Tang.

The air stank of blood and the earth was dyed red. Birds dropped down from the sky to perch on these corpses, their long beaks pecking at eyes.

From above, one could see that thousands of birds had gathered here. This tragic scene had become a dreadful and mournful feast for the crows!

This was the battlefield of the southwest!

Broken axes, shattered halberds, and ragged banners scattered across the field served as the last scene of this battle. But though much time had passed, from a certain perspective, this battle still wasn't over.

"You're telling me that that city was constructed by a child?"

Dalun Ruozan stood on the gruesome battlefield, his gown as white as snow. He narrowed his deep eyes as he gazed at that majestic city of black steel in the distance, a hint of surprise on his face.

"Great Minister is correct. Our spies in the Great Tang have already discovered that this city was built by the youngest grandson of the Great Tang's former Prime Minister, Wang Jiuling! Construction began on it a little more than half a year ago."

Nearby, a bearded and middle-aged man of heroic constitution put his hands behind him and explained.

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Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 489: Crisis! Scaling Ladders!

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