RHE - Chapter 850: The Crisis of Talas!

Chapter 850: The Crisis of Talas!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"Lord Marquis, what should we do now?"

The hall was quiet. Everyone turned to Wang Chong, all of them extremely serious and grim, affected as they were by Wang Chong's mood. In the past, when they believed that Arabia was just a tiny country, they wouldn't have given this battle a second thought, but after learning all that they had, they well understood the foe they were facing.

This country was even larger than the Great Tang, had an even larger army, more powerful warhorses, and even greater desire to expand. This was the greatest foe the Great Tang would face on this continent.

Gao Xianzhi had brought almost ninety percent of the Anxi Protectorate's soldiers with him to Talas, leaving practically nothing behind. If Gao Xianzhi could not fend off the Abbasid Caliphate's soldiers in the east, tens of thousands of Arab soldiers would cross the Cong Mountains and occupy the Western Regions.

And Qixi would be the first target.

Once Qixi fell, Longxi and the interior of the Great Tang would be threatened.

Never in history had Arab soldiers been so close to the gates of the Central Plains. Everyone could feel the powerful threat arising from that distant country.

All of them understood what was at stake through the scenarios Wang Chong had played out on the model.

Wang Chong said nothing, only closed his eyes and began to think.

This battle had begun too suddenly, too quickly. He needed to calm down and think. There were still many things that needed to be prepared, as all his plans had been upset.

After some time, Wang Chong finally opened his eyes, a blazing light burning within them.

"Li Siye, pass on my order to open up the Qixi Armory…"

Rumble!

A few moments later, there was a metallic rumbling as the long-unused doors to the Qixi Armory were opened, allowing the sunlight to seep in, illuminating the insides of this largest armory on the border. After ten-some years, those ballistae built by the Bureau of Works and brand

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Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 850: The Crisis of Talas!

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