SURO BLEDEK
Ch. 469 Smoke Puff
"Finally they died too after the flames burned their bodies" General Yuwen Huaji stared at the hallway in front with a sharp eye.
His sword in unsheathed condition is ready for alert. So did the retainers and all the troops that were behind him. They still felt a sense of tension after going through a long battle.
Even if it's not the end of the battle. Because the rest of the Sky Khan army that followed behind was much more.
"I did not expect General Yuwen Huaji's plan to succeed so brilliantly" said General Tian Bai.
"Don't be happy first, this is just a small part of the Sky Khan's army. Their black army will be our toughest enemy. Moreover, we don't know how many of them are troops similar to them?
After fighting them head-on, I immediately understood why they were so hard to finish off. Even my attacks that have been overlaid to the heaven-level have not managed to kill them. Their strength was exactly what general Tian Bai had described to me from the start."
In front of them was now a pile of rocks. The road between the two cliffs was completely closed. So that from the opposite direction it is no longer possible to be passed using a horse or something like that.
But they can still pass through it by climbing and passing through a pile of rocks high enough.
The entire army of the Sky Khan who was trapped there were no survivors. Including the one that had been embedded in him the demon seed. It seemed like the boulders had confirmed their deaths after the blaze that filled the passageway burned their bodies.
As for the troops who had not had time to enter the hallway had been killed by arrows. The arrow attack started from the moment the sound of the explosion was first heard.
Not yet had they enjoyed their success after successfully eliminating the forces of the Sky Khan just now, one of the Black Tiger troops hiding on a high cliff had descended on General Yuwen Huaji.
"Although the mighty General Yuwen Huaji, the forces of the Sky Khan have been seen." The man was the leader of the Black Tiger Army colonel Xian Hua.
"Have they reached the Great Cliff of Yangu?" general Yuwen Huaji asked with a curious look.
General Yuwen Huaji was already in the hallway, moreover the rocks and thick smoke from the blazing flames that had previously ignited were not completely extinguished. So they don't know what's going on, unless they climb up the cliff and see it directly from above.
The cliff was actually a large mountain range that became the boundary between the Bei Ping and He Bei regions.
"They've approached your majesty. The voice indicated they were already not far from the Great Cliff of Yangu." Xian Hua answered General Yuwen Huaji's question while referring to the origin of the rumbling voice.
"Command all the archers to prepare!"
After answering orders from General Yuwen Huaji, Xian Hua stepped back and darted back up the cliff.
General Yuwen Huaji after Xian Hua left he immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare for the attack from the next Sky Khan.
He then revealed his plans to his subordinates, after he finished with General Tian Bei and also some retainers darted up the cliff.
While his deputy, General Xiao Long, along with some of the troops immediately stood guard in a hallway filled with thick smoke. They will not let the forces of the Sky Khan pass through the Great Cliffs of Yangu. Because if they penetrate, it will be difficult for them to withstand the rate of enemy attacks into the He Bei region.
General Yuwen Huaji after reaching the top of the cliff can see the entire movement of the Sky Khan army more clearly. From that high enough place he saw the movement of additional troops belonging to the Sky Khan.
Seeing the apparition, General Yuwen Huaji was shocked. Because the news of the additional troops belonging to the Sky Khan was never reported by the troops telik password to him.
He began to frown after he noticed that they were not wearing the uniform of the soldiers of the Sky Khan. They don't even use a shield at all.
"Are they not all citizens?" general Yuwen Huaji said as he turned to General Tian Bai, asking for an answer.
"To be precise, even they are not residents of the northern tribes. But the clothes they used were from around here. Their alias is actually the inhabitants of this imperial territory." General Tian Bai said as he nodded his head.
"It looks like we've got an answer about the guard troops of some of the areas that have been controlled by the Sky Khan who actually joined the enemy."
General Tian Bai smiled as he nodded his head at General Yuwen Huaji who had understood the meaning of his words.
"All this must have been the Thousand Ghost College. How dare they support the Sky Khan. I'll make sure their college is level with the ground." General Yuwen Huaji's teeth rang out in anger after learning of the mastermind of the territory's guard force who had lost his memory.
General Tian Bai chuckled softly to see his commander start to wrath, "hold General Yuwen's anger, we must clear the Sky Khan's army first. After that we make sure that the Thousand Ghosts College must be destroyed without any residue.
Because they are the ones who make us forced to finish off our own brother, because they fought against us after his consciousness was controlled by the ghost of the pet curse of the members of the Thousand Ghosts College." Not only was General Yuwen huaji, General Tian Bai also held a grudge.
It was because of them that the rest of the guard troops captured and held by Khan Sky were killed by imperial troops in their previous battle.
From a distance the sound of the forces of the Sky Khan sounded boisterous. Their attention all returned towards the approaching enemy forces.
"Remember the archers don't throw bows unless I have allowed them to. We must make a surprise attack, so as to kill as many of the Sky Khan's troops as possible." General Yuwen Huaji's orders were not pronounced out loud.
It was even distributed to all the archery troops on both sides of the cliff using sign language. That way the enemy does not know, if the imperial army has been waiting for their arrival.
Troops on the cliff continue to hide behind the trees that grow a lot on the high cliff. Indeed on the cliff it is a part of a vast forest that covers the entire mountain range.
Without them expecting a sudden move the forces of the Sky Khan came to a halt at a distance unattainable by their arrows. Something happened that made them decide the steps of their horses that had previously been speeding so fast stopped suddenly.
"What are they thinking? Why did they suddenly stop?" General Yuwen Huaji's question was not immediately answered by his subordinates. Because they were also confused by the decision to stop suddenly from the Sky Khan.
"It is likely that the Sky Khan has learned of the fate of his troops that we have previously destroyed in the Great Cliff of Yangu. The smoke from the sea of flames that burned through almost the entire passageway could be seen from a distance." General Tian Bai tried to explain his thoughts.
What General Tian Bai said was indeed true. Even the smoke still filled the hallway and the smoke puff of the rest of the blaze was still visible even from a distance.
"Right, they seem hesitant to continue their way through the passageway that divides this great cliff. Maybe they'll find another way?" General Yuwen Huaji confirmed General Tian Bai's thoughts.
Overall the place where they were was was like a natural fortress. The road that split the two cliffs was also the only path capable of delivering the forces of the Sky Khan through the He Bei region.
If they want to find another way, then the path that must be taken very far must be around the mountains. It takes up to a few days. Of course the time required to rotate the mountains would be a waste of time.
Moreover, the large army group, of course, the time needed is also longer. The path is blocked by high mountains that are impossible to pass, except through the Great Cliffs of Yangu.
Especially to the south flows the great river Yongding. The river is famous for its swift flow that is impossible to pass. Moreover, it must be passed by the cavalry, of course it is a choice that greatly endangers the entire army.