Chapter 1204: Pacification and Return to Khorasan!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Swooshswooshswoosh! The two swords shot out like lightning bolts, instantly piercing through two black-clothed men, and then three, four, ten, twenty… w.a.n.g Chong entering the battle was like a tiger set amongst a herd of sheep . Everywhere he went, black a.s.sa.s.sins fell .
Less than an hour later, more than one hundred black-clothed men had been killed by w.a.n.g Chong .
Two hours later, the battle was completely over . The Hyderabad Mountains were strewn with the bodies of black-clothed men, but the ones who had suffered the greatest losses were the ma.s.sacred miners .
"Lord Marquis, how should we deal with these people?"
At the base of the mountain, Li Siye stomped his right foot down on the back of a black-clothed man, his expression wrathful . The ambush had been too abrupt, and these men in black practiced a martial art completely different from soldiers, vicious and ruthless . Caught completely off guard, many men had been wounded or killed .
But the black-clothed men had also paid a price . Not only had many of them been killed, but Li Siye had even captured some of them .
"Lord Marquis, let me have my people rouse and interrogate them to see where these people came from!" Xue Qianjun angrily said .
"Wait!"
w.a.n.g Chong extended a palm and hurriedly stopped Xue Qianjun .
Li Siye"s men had only coincidentally managed to knock these men unconscious . Once they were awakened, they would immediately commit suicide .
"Leave this matter to me!"
w.a.n.g Chong immediately sent out a wave of Psychic Energy into the mind of a black-clothed man . Just as he expected, w.a.n.g Chong quickly encountered a seal in the man"s mind .
Just as expected!
w.a.n.g Chong mentally nodded . These black-clothed men were strictly controlled and would probably not leave any flaw to be exploited, as he had seen just now .
Although he had encountered an obstacle, it was not a very strong one . A few moments later, w.a.n.g Chong had broken the seal .
The Gangke King stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Marquis, how is it? Have you figured out the origin of these people?"
w.a.n.g Chong shook his head and shot a glance at the unconscious a.s.sa.s.sins laid out neatly on the ground .
"Take off their masks!"
His men were surprised by these words, confused as to what w.a.n.g Chong wanted with this order . However, Xue Qianjun quickly bent down and took off one of the masks .
"This is… a Khorasani!"
As they stared at the curly hair, hawkish eyes, and high nose, they exchanged glances of shock .
They proceeded to remove more masks and realized that these black-clothed men were a motley crew . They saw Khorasani faces, Tibetan faces, Turkic faces, Jushi Kingdom faces, and even Sindhi . All of them were left stunned by the sight of these different faces .
"These people are all the lowest level of a.s.sa.s.sins . They won"t know many secrets," w.a.n.g Chong indifferently said .
The clues he had obtained from Psychic Energy had been extremely limited, and from what he had learned, these a.s.sa.s.sins basically knew nothing . The men Li Siye and the Gangke King had captured would not be very useful .
"Li Siye, bring them with us . "
After saying this, w.a.n.g Chong swiftly set off in another direction .
In the center of the Hyderabad Mountains, within a collapsed and exposed mine, w.a.n.g Chong met Ablonodan and Arloja in the crude metal temple, as well as the subst.i.tute High Priest behind them . His aura was somewhat ragged, as if he had been through some major battle .
"Venerable Sir, how are you?" w.a.n.g Chong anxiously asked .
"I"m doing okay . We managed to force them back, but I suffered some light injures . But… what a pity!"
The subst.i.tute High Priest turned his head to the pile of corpses and the b.l.o.o.d.y mist hanging in the air, and sighed .
w.a.n.g Chong fell silent . There was nothing that could be done about this . The miners of the Hyderabad Mountains were almost all ordinary people, all of them with weak const.i.tutions, and there were few experts in their ranks . Although w.a.n.g Chong had done his utmost, he was not able to do anything about this .
"By the way, is the High Priest okay?!" w.a.n.g Chong asked . The quaking from deep underground had deeply unsettled him .
"The High Priest is fine . He had already predicted that Lord Marquis would ask this question, so he had us wait here for you," the subst.i.tute High Priest said as he bowed to w.a.n.g Chong .
"In addition, the High Priest has asked me to pa.s.s on a message to you . Fates rise and fall, gather and disperse . Everything has its destiny . What should have been said to you has been said, and our benefactor should no longer cling so stubbornly to this matter . "
The subst.i.tute High Priest had stymied w.a.n.g Chong"s questions before he could ask them .
"Lord Marquis, when the High Priest has made his decision, no one can change his mind . If he says that he will not see you, he will never see you . There is nothing we can do about this," Arloja and Ablonodan said .
w.a.n.g Chong stood in a speechless daze for some time . Although he was very reluctant, he was compelled to give up .
"Understood . My deepest grat.i.tude!"
After saying this, w.a.n.g Chong profoundly glanced at his surroundings . He knew that the High Priest had heard his words .
Whoosh! w.a.n.g Chong vanished in a flash of light as he took his leave .
The night raid had been quickly brought to an end, but no one knew where these black-clothed a.s.sa.s.sins had come from or why they had attacked . It was all a complete blank .
Several days later, after saying farewell to the subst.i.tute High Priest and leaving behind half of the Wushang Cavalry to guard the mines, w.a.n.g Chong headed back to Khorasan .
Seven or eight days later, w.a.n.g Chong arrived back at Khorasan .
"How was it? Have they all been taken care of?"
"Lord Marquis, following your instructions, we eliminated all the black-clothed men hiding in ambush . Alas, none of them revealed any useful information," Li Siye reported, bowing .
On the journey back from the Hyderabad Mountains, w.a.n.g Chong had noticed many people following him in the shadows . They had taken on a variety of disguises as they stalked w.a.n.g Chong, not realizing that none of their disguises could fool w.a.n.g Chong"s eyes .
w.a.n.g Chong had gradually come to understand on this journey that the unremarkable metal box the High Priest had given him could accurately sense the energies of these men in black . No matter who they were or what sort of disguise they put on, w.a.n.g Chong would notice them the moment they approached .
The closer they were and the stronger they were, the more frequently and intensely the crystal on the top of the box would flash .
Using this together with the Stone of Destiny"s ability to reveal the surrounding terrain to him, w.a.n.g Chong could even see where these black-clothed men were hiding .
"Mm!"
w.a.n.g Chong nodded . Although he didn"t know where the High Priest had gotten something like this, there was no doubt that he could now prepare himself against the black-clothed men with this box .
Putting the matter of the black-clothed men aside, w.a.n.g Chong led his men toward the governor"s mansion . A little more than half a month had pa.s.sed, but Khorasan had already undergone a major transformation . w.a.n.g Chong could see that the warlike mood had been swept away, and the entire city was thriving .
The faces of all the people he pa.s.sed by were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with happiness .
The greatest change was in the crowds on the streets . Many Tang of the Central Plains had begun to appear in this foreign city, their clothes embroidered with the marks of their respective clans . The markets of the city had also begun to sell silk, tea leaves, porcelain, and the other handmade crafts of the Central Plains .
"Lord Marquis, Lord Feng is truly formidable . Those Khorasani are courteous when dealing with the Tang, and their faces are all smiles . It seems like the Khorasani have already completely accepted us . " Xue Qianjun rode up from the rear, excitement on his face .
Khorasan was a foreign land that none of them had ever interacted with before . For Feng Changqing to have brought relations to this level in such a short amount of time was truly incredible .
w.a.n.g Chong gave a slight nod, but he was more concerned about other things .
Mounted on the White-hoofed Shadow, w.a.n.g Chong turned toward a school built in the Tang style . The sounds of recitation could be heard inside, but in the language of the Great Tang rather than the Khorasani language that people here were most familiar with .
These voices were extremely awkward, but they were burning with pa.s.sion .
The seed had been planted and had already begun to bud and spread out its roots . In the future, this seed and many others like it would spread throughout Khorasan, completely altering the destiny of both this place and the Central Plains .
Boom!
The earth suddenly began to rumble as horses began to approach w.a.n.g Chong . w.a.n.g Chong raised his head and saw that Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, and Banahan were riding muscular horses to welcome him .
"Haha, w.a.n.g Chong, how was it? Did your journey to Sindhu go smoothly?"
Gao Xianzhi was the first to reach w.a.n.g Chong . He had a relaxed and refreshed air about him, and appeared to be in an exceptionally good mood .
"Lord Protector-General!"
w.a.n.g Chong faintly smiled as he trotted his horse up to meet him .
"w.a.n.g Chong, your plan was as effective as expected . Everything in Khorasan is on the right track . In addition, the first batch of soldiers from the Imperial Court has already arrived at Khorasan, and the group behind it has already reached Samarkand . I am confident that they will arrive soon . "
Gao Xianzhi stroked his beard and smiled . The more he learned about w.a.n.g Chong, the more he liked him . This was a rare talent, skilled in politics, military affairs, logistics, administration, communication, and many other fields . If he had not seen it for himself, he would have found it very hard to believe that a seventeen-year-old youth could be so talented . w.a.n.g Chong had not only saved his life, but the life of the entire Anxi Protectorate army .
w.a.n.g Chong was someone that he was willing to die for, a most important friend . If anyone dared to attack w.a.n.g Chong, Gao Xianzhi would be the first to step forward .
"I"ve already written a memorial listing all your achievements and submitted it to the Imperial Court . I am confident that the Imperial Court will soon publicly announce how you will be rewarded . Without you, we would have never been able to reach Khorasan . I am confident that the Imperial Court will richly reward you… Moreover, I"ve heard that the Bureau of Military Personnel and Bureau of Personnel have even discussed granting you a t.i.tle as a reward," Gao Xianzhi said, his face beaming . There was no trace of envy, only sincere happiness for w.a.n.g Chong .
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