Talos City, Dongcheng District.
Under the cover of darkness, the spies of the Anxi Army were lurking in an abandoned warehouse in the city.
Wearing a black robe, Hua Yue looked at the city defense map on the desk by candlelight and asked Fei Weng behind him: "Are all the disciples in the Hidden Sect in place?"
Fei Weng: "Don't worry, Master. The Yin Sect disciples are ambushing the crossbow turrets, trebuchets, armories, camps, etc., and they can take action immediately with just one order."
Huayue looked at the commander of the Dashi Cult again and asked: "The soldiers in the sect will hide in the Dashi Temple in disguise, and then come out to perform their tasks after the battle starts."
The commander of the religious sect bowed and said "obey".
Then, he took out something from his waist, placed it gently on the table, and said, "This is what you want."
Huayue glanced sideways, and there was an iron mask on the desk. The pattern was in the shape of a dead soul in Semitic mythology.
Huayue rubbed the surface of the mask with her hands, looked at the lifelike skull statue, nodded and said, "Good craftsmanship."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Aying led several leaders of the soldiers, walked in, and said: "Ms. Huayue, a messenger has come from Julan City, and the Twelve Dragons have already taken action."
After thinking about it, Huayue said: "Calculating it this way, by this time, the vanguard of the Tang army should have already invaded Julan City."
Sun Aying: "If the Tang army can capture Julan City and then march towards Talas City, they will be able to reach the outside of Talas City in one and a half hours."
Hua Yue nodded and said: "The time for us to take action is when the Tang Army's vanguard arrives. It was late at night, the enemy's defenses were at their weakest, and it happened to be able to catch up with the Tang Army's vanguard."
Feiong said from the side: "The size of Talos City is almost twelve times that of Julan City. There are military camps in the north and south of the city, and each military camp is stationed with a legion of the Food Army. Once the war starts,
We don’t have much time left, so we must fight quickly.”
Hua Yue nodded gently.
The group of people discussed the details in the room again.
Half an hour later, a subordinate suddenly rushed in outside the house and shouted to the people inside: "Outside! Outside!"
Seeing the visitor panting, Hua Yue frowned. Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, he turned over and climbed onto the roof of the warehouse, looking towards the city of Talos in the night.
In the dark distance, there were faint spots of light, one by one lit up, like street lamps, slowly walking towards Talas City.
Hua Yue was doubtful at first, but when she understood, her eyes widened immediately, and her heart skipped a beat. She quickly turned over and said in a deep voice to everyone: "This is the beacon tower of the Abbasids. The news that Julan City was attacked has spread all the way."
Come here, we will arrive at Talas City soon."
Fei Weng stood up straight: "The beacon tower is lit, which means that the whereabouts of the Tang Army's vanguard have been exposed. After the enemy sees the beacon, they will soon organize people to start defending."
Hua Yue: "We must hurry up and capture the east gate of the city before this happens, and then hold on until the Tang army arrives."
The commander of the Dashi Order hesitated and said: "Our total number of people is less than a thousand, and the garrison in the city has two legions."
Hua Yue: "It's definitely not possible to fight head-on... However, we can create chaos, spread rumors, carry out assassinations, and in short, use all available methods to prevent the enemy from setting up defenses!"
After speaking, Huayue said to Fei Weng: "The disciples of the Hidden Sect are mainly responsible for destroying siege equipment, burning ordnance barracks, and then waiting for opportunities to assassinate the enemy commander."
Fei Weng nodded, called his disciples, and walked out of the gate.
Huayue then said to the commander of the Dashi Cult: "You are mainly responsible for spreading rumors, creating internal strife, and attracting enemies to the wrong place."
The commander of the cult bowed and quickly left the warehouse.
Huayue finally said to Sun Aying: "You follow me to the east gate of Talos City. You must capture and hold the tower before the Tang army arrives."
Sun Aying hesitated for a moment and then said to Huayue: "Before the war, my master told me that we must protect Lady Huayue. The city tower is heavily guarded and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It will definitely be a tough battle.
You might as well..."
Huayue picked up the mask of the dead soul from the table, covered her face with the steel skull, and said to Sun Aying: "If the tower cannot be captured, the Tang army will not be able to enter the city, and not only the Anxi army will be defeated, but also the Anxi army will be defeated.
All the internal agents in the city may not be able to survive. What difference does it make where I hide?"
After Sun Aying heard this, he knew that Hua Yue had made up his mind, so he could only bow and salute and sing a song.
The beacon towers lit up one after another in the dark night.
The news of the Tang army's attack on Talos was also sent to the commander's tent of the Great Food Army along with the flames and thick smoke.
Ziad, the chief general of the Dashi Army, was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers. He was unhappy in his heart. When he heard the beacon fire was lit, his whole body was agitated, and his sleepiness suddenly disappeared completely.
With the help of the guards, Ziyad hurriedly dressed up and asked the soldiers who came to report the news: "Which direction did the beacon fire come from?"
The soldier replied: "To the east."
Ziad: "To the east? To the east is Julan City...could it be the Tang army? What is the beacon signal?"
Soldier: "The flames burn forever, like a full moon."
In the beacon signal of the Great Food Army, the flame is burning and the full moon is full, which means that the war situation has reached the most urgent and dangerous time.
When Ziad heard this, he frowned and immediately said to the messenger: "Sound the alarm and order all soldiers to prepare for war!"
After thinking for a moment, Ziad stopped the messenger and added an order: "Let the North and South Camps each send two thousand-man teams, and let these four thousand-man teams go as quickly as possible to reinforce the four southeastern and northwest buildings.
City gate!"
Messenger: "Yes!"
At the same time that Ziad issued the military order, the disciples of the Hidden Sect were also ready.
Fionn nodded to his men, and a loud arrow was shot into the sky above Talos City.
Hearing this voice, Master Kujing in the Hidden Gate led the first team of men and quietly came to the warehouse in the city where the weapons were stored.
After first eliminating the surrounding defenders, Master Kujing led this group of people to dump kerosene and other flammable materials near the armory.
With the crisp impact of flints, the armory of the Great Food Army suddenly fell into a sea of fire.
At the same time, Qing Yanzi and other Yinmen leaders, together with their disciples, set fire to strategically important locations such as barracks, crossbow turrets, and trebuchets.
Suddenly, fires broke out in the city of Talos.
At this time, the alarm bell sounded in the city that the enemy was approaching.
Amidst the harsh ringing of the bells, the Dashi soldiers who had fallen asleep struggled to wake up and ran out of the camp gate one after another. They saw the city full of fire, and they were all shocked and overwhelmed.
Hua Yue, with two hundred soldiers under Sun Aying's command, had already arrived at the east gate tower of Talos City.
From this moment on, the stage of the Battle of Talas officially began.
This chapter has been completed!