This fellow!
Cold sweat dripped from Weryomahnersâ forehead.
Gopala wasnât just planning to send a platoon over as a token of goodwill.
No, if she was going to lead an army over personally, it went without saying that her army would be huge.
Gopala wouldnât bring her army into the Tibetan Plateau.
Her soldiers would struggle to adapt to the high-altitude conditions, and the Tibetan Empire wouldnât welcome them either, even if the Tangs were already knocking on their capital. That would be as good as bringing a wolf into oneâs house.
So, Gopala was after something else.
Bordering Sindhuâs northwest was Khorasan.
Gopala was taking advantage of this chaos to expand her influence while the Tibetan Empire had its hands full dealing with the Tangs.
Weryomahners had to admit that Gopala was an ambitious and competent leader who knew how to capitalize on opportunities.
She had heard rumors that Transoxania had fallen to the Tangs, and Khorasan could be next. There would be a showdown between the Abbasids and the Tangs to determine who was the dominant force in Central Asia. freewebnĂžvel.com
No matter who won, both sides were bound to suffer considerable casualties. There was no better time than now to strike.
Weryomahners could almost hear the calculations clicking in Gopalaâs mind.
The only problem was that the Tangs didnât conform to common sense.
So, Weryomahners tried to dissuade Gopala, âYour Majesty, I am grateful for your concern for the Tibetan Empire, but the strength of the Tang army surpasses your imagination.â
She was not looking down on Gopala, but the latterâs soldiers were lacking even compared to the Tibetan Empire, let alone the Tangs.
Do you think that youâre taking advantage of the situation? No, youâre just feeding the enemy.
To make things worse, Sindhuâs population was highly concentrated, making them perfect fodder for the Tangs. If Sindhu fell into the Tangsâ hands too, they would all be doomed!
Determined to stop Gopala, Weryomahners shared what she had seen in Transoxania with elaborate detail. Of course, she shrugged off the dumb maneuvers she had made and focused on the strength of Shu Yichao and the undead army.
She highlighted the high shaman and the Holywolf Warriorâs demise and exaggerated recent rumors about the gigantified terracotta warriors to intimidate Gopala.
In gistâŠ
Sis, the Tang army is stronger than you think. You donât stand a chance, so donât bother messing with them.
After hearing Weryomahnersâ words, Gopala placed her hand over her mouth and softly chuckled. âI understand. Look how frightened you are. Donât worry. I have my ways of dealing with those specters and terracotta giants. Large-sized troops, is it? I have plenty of those!â
Bom bom bomâŠ
Heavy footsteps suddenly approached them, shaking the earth beneath.
Weryomahners raised her head and looked over.
Amidst a dust cloud that billowed into the sky, she saw huge war elephants with long tusks, dressed in heavy armor. A monk was scattering flower petals on the war elephantsâ backs, murmuring something under their breath as runes glowed on their bodies.
âArmored war elephants?â
Weryomahners finally understood where Gopalaâs confidence came from.
The elephants chosen to be armored war elephants were exceptionally huge, boasting overwhelming strength, excellent stamina, and extreme ferocity. They made the ideal beast mount.
When these elephants donned enchanted armor that exposed only their eyes, they became a cataclysmic force on the battlefield! Anyone who stood in the line of their charge was doomed to be trampled to death.
âSee that?â Gopala grandly opened her arms wide. âThatâs my invincible army! Nothing can stop them on the battlefield.â
She was confident that her ferocious armored war elephants would send the Tangsâ specters and terracotta soldiers flying like leaves in autumn!
Admittedly, the Tang armyâs flying cavalrymen could pose a challenge, butâŠ
It was rumored that the Tangs had less than a thousand flying cavalrymen, whereas she had over 50,000 armored war elephants, not to mention she had a huge number of war monks too.
I can win this war!
As for the gigantified terracotta warriors, they were even easier to deal with.
Sistan is mine!
Weryomahners fell silent, knowing there was nothing she could say to dissuade this Sindhi ruler.
I hope that things go down the way Gopala envisioned, or elseâŠ
Weryomahners shuddered.
ăMy host, I see that everything is going well.ă
System 12345 nodded in satisfaction.
ăWeryomahnersâ fear of you is steadily rising, and even Tsenpo Ling is beginning to fear you. My host, you must be an expert pick-up artist to conquer your targets remotely. How fearsome!ă
Before this internship, it would have never thought there was such a way to conquer its targets, but again, there were no rules against it. The important thing was that it worked.
ăLet me see⊠My host, you can start tackling the hidden capture targets now.ă
System 12345 mused.
Weâre almost done dealing with the normal capture targets, so we might as well target the hidden capture targets. That should raise my internship score!
ăBa bam ba bam!ă
System 12345 brought out a portrait revealing an adorable Sindhi lady.
ăThe young Sindhi empress! As for why there is a female ruler in a place like that⊠my host, letâs not fuss over background details⊠Eh?!?!ă
It suddenly realized a major issue.
ăGasp⊠My host, have I ever introduced the worldview or storyline to you?ă
It racked its brain and arrived at a devastating answer.
Not at all.
It was planning to do so, but seeing its host overcoming every obstacle in his way left it so excited that it forgot all about it.
ăEr⊠Let me fill you up on the blanks now, all right?ă
System 12345 murmured sheepishly.