The Human Emperor (200-400)

C257: Encirclement of the Monastery

Regardless of whether it was the Goguryeons or Wang Chong, both sides were hastening their preparations. Even though Wang Chong didn't know the Goguryeons had brought forward their plans, and the Goguryeons didn't know that Wang Chong and group were planning to strike their nest.

Even though neither sides have realized it yet, it had already turned into a race of time.

If the Goguryeons were to launch an assault before Wang Chong and group were done with their preparations, the operation would be a tragic failure.

——One must know that the monastery was simply too close to the capital!

Similarly, if Wang Chong and the others could finish getting the various parties to work together with them and deploy the necessary troops in the crucial regions, the Goguryeons would be bound for failure.

At such a crucial moment, no one was willing to conduct any intelligence gathering by capturing the other side's men and interrogating them—this was simply way too dangerous. They risked alarming the other party by doing so.

Three days passed swiftly.

"It's finally accomplished!"

Within a massive monastery on the mountain beyond the capital stood a bald Goguryeon warrior dressed in a cassock, feigning as a monk. He sighed deeply, and the excitement in his voice couldn't be concealed.

It had taken some time, but they were finally done with their preparations. The top-notch experts from Goguryeo who would be assassinating the influential officials from Great Tang had all arrived at the monastery. Soon, Great Tang would find itself shrouded in a storm of bloodshed.

All those who managed to climb to an influential position had well-guarded residences filled with experts. Assassinating them was no easy feat; this was the reason why they had to go the way out to bring in the best experts from their empire.

To them, this was no longer a simple assassination mission. Rather, it was a war they had to win at all costs for the sake of their homeland.

Everyone knew that it would be hard for them to get out of this alive, and they had already mustered their will to fight to the last breath.

"Are you all ready?!"

The Goguryeon dressed as a monk raised his arm and yelled. In an instant, loud cheerings crashed into the surroundings.

"We are ready!"

"For the empire!"

...

Looking down from the sky, the monk was surrounded by many black-clothed Goguryeon elites with three sabers hanging behind them. Their exposed sharp eyes gleamed in passion, excitement, and frenzy.

The killing intent that they had welled up felt as though a massive tsunami crashing down into the area.

A long, elaborate preparation spanning over a course of four months had finally been completed. More than a thousand brave warriors of their empire had gathered here in this massive monastery.

Furthermore, unlike the Goguryeon warriors who were killed in those base back then, they were the true experts, true elites of the Goguryeon army. They were handpicked from thousands of their peers.

Fifteen years ago, another group of elites of such scale had caused a river of blood to flow through Great Tang's capital before escaping safely.

Today, history will repeat itself!

"For His Majesty!"

"For Your Highness!"

"For the greatness of Goguryeo!"