Chapter 171: The Mole Cannon Fodder
“What do you mean?” the first elder mole asked, sensing that there was more to the situation.
So, the mole king revealed everything that had happened.
“The Tibetan Empire’s holy envoy visited me. She said that she’d supply us with armor, weaponry, and rations to conquer the Tangs’ cities. Wherever we conquer, the Tibetan Empire will confer to us!
We were no match for the Tang army in the past because we were weak and alone, but now… this is a rare opportunity!”
“That’s more reason for us not to do it!” the first elder mole roared angrily. “Are you dumb? The Tibetan Empire has always despised us! If they want to borrow our troops, it can only mean that they aren’t a match for the Tangs, so they want to use us as cannon fodder.
“We can’t even defeat the Tibetans, and you want to provoke the stronger Tangs? What’s in that mind of yours?!”
“I have already looked into it. The Tang army doesn’t have many real soldiers; most are weak mudmen controlled by a Tang mage. Even if we aren’t a match for the Tangs, we can always burrow into the ground to hide. The Tangs can’t possibly chase us into our burrows, right?” the mole king argued.
The Mole Tribe only survived to this day because of the complicated underground tunnel network beneath Tianshan that they had dug over many years.
These tunnels were short, squeezy, and dark, and the air was turbid. Normal armies would be greatly handicapped in such spaces. If their enemies chased them into the tunnels, they would first get lost in the labyrinth before suffering heavy casualties to the traps laid by the moles.