Realm of Power

"These hateful guys, by making such a request at such a critical moment, are basically forcing themselves to express their stance. Ruitang Tingna's angry eyes swept across the anxious battlefield in front of her. If she compromised, the majesty of the royal court would be greatly reduced. But if you don’t agree〖　.〗

After a period of delay, the Northlanders' attrition tactics using the weak left wing as a bait are beginning to show their power. The solid center line composed of the Northlander heavy infantry is like a sharp thorn, firmly stuck in the attempt of the East Court Army. The throat position that continues to advance to the right wing Above, the Northland archers on high ground continued to throw deadly rain of arrows at the Dongting cavalry who were trying to attack. The horses rolled and blood flew everywhere. The Dongting cavalry fell off their horses one after another in the curtain of arrows formed by the arrow clusters. Bodies lay all over the slope in front of the Northland Center Line.

Two thousand-man troops had already launched a fierce attack on the center line after sweeping the left wing, but they were blocked fifty meters away by the opponent using the terrain. More than a thousand people were lost in vain. The Dongting cavalry was like a flood at first. The fierce offensive is showing signs of exhaustion, which is a very dangerous sign for the cavalry that defeats the enemy in one go.

"The soldiers in the front are bleeding, but these guys behind are asking for prices. If this situation continues, the army's will to fight will inevitably be shaken, and all the results achieved in the front will be in vain, no matter what happens in the future. No matter what, I must first save the situation that I can't fight for a long time." Rui Tangtingna's fingers that tightly grasped the horse's reins turned slightly white due to excessive exertion.

Her eyes swept over the faces of the clan leaders in front of them, and finally settled on a figure. The corners of Rui Tangtingna's small mouth turned up slightly, revealing a cold smile. She turned her eyes to the leader Ruman who was asking for a fight, nodded slightly, and held the hand in her hand. The whip hits the saddle hard After taking a moment, he said as if he had finally made up his mind, "Okay, I, Dongting, have never been stingy about rewarding warriors. I will promise you here. As long as you can defeat the enemy's center line and establish a victory for this battle, this battle will be divided into four quarters." All the trophies belong to your Ruman clan."

As expected, Ruitang Tingna's words caused a commotion among the leaders of the surrounding tribes as soon as she spoke. Ruitang Tingna's decision undoubtedly touched the interests of many tribes.

One of the clan leaders shouted in a panic, "How can this be done? If this is like this, isn't everyone's efforts wasted?" Ruitang Tingna recognized him, he was the clan leader of the Bai'ansi clan.

The Baiansi tribe has the smallest population among the Dongting tribe, with only more than 10,000 people. They sent 500 cavalry this time, just hoping to fish in troubled waters. The share is limited to begin with. If one quarter They were all given to the Ruman clan. So much loot was lost at once. When it was the turn of a small clan like the Baians clan, they might not even have any bones left.

"That's right. If this is really implemented, who will take the lead next time? Everyone will just hide behind and take advantage." A middle-aged patriarch with a thin face and a pair of eyes darting around, hiding in the crowd with an angry expression on his face. He said, when he saw Ruitang Tingna looking over, she quickly shrank back.

This is the leader of the Red Tribe. The Red Tribe is a medium-sized tribe. It has certain strength but always wants to hide behind and take advantage. It has a bad reputation on the grassland. There have even been cases where they took advantage of allies while they were fighting. He was severely punished by the royal court for his bad incident of invading the grassland of his allies.

In this attack to the north, according to the strength of the Red tribe, they were able to send at least 2,000 cavalry, and they also promised verbally to send at least 1,500 cavalry. However, in fact, less than 800 people actually arrived on the battlefield, and the other hundreds were old people. The weak logistics soldiers are not so much soldiers as they are here to pretend to receive supplies to prepare for the coming winter.

"Ahem, if the Ruman tribe can take away a quarter of the loot so easily, then do our other tribes also have the right to obtain the same reward?"

With a dull and old cough, an old man with a wolf helmet on his head stood up from the crowd. The old man's voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating. When he saw him standing up, there were voices of discussion all around. Immediately stopped, everyone's eyes were focused on the old man. The face of the Ruman clan leader, who had looked proud just now, also changed, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. This old man is the most powerful person in the East Courtyard.

"This old guy can't hold his breath anymore." Seeing the old man coming out, Ruitang Tingna knew that the matter had turned around. The old man first saluted Ruitang Tingna, then looked at the sky in the distance with a pair of shining eyes, and slowly Said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess's generosity towards the warriors is admirable, but such an opportunity It should not only be given to the Ruman tribe, but should be given to all the Dongting warriors. If this is the case, I, Bokaris, have a suggestion. Since it is a reward for the warriors, then it should be based on the opponent's battle flag. , we attack at the same time, whoever can capture the battle flag will have a quarter of the loot."

"Yes, if you take down the battle flag, the spoils will belong to whoever"

The surrounding clan chiefs were excited. Just relying on the old man's words was like beating chicken blood and shouted excitedly. This old man was none other than Bokaris, the leader of the Xi clan. The old fox has lived on the grassland for 64 years. The Boka tribe ranks fifth among the Dongting tribe.

But when it comes to strategy and courage, Bokaris is the most popular among the Dongting clan leaders. Even the former Dongting Khan did not dare to treat this old fox with self-esteem during the unification war to conquer the Dongting Grassland. The method of conquering by force only dares to use half-coercion and half-alliance methods to win over, and even directly calls him the elder of everyone in the East Courtyard. His status can be seen as average.

Seeing the noisy clan leaders around him, Bocasli looked calm, but his eyes, which made people feel like eagle eyes, were thinking about something. In any case, Ruitang Tina was still the eldest princess of the East Courtyard. Even though the heroes of these tribes showed dissatisfaction, they still did not dare to show too obvious signs of rebellion.

Behind Ruitangtingna is the powerful Falcon Khan, which is the nightmare of most grassland tribes. Unless someone is overeating and dares to act wild in front of the princess of the Falcon Empire, not to mention it is written by the Falcon Khan himself this time. The order was issued, but towards the leader Ruman who had aroused public anger, everyone was not so polite. All kinds of scoldings started immediately. Everyone was fighting hard. Why do you want to take four more points? one

"How can you say that? My reward was obtained with the hard work of the warriors in the clan. If you want, you can make the same request to Her Royal Highness the Princess." Under the angry eyes of everyone, the obese Patriarch Ruman's forehead was covered with big marks. Beads of sweat, he defended with trembling lips, while secretly crying in his heart, "Damn it, isn't Her Royal Highness always arrogant and tough, why did you compromise today?"

It was a miscalculation. It was a miscalculation. Chief Ruman’s intestines were so regretful that he was so angry. Originally, he just wanted to show the strength of the Ruman tribe to other tribes so that he could gain more followers among the Dong tribe. However, Rui Tangtingna did not expect that Rui Tangtingna would take advantage of the opportunity. The opportunity to agree to his ridiculous conditions forced the big Bocasli out,

In front of Bocasli, whose prestige was second only to King Falcon Khan, Chief Ruman didn't even have the guts to bite.

"Okay, everyone, we are still waiting for our reinforcements ahead." Rui Tangtingna felt that the situation was almost over. She raised her riding whip to stop everyone's scolding, pointed at the battle flag of the Northland Night Demon Army in the distance, and shouted sternly. Said, "Elder Bokaris is right. Since it is a reward for warriors, this quarter of the reward should be given to the warrior who takes the opponent's battle flag. It is the same no matter who you are. The flag in front is the basis for you to obtain the reward." Everyone started to attack"

"That's right, if you all prepare the enemy's battle flag, it won't fly into your hands by itself." Bocasli next to him said with a serious face. The clan leaders next to him began to take action, got on their horses, and headed toward them. The tribal troops rushed to their positions, and soon there were bursts of shouts from the rear troops in the East Courtyard.

"Everyone mount up," the Dongting clan chiefs, who had used their strength, shouted in hoarse voices, "Whoever captures the opponent's battle flag will be rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep."

Under such encouragement, the tens of thousands of Dongting cavalry in the rear quickly gathered and turned into a huge black torrent. The "killing" scimitar whirled. The Dongting cavalry formed a huge broadside facing north where the Night Demon Army was. The position came with a roar, and the horse's hooves flew up and kicked up the blood-covered slush under their feet, throwing the red and black soil violently back.

"Putting guns in the front row." Looking at the surging Dongting cavalry coming from the side, Asu Beka, who had been fighting fiercely for 2 hours, shouted that the elite name of the Night Demon Army was not a false name. As the northern lord Asu The most relied-upon direct line equipment in Russia It was the most sophisticated one in the North. When I saw the cavalry from the East Courtyard coming in overwhelming numbers, countless three-meter long spears specially designed to block the cavalry charge stretched out from the gaps in the shields that were densely packed like fish scales, like a hedgehog with spikes spread out.

"Shoot" arrow clusters hit us like raindrops. The East Courtyard Archers are the fastest. As the raiding force in the East Courtyard, they follow the side of the main cavalry force and constantly use the compound bows in their hands to throw arrows at the Chinese defense in front. Shooting clusters of arrows, and the northern archers also fired extremely fierce counterattacks.

"Swish, swish, swish" the air-tearing whirring sound resounded through the sky, and arrow clusters shuttled between the two armies like locusts. Archers on both sides were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, because the death order was issued. In the past, if the arrow clusters were shot, they would be killed. The departing Dongting Archers held on extremely tenaciously this time, using the compound bows in their hands to suppress the opponent's long-range attacks.

"Killing" the Dongting Cavalry was like a hurricane hitting the uneven ground. The distance of a hundred meters flew by in the blink of an eye. Amidst the long neighing of the war horses, the Dongting Cavalry at the front suddenly accelerated when it was 50 meters away. When its front hooves landed, it rushed forward. The momentum is unstoppable

"Papa!" The cavalry rushed in against the spear formation of the Night Demon Army. The cavalry shield was shattered by the impact of the spear. The cavalry on it was either pierced or knocked away. The Night Demon Army soldier behind the spear was forcefully The force of the collision knocked over one piece, and the entire defensive formation suddenly scattered as if it had been hit hard. The whole team fell to the left and right like a fence that was pushed down violently.

"Kill, kill." At the moment when the Asuos were still dazed, from the direction of the Dongting cavalry, black cumulus clouds were shot out fiercely within a short distance of 20 meters. Amidst a dense and sharp wind, the arrow rain did not stop. The force poured into the spearmen in the front row of the Night Demon Army. Thousands of East Court cavalry were rushing towards them. They used the compound bows in their hands to attack the position of the Night Demon Army with all their strength.

"Ah" and "whistle", the sharp wind tore the eardrums. The soil at the feet was soaked with blood and became wet. Screams, groans, calls for help, and orders were mixed together. The skilled horse skills cooperated with the Dongting people's best Specialized in close range assault The shot caught the Northern Night Demon Army off guard. All the Night Demon Army soldiers on the front were dumbfounded. Behind the shield wall square formation, there was a scream. One after another, the soldiers behind Falling down after being hit by an arrow, blood splatters

"Hold on!" At the critical moment, Azubecca also went to the front line in person. He held a strong fine iron shield in his hand and used the spear in his hand to pick down a Dongting cavalry who rushed into the crowd with one shot. Countless sword rays fell, and the Dongting cavalry was hacked to death in an instant. However, personal bravery has little effect on the overall situation.

"Swish, swish, swish" the arrows flew across my ears,

"Kill!" The Dongting cavalry shouted loudly on their galloping horses and crashed into them. Like a wave, they slammed into the solid rock wall and turned into countless fine white waves.

"Pop!" The sound of the spears breaking in the front row of the Night Demon Army sounded like dense raindrops. Countless blood exploded at the front end of the spear, like a bright red mist suddenly rising up.

It was not only the blood of the horses, but also the blood of the soldiers on both sides. Because they rushed too fast, the Dongting cavalry in the front was stabbed down by a spear. Before he could stop, he was pushed alive by the horses behind him. At the moment when the sharp spear "killed" people from the front, the soldiers on both sides were already red-eyed.

Whether it was the East Court cavalry risking their lives or the Night Demon Army desperately resisting, they shouted the same voice almost at the same time. Metal hit metal, and the horse's vests made bursts of harsh friction sounds. The soldiers on both sides relied on Courage to fight,

"Blocking" Azubecca stood at the front like an iron tower, with flying long swords constantly cutting the charging Dongting cavalry into two pieces. However, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. Although the Night Demon Army was from the North The elite among the elite, but their number is only 5,000, and they are facing 10,000 Dongting cavalry who have fallen into madness.

On the left wing that was originally suppressed by them, there were tens of thousands of Dongting cavalry cooperating with the Chinese army to launch a fierce attack from the flank. Under the attack of the two cavalry, the Night Devil was like a leaf that had been penetrated, breaking everywhere. gap

"Quickly order the right wing to reinforce us immediately." Azubeka struggled to pull the spear from the body of a Dongting cavalry, and shouted to the messenger behind him with all his strength,

As a result, he was shocked to find that because his bodyguard had been killed in the battle and most of the remaining ones were injured, the messenger who was following him had been stopped by an Dongting cavalry more than ten meters away from him, and his body was dripping with blood and was beaten. After several cuts, the shaky body was slashed by a Dongting cavalry, and a column of red blood spurted out from the headless chest more than one meter high.

"Les" Azubaka clenched her fists when she saw this tragic scene, screamed the name of the young messenger with blood-red eyes, and watched the headless body fall heavily into the blood-condensed slush, with the limbs still slightly shaking. convulsing, all the spearmen in the front row were dead, and countless Dongting cavalry were taking advantage of the chaos to sweep through the crowd,

Swords flew, heads rolled, and the Night Demon Army soldiers fell one after another. There were more and more vacancies in the queue. The originally dense formation became sparse. A heavy sense of fear gradually spread into the hearts of the Night Demon Army soldiers. The formation of the square array can no longer be maintained.

"Sir, it's no longer possible. The left wing and the front have been lost. We can't hold it anymore."

Not far away, the captain of a bloody night demon army shouted in the direction of Azbeka while resisting the impact of the cavalry. The line shot through his body in an instant, turning him and the two remaining soldiers next to him into bloody holes.

"Woooo" orders and horns requesting reinforcements from the right wing resounded over the Night Demon Army. However, the right wing with 15,000 people not only showed no sign of movement, but began to retreat backwards, leaving less than one man dead. The night demon army of thousands of people was abandoned alone on the high hill,

"You bastards, you will regret it. Lord Asu'o will not let you go." After receiving the information about the right wing's silent retreat, Asubeka cursed angrily. His sword was heavily inserted into the ground due to the force failure, and it was pale and bloodless. His face no longer had the excited expression just now,

"General, what should we do?" The remaining Night Demon Army soldiers began to move closer to him spontaneously. Most of the survivors were injured, but there was still no sign of surrender on their faces.

"There are no cowards in Asuor. We have to win or die. We have no other choice in this battle." Asubeka looked at the injured soldiers one by one. He gritted his teeth and raised the heavy heavy sword again, looking at the north in the distance. In the sky, he said with a heavy voice, "It's a pity that we can no longer follow Mr. Asu'o, and can no longer witness the moment when our Asu'o tribe unified the north. I only hope that after death, we can turn into Beihan's Aurora, let’s protect Master Asuo together.”

"We are willing to turn into aurora and guard Lord Asu'o forever." The low murmur of the soldiers of the Night Demon Army revealed a desperate indifference. They had long been aware of death, and the Asu'o stabbed them in the back. If you take a knife from the Dongting people, your death will be even more miserable if you are captured. The Dongting people are famous for their cruelty.

Dusk fell as the sound of fighting gradually subsided. None of the 5,000 Night Demons survived, including Commander Asubekka. Even the Dongting people had to admit that this group of northerners was very tenacious. If it weren't for the withdrawal of the right wing, the outcome of this battle would be hard to say.

Rui Tangtina, who had seen the whole scene, was silent for a moment and issued an order to cremate these brave warriors. Although the war lasted less than an afternoon, tens of thousands of northerners were dead in this area. In the vast expanse of trampled snow, mud, grass and bushes, there were broken guns, broken arrows and muddy bodies, and a large area of ​​Night Demon soldiers. Corpses covered the snow-covered high slopes.

The Night Demon Army's battle flag finally fell as night fell.

A Hehan cavalryman accidentally cut down the flag in the chaos, but because he didn't know the meaning of the flag, he just rolled it up randomly and handed it to his chieftain as a general trophy.

If the chieftain didn't think that the cloth covered with mud and blood was too ugly and asked someone to wash it with water by the river, it might have become a historical mystery. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation).t

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