Realm of Power

North-central city of Dorok, Pomian

This is a city that developed from a small castle. There are many such cities in Dorok. The Dorok people are not a nation with a long history. They have not taken root in this mountainous area for less than a thousand years. The Dorok people who first arrived here were just some loose settlements. As time went by, they eventually turned into small cities.

Among these castle-turned-cities, the terrain of Beaumont Castle is the most typical representative.

The entire castle is built on the top of a precipitous and upright half cliff. It covers an area of ​​only fifty meters in length and width. It is surrounded by tall outer walls, two trenches inside, and only a single stone bridge crossing the mountain. , connecting the castle standing on an isolated cliff with the road outside,

Below the cliff of the ancient castle is a small town formed based on the castle. Surrounding the road that runs north and south, hundreds of quaint houses are built next to each other, including solid stone houses and thatched houses with poultry squatting on the roofs. Room,

The entire town of Pomian is not big, but it is extremely steep. The strong defenses can make enemies who want to besiege the castle feel at a loss, but as a military fortress, its limited and narrow space is also difficult to It became a strategic point to garrison a large army, so a long time ago, the Doroks withdrew their garrison from Fort Pomian and just used it as a settlement.

Time flies, and now the only thing left here is the almost deserted Pomian Castle, standing in the setting sun. A rumble of horse hooves came from the other side of the hillside.

A row of long black lines rushed out from the dense forest on the hillside. The fat man first stopped his horse on a hillside opposite Pomian Castle, and looked deeply at the ancient castle in the distance. In the distance, there was a decaying ancient castle, which was lazily Bathed in the faint autumn sunshine, heading north along the mountain where Pomian Castle is located, you can see a mountain road winding up from the foot of the mountain, which is the only way to the northern part of the Dorok Mountains. ,

In the south of the entire area, there is a smooth river passing through. The sun shines on the tidal flats of the river, shining like a jade belt. The entire river passes through the hills, in the middle. A stone bridge across the river bisected the road into two distant mountain roads leading to the south and southwest of Dorok.

This is Pomian, which in Dorok means a beautiful meadow covered with mountain flowers. Unfortunately, it is already the end of autumn in September, otherwise it would have been a beautiful sea of ​​flowers all over the mountain.

"Your Majesty, that is Fort Pomian." The guard officer who led the way pointed forward and said, "Lord Caesar Sauron's legions are stationed on the flat ground below the castle."

The fat man looked along the direction of the officer's finger and saw countless tents with imperial flags flying on the ground below the castle, covering the hills like white clouds. The overwhelming tents almost cover the entire area, and a total of 40,000 Caesar Sauron legions are stationed here.

After receiving the report of the arrival of His Majesty the Falcon, the black queues in the camp gathered below. The dense spears were like dense forests spread out on the flat ground, shining with a frightening cold light under the sunlight. The messengers flying back and forth sent out messages from time to time. excited shouts,

Soon, Caesar Sauron came here from the camp with more than a dozen generals under his command.

"Your Majesty" Caesar Sauron got off his horse first and knelt down on one knee 20 meters away from Fatty's horse. A dozen generals behind him knelt down on one knee, and then all the soldiers in the camp behind him knelt down on one knee. They let out overwhelming shouts, which echoed throughout the area like muffled thunder.

"Everyone, get up. This is a battlefield. There is no need for such false courtesy."

The fat man waved his hands to everyone on the horse with a pleasant expression, and rode into the military camp accompanied by Caesar Sauron. Under the hot gaze of tens of thousands of troops, we walked into the Chinese army’s tent in the middle of the camp.

"The recent war is going well, right?" The fat man sat down at the main seat in the tent and asked Caesar Sauron about the recent changes in the war situation.

"Our army has occupied Pomian as scheduled, but my subordinates are very confused as to why we can't continue to advance. If it weren't for His Majesty's order, our army should have advanced to Fort Kurma, an important town in the central part of the country. Pomion, who has not been able to retreat." Caesar Sauron hesitated for a while, and finally plucked up the courage to say,

"I know many of you don't understand why I asked you to stop advancing in Beaumont. Now I'll tell you why." The fat man smiled and waved behind him. An adjutant accompanying the team immediately cleared the battlefield. The situation map is spread out on the conference table in the middle

"Look, everyone, this is where you are, Pomiang," the fat man pushed on the map with his hand, and finally settled on an area to the north near the Dorok Mountains, and said, "Maybe you can't find anything if you look like this, but If you use a pen to divide the entire central and northern region of the Dorok Mountains on a map, you will find that Pomiang where you are is the fulcrum that can move the entire strategic center of gravity."

"Geographically, the Pomian region can be said to be a hub zone between the north and the south. It is the only way to the central part. Controlling Pomian will undoubtedly gain the upper hand in choosing to move southward and westward into the Dorok hinterland. Strategic initiative, as long as a large number of troops are gathered here, they can completely look at the entire central Dorok with a crushing attitude.

You standing still here are like the empire hanging a sharp sword that can cut off mountains above the heads of the Dorok people.

Whether it is Aaron City, which is the center of the mountains, or Kurma Fort, which is an important city in the central mountains, they will be placed under the powerful front of your army.

In order to defend against your sudden attack from Pomian, the Doroks must divide their limited forces into two parts again. However, if you directly attack Fort Kurma, you will lose your strategic dominance and eventually fall into a conflict with The main force of the Dorok army was in a bloody battle. Don't forget, this is not the battlefield we are familiar with in the past. If the opponent chooses to avoid fighting, or harasses the fight, you will be in trouble.

To stand still is actually to prepare for the attack and let the main force of the Dorok army be nailed here. An unpredictable enemy. He is the most terrifying enemy."

"But Your Majesty, what if the Doroks gather a large army to counterattack Pomian?" Caesar Sauron frowned slightly and said with some worry, "As your Majesty said, the Pomian area used to be flat. Even if there were no dangerous points to defend, If Dorok calms down, he may choose to counterattack Beaumont in order to regain the initiative. By then, my 40,000-strong army will probably have a bloody battle."

"It's not impossible to worry about you, but you don't have to worry too much." The fat man paused and glanced at the attentive imperial generals below. Said in a deep voice

"Before I gave you the order, I carefully estimated the strength comparison between the two sides. The Doroks now have a full strength of only 150,000 troops, including more than 50,000 new soldiers who were forcibly recruited in the past two months.

In order to fight against our powerful army heading south, the Dorok people have exhausted their last strength, but even so. The Dorok people must also leave part of their troops in the city. In this way, the number of troops that can be mobilized to participate in this battle is definitely less than 130,000.

Pomeon will become a weight in our hands. We, who control Pomion, will use constant pressure to completely overwhelm Dorok's nearly broken logistics line and let the public anger caused by the parliament's plundering completely explode. This will greatly weaken the morale and combat effectiveness of Dorok soldiers.

Although the number is three times as many as yours, in a real battle, it would be very good to be on par with your legion. This does not include the generals' ability to grasp fighter opportunities and make decisions.

On the Empire side, I am personally in charge, and all of you are famous generals who have experienced many wars, but on the Dorok Parliamentary Army side, there are very few who can be called famous generals. On the contrary, there are many generals who are defeated by you, and their morale and military morale are incomparable.

In terms of the army, the troops our army transferred to fight in the Dorok Mountains this time are all real elites who have fought in all battles. On your flank are my 20,000 Central Army troops, acting as horns to each other. There is no need to worry about being trapped in a lonely battle. On the side of the Doroks, there is the Empire's Western Army that may attack at any time.

Although the number of Dorok Parliamentary troops is large, they are mixed, and elites are hard to find. Most of them are inland garrison troops who have never been on the battlefield. There are only a handful of elite troops that can take action.

Comparing the two armies, Dorok's army is far inferior to our army in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness.

In terms of terrain, we occupy the advantageous position of the Airai Plateau in the north, and go straight to the relatively flat Pomian Hills. The seven cities along the way almost fell in one fell swoop, with a mighty army, while the Dorok people It was a hasty battle. It was not until our army entered the Pomian area that it began to hurriedly gather troops to compete with our army.

"So if the Dorok people really dare to fight back, we are confident enough to completely destroy them in this hilly area." The fat man looked excited, punched the table, and glanced at the generals below with sharp eyes and asked, " I just don’t know if those of you who are in charge of frontal combat have the confidence to fight decisively for the empire?”

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Caesar Zoro stood up from his seat with an excited expression.

"If the Doroks really dare to come, I, Caesar Sauron, am confident that I will be the first to chop down the Doroks' battle flag." Caesar Sauron said sternly with his fists clenched.

He has been stationed in the north, and he was quite greedy for the battles in Ruidian and Rode Kyoto. Battles involving more than 100,000 people. As one of the four pillars of the Falcon Army, he may be the only one who has not had such a record. Legion commander, this time, it is finally the turn of his legion to show its face. Otherwise, I would have been a little embarrassed to face those descendants of the empire who have risen like comets in a series of battles in the central and southern parts of the country.

"Our army will win and the empire will win"

Seeing the legion commander being so excited, all the generals under his command also stood up, their bodies standing straight like unsheathed swords, their hot eyes burning with fighting intent.

"Well, in that case, I have other things to do, so I won't delay your preparations here." The fat man stood up with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty is leaving so soon? Your Majesty has already prepared rich food, so you should rest for a while..." Caesar Sauron followed behind to persuade him.

"No, when you win, I will have a good meal at your place." The fat man declined his request and patted his shoulder enthusiastically.

When he was about to leave the military camp, the fat man turned over and suddenly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Caesar Sauron who was seeing him off. He said in a serious tone, "There is something you can do for me here. I sent someone to pick up a couple from the border." Father and daughter. I will stay with you temporarily and help me take good care of them. , don’t tell me my identity, just say that I am an officer of the empire, or, just say that I am the nephew of your legion commander, a playboy who has done nothing, and has gone into hiding because you reprimanded me. Anyway, it is more consistent. I will send someone to pick you up after a while."

"Don't dare, how could my subordinates be so arrogant..." Caesar Sauron turned pale with fright, asking the fat man to be his nephew, isn't this too long for his life?

"This is an order." The fat man said with a cold face. Putting on a serious expression, he knew Caesar Sauron's character very well, and he couldn't help but be a little worried. This guy who can't tell lies wouldn't just betray himself. No, he must give it to this person. Just put some pressure on me guys,

"If something goes wrong, I will deduct one month's military expenses from you. Even if you go to the Ministry of Military Affairs to cry, I will never give you a copper coin." Just in case. The fat man said fiercely again

"Okay." When he heard that his military expenses would be deducted, Caesar Sauron immediately said that he could reluctantly do so. A month's military expenses are hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Everyone knows that the fat man always does what he says.

Caesar Sauron asked boldly and curiously, "Since it is an order, I will obey it. I dare to ask, are you your Majesty's friend?"

"No, are they the eyes I found specially?" The fat man raised the whip in his hand with a mysterious look, pointing to the mountains in the distance and said, "They are the eyes that guide the empire to victory... In the middle of the Dorok Mountains,

The city of Aaron was dark. A thunderstorm swept over, covering everything in the world in a violent storm. The candlelight in the crystal lampshade also seemed to waver because of the strong wind that penetrated through the tiny gaps in the window from time to time.

Lightning flashes across the sky from time to time, leaving a shocking electric flash on the window, followed by deafening thunder. When the rainy season comes, large raindrops draw white lines in the sky. There was a burst of white water spray on the street,

President Dorok Duozhe stood in front of the window. He looked deeply at the raindrops falling outside the window, and an indescribable fluctuation flashed through his eyes. It was a look of struggle.

Behind him, several general Dorok with serious faces were standing there anxiously. Their eyes were all focused on Duo Ze. The atmosphere in the room was heavy and depressing. It was so quiet that one could only hear the sound of raindrops falling to the ground from outside the window.

"Rumble" A sharp lightning passed through the dark sky, like a sharp sword splitting the clouds. For a moment, the light of the lightning illuminated half of Duozhe's gloomy face, which was almost distorted. look

"Your Excellency, General Speaker," General Dorok, who was standing behind Doze, looked at Doze who was standing in front of the window for a long time, and finally couldn't help but interjected.

"Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly, please make an immediate decision. The Falcon Army has taken advantage of this turmoil to quietly attack Baumeon, and now it is possible that the army will approach the important town of Fort Kurma in the central part of the country at any time.

"I heard that this time the devil, the Vekia Falcon, is personally in charge. This has caused the morale of the frontline troops to fluctuate. If a decision cannot be made as soon as possible and the good news is spread to the frontline, the fifth and fourth troops stationed at Fort Kurma will The Seventh Army has 47,000 people, and it is very likely that they will be defeated first. After all, not everyone can face that terrible opponent."

"Yes, fighting with a heavy burden in my heart, I'm afraid the morale of the troops on the front line will also be shaken." Another general, who was thin and thin, nodded in agreement.

"The perverse behavior of local councils has touched the interests of the country. I am fighting bloody battles on the front line, while my relatives are being abused in the rear. The resentment of the soldiers in the front has reached the point where it is about to explode. If those local councilors who have done evil cannot be executed immediately, Quickly stabilize the morale of the military. Once the more than 100,000 soldiers on the frontline turn their guns, not only the entire parliament will be destroyed, but the country of Dorok will also cease to exist."

"Do you think so too?" Duo Ze finally turned around from the window, his resolute face showing that he had made a decision. He asked the generals behind him, "All the people on the list this time must really be included." Kill them? And according to the list you provided, there are probably more people to kill. If they are all executed, how many people will there be?"

"There are 5,343 people in total. This is what we secretly counted in the army last month. This does not include those who are running for local councilors. If all are counted, there are at least tens of thousands of people." A general said extremely He replied affirmatively, "These lackeys need to worry. As long as the big tree they once relied on falls, the people who were persecuted by them will naturally come to settle accounts with them... people." Duo Ze's eyes were filled with sadness that could not be concealed.

If the data is true, it shows that two-thirds of the members of the entire parliamentary system will be killed. Once the order to clear up is issued, it will take a lifetime of hard work to establish the parliamentary system. It is tantamount to erasing it from the country out of thin air.

Uprooting not only the broken roots, but also the countless soil above them, disappeared not only the parliament, but also the soul of the entire country.

At that time, how will I treat those people who once had hope for the parliamentary system?

But if the order is not issued, the troops fighting on the front line will definitely defect, and then not only the parliament, but also the entire Dorok will be destroyed. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes, v