Realm of Power

Yinqueqiu is named because the terrain is very undulating, and Yinqueqiu gathers in groups. The overall landform of Yinqueqiu is like a rolling concave basin, with hilly undulating hills, like layers of turbulent mountains. Like a wave, it is squeezed by the earth and looks towards the north, stretching all the way to the edge of Yinque Hill. The undulating woodland and some low cliffs full of holes are the favorite environments of Yinque.

For the creatures of nature who live here, Yinqueqiu is a very comfortable and peaceful place. If it is a sunny day, the bright sunshine shines through the shades of the trees. The sky is so pure, the sun is so bright, and it is joyful. The flock of silver birds is like a fairy tale Like, across the sky of Yinqueqiu, and finally perched on the hibernation cliff of Yinqueqiu. Even in winter, the trees in the hills are still very lush, with rich colors. Outside the undulating hills, the structure is clear, and the brightness between the undulating hills is The grass creates a nice contrast,

If it is a rainy night, the rustle of raindrops on the leaves is enough to make people feel a sense of moist intoxication. Such a place is an intoxicating beauty for any natural creature.

But for Reposti, who is standing on the side of Yinqueqiu Road, the life and death of the 20,000 troops will also be decided on this rainy night tonight. His thick body stands on a high place, letting the raindrops hit him. , flowing along the smooth armor to the ground, surrounded by the sound of raindrops hitting the shrubs in the forest. Reposti looked at the sky, and the rain was obviously lighter than before.

The lightning above the head still flashed one after another, and the silver light streaked across the sky in confusion, causing the scene below to light up from time to time for a few seconds, then fall into darkness, and then light up again.

From Reposti's position, one could clearly see that on the route of the slowly retreating expeditionary force, the Norman pursuit troops came up from behind almost without hesitation. The sound of rumbling horse hooves came from the opposite side of the mountain road, and in the rain, At night, like a giant The huge waves hit the cliff and made the sound of being smashed into pieces. With the huge noise, several cavalry in black armor surged out of the mountain pass like a flood that broke the dam under the light brought by the lightning. They were densely packed like A rushing black cloud

"It seems that your temporary change of plan is right!"

The scene under the lightning made Deputy Army Commander Yagelins take a deep breath of air-conditioning and said with a solemn look on his face, "If we follow the previous plan and launch a full-scale battle at Yinqueqiu, it is very likely that our company will retreat to There is no chance for Yinqueshan. It can be seen from the movement of these Normandy cavalry that have poured into the mountain pass. Although Less than half of the Normandy cavalry have entered now, but they have begun to spread out to the two wings impatiently. They are obviously waiting for the main force to pass through the narrow entrance, and then launch a full-scale attack on the target in front. The already exhausted Even if the expeditionary force is tenacious, it is bound to be a dead end in such a situation! "

"Haha. This is probably God's blessing." Reposti smiled bitterly. "If you hadn't made the temporary change to evacuate from Baiqiu, I'm afraid I might not have thought of this. Although I never believe in fate, tonight This victory is a gift from God. Without this rain, without this darkness, tens of thousands of troops would actually set up an ambush in such a shrub that is only as high as a person's waist. No one would believe it if I told you!"

"So, we will win this time!" Yagelins nodded with deep agreement, and said hesitantly, "It's just that the blocking troops suffered heavy losses! After all, they are just soldiers who have never been on the battlefield. ·Having neither experienced the ordeal of brutal bloody battles nor confrontation The experience of the enemy's cavalry group, to be honest, if they had not shown such determination, I would never have agreed. Even so, I am still a little worried. Once our army fully attacks, what will happen to the decoy troops in front of the Normandy cavalry? How many people can survive!"

"Since they have chosen to become soldiers of the empire, this is a lesson they must learn!" Reposti's eyes flashed with an inexplicable luster, and he said with a heavy groan, "You and I are not the nannies of the expeditionary force, and neither are the expeditionary forces. Those who come here for sightseeing,

Although they have the conditions to become excellent warriors, brave, tenacious, bloody, and brave in sacrifice, they lack one thing, which is the military spirit that the Imperial Army should have. Only a truly cruel battlefield can bring out the bloody and courage in their hearts. Completely release them, allowing them to truly find their own military souls. They are the avengers of their own people and the conquerors of the empire. They must learn that there is no victory without sacrifice! "

"It's just... isn't this too cruel!" Yaglins said with an ugly look on his face, "Is it cruel?" Reposti glanced at him meaningfully before saying, "Rather than wait until they are in a real life-and-death battle, Only then did they discover their fatal weakness. Why not let them get the training they deserve in this, although tragic, forward battle? Only the troops who dare to face the blood and sacrifice are the real soldiers that the empire needs, and they are qualified to face the main force of the Normans behind, instead of half-finished products! Crush them! "On the mountain road below, seeing that the team behind had completely entered the mountain pass, Black Scorpion Zhimu began to order the teams to form.

He reined in the violent horse with his hands, glanced at the darkness in front of him, and then raised his head to look at the sky. Lightning flashed across, illuminating his face and narrowing his chilling triangular eyes. a line,

He didn't know why, but he always felt that there was a weird coldness in tonight's rainy night, or that the thunder and lightning above his head were so frequent that it made him feel a little upset. This feeling was like a kind of inner depression. Qu, urgent need to vent,

With the same number of cavalry, against the same number of infantry, they were entangled for more than 2 hours. For the always conceited Zhimu, such a result was not a victory worth celebrating.

What made him most intolerable was that he found that in his heart, he actually had a kind of admiration for those lowly and cowardly Salanders. To a certain extent, he had to admit that these Salanders His performance is definitely worthy of the title of warrior!

And this feeling is not just for him, but for all the Normandy soldiers participating in the battle tonight...

If it had been before, the Normandy cavalry would have rushed forward in a swarm, chopped up all the exhausted Salanders, killed them all, and then cut off their heads and strung them in front of their horses as a show off.

But now, all the Normandy cavalry have chosen to be silent. They stopped their horses in a row and discharged a huge impact fan. The Normandy cavalry riding on their horses focused on looking at the scene not far ahead with a complicated look. Salander's body is still standing in the mud on the ground.

All of these Salanders were injured, and some even found it difficult to stand. However, they supported each other and used all their strength to support their bodies. The heavy rain and mud made them like solidified statues. No one They chose to run away in panic, and no one chose to kneel on the ground cowardly and beg for mercy. They just stood like this, waiting for the Normandy cavalry with their eyes and broken weapons. "Is this still a human being?"

What surged in the eyes of the Normandy cavalry was not only the bloodthirsty killings, but also the existence of something called respect. These Salanders, who were humble and cowardly in their hearts, acted like a warrior at this moment. Horizontal attack! Leave no one behind!" The Norman cavalry captains raised their weapons and shouted to their subordinates who were already lined up.

With the sound of metal clashing, the spears of the Normandy cavalry began to stand up in a row. A Normandy cavalry hesitated. The moment he raised his spear, he tapped his spear slightly downwards. This action attracted the attention of many Norman cavalry. For a while, some low voices came to mind, and a strange atmosphere spread among the Norman cavalry. "Harrison, what are you doing!"

A Normandy cavalry captain ran over angrily and hit the soldier's armor hard with the riding crop in his hand, and cursed in a low voice, "Are you paying tribute to these cowardly Salanders as a warrior?" "Sir, I only have enemies in my eyes, not Salanders!" The Norman cavalry responded with a serious expression. "Or they may be Salanders, but now they are the enemies that we need to go all out. This is You deserve such courtesy!”

"You will be severely punished for this!"

The captain of the Normandy cavalry cursed angrily. At this time, the order for a full-scale attack was issued from above, and the entire queue began to move forward. The captain of the Normandy cavalry did not dare to delay, and quickly ran back to the far left side of the queue where he should be, because a If he launches a full-scale charge, the entire queue will follow him.

"Advance, crush them!" The roar of the Normandy cavalry came like a sea wave,

In the darkness not far away, a trace of impossible light also penetrated the black night sky. It was a red light spot, a torch soaked in crude oil. Even in the rain, it still burned very brightly, and the raindrops hit it. On top, there was a soft crackling sound, and the person holding up the torch was none other than Reposti

"Look, what is that?"

A marching Normandy cavalry pointed to the fire point in the distance and said, "It should be a torch!" His companion replied with some dissatisfaction, but soon, his mouth that had not been completely closed became stiff. I saw where the fire point appeared, countless circular light spots, like rising stars, tumbling down from the heights of the hills on both sides, with a hell-like light group, smashing heavily In the densely packed position in front of the queue, "Attention, there is an ambush!"

There was an exclamation in the front line of the Normans, and they suddenly became a mess. In a short period of time, fireballs rolled down from both sides, rolled down from a high place, and finally shattered in all directions in the violent impact, with scattered sparks. Let dozens of nearby cavalry be infected,

The monster-like flames quickly burned from their contaminated positions, igniting both men and horses into fireballs. They emitted bursts of miserable screams. The ignited horses ran around, and the entire queue was completely beaten. Chaos, "This..."

How is that possible! "Zhimu, who was in the back team, was completely dumbfounded when he saw the roaring fireballs rolling down from both sides. He pinched his thigh hard. He couldn't figure out how the ball could be thrown in such a heavy rain. Fired?

Well, even if it was barely ignited, why was it still burning so fiercely? Even if it was rained on, it had no intention of stopping. Instead, it quickly expanded and cut its own cavalry into several pieces.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Naomu would have wanted to slap himself twice to wake up from this nightmare earlier. The blazing firelight shone on his face full of horror, and the raindrops hit his cheeks with biting coldness. , both cold and hot reminded him that this was not a dream, this was a real battlefield,

All of this changed so much that it completely deviated from his common sense. In just a moment, hundreds of fireballs trailing long smoke tails destroyed the front line and squadron of his cavalry, adding up to more than 6,000 people in Normandy. The cavalry were all shrouded together, and the rolling fireball caused fire and explosions. Like huge apertures, the gorgeous petals of death spread across the earth. Everything was dreamlike, yet tragic. His entire front team was in complete chaos, "order the front team to withdraw!" Zhimu shouted loudly He shouted to the messenger cavalry behind him, but his words had not yet been spoken. At the end, on the top of the hill where the fireball rolled down just now, dozens of figures poured out like magic. "Kill!" Tens of thousands of expeditionary army shooters who were ambushing on both sides stood up neatly, and the cold light of the numbers came out. Like heavy rain pouring down from the hilly horizon on both sides, the light spots covered The sky above the long and narrow mountain road, with the flames still burning below, had already clearly revealed the position of the Normandy cavalry. Under the fierce blows of the shooters, the panicked Normandy cavalry in the fire seemed to have hit a huge sickle in the shape of a wall. , fell off their horses one after another,

The war horse hit by the arrow painfully threw the cavalry on top. The strong impact of the crossbow caused the war horse with the arrowhead to run around uncontrollably. The Norman cavalry rolling on the ground was trampled to pieces by the chaotic horse hooves. Flesh, the unprepared Norman cavalry fell down like being harvested by arrows. The sound of strong bow strings vibrating even shook the entire space.

It was a very strange feeling, as if the air was boiling at this moment. If you hadn't experienced it personally, it would be hard to imagine the feeling of tens of thousands of bow strings shaking and tearing at the same moment. How shocking it is. The formation of metal Meteors flashed with a chilling light in the sky, and then turned into a howling rain of death. Often the Norman cavalry in front had just fallen off their horses, and the crossbow arrows falling all over the sky came from many injured Normans who had fallen to the ground. The tops of the cavalrymen fell down, shooting the Normandy cavalrymen who were still alive, or who were congratulating themselves on escaping the disaster, into hedgehogs full of arrows. "Help!" The wounded soldiers were rolling in the flames and blood. The screams and lamentations often turn into chilling silence at this moment. Bodies on the ground are soaked in the rain and slipping into the mud. The bright red human blood dyes all the large and small mire on the ground into one color. ,

"Charge forward. If you don't want to die, charge forward!"

In a panic, surrounded by flames in front and behind, some Normandy cavalry began to charge blindly towards the low hills on both sides. What greeted them were giant iron-headed arrows over one meter long, pure metal, fired from ballistas. The forged crossbows made these Norman cavalry fly directly from their horses like they were being strung together in gourds, and rolled down to the ground behind them. The huge arrows penetrated deeply into the ground with the bodies of the cavalry.

Under the wash of the heavy rain, several small red streams flowed along the gullies in the soil, "Encirclement! Leave no one behind!" Reposti, who coldly surveyed the battlefield, snorted. He already felt that these ten thousand Normandy The people's forward cavalry was brutally nailed to death here,

As the torches were raised again, the main expedition forces on both sides began to compress toward the middle. Countless expeditionary soldiers jumped out from both sides. There were terrible shocking sounds everywhere, and spears and arrows were as dense as a forest. Another fierce bombardment was lost Above the frightened Norman cavalry, it was like waves crashing on the hard rock wall, turning into splashes of terrifying bright red. "Puff, puff, puff", the sound of spears piercing the body and bones shattering came one after another in the raindrops. This is the flesh and blood of killing. and screaming waves.

The morale-boosted expeditionary force pressed forward with all its strength without reservation. In contrast, the Normandy cavalry was completely at a loss. The dense spear array stabbed to death the Normandy cavalry who had fallen into a state of semi-panic.

The large number of deaths of the main force made Zhimu of the rear team see blood in his eyes, but he had no choice. He had never experienced such frustration. He looked at the corpses of his subordinates, which were piled up layer by layer in front of him. On the road, blood gurgled and turned into a small river, but all I could do was regret and curse here.

But this is war. Under the full ambush of the opponent, except for the 1,000 cavalry in the rear team, basically all the other 6,000 people were trapped. If reinforcements were forced, no one would survive in the end.

"Sir, the front team and the squadron have been completely destroyed. Please evacuate immediately."

The captain of the Normandy cavalry guard, who was covered in blood and lost his soul, rolled over and crawled over. He lay on the pile of dead people and pretended to be dead. He crawled over quietly when no one was paying attention, so no one noticed him, even if Even if he hadn't announced his name, Zhi Mu wouldn't have recognized him.

"Are we going to give up like this?"

A trace of confusion flashed through Nao Mu's eyes. In the ring of fire in the distance, severed limbs and remains were everywhere. Bright red blood seeped into the soil. There were densely packed rings of fire, large and small, that were still burning, and mountains of corpses. The remains of daggers and spears stuck on the battlefield, broken spears and heavy swords were everywhere, the human and horse corpses of his men piled up like mountains, and the black enemies were rushing towards us like a tide.

"Sir, if you don't leave, it will be too late!" The words of the guard captain brought him out of his trance.

Zhi Mu took one last look at the battlefield filled with corpses, closed his eyes tightly, and then shouted angrily, "Everyone, follow me and get out of the mountain road!"