Realm of Power

"Lord Commander, the Falcon Army's defensive strength is too strong, and it is difficult for our army to attack!"

The battle report from the front made Algernonkaja, who was holding the battle at the back, look gloomy. The palm of his hand holding the riding crop was covered with sweat. Tens of thousands of troops were fighting fiercely in the middle of the night. A seemingly innocuous slope turned out to be a barrier for tens of thousands of people. An elite natural barrier,

On this sloping land about 200 meters long, the two armies faced each other. The Southwest Army, known as the elite of hundreds of battles, moved up one legion after another, killing blood and flesh everywhere. However, it was difficult to shake the opponent's defense line at all. Instead, it was faintly counterattacked by the opponent. The trend of collapse,

Algernon Katya's two eyebrows were completely twisted together. "Sure enough, the sequelae of driving for seven days in a row are still showing. The continuous fierce battles made every soldier go all out. What both sides are fighting for is physical strength. , it’s the will, it’s the fatigue on my side The enemy is hiding in Biye Valley waiting for work. This battle is becoming more and more unfavorable to our army!" He glanced at the white line in the distant sky uneasily, which was a sign of dawn, and he felt uneasy in his heart! It's getting heavier and heavier, it's not just an intuition,

Algernonkaja's ability to serve as the commander-in-chief of the southwest was not entirely due to his family's support. He himself was also hailed by the Gallic Empire military circles as the most talented military genius of the younger generation. He knew very well that once the sky cleared up, , the advantage of attacking Biye Valley at night will be gone. Instead, the opponent can be at a high place in Biye Valley and have a clear view of our situation. At that time, whether you continue to fight or choose to evacuate, it will be very difficult! "It seems that we have no choice but to give up!"

Algernonkaja was also a decisive person. When he realized that he could not achieve results in a short time, he decisively decided to give up.

Compared with achieving temporary happiness, Algernonkaja needed to consider how to bring these 60,000 troops back safely. Although the raid was unsuccessful, it was still possible before a full withdrawal to the southwest. Knocking the Falcon Army hard once can be regarded as a fight with the Falcon Army. With this idea in mind, Algernonkaja made up his mind,

"Will today be a rare good weather?" Algernonkaja said with deep helplessness and a forced smile. The red light before sunrise could already be seen in the distant sky. He raised his hand. He ordered the messenger behind him, "Order all combat regiments to withdraw and rest! Prepare to evacuate!"

As the order was issued, the Southwest Army fighting in front retreated like a tide. The sound of the fierce battle suddenly calmed down. A bloody Southwest Army general who had retreated from the front ran over angrily, grabbed the messenger by the collar, and asked ferociously with bloodshot eyes, "Say, Whoever ordered the troops to evacuate, if you don’t tell me, I will kill you immediately!”

"Yes...it's the Commander-in-Chief!" The messenger's face turned white with fear, in front of this general who was as strong as an iron tower. He is as weak as a chicken

"Lord Commander..."

The ferocious-looking general was stunned for a moment. Like him, many generals were very dissatisfied with the evacuation order. One general even said, "Why are you ordering us to withdraw! Give me another half hour. Our army can tear apart the enemy." line of defense"

"Yeah, it only takes half an hour!"

The generals were excited, and the Southwest Army fought fiercely in the middle of the night, with more than 5,000 casualties. The opposite slope was covered with the corpses of Southwest Army soldiers. The generals' eyes were full of unwillingness, even though they were facing their direct superiors. There was also an anger in his tone. "Half an hour? Are you questioning me?" Algernonka's majestic eyes swept over several people, and he groaned heavily, "Don't dare!" Several generals Realizing that he was losing his composure, he quickly dared not say anything. "I know what you are thinking! There is no need to be so forbearing. We are all soldiers. My feelings are the same as yours!" Algernonkaja looked at their unconvinced faces and said,

"Then the Commander-in-Chief still..." A general opened his mouth, but finally said nothing under the gaze of his companion.

Algernonkaja said with a serious look, "Our army has been fighting fiercely for more than 2 hours, and the opponent still shows no sign of collapse. If we continue to advance, we will not make much progress. If we say half an hour or something, we are just deceiving ourselves!" "On the contrary, compared with the enemy, our army has been on the road for seven consecutive days before this. The army is exhausted. A forced assault of two hours is already the limit. If the stalemate continues like this, when a large number of enemy reinforcements arrive, Biye will The valley is where our 60,000-strong army will die!

"Look at your soldiers, do they still have the strength to fight?" The riding crop in Algernonkaja's hand pointed at the retreating troops. "Soldiers..." The generals looked at each other, not knowing what the commander-in-chief meant by these words. What do you mean? When they turned around, they all stood there in a daze. The whole legion was in chaos. They saw the troops who had withdrawn, sitting on the ground in a scattered manner, with their weapons thrown aside. , many people were lying on the ground like this. Although it was winter, many soldiers had taken off their armor, and their whole bodies were steaming. In the past, such a sloppy scene was completely unheard of in the Southwest Army with strict military discipline. Unimaginable, "This is really... disgraceful!" The generals' faces were ugly. As General Algernonkaja said, the soldiers had reached the extreme level of exhaustion.

Once the opponent discovers and seizes this, and suddenly launches a fierce counterattack, will these tired soldiers who can hardly even swing their swords still be able to fight? The answer is very clear in everyone's mind, no, and it will collapse soon. When the time comes, the army will collapse like a landslide, and then the Biye Valley will be dyed red by the blood of the Southwest Army." When victory is about to be won, it will be It is really unacceptable to abandon the target and withdraw like this! "The commander of the fifth army, Belif, squatted down and lowered his head first. "Sometimes, giving up requires more courage than perseverance!" Algernonkaja said in a deep voice, with a full face. "It's a pity" but this is war Fight, as a commander, I cannot send tens of thousands of troops to the point of no return just because of personal impulse. In the history of imperial wars, there have been too many commanders who were unable to let go of their goals and were eventually eaten by the enemy. It's over, okay, everyone, rectify the troops, we will evacuate immediately!" Algernonka turned around and took a deep breath. His eyes showed unwillingness, and he clenched his fists together. My fingers are slightly white from exerting too much force! "I'm so unwilling to give up like this!" Such words also lingered in his mind.

"Your Majesty. It seems that the Southwest Army wants to escape!" Looking at the Southwest Army that had withdrawn and eliminated the marching queue, Statunko, who had led the Southern Army in a fierce battle for the middle of the night, limped over, with stains still on his shoes. The red blood stepped on the white snow, leaving a series of bloody footprints

"As expected, aren't we just waiting for this moment!"

A cold light flashed through the fat man's slightly narrowed eyes, and the golden morning light in the distance had already jumped up from the horizon, like a horizontal line, turning the earth into two worlds of light and darkness.

You can see it from the heights of Biye Valley. A black line is moving forward quickly from the forest about 1000 meters away from the side of the valley. It is like a strong wind and is unstoppable. It is the 5,000 cavalry of the Falcon Army. The sum total of all the cavalry that Fatty can mobilize at present is also the sharpest knife that he has been holding back for most of the night. If it were a frontal battle, a surprise attack of five thousand cavalry might only disrupt the Southwest Army's position.

But now, it has been a long journey of 7 days. After another fierce battle with the Falcon Army in the middle of the night, the Southwest Army still has the ability to stop this torrent of steel? "cannot!"

There is no doubt that the answer is that even the fat man, who is known as the God of War, would be in such an unexpected situation. I can only choose to flee in panic.

At this moment, the tired army was in front of the cavalry attack. Even the most basic resistance could not be launched, not to mention that the Southwest Army resting below was still ignorant of this.

They were forming a long queue, and an infantry force of about 10,000 people was responsible for breaking up the rear. Everything seemed orderly. All the attention of the Southwest Army was on the Falcon Army on the hillside, and they did not know that their weak flanks were completely exposed to the Falcon Army. On the cavalry's impact arc, "This is a massacre!"

Statunko looked at the flying battle flag of the Southwest Army below with a stern face. It was torn apart by the rapidly attacking black line. The cavalry cut into the entire column of the Southwest Army, like a ball of spinning spiked flails. On the thin armor, fragments flew, and you could even clearly see the upper body that came into contact first. Hundreds of soldiers of the Southwest Army were directly involved in the galloping horses and turned into a ball of flesh on the ground. "Killed!" Five thousand Falcon Cavalry swords were like a river of light turning up in the morning light. The horses' hooves rumbled, The ground trembled, the Falcon Cavalry moved forward neatly, and then suddenly fell like an avalanche 200 meters away They rushed towards the Southwest Army through the curvature of the slope, "Oh my God, cavalry!" The chaotic infantry was completely suppressed by the cavalry. The black cavalry came with a roar of blood and had already passed by them like a hurricane. With streaks of blood rising into the sky, Dou Da's head was chopped into the air by a sharp blade. In the middle, the cavalry came like rolling thunder. Thousands of flying horse hooves kicked down from the front. Countless sharp sabers were flashing with white light. Thousands of people shouted "kill" in a frightening way. They looked at the corpses of their companions. Like the remaining leaves swept up in the storm, knocked down, trampled by the galloping horses, and finally torn into pieces,

The extremely tired Southwest Army was running around like frightened ducks, "General Commander, a large number of Falcon Army cavalry were found on the left wing of our army! The Fifth Army and the Seventh Army are in complete chaos! Other armies have also begun to show fluctuations." The famous general galloped over on horseback, panting, "Cavalry!" Algernon Katya's head exploded. He was stunned for a moment. The worst situation he imagined was actually confirmed. However, the opponent did not use infantry to counterattack, but used cavalry to attack him. "Asshole, I should have thought of it." Algernon Katya let out a burst of hands holding the reins. Creaking sound, terrain like Biye Valley is the best battlefield for cavalry! The timing of the cavalry's appearance was so precise that there was no other possibility except an ambush in advance. "This is a trap!" After being alert, Algernonkaja gritted his teeth and asked loudly, "Where is Francis? Where is Francis now?" "

"Because the army collapsed and it was difficult to fight again, Duke Francis's Bangor army withdrew in the middle of the night last night!" the general said in a panic.

"Asshole, it must be this guy Francis, he betrayed us!" Algernonkaja's face was full of rage, and he gritted his teeth as if he wanted to eat people. "Master General, what should we do now?" "Tell Fifth Bellev of the Legion and Zamza of the Sixth Army must withstand the opponent's cavalry no matter what! His troops left the Biye Valley battlefield to gain time! The terrain here is flat, which is unfavorable for our army to engage in combat. If the opponent's frontal troops and cavalry attack, no one in our army will be able to withdraw from Biye Valley! ""My Lord, you want to give up the Fifth Army! With the Sixth Army? "The general who came to report shuddered and asked with a trembling voice.

"Now, do we have any other choice? No matter what, we must hold on. If the commander of the legion is killed in action, the adjutant commander will be the commander. If the adjutant commander is killed in action, the commander of the first squadron directly under him will be the commander, and so on, until the last man is left in the battle! "Algernonka A trace of silence flashed across Jia's face, and he raised his riding whip. "As a soldier, you should have had the awareness to face this day! It is an honor to die for tens of thousands of troops. As for their families, our Algernon family will You can rest assured!”

"Okay. I hope the commander-in-chief can keep his promise!" The general left with a sigh and a cold voice.

"Run, run if you don't want to die!" The left wing of the Southwest Army was in complete chaos. Countless black cavalry were like clusters of arrows, suddenly rushing through the hastily formed column, and the jiliè impact sound came with the wind, powerful The impact force cut the Southwest Army's queue into pieces. The soldiers of the Southwest Army flew away or fell to the ground in pieces, within only two minutes of contact. Just like a strong wind blowing down weak grass, the troops on the flanks of the Southwest Army were forcibly washed away. "Kill!" The passionate shouts of killing made all the soldiers of the Southwest Army feel scared.

One row, two rows, three rows. The attack of the formations of Falcon Cavalry was completely in an unabashed crushing manner, forcibly making a strategic cross-cutting against the flanks of the southwest infantry and discharging the marching troops of the southwest. Faced with a sudden flank attack from a large number of cavalry, it was impossible to mobilize troops in time to respond.

The army was completely trapped in fighting independently. One by one, the squadron flags collapsed under the impact of the Falcon Cavalry. Facing the Falcon Cavalry, which was cut like a sharp blade, panic spread from the center of the array to the entire line like a plague. Tired and demoralized. The powerful impact of the high-speed cavalry troops on flat terrain is vividly demonstrated.

"Everyone rally to me!"

Belif, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Southwest Army who was as strong as an iron tower, waved his sword, stood under the flag of the army, and shouted at the top of his lungs. In front of him, more than a hundred elite infantrymen directly under the army raised their hands neatly. He fired the stabbing spear, and the long spear points moved forward, as if a forest of spears suddenly appeared on the ground, the spear points flashed with a terrifying light of metal,

"Charge over and cut off that flag!"

The regimental battle flag with golden tassels quickly became the target of the Falcon Cavalry.

Accompanied by the terrifying sound of hoofbeats and shouts of killing, a group of one hundred falcon cavalry flashed their swords. The rapid killing speed was like a huge sickle sweeping towards them. The dozen or so southwest infantrymen in the front line disappeared in an instant. , followed by countless heavy horse hooves kicking down,

"kill!"

The blood of the warriors on both sides surged at this moment. Their spears pierced the belly of the war horse in front of them, causing a shower of blood. The Falcon Cavalry above seemed to have been hit hard and was thrown off the horse, falling onto the spear below. ,

"Well done!"

Before Belif's shout could be fully uttered, he was stunned to see these cavalrymen falling off their horses, completely ignoring their own life and death, using their bodies to protect their companions behind them, suppressing the spears that were pointed towards the front.

"No, it shouldn't be like this!" Belif shouted sternly,

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" Losing the resistance of their spears, the southwest infantry was quickly knocked to the ground by the cavalry galloping from behind. The cavalry that followed completely trampled them under the hooves of the horses, followed closely by the second row, In the third row, there were sounds of spears breaking and guns breaking everywhere,

In the end, the tall Belif was trampled under the hooves of countless war horses, and the battle flag of the Fifth Legion was cut off with a knife, and the golden tassels fell in the air.

"Sir, Commander Belif of the Fifth Army was killed in action! The Commander-in-Chief ordered our army to defend to the death to cover the evacuation of the main force of the army!"

The bad news from the flanks made Zamza, the commander of the Sixth Army, know that he had no way out. In front of him, the infantry formation was as if it were made of paper and mud, in front of the black cavalry swept by the strong wind. , his soldiers fell down one after another like ripe ears of wheat. In this situation, he ordered to hold on. The commander-in-chief is so cruel.

"I'm really unwilling! But as a soldier, you should do something." Zamza pulled out his sword with a wry smile. His troops were already in chaos, and the war horse leaped high, like a swift arrow. The group of black cavalry rushed towards the front,

kill! "Zamza yelled with all his strength, and with the sound of wind, his long sword pierced the chest of a passing Falcon Cavalry.

"Punch" the war horses intersected, like two huge arrow clusters colliding at the same time. The war horses fell down with a neighing sound. The knight on top flipped off the horse covered in blood, and the long sword penetrated from the chest of the Falcon Cavalry. The sharp blade penetrated completely into the cavalry's body

"puff"

Several Falcon Cavalry swords also attacked at the same time, mercilessly slashing through his body. The bright red blood spurted out from the gaps in Zamza's armor like water squeezed out when a pipe broke! The corpse was thrown heavily from the warhorse and rolled down the snow below, which had been stained red by the blood of countless people.

"General, after the Fifth Legion, the Sixth Legion's legion flag was also broken!"

Arjef Katya, who was leading the troops to the entrance of Biye Valley, heard the news, and his face was gloomy and wanted to drip water.

After sacrificing 20,000 troops from two legions in a row, at least he could guarantee that he could escape with more people.

He glanced at the entrance of Biye Valley in front of him. There was no obstacle in the spacious valley entrance. He finally showed a look of relief on his face.

Vekiah Falcon, no matter how powerful your arrangements are, not blocking the valley entrance is your biggest failure! "Your Majesty, the enemy is approaching the valley entrance! Are we..." On the slope behind, Statunko reported to the fat man hesitantly.

Below the slope, the Southwest Army's rear guard troops have been completely defeated, and the mountains and plains are full of scattered soldiers, but where can they escape?

Although the interior of Biye Valley is spacious, it is surrounded by a basin. Except for the valley entrance and this slope, there is no other way out. The final outcome of these defeated troops is only two, surrender or death!

"The other party's heroic act of cutting off their wrists is tragic, but unfortunately, do they really think that the valley entrance will be opened without any preparation?"

The fat man looked at the battlefield below with cold eyes, raised his right hand and waved to Statunko, "Light the fire, I don't want this extremely valuable Southwest General to be blown to death! Order all troops to advance in a queue, I want to capture him and his Southwest Army alive!" (To be continued...)