Realm of Power

Northern Gangfei Empire, Mopu Plateau

The cold winter is almost forgotten on this semi-steppe plateau. The plateau is dotted with lakes and lakes. The Mopu Plateau is a hilly land from west to east in the northern part of the Congo Empire. This desolate fertile plain is above. , with dense forests and flat terrain, is located between the tributaries and the main stream of the Mopu River in Congo. , water flows through it, and more than a hundred rivers branch out from these two water systems to irrigate the fertile soil. The long and short rivers are intertwined like silver threads. The pastures are lush and the land spans meadows and steppes. It is a forest, steppe, and steppe zone, stretching straight to the sky. The flat terrain, like a large green carpet, slowly advances. This area is rich in cattle, horses and deer. Walking through it, you can often see them running in groups or wandering and grazing in the distance.

"Papa" the horse's hooves lifted up the broken soil on the ground. A group of prairie scout cavalry wearing fur hats and bows on their backs suddenly stopped on a mound. The scout captain reined in the horses' heads, his eyes like cold light. He looked warily into the distance, as if examining something. The sky just After a light rain, there was a fresh and cold smell in the air. The horses' hooves stepped on the soft Qinshui grass soil, making a squeaking sound. This was a group of Dongting cavalry responsible for patrolling. The leading cavalryman The captain leisurely looked at the beautiful scenery around him.

In the wilderness, the wind blows, like a pair of invisible hands gently brushing. The land is boundless. What a beautiful place. It is so vast that people forget their own existence. Team leader Zamuke sighed secretly in his heart. , this place reminded him of his hometown. Gang Fei’s sudden remorse made many people in Dongting hate their hearts.

The sacred first snow memorial ceremony is of great significance to the grassland people. It is full of the tribe’s hope for the coming year. The cruel winter is an extreme test for any tribe. Only the first snow memorial ceremony is the most devout dedication to the Heaven of Immortality. Only the tribe can get the protection of Changshengtian. Let the children, women, old people, cattle and sheep of the tribe spend a winter that is no less than a war,

I can’t rush back, I just hope to see the memorial scene in my dream!

This is the first time in Zhamuk’s thirty-one years of life that he has spent the winter in a place other than a grassland.

Compared with the windy and snowy grassland and the frozen land in the last winter, this place seems too peaceful, without the cold wind of the desert sweeping across the world. There is no cold night wind that can freeze cattle and horses to death in one night. Although it is so beautiful here, Zhamuk still likes his hometown. The sun of a lone wolf should not be so warm, nor should it be this kind of thick weather. In the thick clouds, it looks like a cold ball of light covered with a layer of frizzy leather,

The sun in the Everlasting Sky is the beacon that guides tribe migration, and is the wizard of the grassland tribe. It will analyze the climate over the past few days based on the changes in the sun, and avoid disasters in time. If it is such a frizzy aperture, the tribe will suffer great losses. It may even be that due to a misjudgment, a huge storm covering hundreds of miles in size was involved in one night, and the people, cattle and sheep were blown away so much that they could not be found, and no bones were left!

The water here is flowing. It's not the kind of thick ice that won't leave a mark even if a war horse steps on it.

Stretch out your hand here and you can feel the light emanating from the air. It is warm when it shines on your body. When you open your eyes, you will see the endless blue sky. In such an environment, even the lone wolf with the toughest bones will turn into a shepherd dog that has lost its fighting spirit. In the prairie people In my understanding, the cruel cold winter is the test of the Changshengtian for the most powerful warriors on the earth, the grassland people. Only by experiencing the cold winter of the grassland can we understand why the grassland people are not afraid of death and fight bravely without fear of death.

"Buck up, the enemy may appear at any time!" Zamuk ordered to his listless subordinates behind him. He walked around along the patrol border and stopped at a river beach rich in water and grass. The clear river water and tender The grass caused the horses under the cavalry to stop one after another.

Zamuk looked at it casually and found nothing. Although it was said above that the Gangfei army might take the initiative to attack, eight days had passed and there was nothing at all. Zamuk had to wonder if the higher-ups were being too careful.

"Gude, you take ten people and continue forward for 5 miles, and then return to join us." Stopping the horse, Zamuk shouted loudly to a smart and capable cavalry behind him, "The others rest on the spot." A team of 10 people The cavalry continued to advance, while more prairie cavalry dismounted in cheers and took out their water-filled cowhide bags one by one and poured them into the refreshing cold clean river water.

For them, such coldness was still acceptable. Just as the Dongting cavalry was washing their horses with clean water by the river, a Dongting cavalry who was bending to wash his face suddenly stood up and pointed to the distance to the west. Shouting "Look, what is that?"

Zamuke quickly stood up, took one look, and then his face changed drastically and he shouted, "Quick, prepare to fight immediately, you are just a non-human!" The Dongting cavalry who were resting hurriedly ran around and saddled their horses again. On the war horses, some even looked around for the war horses that had gone to graze in the distance, which can be described as quite chaotic.

"Assault!" In the direction of the grassy hills to the west, dozens of fast black lines wrapped around the raised soil, rushing towards this side with great momentum. The cavalry above were wearing light iron armor and pointed blue helmets on their heads. Holding long cavalry spears in their hands, when they were about 100 meters away, the compound bows held high by the Dongting cavalry bounced off one after another, and a cloud of arrows fell like raindrops, whistling with death.

"Watch out! Watch out for their arrows!"

Gangfei Cavalry shouted, neatly raising the cross shield in his hand, protecting his whole body behind,

The arrows hit these finely forged iron shields and bounced off one after another, making a dull sound like raindrops.

But not all Gangfei cavalry were so lucky. On the left side of the charging formation, several young Gangfei cavalry had their horses hit by stray arrows due to their lack of combat experience, and they let out a tragic neighing sound. Shaking and rolling on the ground, the cavalry above was also thrown out like a toy.

"assault"

Seeing such a tragic situation, the Gangfei cavalry who launched the charge remained unmoved. The leader of the Gangfei cavalry captain shouted with blood-red eyes. The entire cavalry queue began to accelerate, moving forward rapidly like a strong wind. This was an accident. encounter.

"Long live Gangfei!"

The Gangfei Ranger Cavalry shouted slogans representing bravery in unison, following their captain like a dark cloud. Arrows above their heads fell with a sharp whistling sound. People kept being hit by the arrows, but most of the cavalry Still quickly crossed this death distance.

Because the speed was too fast, the Dongting cavalry was caught off guard.

"Get ready for battle!" Zamuke pulled out his scimitar with a cold expression, looking at the Gangfei cavalry who were approaching quickly with hot eyes. Behind him, he screamed, "Then there was a sound of scimitars coming out. The sound of the sheath was like a flash of snow-white light,

"Kill" the two cavalry collided heavily, "ah" the cavalry on both sides were like two files. The Dongting Cavalry used skilled tactical coordination and superb riding skills to dodge the sharpest front end of the opponent's cavalry spear.

Zamuk vigorously waved the scimitar, and flashes of blood flashed on the blade. The figure of a Gangnon Ranger cavalry who passed by him flashed, and bright red blood spurted from his neck. Just like a ball of red flowers exploding at high speed, war horses intertwined, "snap", the opponent's figure instantly fell from the eyes under the hooves of the galloping horses, turning into a bloody shadow. There was a sound of bones breaking, and the war horses were like thunder. In this vast open land, the sound of metal clashing was mixed with the shouts of fighting.

"Draw your sword!" The Gangfei cavalry quickly gave up their long spears, which were inflexible in close combat. He pulled out the thick cavalry sword, swords flashed, flesh and blood flew everywhere. The galloping horses passed each other, and the cavalry on top was swaying and being thrown off the horse. The close combat between the cavalry on both sides can be described as brutal. The two cavalry units collided together like two iron walls. The horses rolled on the ground in the squeeze, and blood spattered from the passing horses. The two sides were confronting each other. , like two metal monsters squeezing each other entangled together, a round of staggered fighting passed, and the two sides separated like exhausted hungry wolves.

Zamuke reined in the charging horse fifty meters away, quickly turned around and regrouped his men, taking the opportunity to count the number of people. His expression suddenly changed. In the first round of fighting between the two teams of cavalry, more than thirty of his men fell. But the opponent only had a dozen or so people, and the huge gap in combat power was almost unquestionable.

"How could this happen!" Zamuke looked at his subordinates who were covered in blood with an ugly face, and found that except for himself, everyone else was more or less injured. Although he performed very well, killing with one force. 2 Gang Fei cavalry were killed, but in terms of overall strength, the combat power of the opposing cavalry was still far higher than the melee combat capability of my own cavalry.

Zamuke didn't know that the one who was more shocked than him was the Gangfei Cavalry.

This group of Gangfei Lancers is not an ordinary Gangfei Cavalry, but an elite ranger lancer regiment directly under the Emperor Gangfei. As the vanguard of the imperial army, the Lancers directly under His Majesty the Emperor did not use these poorly equipped long-range guns. The cavalry took it seriously. Although they knew that the cavalry of the Northern Falcon Empire were powerful, they did not expect that the other party would be so powerful that they could fight against the melee cavalry after giving up the advantage of long-range shooting. This completely subverts the previous common sense on the battlefield that long-range troops will flee in a swarm as long as they are approached by melee troops.

These non-ranger lancers are equipped with sophisticated half-chest plate armor. To a large extent, they are not afraid of the penetrating fire of ordinary arrow clusters. Because they abandon the heavy full-body armor, the lancers have high maneuverability and impact like the wind. The pleasure and the posture of being on the battlefield made many Young people in Gangfei are obsessed with it, and it is called the "Emperor's Battle Flag." Before every battle, the Emperor of Gangfei likes to send these elite lancers to clean up the opponent's scouts. Under normal circumstances, the equipment and Even the powerful lancers inflicted heavy losses on the opponent's scout cavalry.

War horses are the biggest weakness of these ranger cavalry. In order to maximize impact speed, the highly skilled ranger cavalry's war horses are not equipped with vests. In fact, these game cavalry are all well-trained swordsmen from childhood. Even if they lose Equipped with war horses, the high-quality long swords they are equipped with and the sturdy half-plate armor can also be used as a semi-heavy unit to break through the enemy's defense line.

The Lancers, who had just been withdrawn from the southern battlefield, quickly became the first wave of forwards sent by the Emperor of Gangfei. Ten squadrons of Gangfei Lancers first entered the Mopu Plateau where the decisive battle was taking place like mercury leaking to explore the way. Behind them was the 260,000-strong army that Gang Fei was personally marching under the command of the emperor.

"Kill them all!"

The captain of the Gangfei cavalry raised his right hand in anger, and the lancers behind him once again sent out a triangular wedge, and the sharp impact started again, but what made the Gangfei people a little stunned was that the enemy who had performed amazingly just now , turned around and ran away without any chivalry. The speed is so fast that the Lancers can only eat dust from behind.

"Bastard, coward!" Captain Gangfei Lancers stopped his horse very reluctantly, spat on the ground with disdain, and chose to return.

After receiving the news, Salon quickly issued an order for all Falcon troops outside the defense line to withdraw into the defense line, except for the Dongting troops.

Similar to what happened here, the large-scale attack by the Confederate Lancers was like hitting a soft net. The Falcon Army's defense line was blocked before it penetrated deeply. Some arrogant Gang Fei Lancer squadrons tried to forcefully advance to the Falcon Army's defense line on the Mopu Plateau. As a result, they were ambushed by the Dongting Cavalry who had gathered. Under the dense siege of the East Court shooters like wolves hunting, these elite gang non-lancers who were too aggressive had almost no chance to resist, and were torn to pieces by the arrow clusters that struck like the wind from all directions.

Although the time is a bit short, the Falcon Army has been in the northwest corner of the stone-rich Mopu Plateau within a month. Three large fortresses were built, with the 2-meter-high earthen walls extending from these three fortresses as supporting points. The Falcon Central Army, the Northern Army, and the Dongting people totaled 150,000 troops. Like a huge concave shape, it completely blocked the road from the Mopu Plateau to the northern border of Congo and Africa. Although the news of the Emperor of Congo's personal expedition had been sent to all armies in advance, the Falcon Army was still a little nervous.

As the commander-in-chief personally appointed by His Majesty Falcon, Saron moved his headquarters to the forefront of the fortress.

Six o'clock in the afternoon on the third day. The golden sunset was fading away. Salon stretched his hands and feet. It was another peaceful day, but soon, a blue line in the distance attracted his attention.

"Come here, get my lookout glass!" Salon shouted solemnly, and an attendant quickly handed him his lookout glass, raised the lookout glass, and through the lens in his hand, Salon saw The blue line was actually a group of lancers wearing half plate armor, and then a burst of smoke rose, and there was a shock on the distant horizon.

Behind the blue Gang Fei cavalry, a blue forest quickly appeared, and the flags of the Gang Fei Crusaders fluttering in the wind were like blue cloud ribbons flying over the plateau. The outline of this forest was in It keeps squirming and expanding.

The squirming blue outlines were the surging crowds of countless armies, and the light reflected from the metal armor and spears was like the roar of a banner swept by the cold wind. The air of chilling soared into the sky, and behind a blue military flag, huge square formations were formed one after another, and they camped on the spot in a tight and orderly manner.

The scene in front of him made Salon, a bold general, take a deep breath of air-conditioning. It is no wonder that His Majesty Falcon strictly ordered himself to defend. It is true that Gangfei's army has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers. In the distance, there are crowds of people, bright armor, and wide space. Get an endless piece of metal In the cold light, you can't see the head forward, you can't see the head to the left, you can't see the head to the right. The entire army of more than 200,000 people is like a huge carpet covering the ground in front of you, pressing heavily on the concave defense line. , it is very likely that with one blow, the entire defense line will be turned into powder.

This was a rare moment of calm. The two sides’ combined armies of nearly half a million people gathered on a plateau area less than fifty square kilometers wide.

Both armies were observing each other's military appearance. The soldiers' hearts were beating fiercely, and the horses were neighing in a low voice. They were desperately spraying white smoke outside. Whether it was the Falcon Army or the Gang Fei Army, they were watching. Facing the invisible long wall and three huge concave fortresses on the opposite side, facing a sea of ​​enemies, everyone felt trembling from the bottom of their hearts.

Behind the defensive earthen wall, the troops were busy all night transporting supplies for defense. In order to replenish supplies nearby, Salon, as the governor of the Southern District, recruited 1,500 craftsmen from the Southern District half a month ago. In the area one thousand meters behind, a forge was established on the spot to make arrow clusters and repair weapons.

The tinkling sound is like a serenade in the night. The people who like this policy the most are the Dongting people. Skilled craftsmen are very precious on the grassland. To be able to establish a tribe, it must first have its own craftsmen,

The grassland is an area severely lacking in iron. Under normal circumstances, only people with status in the tribe are qualified to ask craftsmen to tailor armor, weapons, saddles, and even various accessories according to their requirements.

But here, as long as they are willing to pay wages, the iron ore is completely free, and any prairie man can get a set of half-length mail and a sharp scimitar. In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of these Dongting cavalry, Salon This time, he spent a lot of money and started from the Southwest District. A large amount of iron ore was transported, and the craftsmen were divided into three shifts and worked day and night. This made the 30,000 Dongting cavalry troops complete a major transformation in equipment. Otherwise, if they still had the same thin leather armor as before, the Dongting scouts would be He would never engage in close combat with the Gang Fei Lancers.

"Mr. Nista, what do you think the Vekia Falcon opposite will think of our army showing such power?" On a slope of the Gangfei Army, the Emperor of Gangfei, riding on a war horse and wearing golden plate armor, He asked a middle-aged general next to him with a smile on his face.

"Of course, they think that our main forces have been deployed, and Kyoto is weak and defenseless!" The dignified middle-aged general bowed his head with admiration and said, "As long as all the guards in Lisbon are lured out, your majesty, the Ninth Legion, which seems to be stranded in the south for rest, has a total of 30,000 troops. Just close the retreat of the Falcon Army, and it will be enough to decide the outcome in a battle at the critical moment! (To be continued...)