Realm of Power

Countless incendiary bombs quickly hit Berlindel's city wall. As fiery red light groups exploded on the city wall, a large number of logs were piled on the city wall, making the fire unstoppable. The sky was redder than the setting sun. The light is still blood red, and the hot wind and waves are mixed with burning The burning dust was blown by the plain wind and turned towards the Gallic Guards on the rear city road. One-third of Berlindel's long wall was ignited. The frightened Gallic defenders no longer needed orders and began to panic. Withdrawing from the burning area, the incendiary attack ceased after an hour,

In the evening, the wind blows and the clouds disperse between the sky and the earth, and there is peace

Berlindel City is full of fires, the flames are soaring into the sky, and incendiary bombs are constantly passing over the city walls of Berlindel, flashing and exploding inside the city, igniting everything around. Standing on a high place, you can clearly see the countless fire bombs rising in the city. Long black smoke almost enveloped the sky over the entire city.

The light source that exploded like a mushroom also shone on Varisien's face at a high place outside the city.

His stern face and slightly narrowed eyes showed coldness. His gaze was not looking in the direction of the city, but in the distance of the earth, where he saw the last ray of sunset shining on the earth, finally disappearing into the mountains. At the end of the world, the light fades away. When night comes, in the darkness of the earth, Berlindel is burning like hell.

"Why, why are you attacking civilians!" Hutu Emma came angrily from a short distance away, pointing at the burning city in the distance, her face turned blue when she looked at the numerous houses that were ignited by the fire, and her tone was unkind. Asked, "Don't tell me that those incendiary bombs that crossed the city wall were just operational errors. You know, I have done more research in this area than you, so... According to the experience of the current imperial soldiers, they would never let fuel bombs fall on the heads of ordinary civilians without the order of the military commander! This is because His Majesty Falcon has long issued a strict order not to kill civilians at will, as His Majesty once said. As long as you defeat the enemy's civilians, you are your own civilians! Don't you think it is shameful for a soldier to raise a butcher's knife against his own people?

"I have changed my mind. Berlindale is not suitable as a place for a decisive battle, because there are too many enemies!" Varisien took a deep breath, straightened his back on the horse, and unexpectedly Emma Tu replied in an unexpected tone.

"Why?"

Hutu Emma's face was ashen and he said coldly, "Occupy Berlindel to cut off the retreat of the Gallic army. This is a strategy formulated by His Majesty himself. You, Varisien, are so brave that you dare to do so without permission." Change His Majesty’s combat orders!”

"Your Majesty's order must be obeyed, and I will naturally obey it, but Berlindel will not be captured today! Lisien's voice stopped, and his cold eyes retracted from the completely darkened horizon in the distance. He stretched out his hand and pointed Berlindel below, said in a deep voice to Hutu Emma who questioned him, "Because, I suddenly realized that we don't have that much time! "

"Time? The Gauls' reinforcements have just set off to return now. Even if they arrive, it will be in the middle of the night. We should be more than enough!" Hutu Emma argued loudly, Varisien's face was so heavy that he wanted to drip water. , said slowly, "I wonder if Lady Emma has ever thought about how effective Berlindel's incomplete city wall can be in the face of the main force of Gaul that counterattacked at night?"

Not to mention we have so much baggage, carriages, supplies, and thunder gods. All these have to be transported into the city, and then they are painstakingly placed on the city wall to set up a defensive line. It takes a lot of time to wait until everything is ready, not to mention that things have changed now. Berlinder suddenly appeared with 20,000 Gaul soldiers. Guards, plus the city's own garrison of fifteen thousand men. The total strength is still more than 30,000."

"And our troops for this attack are only 50,000 at full strength. Our soldiers are also human beings. They are flesh and blood. Human beings will feel tired. Marching on mountain roads all night, fighting fiercely during the day, and then busy again Half a night... Even your Majesty can't say that he can defeat the 30,000-strong defense force and then face the murderous attack from behind. The main force of the enemy,

"Because that's asking for death." Varisien's voice stopped, full of sharpness. Said, "I'm sure that if His Majesty were in my position now, he would definitely do the same! And I am the overall person in charge of this combat mission. I will adopt different combat deployments according to changes in the situation. This is what I am doing." My duty and authority!"

"Although what you said makes some sense, if you don't capture Berlindel, where are you going to deal with the main force of Gallic reinforcements?" Hutu Emma's face showed when she heard that Valician's decision could not be changed. There was a flash of hesitation,

Indeed, Valicien was right. Even if Berlindel was defeated in a hard battle and exhausted, the troops would still be unable to withstand the main force of the Gallic army returning. However, Hutu Emma also believed that if Berlin was given up, Del, doesn’t that mean the entire battle has been completely abandoned? Not everyone can bear such responsibility! Could it be that the lessons from the Battle of Rode Kyoto were not enough? If the battle plan had not been changed without authorization, how could we have bumped into King Rode's main force and almost allowed the Rode army to annihilate the entire legion? If this was the case, it would definitely be the Falcon Empire. He became the first among the organic units to be annihilated. This first was full of shame!

Varisien tilted his head, as if without thinking, smiled at him, stomped on the ground with his foot, and joked, "What do you think of being here?"

"Here? You mean we stick to the mountain!" Hutu Emma looked at the position of Varisien's feet with a look of surprise on her face.

"That's right, it's to stay close to the mountain, or to wait for the rabbit! The plant is Berlindel. As for the rabbit..." Varisien's voice stopped, and a chilling smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. , the meaning is very clear, the rabbit is the main force of the Gauls' reinforcements

He raised his head and looked at the sky that was red with the city's firelight. He looked back to his surroundings and saw a bright moon in the sky. He said slowly, "This mountainous area is the highest in the vicinity. It has the best view and can even directly threaten the people below." Berlindel, our Thor is placed here, which is equivalent to putting a knife on the head of the Gauls. He can stand down at any time and bombard any enemy who dares to get close.

As for the steep mountain, there is only one way up the mountain. This is why the enemy has superior strength. However, we cannot deploy them all, but we have 2 main flag regiments of the Central Army that can block the enemy's approach, 2,500 grenadiers who have rested for a whole day, 110 Thors, 70 heavy crossbow vehicles, and 50 arrow vehicles. There are also 300 explosive crossbow bolts that His Majesty specially allocated to me. Lady Emma has been in the Military Academy and should know what 300 explosive crossbow arrows mean. These are all powerful weapons against heavy troop groups."

"But what does this have to do with the cold-blooded order to set fire to the city of Berlindel with fuel bombs!" Hutu Emma looked at Varisien with sharp eyes.

"Ligning Berlindel is a very important part of the entire strategy," Varisien said with a half-smile on his face. "Berlinder, who was lit with fuel bombs, was as eye-catching as a giant torch in the night. Even from dozens of miles away, you could see the light that dyed the sky red. The Gauls fighting on the front line were bound to I think the battle in Berlindel is fierce. In this way, the Gallic commander who returns to the rescue will definitely try his best to drive the troops closer to Berlindel. After marching all night, they are already exhausted, and then they run into our defense line. What do you think will happen? A picture? "

"Hiss!" Hutu Emma's face changed slightly when she heard this, and her body trembled slightly and she took a breath of cold air! What a vicious strategy. He suddenly began to look at Varisien differently. Most of the imperial generals would strictly abide by His Majesty's orders for the same battle plan. Only Varisien, an alternative, dared to make changes to His Majesty's plans that best suited the situation. According to judgment, Rui Erdian killed the grassland Khan King at the border, and Rui Migen accidentally killed Dongting General Boguoer Zhamu. It was this guy who suddenly modified His Majesty's orders and plans during the battle, and unexpectedly achieved unimaginable brilliant results!

The night is hazy, and the cold moonlight shines on a large river below

The young leaves of the rolled tree are swaying in the wind. The quiet river surface shimmered in the night, and the green land was mixed with wild flowers of various colors on the vast plain before crossing Berlindel City. The city's firelight has disappeared a lot, but you can still see the red fire clouds in the sky.

This fire that was used as a bait burned almost one-third of Berlindel. Statistics after the war showed that more than 1,300 civilians were burned to death and burned in the spreading fire, and more than 3,000 meters of houses were turned into rubble. In the ruins, in order to delay the Falcon Army's attack into the city, the Gallic Guards in the city took the initiative to abandon the city wall in advance, which was burned and exploded with more than a dozen cracks. In the eastern section of the city wall, a huge collapse area appeared. The wall more than thirty meters collapsed under the thunder god's bombardment, and the city wall was no longer in name only.

The Gaulish reinforcements finally appeared in front of the Falcon Army scouts at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. The "stomp" was first heard from the road in the distance. A blue saint wearing blue armor. The beast cavalry regiment first appeared at the end of the road, and then dense crowds of people appeared on the undulating plains.

"Sir, Berlindel suffered heavy losses, but the city is still in our hands. Our army found the Falcon Army's camp on the mountain ridge southwest of Berlindel! The number of people is about 40,000 to 50,000, and it should be the Falcon Army that broke in. "A scout cavalry galloped from the front and reined in the horse in front of Hassan Rimbaud, who looked tired.

"Brindel's Southwest?"

Hassan Rimbaud raised his head. With his gray temples, he unexpectedly glanced in the direction of Berlindel. At this glance, he was stunned.

In the morning, he had received the news that the Falcon Army had defeated the mountain fortress and penetrated Berlindel from the mountain road to the rear. He suddenly felt dizzy. Berlindel was the only way for the hundreds of thousands of troops on the left wing of the empire to retreat into the hinterland of Gaul. Although He didn't want to admit it in his heart, but Hassan Rimbaud also knew very well that the empire had successively lost its eastern and central fronts in the Rusty region, and only the western front was still struggling to hold on.

But who dares to say that the so-called Invincible Falcon will be blocked on the Western Front!

Since the Falcon Empire can easily defeat the eastern and central fronts, it is only a matter of time before it defeats the western front. Although Hassan Rimbaud keeps saying that he can resist, he actually knows this well. The empire's military advantage has been destroyed several times. The negative consequences of the war have been wiped out. Now, the Falcon Empire is in Rusty Land. The total strength of the district's troops has reached the same level as the total number of imperial troops, and there are signs of frequent troop increases. This shows that the Falcon King's patience has reached its limit. The Falcon Empire is preparing to attack with all its strength, and in one fell swoop this spring and summer. Defeat all the Rusty obstacles and open the door to the hinterland of Gaul

He personally led 100,000 main troops to guard the entrance of the right-wing mountain road, and the troops were extremely tight. Fifteen thousand men are still deployed in the geographically important mountain fortress, and fifteen thousand men are stationed in Berlindel.

Even though the Falcon Army was directly pressed to the inner line, the entire line was tight, the center line collapsed, and the troops continued to be filled in, he did not issue an order to mobilize troops to these two areas. In order to make it possible for the troops on the Western Front to safely retreat into the hinterland of the empire at the last moment,

But now, the frontline of the Vekia Falcon has crossed the front line barrier and is pointing directly at this city that is related to the fate of hundreds of thousands of troops.

For him, this news was like having an enemy's sword pointed at the chrysanthemum. In addition to being nervous, he was also angry. This time he returned under the cover of night with Berlindel's reinforcements, which totaled 110,000 people, including 7 local regiments and 5 troops. Thousands of blue holy beast cavalry. This is 10,000 people, which almost empties half of the troops on the front line. Naturally, it arouses the opposition of many generals. More than half of the troops are sent back. The battle must be resolved quickly, otherwise the lack of troops on the front line will be exposed to the Falcon Army. In front of him, Hassen Rimbaud wanted to directly launch a fierce attack on the intruding Falcon Army.

"Sir, I saw a huge number of Kyoto Guards in Berlindel! There are about 20,000 people. Because of the lack of status, I was unable to enter the camps of these Guards. I only heard about the command of this Guards. The officer is Algernonkaja!" The scout who came to report the news said cautiously.

"Algernon Katya! What is he doing here!" Hassan Rambo's eyebrows were tightly knitted together. One Algernon Julia is enough to make my head big, and now I add another Algernon Katya, no matter what! Putting these confusing thoughts behind, Hassan Rimbaud glanced at the slanting moon hanging in the sky in the distance. He knows that time will not wait for him. Before the sky becomes clear, he must first kill the defending falcon army! Even if it couldn't be killed, at least it would have to be dealt a serious setback before it could completely lose the possibility of threatening Berlindel.

He raised his hand and ordered loudly, "Everyone, speed up!" "

The sound of the trumpet resounded through the night, and the dark infantry line moved in the direction of Berlindel. It was a huge infantry team from Hasen Rambo's Sixth Army. Unlike the local garrison with sparse combat power, it was known as a high-ranking infantry team. The Sixth Army of the Lu Hu Army, the offensive force is composed of infantry squadrons The units advanced closely and orderly. Thousands of cowhide boots pressed neatly across the green grass in early summer, making the ground extremely smooth. There were no slogans or sounds, except for the sound of footsteps one after another. There was no other sound, and the silence in the darkness was chilling.

"Attention, everyone is ready to fight!"

In the mountainous area where the Falcon Army was stationed, the alarm for the coming battle also sounded. In order to restore the soldiers' physical strength for combat as soon as possible, Varisien asked the army to work in three shifts, with 15,000 people responsible for guarding each time. Everyone was resting, and when they heard the trombones of the military camp, countless falcon soldiers came out of the military camp, and spears with cold light stretched out from the gaps in the camp fence. The Falcon Army soldiers saw clusters of black shadows appearing at the bottom of the mountain with the sound of wind, blue armors shining brightly, and the neighing of war horses mixed with human voices.

"Damn! There are so many people!" A Falcon Army soldier looked at the seemingly endless enemies below and swallowed nervously. The other soldiers also stared at the enemies opposite with stern expressions, holding long guns. His hands couldn't help but clenched. The enemy who had been waiting all night finally arrived. The soldiers knew that soon this mountainous area would turn into a killing battlefield, with troops constantly pouring out in an endless stream. Each queue was arranged in a strict manner, with a solemn appearance. They approached with neat steps. No one of the Falcon soldiers spoke. In fact, they were a bit shocked.

Because it was dark, it was too far away to see, but from where you could see it under the mountain, the blue mail looked like a sparkling wave under the moonlight. The air was depressing, and the smell of war made everyone feel in their chests. Pressing on a stone, only blood and strenuous assassination can make this feeling better. This bloody murderous intention is spreading in the chests of the Falcon Army soldiers.

"Turn! Quick!"

In the heavy crossbow position high in the mountains, the bowstring of the infantry crossbow began to be pulled apart by the soldiers, and the extremely tight creaking sound was like a file cutting a person's eardrum.

110 Thors were erected in the direction where the enemy appeared. The front part of the black muzzle was camouflaged by weeds. The heavy arrow cart was pushed to the position occupied by the shooter. This is all the equipment of the Central Army in Rusty, Fatty Not even one was left for him, and all the heavy firepower was given to Varisien. Otherwise, the imperial army would not be in a stalemate with the main force of Gaul on the center line.

On the flanks of the two central flag regiment columns are the Imperial Grenadiers wearing red uniforms who once shined in the Battle of Staros. Their flag is two crossed sabers, which is what His Majesty the Falcon is wearing in the Battle of Staros. After the battle, the military flag was awarded in person, and there was only such a unit that could use the sword as the military flag symbol.

These grenadiers are tall and strong, and carry a bag on their waist that is used to hold small Thor explosion bombs. Because they are stationary for defense, their bags are placed on the ground at this moment. Each bag only has five bombs and needs to be lit with an open flame. ,

After more than a year of improvement, the current explosive bombs are one-fourth smaller and lighter than those used in the Battle of Staros. They can be thrown farther, and can even be used to calculate the burning time to make the explosive bomb explode on the enemy infantry group.

It was still dark, and the Gaul army below was still making final preparations. The Falcon Army did not move either. The two armies kept a mile distance and looked at each other.

As the red sun in the east gradually rose on the horizon. The sharp-eyed parties finally saw the formation of the opposite side. Because of the camouflage, the Gauls did not see the ballista and Thor that frightened them

Hasenrambo's slightly frowned brows loosened, raised his hand and shouted "Attack!"