Realm of Power

In the early days of the Falcon Empire, it was known as the "April War" in history. The Second War in Putau broke out in a situation that was completely beyond everyone's expectations. On the one hand, the Congolese Army, which had a strong force, finally broke out from the north of Putau. The region marched southward, determined to overthrow the important town of Lisbonto controlled by the Falcon Empire Army in the south in one fell swoop.

As a result, his rear was beaten into a sieve by a group of mobs. It is no exaggeration to describe the brutality as riddled with holes. According to imperial historical records, the total number of imperial forces that entered northern Putao this time exceeded 300.

This war mobilized more than 1,700 ships of various sizes and mobilized more than 80,000 personnel, so this war was also nicknamed "the 80,000-strong surprise war." The defenders of Gang Fei rushed to the battle and suffered heavy casualties. After the arrival of the fifth batch of imperial force fleets sailing from Lisbon to the north coast of Ptau, they were the first to arrive. The 80,000 people, plus the Pantao people who attacked the northern area of ​​​​Putau, and more people later joined, actually exceeded 130,000 people, and the momentum was as powerful as sweeping thousands of armies, although most of them were not strong in combat power. Although they are a miscellaneous force, facing the left-behind troops from the north of Gangfei with less than 10,000 troops, they are enough to fight successfully. The beating made Gang Feijun cry for his father and mother.

In less than half a month, most of the northern part of Puntau occupied by the Congolese was lost, and riots broke out in various places. In the Sails area, the hub of the north-central part, and in the plain area centered on Kearney City, It was directly occupied by the rioting more than 30,000 Putao people, despite the strict orders of the Congolese Commander-in-Chief Fabgares that the local commanders must recapture Seles, regain the lost ground, and put out the riot! However, the remaining 5,000-odd Congolese and African troops in the area dare not go beyond the thunder pool. Because of the chaos in the northern part of Putao, the garrison's logistics has been cut off.

What demoralized the Gangfei army the most was the enemy's brutal practice of beheading. In the middle of the mountains, in the dense forests, in the shoals of rivers, and halfway up the cliffs, brutal headhunters were everywhere. He may look like a timid farmer, but when he turns around, he sees a hunter with a ferocious gaze and a cutting knife in his hand. In front of him is a businessman with a flattering face. He casually pulls out a long sword from the cargo of the carriage and stabs him in the stomach. There are not many soldiers. The outpost was the hardest-hit area under attack. The entire northern part of Putau went crazy. I heard that it was on the black market. Ten gold coins have been paid for the head of a Gangfei soldier, and there are signs in some places that pre-order as soon as possible and the quantity is limited.

Tian Jian, the poor soldier who was not a low-level soldier, never thought that one day his mind would be worth as much as ten gold coins. It was really an outrageous price. If converted into silver coins, it would be one hundred silver coins, ten gold coins would be one thousand silver coins, and the monthly military pay of an ordinary Congolese soldier would be only one silver coin. The difference between one silver coin and ten gold coins, no matter how stupid it is. One can also feel the ferocity inside, when the soldiers know the value of their heads. It took a thousand months of not eating or drinking to accumulate wealth. Even the soldiers themselves looked at their companions abnormally.

At the command level of the Congolese Army, the current problem is no longer how to "extinguish the riots and regain lost ground", but how to avoid being "extinguished" by the riots. How to keep your head from being chopped off by your companions in exchange for a bounty as soon as you close your eyes. Riches and wealth are touching. I heard that some troops in the Congolese Army have bad records. When soldiers wake up in the morning, they always find that there are a few missing soldiers. It is said that they have been sold privately to the underground black market by the officers. This rumor has spread so widely in the Congolese Army that the command of the Congolese Army has to order that every morning Everyone must gather to clear out the number of people. If it is found that one person is missing, the lower-level officer leading the team will be arrested immediately.

Until now. The Congolese and African troops in northern Putau have not yet figured out why they have fallen into such a situation.

The 40,000 troops that Fabgares retreated to the north are now also overwhelmed and mired in quagmire. Mob groups formed by various forces were specifically designed to attack the scattered Congolese troops retreating along the way.

The 40,000 troops seemed to be a lot, but the troops always dispersed, and they were still very powerful against the northern Puntau mob group, which numbered more than 100,000 people. If all these people were to gather together and kill them, even at the legion level, it would probably be difficult to defend them with the help of the thick walls of the fortress.

"The enemy has suddenly increased its troops and is in urgent need of reinforcements! Otherwise, all the previous achievements will be wasted!" Fabgares felt that he could not bear it anymore. He guessed the direction of the Falcon Army's counterattack, but he was still beaten into this mess. The garrisons from various places They all chose to escape. It was only a matter of time before the northern part of Putau was lost.

Next, the Falcon Empire army will definitely take this advantage to counterattack Gangfei.

The comparison of the forces between the two sides is now seriously unbalanced. According to the latest intelligence, the opponent's forces are still increasing and are likely to exceed 200,000. However, we are already fully prepared on the border, with only about 50,000 troops. Moreover, the army Morale was low and the soldiers were in panic all day long. Yesterday I heard that somewhere was occupied, and today I heard that somewhere was lost. The northern part of Putao has become a prairie fire. The garrison troops have abandoned the city and fled. People from various parts of Putao have joined the revenge team. Even Ruze Province, a large province with a heavy garrison on the border with Congo and Africa, was also attacked. There is an atmosphere of despair everywhere

The Ministry of Military Affairs of Congo and Africa had no choice but to dispatch reinforcements from several "relatively stable" provinces around Besuca. At this time, it was already the second month after Congo and Africa signed the extension of the name of the local army. , local troops emerged in large numbers, reaching 200,000,

Two local armies were randomly selected, with a total strength of 40,000.

One was the Popiah Army drawn from the Muru Province, and the other was the Olin team from the Yiling Province. This order immediately made the generals scream like they were pulling out their teeth. The troops who finally got up, the Ministry of Military Affairs He was taken away with a transfer order. Of course the generals would not do it.

They ran to the little emperor with tears and snot in their eyes and complained about how loyal they were and how they had spent all their money to piece together so many troops. The soldiers were all new recruits and they could not even equip themselves. It would be useless for such troops to go to the battlefield. ! The Ministry of Military Affairs is simply giving blind orders! The answer from the Ministry of Military Affairs was also simple. If the general is unwilling to pull out his own troops, then after the Falcon Army breaks into Gangfei, the first to be swept away will be the local army, because the main force of the empire is no longer able to fight anymore, and the two teams that have been transferred The local army was unwilling to set off towards the border.

After such a delay, most of the northern area of ​​​​Putau has been completely "recovered!" The Falcon Empire army stationed in the southern part of Putau began to march northward with great momentum. The so-called massive momentum is because this time the Falcon Empire army announced that it will advance northward. The strength of the army was 300,000, and the news reached Gangfei.

"Are you sure it's 300,000? How is that possible? Are you mistaken?"

Marcos, the Minister of Military Affairs of Congo and Africa, stood up from his seat in disbelief. He had already estimated that the number of troops that the Falcon Empire could mobilize this time would only be 200,000, so he asked Fabgares to stabilize the defense line on the border. , mobilized reinforcements from various places, and cobbled them together to the level of 200,000 people. I thought it should be enough. This kind of force can also make the Falcon Empire hesitate temporarily. At first, I didn't expect that the opponent's force was 300,000. Is this a joke? Where did the 300,000 people come from! It couldn’t be that the Falcon Empire was transformed from southern Putao!

"According to our insiders' desperate confirmation, this number is true. The Falcon Empire's Navy Department issued an order to open the inland sea. Lisbonto in the south of Putau is the base camp. It is said that there are more than 300,000 sailors gathered, and this number is still high. There is a possibility of an increase!" the adjutant who delivered the report said cautiously.

"Open the inner sea order!" Marcos' face was stunned for a moment, and he punched the table. His face suddenly became ugly and he was careless. The Falcon Empire has spent so much effort to open up the inland sea, so it will naturally take advantage of the momentum of defeating Strand's navy to open up the inland sea in one fell swoop! If this is the calculation, it is not difficult to understand that there are more than 100,000 miscellaneous troops who suddenly appeared from the north of Putau and beat the invading troops into tears. Non-native. . . . . . "Marcos' brows relaxed a little.

"Tell Fabgareth that if the Falcon Empire forces forcefully attack the border, let them go if necessary!" Marcos seemed to have thought of something, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to the adjutant

"Let go? What do you mean, sir?" The adjutant was startled. The domestic military strength is now tense. Although a large number of local troops have been recruited, it will be difficult to form sufficient combat power in a short time. If Fabugare Si let go of the defense. The Falcon Army swarms in through the gap, and the few remaining provinces of the African Empire will collapse.

"Haha, it's not as bad as you think!"

Marcos glanced at the adjutant's ugly face and said with a sneer, "If they are really all miscellaneous troops. Even three hundred thousand troops would not be a big concern. Don't forget that there are Central European Barrow and allied forces of other countries in Congo and Africa." Two hundred thousand people have been raising these guys for a month or two, but it's time to take action. We invaded Putau, and the Barrow countries in Central Europe looked on with cold eyes. It's the same thing, and once the Falcon Army counterattacks into the mainland of Congo, the coalition forces of the Central European Barrow countries will definitely take action, because they have regarded our general set as a shield to resist the expansion of the Northern Falcon's power, and will not sit idly by. The Falcon Empire from the north has swallowed up our Gang Fei, and we can use this opportunity to make both the coalition and the Falcon Empire lose! "

"Yes, I understand!"

The adjutant was shocked when he heard that. Although the coalition forces were the backing of Gangfei's fight against the Falcon Army, the Gangfei people themselves did not like the coalition forces of the Barrow countries in Central Europe. The battle was not fought once. Instead, everyone acted like I am a gangster. With the appearance of a great hero for saving the country, the more than 100,000 coalition troops have consumed more than half of Congolese military affairs. One-half of the supplies allocated by his subordinates, as well as one-third of the property that Gangfei plundered in northern Putao this time, fell into the pockets of these countries. In the last coalition meeting, because there were people here in Gangfei It was proposed that the coalition forces would consume so much supplies every day even though they had not fought a single battle. This was immediately met with refutation from the coalition forces.

"What are you guys in Gangfei thinking?" The aggressive coalition generals stood on the table with their sleeves rolled up and cursed like shrews. "We are here to protect Gangfei! We are the protectors of Gangfei, We keep the evil Falcons away from me! We have even made plans to sacrifice our lives for Gangfei at any time, but how do you treat us? You always say that supplies are insufficient, the soldiers cannot eat enough, and the generals refuse to ask for a few maids. Are you just Gangfei? attitude towards friends,

"The greed of these guys is like a hole that can never be filled. They constantly ask Gangfei for food, supplies, and women. It's so abominable! These guys should go to the battlefield!" With this thought, The adjutant gave Marcos a military salute and turned to leave.

"Thousands of ships sail through the inner sea, and the spring breeze in April sweeps away the remaining flowers!"

This nonsense sentence suddenly became popular in Lisbon in April. I don’t know if it was written by that crappy poet. No one noticed it at first. It happened that a well-known middle-aged Chinese poet from the Southwest District came from April. Biya Performance Troupe, the main pillar of the troupe is Miss Tang Ru, who is known as Jade. During the performance, I sang such a sentence that suited the occasion:

This sentence came out later. To be honest, it was not Miss Tang Ru who did it, but His Majesty Falcon, who was sitting in Lisbon and had just turned his hands into clouds and rain, turning the entire situation around in one fell swoop, and said with emotion. a sentence that came out. It immediately caused a sensation in the entire Lisbon Toto. For the various forces gathered in Lisbon Toto some time ago, it was simply an exciting and passionate game. Beheading people in exchange for the qualifications to enter the inland sea. All the forces in the northern part of Putao went crazy. , there is strength in numbers. For the first time, all forces discovered that the inhumane army was so vulnerable.

Most people have only heard that the battles commanded by His Majesty Falcon are always accompanied by the Goddess of Victory. But this time, all the forces have experienced for the first time what a refreshing feeling it is to be accompanied by the Goddess of Victory.

"It's like destroying the dead. Fortunately, I acted quickly. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to grab a single head! This is really like what the lyrics say... Thousands of ships sail through the inland sea, and the April spring breeze sweeps away the remaining flowers, haha, yes, yes , this is the feeling! Those people are just dead flowers. Having such an experience, my life is worth it!"

In Lisbon's large and small taverns, you can often hear the drunken rhetoric of sailors. Some forces made enough money and returned to Lisbonto, while more forces were working hard in the north. In April, the spring breeze blew through Lisbonto, and this easy-to-understand lyrics also spread throughout Putou,

As for why this sentence came out of Miss Tang Ru's mouth. On the contrary, not many people care about it. Who doesn't know that His Majesty Falcon has a lot of love affairs, and for a while he was particularly interested in Central and Libyan culture, and had an affair with Miss Tang Ru, who is known as one of the four new beauties in the Southwest District. Something happens in between. No wonder! There is always a need for beauty beside a hero. Although Miss Tang Ru's appearance does not quite meet the standards of elegance and splendor in the minds of most Obarans, she is at least one of the rare beauties among foreign races.

"Your Majesty, this bow is not bad!" Varisien said with a flattering look on his face. He looked at the fat man in front of him who was holding a bow with both hands and aimed at a fat rabbit fifty meters away. "Giggle" The bow string was gradually stretched to the full moon in the fat man's hands. Varisien was secretly speechless as he watched.

"Not too bad!"

The fat man curled his lips slightly, let go of the bow string, and actually let go of the rabbit. He ran his hand over the bow handle of the precious white rhinoceros horn, picked out two bow strings with twisted rhinoceros tendons, and pulled the string with the terror he just felt. Compared with its strength, this bow is more like some kind of exquisite work of art. The fat man's archery skills are terrible, but it does not mean that he has poor vision.

This is a good bow. The power of pulling the bow string is not that of a two-meter long bow. It is also equipped with thirty hollow bone arrows carefully carved from elephant leg bones. The red wind chimes are tied to the arrow tails. When an arrow is shot, it must be the kind that is pleasing to the eye. I don’t know if it is an arrow with a drill bit attached to an elephant leg bone. Dao is the masterpiece of that craftsman. The front end of the arrow is actually inlaid with a pure white transparent multi-faceted crystal, which is extremely sharp. In this era, this kind of crystal is called white sapphire, but it is actually a diamond. This is extremely The finishing touch directly brings the lethality to its peak.

With such a pulling force, coupled with such arrow clusters, the lethality is enough to penetrate heavy cavalry armor within a hundred meters.

This is what it means to seize the lead and kill a general within a hundred meters. On the battlefield, a marksman with this bow is a nightmare for any enemy general.

"If you can get your Majesty's word, this bow is worth it!" Varisien said with a satisfied smile. "This bow is worth a thousand gold coins on the black market, which is a bit of a loss! It was introduced as the collection of a big country owner in Feize in the south." The real value is definitely more than three thousand gold coins. I don’t know how it was stolen this time and sold on the black market."

"The other party was eagerly waiting to make a move, but found that no one dared to take the shot, so the price was lowered to only one-third of the real price, but still no one dared to take the shot after a month."

"I happened to go to see a piece of goods that day, and I saw this at a glance. Your Majesty also knows that I am half Kugit blood. When I saw such a good bow, I was naturally itchy. Who would have known that after buying it, I would know that this bow It is simply not something that my subordinates can draw. It is estimated that only Your Majesty in this world has the ability to draw this bow!"

"Your Majesty is hunting today, so I will bring it to His Majesty immediately!" Varisien said quickly

"Don't let it be that I don't know about you selling weapons to those chambers of commerce privately. If you want a bow, just send me away. I'm afraid it will be a little less." The fat man raised the bow in his hand again and drew the string. He took out a drill arrow and aimed at a thick log 20 meters ahead that could only be hugged by two people.

"Damn it! I really considered that improving the relationship with some chambers of commerce would play a vital role in the future development of the Putao area, so I helped some in private!" Varisien was frightened, his face turned pale, and he suddenly stood aside. Kneel on the ground,

"Old rules, as long as it does not affect the interests of the empire, I can pretend to be invisible, but it is necessary to leave half of the income and hand it over." The fat man loosened the bow string, and whoosh, the white line shot out like lightning, and the arrow cluster stably penetrated the front. The thick wood actually pierced through the thick wood, and only a white tail feather was seen exposed.

"Yes, I know the rules. I will send the money this afternoon!" Varysien wiped the sweat from his forehead. He made a lot of money this time. The weapons for tens of thousands of people, although the various forces have prepared them, are all light short swords and axes for sea battles. For land battles, heavy shields, spears, and bows and arrows are still needed. At that time, tens of thousands of Congolese troops were defeated in Lisbon. The weapons and equipment seized from the Congolese were still in the warehouse. This time, they were sold in batches, and at least more than 600,000 gold coins were sold, and a favor was also sold to the various forces.

"Okay, help me secretly investigate what happened to Tang Ru!" The fat man was very satisfied with the shooting power of the bow, turned around and said, "I should not know her, but the other party actually used my name so blatantly, I should at least show some expression! Otherwise, not everyone can take advantage of me!"