Realm of Power

In the dark night, looking from the high-altitude Baluta Fortress to the town below, it was full of bonfires lit by the coalition forces, like a river of starlight surrounding the foot of the fortress mountain, illuminating almost half of the outer wall. The coalition forces captured the first An outer wall can be regarded as completely completing the siege of Baluta Fortress.

The coalition soldiers set up fires and cooked food in the city. The injured soldiers were carried into the houses in the city first. After a fierce battle for a whole day, everyone was exhausted. The two armies fell into a rare period of peace. Baluta It is a military fortress, and the towns derived from it are not large in size. , is the size of a medium-sized town, with a normal population of about 5,000 people. There are about 50,000 coalition troops entering the city. There is no way to accommodate such a large number of people. Low-status soldiers are mainly distributed on the streets. Only officers with status can be allocated a residence to rest.

In order to prepare for a sneak attack, the coalition sent 20,000 people to block the mountain road leading to the fortress.

"In the first battle, we captured the opponent's outer wall. Although there were some losses, it was still a good thing to stimulate the morale of the coalition forces. This is all the result of the army's hard work," Leo Porter, the coalition chief dispatcher, suggested that in the evening A celebration banquet was held and the generals unanimously agreed

"The Falcon Emperor is nothing more than that"

"Yeah, I thought it was so powerful. It wasn't just defeated by a bunch of people."

"It seems that the Falcon Army is not too weak, but that we are too strong! Haha"

At the celebration banquet celebrating the success of the first battle, the generals held wine glasses and cheered loudly for victory. Someone shouted, "Toast, let us take Baluta tomorrow! Then fight to Putau and let the Northern Falcon Empire go back." Let’s make our record the most dazzling in the history of Central European Barrow!”

"Let's raise a glass! Let the Falcon Empire go to hell. If we come back tomorrow with a full army, the other side will collapse." Everyone showed optimism about the war situation and raised their wine glasses high in the building where the banquet was held. It turned out that here It is the house of the richest man in town. Although it cannot compare with the wealthy houses in big cities, it is still better than nothing.

It's just that the food is a bit monotonous, and everything in the city has long been exhausted. The coalition forces occupying the city have sorted through all the houses, and there is nothing! Even if there were any in the past, they had been moved away before the Falcon Army gave up the outer wall. Fortunately, the generals are people who are used to eating and sleeping in the open. They don’t care about food requirements, but they must have wine!

"Long live victory!" cheers rose and fell

"Is it really so easy?" Marquis Luo Ra of the Yilila Kingdom put down his wine glass with a solemn expression. A trace of worry flashed in his eyes

"Yes, that's it!" Chief Dispatch Officer Leoport narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at all this, with a smile on his lips, feeling a little satisfied. The Falcon Emperor's powerful combat power is well known throughout Central Europe. Leopold was originally worried that the armies would blame each other because of this, but now it is better. The fear that the coalition generals had against the Falcon Army was also wiped away because of this battle. With this kind of mentality, tomorrow when the coalition forces attack the Baluta Fortress, which has only one mountain road accessible, they will truly move forward and attack the enemy. The first thing is fighting spirit! "

When the morning light spread across the sky the next day, the bright red sun in the east began to shine on the town below Baluta.

"My lord. The enemies are gathering!"

Salton was shaken awake by his adjutant. He had been on the city wall all night and heard the adjutant's words. He immediately stood up and heard the sound of heavy and slow footsteps "Sand! Sand!"

The ground seemed to be shaking a bit. Following the direction of the adjutant's finger, he looked towards the entrance of the mountain road and saw the coalition troops occupying the city below in formation, with flags fluttering in the wind one after another, like red cloud ribbons flying over the forest, "You are really eager. !" Salton clasped his fingers together and looked sharply at the squirming black outline of the fortress mountain road.

"Sir, it seems that the coalition forces are trying to repeat their old tricks and consume us first like they did yesterday. They are looking for weak points to press on!" He heard the adjutant next to him whisper.

"The whole army is ready!"

Salton raised his hand. The fortress was built high on the top of the mountain, completely overlooking the entire mountain road, like a huge Z.

At the front of the line was a heavy infantry phalanx of the coalition, wearing heavy armor, slowly crossing the blood-red morning light on the mountain road. Behind this heavy infantry regiment, teams came up one by one in order, one after another huge. The square formation was tight, orderly and squirming on the mountain road, like a giant snake winding up.

"Hey, how many people are there!"

The Falcon soldiers on the fortress all held their breaths in unison. There were no slogans or sounds, but the sound of footsteps after waves seemed to be ringing in everyone's ears. The slinger on the fortress tower began to pull the winch, and the crossbowman leveled the infantry crossbow in his hand. The mountain road is the real defense line of Baluta Fortress. From Baluta Fortress, the mountain road below can be covered. The soldiers were silent. As I watched, the rhythmic rustling of footsteps was heard one after another. The silence was chilling. It seemed that only the shrill horns in the direction of the town below were left in the world.

"Hold on! Don't be in a hurry"

On the catapult, the captain looked at the soldiers holding axes and waiting for the next order to cut the ropes, and shouted loudly,

"go ahead!"

The coalition forces on the mountain road were as powerful as a rainbow. The advancing queue trampled the branches and shrubs along the way, and the hazy dust and mist covered the sky. Tens of thousands of heavy infantrymen held up their shields in unison and formed a huge square formation, bright and colorful. The rising red sun shone brightly on the armor of the coalition forces.

The heavy infantrymen held their spears tightly and breathed rapidly. His face looked serious and cold.

"It's 300 meters, sir!" the adjutant carefully reminded Salton, who had not yet given the order.

"It's 250 meters..." The adjutant's face became a little tense. The hearts of the crossbowmen on the fortress' crenels were beating fiercely. No matter who faced the sea of ​​enemies, they all felt the opponent's pain from the bottom of their hearts. The powerful army couldn't help but feel weak, not to mention the morale of the coalition forces that broke through the city wall yesterday. They showed all their strength without any concealment. The ranks were like the wings of a giant bird, with the momentum of swallowing Baluta in one bite.

"Attack, charge forward and attack!"

The coalition soldiers shouted, and the heavy infantry began to speed up. They put down their spears and rushed forward with their shields raised. The momentum was astonishing, like a mountain torrent and a tsunami. They wanted to destroy the fortress wall with one blow! Thousands surged forward. Under the blood-red sunlight of dawn, the coalition forward was less than a hundred meters away from the fortress, and the infantry line accelerated rapidly like a long collapsed line.

"shoot!"

A white light flashed above the fortress, and crossbow arrows fell like a storm. In an instant, the front row of allied soldiers were crushed by this terrible counterattack momentum. The queue in front of them still moved forward, and those who were hit by arrows were row after row. Lodging. A terrible sound resounded in the sky

"Keep moving forward!" The narrow mountain road prevented the coalition forces from spreading out at full strength. The five or ten columns of soldiers in front were beaten to a pulp, but there were still dozens of columns standing like mountains in the follow-up. The military flag is like the sea. It feels like being drawn into a whirlpool. The steel collided and slashed fiercely, and the screams and wails were terrifying.

"Trebuchet!" Salton raised his hand. The coalition forces were obviously using deep and wide infantry battle formations to wear down the fortress's counterattack force. However, the coalition forces would soon discover that their dense formation was a disaster! , the fortress' trebuchet began to show its power, there was a rattling sound of the machine rope breaking, and small black dots flew into the sky.

"Attention, it's the opponent's stone!"

The coalition soldiers who were leaning against the city wall paused for a moment. Although they were heavy infantry, their trebuchets were powerful enough to kill them with one blow. No one can be hit by a trebuchet and remain unscathed, and solid armor is of no use. Hundreds of kilograms of fine iron armor can be shattered like paper in front of a trebuchet.

The flying arrow clusters kept shuttling between the two sides, each with an arc of death. Like locusts across the sky, shooting into the ranks of soldiers,

The coalition soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs. Several black lines collided together in front of the fortress wall,

The thundering sound of fighting resounded through the sky, and the bright red blood stained the earth. "The arrowheads shot from above hit the shields in the hands of the heavy infantry, and bounced away with a crisp sound. Many soldiers in the back row were knocked off their heads." The fallen arrowheads struck, and they let out shrill screams. They bent over and fell from the formation in pain.

"Everyone come up later. Whoever dares to run back, I will kill him first!" A coalition officer squatted on the ground full of dirt and blood, covering his whole body with the giant shield in his hand, while jumping from the ground Pulling out the heavy spear stuck in the ground, he stood up and moved the same way behind him. The subordinates in a half-crouched position shouted, "Whoever rushes to the city wall first, I will promote him to captain." The entire row of heavy infantry stood up and let out a fierce roar. The moment the words were spoken, a harsh "hoo!" The whistling sound passed overhead, almost covering up the shouts of the soldiers,

"Pop!" A round stone bomb plunged into the queue behind like a meteor, crushing a bloody path on the bodies of several soldiers.

"Attention, spread out!"

The officer yelled in panic, and countless stones were thrown down hard, like a bowling ball hit by a huge iron ball, and screams came one after another.

The round stone bullets were like the scythe wielded by the god of death at this moment. The rolling stones crashed into the crowd, bits of flesh flew everywhere, and the dying people moaned deeply. Thousands of elites were all lying on the ground at this moment, and the heavy infantry armor on their bodies was twisted and deformed by the heavy blows. The heavily armored warriors who were alive and well just now have turned into corpses lying on the ground.

"Retreat!"

The troops in front who had suffered heavy losses were a little confused, but the mountain road was too narrow and crowded with people. The people in front ran backward, the people behind ran forward, and the people in the middle didn't know where to run at all. The killing continued. , screams came and went. The attacking heavy infantry were like moths flying towards the blazing fire.

"Sir, Lord Boyev of the forward army requests evacuation!" A messenger cavalry galloped over.

"Please refuse the request! Tell Mr. Boyev that the road is too narrow and other troops cannot make way for them to retreat!" Leoport, the coalition chief dispatcher, said with a stern look, "Hold on, there is only one road, and they can't attack. Then make way!"

"Sir, Lord Boyev was killed in battle. The forward army collapsed! The second echelon went up!" Soon, the messenger cavalry came galloping over again.

"Well, I understand! I'm very sorry for the death of Lord Boyev," Leopold frowned slightly, with a riding crop coiled in his hand, looking at the other generals with a solemn expression, and said sadly, "The necessary loss is Inevitably, with the full launch of the second wave of offensive. The fortress's counterattack will soon weaken. Throwing slings cannot be fired for a long time. First, there are not so many cobblestones. On the other hand, slings cannot withstand the pressure of continuous firing. If this If you withdraw your troops at the right time, all your efforts will be in vain!

As he spoke. Stone-throwing at the fortress suddenly became sparse

"Lord Leopold really has a burning gaze!" The coalition generals expressed their agreement. At this time, in front of the Baluta Fortress, the coalition's attack line was suffering heavy losses, and finally pushed under the fortress wall. They were greeted by Nord soldiers. The Hurricane Tomahawk heavy infantry is known as the killing machine.

The coalition soldiers who struggled to climb up the city wall did not even have time to take a breath before they were knocked over the top of the city by the overwhelming flying axes. Shining battle axes were attacking from all directions, and the clang of fighting and clashing weapons was heard. Voice. The white feathers on the heads of the coalition officers were constantly flying in the rain of blood, and they were tall and tall. The Nord hurricane axemen wearing heavy armor caused some frightened coalition troops to retreat in a panic. Some soldiers with pale faces kept running back in panic. Although they were immediately killed by the officers on the spot, this was not good after all. signal. A harbinger of the collapse of the front.

"The second wave of offensive was blocked! The enemy counterattacked very fiercely!"

The frontline scouts bring new news,

"Is my estimate wrong? The Falcon Army did not suffer heavy losses yesterday?" Leoport looked hesitantly at the battlefield ahead. From a distance of several hundred meters, he could also see the infantry team occupying the city. Being violently driven down by the opponent, many soldiers jumped from the top of the city in panic.

"Forget it. Don't think about this. Our army's advantage is not false. The third wave, the fourth wave. All bet on it!" Leopold waved his hand and shouted to the cavalry behind him.

The sound of trombones representing a full-scale attack came from the direction of the formation,

"Stand up! Attack!" a coalition heavy infantry captain shouted, and there was a sound of metal armor rubbing together. Countless spears were raised. The polished steel shield shines with a red halo under the sunlight, like a sparkling river surface.

"One, two, one, two" followed by bursts of exciting and uniform shouts came from under the siege vehicle. The huge siege vehicle slowly moved closer to the war amidst the creaking sound. The soldiers below held up their shields and squirmed like a swarm of ants. In the sound of neat footsteps, tens of thousands of heavy infantrymen lined up in square formations followed the slogans. In the tall siege tower like a giant, slowly going up the mountain road,

"Sir, the enemy is preparing to attack with all his troops." The adjutant's tone was a little strange.

"Well, I saw it!" Salton's face also looked unnatural, and it was exactly what the Falcon said. . . They just deliberately put water on the insignificant outer city wall, but the other party really arranged it like this. They regret it! "Salton's battle on the outer wall yesterday was not an all-out battle at all. In His Majesty Falcon's instructions, he mentioned using the outer wall as a bait to allow the coalition forces to deploy an all-out attack array. Salton was originally hesitant, but now he felt in his heart I was already shocked beyond measure,

During the Ikadiva Civil War, the Vecian Falcons were invincible and shocking the world. Many people attributed this to the Falcon Army's sophisticated weapons. However, people like Salton who once died against the Vecian Falcons Famous generals from various countries who have fought against each other know very well that the most terrifying thing about the Vekia Falcon is not the outrageous combat effectiveness of the Falcon Army. , but the god-like strategic layout of the Vekia Falcon is always able to grasp the opponent's actions, and then use various factors to make the enemy commander unknowingly step into all kinds of death. Such a trap that all the generals from various countries fell silent when they mentioned fighting against the Vecian Falcon.

Inside the fortress, it needs to be filled! "With a shout, beside dozens of temporarily assembled small trebuchets, soldiers were busy stacking bags into the projectiles of the trebuchets. More than a dozen shirtless, strong trebuchet drivers Both hands struggled to pull the winch, and the winch came out "Jakga." the stirring sound,

"emission!"

As the commander waved his arm, "Whew!" hundreds of cloth bags the size of wine bottles were violently ejected, completely scattered like a goddess scattering flowers, and they were thrown down from the heights into the dense crowd of the two armies below.

"Attention, throw stones!" The voice of the coalition forces seemed a bit hysterical. The tragic scene just now was still in the hearts of the coalition soldiers. They only heard the sound of broken items. Cloth bags flying from the air hit their bodies, shields, and the ground. Countless bits of pungent powder are flying in all directions,

"Is this?" Leopold, who saw this scene from a distance, was stunned. The other generals didn't know what happened. What was going on? Is it snowing?

"Ah, my eyes!" Suddenly a soldier shouted. There were 20,000 to 30,000 coalition soldiers crowded under the fortress. Thousands of bags of quicklime were hit on their bodies at once. The lime was scattered and covered, and the soldiers' eyes were stimulated to tears. , unable to open,

Many soldiers covered their eyes and screamed in pain, rolling around on the ground. There was a white irritating powder everywhere, and they could not see anything. The soldiers whose eyes were burned by quicklime ran around in pain. The scene was completely uncontrollable. Some soldiers covered their eyes and drew their swords to chop at random.

In the chaos, someone shouted, "It's an incendiary bomb from the Falcon Army!"

There was a crash, and there was complete chaos. The soldiers ran back crazily. The Falcon Army's incendiary bombs were more dangerous than the Thunder God in Central Europe. Being hit by the Thunder God would at most be disabled, and in the worst case, it would be deformed. It will turn into a pile of minced meat, but if you are splashed by the Falcon Army's incendiary bombs, you will be burned until you turn into coke. The heart-wrenching pain is so painful that you can feel the hair on your hair stand up just by imagining it.

"Order the entire army to retreat!" Leopold watched as the troops in front collapsed like a landslide, and the troops just sent behind him were also smashed to pieces. He had no choice but to give up the attack (to be continued...)