Realm of Power

Helena Fortress, built a hundred and fifty years ago, and Nulon in the rear, serve as the two strategic nodes of Feishan's eastern barrier, supporting the entire eastern province's back road.

For more than a hundred years, during the westward expansion of the Istani people's power, sparks have collided here many times. The most recent attack was forty years ago, when the Istani army attacked the city with 150,000 people, and finally from Feishan was charged here, causing a bloody storm.

After the Feishan people took it back, they dug a moat based on the original outer wall and enlarged four arrow towers, building the fortress into a military battlefield with a complete system and thick walls.

According to intelligence, with Fei Shan fully pouring in troops, the entire fortress can garrison more than 30,000 troops, not to mention that the fortress is deep and majestic, like a tiger crouching on a dragon's plate, looking at the vast plain below. According to June Casey experience,

With sufficient troops, such a fortress can hold back an army of 100,000 men. Fortunately, due to Fei Shan's tight military strength, the fortress has been depleted of troops. Currently, there are only 5,000 troops in the fortress, which is only one-sixth of what it was in its heyday. one,

"With such a weak force in such an important place, it is no wonder that it is regarded as the first breakthrough point!" June Casey snorted coldly at the corner of his mouth. The coldness of the early winter rain hit his face and flowed down his cheeks, bringing a chill to the earth. , the army has been deployed, just waiting for an order, there is a trivial trampling of leaves. Came from behind, a black-armored officer stepped on the muddy and wet soil that had not yet dried, walked out of the bushes nearby, and reported in a low voice to Jussi Kane, who was staring at the fortress in the distance.

"My lord. Everything is ready, let's start the attack!"

The officer's face was full of desire, as a vanguard in this battle. Naturally, they are all elite generals in the Central Army. Looking at the majestic but obviously insufficient combat target in front of them, everyone's hearts are itching. They want to capture Helena and Newlon, and use this as a breakthrough point to complete this battle. To turn around on the battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting, this is for any soldier. They are all glorious achievements that can boast a lifetime,

"So. Let's get started!"

Jussi Kane nodded, his eyes falling on the troops in front, the spears were like a forest, shining with a frightening brilliance in the rain. The bursting wind and rain passed through the neat formation, and the flaming red tassel on the top of the helmet of the Imperial Central Army was blown neatly, as if a bright red suddenly appeared,

The chill of killing spreads in the wind,

The Third Flag Regiment of the Central Army can be personally selected by the fat man as an assault forward. Although it is not well-known, within the Central Army hierarchy, its rigid combat style is called a "rigid meat grinder", which means that as long as it is an order, The Third Flag Regiment will resolutely implement it at all costs.

Therefore, in several battles, the battle losses of the Third Flag Regiment of the Central Army always made Fatty very dissatisfied, but this time. The fat man personally ordered generals, and he still ordered Juxi Kane's Third Flag Regiment of the Central Army. It was because the Third Flag Regiment dared to fight and kill people!

"It is not uncommon in the empire for an army to hold on even if half of it is killed in battle, but two-thirds of it is killed in battle. There is only one army in the empire that is still ordering a forced assault. That is the Third Flag Regiment of the Central Army!" This is His Majesty Falcon’s evaluation of Jussie Kane’s Third Flag Regiment,

The battle between Fei Shan and the Empire is like two sides on a chessboard. The positions are stacked. The forces of both sides are constantly betting. It has reached the level of affecting the situation in the continent. Hundreds of thousands of troops are dueling. The two fronts are increasing variables. If you don’t pay attention to it, , it is a situation where the national destiny is destroyed. If the empire is defeated, in addition to unpredictable turbulence, it will be unable to expand eastward within ten years. If Fei Shan fails and the imperial army pours in, it will be a situation where Fei Shan is destroyed, so both sides are tense. Clenched the teeth,

At this moment, even if the emperor suddenly breaks in from Istan, although it seems possible to shake the overall situation, in fact, it is not easy to shake the overall situation.

War is not won by drawing dots on a strategic map, but by winning bit by bit, by soldiers fighting bloody battles, even to the death!

After all, the number of troops that the empire can invest in the assault line is limited. Under the condition of maintaining the pressure on the coastal defense line, the number of troops that can be increased to 30,000 is already the limit. This is because the empire has the premise of controlling the sea area, and Fei Shan has been fighting with Iraq all year round. In the battle of the Stan Empire, the defense facilities located in the Stan Empire can be said to be layer upon layer, one layer inside another. Hundreds of years of full operation, countless investments of property and manpower, and the continuous reinforcement of garrison forces in various places. It is conceivable that this defense The thread is like an iron barrel,

When a hero like Emperor Thoradin I of Istan wanted to invade Feishan, he avoided this place. The attack surface he adopted was not just one side, so he caught Feishan by surprise. The attack in the direction of the Eastern Province not only suffered huge losses, but also made it difficult to advance. , if the situation cannot be opened in a short period of time, it will be a dilemma of constant consumption of troops. It is really not worth the loss, so Fei Shan dares to drain the troops from here. In addition to not expecting it, it is also because the Fei Shan people are confident. As long as the defense line is slightly normal, they will not take the initiative to bump into it!

Because even if the lack of troops is a weakness, Fei Shan has the advantage of fighting locally. Not only does he have constantly recruited troops and supplies that can be mobilized, but he also has a natural advantage in defense. This is a hard turtle shell.

If the enemy's hammer was not strong enough or powerful enough, the fatal blow to Fei Shan's back would only become a joke.

The empire needs a sharp sword that is sharp enough. It may be incomplete or broken, but it will still move forward resolutely, so that it can completely pierce through this turtle shell. Only in this way can it truly shake the entire war situation. This is What His Majesty Falcon said when he personally summoned Jussi Kane, the Third Flag Regiment of the Central Army is this sharp sword! In order to increase the edge of this sharp sword, His Majesty Falcon even transferred 4,000 imperial longbowmen, which were only available to the Guards, into this sharp sword.

The order to attack was being conveyed, and the fast cavalry kept flying past the imperial formation in front of the fortress.

"Leader of shooters"

In the white falling rain, four thousand thorn-tile long archers holding 2-meter giant bows were seen. They formed four teams and spread out. The two-meter long bows, supported by arms as thick as ordinary people's thighs, slowly raised a forty-five-degree angle toward Helena Castle, which was higher than the ground level.

Tighten the long bow string and slowly pull it to the maximum. The steel arrows with blood grooves were raised in unison. In the rain, a layer of pale white light belonging to cold metal flashed.

"Attention, the enemy is about to attack!"

"Quick, put up your shield." Feishan's soldiers at the fortress nervously put up their shields, pressed them against the gap in the city wall with all their strength, and breathed heavily into the air. Pieces of white air were exhaled from his mouth, and the terror of the imperial crossbow was conveyed to a miraculous level. Some people say it can shoot through heavy armor, while others say even a shield can't stop it.

"Crack"

With the sound of the bow strings being drawn in a uniform manner below the city wall, Fei Shan's soldier felt a feeling on his scalp that did not belong to him.

"What the hell! Why don't the damn reinforcements come yet!"

The soldiers cursed loudly in their hearts. Snap! Snap! Snap! It was like being hit by a heavy weapon on the shield, and the attack came like a turbulent waterfall. "Block it!" Before the soldier behind the shield finished speaking through gritted teeth, he felt a dense cold star shining on his eyes. The frightening star points were like starlight suddenly bursting out from the darkness, carrying a deadly aura and shattering the shield with unbelievable speed. "Puff puff!" A bloody flower exploded behind the shield. You can even clearly hear the sound of blood exploding in your body.

Minced meat splashed and heavy rain hit the face. Countless dots of blood were accompanied by the crisp sound of broken muscles and bones, and the soldiers behind the shield fell over. "Save me, save me." The one who was hit by the arrow screamed in a pool of blood. The shield twisted and fell to the ground, and the storm-like arrow clusters continued to fly. The shot came in, causing a bloody storm. The city walls were filled with shrill and tragic shouts, a cry of despair.

"go ahead!"

The siege troops began to advance. As raindrops fell on the cold streams on the ground, the siege troops' polished steel shields approached the city wall like a sparkling river belt. The densely packed human heads squirmed like a swarm of ants, and the arrow clusters from behind also drew rapid and beautiful white lines in the air, quickly leaping a staggering 200 meters away, and the shooters on the suppressed city wall did not even dare to show their heads. ,

The imperial longbowmen wore red tassels, and their bodies were covered with red leather armor that only the Guards had. "Release!" With a loud voice, the bowstring was loosened, and the specially-made armor-piercing arrows of the longbow tore through the air and flew over with streaks of white cold light.

Below the fortress, the Empire's heavy infantry were already swooping in like a tide. Cold as iron, carrying a huge shield on his back, holding sharp swords in his mouth, he climbed up the ropes nailed to the battlements with agility.

"Kill!" The brutal shouts of killing resounded through the city wall. The Feishan soldiers standing on the top were panicking and stabbing the people below with their spears in the head. The imperial infantry climbing below grabbed the opponent's spear and pulled it down sharply. Powerful longbow shot. Fei Shan's army fell in pieces, their thin armors were torn to pieces by long bows, and their men were staggered here and there after being shot. The scene where the two armies clashed was cruel and tragic, with spears and swords waving in the sky everywhere. The metallic light of the weapons was even more piercing in the winter rain, hot blood sprayed onto the ground, the fallen soldiers were screaming, and the human bodies hit by arrows fell from the heights of the city walls.

"Come on, rush on!"

The flag of the Third Flag Regiment of the Empire's Central Army was pushed up to the top of the city by soldiers in the wind and rain. It was firmly planted on a city wall, making a tight swishing sound. The densely packed spear points squeezed the Feishan people away from the city wall. , the emperor occupied the city wall with more and more people,

"Go forward and kill them all!"

The imperial infantry screamed at the top of their lungs, with bloodshot and cold eyes. Thousands of soldiers from both sides formed an assault force and rushed to the city road. The crowded armor made a harsh metallic sound. They couldn't even turn around and take a breath, so many soldiers were blocking the front. The imperial heavy infantry held up their large siege shields and pushed forward in unison, like layers of waves, hitting the shaky defense line of Fei Shan's army. on, along the eastern end of the captured city wall, from the opposite side The gap in the shield was stabbed in, and a scream was heard from behind the shield. Blood exploded. The blood spurted out from the open wound. The spear was withdrawn, and the bright red blood hole was pulled open by the spear as the shield was opened, revealing Behind the shield, there are frightened and pale faces,

"My lord, we have captured the eastern section of the city wall!" The cavalry galloping over brought exciting news.

"Tell the Fifth Squadron that in an hour, I will see the fortress gate open in front of me."

Zhuxi Kane's indifferent eyes were retracted from a distance, his eyes were filled with sharp coldness, and with a muffled snort, he attacked the fortress with only a few thousand people with more than ten thousand troops. It is inevitable that they can win it. What is worrying is whether they can win the crucial Helena Fortress before the opponent's reinforcements arrive. Only by capturing Helena can the subsequent attacks be continued. Otherwise, once blocked, the soldiers' spirit will inevitably be frustrated. In this battle, whether the whole army can muster the spirit of fighting to the death is the key. There is Nulon behind Helena.

He is not a man of many words, and the rain hit Jussie Kane's solemn shoulders. The black imperial general's armor and the red general's cloak became even scarlet due to the rain. The whole person stood there with a strong murderous aura permeating his whole body. The faint coercion made the rain seem even colder. Among the elite messages of the Ridian Knights, there is a message that requires commanders to be serious enough, because a commander who laughs and laughs before a battle will never let the soldiers Feeling worthy of entrusting life and death

"Yes" the messenger cavalry shouted loudly

At this time, in the Helena Fortress, Feishan's defenders were overthrown by a thorn wall composed of the emperor's dense spears. Amidst the dense metal collision, blood shot out from the bodies of both sides who were strangled together. The dense spears were like a moving wall of thorns, overturning entire rows of Feishan soldiers, leaving corpses piled on the ground.

The imperial soldiers stepped over the corpses without hesitation and continued to advance. Their target was the eastern section of the fortress, where the two armies were fighting fiercely. There were piles of corpses nearly one meter high. Even with the bloody supervision of officers behind them, Fei Shan's army did not Stop the flight.

"Hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon!" an officer Fei Shan dissuaded loudly. It won't take long for our people to arrive!

"The city gate is broken!" A tragic cry suddenly came from the direction of the city gate that made him tremble.

The officer trembled, and there was a faint sound of rolling thunder. He felt the ground shaking. The officer rushed over and looked at the fortress gate with a hesitant expression. The war horse moved forward like thunder, and the light of the flipping sword was reflected in the rain. It slashed down, blood exploded in the waterline, and the cold light was like night Meteors flashed across the sky, and Fei Shan's soldiers were inevitably knocked away. There was a fierce metal collision. At that moment, the shrill screams were buried by the sound of horse hooves, resounding everywhere. The sound of the spear breaking and the gun snapping, the snow-like light of the sword constantly turning the silver waves,

"It's over, it's all over!" The officer's mind was completely blank. The other party's cavalry rushed into the fortress! How can we fight at this moment? In his mind, the sounds of fighting and shouting all over the place seemed to pause. Almost for an instant, there was only the scene of countless black cavalry rushing in directly from the fortress gate like a huge black rolling dragon.

Under the war horse, mixed with blood splatters and miserable wails,

In the face of this terrible impact, the earth shook violently, and the red water spray raised by the war horses seemed to set off a shocking storm in the cold rain. The sharp swords of the imperial cavalry gave the Helena Fortress the last blow. After the attack, the morale of the 5,000 Feishan garrison collapsed, more than 4,000 were killed, and the rest were captured. Even Jussie Kane could not believe his luck.

He didn't know that when the reinforcements he was worried about were desperately resisting in the Helena Fortress, Nulon, who had high hopes for support, not only did not send a single soldier, but instead ordered all troops to be fully reduced, and even the troops originally set up in the The outposts between the two places all received orders to return to Nulon. Except for a few people, Nulon did not know yet that Helena Fortress had changed hands and the gate to the east of Feishan had been broken open.

Newlon,

It was quiet in the brightly lit corridor. On the high spires and the roofs of the continuous buildings, a curtain of rain filled the air. Water droplets fell on the wall diagonally below the room, turning into rows of rain lines, speckled with light, like an empty room. A deserted cinema,

Withdrawing his anxious gaze from a distance, Glendart turned around from the window and asked angrily to the adjutant behind him, "Have all the troops been transferred back? There are 5,000 troops in Fort Helena. It should be okay." Hold on for a while, we must escort those distinguished people away immediately."

"Four squadrons have been transferred, which is one-half of our strength, just to escort those people. Is there really no problem with this?" The adjutant hesitated for a moment and asked with a frown, "Sir, do you really care about Helena?" Don’t you pay any attention to the fortress? Once the Helena fortress is lost, we will be the next ones in Newlon!”

"I won't die if Helena is gone. If something goes wrong with those people, I will die!"

Glendart's eyes fell out of the window. He also shared the adjutant's worries. He took a deep breath and said apologetically, "In fact, it's not that we don't want to save him. It just takes some time. Nulon only has so many troops. What he just experienced A riot broke out, so many refugees needed to be suppressed, and the undercurrent Surging, the Istani people launched an attack at this time. Who dares to say that the refugee riots were not planned by them. The corps is not full, and the gap is huge, not even half of the normal corps. We don’t have many troops available. First of all! Only after sending the important people away can we mobilize reinforcements."

Gledat paused, pressed his hand on the cold windowsill, and looked at the rain in the distance. "Helena Fortress is well guarded, and there are 5,000 regular troops. The enemy's strength is not very dominant. The strength of the Istan Army is just like that. It's not like they haven't fought before. Helena Fortress can at least hold out for two to three days. Instead of distracting too much and not being able to take care of everything, it's better to do one thing at a time! As long as the escort personnel return, we will immediately dispatch reinforcements." (To be continued)

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