Realm of Power

"Opening the city of Maitan only opened the door to central and southern Istan. Perhaps the entire continent of Obarro believes that the main goal of the emperor's march south is the base camp of the coalition forces retreating south. The combined strength of both sides in this battle exceeds one million. The war between the north and the south on the two major battlefields of land and sea has come to an end. In fact, they were all wrong. At the first high-level military meeting, the Falcon Emperor made a very clear decision on the outcome of this war. The ultimate goal is for the empire to march to the south!

"Defeating the Southern Allied Forces and bringing all Istanbula into the empire's territory is just a matter of course. The empire's real goal is only one, and that is to invade the south." The empire has never thought of suffering a dumb loss. Why did the six southern countries create such a huge battle? Maybe let it go so easily, come and go, this has never been the Empire's style. Either don't fight, or hit the opponent until he thinks of Falcon. The empire has a toothache. This is the violent style of the empire along the way. If the empire wants to establish its absolute control over the north of the Obaron Inland Sea and occupy the strategically located Istanbul Corridor, it must not just stop there. With the result of driving away the enemy, the South can be defeated this time. When the South recovers its strength, isn't it possible to fight another North-South war? If that is the case, the Istanbul region will only become a quagmire for the two sides to fight. No matter how rich and fertile it is, it will only be used to bury the withered bones of soldiers.

The Southern Allied Forces were able to mobilize nearly a million troops, and the Empire also had such comparable forces. The Southern Allied Forces' navy was severely damaged, and the army's troops that were put into the battlefield in batches had already been consumed by the previous battles. At this time, the emperor's main force entered the battlefield of this real north-south battle with full morale.

At this time, the entire Opalo may not know how many troops the empire has in this war. There is only one person who may know this, and that is the supreme commander of this civil war, the master of the powerful northern empire. The Falcon Emperor, at least for now, has the power in the hands of this emperor. Without counting the navy, the force layout is as follows: 100,000 people from the direction of Merkgar, 200,000 people from the direction of Istan Kyoto, and the empire mobilized from the direction of Feishan. There are 300,000 troops, 100,000 cavalry from the East Court and Hungary, and 50,000 cavalry from the West Court that have just arrived. The total number of the imperial army is 750,000, and the total number of cavalry alone has reached 200,000. And they are all front-line elites who can truly fight. In comparison, there are only a few hundred thousand Southern Allied Forces who just want to escape, standing in front of the empire's 700,000 soldiers.

This war is no longer fought by the South, but by the North, to the death!

If the six southern countries had known about this situation from the beginning, they would not have launched any decisive battle between the north and the south even if they were killed. Although the Falcon Empire in the north was strong. But after all, it is still separated by a wide inland sea. Although it has great influence, it is mainly concentrated on the economy. The so-called powerful rise of the north threatens the south. The main reason was the reason used by the southern monarchs to go to war. Soon, they realized that not only was it wrong, but it was too wrong. In this war, the South's biggest loss was not the 700,000 soldiers, but something more important. Coastal control of the South! "-----Excerpted from Volume 3 of "Ten Opportunities for Empire Expansion".

The army headed south, the night was cold and the dew was cold, and the iron armor was frozen. In the dark night, heavy clusters of horse hooves stepped into the shallow water spreading in front of them like landslides and earth splits, rolling up a burst of white water spray, and countless black cavalry spilled into the wilderness ahead. This was the leading cavalry group that the main force of the empire came to the south. Thirty thousand people were left behind to guard the 100,000 surrendered coalition forces in Maitan City. The main force of the empire immediately marched southward without stopping. The battalion left Maitan City for more than twenty hours, but according to the speed of the infantry group, if the cavalry was driven to pursue overnight, it might not be impossible to catch up. However, it was not until the next day that the cavalry group set foot in the outskirts of Mekgar, and the scouts A very impossible thing was reported. No coalition troops heading south were found in front of them. To be sure, the scouts even explored thirty miles further, but the same result was obtained!

Stop the whole team! "

The fat man raised his hand, and the cavalry group began to slow down and stop. Smoke and dust filled the sky, and the rumble of horse hooves gradually subsided. Regarding the scout's report, the fat man knew that there must be something wrong. Most of the coalition forces were infantry, and their speed was simply slow. He couldn't get up quickly, but since he left Maitan, he felt something was wrong, but because it was night, and He was riding a horse and couldn't pay too much attention to the details, so he cared too much. But now, as the sky gradually became brighter, he suddenly realized something was wrong. That was in front of him. There were no traces of the march of the army, hundreds of thousands of people. If the army really passed through here, how could everything disappear after only a few hours' gap!

"Your Majesty, what's wrong!" Ruitang Tingna was wearing a red chainmail that clung to her graceful figure. The gorgeous eldest princess's cape behind her was fluttering in the wind. She came with a group of Dongting cavalry roaring over. The prairie people's cavalry came. The cavalry skills are indeed more exquisite than the ordinary imperial cavalry and Hungarian cavalry. After a bumpy night on the road, even if the ordinary cavalry can persevere, they will inevitably become tired. Even the Hungarian cavalry The tooth cavalry also seemed a little out of energy, but these Dongting cavalry seemed to be full of energy after not running all night, but sleeping on horseback all night. The fat man knew the habits of Dongting cavalry, and they really did sleep on horseback. The habit of sleeping is especially suitable for running long distances. As long as one cavalry in front is the leader, the other horses will consciously keep up, and the Dongting cavalry above can rest peacefully.

"For some unknown reason, the main force of hundreds of thousands of coalition forces heading south has disappeared!" The fat man's eyes sternly swept across the wilderness ahead. His eyes were so sharp that some people dared not look directly at them. After running all night, he found that the prey had been lost, and he felt in his heart. Naturally, he was a little angry. He didn't believe that on such a flat terrain, hundreds of thousands of coalition troops could find a place to hide?

"Gone? No way, could it be that the scout missed it?" Ruitang Tingna said cautiously. The anger that could not be concealed in the fat man's words made the atmosphere in the vicinity darken. Don't look at the nearby imperial generals. He is a warrior on the battlefield. Faced with the pressure from His Majesty the Falcon, who else but Her Royal Highness the Princess dares to say a word at this moment!

"An army of more than 100,000 people can't be found after just a few people spread it out on the ground. How could there be no traces where hundreds of thousands of people have walked? Even if they may not have walked along the main road, isn't it possible that there are no traces within a radius of ten miles? It is absolutely impossible to find traces!" The fat man curled his lips slightly, holding the whip in his hand, and said calmly, "Unless the other party. Can fly? Otherwise, it is impossible. The only possibility is that the other party did not go in the direction of Merkgar! We ran in the wrong direction all night!" The fat man didn't know that his judgment was infinitely close to the truth, but the coalition forces were. They did not take Merkgar, and the coalition forces did not know that the temporary change of route saved the entire coalition forces from being destroyed.

"Come here, bring me the map!" The fat man ordered loudly. If the coalition forces did not go to Merkgar, where would they go? The accompanying guards immediately took the map of the Istan Empire and spread the gilt-edged leather map on a flat stone. His eyes fell on the central part of the Istan Empire between Maitan and Mekgar. This area came from the Ministry of Military Affairs in Kyoto, Istan. The above records of Istan’s own region are very detailed.

The goal of the coalition forces is to rescue Merkgar, because only by obtaining supplies from Merkgar can they have the capital to evacuate towards the southern border. But now, the coalition does not even want Merkgar, which proves that the southern coalition base camp has decided to give up. Merkgar. And taking advantage of the time when the imperial capital was concentrated in Merkgar, he broke out from the emperor's interception.

Judging from the map, the central part of the Istan Empire is shaped like a fat, curved stomach. The large and small rivers and the mountains from south to north are as complicated as the folds of the stomach. In addition to Mekgar, there are two roads heading south from Maitan City. One line passes through the Rekop Province east of Merkgar. The fat man knew that the Rekop Province was already under the control of the emperor. Although there are not many troops stationed, they are not far from the empire's main force in the Merkgar area. It is unlikely that the coalition forces will choose to pass through the Rekop province, because alerting the defenders of Rekop is equivalent to alerting the Merkgar area. Imperial troops, so the biggest possibility for the coalition is another one,

The fat man's eyes moved to another road. Even at the first glance, the fat man was sure that it was this road. The reason was very simple. This road and the road leading to Merkgar actually converged at a fork, and this road This road is not yet a plain, but passes through the winding Lokasti Mountains in central Istan to reach Merck. If you want to escape from the mountain city of Kutas City in Galxi, you will choose this route. Because it is a complex mountainous plateau, the cavalry force that the empire is most likely to use to pursue the southern base camp will be greatly reduced here. , as for the supplies to escape south, Fatty almost didn’t need to think about what the coalition base camp would do.

Kutas City is undoubtedly doomed! In order to escape, the coalition base camp will definitely loot this mountain city in the shortest time. The so-called shortest naturally means massacre and looting the fastest. Of course, the coalition base camp can use force to coerce the residents of Kutas City to take out all the food. , but that is a waste of time. There are only tens of thousands of residents in Kuras city, and it is a barren mountain city. The coalition army is 150,000 strong. It is impossible for the army to obtain enough food to escape south. This is only possible if the entire city of Kutas is hollowed out. The problem is only control. Once the coalition forces withdraw, such news leaks out, and Emperor Wenfeng chases him. Even if the infantry of the Southern Allied Forces could run, they would never be able to outrun the imperial cavalry. If the news was not leaked in a short period of time, they would have to kill everyone in the city!

"Let me know who came up with the idea, and I will chop off his head."

The fat man murmured in a low voice while gritting his teeth. He raised his head and looked into the distance, his eyes looking towards the distant ridge with a bit of anger. Central and southern Istan had been regarded by him as his own, and now it was a city. Being slaughtered like this made him feel very angry. He was really careless. Unexpectedly, there are such ruthless people in the coalition forces. They completely abandoned the besieged Mekgar, did not care about the life and death of the 100,000 coalition troops in Maitan, and ran south on their own. If the direction of Maitan City had not surrendered, the province would have After a lot of time, I might be able to get him to escape! At this time, it is obviously impossible to turn back and turn to the road to Kutas City. After the coalition forces obtain supplies in Kutas City, they will inevitably flee southward crazily. Once hundreds of thousands of people disperse and run, they will be annihilated if they want to gather together. It’s not that easy. Fortunately, the map shows that the road heading south from Kutas City passes through a place called Crow Pass. This place is the connection point between the Kutas Plateau and the southern hills of Istan, about eighty miles away from the direction of Mekgar. For an infantry group, such a distance would take a day to travel, but for the highly mobile cavalry, He said that eighty miles is not a problem. Now we can only see whether the coalition forces are faster or whether we are faster!

In the plateau city of Cuesta, huge flames are engulfing the city. Black smoke is billowing, and the blocks between the cities are shrouded. In order to obtain enough food from this small city to escape south, the coalition base camp of 150,000 people launches an attack on the entire city. In order to massacre, the coalition forces first deceived At the city gate of Custa, a garrison group from the Istanbula region is stationed in Custa city. The regional governor has a wait-and-see attitude towards the war between the Southern Allied Forces and the Empire. Faced with the coalition forces appearing all over the mountains and plains outside the city, a mere How dare you offend the commander of the garrison?

The head of the garrison obediently opened the city gate, and took several of his subordinates to the coalition base camp to welcome Darius Anshi, "Your Excellencies have come from afar, and on behalf of Governor Russ White Feather, I would like to express my most ardent welcome to all of you." "The captain of the defense knelt on the ground with one knee, without even his head. He didn't know why the main force of the coalition forces appeared here. However, he still knew that the coalition forces were in a very bad situation. He hoped that these guys would leave quickly. I heard that Mekgar was about to be captured. Now it's so Many people appeared here, could it be that the north was also defeated? Just as the garrison leader was making various speculations in his mind, he heard a slightly cold voice coming from the front,

"Welcome? That would be disrespectful!"

Darius would put a mere guard captain in his eyes. The city of Custa in front of him was like a lamb to be slaughtered. Although it was a little smaller, it was better than nothing. As long as he found supplies here , you can return home. As for the emperor, he would be delayed for a few days in Maitan, and then he would never have thought that the coalition forces would bypass Merkgar. Even if they broke through Maitan City by then, they would still be far behind. of!

"Everyone has heard it, we are very popular!" He said with a sneer to the generals from various countries around him.

"Haha" there was a roar of laughter. He was here to be slaughtered, but he was still welcomed. No wonder the Istani people like this are going to perish!

"The city of Custa is right in front of you. Don't be polite. Take everything you can and don't need to hand it over. Whoever takes more will have more protection. Remember, our time is very tight. Three After an hour, I hope to see a lot of food. As for people, let’s burn it together!”

"What! Sirs, what are you..." The captain of the garrison was completely frightened. Several screams behind him made him turn his head in a daze, and saw several of his colleagues who had come with him. The sharp stabbing spears pierced through at the same time, and the tip of the spear came out from the chest. The blood exploded and spattered on him. The reason why he was fine was because Darius liked to see people's extremely frightened expressions.

Seeing his subordinates being killed and seeing the coalition forces rushing towards the open city gate like crazy, the garrison leader didn't know what was going to happen. He was really a fool. He thought that it was because he took the initiative to open the city gate that this situation happened. , the garrison leader spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You beasts! Ah!" He screamed shrilly, pulled out his sword and tried to rush forward. Seven or eight stabbing spears pierced his body, lifting his whole body up. Blood was flying in the air. This man The head of the garrison was very strong. Even so, he was still struggling to pull out the spear pierced into his body, but it was in vain. His spear quickly disappeared, and the city in the distance disappeared as he dissipated. There is blood in the pupils! (To be continued...)

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