Realm of Power

"What, just because of the problem of military rations, do you want to let these soldiers die?" Prince Feize did not expect that Omu would say such a reason, and his face suddenly became livid with anger. "Is it possible that when the army was originally planned to go south? Hasn't your Excellency considered the problem of insufficient military rations? "Your Highness, this is true." You can't blame me." Omu looked at a large stone bridge lying on the swollen river in the distance, and said, "His Highness saw the situation all the way south. Before going out, each army was required to prepare enough rations for twenty days, but the big Some legions are trying their best to reduce the amount of military rations carried in order to carry more property."

"Twenty days, that's enough, why is it insufficient?'

Prince Feize furrowed his eyebrows tightly. At the same time, Omu's attack on King Papt was all because the back road was cut off. Although tens of thousands of people were lost, it is understandable. So now it is another matter to let the soldiers die in vain. 20 days of military rations, only seven or eight days have passed. It only takes ten days from the capital of King Papt to the southern border. No matter how you calculate it, it is enough.

Omu knew what the eldest prince was thinking, and said with a wry smile, "If there is really twenty days of rations, then there is no problem. However, when the army was repairing a few days ago, I got a report that the actual rations prepared by each army were only ten days at most." Many generals planned to send troops to raise food on the spot if there was a food shortage. However, there was no chance to raise money on the road. The imperial cavalry peeped along the way, and the Paputs even All the villages along the way have been evacuated. Not to mention food, there is not a single mouse. It has been seven or eight days now, and the military rations have also been consumed. The army has only walked less than half of the way. "" Even if it is normal, Whether the military rations can be sustained to the border is a problem, not to mention the current situation. Since it cannot be raised locally, there is only one other way." Omu's voice stopped, and he took a deep breath, his tone was cold. Look at a pair of eyes filled with a deep chill. "Reduce the number of people who eat food. If Your Highness has a better way, that's fine."

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Prince Feize was speechless. Although Feize's army had won the Paput War, its back road had been cut off by the Central Eight-Nation Alliance. There is simply no way to supplement it. If it weren't for the large amount of food stored in the capital of King Paput, hundreds of thousands of Feize soldiers would have collapsed due to food problems. Thinking of some time ago, in order to win over the generals. He also came forward many times to ask Omu to slow down the march. No wonder the look on Omu's face was so ugly at that time.

At that time, I still despised Austria's small-mindedness. If I just stopped for a few days to repair it, could it still affect the overall situation of going south?

Now it seems that what I did was stupid. Once the army started, it should have fought through all the obstacles. If the army had not stopped to repair some time ago, but continued southward at Omu's insistence, I am afraid that it would have passed the road in front of it. Big river. Why are you in such embarrassment now?

The emperor has built the opposite river bank into an iron wall, but he still has no choice but to fight his way forward on this road! Aumu has discovered this problem a long time ago, but if he said this, he would not only offend all the generals, but also cause a huge fluctuation in the morale of the military. Therefore, although Aumu was anxious in his heart, he had no choice but to suppress this crisis!

"If your highness really thinks the soldiers are pitiful, then please supervise the battle in person tomorrow. I'm afraid most of them won't go. I hope your highness can remember them. They sacrificed for your highness." Omu stretched out his right hand and put On his chest, he gave a Feize military salute to His Royal Highness the Prince, turned around and left, leaving the Grand Prince Feize standing alone in the wind.

In the thick white fog early the next morning. Fei Zejun pushed a large shield car made of large sharp wood tied together and drove onto the Kanyaro Stone Bridge, and the war broke out immediately!

"Forward!" Encouraged by the shouts, and under the cover of the front shield vehicle slowly moving forward, a large number of Fezer soldiers followed. Each of these Fezer heavy infantrymen wearing thick armor hid their bodies behind their shields. , in the land of the river. Behind the large arrow shields erected by hundreds of wooden rafts, Feize's archers opened their bowstrings, attached their arrows, and raised their bows at a certain angle toward the opposite side of the river bank. Countless arrows flew out from the river bank and headed towards The earthen fortress on the opposite river bank It poured wildly, and a round of arrows was thrown away. Most of them staggered down while crossing the 100-meter river. When they fell into the water on the river surface, you could hear a thin sound of water breaking, and dense circles of ripples rippled out. Come.

"Are these Fezer shooters all idiots? With such a strong river wind, they actually want to shoot across the river bank." On the side of the earthen rampart on the opposite river bank, Roose Anvik glanced at the corner of his mouth, and in front of him, There is a heavy ballista that is pulling out a powerful machine spring. The earthen fortress built by the emperor along the river has an inner ring every ten meters. Each inner ring is enough to arrange an Imperial heavy crossbow cart, or a hundred crossbow arrow carts. On the contrary, the position occupied by the Imperial crossbowmen is on the high ground behind the earthen ramparts, where it is enough to overlook the mountains ahead. Nyaro Bridge,

"Cackle" followed by a rumbling sound of the ground rattling from the direction of the bridge. All the emperors guarding the earthen ramparts on the river bank opened their eyes wide.

I saw a huge shield car covered with iron sheets as the front driver, emerging from the thick fog on the bridge in front. This shield car was almost covered with half of the bridge deck, and in front of it were hundreds of fine stones. The iron shield was tied to the erected wooden raft, with four windlass underneath, pushed behind by Feize soldiers with all their strength, like a ferocious beast with half its head sticking out of the thick fog.

"Is the other party planning to attack like this?"

Roose Anvik's pupils tightened, and he was slightly shocked when he saw this scene. He originally thought that after the shock of yesterday's ballista volley battle, the other party would prepare for two or three days before launching a battle to seize the bridge. Unexpectedly, the other party After only one day of preparation, I want to attack by force. Is this considered bravery or foolishness? Do you really think that just relying on such a simple shield vehicle and wooden platoon can block the shooting of the Empire's heavy ballistae? And even if the heavy ballistae is not very effective, can it still block the Thor?

"Get off the tail and get ready!" There was almost no need to give an order. The thirty or so Imperial crossbow vehicles closest to both sides of the bridge had already begun to turn towards the bridge. Behind the huge shield vehicle, the figures of Fezer's heavy infantry were densely packed like this giant shield vehicle. For the ferocious body of the beast, the emperor had already twisted the iron strings, and the front end was quickly replaced with one specially designed to kill infantry. The semi-circular shovel arrows, the tail feathers of the semi-circular shovel metal arrow clusters have been removed. This featherless shovel arrow is the crystallization of the empire based on many combat experiences. The imperial heavy crossbow archers are now facing adult A group of enemy infantry. Although this kind of arrow cluster without tail stability has lost a certain balance, it is precisely because the balance is too poor. Once it hits an object, it will turn into a horizontal killing force, with a killing surface like a rotating windmill, which is enough to sweep away half a squad of soldiers. It is more lethal and shocking than piercing three to four enemies with one arrow under normal circumstances.

"Stay steady. Don't be afraid!" Officer Feize on the bridge loudly encouraged the soldiers' courage. On both sides, there was a violent sound of piercing the air, and dozens of white-light iron arrows leaped from both sides of the stone bridge. , each of Fezer's heavy infantrymen has a shield. People were pushing against each other, and the crowd was so dense that they wanted to fill up the bridge. The white light flying from the sky penetrated into the crowd, bang! Snap! Snap! The sound of broken flesh and bones pierced the eardrums like raindrops, arousing a scream. These long tailless heavy arrows lost their balance under the impact, forming a semicircular mark like an arc.

On the bombardment surface, even the metal shields of the heavy infantrymen were blown into the air by the sweeping arrow clusters. The heads of the infantrymen behind were shattered by the sweeping iron arrows and exploded like rotten watermelons. Red, white, and gray things flew everywhere. A heavy crossbow arrow pierced the body of a soldier and his wounds were still there. Then he shot the people behind him and their shields together. The most powerful shot penetrated the shields of three Fezer heavy infantrymen in one go! The first soldier had a transparent hole shot through his body, while the two behind him were nailed together, with large mouthfuls of blood spurting out of their mouths. They stretched out their hands to pull out the iron arrows, which were still stained with blood and broken flesh. He came down, but in an instant he was hit by a sweeping arrow from the side, like a bases-loaded hit, and he fell to the ground.

Feize's heavy infantrymen swept into the bridge with their heavy crossbows and screamed in a rain of blood. The sound of crossbow arrows was as dense as rain, and the crossbow arrows flew like locusts. Although Feize's heavy infantrymen all had heavy shields and generals, Body protection. However, because the heavy crossbow truck in front swept in and scattered many people, the overwhelming crossbow arrows poured down like a torrential rain, shooting at the Fezer soldiers on the bridge who were only thirty or forty meters away. It was enough to penetrate the armor of the heavy infantry at such a distance. . In an instant, the people behind the huge arrow-shield vehicle on the bridge bent their backs, wishing to overturn the Feize soldiers who were hiding behind their shields.

"Everyone works hard, charge forward!"

The Fezer army behind the heavy shield vehicle suddenly began to surge. The Fezer heavy infantrymen who were struggling to move forward under the crossbow arrows suddenly increased their pace, and some of them directly rushed over the shield vehicle in front. They swarmed towards the bridge entrance, which was only thirty or forty meters ahead. Some shouted loudly and pushed away their companions in front. These heavy infantrymen who could be sent up as death squads were the real elites among the hundreds of thousands of Feize troops. Before they left, , Prince Feize personally went to boost morale, and Commander-in-Chief Omu I personally promised that as long as the bridge entrance can be captured, everyone can choose from all kinds of treasures and materials carried on this return south. The Empire's heavy ballistae has already shot it. Although the crossbow arrows are sharp, they are still not as destructive as the heavy ballistae. Strength, don't charge now, continue to wait for the next round of heavy ballistae? As long as we build the bridge, we will have no worries for the rest of our lives! But something unexpected happened,

Feize's heavy infantry, who had just crossed the shield chariot, heard a vibrating sound in the sky. The color of the sky suddenly dimmed. It was countless cold lights covering the light in the sky. "Hundred-Arrow Chariot!" It's so expensive! The heavy infantryman of Ze only had time to let out a shrill cry before he was hit by a strike that was several times faster and more violent than the arrow attack just now. The scene was like a pair of huge black hands slamming on the head of the heavy infantry of Feize.

At the moment when they were hit by countless arrows, they still held weapons tightly in their hands, and they fell forward instead of backwards. This was the weakest but also the most tragic charge, because the dead people were so densely packed. , it is no longer possible to tell who belongs to whom, as if a piece of the bridge is hollowed out, and on the Feizer's archer at the river beach was still shooting arrows in vain at the other side of the river. The fluttering was like a drizzle, which was completely unable to compete with the arrows of the Emperor's body that were so dense that it made one's scalp explode. Comparatively, the difference is big, one is the spring breeze that wets clothes, and the other is the gap that is enough to uproot everything.

"Our army's shooters can't reach the opposite side at all, unless they use slings. Such a strong attack is just a waste. Retreat, stop the attack temporarily!" Omu, who saw this scene from behind, did not change his face. He just waved to the flag bearer behind him. Waving his hand, next to him, Prince Feize briefly closed his eyes, although this This attack was just a detailed attack before the general attack, but the eldest prince did not expect it to be so tragic. The human body was like neatly cut fallen wheat straw, the sight of falling and stacking up was not unheard of, but at such a dense level, even the most The brutal battle in the Paput King's capital was not to this extent. It was simply a living meat grinder.

"Remove, don't make a mess"

After receiving the order, Feser's heavy infantry retreated. The corpses left behind were piled up on the bridge, which was even more shocking. Human blood flowed along the bridge into streams of red water and flowed into the river below. A red vortex formed in the middle of the river. turn,

"Whether that guy Omu will lead the army or not! The military order has been issued, how can it be changed midway, and he said that there is no undead person in the war! As soon as there is progress, he immediately retreats. Such a woman's kindness is simply to let the soldiers You died on the bridge in vain!" Nasrbaid, the commander of the Fifth Army, waved his whip vigorously on his horse with a look of disdain.

"That's not necessarily true. The opponent's long-range ballista is indeed too sharp. In addition, there are so many corpses in the front that it blocks the path. If those behind want to continue to move forward, the losses they will suffer will be even more severe. Moreover, Omu will use his subordinates this time. The most elite armored battalions have been sent up, just to let us see clearly the defensive layout of the emperor's army on the opposite side, what else can we say?"

Next to Nasrbad, a middle-aged general with gray hair said calmly. This middle-aged general looked thin. The armor and cloak of the legion commander on his body was embroidered with a golden Roman lily flower vine emblem, and his eyes revealed A bit deep, with an aura of stability as strong as a mountain exuding from his whole body. He is Amri, the commander of Fezer's third army who attacked the Paput Kingdom this time.

Nasrbad's eyes flashed with a cold smile, "The rise in the river is only temporary. Why should our army risk such heavy losses and must attack this stone bridge? We can completely bypass it if we wait for a few days."

(To be continued.)

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