Realm of Power

"Sir, Lord Rassaf is asking for the door to be opened at the city gate." An attendant reported to the frightened Makuliu with an ugly expression.

"You must have heard wrong. I believe Lord Rassaf, as a general of the Kingdom of Aden, must be fighting with the invading enemies at this moment. How could he come to shout to open the city gate!" Makuliu took a deep breath, With the support of the guard captain , stood up tremblingly, waved his hand to the attendant with a gloomy face, spoke highly of Rassaf's general quality, and declared that if anyone calls himself Lord Rassaf again, it must be Fake! Definitely shoot him! The attendant immediately shut his mouth, and everyone else also held their breath and looked at the Kingdom Prime Minister Makuliu.

It was so dangerous just now. If the guard captain hadn't been smart enough and saw that something was wrong, he would lead everyone on horseback and trample over the slaves carrying the baggage, and then barely rush into the city. As soon as he entered the city gate, he immediately gave the order Close the city gate and require the shooters on the city to be close to the target fifty meters from the city gate.

No matter who it was, he was determined to kill him. The various tragic sounds that sounded outside the city sounded like they were not far from the city gate. In this case, who could control it?

"Makuliu, you bastard, what do you want to do! I am the general of the kingdom. If I die, you will not survive." Fifty meters outside the city, on the edge of the corpses scattered everywhere, the stout Rassaf Yelling and screaming angrily

Behind him, the black imperial cavalry had completely charged forward. The human blood on the weapons shone with a strange and bloody sheen under the blades.

"Makuru!"

Rassaf was hacked to death in despair, while Makuliu on the city wall was frightened by the situation below the city.

Countless black cavalry are pouring in from all directions, and the horse's hooves are like sharp razors, tearing the ground apart completely, turning it into black patches here and there. These are splashed with wet soil and slapped on the wet ground mercilessly. On the ground, the entire Rawa and U city walls were already in chaos.

The number of cavalry below is at least 20,000. With a line of troops spread out, the ground seems to be covered in black. In this suffocating black, a falcon flag is revealed, waving in the wind, and then there are dense layers of cavalry. Congestion appears on the vast ground ahead

The war horses are almost connected by their hoofs. Thousands of horses are moving around, but they maintain an amazing unity. It's like an extremely sophisticated machine, which can easily give people the wrong impression.

That is, if someone falls down in the middle, they will be crushed to pieces immediately and completely melted to the ground. (?〈＜[(网〔 There is no longer any trace of

We are used to seeing the camel cavalry being undisciplined. Now seeing such cavalry, everyone's nerves are tense.

This kind of army, not to mention ordinary Aden people, even the prime minister of the kingdom like Makuriu, can also be described as the only one he has ever seen in his life. At this moment, the only word that pops up in everyone's mind is, this is the devil's army! Great God, what on earth is going on!

Muliegu, who was under Ma Kuliu, came to him with a pale face. "Prime Minister, although I don't know where these cavalry came from, one thing is certain. They are definitely here for Lawua and the city's supplies." Yes, and my subordinates have roughly figured out who the other party is!"

"Who is it!"

Makuliu's nerves were about to be stretched to a pulp. The opponent's momentum was so strong. Could it be that he was so unlucky that he could meet such an elite person even while hiding in the rear?

Muliegu smiled bitterly. Although he rarely left the desert, he still had the vision. What's more, this army was so prestigious that the entire continent regarded it as a potential enemy. His eyes fell on the city. Outside, on the scattered black cavalry,

Muliegu took a deep breath and said, "In the entire Obaro region, the only troops using this kind of curved sword are the extremely fierce Imperial Cavalry. There have long been rumors that this kind of sword is made of the finest Imperial steel and is sharp. Incomparably, using the impact of the war horse, one can Just hit an adult and chop him in half. Even if he is heavily armored, he will be split open by the opponent's powerful and heavy chop. "" The scene just now has confirmed this rumor. As for why the Falcon Empire's cavalry Appearing here? I really can’t understand it!”

"Falcon Empire Cavalry! Are you sure?" Ma Kuliu looked stunned and confused as to why the Imperial Cavalry appeared here. "I had doubts at first, but now, except for the Falcon Empire Cavalry, my subordinates really don't think so. Which country has the financial resources to equip every cavalryman with an assault crossbow? "Mulegu pointed to the Imperial Guards Cavalry who had taken out the assault crossbow and was loading it under the city, his face suddenly filled with gloom. The dark image is the bottom of the pot. The imperial cavalry is indeed the most elite cavalry. Taking out any weapon is enough to make him, the general of Longlan Shazhou, want to hit the wall. With so many cavalry, not only can each of them have a sword Incomparably sharp imperial swords, and even an imperial cavalry assault crossbow, which is something that only the most elite cavalry in the empire is qualified to equip. Looking at the entire Obaro, it is said that only the emperor of the Falcon Empire can be so generous! Could it be that what appeared in front of him was the personal guard of the Emperor of the Falcon Empire? You wouldn't be so lucky!

As the most powerful weapon for the Empire's cavalry, the Imperial Assault Crossbow is not only lightweight, but also has the penetration power of an ordinary infantry bow. Although it is not as famous as the murderous Imperial Infantry Crossbow, it can penetrate heavy armor within fifty meters. The power of the Imperial Assault Crossbow has proven its absolute effectiveness in dealing with enemy heavy armored groups. The combination of superiority, tactics suitable for both near and far, wind-like maneuverability, the record of numerous battles with the enemy's bones, the high mobility of the cavalry and the powerful attack power of the cavalry assault crossbow, are all possible. This is the reason why the Imperial Cavalry has become the most powerful unit in the entire continent of Oparo in just a few years!

"My lord, please go down first. The other side should be attacking the city soon. These cavalry are truly elite. You can see that their horses are carrying big shields, and you know that they have already made plans to attack the city!" Mu Lie pointed with his ancient finger. From the Imperial Army below, you can see the Imperial cavalry taking off their infantry shields from their horses. The cavalry with assault crossbows in their hands also began to slowly move towards the city wall, and there were Some horses were holding things, and the emperor was dismantling them. Soon, under the stunned eyes of Ma Kuliu, more than a dozen small catapults were assembled, and some black jars were carefully removed from the horse by the emperor. After taking it down, I thought it was a large shield used for siege, and placed it all at once a hundred meters in front of the city wall, standing there like a steel fence! Such a weird behavior caused a lot of discussion on the city wall

"No, those are imperial incendiary bombs! The opponent will use slings to hit the incendiary bombs in. Those shields are not used to attack the city, but to prevent us from escaping!"

Ma Kuliu's fearful eyes fell on the black jar next to the catapult, and his whole face was distorted with fear. The other party was indeed coming for these supplies, but the purpose was not to rob, but to destroy these supplies. When it came to Destruction, what can be more destructive than the Imperial Incendiary Bomb? The Anlusu Fire has made the Imperial Incendiary Bomb famous. Anlusu, where 200,000 coalition troops are located, was burned to a white ground by the Imperial Incendiary Bomb. And nothing! The other party has no intention of attacking the city at all, but wants to set fire to Lawuhe directly! Let Rauahe become a big torch and burn the guards in the supply belt to death together! This method is indeed the fastest and most trouble-free!

"Asshole!" Muliegu's expression also changed, the emperor's incendiary bomb, how did the other party bring this thing here! Seeing the emperor's catapult below begin to pull, Muliegu had already started running towards the city regardless. This place was too dangerous. Death in battle was not terrible, but no matter how strong a man was, he could not withstand the contamination from the imperial incendiary bomb. , the kind of pain that takes more than ten seconds to burn before death, just seeing it is enough to make two people's hair stand on end. The Imperial Incendiary Bomb is famous for being indestructible with water, burning bones and cutting marrow. There is no good way except covering it with soil, and Where can you see a little bit of soil on the entire city? This shows that as long as it is ignited, a sea of ​​flames will spread. If you don't leave at this moment, you will really be waiting for the roast suckling pig! Unfortunately, he thought wrong. The target of the emperor's incendiary bomb was not the city wall, but behind the city wall. large urban areas

"Prepare!"

Kallie, the commander of the Fourth Banner of the Imperial Guard, looked at the city in front of him, raised his hand, and the winch of the catapult began to pull. The tightening sound was like a rhythm ringing in Kallie's ears. Every click made Kallie's expression become more focused.

His Majesty's requirement for attacking the city of Ulawa is to attack the city with one blow, that is to say, to destroy this heavily guarded city in the shortest possible time, and to move away quickly after the attack. Therefore, the plan initially formulated The plan does not include siege.

Facing the hundreds of thousands of enemy troops that may roll back at any time, it is a stupid thing to waste time on attacking the city. Occupying Urava and the city is meaningless to the empire. The supplies in the city are also useless. There was absolutely no room for being taken away. In order to maintain the suddenness of this raid, in addition to the cavalry's own horses, there were also a full 1,500 horses used for the attack. Transportation, the things to be transported are simple components of catapults and fuel bombs. Using fuel bombs is the best way. Although it has just rained in the sky and the ground is wet, for Ulawa and Urawa, which are filled with various supplies, It's not a problem at all. The real problem is that you need to be very careful when transporting incendiary bombs. Kalie was also very nervous along the way.

"Hand up the shield!" the defenders on the city wall shouted hysterically. They thought that the opponent's slingshot should be broken stones. Although that kind of thing had little effect, it could kill three to four people every time. The bloody mess is very shocking.

Seeing the shield wall suddenly erected on the city wall, there was a hint of disdain in the corner of Kale's mouth. As his hand fell violently, more than a dozen catapults made a crisp sound, and more than a dozen catapults popped up like meteors with long black tails. Go, like a high projectile arc, whizzing past from a height of several meters from the top of the city wall,

"What is it? The defenders above looked at the missed fireball.

"Boom, boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and the flames exploded and burned on the piles behind the city wall. The impact of the heat flow made the entire city wall seem to shake violently at this moment. The defenders on the city wall Jun was shaking all over, his face was pale, and he almost fainted on the spot. Ma Kuliu, who was on the wall, lay on the ground with his whole body.

"Oh my God!" Muliegu who was hiding under the city was also frightened. The fire in front of him was soaring into the sky. A large amount of materials piled up in the city were burning in the raging fire. Muliegu could clearly see that debris and corpses were overturned. Arriving on the street, a huge wave of air blew off the roof of the wooden house, leaving the damaged The roof spun and fell from a height of five meters. More than a dozen fireballs roared in. The small alley in front became shrouded in red smoke, and black smoke billowed up, like marks on the scars of the city. After hundreds of incendiary bombs were fired, the debris in the city had been completely ignited over a large area.

From the southeast to the northwest, violent winds danced, fire snakes flew in all directions, and the flames surged like rolling waves. The spring plain wind was more like finding a fun toy, sending the flames along the streets to the whole city at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a spider web. It spread quickly, and sparks flew randomly from the houses on both sides of the fire. It once rained Under the steaming flames, the streets in the rain also made the sound of crackling stones. There were continuous fires mixed with black smoke rising up. An incendiary bomb fell near Muliegu, and the billowing heat wave was like a whirlpool of air. With a slap, Muliegu's broken limbs and flesh burned with the fire.

A huge fire dragon rolled in the city. Every time it rolled, most of the streets collapsed under the flames. The soldiers fighting the flames turned into burning men when the flames swept through them. Everyone in the city was forced by the fire. When we arrived at the city wall, only the city wall was safe now. There was no way to stay in the city. Some people tried to hide in the water tank, and you could see the bodies burning. The boiling water floated, and some people hid in the basement of the house. Because the air above was burned out, the temperature in the basement rose rapidly. After holding on for more than ten minutes, the people inside felt as if they had been steamed shrimps. The whole body was curled up in red, and when this boiling atmosphere finally started to make the city wall so hot that no one could stand on it, people began to rush out of the city!

"shoot!"

A whole row of crossbow arrows were fired from the emperor's army arrayed outside the city. Those who rushed out immediately fell to the ground. The screams of the arrows could be heard one after another. In the brilliant light and shadow caused by the flying arrows, blood was like a trickle. , the body hit by the arrow has been firmly fixed to the ground. The people who are not dead are wailing and shouting for help, but no one is willing to help him.

In order to survive, no one cares about this anymore. It is better to be shot to death than to be burned to death in a fire.

In the city where the black smoke was billowing, I watched my companions running like that before falling down. The smoke and dust flying everywhere made me unable to stand up straight. After coughing violently, I tried to stand up again but fell down. On the ground, smoke and dust are always the biggest killer in fires. In this era, no one knows this

When there is no hope, people's blind obedience will explode. Even if they know that the emperor's army outside the city has launched a killing array, and those who rush out have no way to survive, they still go crazy in order to breathe a breath of less dusty air. They all rushed towards the city gate, with arrows flying in front of them. Corpses lay everywhere in front of them. Densely packed arrows and their tail feathers filled all the places they could see. This was what those who rushed out saw.

"surrender!"

"We surrender!"

Change the ranks! There was a clear and cold sound. The imperial soldiers who had just finished shooting moved back unmoved in a row, as if they did not see the people in front. A new row of crossbowmen was replaced, and the arrow clusters flew out again, killing everything. All standing objects will be wiped out. In this battle, no surrender will be accepted! This is a rush operation, who can take prisoners with them?

There were fifteen or sixty thousand defenders and slaves in the city. About half of them died in the city. The rest were crowded at the city gate. Two hours later, piles of corpses were laid out at the city gate. , the flames burning in the city even poured out from the city gate opening, burning the weeds at the foot of the city to black.

"assault!"

In the flames, a group of camel cavalry rushed out, and a man in general armor looked a little eye-catching. This was the last group to rush out of the city, and they performed very bravely. Although there were only a hundred cavalry, and there were still traces of the fire on their bodies, they These camel cavalrymen had cloth strips wrapped in their hands, shouting and charging towards the more than 20,000 emperors in front.

"I am Makuliu, the prime minister of Longlanshazhou, who are you!"

The general who was hit by more than thirty arrow clusters fell from his horse to the ground. He still managed to stand up, walked a few steps with his sword as support, and then knelt on the ground. The ground under his body was broken. It was unclear whether the black or dark red liquid was dripping down.

"He is a warrior, finish him off"

Kaleb raised his eyebrows. He couldn't understand what the other party said, but he should be a big shot in the Aden Army. No matter what, just complete the task. He waved his hand and asked his subordinates to insert the man's head into the corpse with a wooden stick. Pile on, this should be the top commander in the city Although there were traces of burns all over his body, the gorgeous metal armor on his body still looked quite luxurious. The sword inserted on the ground in his hand was still as bright as snow in the blood on the ground, with wavy steel patterns on it. , giving it a kind of divine beauty,

An imperial cavalry calmly walked over and chopped off the head of General Aden who was kneeling on the ground and could no longer tell whether he was dead or alive.

"Stop it!"

Kallie's cold eyes glanced at the headless corpse in front of him, and he raised his hand.

The bowstring of the emperor's assault crossbow was removed, and it was almost done. The firelight of Raoua and the city dyed most of the sky red, filled with black smoke, and even he could feel the hot rolling waves. It is conceivable that there were people inside. How it was burned, no matter how much baggage and supplies it once contained, it is now completely destroyed.

Even if all the Aden troops stationed here are not dead, there are only a few left. The fire seems to be burning for a while, which is enough for you to evacuate. Now you just need to wait quietly, waiting for someone to discover the entire Lawu. The burning of Wahe City and the massacre of nearly 10,000 Aden army defenders,

Such a major situation, even if the upper echelons of the Aden Army wanted to hide it, I'm afraid they couldn't hide it for long. This was enough. The largest logistics material point was burned down by a fire, and hundreds of thousands of Aden Army were in a dilemma. What was before the Aden Army was Just two The trapped beasts are trapped in the cage. Now, apart from fighting to the death with the Eero army, the only way left is to evacuate tragically, because the Eero people will inevitably cover up and kill them all the way. The hundreds of miles of retreat road will not last long. Filling in 100,000 lives is outrageous! No matter which choice it is, the empire can calmly sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers!

"Let's go!"

Kale glanced at the almost red Ula and Wa for the last time, turned his horse's head, and quickly disappeared at the end of the horizon with 26,000 Imperial Guards Cavalry. The evacuation route was still the Aikui Mountain Road, and the Aden people killed everyone. Who would have thought that the empire played a staggered tactic with them, like a little mouse turning into the elephant's trunk, giving the opponent a heavy fatal blow in an unexpected place, and then slipped away along the original path, Hu In Lie Bay, the Imperial Navy warships have been lingering on the sea thirty miles away! If there is any sign that the Aden Army is returning, the Imperial Navy fleet will appear in Hulie Bay, forcing the Aden Army to not dare to move even half a step.

Three hours later, Ma Kuliu's face turned pale and he gasped for air. He crawled out of a large water tank and heard the wooden frame above his head burning. He felt like he was about to be cooked, and he couldn't control the stench that hit his nose. My heart and lungs were burning hot, and my lips were covered with big blisters. Next to it was a large tank of sewage. If the tank was placed under it, it would definitely be evaporated, but this mouthful wouldn't. , because this water jar is placed on the arrow tower of the city wall, high enough from the ground. It is usually used by the sentries on the arrow tower, but many times, this is the urinal for the sentries. Captain Makuliu Guard brought him here , after filling it with water, then put on his armor and sword, and after giving a servant salute to Maku, whose face was full of tears, the guard captain turned and left.

Makuriu wanted to scream, but was unable to. He knew that the guard captain died on his behalf. As his servant, it was his responsibility to die on his master's behalf.

The emperor's gun outside the city not only set the whole city on fire, but also blocked the city gate. This means that the other party will not give up until they see the commander! Using his last strength, Ma Kuliu climbed to the door of the arrow tower. The blazing city was still filled with black smoke, and at the door of the city, there was a whole large area of ​​corpses, countless of them spread out, flowing down. The human blood not only dyed the ground red, but even It also extinguished part of the flames burning in the corner. In front of the large number of corpses, there was a piece of wood with an invisible face inserted into it. Makuriu clenched his fingers suddenly and used a hoarse voice like a broken bellows. The sound was a low sound like a whimper.

(To be continued.) 8