Realm of Power

Under the June sky with eagles flying over the earth, the southern part of Central Asia was in flames. The Yelu family's army of more than 100,000 suddenly moved south, finally breaking the battle line that had been balanced for nearly two years. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought and millions of people were displaced like rootless duckweed. Unlike the turmoil in the southern part of Central Asia, the battle between the Empire and the Mountain Province in the wilderness to the west of Central Asia was like a sword that easily pierced the defense line of the Mountain Province. In just a dozen days, all areas of the Mountain Province near the edge of the wilderness fell. Because Algernon Julia was cut off from the road to retreat to the mountains, he had to lead his 30,000 remaining troops to flee into Central Asia. Now he is in full command of the Mountain Province. The responsibility of the Central Province Army to resist the advance of the Empire's Jundu fell to the Empire's old rival, who had attempted to suppress the rise of the Northwest in the southwest, and then led the most elite Northern Legion of the Gaul Empire to fight the Empire's army at Danni and failed. He fled to the mountains with a small number of elite Northern Army.

Because the main force was basically taken away by Algernon Julia, the temporarily recruited mountain army was almost one-sidedly defeated under the attack of the Empire's 30,000 front troops.

Mulihe, who had just been promoted to deputy commander of the Empire's Wilderness Legion for his achievements in the wilderness, rushed up the hill in front of him, his eyes swept across the land in front of him sharply, and his thick eyebrows slightly frowned. The meadow of the mountain province is like a wide carpet, stretching far away under the horses' hooves.

Under the white morning light, the scenery is magnificent and beautiful, but the blood-stained scene adds a bit of coldness and tragedy. The bodies of the mountain soldiers pierced by countless arrows lie on the ground in all directions. The horses that have lost their masters lower their heads to eat grass. The blood under the bodies turns the ground into bloody mud.

A team of imperial cavalry wearing black armor gallops past, picking up the wet fresh soil on the ground without mercy and throwing it into the air. In the distance, more imperial cavalry spread out like a huge fan, just like the morning dew on the grassland, and slowly moved forward along the scattered woodlands, hills, and river valleys. The lightly armed archers, who form a team of more than a hundred riders, lagged behind slightly, and the quivers on both sides of their waists were pulling out the wolf-tooth barbed arrows from the corpses one by one.

"The situation has already Have you reported to His Majesty?"

Mulihe stopped his horse and turned to ask the messenger cavalry behind him. The subtle ominous feeling in front of him has become more and more intense. Since the army entered the mountains, the troops of the mountain province have dispersed without fighting along the way. Until one day ago, a wilderness army of thousands of people did not know whether they got lost in the hasty retreat or did not expect the imperial team to advance so quickly. They actually ran into the front of the 13,000 grassland cavalry led by Mulihe. The result was naturally an unexpected crushing. Then they chased along the way and left a field of corpses.

Although the main force of the mountain army was out, the intelligence feedback obtained along the way was also quite shocking to Mulihe, who was in charge of the front army.

Algernon Katja collected high war taxes from the Gallic nobles of the entire mountain province in the case of insufficient troops, and the number reached an astonishing one million. It is said that Algernon Katja used this money to recruit war mercenaries in the mountain province. According to the feedback,

At that time, more than 200,000 remaining Gauls poured into the mountain province, of which there were about 20,000 to 30,000 nobles, and the rest were vassals, guards, servants, etc. As the mountain province was cut off from the Gaul region, one-third of the Gallic nobles did not survive the first year due to food shortages and declared bankruptcy. In the second year, more than half of the Gallic nobles went bankrupt, adding up to more than 10,000. The impact brought about by the decline of these Gallic nobles was not just the decline of one family, but also that many more vassals, servants, guards, etc. who were attached to these wealthy families became idle. Personnel,

At this moment, in the invisible place ahead, these idle personnel were absorbed into the army by Algernon Katya, and the number was conservatively estimated to be 50,000 to 60,000. This sudden increase in strength is indeed a threat. Judging from the situation last night, these temporary mountain troops are ill-equipped, using all kinds of weapons, and are not good at tactics. Otherwise, they would not have been troubled by a hundred cavalrymen under their command for two or three hours, and finally they were overwhelmed by a large number of imperial cavalrymen. From beginning to end, these temporary mountain soldiers were extremely tenacious!

Thousands of people were still resisting under the siege of tens of thousands of cavalrymen, causing the loss of more than 300 cavalrymen. In anger, Mulihe ordered to shoot all of them with bows and arrows before stopping. This situation is absolutely abnormal. Even real war mercenaries do not have such a resolute will to fight. Unfortunately, when Mulihe realized this, there were no survivors. In this situation, Mulihe seemed to smell a familiar breath, which was a method used by hunters on the grassland to catch wolves. "It has been reported!" The messenger cavalry nodded respectfully. "This is the only way for the time being. Before the main force of His Majesty arrives, tell the scouts in front not to kill them all if they encounter them, just bite them!"

Mulihe took a deep breath and waved to the cavalry behind him. Mulihe was also a member of Wangting General. How could he not see that the strategy of the Shanzhong Army along the way was to avoid the edge of the imperial army and resist head-on? The advance of the imperial army was impossible, and its soldiers If the imperial forces are too dispersed and the imperial army is defeated one by one, it is necessary to retreat and assemble the troops, looking for fighter planes to deliver a fatal blow to the emperor or to have some possibility of a comeback. It is unwise to challenge the emperor head-on. Since it is impossible to fight head-on, it is unwise to retreat on the surface. It is also a common tactic to paralyze the enemy.

But no one knows where the Shanzhong Army will place the strongest breaking point! If an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people is resisting the advance of the imperial army, it may not be a threat worth mentioning, but if it is quietly lurking on the road where the emperor is advancing, that is another matter!

Mulihe has a feeling that he seems to be the one waiting for him

Because all of his subordinates are cavalry, which is the largest cavalry group among the imperial troops that invaded the mountain province. If the opponent wants to use the distance difference between the imperial troops to fight a decisive battle, then as long as his cavalry is still there, the opponent will It is impossible to realize this kind of deployment, because Shanzhong Province It is a long and narrow waist-shaped area, which runs three to four hundred miles from north to south, but only about one hundred miles from east to west. With the high maneuverability of the cavalry, the mountain army can attack any target. Under the unfavorable circumstances of the attack, it is possible to They will encounter counter-attacks from the highly mobile Imperial cavalry coming for support.

"Which team is it?"

Deep in the birch trees where a group of Imperial Rangers had just passed by, a fierce yet calm gaze was looking at the smoke and dust rising under the cavalry's horses' hooves. It was a middle-aged man wearing short-sleeved armor. , behind him, there were thousands of people standing densely like him, wearing dark black shorts. The mountain soldiers in sleeve armor, these imperial rangers who are said to be from the prairie people, indeed have a natural avoidance of the woods. I heard that this is because the large woods on the prairie are often gathering places for wolves. Even these fierce The grassland people are also unwilling to enter the territory of these carnivores.

According to convention, it is indeed difficult to lurk a large number of people in the forest, because the animals in the forest will be frightened and run, which is equivalent to telling the other party that there is a problem. But this is a mountain province, and tens of thousands of people have starved to death in two years. In the cruel winter, wolves, animals, and birds in the wild have long become food in the stomachs of hungry and thirsty people. Even the bark of trees has been pulled out and turned into belly wraps. It is said that some There are already cases of cannibalism everywhere.

"It's already the 17th team. That idiot Kabu told him not to light torches at night, but he refused to listen. As expected, he was targeted by these imperial rangers. Until now, a person has been seen returning. It seems that Kabu The team is completely finished!" A young man who looked somewhat like a middle-aged man replied, with a hesitant look on his tired face.

"Father, this time I led the imperial cavalry to the Korla Hills to fight against the imperial cavalry in the open hilly area. I don't know what Lady Katya thought about how powerful the Gallic Northern Army was back then, and how many famous generals there were. , and no one would make such a crazy decision!”

"Lord Katya has her own arrangements. This is not a problem we need to consider. We just need to perform our tasks well!"

The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness. The Gallic Northern Army, the most elite force of the Gallic Empire, had fought with the emperor in Daniel with 300,000 northern troops, but was finally defeated by the emperor. He suddenly remembered those days. The war in Gaul in 2006 was like a lifetime ago. The powerful empire collapsed within a few years. Hundreds of people were killed. Tens of thousands of troops were beaten with corpses scattered all over the land, and the noble class accumulated in Gaul for three hundred years surrendered without a fight in the capital of Gaul. Not only did he open the gate of the imperial capital of Gaul that had been in the north for three hundred years, he also opened the door to the new capital. The master showed his loyalty and gathered a crowd to attack the Gallic palace. The violent past was like an extremely bizarre and absurd drama!

"We'll start when the sun goes down!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand. Thirty teams were enough to prove the identity of the main force of the opponent's cavalry group. It is indeed quite absurd to face the imperial cavalry in the hilly land. But since Lord Algernonkaja has such an arrangement, then there is With this kind of grasp, time changes from moment to moment As the moment passed, the golden sunset rays began to cover the hills, dyeing every tree golden. The middle-aged man raised his head and glanced at the golden sundial that began to droop in the air. At this moment, he was far away from the Muli River. It has been two hours since the main force of the cavalry passed through this place.

"Do it!" The middle-aged man waved his hand dullly, and thousands of infantrymen hiding in the woods rushed out carrying various tools, most of which were shovels, nails and pries for digging. A large number of brooms were seen. Under the command of middle-aged men, these soldiers wiped out the horse hoof prints on the wilderness. They shoveled the soil one by one, or covered it with soil. Soon, the traces of the running of the cavalry under the command of Mulihe were cleared up. If it was during the day, some traces might still be visible. But if it's at night, even with a torch, you may not be able to see anything.

Thirty miles away, Mulihe looked at the smoke and dust rising in the distance. Under the setting sun, countless mountain infantrymen in sparkling iron armor rushed away like snow. Pieces of snowy spears were like giant waves in the setting sun. Roaring, the army of the mountain province went crazy, actually following the imperial cavalry in such a vast wilderness,

"kill!"

Mulihe slowly raised his right hand and spat out a sound from his mouth. Tens of thousands of imperial cavalry began to move forward fiercely like a black line. The overwhelming hooves of the horses moved forward like iron bars. The plow broke the earth, bang! Snap! Snap! Broken grass clippings scattered in the wind as the horses' hooves rose up. Countless helmets with red tassels fluttered in the wind. Lances as cold as snow were laid down in a row. The distant sunset rays shone obliquely. , like a large red screen that burns the earth, spread infinitely in front of everyone's eyes, and the slightly hoarse voice is like a muffled thunder.

"Draw the sword"

The bright scimitar was drawn out under the gaze of tens of thousands of red eyes. It was like a bloody chill rolling out, igniting the blood in the bodies of all the prairie cavalry. The war horses began to roll to both sides as the charging queue began to spread out. , like a huge arc that is extending infinitely, rushing towards the infantry of the mountain province in front. The sound of horse hooves is like rolling thunder in the heavy rain. The cavalry presses with all their strength, and the attack cuts in quickly. Fiercely, like a red-hot sharp knife thrust into butter, it cut through the infantry groups in the mountain province. But soon, the sudden change in front of him made Mulihe look a little ugly. All he saw was the impact. The imperial cavalry below was running well, but suddenly the hoof of the horse was missing. The whole war horse followed the inertia and slammed to the ground. The imperial cavalry above fell directly into the crowd of the mountain army. Under the shadow of the swords and guns, blood spattered. and go

"Boom!" More than a dozen imperial cavalry fell off their horses, like an invisible magic hand. At the same level, a whole row of imperial cavalry fell off their horses in unison, and the infantry in the mountains swarmed up like These imperial cavalry were drowned like a tide!

"Quickly, the whole army retreats. There is a problem with the ground here!" Mulihe took a breath of cold air with a livid face. He didn't know what was going on at this time. That would be really stupid. The other party deliberately attacked such a dense place with weeds. Fighting at a location in the wilderness is a big problem in itself. Taking advantage of the wilderness Dense weeds block the view. There must be something ulterior beneath the weeds. What makes Mulihe feel a chill the most is that the sunset rays in the distance are disappearing. The other party’s grasp of time and location , are enough to prove that this is a premeditated ambush ring

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