Realm of Power

On the first day of the battle between the Empire and the Central Asian Army, the three defense lines outside Deyang suffered a bloody baptism in the Empire's way.

Facing solid defenses, the Imperial Army has already developed quite systematic attack methods. In fact, with the expansion of the Empire and the deliberate training of the Emperor, the Imperial Army has become a rare military professional in this era. A large number of them have gone through The young army trained in the war formed the backbone of the imperial army, especially the rapid development of the empire's long-range weapons. The attack-style attack consisting of national crossbows, thunder gods, and slings has become the main mode of imperial army combat. In the Western Continent, all opponents who have fought against the empire know that once the imperial army completes its formation, the difficulty of the war will increase. There will be a geometric increase, so the best way to see the imperial military formation is not to attack or defend, but to retreat. There is no one.

But the Chinese and Belgian runner-up obviously don’t know this,

Imperial infantry teams lined up on the attack line one after another, and countless imperial crossbows began to pour towards the city wall, suppressing the Central and Belgian troops with dense arrow clusters. Powerful, but the bow penetration of the grassland cavalry is insufficient. For the Central and Asian troops with city walls and shields, this threat is not fatal. At this moment, under the arrows of the imperial army, the Central and Asian troops are The soldiers habitually leaned against the crenellations of the city wall.

"Just don't raise your head. No matter how powerful the arrows are, they are just like that. They look scary. Can they still penetrate rocks? These arrows will not last long. When the arrows pass, the Imperial Army will attack." An infantry captain clenched his weapon. , leaning behind the city wall, even though his legs were weak from fear, he insisted on cheering up his pale-faced subordinates.

"Yeah, if you don't raise your head, let's see what they can do!" The soldiers thought the same way.

"Boom" was a burst of gravel flying everywhere, and the infantry captain's shouts suddenly stopped. Under the horrified eyes of the soldiers, the infantry captain's body was like a water hose that had been blown up, and half of his body had changed. It was broken into pieces, splattering with terrifying bright red, blood mixed with minced meat, hitting nearby soldiers like raindrops. On the soldier's face and body, the metal arrows continued to move forward, until the body of another soldier was pinned to the wall. The man who was hit by the arrow looked at his pierced body with a blank look on his face. Only at this moment did he react and let out a hysterical howl, "Help me, help me, I don't want to..."

The shouts gradually became fainter, dense clusters of arrows fell from the sky, and the whole body was pierced like a hedgehog.

"I don't want to die!" A Central Bian soldier who was stimulated stood up and ran behind. Before he could shout out, he was shot by several arrows and rolled to the ground. The blood and dust were rolled up, and his whole body felt like he was being shot. The spear head was violently broken and fell to the ground at an angle, with human blood pouring out from the body.

Silence, all voices disappeared, the sound of gasping spread in the air

"East Wall, East Wall is finished!"

With an exclamation, all eyes were frightened by the section of wall that was riddled with holes. Hundreds of imperial heavy ballistae fired at a certain section of the city. The traditional brickwork of the Central Asians The wall structure, the wall barrier that was as big as a hand, was shattered like a block of tofu, and the entire wall section was penetrated. Hundreds of holes were pierced, and the battlements disappeared in unison. Although you couldn't see what was behind it, the blood stains splattered from the broken positions. You don't need to think about it. Behind every gap is probably a piece of flesh and blood. Sui Mo, seeing such a bloody scene, all his fighting spirit suddenly turned into running water.

“The effect looks okay”

As for the Imperial Army, Suka, the deputy commander of the Imperial Wilderness Legion in charge of the Infantry Legion, curled his lips slightly and put down the lookout glass in his hand. He was wearing a black Imperial general armor and a large red cloak draped from his shoulders. Several Imperial Flag regimental commanders Standing behind him, a line of imperial catapults were also ready to go, with their huge long arms pressed to the lowest level.

Because of Bertrand Bonnie's injury and recuperation, the command of the Imperial Wilderness Legion was divided between two deputies.

The Imperial Wilderness Legion has a full strength of 130,000 people. After excluding the 30,000 logistics, the actual combat strength is 100,000. Among them, 30,000 cavalry are in charge of the deputy army commander Mu Lihe. The 70,000 infantry are in charge of the deputy army commander Suka. This time, when heading south to directly attack Yangshui, the empire mobilized a total force of 70,000, including 10,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry, commanded by two deputy army commanders at the same time.

Originally, this decentralized command method made Bertrand Bonnie, the commander of the army, dissatisfied. After all, it is common sense for a large army to operate in a unified manner. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it may be a capsize and the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people. , how can it be such a child's play? But Li Yuehua, who took over the Imperial Capital West Road, is a complete amateur in the military.

"Since you are worried, I will personally direct this march south." Finally, it was the imperial emperor's tone that made Bertrand Bonnie feel reassured, and the effect was obvious to all, because both of them were deputy army commanders, and they had a mutual relationship with each other. Who doesn't want to overwhelm the other, and when they learn that the final command of this battle is actually in the hands of the emperor, they don't need any encouragement. There are two to three hundred miles from crossing the big river to Yanghe. distance, even for cavalry, in Even if the road was full of refugees, it would take two or three days. As a result, the Muli River crossed the river and the five thousand cavalry were immediately dispersed into more than a hundred teams, which reduced the delay caused by the congestion of refugees. In two days, Muli Lihe's cavalry had already approached Yanghe, and then rushed into Yanghe like a hurricane, causing the 100,000-strong Central Asian army to retreat hastily. Even Suka of the infantry group arrived at Yanghe on the fourth day. Far below the Emperor's six-day arrival requirement

"Sir, our army can actually overwhelm them. Regardless of their equipment or combat power, it is not difficult to defeat the Central-Bian army." A commander of the Imperial Flag Regiment said hesitantly. To be honest, the Central-Bian army in front of him was not that difficult to defeat. Since the beginning of the Northwest War, they have swept all the way As far as the Imperial Army is concerned, it does not constitute much of a blocking force, not to mention some intelligence that shows that these 100,000 Chinese and Belgian troops were forced to resist solely because of orders from above. They did not even have the most basic will to defend. In this way How much resistance can the enemy have? The generals of the empire were all killed in mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Whether the opponent has the will to continue the fight can only be felt right after the fight.

"Your Majesty's order is not to defeat, but to encircle!" Suka looked away from the front, twitched his stern face, and said coldly, "To defeat and encircle, it is obviously much more difficult to encircle, and the empire is going south this time. Their strength is only 70,000, but in front are 100,000 Chinese and Belgian troops. 70,000 surround 100,000. This is the problem we need to face. We originally thought that the other party would choose to evacuate early under the surprise attack of the Mulihe cavalry, but the other party may be too confident and chose to confront our army. Mulihe is already beautiful After forcing them to Deyang, we can't let Mulihe and the others watch the joke."

"Go on, the archers of each army must not stop, and all the arrow clusters must be poured out within an hour." Suka turned to the ordering cavalry behind him and ordered. In fact, as for the empire's arrow rain tactics, as the imperial army's tactics It is becoming more and more widely known, so the effect is becoming less and less obvious,' but as an infantryman The commander's Sukka was still interrupted without any change. What he wanted was the overwhelming momentum of arrows rushing down. What he wanted was the overwhelming feeling of powerlessness that could not be stopped by any force. What else? , what can make the enemy feel more desperate than this kind of sky that is almost covered by arrow clusters,

Countless battles have proven the effectiveness of arrow rain tactics. Even enemies who have fought against the empire many times feel at this moment that they are too insignificant to be able to do anything.

After the arrow attack, there will be a focused attack on a certain area with the Empire's heavy crossbow vehicles. "Winter Thunder" is Suka's own name for this tactic. If the arrow clusters in front are like the autumn rain, then the current heavy crossbows will fire a concentrated salvo. , is Donglei, this tactic even won the favor of the Emperor The emperor's personal praise was included in the imperial army's command manual. Sure enough, when it was suddenly taken out, the unsuspecting Central and Asian troops were blinded. The diamond crossbow arrows hit the city wall in front of them like a heavy rain. Riddled with holes, the military morale of the Central and Libyan people seemed to be drained all of a sudden.

"Catapult!" Suka continued to issue orders unmoved. The giant-like catapult arm suddenly bounced up, and hundreds of huge catapults were immediately thrown out. Under the action of the inertia of the projection, An arc of death, finally violent As soon as the ground hit the city wall, you could see the location where it was hit. The crenellations of the city wall were directly shattered. The round stone bullets crushed over a group of panicked and out-of-control Central Asian soldiers. The Central Asian soldiers fell into a semi-panic state. The soldiers fell in pieces in front of the stone ball. It was like an overwhelmed wooden board, making a cracking sound. It was the sound of bones and body being crushed and broken.

"Boom"

"Rumble" the boulders flew, like a rain of bullets on the city wall in front of them.

An hour later, in the rain that was like a white line in the sky, Sukka raised his hand and "Start, crush them!"

The imperial heavy infantry team began to move forward, with heavy guns and sharp steel shields. The rustling battle flags and steel walls were advancing neatly. The military flags were even more ferocious in the rain. No one spoke in the air. , there was only the faint sound of numbing footsteps, tens of millions of Imperial heavy infantry stepped up and down in order, the wind whizzed through the gaps in the queue, and the tassels moved forward. It looked like a burning fire on the black earth. of fiery red

This is the Imperial Army. The Central Asian soldiers above have been frightened.

"How to fight here?" Look at the imperial heavy infantry below, which are almost all covered with heavy armor, from head to toe, wrapped like steel monsters. The Central Bian soldier looked at the simple spear in his hand with a miserable expression, and almost died I want to throw it away, it’s really too disproportionate, look at the Imperial Army , that suit of armor, weapons, and shields, none of them have been refined over time. When I saw myself, I had a wooden pole in my hand with an iron spear head on it, and I only had a piece of leather armor on my body. Even at the captain level, I was just a fool. It's just half body armor, the two sides are not on the same level at all.

Due to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Linhang, the remaining military forgings in Zhongbia have been completely destroyed. Zhongbia, who retreated to the mouth of the Sancha River, on the one hand recruited a large number of troops to delay the Yelu family's move south, and on the other hand, Zhongbia On the other hand, due to the extreme shortage of weapons, even private blacksmiths were requisitioned. In order to save money, all All are made using the most direct and simple manufacturing methods, and are made by private blacksmiths, which is about this level. What's more, China and Bia are short of iron. For this reason, they have signed an agreement with the empire to purchase iron ore, and now they have come up with Enough iron to forge weapons. As a soldier who expanded outside the Long family, this is the treatment.

"No, I can't fight anymore!"

Seeing the imperial heavy infantry rushing towards the city, the Central and Asian troops on the city wall were already in panic. Hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows were poured out. Even if they were hiding behind the city wall, they still suffered heavy casualties from the arrows. The heavy crossbow convoy in the city section was The key blows broke the courage of these Central and Belgian soldiers. The slingshots became the last straw that crushed the morale of the Central and Belgian soldiers. They collapsed! The soldiers had already started to turn around and run away. The situation was completely out of control. Even though the supervising team killed a few, they were overwhelmed by more defeated troops.

There are three big cities outside Deyang,

Liyang fell

Hua'an fell

Yuhe defended without any suspense!

"If I hadn't personally given the order, I would have thought that there were three cities guarded by 30,000 pigs! As soldiers, look at what they are like now, it's so embarrassing!" Tang Shui said in the Deyang main camp. The furious voice almost lifted the roof off the house, and his eyes fell on the subordinates who were kneeling on the ground below, with pale faces and bloody bodies. Their eyes were as red as rabbits. Anyone who suddenly received the call in the middle of the night This kind of news will always have such expressions

Although Tang Shui had expected the ferocity of the imperial army's incoming attack, he did not expect that the 30,000-strong army he had deployed on the periphery to delay the imperial army's advance would be penetrated by the imperial army in one fell swoop in less than a day and a night. The Battle of Deyang, which was planned to be a protracted war, turned into a life and death battle overnight. Who can bear this kind of thing! If the guards from the three places hadn't come back in a mess, Tang Shui would have thought that that bastard was playing such an unreliable joke on him.

"General, we are not afraid of death. There is a huge gap in equipment between the two sides, and the heavy crossbows carried by the imperial army are even more powerful. Although they are not the God of Thunder, they are not inferior to the God of Thunder!" One of them had a shoulder. A Chinese and Libyan general holding a white cloth The army, with an ugly face, said, "Especially the opponent's arrow clusters and stone bombs were like falling rain. There were also heavy ballistae that specifically shot at the city crenellations, causing the back of the crenellations to turn over. Many of our army's casualties were If this is the case, it would be better for the general to be prepared."