Realm of Power

The crystal clear white dew in the early morning is still condensed on the grass stems and leaves, and a ray of golden sunshine rises from the distant horizon. The light and shadow are like a sharp sword, drawing a dividing line between light and darkness on the vast and intoxicating land ahead. , a crisp sound of horse hooves trampled hard across this slope, then There were more than a dozen knights all wrapped in black robes. At the end of the slope, the leading knight stopped his horse and raised his hand. The sad knights who followed him stopped neatly, and their movements were as neat and uniform as one person. Here is At the end of the mountain road, further ahead is a flat area close to the coast of Central and South Africa.

The knight who raised his hand untied the hood on his head, revealing an old man's face full of vicissitudes of life. Inside the wrinkled eye sockets were light blue pupils, shining with the luster of wisdom. The old man looked up at the sky, and others The knight's face was also extremely serious, and his eyes were searching for something in the sky. After more than ten minutes, the old man The talent looked away with a complicated expression, and tightened his grip on the reins of the war horse. At this moment, the old man's face seemed to look even more haggard. The mountain wind blew up the old man's robe, making a shuddering sound. Three detachments, one hundred and fifty Of the ten people, not one of them ran out. It seems that the secret passage in the mountain has been leaked.

This person is none other than the great elder of Aden, Yaglen, whom the Long family’s dead men killed with all their strength.

As a cunning person, after learning that Yulonglou was going to kill him, in order to minimize the danger, Yagren deliberately left Xinjing, Zhongbia, in a high-profile manner, and then immediately used his stand-in to lead the brigade away in an uninhabited place. The merchant took a shortcut, but he only took a dozen of his confidants with him, and rode quickly along another long road to Liucheng Port. Sure enough, there was no obstacle along the way. No one would have thought that the great elder of Aden had a substitute, and Going a long way requires not only spending more time but also It takes many days, and most of the roads are rugged and mountainous, not only difficult to walk, but also bumpy. Ordinary young people may not be able to bear it. Besides, everyone knows that the great elder of Aden, Yagren, is a man in his sixties. old man, just Even if some people suspected that Yagren would take a long detour, after learning that Yagren had entered the mountain road in a mighty way, no one would pay attention to this path. By taking advantage of this, Yagren was almost unscathed. Across a journey of six to seven hundred miles,

According to the agreement, at sunrise every day, the team responsible for attracting people will use carrier pigeons to report the news of safety. Since yesterday, the carrier pigeons have not come. Today, looking at the sky empty, even if there is nothing. He said, everyone knows what happened, the team is finished! , the whole team has 150 people, I'm afraid not a single person can escape.

"Please don't be sad, Great Elder. Their duty is to sacrifice for the Great Elder. This is also their own decision. I believe that at this moment, they have entered the beautiful garden of heaven."

A strong man with a ferocious sword mark on the right side of his face came up from behind and said in a heavy tone behind Yagren. When the other knights heard the Garden of Heaven, a trace of sadness on their faces was immediately replaced by fanaticism. According to the Red Dragon Saint As Temple said, for any loyal warrior to the Temple, death is not the end, but the test that opens the door to the eternal Garden of Heaven.

"Are you sad? Make no mistake! We are not qualified to be sad yet, and there is no time to be sad."

Yagren's face was serious, his eyes looked forward, and he snorted gloomily, "A substitute is nothing. One hundred and fifty Aden soldiers were lost in vain. This is what makes me sad. The army in Aden is very large." It will soon land at Liucheng Port, and the sky in Central Asia will soon be red with the stars and moon of Aden. At this time, any Aden warrior They are all the most precious resources. You have lived in Central Bia for so long, and your familiarity with Central Bia is unmatched by anyone. You are the key for Aden to open the door to Central Bia, and the key to the entire Aden invasion of Central Bia. As precious guides to Asia, you should play a more important role instead of dying silently in this mountainous area."

"Yes, Great Elder." After hearing Yagren's words, everyone fell silent.

"Great Elder, if it hadn't been for the sudden attack by the Central Asians on us, our people would not have died. We must make the Central Asians pay with their blood!" One of the guards whispered with an angry look on his face.

"Yes, blood debt must be paid with blood! We cannot die in vain," the other knights shouted.

Yagren waved his hand, his eyes full of bright red and ferocious, and said in a cold voice, "Don't worry, as long as we get to Liucheng Port, we will get back all the losses and humiliation caused by the Central Asians to us in Liucheng Port! I have already In the name of the temple, all Aden people in Central Asia are called on to gather in Liucheng Port to build a temple. Most of the Aden people who gathered in Liucheng Port are the guardians of the Aden Chamber of Commerce. Guards and smugglers, the tools they brought into Liucheng Port in the name of building a temple can be turned into weapons for combat at any time. The total number of guards in Liucheng Port is less than 3,000, and we are in Liucheng The number of people in the port is seven or eight thousand. Such a force is enough to sweep through the Six Cities Port. When the time comes, it will be more than enough for us to wipe out the entire Six Cities Port."

"But if those Central Asians resist collectively, there will still be four to five to five million people, if..." One of the guards said hesitantly. Liucheng Port is the most prosperous area along the coast of China. The total population is actually not 4.5 million, but has exceeded 1 million. However, the population surrounding the six ports is about 4.5 million.

"Collective resistance? Don't be kidding. Everyone knows that the Central Asians are cowardly and afraid of death. I heard that during the Battle of Imperial Capital, there was a record of a city with tens of thousands of people being forced to surrender by more than 20 prairie people. If China The Biya people will resist collectively. Do you think they will be defeated by the grassland people twice? Hearing the guard's words, the other guards burst into laughter. "Okay, hurry up and rush to the Liucheng Port. No one knows. Will the Biya people catch up immediately after discovering the mistake of their attack?" Yagren interrupted with a wave of his hand. The guards roared with laughter. For some reason, Yagren felt a very ominous feeling in his heart. He was suddenly sniped and killed by the forces in China and Libya along the way. Not only did he lose a lot of manpower on his side, but also the people he had raised for many years. A precious substitute is wasted Forget it, it's not that easy to find a qualified stand-in. It's not just about looks, but also every subconscious move must be roughly correct. This requires years of imitation. Losing one of these stand-ins is a big deal. It's hard to make up for it,

Yagren was still heading towards Liucheng Port with great hope. Here, he thought he could find the army he was talking about. He didn't know that just yesterday during the day, a big event happened in Longchang City of Liucheng Port. Two Central and Asian businessmen working for the Imperial Bank beat an Aden businessman to death on the street because of business competition. This incident was a serious blow to the Six Cities Port, which was already crowded with a large number of Aden people. It exploded like a fuse,

"Hand over the murderer!"

"He who kills must pay for his life"

The crowd was excited, and countless people from Aden surrounded Longchang Mansion. The shouts became louder and louder. Most of the night sky illuminated by fires was red. At the beginning, there were only more than a hundred people. As time went by, there were already more than a hundred people. There were thousands of people, and these Adenites held various "weapons" in their hands, such as hammers and iron rods, and the flames stretched like a sea. Countless faces reflected the firelight, and everyone seemed to be in a state of madness. The Chinese and Bian businessmen who received loans from the Imperial Bank expanded their businesses one after another. However, the market was so big, and the expansion of the share of the Chinese and Bian businessmen was undoubtedly a factor. Crowding out the interests of Aden businessmen, conflicts between the two sides quickly The situation became sharp and irreconcilable. Finally, with the encouragement of the imperial emperor, Liucheng Port began to expel Aden merchants. The anger of the Aden merchants who were treated in this way was like an accumulated volcano, waiting for the moment to erupt. Now, with the public excitement, who wants to think about the consequences?

"Smash it, smash this unfair place." I don't know who shouted in the crowd. The people of Aden were immediately stimulated, as if they had been given blood. At this time, they waved torches towards the outside of the government office. Every one of them was shouting to the point of breaking their throat. Everyone's face was so excited that they forgot their last names. What he yelled was that he didn't care about anything at all. Now everyone has one thought in their mind: destroy this place. These ungrateful Central and Bian people should be taught a lesson. If Aden merchants had not been doing business in Liucheng Port for generations, they would not be able to find even a large ship in Central and Bian. How come there are six such prosperous port cities?

At a corner outside the Longchang government office, which was crowded with people, several Aden people in black robes stood in the distance, looking coldly at the people from Aden surrounding the government office. These people were all from Aden. There are some reputable people among them, and they were behind this incident themselves. There was news that the Kingdom of Aden was about to land at the Six Cities Port. The news is not only known to Yagren. They, the wealthy businessmen who are closely related to the wealthy families in Aden, have already received notifications from domestic families that this Aden expedition to Central Asia is the largest in the Kingdom of Aden in the past fifty years. A military operation, that war fifty years ago, had already shaped the current structure of the aristocratic class in Aden.

Half of the Aden nobles rose to prominence during that war, rising like the wind and eventually accounting for most of the Aden Kingdom's high-ranking nobles.

According to the aristocratic title inheritance law of the Kingdom of Aden, if the descendant has no military merit, the title he or she inherits will automatically be downgraded by one level until it reaches the rank of a commoner. Now fifty years have passed, and there are already many prominent families. Because the younger generation lacked military merit and had to accept a lowered title, not only did their status change, Lower, and the original territory will also be reduced, so in the Battle of Cornelia, the Aden Army, even though it suffered heavy losses, still persisted in forming new legions and went to the battlefield one by one. You only need to tell Those Aden nobles have military merits, and those gangs are in control. But now, the greatest military merits are right in front of them.

It is absolutely impossible to give it to the temple in vain. Although the great elder Yagren has a very high reputation in Aden in Central Asia, how much value does the so-called reputation have in the face of such distance and benefits? Since the army is about to land, then Whoever captures Liucheng Port first will undoubtedly be the first to achieve success. Not only can Enough to keep the title, and even be valued by His Majesty the King, may not prevent the family's glory from continuing for fifty years. Driven by this idea, the eyes of the wealthy Aden businessmen hiding in the dark were bright, and one of them looked into the distance. In a dark place, I raised the torch and made a circle, "swish"

An Aden businessman who was shouting fell to the ground. Before anyone could react,

"Swish, swish, swish", several clusters of arrows came from the direction of the government office.

"Watch out, arrows!"

There were panicked shouts, and immediately someone made a muffled groan. A young man from Aden was shot in the abdomen by a cluster of arrows. He howled miserably. The people from Aden who surrounded the government office began to lose control. They shouted and jumped one by one, their throats trembling. The blood inside was almost bleeding out, and the door to the government office was still closed.

"I was hit by an arrow, and the Zhongbia officials killed people."

"Asshole, shameless!" Seeing this scene, all the people in Aden were jealous and rushed forward angrily. The Central and African officials even used force. Why should they hesitate? As foreigners who have been doing business in Liucheng Port all year round, People have given them a lot of privileges in Liucheng Port, and the government of Liucheng Port has always been polite to Aden merchants. But now, after more than one person has been out there, they have disappeared, and the entire government office is alone. No Come out, and now they are firing secret arrows, "Everyone, rush in, smash this government office!" The shouts are still overwhelming, and countless Aden people rush towards the gate of the government office. In the night, there is also a sea of ​​fire, and I don't know how many there are. The people of Aden ran towards this side, the fire was soaring into the sky, and the thick black smoke went straight into the sky. The door of the government office was pushed open. After discovering that the people from the government office had quietly slipped away from the back, the angry people of Aden set it on fire. Fu Yamen,

"Everyone, please don't mess up. We have received orders from Great Elder Yaglen and must occupy these six city ports tonight."

In the chaos, those wealthy businessmen from Aden who were hiding in the dark appeared in front of the people of Aden. What they said made the people of Aden themselves shocked. The identities of these wealthy businessmen from Aden were very prominent, and they had the background of great nobles in Aden behind them. And many of them knew that Elder Yaglen’s request for them to come to Liucheng Port to build a temple was just a pretense. Now, The government offices were all set on fire. It was impossible not to rob them. I looked at the bustling streets around them. Greedy expressions gradually appeared on the faces of these Aden people. The six city ports are the most prosperous commercial ports in Central Asia. , the number of transactions between them is an astronomical figure, and now it feels like controlling the wealth of the entire city. To say that you are not tempted would be to deceive yourself.

"Tonight belongs to Aden! Countless wealth is right in front of you. After tonight, there will be no chance. What are you still doing?" The Aden businessman who made the gesture at the beginning raised the torch in his hand, and Goldman Sachs shouted, "And What can the Central Asians do if they seize this port? We only have 500 city guards, but we have two to three thousand people!"

"Yes, we have many people and weapons, what are we afraid of!" Most of the people in Aden were moved. Most of them were guards of the Chamber of Commerce. They left their hometowns and crossed the sea to come to this strange country. What they wanted was more than wealth. Well, now that wealth is in front of you, there is nothing to hesitate about! They began to rob the city with a bang. Under the vast night, as many as 100,000 people gathered in the city. Amidst the lights of various sizes and spots, the disorderly conflicts were rapidly expanding.