Realm of Power

"Attention, they are aliens"

Lu Xiao raised his right hand and greeted the subordinates behind him. At the same time, he reined in the horse hard. His eyes were full of coldness, and his hands unconsciously tightened the reins.

I saw the alien army on the opposite side approaching in a dark mass.

"The aliens have gone south!"

Next to Lu Xiao, a Lu family cavalryman came over and said with a trembling voice.

"How many people are there!"

The other cavalrymen also silenced and held their breaths, and their faces became ugly. The tragic defeat at Sanheng Pass shocked the entire Lu family, and also made the self-righteous Lu family army face their enemies for the first time. The foreign flag marked with yellow stars and moons trembled in the wind. Under the military flag, it was like a huge steel forest moving, with countless spears shining with cold light, being polished. The armor made of bright all-metal, the infantry formations advancing one after another, spread all over the mountains and plains, covering the earth, making people feel chilly. Tens of thousands of troops slowly advanced, like a boundless rolling torrent, from this land Countless dust swept across the vast land, and the wind swayed it, forming a magnificent landscape in the sky. Under the bright sun at the end of June, a white halo flashed.

"The real Aden army is not the ridiculous people wearing large robes and smiling face when they see the Central Asians as rumored. On the contrary, the Aden army that appears in their eyes shows The momentum all shows the foundation of a kingdom's elite troops. They fight bravely and fiercely, and the army conducts great military operations. The battle is even more uniform. Under the military order, no one retreats. The weapons are all made of Yunlun steel. Cutting off our army's weapons is like chopping firewood. The heavy armor made of Yunlun steel is even more difficult to damage by swords. The battle at Hengguankou has proven that the opponent’s weapons, equipment, and combat power are far superior to our Lu family’s army.”

This is the situation described by Lu Yang, an older general of the Lu family who risked his life to break out of the encirclement and returned from the Sanheng Pass. This veteran general of the Lu family who revealed to the family the news that the Aden people would land in the family meeting was also laughed at by everyone. Under his gaze, the only general of the Lu family who proactively requested to bring three thousand elite reinforcements to Sanhengguan, The Sanheng Pass was defeated miserably. Although the Luzhou Army died in battle with three thousand people, it still held back the Aden Army for at least half a day, which could be considered as buying time for the family to react. Otherwise, they would be swarmed by the alien army immediately and directly After being defeated, the family didn't even have a chance to react before being attacked by the enemy.

"Report this immediately"

Lu Xiao turned around with a serious face and ordered to a cavalryman behind him.

Being able to be deployed as a cavalry captain to patrol the Swift Cavalry, and being able to ride an excellent war horse, which is definitely a scarce resource in the south, Lu Xiao is naturally an elite member of the Lu family army. Because of this, he knows more than others, such as The disastrous defeat at Sanheng Pass was not due to some traitor. betrayed, but was basically defeated by the alien army with absolute strength. To the outside world, the Lu family, in order to save face, said that the aliens had bribed the spies. While other Luzhou troops were fighting fiercely, they despicably opened the door. After entering the city gate, the entire battle situation reversed, allowing the foreigners to break through the Sanheng Pass.

It is true that the Luzhou Army killed more than 3,000 people in the battle, but under the propaganda of the family, the number of casualties of the alien army that stormed Sanhengguan also increased three or four times from tens of thousands to more than 100,000. The enemy's casualties From just over a thousand, the corpses were piled almost as high as the top of Sanhengguan City. The level of tragedy was incomparable. , almost frightened the alien army to collapse. Because of fear, the alien army even had a riot. The other party sent out a war team to behead people one by one to stop them. In the end, the traitor opened the city gate. They barely managed to win Sanhengguan. Even so, the alien army was already severely weakened.

Lu Xiao knew that all this was false. The Aden army that invaded Luzhou could only be regarded as a superficial loss. For an army of tens of thousands, only more than a thousand people were lost in battle. What kind of heavy loss was it? The so-called vitality damage that the family said was nonsense. The family only said this to the outside world to stabilize the turbulent situation. However, in order to delay the Aden Army's move south, the family forced the soldiers guarding the place in the north to resolutely resist the foreigners. The army invaded, shouting "Never give up" The order "foreigners are wreaking havoc in our Luzhou" seems a bit bloody. Those local soldiers are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if there are a few strong and young people, they are all taken down by the army. Even the regular army has been wiped out. The only result for them rushing forward is to die.

However, after receiving the order, these Lu family soldiers resolutely carried out the order. The long-standing government soldier system ensured their loyalty.

In the north of Luzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers faced the Aden army coming like a tide. They rushed forward, shouting slogans. Village after village, city after town, blood stained the land in the north. The corpses of the soldiers from the Lu family were piled up. On both sides of the road, under the order of the family, they launched an attack on the invading Aden army. In exchange, the northern soldiers were completely wiped out. The effect was to delay the time for five more days.

The government soldiers were slaughtered by the foreigners, and the Lu family's military strength in the north was uprooted. The tragic price was paid, and in exchange, 50,000 temporarily recruited government soldiers gathered in the Lu family's headquarters.

The Lu family is worthy of being a military strategist. When it is really necessary to cut off the wrists of a strong man, the cold-bloodedness revealed by the Long family is not at all inferior to that of the Long family. Although the order is cruel, no one accuses it of being wrong in terms of strategy, exchanging human life for time. This is the Sanheng Pass that has high hopes. The only way to defeat it in one day is to sacrifice the troops north of Luzhou. Fu Bing, what Luzhou has lost now is not just the northern border, but most of Luzhou. The entire Luzhou base camp has been submerged by the Aden Army. The effect is obvious. Under the almost suicidal impact of the Fu Bing, the foothold has not stabilized. As expected, the Aden army did not dare to go south directly in one breath, but paused in the north. This gave the Luzhou base camp a chance to breathe.

All men over the age of sixteen and under the age of fifty were conscripted into the army. A defense line with a total strength of 50,000 troops was deployed between the Luzhou headquarters and the north. The 50,000 men were placed between countries. In terms of competition, it may be the strength of a local legion, but for Luzhou, which has a total population of 500,000 or 600,000, it is a serious matter, excluding Luzhou The main force of the army is tens of thousands. Excluding Luzhou North, which has been occupied, these 50,000 men are already the largest number of people that Luzhou can pull up at present. Moreover, because the Luzhou Army has suffered many serious battle losses in the past few years, the arsenal of weapons has no basis at all. The improvised army was not sufficiently armed, so many people were pushed onto the battlefield of the Luzhou headquarters with only crude weapons.

When the outpost cavalry of the Luzhou headquarters discovered the Aden Army, the coach of the Aden Army, Carterius, also saw Luzhou Xunqi turning around and grinned, "I've been discovered."

"Sir, do you still need to continue the sneak attack?" A general asked cautiously. This time, he was planning a sneak attack. Of course, if the sneak attack fails, it will be changed to a strong attack.

"Now that we have been discovered, we will change the plan and pass on the order. The Luzhou headquarters is in front of us. The whole army will rest on the spot, recharge their batteries, and take down the Luzhou headquarters in one go!" Cateus raised his hand and said to the man behind him. The guard ordered , the Aden army marching towards the Luzhou headquarters stopped. Luzhou was still a strange place for the Aden army, especially the resistance of the Zhongbia people in the north of Luzhou, which allowed Cateus to experience the stubbornness of the Luzhou people. Luzhou north The resistance surprised him, but it was still within the range that he could handle. The second batch of landing troops sent by the base camp was already on the way. According to the plan, the second batch of landing troops would arrive within fifteen days after the first batch of landing troops. , which means that there is not much time left for him. It drives the refugees to the enemy's defense center, greatly weakens the enemy's logistical strength, and brings psychological and material panic to the enemy. It also saves time and effort. a type of tactic

If possible, he would prefer to rest in the north for a period of time, during which he could conduct a comprehensive exploration of the entire Luzhou. However, time did not allow for it. The second wave of landing troops was about to arrive, and he had not yet established a foothold in Zhongbia. He thought of six cities. The port turned out to be an empty city, and I was still being swallowed up in the north of Longchang. With more than 10,000 troops, Catvus felt his head hurt. Fortunately, there was Luzhou in front of him, and his combat power was also quite weak. Otherwise, if such news was spread back to the country, it would not only be Catvus who would be lost. Si's face is not that of a person, but the face of His Majesty the King who fully supports him from behind.

The whole kingdom's huge expectations for the victory of the expedition made Cateus feel like his hair stood on end just thinking about it. Everyone thought that they had the power and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but who knew the pressure on his shoulders? How could an expedition to a distant continent be accomplished on impulse?

Just like the Luzhou in front of him, which was a small place in Zhongbia, he was surprised by the strong resistance shown. These Zhongbia people were indeed weak in combat power, but their will to resist was indomitable. The fighting spirit shows that conquering this land is not as simple as expected. I really don’t know how the Falcon Empire attracted the loyalty of these Central Asians on the north coast, and how could those vigorous prairie cavalry be willing to do so. Surrender under the imperial banner,

Even if he knew there was danger, Cateus could only choose to head directly towards the Luzhou headquarters.

Fortunately for him, according to intelligence, the strength of the Luzhou headquarters is very poor. The Central Asian Army may still have three to four thousand troops and some temporarily recruited tens of thousands of militiamen. There is no force that can resist the Aden Army. , Cateus decisively divided the Aden Army into three teams, each with 10,000 people, and marched hand in hand, constantly driving the Central-Bian refugees in the Luzhou area closer to the Luzhou base camp.

"Okay, the army moves forward and takes down Luzhou with one force."

An hour later, Cateus mounted his horse again. Countless Aden soldiers began to stand up, prepare their equipment, raise the general's flag, and groups of infantry began to line up. At this moment, the Aden army's fighting spirit was extremely high. Originally, There is still a trace of scruples and fears about the Central Asian runner-up, They were all completely defeated in the battle of Sanhengguan. The combat strength of the Central and Asian troops was as weak as reported, and the losses suffered were almost negligible. Everyone in the Aden Army was full of fighting spirit and high ambitions. They felt that Zhongbia was already like prey on a food plate in front of them. All that is needed is to get it, to get it is as simple as

"Forward!" the infantry captains shouted loudly, countless pairs of feet were lifted up hard, and then fell heavily, and the earth trembled!

"Here they come, the aliens are coming!"

The Luzhou headquarters has received a message from Lu Xiao. The bells are ringing in rapid succession, like a reminder. One after another, countless soldiers of the Luzhou Army rushed up the city wall. When they had just arrived at their position, , only to hear the sound of thunder rolling in the distance, black lines, under the golden star and moon flag, slowly appeared on the mound in front, with spears like a forest, and battle flags like the sea along the two sides. line spread

"It's a foreigner!" There was an uproar on the city wall. The Luzhou Army stretched their heads to look ahead. Under the propaganda of the family, the foreigners in front had been demonized, and the heavy armored troops of the Aden Army were As soon as he appeared, the Luzhou Army soldiers here took a breath of air-conditioning. Looking at the infantry arrays covered with heavy armor, and the gleaming weapons that were rumored to be all made of expensive cloud steel, even the officers of the Luzhou Army swallowed hard, and the Aden Army formed a formation. The horizontal formation attack line stopped three hundred meters in front of the main camp.

"Atoner forward!"

As a messenger cavalry galloped past the front of the queue, the siege infantry, as the main force of the attack, began to stand up from the queue to the first position. There were about a thousand of them, wearing unique half-length armor, holding huge weapons in their hands. The siege shield stood firmly on the ground. Except for the face and legs below the knees, the rest of the body was covered with thickened heavy armor. Holding in his hand a large scimitar for melee combat,

One of the leading officers with a long red tassel on his head raised his machete arrogantly towards the Luzhou Army on the city wall. Although his helmet covered most of his face, everyone could imagine that the other person was laughing at him.

"It's these bastards who broke through the east wall at the Sanheng Pass immediately. Then this man alone under the city gate killed more than ten of my Luzhou sergeants, and one man captured the city gate." I don't know when, Lu Yang also arrived under the city flagpole. When he saw the Aden man with a long tassel and a cross helmet, his teeth chattered with hatred.

"Atonement is eternal!" The Redemptor commander with a red tassel on his helmet suddenly let out a loud shout. The scimitar raised high fell with a cold light. He felt the sound of the horn tearing the sky above his head. The attack line formed by the Redemptor began. Like a huge cone, surging like a collapsed snow mountain