Realm of Power

Dongbo border, Dongshan

A middle-aged Dongbo man wearing armor sat on the watchtower on the east mountain wall of Dongbo City. He looked at the fierce battle in front of him with a puzzled expression. Both sides of the battle were grassland people, and one side was middle-aged. The number of the Royal Court Army in the North Grassland is known to be more than ten thousand. In just a few days, the Star Royal Court Cavalry raided and plundered all sides. Crossing the border for more than a hundred miles, it has already caused great harm to the borderland. No one knows why the grassland people are going crazy this year. In the past, the Wangting border troops who only needed to stuff some money and food to send them away suddenly changed their normal behavior. , no longer just plundering and leaving, but sweeping along the way like a big net, the soldiers pointed eastward, completely It was a war of conquest. The Dongbo towns along the way had been wiped out by the grassland frontier troops before they could react. At this moment, standing on the city wall and looking around, you can still see pillars of smoke rising from the villages. It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of scene for thirty or forty years. Ever since the grassland royal court faced the east Since the complete suppression of the war, this kind of clear-cut killing has rarely been used again. This time, not only did they clean up the towns on the border, they even began to gather troops on a large scale in the east mountain of the big city for the first time. Teams of The prairie cavalry drove into Dongshan City like locusts and defeated Dongshan's posture in one fell swoop.

This alone is enough to make President Nu Hao, the lord of Dongshan City, as restless as an ant on a hot pot.

Dongshan is the residence of the Nu people, a large tribe of Dongbo people. The Nu people are also ranked among the top five in the Dongbo ethnic group. The total population is more than 200,000. They are distributed in the Dongshan area on the edge of Dongbo and the grassland. As a Dongbo people The closest force to the Northern Grassland, the Dongshan Nu Clan has been unable to grow despite the repeated ravages of the Grassland Royal Court. It was not until the past 20 or 30 years that the North Royal Court focused its attention on going south to Central Asia. The Dongshan Nu tribe also sent people to bribe General Wang Ting, who was responsible for the Dongbo border on the Royal Court, and got the opportunity to recuperate and recuperate. When Dongshan City was built by the Nu tribe, the status of the Nu tribe as one of the major tribes in Dongbo was truly confirmed.

"Everyone, hold on, Dongbo is not a prairie. There is no lush water and grass here. As long as you hold on for a while, the prairie people will retreat." The grassland army invaded again in a large scale. The top leaders of the Dongshan Nu tribe still adopted the practice that they had done for many years, regardless of whether it was good or bad. Ask, just wait for the prairie people to go back after they have plundered enough.

The barren and dusty Dongbo area is not suitable for long-term battles of the prairie cavalry. In the past, the prairie people would retreat after a while of raiding the border, but this year, the Dongshan border was in ashes. At least 40,000 to 50,000 Nu people died in the prairie people. In his hands, eighteen towns and countless villages were lost. More news showed that the grassland army that invaded Dongshan this time was just the vanguard. What is really scary is the news that Beiwangting has moved to the east. Even the Dongshan Nu tribe has They had a certain amount of troops, but in the face of this news, they huddled up in Dongshan City and did not dare to take the initiative to attack. They allowed more than 10,000 grassland royal troops to gallop freely, and there were even dozens of grassland cavalry approaching the city. The Nu guards on the wall The army only dared to watch these prairie cavalry cause a bloody storm among the refugees below the city, leaving corpses all over the ground and leaving. No matter how miserable the refugees below screamed, the Nu nobles above would never dare to open the city. Door

But the situation has suddenly changed. I don’t know what happened. The top leaders of the Nu tribe in Dongshan were completely dumbfounded. Just as the grassland royal army continued to accumulate strength and cut down trees outside the city to build siege equipment, behind the tens of thousands of grassland royal army , the black line rolled in, and the grassland army that covered the sky and sun appeared in front of Dongshan City, with swords and helmets The Jia sun shines brightly, and rolls up dust and smoke that reaches the sky. The number is so large that it almost scares the top Nu people in Dongshan City to their knees. If there are more than ten thousand grassland troops, the Dongshan Nu people may still be able to rely on the defense of Dongshan City to end the war. After dragging on for a while, they finally forced the opponent to leave without success, but the grassland army in front of them had no room to resist.

"The main force of the royal court!"

"It's over, it must be the main force of the royal court of the prairie people." There was an uproar on the Dongshan City Wall. The lord of Dongshan City, President Nu Hao, looked defeated and clenched his fingers tightly. Is God going to let the entire Nu tribe perish? President Nu Hao regretted that he did not make the decision to give up Dongshan in advance. If he had known that the Prairie Royal Court would come out in force this time, he should not have clung to Dongshan. Dongshan is gone, but it can be rebuilt. If the Nu clan is gone, It's really all gone, The entire Nu people in Dongshan City were desperate to the point of freezing. Among the dust and smoke rolled up by the army, there was a tall white tower representing the identity of the royal court fluttering in the wind. Dongbo had been entangled with the grassland for so many years, how could he recognize it? No wonder this is the talent of the royal court Under the military flag, densely packed prairie cavalry lined up in a line, with long swords and bows bent at the waist. They were covered with a layer of fine armor. On both sides of the war horses were bags of arrows filled with arrows. There were so many. It makes Dongshan City unable to think of any resistance at all. , The disparity in combat power is really huge. There are only 20,000 Nu troops in the entire Dongshan City, while the grassland army outside is probably more than 100,000. Not to mention just Dongshan, the entire Dongbo, in the face of this iron stream that will destroy the country, It's also the same as being trampled and broken to pieces.

Wang Tingjun outside Dongshan City also discovered the grassland army appearing behind him. To the surprise of all Dongshan people, Wang Tingjun outside the city did not fight with the opponent, but panicked. Under the dumbfounded eyes of the Dongshan people, the grassland army appeared behind them. The cavalry had already rushed into the rear of the Royal Court Army on the grassland like an avalanche. Time, blood splashed everywhere, swords flashed, and the grassland Wang Ting army, with an absolute disadvantage in numbers, drew the scimitars at their waists to fight. However, there were too many enemies. More than ten thousand Wang Ting troops collided with the enemy's cavalry several times. Underneath, like a few leaves in the sea, they were chopped to pieces with knives and fell into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye.

"What's going on?"

"Why did the prairie people start fighting on their own?"

The bulging-eyed boss of the court, Nu Hao, looked at the two grassland armies intertwined and strangled each other in front of Dongshan City, and his whole person fell into a sluggish state. Are those grassland people fake? No, I have seen many grassland tribes on the border. Judging from the almost identical fighting methods of both sides, I know that the other side is also a genuine grassland people. The huge disparity in numbers between the two sides makes the initial ten thousand people The Wang Ting army in the human grassland was quickly overwhelmed, divided, and their horses were cut off one by one. In just half an hour of fighting, already There is no longer a grassland royal court soldier still on horseback. Corpses are everywhere. The horses that have lost their masters are eating the blood-stained grass with their heads down. The other side that has won is cleaning the battlefield. Groups of cavalry are moving in, criss-crossing. Digging holes to clean up the corpses, and setting up army tents one after another, it seems that there is no regard for Dongshan City, which is just around the corner.

"what to do?"

"If the arrow leaves the bow, the city will be full of chickens and dogs. It is better to make a decision early."

The top Nu people in Dongshan City looked at President Nu Hao one by one. Facing more than ten thousand grassland troops, Dongshan could still resist, but how could they resist such a large grassland army in front of them? The less the other party puts itself in front of them, it just proves that the other party's plan to wipe out Dongshan is just a matter of attack. According to the rules of the prairie people, cities that choose to surrender before the battle can be spared from massacre. Once the prairie people's arrow clusters Shooting out is another matter. Now is undoubtedly the critical moment before the war. Dongshan obviously cannot stop the grassland army in front of them, but if they surrender, what if the grassland people still carry out the massacre?

"Who wants to go out of the city with me to the other side?"

President Nu Hao knew that there was no way he could escape. As the Lord of Dongshan, if he continued to curl up, he would be deposed by the entire clan. If he stretched his head, it would be a knife, and if he shrank, it would be a knife. Hey, how could he be so unlucky? , took a deep breath, without any joy of surviving the disaster, The grassland royal court army in front was a wolf, so this grassland army that didn't know the situation was a tiger, and they all wanted to eat people. President Nu Hao selected a few people from the vigorous juniors as guards, and then he went to all the Dongshan people. With sad eyes, he was hung from the city wall in a basket

In the Yelu Army camp, after learning that the large army that appeared in front of them was actually the Yelu King's Army that was rumored to have just defeated the Handi Army at the mouth of Yawu Valley, it took Chief Nu Haoting more than ten seconds to react. No wonder they are both prairie people. When they meet, the two sides fight to the death. It turns out that they are two mortal enemies! But why did King Yelu's army come to Dongbo? President Nu Hao was lying on the ground, sweating under the gaze of the royal guards in the military tent. The North Royal Court Army was killing people, and the Yelu King Court Army was not a good thing. It is said that more people were killed in the Central and Biadian areas. It's far better than the North Royal Court, and it's not even a good thing.

Just when President Nu Hao was thinking this in his mind, a crisp voice came: "President Nu Hao, Lord of Dongshan City, if I remember correctly, when you ascended to the throne as City Lord, I was the one who came here on behalf of the North Royal Court." of"

"I don't dare. I didn't expect His Majesty to come from thousands of miles away. As the landlord of Dongshan City, I am really rude..."

President Nuhao's body shook, and his head lowered even further, almost completely pressing on the ground. However, a delicate figure flashed through his mind, and he suddenly felt a headache. Yelu Qiyeguang came as the special envoy of the royal court. , whose peerless elegance shocked many Dongbo people, not to mention that there had long been rumors among Dongbo senior officials that the Yelu family was actually captured by the Prairie Royal Court. The descendants of the former Prince Dongbo, but time passed by, and everyone deliberately ignored this rumor. Later, with the rise of the Yelu family in the Central Bia region, this rumor seemed to flourish again. Now that the Yelu family's army is suppressing the mirror, they have to Judge Yong Nuhao naturally thought of the rumor. You are going to seek revenge from the Dongbo royal family. It would be better if you don’t involve me, Dongshan, in this matter!

At this moment, a messenger walked in from outside the military tent and took out a letter and handed it to Yelu Qiyeguang.

"Your Majesty's order," the Imperial Guards officer whispered.

Yelu Qiyeguang opened the letter and took a look at it. His delicate body trembled slightly, and the hand holding the letter trembled slightly. He couldn't help but say, "What a good idea, why didn't I think of it?" When the imperial guard left, Yelu Qiye Guangcai put the letter in his hand and looked at the man kneeling on the ground with his head lowered. The lord of Dongshan City, President Nu Hao, said in a cold voice, "President Nu Hao, the lord of Dongshan City, I know why you are here. Regarding your awareness of current affairs, I, the Yelu Palace, will also follow the rules on the grassland. Dongshan City, I You don’t have to move, but you must do something for me to prove that you are worthy of this gift."

"As long as His Majesty does not move to Dongshan City, which is mainly what I, President Nu Hao, can do, I will agree to any conditions." After hearing Yelu Qiyeguang's promise, President Nu Hao raised his head with a happy face, and there was something faint in his eyes. Concern, Yelu Royal Court will not renege on its word, right?

"Don't worry, our Royal Court of Yelu is as rich as the Imperial Capital of Central Asia and we don't care about a meager Dongshan City." Yelu Qiyeguang smiled sweetly and waved his hand towards President Nu Hao. Under the nervous gaze of President Hao, he said, "You also know that we, the Yelu Royal Court and the Bei Royal Court, are fighting for supremacy on the grassland. Even though I, the King of Yelu Court, have promised not to move your east mountain, I cannot let your east mountain lean towards the North Court. I need you to use actual actions to prove your friendship with me, the King of Yelu Court. Otherwise, I can only regard it as the same. Dongshan colluded with Beiwangting and immediately mobilized the army to kill the entire Dongshan City and wipe it from this land! "

"Please be clear to your majesty, my Dongshan has absolutely no collusion with Beiwangting. Your Majesty has also seen that more than 10,000 troops from Beiwangting besieged my Dongshan. If His Majesty's army had not arrived, Beiwangting would have already attacked Dongshan." President Hao's face turned pale, he let out a mournful cry, and knocked his head on the ground again, and there was a faint blood color.

"It's empty talk. How can I believe you? I can't rely on your words for the life and death of more than 100,000 troops." Yelu Qiyeguang just curled his lips coldly. "How do you want me to prove it?" Nu Haoting had a long mouth. After looking around, I found that I really couldn't say anything, I could only With a wry smile on his lips, "Okay, I won't embarrass you, as long as you send the right ears cut off by the tens of thousands of Wang Ting's troops outside the Bei Wang Ting garrison, and tell Bei Wang Ting that these Wang Ting's troops attacking Dongshan City were killed by your Dongshan City. , I believe you. "Yelü Qiyeguang's pretty face is cold, one word Saying this sentence decisively, the temperature in the military tent immediately dropped a few points. Looking at the pale and bloodless face of President Nu Hao, Yelu Qiyeguang said, "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to die. I just need to Just send it to the outskirts of the North Royal Court, where is it just a These small tribes that are attached to the royal court. With your Dongshan military strength, these small tribes dare not touch you. Just deliver the things and bring the words. Don’t say anything else. Do you understand? Otherwise, as long as I hear a little bit That’s not right, in Dongshan City, you just wait to collect the corpses.”

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