Realm of Power

In the white morning scene, a white line separated the sky and the earth that had just lit up. As the white mist gradually dissipated, the city wall of Yi County in the distance emerged in the eyes of Marshal Hebia of Aden. Hebia Ya wore a thick full-body armor and sat astride a pure black horse. His thin figure was even more upright.

"Marshal, the left and right armies are already on their way back. Should we wait until the two armies return before launching an attack on Yi County?" A general from Aden asked hesitantly. No one knew what the marshal's plan was, and he suddenly recalled the other two armies. , but they regard a mere small town as the key target of attack. If it is to retaliate because of the poor combat in the past few days, is it too big to use 200,000 troops to carry out revenge?

"You don't have to wait for them. If you really wait for the left and right armies to return, do you think the Central Asians will come out?

Hebia waved his hand on the horse, looked away from Yi County in the distance, shook his head and said, "Originally, I was worried that if the Central and African troops kept defending Xinjing, even if our army stormed down, I'm afraid there would be heavy casualties, but now it's not Is it better? The Chinese and Bian army achieved a so-called great victory in Yi County. If our army now storms Yi County to retaliate, the Chinese and Bian court will have to keep the so-called face. Son, we must mobilize the army with all our strength to rescue Yi County. We only need to wait outside Yi County, and we can easily attract all the military forces that the entire Zhongbia court can mobilize, just like adding firewood to the fire. , As long as the fire in Yi County is still burning, we will burn out the military power of the Zhongbia court at once, so that the entire Xinjing will no longer have any defense force."

"Marshal wise"

The general nodded excitedly, and at the same time ordered the flag bearer behind him to raise the military flag in his hand. A huge star-and-moon flag was blown straight by the morning wind, and made a snapping sound in the wind, in the endless empty field. On the ground, black lines gradually emerged from behind him, and the morning dew still hung crystal clear on the tops of the green leaves. On the ground, the heavy falling footsteps have made the ground tremble slightly. Armored Aden infantry groups appeared one by one from the hills. Countless spears towered like forests. As the main force of the Chinese army, the 80,000 elite Aden troops , as far as the eye can see, a flag is fluttering like the sea, the reflection of the armor is like snow, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the military appearance is in full bloom.

The Aden army camped in front of Yi County, and then the camp sent a large number of soldiers to cut down almost all the nearby trees. By the evening of the afternoon, a large catapult like a giant had revealed its majestic and huge structure.

"For the loss of just a few hundred people, tens of thousands of people were mobilized to retaliate. What exactly do the people of Aden want?"

A veteran Zhongbia general wearing tiger head scales stood on the city wall of Yi County, looking at the growing number of Aden troops below, his eyebrows couldn't help but knitted together. He was the Zhongbia court official. Lin Tongfeng, commander of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Army, is sixty-three years old. He can be regarded as an evergreen tree in the Central and African military circles. Xiao Zhan has served his subordinates for more than a hundred times and has very rich combat experience, so he can rely on his senses to faintly feel something is wrong from the vigorous actions of the Aden people outside. There is no way to kill people in a war. At least hundreds of people were lost. Why? It could lead to retaliation on such a scale. There must be something wrong here.

Lin Tongfeng has been called a soldier all his life. He is tall and burly. Even after he has passed sixty, his back is not stooped at all. His momentum has never weakened. But at this moment, amid the chaos of wars for his family and country, he looks even more haggard. , took a deep breath, and looked away from a distance. He could no longer look at it. If he continued to look at it, he might even be shaken in his determination to hold on. The disparity in military strength was too great.

There is no doubt that the Aden Army in front of him is the main force this time, and the Fifth Army under his command only has 18,000 people. The defense of Yi County is still the repair record of more than 20 years ago. In other words, 20 The city wall of Yi County has not been repaired for many years. How can such a defense withstand the fierce attack of the wolf-like Aden Army? No matter what conspiracy the Aden Army has, if the Yi County in front of us is defeated in one blow like Xian County, Xinjing will be next. Every time the Imperial Capital is destroyed, hundreds of thousands or millions of people will be massacred and bloodbathed. , are all a heavy blow to the prestige of the court. Once this happens Once again, the Aden people were allowed to attack Xinjing again, and the court was afraid that it would never be able to rise again, and people were heartbroken. Zhongbia was also at the end of its journey. For Lin Tongfeng, a veteran who had watched the decline of the empire from its heyday. For one thing, one can imagine the sadness in it

"Immediately report to the court. The main force of the Aden Army has assembled in our Yi County. The strength may exceed 100,000. If there are no more reinforcements, our army may not be able to resist."

Lin Tongfeng laid his hands on the cold wall and said in a deep voice with a livid face. With decades of combat experience and facing the heavy responsibility of Xinjing being hit, the old man could only strive to be more prudent, but he did not notice that because of his This idea may drag all the troops in the Xinjing region of China into the abyss.

"The Aden Army surrounded Yi County?"

As the news was reported, the Zhongbia court was shocked. The Zhongbia emperor, who had just encouraged him on the reviewing stand, saw that the direction of the Aden army's fierce attack was Yi County. He was silent for half a minute and said: It is absolutely required that the military cabinet must protect Yi County no matter what.

"Your Majesty, the main force of our army has now dispersed. It will take time to assemble. There are only 20,000 troops left in Xinjing. It will take at least three or four days to send reinforcements to Yi County." Tang Yu, the head of the military department, looked ugly. He stood up from among the courtiers. As a confidant of the emperor, his words could still make the emperor consider it. However, at this moment, the emperor had already made up his mind to defend Yi County. He was thinking that it would take three or four days at the latest for the reinforcements to be dispatched, and he immediately said with a livid face, "I can't afford to wait for three or four days. I'm afraid that Yi County has been conquered, and you are still here." As for the assembly, since it is difficult for the army to assemble, then don’t assemble and attack on all fronts. I don’t believe that the main force of the Aden Army can still think of besieging Yi County when our army attacks on all fronts.”

"Attack across the board, this is absolutely not allowed!"

Tang Yu's eyes were bulging and he paused for breath. Facing the emperor's strict order, his face became even more ugly. Originally, he brought the victory of Yi County to inspire people, and it also catered to the emperor's personality of being very happy with success, but he didn't expect it. , but this time he shot himself in the foot. The emperor should not have suddenly thought This method was most likely due to someone from the courtiers giving the emperor an idea. Thinking of this, Tang Yu felt tight in his heart. Although he knew that the civil servants might retaliate against the military ministers for making military pay, and they were severely blackmailed by the military. Once, but I didn’t expect that someone would take revenge on such a major family and national matter to avenge a personal grudge!

"What, is there a problem?"

The emperor looked at Tang Yu coldly, "Didn't you say that our army's combat power is no worse than that of the Ding people? Since the main force of the Aden army is now in the direction of Yi County, our army has the upper hand and can attack its weak points from other directions. Wouldn't it be better to contain the people of Aden? As the head of the military department, you don't even know this most basic truth, right?"

"Your Majesty, even if the main force of the Aden Army is gone, the other two armies still have more than 70,000 to 80,000 people. They are currently attacking Yuchang County on the outskirts of Xinjing. It is clear that they want to isolate Xinjing and cut off contact with the outside world. Finally, in Launch an attack." Tang Yu lowered his head and said quickly

"The great victory of Yi County is watched by the whole New Kyoto. People are excited and united. Yi County must not be lost now!" The emperor snorted. "If it doesn't work, there are still hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city. At the beginning, Long The family can incite the refugees to storm the Red Stone Castle, but how can the dignified and orthodox court not even match the appeal of the Southwest Long Family?

"Your Majesty wants to incite the refugees to attack the Aden Army?"

Tang Yu's body trembled and he was stunned. Is the emperor crazy? Letting the refugees attack the Aden people, why not just drive them away? When the Long family intervened and encouraged millions of refugees to attack the Red Stone Castle, it was because he was the Long family, the northerner. The people who came to sweep across the grassland, the Long family of Yeluguda in Yanzhou, were also agitating for something specific. The refugees in the north who hate the grassland people deeply and have a deep hatred for each other have the support of the Long family. Naturally, these refugees are willing to fight to the death with the grassland people. But now, the refugees outside the new capital are just nearby farmers, completely and almost The Northland refugees struggling out of the dead area are completely different things! Not to mention these refugees going to fight the Aden people, they will be afraid if they see weapons.

"Okay. This matter is settled."

"They are all my people. They have reached such a situation. Fighting for me is what they must do. You have always had objections to my decisions. What are your intentions? Otherwise, you can be the emperor!" The emperor's face was livid, and he waved his hand angrily to stop Tang Yu from continuing, his voice shaking the top of the palace.

"Don't dare, Your Majesty, don't get me wrong!"

Tang Yu's face turned pale and he didn't dare to speak anymore. He could tell that the emperor's temper was wrong today, but he didn't know that the emperor suddenly ordered an all-out attack. In fact, he just wanted to know whether Tang Yu would listen to him unconditionally. After all, after experiencing two turmoils, the emperor had already lost confidence in the military. Especially since the courtiers kept reporting on Tang Yujiao's domineering behavior, some secretly scolding himself, and news of disobeying the emperor's orders. The emperor Also want to know He asked whether Tang Yu would obey his orders unconditionally at the critical moment. Today's test results made the emperor even more aware of the crisis. You must know that Tang Yu has the military power of the entire Central Asian court in his hands. Once Tang Yu If Yu has second thoughts, he will die without a burial place. Tang Yu can't be relied on, so he might as well take back the military power. The emperor also understood a truth during the two ups and downs, that is, the military power is in his hands. , more useful than anything else!