Realm of Power

Feize coast, a gloomy sky like thick ink, a sunless afternoon, the air is filled with cold rain and bleakness, the wind blowing against your face is like a comb blowing the withered yellow grass stems on the white alkali land on the coastline, blowing these withered grass with the wind Raise up, the temperature in the upcoming spring has also warmed up a lot after being affected by the coastal ocean currents.

Lytle pushed open the door of the office, and the heat wave brought by the firewood burning in the fireplace hit his face. Although the temperature on the Feishan Coast had turned around, the empty office still seemed quite deserted. A long brown-red office The table, the sound of raindrops hitting outside the window, and a map of the Fezer region hanging on the wall. Lytle's eyes fell on the map hanging on the wall. Every time, his breathing could not help but become heavier.

This Feser map has changed a lot this year.

A year has passed, and the empire has established a firm foothold in the Feize region. Not only has it freed the two million slaves in the south of Feize, but it has also relocated hundreds of thousands of people from the empire. On the west coast, there are two With a population of more than one million, the Jersey Shore seems to be developing rapidly, but it is actually not peaceful.

This year, it is not an exaggeration to say that the sky was filled with wars.

The six large port cities built by the empire at a huge cost were completed, gathering 60% of the population and resources in the southern part of Feize, echoing the imperial coast to the north, like a pair of huge crescents, connecting Feize, which is currently independent. The mountains in the northern part of Fezer were shrouded in the middle, and then the empire's military power in Fezer began to skyrocket.

Since the famous imperial general Salton, who was born as a Nord noble, took control of southern Fezer, the Nord faction within the empire has regarded southern Fezer as their base camp. Officers from the original Nord faction began to arrive in Fezer in large numbers, and there are many of them. Former Nord generals, but their identity is not that of the regular army of the Empire, but the commanders of the Empire's expansion regiment.

The so-called expansion regiment was originally an organization established by immigrants from the Empire who moved to the Feize area to protect the reclaimed land and occupied mountains. After all, the Feize area did not fully belong to the Empire, and even the regular army of the Empire must abide by it. The original agreement signed was based on the original area of ​​King Feize's capital. , are not allowed to enter the Feize royal capital area. To the north is the Hokuriku region controlled by the Feizer nobles, and to the south is the west coast region controlled by the empire. However, the west coast is so big. As the number of immigrants continues to increase, immigrants will naturally target In the royal capital area of ​​Fezer, which was reduced to ashes during the civil war.

The area that can become the foundation of the Capital of Fezer is naturally not a bad place. On the contrary, the Capital of Fezer is the largest flat terrain between the Fezer Coast and the Hokuriku Mountains. Two large rivers converge and there are hundreds of miles of fertile wilderness. , 60% of the grain production area of ​​Fezer. According to the original agreement between Fezer nobles and the empire, regular troops from both sides cannot enter the capital of Fezer, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war.

In fact, the nobles of Feize's Northern Continent also played a trick. No one wants the land of Feize's royal capital, so how can it be left there to be abandoned? The agreement stipulates that regular troops are not allowed to enter this treasure land, but there is no provision that civilians are not allowed to enter. Entering, there are not many regular troops in the Feize Hokuriku Alliance, and most of the battles are often fought by The private armies of various lords participated in the war, so this agreement had very limited restrictions on Feize Hokuriku. Therefore, after signing the agreement, Feize Hokuriku nobles quickly took advantage of the time when the empire was still immigrating to the west coast, and quickly seized it by the private armies of various nobles. The advantageous location in Feize's capital area is to completely block the empire's power on the west coast.

What Feize and the Hokuriku nobles who thought they had a plan never imagined was that within two months of their happiness, the nobles' private army would be overthrown by the imperial immigrants who poured in from the west coast! It can only be said that they were unlucky enough. The fat man had bad intentions when he transferred the Empire's Second Army composed of Nords to the Fraser Coast. With the emperor's acquiescence, Salton's Second Army would naturally not be satisfied with just one It’s just the west coast. What the empire wants is the whole of Fezer. What the emperor wants is the whole of Fezer. How could such an astute person as Salton not know the emperor’s ambition? He only stopped at the west coast due to pressure, but signed When the agreement was made, a back door was already left.

When the emperor fought against the Confederate Empire in Lisbon, he used mercenaries to form a scattered army of 300,000 people, which made the regular army of the Confederate Empire overwhelmed. Salton naturally followed suit and formed a mercenary force of 300,000 people. It's impossible, but 300,000 immigrants are no problem at all. The Kingdom of Nord finally surrendered to the Falcon Dynasty, and fought several wars with the Falcon Dynasty. In the end, it was dragged down by the collapse of the domestic economy. But the army is not to the point of breaking out the muscles and bones.

Even if the Falcon Dynasty later surrendered, as many as half a million regular army troops were demobilized.

Most of the commanders of these demobilized troops are members of the current Nord faction, and many of them serve in the Empire's Southern Second Army. Salton only sent these people back to the Empire to recruit officers and will soon be demobilized. The key officers of the regular army were all recruited to the southern region of Feize. With so many officers flocking to the Second Army in the South of the Empire, naturally they could not all settle down, so these officers became the commanders of the Immigration Expansion Regiment.

We have refugees, we have officers, everything is ready

Salton began to let go. The weapons seized by the Empire during the annihilation of the royal capital were enough to equip as many as 200,000 people. They used black market channels to circulate a large number of weapons. These nominal immigration expansion groups obtained a large number of weapons at almost cabbage prices. , under the banner of expansion and reclamation, with the acquiescence of the Second Army of the Empire in the South, with the desire for new land, with various dreams of getting rich, and holding the banner of the expansion regiment, these expansion regiments in various names began Flooded into Fezer Capital Region

This time, tough middle-aged Nords who are good at fighting have become the main force. Most of them are former Nord soldiers who were sent home because the kingdom was destroyed. They are good at fighting rather than farming. Their hands are used to swords and swords. Without cutting and killing, they were unable to do anything when faced with the difficult-to-cultivate wasteland.

Many people chose to join the Chamber of Commerce mercenaries, which have always been the main force for the Falcon Dynasty to absorb remnants, but there were still two to three hundred thousand left. This time, they were gathered together by the former generals of Nord, and they soon broke out. Showing amazing combat effectiveness, they shouted Nord military orders and rushed towards the checkpoint set by the noble private army in front like a tide.

They don't have much interest in the land in front of them, but because these lands are ownerless, it is said that these lands can be resold. Those immigrants who really cultivate need these lands. This is a huge amount of income, and soon this kind of land will be resold. A conflict broke out between the semi-military expansion group and the private army of the Hokuriku nobles.

At first, the nobles of Hokuriku looked down upon these imperial immigrants who were temporarily armed. Their private armies regarded themselves as professional soldiers. Although the number of people lost in each encounter was not large, they could not withstand these expansions. The regiments were like flies. In the end, the Hokuriku nobles chose a decisive battle. They assembled a private army of 30,000 people and formed a real military formation. If they could not defeat the regular army of the empire, could they also defeat these peasants of the empire?

The plain hills of King Fezer's capital are covered with heavy snow. The hills are undulating like waves, making people feel the majesty of the terrain at a glance. Under such natural beauty, anyone will feel a sense of vastness, Hokuriku Nobles In order to show their strength as much as possible and scare the courage of these imperial immigrants, they chose such an excellent location. In front of them was an expanded immigrant group of more than 60,000 people. "Seeing that spring is coming, I can finally happily swat these flies to death!" A Hokuriku nobleman said with a contemptuous smile. "His Excellency Earl Heli is really very interested in swatting 60,000 flies to death at once." ! ' "If the empire pursues it..." "What are you afraid of? According to the agreement, we are just fulfilling our rights." The Hokuriku nobles were all confident, chatting and laughing. Thirty thousand elite Hokuriku elites. Without the regular army of the opposite empire entering, there are still What force can stop it?

"For glory, move forward!"

In the distance, the imperial peasants in their eyes shouted slogans, and at a speed that made them stagger, they quickly formed a triangular formation that was convenient for assault. There were neat footsteps, and the flag of the expansion regiment was stretched straight in the wind, and the footsteps were raised uniformly. , fell, the ground was shaking, murderous aura filled the air, a group of farmers actually came with a spirit of looking forward to death.

The Hokuriku nobles did not know that this group of peasants in front of them had once fought against the most powerful Guards Corps in the empire, and had once made the Nord Kingdom the overlord of the south. In the Ikadiva Empire itself, the Nord warriors The name once represented killing and invincibility! It means that people are feared. Even the Falcon Dynasty that destroyed the Nord Kingdom has to admit the outstanding land combat capabilities of Nord soldiers, and even specially formed a second army in the southern part of the empire composed of Nord soldiers as the main body." Stop them, archers!"

The war horses were retreating slightly. The nobles of Feize and the Northern Territory already felt that something was wrong, but they did not think that they would be overthrown by a group of peasants. A group of brave peasants were still peasants after all, what else could they be! With a mocking smile, Feize's Hokuriku nobles raised their hands with a full expression. The bow shooters lined up in a row began to neatly raise their bows and arrows toward the sky. The cold light of the arrow clusters was like the stars in the night sky. "Attention , arrow attack"

But before the hand of the nobleman who raised his hand fell, a bright line flew up from the opposite side. "I'll go!" The nobleman was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. The opponent was too fierce. Before they even entered the shooting range, a large number of arrow clusters began to fly out from the front of the opponent's queue. He saw the front of the opponent's advancing queue. row, one A group of farmers who had lowered their heads suddenly raised their bows, pulled the bow, unstrung the string, and shot out. The whole action was done in one go. The sound of the strong bowstring was like a rainstorm falling to the ground, and the white feathers of the arrows were like locusts swooping out from the horizon, covering the sky.

This group of imperial peasants actually had archers, and they were quite brave enough to stand in the first row of the queue?

The Hokuriku nobles felt that their kryptonite eyes were going to be blinded. Although the archer seemed to be a very ordinary unit, in fact, every qualified archer needed continuous training all year round, otherwise the range and accuracy would be greatly reduced. No Just find any farmer who can be an archer. If a farmer archer can draw a bow string and shoot fifty or sixty meters without missing a beat, that's considered good. When they fall, they don’t know where they are going. However, a qualified battlefield archer can reach 80 to 100 meters away. They can also fall densely in an area, forming considerable lethality. The gap between bows and arrows is often enough. It affects the morale of the entire army, especially after the empire swept the world with its powerful bows and crossbows. The strategic idea of ​​"determining everything remotely" has also been recognized by the generals of various countries.

And these Nord archers who look like peasants are not ordinary archers, but elite Nord archers who were fighting against the most elite crossbow archers of the Falcon Dynasty. At that time, the imperial army's crossbows had an absolute advantage in range, and Nord archers were defeated on many occasions. In the confrontation, it was all due to the suppressed position. Over time, Some elite troops among the Nord shooters have simply developed the practice of directly following the advancing queue and then launching suddenly. This can often give the Falcon Dynasty's crossbow shooters a sudden blow. Although it cannot suppress the Falcon Dynasty's crossbow shooters, At least it can reduce the pressure on frontline troops.

Only brave Nords can do this kind of thing. This is a combat habit that is completely out of grief and anger, and even requires great sacrifices. However, for other opponents who have never encountered it, this kind of suddenness is simply shocking to everyone. It was like a heavy blow to the face!

The unsuspecting private army of the Hokuriku nobles raised their heads and looked at the sky as if they had seen a ghost. It was difficult to understand how the opponent's archers dared to stand at the forefront? Aren’t these archers afraid of death? "Bah bang bang"

The bowstring resounded with a black flash like a heavy rain, and a large piece of black crossed the arc drawn in the sky and fell towards them. The white light feathers continued to draw brilliant brilliance in the sky, and the layers of arrow clusters were like giant arrows. The sickle suddenly swept across the ranks of the noble private army, with a crash and screams everywhere, as if it suddenly fell The heavy raindrops fell on the windowsill, and red human blood was splashed everywhere. The private army flew backwards as if they were hit, and thick arrow clusters shot through their chests. Feize's private army did not have too many He used his shield, but paid a heavy price in the end. Countless points of blood were accompanied by the crisp sound of broken muscles and bones, and screams of pain came one after another after being struck by arrows.

"Archer, shoot!"

Some of the Hokuriku nobles were frightened and could no longer care so much. They shouted angrily. The private archers were located at the back of the queue. After hearing the numerology, even though they knew that the opponent was not within range yet, they could only relax helplessly. Opening the bow string, bang bang bang, the arrows flew out, then fell from the sky, and inserted into the front of the Nord immigrants' queue in large pieces.

"Asshole! Who gave the order!"

’ What are you doing? What are you shooting before you reach the distance? "

"Go forward, charge forward!" The Nord immigrants began to exert their strength crazily. They once charged against the powerful shots of the Falcon Dynasty crossbow shooters. They once moved forward in the light of the explosion of the Thor. To them, these clusters of arrows in front of them were... It's more like a mockery, a group of idiot shooters, they are holding heavy tower shields, and their heavy footsteps sound like war. The sound of drums was beating in the middle of the night, and the distance was shortening rapidly. When the distance between the two armies was only 4 meters, a large group of bright Nord axes began to change from the second row to the first row. The cry of killing and fighting shook the sky. The cold blade light of the battle ax was like a long silver thread suddenly turning in the dark night, slamming into the front line of the Hokuriku nobles' private army. "Crack!"

The heavy ax struck down, and the shield was deformed and flew out. The noble private soldiers in the front row were even knocked away by the rapid impact. One row, two rows, three rows, the attack of the Nord immigration group was quite fierce, with clanging "several" sounds. Thousands of knives, swords, and spears swarmed in this long line. The long array originally used by the Hokuriku nobles to show off was crushed to pieces by the Nord warriors almost immediately.

The heavy battle ax in the hands of the Nord warriors can be broken into pieces even the shield. If the private soldiers had adopted a dense array, they might not have been crushed in such an instant, but the long array was so thin that the shield in front was almost destroyed. It was smashed away fiercely, and the people behind were also split open by battle axes. Because the troops were pulled apart, the noble private army with only three lines of defense was forcefully penetrated.

Are these the peasants of the empire? Feize, the nobles of Hokuriku turned pale.

This kind of professional killer weapon, which is usually only used by knights, was played smoothly by these farmers. Not only did they have heavy battle axes to open the way, but you can also see that behind the heavy battle axes, many people were still throwing out weapons. A short-handled tomahawk. Although these short-handled tomahawks are only one foot long, they are close to each other. Ah, it was completely unstoppable when it was hit. The weight of the ax in front of me was even more difficult for even a helmet to carry. It was not only cruel, but also precise. Even if the hit did not kill me, the blood could not be stopped. I soon bled too much and fell to the ground. So much so that many powerful noble knights in the private army were directly smashed to death.

What is this, who are these people!

The nobles of Feize's Hokuriku really cried. They didn't expect that their private army, which they spent huge sums of money to equip, would be beaten up by a group of farmers who pretended to be pigs and eat tigers. The fighting power of these imperial immigrants was too strong. It was 100% true. The regular army is not only brave and unafraid of death, but every one of them is more ferocious than the private army here. It must be fierce, and it must advance and retreat in a controlled manner. It can be seen that it is the result of many years of training. Even two or three immigration teams can attack from the left and right, like nooses, crushing and tearing their battle lines. Open it, and then pull it apart violently, even a real army can only do this

Who says these are just some brave farmers? They will definitely rush up and kick his ass hard. If the empire's farmers were all of this level, Obaro would have been conquered by the empire long ago! The elite that I was so proud of was defeated just like that! What the Hokuriku nobles never dreamed of was that the person who commanded the expansion regiment to actually fight them this time was not actually from Salton, but from Barro in Southern Europe. He was extremely familiar with the tactics of Barro nobles in Southern Europe. The familiar famous general Lytle said, "His Majesty's order is given to you especially!"

Soldon, the commander of the Second Army of the Southern Empire, turned away from the glass window he was staring at, with a slight smile on his face, holding a letter of order in his hand. He did not attend the annual meeting held by the Empire in the Imperial Capital Sea City this time, but his name was clearly on the list of the annual meeting of the Empire. He received the order from the Emperor a month ago, and secretly returned from the Imperial warship that had already sailed to the coast of Gangfei.

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