Realm of Power

The rain is fierce,

Densely packed black armored cavalry passed through the dense forest, like black ghosts. Light and mysterious. The originally slightly hot climate also seemed cooler under this heavy rain. The rain washed away the mud and dust on the leaves. It made the dense forest in front of them look green and green, and the horse's hooves stepped into the mire on the ground, splashing water. Some Kalisu civilians living nearby looked at the black tide rolling southward in front of them with stunned and horrified eyes.

Although these Kalisu civilians heard about the fall of the royal capital in the north, they never thought that they would see the empire's army rushing south from in front of them. These Kalisu civilians were so frightened that they hid and watched from a distance. The imperial cavalry rushed towards the south like a gust of wind. Although the imperial cavalry was in They advanced in the rain, but the speed was very fast, and the sound of horse hooves was very soft. All the black-armored cavalry on horseback were lying on their backs. No one spoke, only the faint sound of horses neighing, and many of the imperial cavalry were alone. The two horses just drove towards the south silently, and the target direction was Biyang Valley.

"How far is it from Biyang Valley?" An imperial general stopped his horse and asked the guide beside him in a solemn voice.

"Forty miles to go"

"Can we get there before dark?" The imperial general tilted his head and glanced at several panicked figures in the distance. They were Kalisu civilians. When he saw the imperial general, he looked over and saw these few Kalisu. The civilians were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. The imperial general grunted with a depressed look on his face, "It seems that the news of the Anser's invasion of the hinterland has not reached here yet. Don't you, Carisu, have any measures to deal with this situation?"

"Sir, the Ansers have never crossed the Southern Wilderness Wall, so we have never prepared for it," the guide said with an ugly face.

"Forget it, we can't care about this now. These civilians can at least explain that the Ansers haven't fully launched yet, and they should have been attracted to Biyang Valley." The imperial general waved his hand. He was the second in command in the southern part of the empire. Estant, the commander of the fifth flag of the army, this genius who single-handedly blocked the empire from entering southern Nord, was now given a new order by Salton to immediately rush to the aid of Biyang Valley!

The news was brought back by Elliot, the veteran commander of the Kalisu Army's border defense army. The Kalisu Army encountered a joint attack by Martin's Tooth Army and the Anser near Russell. The army of one hundred thousand troops collapsed across the board. They wanted to count on these one hundred thousand soldiers. It is no longer possible for the Kalisu army to delay time. The Ansers have already poured in across the board. Lytle brings 30,000 Kalisu troops with him. The defenders rushed to Biyang Valley, the throat of the capital to the north. Elliot ran back to the capital to ask Salton for support. Otherwise, once Biyang Valley was also defeated and the empire wanted to go south, it would be We need to face the Anser Army and the Martin Tooth Army, whose morale has soared. The total strength of these two enemies may be 300,000 or more.

Salton has always been known for his decisiveness. He had already discovered that the main force of Martin's Tooth Army was just a false shot in the capital. The real target was actually the 100,000 Kali Soviet Army retreating from the Southern Wasteland Wall. Knowing what Elliot said is basically true. The Martin Liya people quietly went south, just to take advantage of the Kalisu army and the Anser people. During the fierce battle, he gave it a fatal blow from the side. Under time pressure, Salton immediately ordered the 20,000 Imperial light cavalry of Estant, the commander of the Fifth Banner, to rush to Biyang Valley. Estan, the commander of the Fifth Banner of the Imperial Southern Army, After receiving the order, Special immediately led the cavalry south, and a man under Elliott's command who was familiar with the terrain and roads The scout captain of the front line led the way and flew almost in a straight line towards Biyang Valley. However, this was a dense forest area after all, not a flat plain. Even the speed of the cavalry was greatly reduced. They came all the way from the direction of the royal capital. Next, for the Kalisu civilians along the way, the imperial cavalry simply Don't bother to pay attention to them. Anyway, they can guess as much as they like. It's best to guess as serious as possible, because no one has time to take into account the safety of civilians now. If these civilians realize the seriousness of the matter and temporarily hide, If you enter a remote area, you may be able to avoid this catastrophe.

No one knows, after the collapse of the 100,000 Kalisu army, how many Anser troops marched into the hinterland of Kalisu?

"Sir, the scouts in front discovered the Anser and captured an officer of the other side!" An imperial cavalry came from the front and whispered to Estante. The armor on his body was wet with sweat and stains of blood. ,

"The Ansers are already around? Bring that prisoner!" Estante frowned. It was so fast. The main force of the Kalisu army was defeated near Russell City, which was six miles away. The distance is seventy miles, and it seems that a small group of Ansers have already bypassed Biyang Valley. After a while, , several imperial soldiers pushed the prisoner up. The prisoner's hands were tied behind his back and tied tightly. There were several serious injuries on his arms and legs, but they were not critical. He was beaten on his shoulders and thighs. The gauze was stained with blood. It seemed that the scouts deliberately only used crossbow arrows to hit the shoulder and calf where the weapon was held.

Although he has become a prisoner and the wounds on his body are still bleeding, the expression of this Anser is still very fierce. He gnashed his teeth and cursed incomprehensible prophecies, and his eyes sunk in the deep sockets with a fierce light. , with blood dripping from his mouth, an imperial officer walked up and slapped the prisoner hard, hitting the prisoner all over. His mouth was full of blood, and he quickly found some things on his body. Among them was a small dark red stone knife. It was made of unknown stone. It was only the size of a palm, but it gave people a feeling of coldness all over the body. Feeling sharp, the guide leading the way fell on the blood-colored stone knife, and couldn't help but let out a low cry, "It's the blood-sword nobleman of the Anser people!"

"Blood Knife Noble?" Estante frowned slightly. This guide himself was the scout captain under Elliot, and he was quite familiar with the Anser people. However, even he showed surprise, which is enough to show that the identity of this prisoner is extraordinary.

"The Anser people are an evil tribe that believes in blood and killing. They believe that blood can give people strength, so the nobles of the Anser people are proud of killing, and the Blood Knife nobles are the best among them. It is often the nobles who have made great military exploits. "The Kali Su army guide quickly explained that it is good luck for the imperial army. , also expressed his sigh: "Such people are generally hard to come across. They are often either army commanders or elite forward officers. We, Carisu, have been fighting against the Ansers for decades, but we have not killed more than a hundred Blood Sword nobles." , and each one cost us a considerable price. I didn’t expect to encounter one here.”

"So, where there is a Blood Knife noble, there is a possibility of encountering an army of Darksers?" Estante's eyes flashed, he jumped off his horse, came to the Blood Knife noble, suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said There was really no place to look for, and it took no effort to get there. Considering the language barrier between the two parties, he waved to the guide and asked him to go over, saying, "Ask him, how many Anse people are in the direction of Biyang Valley?" ?”

Yes, my lord!

This guide can indeed speak the Anse language. Although it is not fluent and even requires gesticulation, it is at least better than someone who cannot speak at all. I don’t know what he said to the Anse prisoner. The Anse prisoner. The prisoner suddenly burst into laughter, and the guide's face suddenly became extremely ugly. His fingers even unconsciously held the weapon, and he slashed this with a big knife. Estant squinted his eyes slightly and watched from a distance. After a while, the guide came over with a pale face and said to Estant, "Sir, the other party said that not only the people who entered the Calisu territory this time Not just the Anse people, but all the tribes south of Hanlu Mountain have been surrounded by Biyang Valley, with a total strength of more than 250,000! "" 250,000!

When Estante heard this number, he couldn't help but gasped. The imperial officers around him who heard this number were also in dead silence. It was really a huge disparity. There was only the sound of rain hitting his body. How could this happen? , if the 20,000 imperial cavalry are on a flat plain, it doesn't matter even if the opponent is 200,000 infantry, but here is a dense forest, and the high mobility of the cavalry is greatly reduced. Once entangled, it will be impossible to escape.

"Did he tell you his identity?" Estante asked with a stern look on his face. He couldn't guess whether the other person was telling the truth or deliberately intimidating him.

"He said that he is the third-level blood sword warrior Amonig of the Ninth Army of Anser. He just lost his way. If we kill him, the Anser people will kill us all to avenge him. The guide's voice suddenly paused, as if He heard something quite important, so he hesitated and said

"What did you just say, you got lost?" Estante's eyes lit up and he glanced around. From a military strategic point of view, the dense forest area is a considerable obstacle to cavalry operations, but from a hidden perspective, it stretches for hundreds of miles. There is a dense forest, and I am afraid that my 20,000 cavalrymen will not even take a chance in it. If I am not familiar with the situation, I am afraid that I will get lost.

"Ask him, where is the main force of the Anse Army now?" Estante ordered sternly, but the Anse prisoner allowed himself to be kicked, beaten and interrogated but did not speak. In the end, he was even beaten to death and found that he could not pry open. The mouth of this Anse prisoner, Estante found the front scout who caught the prisoner, and asked in a solemn voice

"Where did you catch him?"

"There is a village three miles ahead. When we arrived, we happened to meet it," the scout captain replied.

"Take me there immediately!" Estante snorted in a solemn tone. This Anse prisoner made him vaguely feel that he had caught something.

Under the leadership of the scouts, he came to the village where he found the captives. It was a small town of Kalisu. Black smoke billowed and flames burned. It was obvious that there had been a fierce battle between the Kalisu people and the Anser people. , wherever he looked, there were corpses lying everywhere, and the number he saw alone was two to three hundred. These corpses were like stone slabs paved on the city road, lying on the ground one after another, and many of the dead were entangled together. , until they died, they were still holding each other's arms Necks, teeth biting, hair pulling, knife stabbing, all died together. At the wooden railing in the center of the town, behind the corpses of more than a dozen Kalisu Army soldiers, a middle-aged man wearing Kalisu Army armor leaned against the wooden wall. I don’t even know the body He was hit by so many arrows and was shot to pieces, making him look like a human being. He still held a sword tightly in his hand, and a military flag soaked red with human blood hung slanted on the wooden railing, touching his nose everywhere. It was so bloody that it was so suffocating that people couldn't breathe.

"It's Mr. Kai from the Fourth Army! That Anser must have been chasing him all the way from Suluo!" The Kalisu guide's face turned pale, his eyes fell on the middle-aged man, and he let out a mournful cry. , the 100,000-year-old Kali Soviet army was collapsed near Su Luo, and all armies fled towards the north. This Kai of the Fourth Army was obviously here They were caught up by the Ansers and killed after a fierce battle. These dead soldiers should all be Kay's personal followers. There is no doubt that these Ansers did not expect to be attacked by imperial scouts here, so that they were killed. Captured alive, since Kay was able to escape all the way from the place of defeat, it also means that there is a road to the south.

"Order the entire army, we will not go to Biyang Valley, we will go south from here!"

Estand raised his head and glanced at the undulating woodland in the distance. At this moment, Biyang Valley was basically a dead end. Since there was no way to rescue them head-on, they might as well go around here. There were 250,000 troops in the direction of Biyang Valley. The 20,000 people might not be enough to fill the gaps in their teeth. At this moment, the other side would never expect that a cavalry team would come to kill them from behind!

Biyang Valley,

Woo woo woo" The rain was blown by the strong wind and hit the face like a knife. At this moment, in front of the mountain pass called Biyang Valley, a large number of Anse troops were pressing in the direction of the pass like ants. Various fluttering flags made a popping sound in the cracking valley wind. The mixed ranks of infantry and cavalry were still spreading in the distant foothills and forests, like a huge wave, which could break down the valley pass at any time.

"My lord, what are the Anse people doing? We helped them defeat 100,000 Kalisu troops, but 200,000 Anse troops have been gone for half a day, and they can't even break through a small pass! "The 27-year-old Martinliya General Agoril, riding on a warhorse, looked at the Anse soldiers who were pushed down from the pass again in the distance, and said with some impatience, "We defeated 100,000 Kalisu troops near Russell in one fell swoop, and then followed the Anse army to the north, killing the Kalisu people and making them bleed like a river. Naturally, we looked down on the Kalisu people in our hearts. In fact, although Martinliya regarded the disastrous defeat eighty years ago as a national humiliation, as a major country in the south, we would never take a small country in the dense forest seriously. We looked down on the Kalisu people, and naturally looked down on the Anse people who had been blocked by the Kalisu people for decades!

"This is normal. Do you think the Anse people are not on guard against us? Didn't you notice that although the Anse people pushed forward, most of the teams in the middle didn't move at all, they were just pretending." The middle-aged man next to Agoril smiled disdainfully, gently swinging his whip, staring at the offensive and defensive battle in the distance. With a disdainful sneer on his face, the imperial army should have already moved south at this moment,