Realm of Power

West Coast, Roxton City

The light shines on the faces of the people in the hall. Everyone looks nervous or serious. Almost no one was talking, they were just distracted and silent. A rough topographic map was spread out on the conference table in the middle of the hall. The raindrops were like a rapid drum beat, and the muffled thunder rolled across the sky. Hundreds of people wearing The lightly armored Fezer nobles were waiting, and the footsteps in the passage outside the hall came from far and near.

"Wow!" As the door was violently opened from the outside, everyone stood up in a flash.

In the eyes of everyone, a stern-looking young noble named Feize walked in from the door. He was wearing a short leather jacket and tied his armor jacket tightly. The first thing he did when he walked into the hall was to smile at everyone. He held up a reply letter in his hand: "The most advanced troops of the Northern Army are not fifty miles away from us, but only a few miles away." It was twenty miles away. Although the people we sent took a detour, they still found them. This is a reply letter from the Grand Duke Gengdi of the North Continent. Ten thousand troops have been dispatched outside the city. As long as we open the city gate , you can rush in and kill all those humble slaves, so that this world can return to the hands of our nobles again."

"Really!"

"Haha, God has eyes!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's take action. It's time for the entire continent to know that Feize is still alive and that His Highness Prince Albert has restored the capital of Feize. It's time for us to respond to Feize's revival." There were excited voices one after another. The electric light outside flashed past, illuminating the cold light of the swords below. Rows of weapons were placed on both sides of the hall. On the side, there was a sharp knight's sword, Fezer's heavy spear, and the double-headed eagle mark on the bow and handshake position spread out on the table at the door. The excited Fezer nobles began to clamor. Their target was the city gate and the guards in the city. The actual strength of the army is only about 2,000. If we can gather a hundred people to attack with all our strength, it will not be a problem to capture the city gate suddenly.

"Then let's start taking action according to our planned plan. Feize will always remember this day and you all!"

A Fezer noble who was obviously the leader stood up. His slightly dark face had a knife mark from the bridge of his nose to his chin, making his appearance even more ferocious. He was wearing the clothes of a former Fezer Guard general. The military uniform is not the kind of reserve force, but the real service of the Guards general level.

Seeing him stand up, the other Feize nobles all fell silent.

Anyone who knows him will make a sound of surprise, because this is a former general of the Fezer Guards who has been reported dead. In the decisive battle between the imperial army and the 200,000-strong army of the famous Nord general Gan Kefu, This man was a general in the Royal Guards. No body was found after the war. Therefore, they were inertly regarded as dead, but there were too many people whose complete bodies were not found at that time. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the empire's two hundred Imperial Thunder Gods, 200,000 Feize King's troops were defeated, and more than eight More than 10,000 people were killed and wounded in battle, 100,000 surrendered and captured, and the remaining nearly 20,000 people were reported missing.

The reason is that no confirmed body has been found.

The Fezer Guards general had his face scratched by shrapnel in the explosion, and most of his body was scarred. He was picked out from the pile of dead by one of his loyal attendants, because the situation at that time was really terrible. It was too chaotic. The 200,000-strong army was defeated. There were scattered soldiers everywhere. The attendants could only stuff him into the pile of dead people and wait until dark before rescuing him. Naturally, this Guards general was also identified. for death,

Twenty miles outside of Roxton City, on a dilapidated village, the flag of the Hokuriku Noble Army was already flying above. After breaking through the blockade of New Lantea, the Hokuriku Noble Army spread into the west coast area. At this moment, if you look around from the air Looking at it, one can see the west coast line near Feize King's capital area. Between countless ravines, but where there are villages, there are smoke pillars rising and lingering for a long time. On the road, cavalry attendants of the Hokuriku nobles came and went from time to time. Behind each horse, there are a large number of staggering slaves tied up. In the fields like golden wheat waves, there are headless corpses and wild dogs gnawing at the corpses. The black spots hovering in the sky are black crows pecking at the corpses. group

The Battle of New Lantea had exhausted the last remaining strength of the reclamation regiment. In addition to tens of thousands of people dying in the battle, a larger critical area was plundered and massacred by the Hokuriku nobles in just three days. , more than 40,000 Fezer people have been robbed and turned into slaves. With the entire line collapsed, even if Even in urban areas, the doors were tightly closed, allowing the Hokuriku noble army to roar and loot outside the city. The disastrous defeat of New Lanterna gave the entire west coast defense line the biggest shock. On the west coast with the door open, the Hokuriku noble army was rolling in. Then, the endless army marched forward, their weapons and armor shining coldly in the rain.

Under the banner of the Hokuriku noble army, which was soaked by the wind and rain and looked even more ferocious, Duke Gengdi held the reins of the war horse tightly with his armored hand, and his old face showed a bit of pride for the first time. He was in the hands of the Feize royal family. Most of what was lost has been recovered, especially as the war progresses smoothly, there has been movement in other areas of Feize. Although they have not blatantly sided with the Hokuriku side, they have secretly contacted them several times.

As large amounts of materials and funds from various regions were sent overtly and covertly from various channels, the morale of the Hokuriku noble army was even higher. The rumored rich west coast was already close at hand, but the towns in these peripheral areas had already Far beyond the so-called big camps of the reclamation groups in the royal capital area, the entire west coast is now like a shelled egg, the whitest and tenderest ones placed in front of the Hokuriku noble army.

The empire is already in dire straits on the west coast. Not only are people's hearts wandering, but the former Fezer nobles are constantly informing themselves about the reality of the empire. Just an hour ago, representatives of the Fezer nobles from Roxton City in front found the noble army and said that they could Association Helping the army to open the city gate, the situation is like this. What else can the empire use to compete with itself? Even more than 100,000 imperial reclamation regiments have been defeated by themselves. A mere 10,000 imperial defenders are like mantises in the face of Feize's revival. Blocking a car is a joke about overestimating one's ability.

"Go forward, if you want to get rich, hurry up."

The voices of the Hokuriku nobles talking loudly and laughing were a bit tired, but they were even more energetic. Forward, forward, westward! On the winding road, the endless Hokuriku noble army is advancing westward, with flags flying like the sea, swords shining like snow, and spears like clouds.

The army went all the way south from the Feize Royal Capital area and defeated more than 100,000 imperial reclamation regiments. Although it was always a victory, soldiers were also human beings. With continuous fighting, and it coincided with the rainy season, the fatigue of the Hokuriku noble army was already quite obvious, but At this point, even if Grand Duke Geng Di ordered the army to repair, who would stop? Whoever stops will have to watch helplessly as others divide the huge dividends of this war. Tens of millions of wealth is just ahead, which is a shot in the arm for everyone.

The main force of the Imperial Army was trapped in Calisu and was unable to return. The tens of thousands of the main force of the so-called Reclamation Army were defeated by themselves in New Lanterna. The richest coastal area on the west coast is just ahead. It is said that they only trade every day. There are as many as six ports with a quota of more than 500,000 imperial gold, not to mention the imperial gold A large amount of goods transported from the north by the country are now stagnant at the port due to the outbreak of this war. A conservative estimate is that at least nearly 10 million imperial gold worth of goods are trapped on the west coast. Such a large amount of wealth was really worth it in the past. I had never thought about it, but now, it is within reach as long as I stretch out my hand.

How can people's hearts not be hot? As long as they continue to move forward, in three or four days at the earliest, or five or six days at the latest, these wealth will become their own. Some Hokuriku nobles were on horseback and loudly and loudly told jokes about the empire. The voice of the messenger cavalry was also deliberately loud, causing waves of cheers from the noble army from time to time.

Such an exciting situation has never happened before in Feize's hundreds of years of kingdom history, when Feize's army broke into the Hokuriku Plateau and destroyed the Anstey Kingdom in one fell swoop with lightning speed. Many years later, such a scene appeared again on the land of Feize. It turned out to be the Hokuriku noble army moving south from the Hokuriku Plateau in the opposite direction. It is ironic to say that "Hua Hua Hua"

The sound of rain hitting the armor was like the summer wind blowing through dense leaves. On the hills in front of Roxton City, groups of Fezer's Hokuriku noble army emerged from the rain curtain. They began to stop advancing, and in the The troops were being prepared in the rain. Rows of towering spears were like a large forest suddenly appearing in the rain. The outline of Roxton City in the heavy rain was completely exposed in front of the tens of thousands of Feize's noble troops from the Northern Territory.

"Dang, Dang, Dang!" The city also discovered the approaching Hokuriku noble army, and the sound of ringing alarm bells came from a distance through the rain. "Esta, I really don't understand why we need to care about this." The nobles of the former royal capital are asking for help. We are the forward army. We should be the sharpest spears and spears in the army. Why should we care about these things? What does the life and death of these nobles of the former royal capital have to do with us? Do we still want to We can’t occupy the west coast for long!”

A young Feize nobleman, who was riding a majestic war horse, wearing snow-white engraved armor, and holding a golden gun flag high in his hand, looked forward, with a slightly mean mouth and a depressed look to the side. Another companion said that he was full of resentment when he received the temporary order to change direction. This young noble was Viscount Bai Feng, the commander in charge of the forward line of the Hokuriku noble army. The person he was complaining about was a flaxen-haired man next to him. young noble

"It's not that your performance in New Lanterna was too eye-catching. You killed more than 6,000 prisoners in one go and reduced the profits of the major families from slaves. Now that revenge is coming, why do you think even I have to be implicated? !" The young nobleman named Esta next to him tilted his face and said with disdain. He is Viscount Esta and serves as the deputy of Viscount Bai Feng.

The two of them are quite famous among the Hokuriku nobles. Both of them have been trained by serving in the Feize Border Guard Army. The combat power of the White Maple Army under their command is also ranked among the top three among more than a dozen Hokuriku nobles. Precisely because of such capital, the two of them joined forces and their offensive was invincible. The two of them believed that they should be the first Hokuriku nobles to rush into the west coast line. Naturally, they could capture the fat and oily coast line before others. But unfortunately, among the Hokuriku nobles' army There are many people who have this idea. How can we just sit back and watch them gain maximum benefits?

"Considering that we still need these Feize nobles on the west coast to provide us with information and cooperate inside and outside, although the small town in front of us will not be delayed for long, it can gain the trust of the Feizer nobles on the entire west coast. I would like to bother you two to go there. Let’s go!” In the short meeting, the Hokuriku nobles voted with an absolute majority to let the two go to rescue Roxton City.

"Send a signal. Didn't you say that the city gate will be opened for us? It's just a small city with less than 2,000 troops. Let's deal with it as soon as possible!" Esta said to Viscount Bai Feng, and soon a shooting arrow came from The direction of the Hokuriku noble army was shooting into the distance. This sounding arrow was the signal agreed upon by both parties. Near the city gate in the city, more than a hundred Feize nobles with long white strips of cloth on their heads took advantage of the panic of the city guards. In a panic situation, raid the city gate

There were only less than twenty city guards near the city gate. The rest of the troops were deployed to the city wall. Seeing the Feize nobles rushing over in a dark crowd, the city guard officer in charge of the city gate resisted desperately and shouted loudly. He was trying to "guard the city gate", but the city guards under his command were frightened and fled away.

The guard troops in the city had been transferred long ago. They were only temporarily recruited and had no ability to fight at all. The officer who fought alone was hacked to death with random swords. The Feize nobles rushed to the city gate and worked together to place the big log behind the door card. Come down, click, click, click, the heavy city gate opened like this, and the sight of a forest of troops at the city gate was revealed. "The city gate is open? The city gate is open!"

The Feize nobles cheered and excited, and even some of the Feize nobles who were still rushing towards this side stopped. This was too easy. I originally thought there would be a brutal fight, with more than a hundred people. In the end, being able to survive 20 or 30 people was enough to support the sky. We even made several desperate plans. If necessary, we had to use corpses to block the gate to prevent it from closing. But we didn't expect that the defense would be so loose. "Good. It seems that the Feize nobles in the city are not all trash. We can save some energy." Looking at the completely open city gate in the distance, Viscount Bai Feng raised the corner of his mouth slightly and raised his right hand. , then pointed forward fiercely, and loudly ordered: "The whole army is pressing forward, and I will take this city within an hour." "Forward!" The Hokuriku noble army outside the city made an overwhelming sound, and one after another The infantry queue pressed forward like a wave, and tens of thousands of feet stepped hard into the mud on the ground. "Ankaiya, the cleanup work will be left to you." Viscount Bai Feng stretched his waist, "My lord, for the people in the city, Untouchables..." the subordinate asked, "If there is resistance, kill them on the spot, and leave the rest to the nobles." Viscount Bai Feng didn't take it seriously. The fighting process without any skills was just to kill everyone. The victory was achieved when the army pressed forward, and the city did not interest him at all. He directly handed it over to one of his subordinates. The so-called clean-up work was naturally to clean up the city in front of him, and also If you don't get some benefits from these West Coast nobles, how can you afford the hardship of running here in the rain?" Yes, the subordinate understood. "The subordinate nodded and prepared to ride away.

At this moment, a ranger from the Hokuriku nobles came flying towards us from a distance, pointing behind him while running back, shouting something "What's going on?" Viscount Bai Feng eyebrows slightly furrowed

"It should be that someone is escaping. You also know that in such a situation where the city is broken, it is normal for people to flee in the city." As the deputy, Esta said nonchalantly. After a while, the ranger's The voice began to come clearly: "To the west, a large number of enemies are approaching!"

"Is there an enemy to the west?" Just as Viscount Bai Feng and Esta were stunned for a moment, they saw a large black cloud begin to appear in the hilly area to the west, densely surging towards this side.

"What is that!" The sight that appeared to the west stopped everyone in their tracks, and everyone was stunned. In their ears, the ranger yelled with all his strength, "Enemies, a large number of enemies."

"What are you afraid of? It's not like we haven't fought before. We have defeated hundreds of thousands of reclamation troops!" Viscount Bai Feng shouted loudly, "But the rabble, no matter how large the number is, is no match for us! Get ready and wait for them to come!" His calmness and majesty suppressed the commotion in the audience. All the troops advancing towards the city were withdrawn and waited solemnly.

half an hour later

The black clouds moving to the west also stopped. They were an incalculable number of black-armored infantrymen, with spears raised, and a flash of cold steel. However, the formation of these infantrymen looked very scattered. At first glance, they were not regular troops, but to say that It doesn't look like it's a reclamation army, but there are indeed a lot of them. I'm full. It is estimated that there are at least 50,000 to 60,000 people, and this still ignores the people who are blocked behind. "What the hell is this!" Viscount Bai Feng and Asta swallowed hard, and their 10,000 troops were in this large army. In front of me, it was like a small island that could be submerged at any time. How could I not be nervous! After a commotion, the black infantry group suddenly began to roll over like an avalanche. Viscount Bai Feng's face changed with a cry that shook the earth. "The noble must die! The noble must die!"

"Stand firm!"

The messengers were running back and forth, shouting, with rows of spears pointing forward, bending over to meet the enemy. The officers shouted in the soldiers' ears, "Don't be afraid of them, they are a bunch of rabble, as long as you kill a group of them, they will collapse." The noble soldiers of the Northern Land obeyed the order, nailed their feet more firmly to the ground, and held their spears tightly, and everyone's heart was pounding. The teeth of the soldiers in the front row could not help but make a "click" sound, and their faces turned pale. There were so many people on the opposite side that it was like a tide, and there was no end in sight. What do you mean by killing a group? Come and try it, "It's a cheap life, all of them are pariahs!" As it became clearer and clearer, the slave tattoos on the faces of these black-armored infantrymen were reflected in the eyes of the Northern Land noble army. The black-armored soldiers on the opposite side were approaching at an incredibly high speed! Every blink of an eye, they got closer! You can see the densely packed swords and guns, the hideous faces, densely surging!