Realm of Power

In the originally clear night sky, dark clouds were hanging low in the night sky. Muffled thunder rolled across the sky. Electric light flashed unexpectedly, causing everyone's pupils to shrink involuntarily. They didn't know if the city was burning. Affected by a large amount of hot air, the sky suddenly showed signs of approaching heavy rain. This may be good news for the burning city in front of us.

Half of the city in front of me is burning, and the streets are full of corpses lying on the ground, including civilians and noble soldiers. Although the imperial army has entered the city, they can only try their best to control the situation to prevent it from getting worse. When the overall situation is uncertain, it is impossible for the Imperial Army to allocate manpower to put out the fire, but if it rains heavily, it is entirely possible to extinguish the fire in front of them.

But for the Imperial Team, the situation is not so smooth. There is a problem with the most critical stone bridge!

Lytle stopped his horse in the middle of a street. His cold eyes completely ignored the corpses piled up on the street. Even if there were three or four ferocious human heads under the horse's hooves, he didn't feel anything at all. He was dressed in black. The imperial general's armor was illuminated by the fire, and his expression was even more terrifyingly calm. He was originally one of the few famous generals in the Baro Calisu Kingdom in southern Europe. The battle outside Roxton City, such a scene was too ordinary, just like the imperial army in front of him. Although it was not a regular army, The amount of human blood he saw was not too little. He just frowned slightly and looked away from the sky. He asked the messenger cavalry who came back to report in a cold voice, "What's going on with Spit? Three hundred elite troops raided a bridge entrance. It took a full hour, but the stone bridge hasn't been captured yet?" "My lord, the stone bridge has not been captured yet?" It's too narrow. We can only rush up to three or four people at a time, and the other party can't resist. "It's quite tenacious. Captain Spit even led the charge himself, but the effect was not great." The cavalryman replied with an ugly face, "Sir, let me go, give me thirty minutes, and I will definitely capture the stone bridge." "Sir," "Ten minutes, I will take down the stone bridge for you!" "Ten minutes, I only need ten minutes." ......."

The imperial officers behind Lytle were excited for a moment, with eager expressions on their faces, and they all asked Lytle for a fight. Almost all the noble soldiers in the city had been eliminated, and even if there were any remnants, they had all fled the city. In fact, in When they saw the emperor's black armor pouring into the streets of the city like a black tide, the noble army in the city had already collapsed.

The aristocratic army with no command system at all, whether they belonged to the North Family or other families, were driven around like ducks by the imperial army at this moment, and were stabbed to death by the spears of the imperial soldiers on the blood-stained streets. On the wall, the pursuing cavalry trampled them hard, with swords raised and dropped, heads flying. One moment they were wreaking havoc in the city, and the next moment they became the targets of plunder.

An hour later, the city was basically cleared, and the Imperial Army troops that began to gather rushed towards the bridge entrance, but the news they received was that the bridge entrance had not been captured yet!

Everyone knows that if you want to enter Ellensburg, which is located in the center of the lake, there is only a stone bridge that is 100 meters long. Therefore, the key to the attack on Ellensburg is that no matter how chaotic the entire city is, the defeated Hokuriku No matter how many noble armies there are, the most important military achievement must be the one who captured the stone bridge. Hokuriku nobles It’s not like everyone doesn’t know about the combat power of the clan army. There were a lot of people killed outside Roxton City, but no powerful character jumped out. Spit was a light cavalry, and faced with the heavy armored infantry’s stubborn resistance, he might really be a hero. It can't be opened for a while, but if your own infantry team goes up, a mere stone bridge is nothing! Even if we take down the gate of Ellensburg in one go, it's not impossible!

This is a surprise attack. It doesn't seem like a long time. Tens of thousands of troops came suddenly and handed over the most important task to you. Is this the result? One hour was enough to turn a surprise attack that took advantage of the right time and place into a bloody battle. Everyone in their hearts also cursed this incompetent guy Spit. Don't take it by force if you can't eat it. I don't know. There are people waiting behind you! Amid everyone's pleas for battle, Lytle's face became even more gloomy. He seemed to feel that his guard captain had embarrassed him, and he grunted heavily, "Give me the order, no matter who takes the bridge entrance, this battle will be won." Whoever gets the first credit!"

"Yes!" The imperial officials behind him responded in unison with excited expressions.

At this moment, the emperor and his subordinates did not take the combat power of the Hokuriku noble army seriously at all. They believed that the stone bridge had not been captured until now, entirely because Spit, the guard captain, was afraid of death and did not dare to move forward. Mainly It was the Battle of Roxton City that completely destroyed the oppressive power of the elite Hokuriku noble army on the west coast. In my heart, I believed that the Hokuriku noble army was a waste that could not stand a fight.

And Sir Lytle immediately ordered the guard captain Spit to lead 300 elite imperial light cavalry to directly attack the stone bridge. This originally made other imperial officers who had been repairing for two days and fully restored their energy dissatisfied. But seeing that Spit was Lytle's guard captain, he tolerated it. In the Battle of Roston City, everyone else made a fortune on the battlefield, but Spit, as Lord Lytle's guard captain, could only watch helplessly as the others were killing people in front, and Spit But he could only guard the main formation at the back. In the end, when it came to rewards for merit, of course he didn't even get a single one.

But now Spit can't even take down a small stone bridge. It's been delayed for an hour in vain. Don't blame everyone for taking your victory!

"Send the order, everyone move closer to the stone bridge."

"Shiqiao, everyone goes to Shiqiao, the first achievement is ours!"

The imperial army gathered towards the stone bridge. Countless spears were still stained with blood. Light cavalry shouting various military orders were galloping through the streets. This time they raided Ellensburg, but there were 50,000 imperial troops. Very soon Soon, countless heads of people gathered at the stone bridge, hitting the stone bridge like a wave. At the bridge entrance, the entrance of the stone bridge had already been dyed red with blood. The piles of corpses killed by both sides even exceeded the guardrails of the bridge. There was no place to stay. The two sides who attacked and killed were stepping on this pile. The mountain of corpses is being fought, and you can constantly see people being beaten and falling into the lake, splashing white water.

With a cavalry buckler in his hand and one arm covered with blood, Spit gritted his teeth and pulled out the imperial sword from an enemy's corpse, then kicked the corpse into the lake, furious. He panted and looked forward, his face almost distorted with anger, and his eyes were even more red, like a wild beast that wanted to eat people.

What I thought was a sure victory turned into the situation in front of me. Who would have thought that there would be such a stubborn guy on the opposite side? He was simply brave enough to block an army with one person.

Opposite him, a noble army general whose whole body was stained red with blood stood up again with a pale face. The armor on his body was smashed into pieces, and the horizontal and vertical blades were shocking. In this North In front of General Lu, there were at least thirty corpses of imperial cavalry, which were laid out for more than ten meters. He also held a huge shield in his hand, which covered most of his body behind, only revealing a pair of cold eyes. , which makes The imperial archers who had drawn their bows and aimed at them were also filled with hatred. This guy looked burly, but he was an extremely wretched guy. After being shot by bows and arrows, he deliberately led the imperial cavalry into the middle of the stone bridge, causing the empire to The strength advantage of the enemy cannot be used at all, and because the archers are far away, they dare not cover blindly in the dark. Otherwise, they would have shot this guy into a hedgehog. The imperial soldiers can only fight forward one by one.

Spit glanced at the large number of imperial heavy armored infantrymen behind him who were panting and climbing over the mountains of corpses. He already knew that he had been greatly embarrassed this time.

"No matter how powerful you are, how long can one person stop you? Put down your weapon, and I can guarantee your life."

Spit took a deep breath and said with sharp eyes that not all of Hokuriku were unworthy opponents, at least not the general of the noble army in front of him. Facing the crazy attack of the imperial soldiers, he was still blocked on the bridge. , like a rock before the torrent, even Spit had to give this guy a thumbs up, and had to admit that he had underestimated the Hokuriku nobles before,

"I stopped here just to tell you arrogant imperial people that the nobles of the Northern Continent who can influence the replacement of Feize's royal power several times should not all be drunkards! If it weren't for the arrogance of my main force in the Northern Continent to go south, you would use your despicable methods to The tactics destroyed almost all the elites in the battle outside Roxton City, and even uprooted the entire Hokuriku nobility, reducing the elites by two generations. It is impossible for the empire to conquer the Hokkiku so easily. "That North Continent" Noble Lu had a look of contempt on his lips.

'" You are wrong. What really caused the collapse of the Hokuriku was yourselves. If it weren't for your own insatiable greed, how could you be wiped out in a battle on the West Coast? If it weren't for your own internal imbalance, how could you kill each other in Ellensburg? "Spite saw the other party's angry eyes and sighed. He took a breath and said, as Lytle's guard captain, he naturally knows more than other officers. "Look at the city that is still burning in front of you. Could it be that our empire set the fire? It is our empire that is robbing and killing people." ? ""The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, whatever you say is fine!"

The Hokuriku noble grinned, with a determined smile in his eyes. It could be seen that he was exhausted. If it weren't for the heavy shield in his hand supporting his body, he would have fallen down at this moment. It was obvious that he was at the end of his strength, and whether he could still wield the sword was a question.

It's a pity that we may never see the day when the flag of the Xiali family becomes the flag of Hokuriku! He murmured in a low voice, and moved away the fingers holding the shield. The shield was thrown to the ground, and the long sword in his hand was also thrown down. It made a crisp collision sound on the ground. He glanced at the corner of his mouth and said, "I am from the Siari family in Hokuriku." Kurondo, I request to surrender to the empire. You just said that as long as you lay down your arms, you will guarantee my life, right?"

"Of course..."

Spit's face was stunned, his eyes were bulging, and his subconscious answer was in knots.

What was going on? He didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward and drop the weapon on the ground! If he had known that he could be persuaded to surrender so easily, why would he have to fight so hard here? Just when he was stunned, the Hokuriku noble opposite suddenly accelerated, flipped his palm, revealing a foot-long short sword, and pounced on him like a powerful cheetah.

Boom, the fire flew everywhere, and the heavy impact made Spit almost fall. Only then did he realize that he had raised the shield in his hand completely subconsciously and instinctively. The distance between the two was only about three or four meters. The dagger stabbed by the other party in his chest might have It was because of the opponent's lack of strength that he deviated slightly from the direction and accidentally rubbed against the shield.

In this situation, the other party's eyes widened, and Spit's face turned pale when he reacted. He didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, even in this situation, and he even thought of temporarily dragging one away, but he immediately struck with a sharp knife, like a stab. It felt like wearing bad cotton, and hot human blood spattered Spit's face.

"Why, why does God stand on the side of these damn Imperial people!" Holding tightly the imperial sword that pierced his body, the Hokuriku noble gasped for breath and struggled to take a few steps back. His body finally seemed to have lost support. It hit the bridge pier, like a log that had lost its balance, and rolled into the lake behind it with a thud.

The stone bridge is opened!

Before Spit could shout out his excited shout, a rumbling sound came. Spit looked at the position where the Hokuriku noble fell into the water with horrified eyes. The calm lake surface was turbulent and undulating, as if it had been boiled. The boiling water is rolling with gurgling bubbles. This is not just near the stone bridge, but the entire lake seems to be like this. It's like something huge is stirring and rolling under the lake. The stone bridge that already stood on the lake is swaying from side to side under some kind of force, like a broken building block. The piers made of large stones are obviously After getting loose, Spit was so frightened that he turned around and ran back. The Imperial heavy armored infantry who rushed onto the stone bridge even threw down their shields.

As soon as his front foot stepped on the position near the bridge entrance, Spit heard the sound of collapse behind him. When he turned around, his face turned even pale. The wildly fluctuating lake water swallowed up most of the stone bridge like a beast. Where could there be more Seeing the existence of the stone bridge, "Attention, it's an earthquake, it's an earthquake."

At this moment, you can clearly feel the ground shaking. Even the imperial soldiers are scared to stay away from the lake. The huge and vast lake is actually undulating and rolling, and a layer of white mist rises, completely covering it. Lake In Ellensburg, in the center of the face, the earth echoed dullly, trees were snapping and falling to the ground, war horses were spinning uneasily, neighing, and large flocks of birds were circling out from the distant woods. The strange cry of ah. "Everyone should leave the lake immediately and move back two hundred meters!"

Lytle's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shouted an order. Under the power of heaven and earth, people are really too insignificant. Not only was the lake shaking, but even the city was shaking. Lytle was originally unable to hit the stone bridge against Spit. I felt angry, now I feel happy Fortunately, if the stone bridge was opened in front, the Imperial Army would be completely isolated if they drove up to Ellensburg in the middle of the lake. This earthquake was so strange that it made Lytle feel a faint feeling in his heart. An ominous premonition "Attention, the lake is rising!"

I don’t know who is shouting, and the surroundings are even more chaotic.

The lake surface is really rising, as if the entire lake has grown by a third due to vibrations. With a constant trembling dull sound, the water splashes hit the buildings around the lake, and the swollen lake water quickly overflows. After passing the former lakeside dam and rushing to a higher area, it looked like it was being squeezed by something huge. Even the emperor, who had retreated two hundred meters, had to continue to move backwards.

Lytle suddenly felt something cold falling on his face. When he looked up, he saw countless white raindrops falling from a high place. It was unexpectedly cold and biting.

The shaking on the ground gradually subsided after more than ten minutes, and a larger mist enveloped the surroundings, leaving the sky and the earth completely white. "Set up camp and pay close attention."

Lester's nervous heart finally let out a long sigh of relief. There were some small fluctuations of aftershocks that night. When the sky lightened up, the rain at night had already stopped. In the fresh water vapor that hit his face, his eyes were filled with tears. Lytle, who was like a rabbit, received a shocking news: "What did you say, Ellensburg as a whole has sunk into the lake?"

Lytle almost bit his own tongue, and even without his armor, he ran to the lake with bare feet. The lake was already full of imperial soldiers. Seeing Lytle coming, they all got out of the way, and there were waves in the distance. Sparkling, white mist flows on the lake before sunrise, and everything looks so peaceful and beautiful.

If he hadn't known that this was Ellensburg, and if it hadn't been for the corpses of many aristocratic soldiers floating on the lake, all white and fat in the water, like dumplings dropped into a soup pot, Lytle wouldn't have believed it even if he killed him. The black spots rising out of the water in the middle of the lake are the top sculptures of Ellensburg. Overnight, the most powerful fortress in the Northland sank into the lake. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, who would believe it!

Lytle opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. The emperor had painstakingly planned to make the Hokuriku nobles kill each other, so that the empire could legitimately take over the Hokuriku. Now it's better. An earthquake, and the Hokuriku nobles were wiped out. , what is this! The nobles of Hokuriku have been destroyed, and there is no obstacle for the empire to take over Hokuriku. The problem is, does anyone have to believe this statement?

One hundred percent, the outside world must say that in order to annex the Hokuriku, the empire cruelly killed all the nobles of the Hokuriku! In order to destroy the evidence, even sinking Ellensburg into the lake, the emperor would jump! "Come here, report this situation to Lord Estante immediately!" Lytle rubbed his sore temples. Let Estante do this kind of explaining to His Majesty the Emperor.