Realm of Power

The wind swept across the field, and the grass moved by the wind made a low whimpering sound.

Moya Yoqiong, commander of the Anxili family's fifth legion, stared at the scenery in front of him and clenched his riding whip with his fingers. This was the Wolf Xibia Corridor, which was once known as a beautiful place in the Kingdom of Wind, but now It was completely shrouded in blood and war. Along the way, the camps and towns along the way were all ruins after being set on fire. Unrecognizable corpses that had been chewed by animals could be seen in the grass.

This kind of scene has not happened again for more than 20 years since Martin Liya rose to become the dominant hegemon in southern Europe. Not to mention, the dignified Martin Liya was secretly manipulated by a small force that had just established its foothold in the south. I don’t know how many people secretly watched this battle for southern hegemony. The ambition of the forces, and the defeat of the Western Front not only caused shock to the entire Oubaluo Continent, shocking many countries that were originally not optimistic about the empire's war, but also became an opportunity for the other two factions within Martin Liya to join forces. In the end, the empire achieved unexpected results without spending a single soldier.

Martin Liya's army changed commanders before the battle. Silver Fox, known as Martin Liya's number one strategist, had to give up command of the battlefield in the Order Country, which was in a good situation, and returned to the country from the Order Country, thousands of miles away. With the withdrawal of the 100,000 troops of the Anxili family by the commander Yi Ren, just this, the advantage of the Martin Liya army in the religious order was instantly evened by the empire.

"The emperor's attack was indeed directed at the most important position. However, His Highness Silver Fox's withdrawal from the Order Country is not necessarily a bad thing. A mere 200,000 Ansel troops are not enough to block His Highness's military might. If His Highness If we can enter the west coast of the empire from the west, the entire war situation of the empire will completely collapse." Moya Yoqiong stared into the distance and asked the attendant Ged behind him, "How far are we from Stam now?"

"The distance from Kasu Forest to Stam is about fifty miles. According to our marching speed, we should be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon," the attendant Gede replied respectfully.

"It's only fifty miles, which means that by tomorrow night at the latest, the Western Front will be in the hands of His Highness Silver Fox again," Moya Yoqiong laughed and said, "And I can guarantee that in order to be eager to show myself to the major lords, Being able to gain control of the battlefield of the Order State, the other two families will inevitably launch a large-scale attack in the near future. By then, they will definitely be bruised and bloody, and His Highness will be defeated in one fell swoop. With the brilliant victory that turned the tide of the war, how could the other two families face the major lords who had lost their troops? "Others thought that His Highness Silver Fox had been squeezed out of the battlefield of the Order Country by the other two tribes, but he was... Moya Yoqiong, who is Silver Fox's chief staff officer, knows very well that the real situation is not like this. "Sir, are you saying that the other two families will attack the front line of the temple in the short term?" Attendant Gede looked shocked.

"The two families want to prove that they are better than His Highness. This is the fastest and best way." Moya Yoqiong's eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth curled slightly and he nodded. "But at this time, the front line of the Holy Capital of the Holy Order is not The Holy City was in danger a month ago, but the Emperor In the Holy Capital, where the country's heavy troops gathered, the two famous empire generals Salon and Varisien were personally on the front line of the Holy Capital. They defeated Salon's Southwest Army of the Gallic Empire, and Varisien swept across the Confederate Empire and Feishan Kingdom. All of the armies have made great achievements in the imperial war. The elites of hundreds of battles, these two legions are the leaders of the imperial field legions in terms of weapons and equipment as well as combat experience and will. Now they have stabilized their feet on the front line of the Holy Capital, recharging their strength and getting ready to go. If The other two companies are trying to break through , you must pay a heavy price, and if Your Highness continues to be the commander-in-chief of the battlefield of the Order Country, my Anxili family’s army will definitely be the main attacker. His Highness Silver Fox is not willing to let the family’s army die in vain, so he simply withdrew from the Front of the Order Country. come down"

"So, it's not that His Highness was forced to leave the battlefield of The Order, but because His Highness believed that there was no possibility of further breakthroughs on the battlefield of The Order." Gede looked horrified and withdrew from the battlefield of The Order, where the situation was good. Some of the officers of the Ansili family felt aggrieved. The Ansili family had created the situation in the Order Country. Why should they give it up to others? But now it seems that this is not the case.

"If His Highness is unwilling to give up the battlefield of the Order Country, the other two tribes are nothing. How can they force His Highness to leave?" Moya Yoqiong's tone was full of disdain, and he snorted with a heavy nose before continuing, "Furthermore, since Martin Liya invaded the Kingdom of Harvey, and when he turned north from the Kingdom of Harvey and entered the Order State, the army has been fighting abroad for more than four years. Months later, even the indestructible sword has become dull and worn out. In this case, it is impossible to defeat the Holy City."

"On the contrary, the 200,000 Ansel troops on the Western Front look menacing, but in fact they are just a bunch of barbarians with backward equipment, inconsistent orders, and they don't even know the most basic formations. His Highness has already been defeated during the Battle of Carisu. He has seen through the Anser clan, but the Anser people don’t even know that during the battle of Calisu, His Highness The purpose of letting our army's infantry participate in the battle is to make the Ansers mistakenly underestimate the combat power of our Martin Liya Army, and it is still in the natural cavalry battlefield of Langxibia. If we really want to fight, 30,000 Martin Liya's elite is enough, we infantry are just there to clean up the battlefield!"

"Sir, Your Highness's emergency military order." At this moment, an officer came over from behind with a hurried look.

"It seems that His Highness has already taken action." Moya Yoqiong took the military order from the officer with a smile on his face. He looked at the content above, but his body trembled slightly, and his proud and calm face couldn't help but change. , the hand holding the military order felt like holding a soldering iron. I took a few seconds to take a deep breath. He held the military order in his hand, walked back and forth for more than ten steps, then turned to the attendant Gede, and said with a murderous look on his face, "Immediately send an order to the Seventh and Ninth Legions. Everyone will not rest tonight and must rush all night." Go to Stam to join the main force of His Highness's cavalry. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished according to the clan."

"Discuss the clan! Oh my God, something big has happened!"

This word made the attendant Gede look shocked and inexplicable. This change was too cute. He was confused for a moment. For the Martin Liya people, condemning one's clan is a more serious crime than treason. Just now he said that everything is good, Taking advantage of the right time, place and people, the infantry just went for the advantage. Why did they become so anxious all of a sudden? They didn't even give the army time to reorganize.

'"What are you still doing here? Execute the order!" Moya Yoqiong turned to look at him, his eyes were so sharp that it was chilling.

"Yes, I will send someone to notify the other two legions immediately!" the attendant Gede said quickly. He has been Moya Yoqiong's attendant for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has seen Mo Yayoqiong's face so ugly. Feeling like he was being burned, Gede vaguely felt that there was something wrong with Stam, otherwise Moya Yochon, who was always known for his calmness and composure, would never have become like this.

You know, twenty years ago, Moya Yoqiong had already ranked among the famous generals of the mainland. Among General Martin Liya, who was proud of his bravery, there were few outliers who were known for their calmness and composure.

As Silver Fox's tactics teacher when he was a teenager, he had a great influence on Silver Fox's later success as Martin Liya's first intelligence general. He was also the chief adviser to Silver Fox's strategic decision-making on the rise of Martin Liya. On the battlefield of the Order Country, Silver Fox was responsible for making decisions. Excellent combat plan, Moyayoqiong used his rich war experience to turn the plan into To be able to execute, the partnership between Silver Fox and Moya Yoqiong, one is the brain, and the other is the hands and feet. Even the famous empire generals Salon and Varisien felt that they were almost invulnerable. After several sneak attacks, Moya Yoqiong was defeated step by step. He failed in vain in front of the experienced veterans. In the end, he had to fight step by step, and even if he was beaten to death, he would not come out of the Holy City's defense line.

But this time, Silver Fox led 30,000 elite cavalry first, and the command of the remaining three legions and more than 60,000 infantry was given to Mo Yayoqiong.

"Sir, why don't you let us set up camp? Everyone is already very tired."

"The soldiers can't walk anymore. It's just fifty miles away. It won't matter after one night." The officers clamored to see Mo Yayoqiong. When they heard the order from above to march overnight, Anxi had already walked for a whole day. The officers of the Li family were also angry. It was aggrieved to withdraw from the battlefield of the Order State. Others had taken the benefits. In order to rush back as soon as possible, they had to give up a large number of heavy trophies. After the other two tribes were full of mocking eyes down Come on, they are not cavalry. They don’t have horses to travel, so they can only rely on a pair of feet to fight back. The cavalry can march and rest on their horses, but they can’t. This thousand-mile road, which is almost half a month, is not for them. I just walked around, walked through mountains, and waded across rivers. There were no roads in Martinliya, and there was a wilderness everywhere. Many people had blisters on the soles of their feet. It was only fifty miles away, so why bother? March all night!

Moya Yoqiong asked his attendants to place the angry officers in front of him. He raised the order in his hand towards the officers. His thin cheeks were as sharp as a knife. He took a deep breath and said in a concentrated voice, "This is Your Highness." The emergency order was signed in person three hours ago. Just six hours ago, the eight thousand elite cavalry sent by His Highness Silver Fox to pursue the imperial cavalry have not returned. His Highness thinks that the situation may be in danger. There are currently less than 10,000 combat troops in His Highness Yinhu’s camp. Fortunately, His Highness is wise and sent people to temporarily stabilize the Anse people on the grounds of negotiation. However, once the Anse people know about His Highness’s strength, If it is not enough, a full-scale attack may be launched. The only way now is to have the infantry group rush to Stam overnight. We must rush to Stam tonight."

Hearing what Mo Yayoqiong said, the officers' shouting suddenly stopped. They didn't expect that Silver Fox would be in such a critical situation. Eight thousand cavalry disappeared without a trace. What was going on? Even His Highness thought it was evil. The lack of luck is enough to show the seriousness of the situation. Mo Yayueqiong smiled bitterly, "It is related to the life and death of His Highness, and it is also related to the honor of the entire Anxili family. I know everyone is tired, but I can only ask you to do it reluctantly."

"For the sake of secrecy, the armies cannot light fires!" Mo Yayoqiong said with a serious face. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere tonight. This feeling has not been felt for a long time.

"I understand, since this is the case, let's risk our lives!

"Since it is to save His Highness Silver Fox, what else is there to say? The officers left Moya Yoqiong and drove the soldiers who were already preparing to set up camp on the road again.

The sunset glow changes, and the lush trees in the distance are being swallowed up by darkness. Birds fly out from the trees, until the sunset glow in the distance completely disappears, and the cold night wind blows on his face. Estante turns around and looks at the person behind him. A thin middle-aged man with a slightly cold appearance. He is tall and thin, with slender hands and feet. His face is ancient, his expression is cold, and his eyes are deep and unpredictable, giving people a cold and ruthless feeling.

If this middle-aged man wasn't wearing the black armor of the Imperial Army, he would be easily reminded of an assassin in the night. As a soldier, he always resists such dark characters, but Estante doesn't take it seriously. , unlike Lytle not far away, who seemed to be extremely afraid of this middle-aged man.

This middle-aged officer came with the West Court Army. He claimed to be Gu Yan, the head of the Martin Liya Branch of the Empire's Southern Intelligence Department, and came to assist in this battle on the emperor's order.

The extremely detailed map of the Wolf Xibia area placed on the stone at the moment was brought by this intelligence officer. As a new department that was only established less than three months ago, the Empire's Southern Intelligence Department has a poor reputation among the Imperial Army. Obviously, but for Lytle, a Calisio, he still felt a chill in his heart when he heard that the other party claimed to be the intelligence officer of the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire. The notorious Mount Etmund also got involved. ?

If this man was not from Mount Edmond, Lytle would be the first to not believe it.

And only Mount Edmond, which was defeated by Martin Liya's Silver Fox, could have deliberately drawn such a detailed map of the Martin Liya area. Logically speaking, even from a long distance away , in such a vast flat land, as long as Martin Li Ya's army lit torches and marched, they would not be able to escape the rebuke. However, I have to admit that the commander of the Martin Liya Infantry Group has extremely rich combat experience and did not let the troops set fire. Fortunately, this intelligence officer with a background in Mount Etmund really made an extraordinary move. It took more than an hour to capture the whereabouts of the Martin Liya infantry group.

"Currently, there are three infantry groups marching in the direction of Stam. The one closest to us is a group of 12,000 people on the left, about ten miles away from us. Judging from the time and speed, it takes one and a half hours. It should appear in the front later." The intelligence officer clicked on another location on the map. "Five miles from the flank of this infantry, there is the second infantry discovered, with a number of about 20,000, and then about five miles apart. The position is the main force of the opponent, a team of nearly 30,000 people."

"The total number of troops of sixty or seventy thousand should be the infantry group of the Martin Liya people!" Estante said calmly, a malicious smile flashed across his fair face. "But the other party doesn't seem to know that we are already here. Wait for them, otherwise not setting fire to the march will only make them more confused when they encounter an attack."