Realm of Power

In the eighth year of the empire's calendar, the situation around the Gulf of Aden has been evolving like a violent storm. At this time, there is still one day left before the limited time

The strong wind blew the imperial eagle flag straight. Under the eagle flag, Ramlak stood tall and straight on a slope, staring at the river sparkling in the sun in front of him, on the rocks at Ramlak's feet. The map of the Slam Oasis was drawn in advance by the Imperial Business Alliance. The Imperial Business Alliance itself purchased the map-drawing business at a high price.

Cartographers are already an emerging and highly remunerative industry in the empire. The empire is always eager for maps of unknown areas. The more detailed maps and reports, the more detailed the maps and reports, the more rewards you will get from the business alliance and the empire.

As for this map of the Slam Oasis provided by the Imperial Business Alliance, the high lines drawn by it made Ramlak dizzy at the time. It was only through the guidance and explanation of the imperial officer next to him that Ramlak could understand the general outline. Although Ramlak Has been appointed to the Imperial Eastern Army The deputy commander of the regiment, but he is a pure northern highlander of Istanbul. He has followed Hayera in the north and south since he was fourteen years old. Although Ramlak is only thirty-six years old now, he is a real warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. General, otherwise Hayela would not have entrusted everything to him.

And Ramlak did not disappoint Hayera

On August 23, Ramlak personally led the imperial army to raid and occupy the Poca Grand Oasis, forcefully tearing open the gateway to the desert.

On August 24, Ramlak sent out the elite cavalry of the empire to take the risk of bypassing the Thamid Oasis and directly captured the Star Oasis.

On August 26, Ramlak led the main force of the empire to defeat the Sarme Oasis garrison and bombarded the Sarme Oasis Palace. The Aden garrison at Sarme Oasis collapsed.

On August 27, Ramlak rushed straight into the Slam Oasis, which was enough to serve as the support point of the next stage of the offensive. He used a hurricane-like attack to destroy the Aden outpost camp in the Slam Oasis and wiped out 1,400 Aden soldier

But it also heralds that the empire’s surprise attack on the Great Oasis will disappear at this moment.

The Silam Oasis is more than a hundred miles long and is the largest among the thirteen oases. It can even be said to be close to the combined area of ​​the other twelve oases. There is a rumor in the desert that the thirteen oases once It is not scattered, but a whole. The core of this whole is Slam. The original great desert was not a great desert, but was once a desert. This large wetland with lush water and grass is part of the Gulf of Aden. Travelers in the desert can also find some stones that look like scallops in the sea under the rocks of some tall sand dunes. The underground rivers that stretch for more than a hundred miles are irrigated in this desert. A dense forest not only nourishes the various desert ethnic groups with a population of more than 200,000, but is also an oasis with the largest number of troops stationed in Aden.

When the Aero Empire invaded the Slam Oasis, it fought the largest battle in the desert with the Aden people. The Ero Emperor Farouk personally led an army of 180,000 Aero Empire against a force of 167,000 soldiers. The Aden army fought fiercely for eleven days, and the total number of casualties on both sides exceeded 100,000. In the end, the Aden army chose to withdraw from the battlefield, but The Aden side has made enough use of these precious eleven days to gather more than 300,000 Aden slaves and 110,000 regular troops in the large oasis behind. Finally, they were waiting for work in the Posini Oasis and defeated in one fell swoop the people who were already in the Slam Oasis. The main force of the Ero Empire army had been exhausted. In the end, the Ero people withdrew from the Grand Oasis in embarrassment at the cost of 200,000 battle losses.

"Sir, our army's scout outpost has encountered the opponent and is in a fierce battle."

"Sir, the Aden people have abandoned the fourth camp and continued to move toward the southeast. It seems that they intend to fight with our army." One by one, the imperial cavalry came flying in, reporting on the progress in a hurry. Such an important mission. The strategic location is naturally the key defense area for the Aden people. The Eighth Army of the Kingdom of Aden, with a total of 26,000 people, occupied the Aden people's territory in the great oasis. One-third of the troops stationed in the area are in the Slam Oasis. Facing such an enemy, Ramlak cannot launch a surprise attack because the Aden people have built eight outpost camps in the Slam Oasis. Many of them were originally built to resist the attack of the Ero people, but now they are causing trouble for the imperial army. No matter which direction they attack from, the imperial army cannot avoid these outpost camps.

Since we can't make a surprise attack, we can only fight head-on.

Ramlak's main force of 20,000 imperial troops began to come to a standstill after capturing the first outpost camp, and the Eighth Army of Aden also realized the seriousness. The sudden appearance of the imperial army in the Slam Oasis was enough to show that what was ahead was The three large oases have fallen, and the large oases from the front have collapsed. Some of the Aden officers also confirmed this fact. The Eighth Army of Aden obviously knew that the imperial army had amazing combat effectiveness and brought a large number of heavy weapons, so it did not start a fight with the imperial army in the outpost camp from the beginning. Fight for it, retreat and escape at the slightest contact or resistance,

If Slamu Green was just an oasis twenty or thirty miles away, this situation would not be terrible. The area is so big that there is nowhere to hide even if you want to.

But the Slam Oasis doesn't hurt anymore. It's more than a hundred miles away. The Aden people's approach of avoiding the sharp edge and shrinking their troops is far more terrifying than fighting on their own. The most threatening time for a sharp blade is not when it is unsheathed, but when it is still in use. When it is not unsheathed, although there is ground But the map is dead. Ramlak is almost blind to the situation of the big oasis in front of him. Even if Ramlak looks at the map of Slamu oasis for a long time, he can't judge the situation of Aden. Where are the troops hiding?

Birdsong echoed in the woodland, and the cavalry came and went in return. Everyone was not thinking about it. Anyway, the situation was very clear. The Aden people were either waiting for them somewhere, or they were waiting for work. This is a very cunning guy. This thought flashed through Ramlak's mind. According to the intelligence of the garrison, the Eighth Legion of the Kingdom of Aden, with a total of 26,000 people, accounts for more than one-third of the Aden troops stationed in the Grand Oasis area. The commander of the legion, Taros, is even more famous. for the desert

Ramlak asked in a low voice: "What day is it today?"

An officer under his command loudly replied: "Sir, it's the twenty-seventh day!".

Ramlak gritted his teeth and ordered in a solemn voice, "Divide the troops into three teams and continue searching."

An imperial officer also said to Amrak, "Sir, if the team is divided into three search teams, if we suddenly encounter the main force of the Aden army, our army will be quite passive, and my subordinates believe that this may be what the Aden people want to do." Yes, the troops here in this formation should not be dispersed." Before he finished speaking, several liaison staff officers all saluted solemnly to express their agreement.

"Okay, let's not divide it for now." Ramlak nodded.

Except for the initial raid on the Poca Grand Oasis, which was a real close-combat fight, the next three battles were all conducted with Imperial Thunder Gods directly bombarding the Grand Oasis. The terrain of the Grand Oasis is flat, and it was completely unable to withstand the Imperial Thunder God's bombardment. Four battles in four days, the Empire With a strength of 28,000 troops, the army defeated nearly 40,000 troops stationed in Aden in one fell swoop. , and therefore the imperial army was fully prepared. The emperor gave Hayera almost all the war preparation materials in the entire Istan region. The 28,000 imperial army was equipped with 66,000 transport camels and 14,000 war horses. There are also more than 7,000 horses for transportation, and 240 imperial thunder gods have been assembled. The accumulated accumulation provides sufficient guarantee for Hayela's plan.

The first three battles went smoothly. In the fourth battle, at the Slam Oasis, the imperial army finally met its opponent, the Eighth Army of Aden.

There is a wooden bridge in the southwest of Slamu Oasis, and dozens of camels are riding at high speed. There were dozens of knights on the horse, their coats were soaked in sweat and their faces were covered with dust. You can see that the road bifurcates in front of you, heading east and north. The camel cavalry stopped one after another, all looking at the stern-looking middle-aged man in front of them.

"Let's all take a rest." Then the middle-aged man raised his hand and jumped off the horse first. The camel he was riding was panting heavily, his abdomen was heaving violently, he had already sweated enough, and his penis was soaked through.

"Sir, are you going north or east?" one of his subordinates asked.

The middle-aged man looked eastward, and finally just shook his head slowly and whispered, "Have a rest, let's go north!"

"Sir, don't you want to go to the Eighth Army of Aden?"

"What are we going to do? The imperial army is pressing down on the border, and the Eighth Army is deployed all the way. It is clear that they want to push us out first. Once a conflict breaks out between the imperial army and the desert tribes, the Eighth Army in Aden will be tens of thousands more. reinforcements. Under such circumstances, if we go to the Eighth Army, we are throwing ourselves into a trap." The middle-aged man said angrily, "What do you think I'm a desert person?" Don’t you know the news? The Kingdom of Aden is going to completely wipe out the big oasis this time. Since the Aden people don’t want to give us a way to survive, we desert people have no responsibility to keep the secrets for the Aden people. If the empire is willing to pay a high price , we might as well make a small fortune, it’s better than watching the Imperial Army and the Aden Army tear the Slam Oasis into pieces.”

The sun was scorching, and the wind blew through the forest in front of me. The patches of grass were rippling in the wind, as if a pair of invisible giant palms were pressing on them, moving them here and there. At this moment, the forest land was already occupied by densely packed soldiers, and the horns were blowing. A whimpering sound arose. A tall trumpeter stood at the highest position and was making a low whimpering sound with all his strength. The sound of the trumpet reached the ears, stimulating people's blood to boil.

The main camp of the Aden Eighth Army is stationed on the slope of the largest nearby river. It has 28,000 troops and the camp is two kilometers long. Because it is stationed in the wild, there are still fires between the camps that have not been completely extinguished. The bonfire was smoking black smoke, and there were also patrol cavalry standing guard outside the camp. , the camp was crowded with people. Layers of arrows and spears were piled up like mountains under the wooden walls of the camp. Countless soldiers were busy like ants in front of the camp, piling earth and stones, boiling water, and the smoke of hot oil. The sky is filled with rows of flashing cold light of weapons, and within sight, there are swirls of white smoke.

"Hurry, open the camp gate!" There was a hurried shouting, and the camp gate was heard rattling open from the inside out. The Aden soldiers on the wooden wall of the camp rang the bell hurriedly, and the wooden camp gate was opened. The dust-covered Aden scout flies like a cluster of arrows He rushed into the camp gate as usual, and then pulled the war horse violently. The war horse let out a tragic long neigh, and directly threw the scout on it heavily into the muddy water on the opposite side. The scout rolled three or four meters away in the muddy water, and the surrounding area The people quickly ran over and pulled the scout up.

"How's it going? Which camp has the imperial army arrived at?" someone asked eagerly.

"We are almost approaching the fifth camp!"

"How strong is the imperial army?"

"Twenty-six heads were beheaded, two of which I personally cut off. What's the big deal? It's just like that. In this vast desert, the imperial cavalry is already at a disadvantage." The scout patted the dust off his body, glanced at his mouth indifferently, and let his camel be led away. In the desert, camels are not only thirst-resistant, but also half a head taller than other war horses. Most of the camels used by the army are strong and have excellent endurance. Their performance in the desert is far better than that of war horses. Therefore, the scouts of the Aden Army all used camels, which made the imperial cavalry feel uncomfortable. The taller camels not only had thick skin and flesh, but also bit the horses. The imperial cavalry's horses would even get agitated when they smelled the camels, which caused many imperial scouts who were fighting camel cavalry for the first time to suffer a great loss.

"Rowazar, what are you still dawdling here? The lord has been waiting for you."

An Aden officer appeared at the door of the high military tent with a bright look on his face and shouted loudly to the scout cavalry. The scout cavalry captain hurriedly ran to the middle of the camp. Heart, opened the military tent, a slightly older middle-aged soldier was looking through the map on the table, saw the scout captain came in, the middle-aged man put down the map in his hand and asked, "Have you figured out the number of troops on the Empire side?"

"Currently known is 20,000, but whether there will be reinforcements later, I have no new findings for the time being," the scout captain saluted and said hurriedly

"In other words, it is these 20,000 imperial troops that defeated the 30,000 garrisons in three large oases of Aden in just a few days, and then rushed into the Salamu Oasis without stopping. This absurd thing, are you kidding?" The middle-aged general's face was solemn, gloomy as if water could drip, and he sneered. The Eighth Legion was fully contracted, not only to delay time to find out the intelligence of the attacking enemy, but also for another reason, that is, he was waiting,

Wait for the imperial army to clash with the desert people. He didn't believe that the imperial army could carry much supplies with them when they came all the way. As long as the imperial army started to rob the desert people of their supplies, they would never think of leaving the Salamu Oasis!

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