Realm of Power

Under the autumn clouds, the sound of horns echoed across the earth. High mounds of earth had been built in front of the city of Persad. The attack of the Fourth Army of Aden failed. Toblas was thinking of a strategy to boost the morale of the Aden Army in the first battle. The Imperial Army's blow to the head in Persad City woke them up. The Imperial Army's combat effectiveness has indeed reached another level.

The most elite heavy armored infantry and the sharpest long-range shooters are perfectly coordinated. At the same time, they are supported by the most lethal large-scale ordnance in the entire continent. They have a completely violent style of play. With the same strength, no one can stop the emperor*. *Team goes crazy

To put it bluntly, although there are only three thousand people in the Imperial Army in front of us, with the addition of various weapons, their combat power is definitely not inferior to the 10,000 elite Aden troops. For an Imperial Army like this In blatant cheating, Toblas also automatically used the characteristics of the Kingdom of Aden. Arms to give yourself bonuses, slave army." Since the Imperial Army's goal in capturing Persad is the 50,000 slaves in the Luosu Mountain mining area, then they can directly incorporate these slaves into the slave army, which can strengthen the strength of our army. , it can also make the insidious plot of the empire [.] fail."

Toblas had a gloomy expression because of his defeat in the first battle, and his eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes. The Aden generals were also secretly frightened. Behind the two armies in the royal capital was the Aden royal family! The status of the garrison forces in these areas is not even as good as that of the regular army, let alone the famous double armies of the royal capital. Although there is not much difference in the rank of generals, Toblas' status as a deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs is enough to suppress the pressure. Everyone here will die

"Luosu Mountain Mining Area is the largest mining area in the south. If all 50,000 slaves are recruited into the slave army, mining in the entire mining area will have to stop. Especially at this time, the ceremony for His Majesty's promotion to emperor is about to take place, and the royal family urgently needs a large amount of iron. Mine in exchange for funds. Stopping mining will cause a shortage of funds for His Majesty's promotion ceremony. I cannot afford this consequence."

As the commander-in-chief of the war zone, Prince Sotorosu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Toblas's words. To be honest, Toblas' Aden Fourth Army had already done a pretty good job, at least it had left them behind. The garrison stretched across several streets. Not only did they rush up to the city wall of Persad in one wave, but they also fought against the Imperial Army who had to use their trump card.

Fortunately, the Fourth Army had panicked the Imperial Army and had to release a large weapon like the Hundred Ballista. If it had been them who rushed to the head of Bossad with corpses covered in scars, they would not have had time. With a cheer, he was counterattacked head-on by a heaven-defying weapon like the Hundred Ballista. It was feared that it would cause a collapse of the entire army on the spot. When the time came, he Even if Sotorosu is a prince, he will be severely punished by the Aden royal family. Toblas is just too eager for success. After the arrival of the Aden Fourth Army, it did not even have basic repairs, let alone the imperial army of Persad. After understanding it, you can directly jump into this siege battle. If the battle is like this, there is nothing to blame! If the empire's hundred-ballistae hadn't been too ferocious, the star-and-moon flag of the Kingdom of Aden would be flying above the city of Persad in the breeze now!

"I will personally explain this matter to the Ministry of Military Affairs. Don't worry, Your Highness. I have some friendship with Lasil, so I won't embarrass His Highness." Toblas's expression was determined. After taking action, no one from the other Aden generals said anything.

"Okay, I will immediately send an order to Luosu Mountain Mining Area to bring all the slaves in the mining area tomorrow!" Prince Soto Luosu nodded solemnly and said. In fact, Prince Soto Luosu had already had such an idea, and the Imperial Army took advantage of it. The slaves from the South came to stir up the situation. Why couldn't I mobilize the slaves from the South to join the battle?

The slave army was originally a type of the King of Aden's system, but in actual operation, Prince Sotorosu hit countless iron plates.

Don't think that Sotuo Luosu is a prince, but it is nothing in the Kingdom of Aden, because Aden has too many prince titles, there are more than a hundred, large and small, which is still three points every twenty years. One of them was eliminated as a result of having more children. The fertility of the Aden royal family is already a legend in Obarro. It is said that the Aden Kingdom is the first The acting king was quite normal. As the first generation king, his fighting ability was definitely not bad. His fertility was relatively normal, with only three sons and four daughters. At that time, Aden had just reached the level of a kingdom, and its geographical territory was still limited to Aden. The northern section of the bay is neither strong nor weak. It can only be said to be a third-rate force that has stepped onto the ladder of a second-rate kingdom.

But when the second generation King of Aden, Fan Tam I, with mediocre abilities, suddenly opened up the technological point of the crazy expansion of the Kingdom of Aden, that is, having more children

This Fantam I reigned for twenty-four years, married sixty-four wives, and gave birth to 235 sons and 231 daughters. Because he gave birth to too many sons, in order to accommodate these sons without shaking the royal family of Aden With sole power, Fantam I announced the military merit system. The Aden royal family only recognized military merit, not identity. The prince only recognized military merit. It's a title, but no actual power. The prince himself is considered a nobleman of Aden and owns a barely maintained territory. However, the Aden royal family only recognizes military merit. Even if he is a royal prince, without military merit, the next generation will be deprived of the title of prince. Three generations. After that, he may be just a little viscount, and even his poor fiefdom will be taken back by the royal family.

Because of Fan-Tam I's firm and almost ruthless royal reform, over the past twenty years, the Aden royal family has recovered many territories of the previous princes, and all the princes of the Aden Kingdom eventually became staunch supporters of foreign expansion. , often after a big battle, one or two princes are killed, and the royal family will even accuse other princes of insulting the royal family's reputation for bravery.

Fan-Tam's royal reform is to make the Aden royal family become the most fanatical war engine. The princes under the Aden royal family are the fuel for the machine of the Aden royal family. This is a unique phenomenon of the Aden kingdom, and it is also the reason why the Aden royal family has played a major role in the centuries. In the past few years, from a small power isolated in the Gulf of Aden, it has rapidly expanded to a huge kingdom spanning the three continents of Central Asia, South Asia, and Europe. The reason is, just like the battle with the Aero Empire's inland sea outlet, four princes were killed, eleven princes were injured, and one prince was captured. Although the number of people killed and injured in the Kingdom of Aden exceeded 800,000 , but no one would accuse the Aden royal family of being greedy for life and afraid of death, because everyone knows that the most fierce person on the battlefield may be a person with the title of prince.

This time the Imperial Army invaded the southern part of the Gulf of Aden, and the garrison forces from various places were defeated. Prince Sokorosu, who had become famous in the Great Oasis, naturally thought of the slave army for the first time. Although the Imperial Army had excellent combat power, However, the number of troops is less than 30,000, and it is still an invasion operation away from the mainland. The imperial army is highly professional and veteran, making it extremely unlikely to recruit new recruits in southern Aden.

Logistics supplies and reinforcements are the emperor's biggest weakness! The experienced Prince Sotorosu is not a fledgling who entered the battlefield for the first time, but a famous general who was able to ruthlessly fill the battlefield with two hundred thousand slaves in the Great Oasis, and finally achieved a reversal of victory. The emperor's team would lose even one person if they died. One, and cannon fodder slaves can be said to be inexhaustible for Aden. The Imperial Army has only 30,000 people. If you fill in 100,000 slaves yourself, you don’t believe that the Imperial Army can handle it.

However, Prince Sotorosu still underestimated the strong and intricate resistance in southern Aden.

The southern part of the Gulf of Aden is backed by the sea and blocked by mountains on the side. To the north is the Gulf of Aden, the core area of ​​the Kingdom. It is one of the few safe areas in the Kingdom of Aden that is enthusiastic about expanding to the outside world. The climate is warm and humid, which is extremely suitable for agriculture in the Gulf of Aden area. for the growth of plants and rich in minerals, especially in the Luosu Mountains. The iron ore supplied by the mining area accounts for one-third of the iron ore in the entire kingdom. It is recognized as an important producer of food supplies and mineral specialties in the Kingdom of Aden. It is home to various plantations and farms of hundreds of nobles at all levels in the Kingdom of Aden. Thirty percent of them were concentrated in the southern part of the Gulf of Aden, and the number of slaves invested reached an astonishing three million.

Slaves are the wealth given to Aden by God. Even the royal family of Aden cannot withhold the wealth of nobles at will. This is engraved in the law of Aden.

The imperial army had just broken into the south, and the impact was only on one province. As a big slave owner with 80,000 slaves, Prince Sotuo Luosu himself refused to give out a single slave, but he asked the major The plantation issued a declaration to temporarily form a slave army, requiring each plantation to provide varying numbers of slaves according to size to control the planting. The Aden nobles in the garden naturally sneered. Are you kidding me? How big a splash can a mere 20,000 to 30,000 imperial troops make? It is obvious that this bastard Soto Luosu wants to take this opportunity to take our slaves as his own. Yes, when the time comes, you can get tens of thousands of slaves for nothing with just a flimsy battle damage report. Does this make us all fools?

Now that Toblas is willing to be the leader, what else can he say? The two armies of the royal capital are the two armies of the royal capital, which are much easier to use than the prince himself. This is the convenience of the commander of the two armies of the royal capital. At this place, Prince Sotorosu naturally knew that he was a branch of the royal family. The commanders of the two armies in the royal capital themselves were appointed as deputy ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs. This not only provided The two armies in the Royal Capital are given a transcendent status, which naturally exerts a suppressive power over other armies of the Kingdom of Aden. At the same time, it is also for the need of commanding in battle. The two armies in the Royal Capital are directly under the royal family. Leaving the Royal Capital must have a secret order from the royal family. He automatically has full command power, and in his military position, he must also obey the orders of the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs.

For the matter of directly forcibly mobilizing mine slaves, the nobles can't blame me. Prince Toso Torosu's mouth is half-smiling, but the execution efficiency is very high. In the matter of mobilizing 200,000 slaves in the big oasis, , Prince Sotorosu has shown extraordinary mobilization and coordination capabilities. For several large plantations in the province, Prince Sotorosu has been focusing on it for more than a day or two. Now with Tobras's statement, Take action now,

"According to the decree of the Royal Ministry of Home Affairs, all slaves in the mining area are recruited"

"According to the regulations of the Ministry of Home Affairs before the war, the rights of all slaves here are temporarily vested in the king." With the order, the cavalry went to the surrounding area, completely ignoring the obstruction of the plantation guards, and directly brought the troops into the plantation. The third On the same day, a large number of slaves began to arrive at the camp. These slaves laboriously transported straw bags to these mounds of soil. They began to pile up high platforms under the city of Persad. In order to stack these mounds higher, they must at least reach the height of the city wall. There were already many corpses of slaves lying in the soil. There was not enough food. These projects were huge. Time was tight, and if the supervising Aden soldiers made any mistakes, they would be whipped with whips.

“This is simply a request to build a city of Besad within two days. Under the convex platform, there are all kinds of siege tools. There are goose carts, oar carts, and battering rams. Most of the people pulling these tools are slaves, both men and women. In order to consume the strength of the imperial defenders, Tobras no longer cares about so much. The bodies of slaves are dead everywhere. These siege tools are all prepared to be used together with the convex platform. Near the city wall, tens of thousands of Aden slaves are filling the gaps in the road. So that these siege tools can be used without hindrance. Push them to the bottom of the city wall in one go, and just shoot arrows at the top of the city wall with the help of the pile of earth that is higher than the city wall, and then let the slaves dig the city desperately. As long as a gap is dug, a large group of people can rush in!

This tactic has been used to perfection in the Kingdom of Aden. It is steady and solid. Relying on the advantage of more slaves, the siege force is strengthened layer by layer, and then the enemy is exhausted layer by layer. Then, the elite infantry will launch a fatal attack. Many enemies who think they are invincible have been defeated by the Aden people with this tactic. The tactic of using ants to bite elephants defeated the empire, so how could the empire survive!

While other slaves were working, two 10,000-man slave corps were also drawn up, with densely packed heads stumbling around. The people in the lead were still holding tattered flags. They were all men drawn from the slaves in the mining area. Each of them was given a temporary wooden shield made by flattening a wooden board. Their weapons were crude, such as kitchen knives, iron forks, and brooms. An officer of the slave corps stood in front and shouted to the slaves, "Those who are willing to be the vanguard, come!" Come here, take down the city in front of you, and you can get rid of your slave status if you count them all. "The slaves who had been tortured to numbness suddenly became agitated. Although they knew that they would die if they joined the slave army, what if that was the only chance? If they could get rid of their slave status, it would be worth it even if they had to pull siege equipment, fill the moat, or even paint the city walls with blood!" I'll go to the vanguard team"

"I'll go"

Some strong men who still had some strength rushed forward. They had some hope, what if they really survived?