Realm of Power

The camp of tens of thousands of troops was attacked. In the dark night, it was difficult to see how many people and horses rushed in. I could only see shouts of killing and fire and smoke everywhere. Not all of the black cavalry who broke into the camp fell off their horses, but most of them were killed. Wounded but not dead, these black soldiers who were injured and fell from their horses, their armor There were arrows hanging on the top, and the armor was ferocious. Without the horse, he would carry the sword and follow the horse to fight simultaneously. The curved scimitar blade flashed with cold light, and he just slammed into the crowd in front of him who was retreating in fear. , like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing the Aden soldiers and retreating to clear the way for their companions behind.

The Aden people have never encountered such an enemy.

Such ferocious and death-defying madness made the Aden soldiers frightened and frightened. The chaotic formation had not yet stabilized. When they saw the other side rushing towards them, they immediately started running around.

"Asshole!"

Toblas's face was ashen, and the muscles on his face were twitching. He organized three defenses but failed. It was already obvious that the number of imperial cavalry that attacked the camp was not large. They killed five or six thousand cavalry, otherwise the opponent would It is not just to rush forward blindly, but to directly overwhelm your own army. The main reason for the current miserable situation is because of the problems of the Aden army itself.

The command systems of these local garrison troops each have their own affiliations. Under normal circumstances, there is not much of a problem. However, in the face of this sudden attack, this shortcoming was fully exposed. The soldiers were completely unable to react and the soldiers could not find the officers. , the officer could not find his superior, and the general's order was like a stone sinking into the sea, empty. There were tens of thousands of people, but they were fighting independently, watching helplessly as the black torrent that rolled up the blood rain washed away one team after another. Countless Aden soldiers were wailing and screaming in front of their horses, and row after row were beaten. He was chopped down and stabbed, and blood spattered like spring water, turning the dry battlefield into a bloody mud in the blink of an eye.

"Sir, please immediately give the order to put out the fire and save the 11th Infantry Regiment!"

A bloody Aden general rolled up to him, with a stern request on his face. The location of the 11th Corps that the Aden general said was the exit of the imperial cavalry that was charging forward crazily. , Looking in the direction, black has occupied most of the field of vision. All the imperial black-armored cavalry are like a sharp sword that has been quickly gathered, rushing out from the completely torn gap, come on, woo hoo!" The horn sounded in the night The sound is blowing crazily in the air

At the location of the 11th Corps, flames soared into the sky. A large number of tents filled with supplies could be seen burning, lighting up the sky and dyeing the earth red. They were reflected on this torrent of black armor, full of ferocious and bloody pressure. The Imperial Cavalry They actually rushed to the 11th Corps... The 11th Corps was finished. All the people in Aden who saw this scene were heartbroken. He sighed in unison, what a sin, the 11th Corps is a logistics corps. Although there are 6,000 soldiers in total, only 2,000 soldiers are actually equipped with combat weapons. The other 4,000 are logistics personnel. Such combat effectiveness , in front of the imperial cavalry who even penetrated the camp in one breath, he was not a big fat piece of meat.

The Imperial Cavalry rushed out of the camp from the 11th Corps, throwing burning objects such as torches on the tents of the 11th Corps along the way.

"Sir, the order cannot be issued at all. We cannot save the 11th Corps."

General Aden said in a low voice with a strange expression, "The imperial cavalry, which was full of blood in the camp, was rushing out of the gap of the 11th Corps. Who dared to block it?" Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The 11th Corps was just a logistics group. It couldn't even be ranked in the order of battle. If it dies, it will die. The important thing is that these imperial killing gods are finally gone, otherwise there will be another mess. I'm afraid there will be corpses all over the camp. It's better to leave now. As for the 11th Corps, we can only blame bad luck. The 11th Corps is a logistics force from the southern Haguwari Province. , so being placed at the very back of the camp should have been the safest

Unexpectedly, the empire had already noticed the location of this logistics corps. In the past few days, a steady stream of supplies from the Aden army had been shipped over, and most of them were concentrated in the direction of the 11th Corps. They wanted to ignore the reality. It's a bit difficult. Hu Keqili's plan for the five thousand Dongting cavalry was unexpected. The breach is directly aimed at the Eleventh Corps. Since the weakest position of the Aden army is chosen, the logistics troops are naturally the weakest. By the way, they can also set a fire. In order to rescue the logistics supplies, even if the Aden side finds that the number of imperial cavalry that breaks in is not enough. It was so big that it was difficult to allocate strength to launch a pursuit for a while.

"Everyone follow me and fight out!"

Brother Shu galloped his horse with his sword, and the horse neighed and galloped, protruding from the back of the Aden army camp. The Aden soldiers who were hit were like being hit by a spinning top, and they were thrown away. Their flesh and blood stumps were crowded on the ground. More than 3,000 people from the 11th Corps were gathered by the Imperial Cavalry The group rolled in, as if they had encountered a thick layer of absorbent paper. Each piece of paper absorbed the blood. The blood soaked the Aden Star and Moon flag on the ground, and gradually became as dignified as iron. This short surprise battle As the sound of horse hooves gradually became less frequent and came to an end,

The chaotic Aden army regrouped, and the number of people was counted one after another. The sparse teams made many Aden captains look ashen. When their bloody courage was severely dampened, their high morale also quickly dropped.

Before this raid, the morale of Aden's army had reached a very high level. We had tens of thousands of troops, while the Imperial Army opposite had only 3,000 troops. The disparity in combat power was nearly 20 to 1. As long as we stormed You can fill up the city of Persad by going up there, but you didn't expect that Persad, who was said to have only three thousand imperial cavalry, actually brought out a large number of elite cavalry tonight. *There are only 3,000 people in Persad. Everyone will definitely draw their swords and chop him down.

Have you seen the Imperial cavalry clearly last night? I dare not say how many there are, but they are definitely above the number of three thousand. In other words, the Empire's strength in Persad is definitely not the so-called three thousand as it seems on the surface. , a conservative estimate, it should be multiplied by five. Tobras groaned with a livid face, clenched his fingers, and said in a deep voice, "Pass my order and put out the fire with all your strength!"

It was already noon when the fire in the camp was extinguished. The battle damage report was sent to Toblas. More than 1,700 people were killed and more than 4,000 injured. Among them, more than 30 were trampled to death due to the chaos. It was so tragic. In the battle damage report, Toblas' face was extremely ugly. The real battle had not yet begun. The army lost 5,000 people, and the morale of the army was severely damaged. Many of the assembled troops were completely empty. The sight of injured and bloody soldiers was even more shocking. The messengers galloped to each team. In the meantime, a cloak like muddy water was flying behind him, and the armor was stained with blood. He was extremely embarrassed!

The Aden army, which was originally high-spirited and prepared to capture Persad in one go, was deceived by this cavalry raid.

For the next three days, the Aden army was doing one thing, which was to cut down the surrounding trees on a large scale, add a large number of wooden resistance horses, and thicken the defense outside the camp. Each of these wooden resistance horses had a distance of nearly They are two meters high, with sharpened wooden stakes in front of them. No matter how powerful the war horse is, it is impossible to jump over these wooden horses. Reinforcements from Aden are still arriving, and the mountains and plains are full of Aden camps. The lights of the bonfire are like a sea of ​​light. The Aden patrol cavalry patrols with torches in the night. The firelight is like a dragon, shuttling back and forth. There are circles of wooden fences and rows of wooden horses. I don’t know how many clothes they drive. The ragged slaves expanded the original camp from two or three miles to seven or eight miles.

In this case, even if the Imperial Army repeats its old tricks, it will never be able to penetrate the Aden army's camp horizontally again. It is obvious that the Aden people were awakened by the cavalry raid. Finally, the generals of Aden began to show their fighting skills as they should have With commanding ability and an absolute advantage in military strength, we are working step by step. We are not aiming to defeat Persad in one battle, but are preparing to use the biggest weapon Aden has, which is the slave army. At this moment, the slave army in the direction of Besad has reached eight. Thousands of people, as long as they have enough equipment. The Aden army would expel slaves and fill the trenches with their lives. Then use strong bows to cover. The trenches were filled with soil, and ants with simple long ladders attached to the moths were used to climb up.

This method of siege has been used in Aden for eighty years. Although the method is stupid, it is easy to use. The only thing that matters is consumption. When the impact of a gun spreads on the city wall, the outcome becomes In order to see whether both sides can continue to invest in troops, the lack of troops is the biggest weakness of the Imperial Army. Although the city of Besad is not big, it is not easy to maintain the comprehensive defense of the city wall. The attacker chooses Focus on concentrating your forces to attack and fight. The defenders must keep the entire defense system intact and cannot be completely unprepared anywhere. Otherwise, once a gap is opened, the entire defense line may be shaken!

Toblas now stares in the direction of Bossad more than a hundred times every day, just looking for weak spots on the city wall. The imperial cavalry has slashed him, and he will return the sword in Bossad. The imperial soldiers will then attack him again. Even though he is strong, it is impossible to withstand the impact of 80,000 slaves! Under the battle flagpole hung by Toblas, more than 40,000 Aden troops carrying 70,000 to 80,000 slaves were like a large swath of ants digging up the soil layer by layer, moving the offensive line closer to the city wall. They were everywhere. Heads were shaking, and cries and screams were heard everywhere. There were figures of Aden soldiers pulling slaves everywhere, like a pack of wolves running around. Even though some young and strong slaves wanted to resist, they were driven away by force, like a large swarm of ants moving around.

Toblas immediately stood on the ledge high in the camp, just looking at the scene like hell on earth with cold eyes.

Toblas is waiting, waiting for the Imperial Army to complete its assembly in Besad City, so that he can defeat the invading Imperial Army in one battle.

There was a mournful sound in the distance. From time to time, the slaves who crossed the line were knocked to the ground by arrows fired from the direction of the city wall. The large number of Aden slaves no longer even bothered with the arrows. They crowded together cautiously and used their fastest arrows. Speed ​​up the road ahead and clear the route for the Aden army's siege equipment.

"Sir, the number of arrows fired from the wall of Persad is getting less and less. In the past two days, an average of more than 500 slaves were shot every day, but now there are only more than 100, and the shooting distance has also changed from the original 100 meters. It has been shortened to fifty meters, which shows that the imperial military equipment on the city wall Due to the lack of resources, arrow clusters have to be retained to deal with the possible war! An Aden general said at the meeting, "It would be great if we can test it. If we encounter a war tool like the Imperial Hundred Ballista again, at least our army will You won’t be caught off guard like last time! "Someone suggested that with the rapid increase in military strength, a large number of slaves are coming continuously, and the generals of Aden are also eager to try. Anyway, with the slave army as cannon fodder, they have become bolder. It seems that even if all these tens of thousands of people are dead, , it is not difficult to drive tens of thousands of people back to die. Even if 50,000 to 60,000 slaves are so dead, it is a great deal to be able to defeat the invading army of the empire in one battle!

"The casualties within 20,000 people are acceptable. We can test it with the slave army."

The meeting quickly determined the decision to send a slave army to test, and two slaves from a team of 10,000 people were selected

In order to strengthen the impact of the slave army and meet the need to test the imperial defense, the Aden Army equipped the front row of these slaves with typical light infantry round shields and wooden spears. Such armament is not enough to attack large fortresses, but it requires It was enough to capture the wall of Persad. Driven by more than a dozen large siege towers, Twenty thousand slaves followed cautiously, like densely packed ants, all around the siege tower. If you retreat, you will die, but if you advance, there may be a way to survive. There are also a large number of slaves standing on the wooden boards built inside the siege tower, their bodies moving with each other. It swayed left and right as the siege tower moved, like layers of people piled up inside to form a hill.

The generals of Aden all stood on the raised platform, constantly calculating the distance of the siege tower in their hearts.

One hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters,

Then I heard a shout from above the city wall. Arrows as dense as raindrops came towards the approaching siege tower at once. The steel arrow clusters roared and violently bombarded the siege tower. Puff puff, the sound of sharp weapons piercing was like waves hitting the hard surface. on the rock wall, It turned into splatters of terrifying bright red, and the front end of the sharp arrow pierced the gun and exploded. The siege planks were directly penetrated by the powerful and heavy crossbow arrows, and the slave soldiers inside the siege tower roared. fall down

"Add a layer of baffles in front of the siege tower, which should be able to block these crossbow arrows."

Toblas said in a solemn voice, and the other Aden generals nodded, secretly saying that they were lucky. Fortunately, these slaves were used as testers, otherwise the siege tower, which was the main force in the siege, would be a living target for the imperial army. Just in Tobras As soon as Si finished speaking, a dense roar sounded at the top of the city of Bassad, and more than a dozen muskets trailing black smoke tails were seen. The ball flew towards a siege tower, booming, fire exploded, sawdust flew away, and a large piece of the hit siege tower was blown open, and the fire ball exploded directly inside, as if it was hit by a violent force. Like a squeezed watermelon, sawdust flew across the siege tower more than ten meters high. Huge flames emerged from it. The slave soldiers with flames jumped down from the height miserably.

"Hulala!" Under the impact of a fireball, the siege tower broke from the top third of the area. The faces of the Aden generals suddenly turned pale!