Realm of Power

The horses' hooves splashed mud and galloped in the rain. Dozens of Aden cavalry galloped from south to north

These Aden cavalrymen and horses were all covered in mud, and their armors were full of rainwater and were heavy with moisture. With a neighing sound, the horse of an Aden cavalry suddenly fell into the muddy water. The Aden cavalry on horseback was caught off guard. He was violently thrown several meters away and rolled several times on the ground before he managed to get up.

"Old man, can't you do it too?"

The Aden cavalry's eyes were dull. He looked at his horse lying in the muddy water, with mucus spraying from its mouth and nose. Its belly was rising desperately, but it couldn't get up no matter how hard it struggled. He looked at the dark-colored, skinny horse that had exhausted its last breath. Taking advantage of his strength, the Aden cavalryman had a complicated look on his face. He murmured a few prayers, pulled out his sword and plunged it into his mount's neck.

The Aden cavalryman hoped to spare his beloved horse, which had been with him for many years, from the pain of dying. He touched the mane of the horse with his hand and felt the horse's breathing gradually weakening.

Beside him, other Aden cavalry also stopped their horses and just watched quietly what was happening in front of them.

There was no shock, only silence as he watched the horse's blood splatter, turning the Aden cavalryman into a bloody man.

A cavalry officer sighed, "Another horse has fallen. The army has no food. Even the horse feed has been eaten up and the horses are working hard. What kind of battle is this? The advantage of hundreds of thousands of people is stunned. They didn't dare to attack a mere 20,000 people. A battle that lasted for a week at most was dragged out for half a month. The slaves robbed food for the riot, which led to the rations of the army being robbed. The war continues until now. The war horses are temporarily driven out. The food they carry is limited, and there is no way to put them into battle. They have been able to survive until now. It’s a miracle. If the food supply fails, I’m afraid no one will have anything to eat.”

The Aden officer's words were full of resentment. As one of the two armies of the Royal Capital of Aden, hundreds of thousands of troops faced off against the 20,000 Imperial Army. It would make people laugh out loud. They are the direct aces of the Royal Capital of Aden. When have they ever experienced this kind of embarrassment? The army's food has basically been eaten up, and even stopped For the food supply of tens of thousands of slave armies, tens of thousands of slave armies are now digging weeds and tree roots all over the ground to eat. The regular army is not much better. They have begun to slaughter horses to satisfy their hunger. Of course, all the slaves killed are horses used for transportation, but No one dares to say that the war horses will not be killed later.

The battlefield where the two sides attacked the city more than ten days ago has completely changed its appearance. A Thor cannon shell fell, and black smoke rose from the built ledge. The soil that was flying up from the explosion had not yet completely fallen, and was hit by another shock wave. It flew up on impact. The artillery fire has plowed the wet land back and forth countless times. The ground is full of large and small pits. The dark red blood is shocking, slowly seeping out from the soft soil. The ground in Persad is red, everywhere The grass and shrubs were blown over by the bombing, leaving behind broken guns, broken arrows and black corpses all over the place. There were also countless slave corpses filling the trenches outside the city.

The land in Persad is moist and soft, with few rocks and the like, and there is a severe lack of wood nearby. All the materials of the Aden people were transported from more than ten miles away. Now with the slaughter of a large number of horses used for transportation, it has completely turned into human transportation. In order to save food, the Aden people used slaves to the extreme. The degree of stinginess and the long queue pulled out by tens of thousands of slaves give people a shocking feeling.

Toblas mobilized tens of thousands of slaves to gradually bulldoze the defenses outside Persad City, and built a new wooden wall under Persad City to block the bows and arrows above.

Because he was heartbroken by the imperial cavalry, Toblas deliberately placed rows of sharp weapons on the wooden wall, like rows of sharp teeth facing the sky. In more than ten days, he lost more than 30,000 slaves. , with an average of two to three thousand slaves per day, Toblas finally pushed the siege line of Persad to a position only fifty meters away from the city wall, but it was also Because they were too close to the city wall, the artillery fire from the top of Bassad City became more and more fierce. Balls of fire shot straight from the city wall and exploded on the wooden wall. All the limbs and various debris flew up and intertwined in the air. There are all kinds of weird patterns. The regular army of the Aden people dare not stay at the wooden wall. If they stay there, they will be slave troops that can be lost.

News of the destruction of Ansiadin due to bombardment by the Imperial Navy also reached here.

Toblas convened an emergency military meeting. At the meeting, Toblas took out the order just sent by the King of Aden: "Your Majesty strictly orders that Persad must be captured within five days."

"Five days..."

The faces of the Aden generals present here are a little ugly.

The fierce artillery fire of the Imperial Army was obvious to all. Recently, at the head of the city of Bassad, the Imperial Army displayed a new weapon. Several spheres were floating in the sky. At first, the Aden army did not notice it, but the Imperial Army did not notice it at first. A shelling directly exploded the material storage warehouse in the 11th local army camp in Aden. Only then did the Aden army discover that there were something more on the top of the city of Besad, these slowly rising spheres. It seemed like a condescending god of death, paying close attention to every move of the Aden army below the city. No one knows when the Imperial Thunder God on the city will suddenly cover a certain area intensively, and most of that area is where supplies are stored and where senior officers rest in tents.

The people of Aden felt that they were like naked girls with no secrets in front of this new weapon of Persad. The commander of the Eleventh Army of Aden was even shelled by Persad while he was resting at night. Half of the guards around him were wiped out, and he himself was seriously injured. His subordinates risked their lives to kill him. Digging out from the mound, including the 47th Regional Army and the 29th Regional Army that were attacked earlier, three Aden generals had been bombarded at night. Two of them died on the spot and one was seriously injured. Such a strong shadow, So much so that the Aden generals now dare to sleep with their eyes open at night.

Later, the people of Aden discovered that as long as it rained that day, the Imperial Army would not raise that terrible flying ball. The generals of Aden breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that the rainy season was frequent during this period, otherwise they were afraid that they would be The Thors of the Imperial Army called their names one by one!

These flying balls are actually hot air balloons

As the Imperial Minister of State, Hu Keqili obtained a batch of hot air balloons from the Imperial Navy Minister Dostelenko. Hot air balloons are no longer a secret for the Imperial Navy. Their main function is to Searching for targets at sea, but this is the first time it has been used by the Imperial Army, because The wooden wall built by the Aden army blocked the line of sight. Hu Keqili thought of the hot air balloons in the hands of the navy. In addition to observing the overall situation of the battlefield, these hot air balloons reported the mobilization of the Aden army at any time. In order to consume the defensive materials in the city, the Aden army flew many times. Launching a fake attack also caused a headache for the defenders of Persad.

Now that the hot air balloon is condescending, the movements of the entire Aden Army can be seen at a glance. The fake attack of the Aden Army is no longer effective. Moreover, the imperial defenders are mainly against the guests. They use the hot air balloon to determine the location of the Aden Army's material warehouse and the tents of senior officers. Every time they wait until late at night, they suddenly Launch an artillery strike and directly cover a large area. No accuracy is required. Directly cover the area. Not only were the Aden people's material warehouses and senior generals threatened by the bombardment, but the large siege equipment that the Aden army spent a lot of manpower to build also suffered heavy losses from this sudden bombardment. The bombing of the Aden army was panic-stricken, and it was already stretched. The army rations were bombarded three times by the Imperial Thunder God. The fire caused made the people of Aden even more desperate to cry.

"Sir, the Aden Army has been mobilized extremely frequently today. It doesn't look like a test, but a precursor to launching a full-scale attack."

An imperial official hurriedly came behind Hu Keqili, the imperial minister of affairs, who was standing on the top of the city. Hu Keqili stared at the busy scene of the Aden army outside the city like ants moving, and thought that this was the case. Once the Aden people really wanted to move, otherwise there would be no need to push up all the siege equipment. The Aden slave army was even more miserable, and they were withdrawn in large groups. The skirmisher line drawn by the Aden people behind them drove these Aden slaves like dogs and sheep. Some of them were walking slowly. The Aden officer slashed at the crowd with his sword, splashing blood, and the Aden slave army was gone. They were even more frightened, pushing each other and squirming

More than 100,000 people spread out in front of Persad. The rain was filled with rain, and the spears were like a forest. The flags in the rain one after another were like pulling out a red cloud belt in the rain curtain, and this huge outline was constantly squirming. , expanding, like a fan that is constantly lengthening and widening. Behind the huge slave army is Aden. The regular troops of the army, with regiments, regiments, brigades and squadrons as units, formed square formations one after another. They were tight and orderly. There were no slogans or sounds, only the sound of rain. Both armies were silent, as if between heaven and earth. Only the rhythmic rustling of footsteps was left, and the silence was chilling.

"It seems that the Aden people are really going to take action this time. Send the order and the whole army will prepare for combat." Hu Keqili's stern face finally showed a slight fluctuation. [m] The Aden army made it clear this time that they would not hesitate. No matter the cost, we must capture Persad

It's just a pity. There was a chill in Hu Ke's strange eyes. Did the Aden people really think that it was half a month ago when they had to confront the more than 100,000 Aden troops with 20,000 people? The war situation is ever-changing, not to mention that more than ten days have passed, and the other side still thinks that it has the superior force. It really thinks that the empire can't make any move!

"Send a signal and tell the Harvey people that if they want to go home, they should move closer to Persad. If they win, the empire will send them back. If they lose, they will fend for themselves!" Hu Keqili's voice paused and he raised his head. He started and said