Realm of Power

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The outskirts of Nord Kyoto

The night was quiet, with only very faint starlight, but not many people were sure whether it was starlight or not.

Today is August 3rd. It should have been said that there was bright moonlight, but the weather seemed not good. A large number of dark clouds blocked the moonlight. The whole sky looked gray, as if it was going to rain, and the air seemed very stuffy. , there is no wind at all,

The world between heaven and earth is like a huge steamer. Even if you lie on it and don't do anything, you will sweat profusely.

In fact, it has not rained in Nord Kyoto for half a month. While heavy rains continue in the Palaven area in the north-central part of the mainland, the sun is shining brightly in the Yokhwa area near Nord Kyoto in the southern part of the mainland.

It has been hanging there since the end of July until now. During the day, the strong sunlight scorched the earth as if it was smoking, and the moisture on the ground was completely dried. At night, the bricks and tiles in the ruins were still hot to the touch.

In this rare hot season, it is impossible to sleep in such an environment. Even taking a nap is very difficult. I don’t feel it very much during the day. As soon as I calm down, I feel wet and sweaty. It is really uncomfortable. Already.

The Yokwa area is located on a high hill on the outskirts of Nord Kyoto. It is the highest in this area. Both the Nords and the Falcon Army seem to have set their sights on this almost bare hill.

The Yokhua area seemed exceptionally quiet at night. Both the Falcon Army approaching here and the Nord troops defending here were trying to reduce their noises as much as possible to avoid exposing their targets. In such darkness, the senior crossbowman of Wikiia They are all looking for targets to shoot. If they are a little careless, they may lose their lives.

Antuodi placed his fingers gently on the copper buckle of the crossbow and stared at a moving Nord soldier 100 meters away. Around him, there were several senior sniper crossbowmen from the Falcon Army silently lurking quietly,

They hid in the ruins between the two armies, using the waist-high shrubs as cover to quietly stretch out the shooting slots of their crossbows. Then they lay there motionless.

Looking from a distance, there is no trace of anyone lurking. They are like wild wolves with vicious eyes, watching the movement ahead closely. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will immediately pull the trigger and shoot a fatal arrow.

This is a tactic used by the Falcon Army to pull out Nords' small castles at fixed points. However, the soldiers of the Maraud Army are also very smart. After suffering hundreds of painful snipers in a row, the Nord soldiers also mastered some Avoid the patterns of these deadly shooters,

These senior shooters of the Falcon Army generally do not shoot easily, because these senior shooters of the Falcon Army are very arrogant. Once they shoot, they must take away a life, otherwise it will be a very embarrassing miss, so as long as they are not exposed to the castle Outside, these senior shooters generally do not waste precious shooting opportunities

With great regret, he watched the target disappear into the crenellations of the small castle. Antuodi put down the infantry crossbow in his hand, leaned lightly on the ruins, and quietly looked at the dark battlefield.

In fact, in such a dark night where he could hardly see his hands and fingers, he basically could not see anything. He used his ears the most, listening carefully to what was going on around him. With a piece of grass in his mouth, he put his beloved Putting the crossbow down against the wall, Antuodi picked up a small stone with his right hand and threw it heavily into a bush ten meters away.

"Antuodi, you bastard"

A low scolding sound was heard, mixed with a muffled sound of pain. Morais, another senior shooter, was lurking there. He was slowly chewing dry bitter tea leaves in his mouth, as if he was about to fall asleep. In fact, But he didn't fall asleep at all. The weather was so sultry. Unless it was a real rock, it was impossible to fall asleep. What's more, there were guys like Antuodi who didn't know how to care about his comrades, littering nearby and not afraid of killing people.

The Falcon Army has no plans for a large-scale attack yet. Most of the tasks of the senior crossbowmen are to test the loopholes in the Nords' defense line. All senior crossbowmen will lurk until the morning and then return to camp to report the weaknesses they discovered. to the legion headquarters,

This kind of testing has lasted for nearly 10 days. With the collection of various intelligences, Varisien has basically figured out the location and troop allocation of the 21 small castles on the front line.

All that is needed now is the four siege thundergods waiting to be shipped from the three northern counties. Varisien believes that this test can maximize the power of the limited cannonballs of the thundergod. Even if it cannot blow them all up, it can at least open them. a breakthrough

"Senior sniper shooter captain Antuodi came to report." Antuodi stopped outside the military tent and straightened his body to give a military salute to Varisien who was studying the map inside.

"Come in." Varisien looked away from the map and raised his head,

"General" Antuodi walked into the big tent and stopped in front of Varisien's map.

"I asked you to come here because of one thing." Varisien picked up a report from the table with the map, looked at Antuodi with piercing eyes, and asked cautiously, "This report is Did you submit it? Can you tell me the specific circumstances of what you found? For example, when you found the sound or the specific location, the more detailed the better."

An Tuodi quickly stood up straight and responded with a look of reminiscence, "The abnormality was found in a hole 20 meters away from the ruins where I was hiding. It was an accident. I originally wanted to hide in and rest, but I I overheard some rustling noises, as if they were rats in the ruins. I heard the sound of people crawling over me, but the weight of these rats was a bit exaggerated. They seemed to have broken a lot of tiles. The most important thing is that I heard the sound of people talking. Although it was not loud, I could use my The reputation of a senior crossbowman guarantees that those sounds are definitely the sounds of human conversation."

"Well, thank you very much for your information. You may have discovered a big secret." Varisien lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked Antodi to draw the landmark of the cave where the sound was found on the map.

"Sir, why are you interested in such a thing?" After Antuodi left, an adjutant next to him asked curiously. "It's normal for the cave to have abnormal sounds. It's a war zone now. There might be someone hiding inside." Two frightened beasts. Maybe this situation was common in the past. If you are worried, you might as well send a team of people in to have a look.

"What do you know?" Varisien turned around with a serious face, glanced at him, and clicked his finger on the map. "Don't you think the location of this cave is very special? This cave is only a short distance away from the small castle in the Yorkhua area. It's less than 100 meters, and it's only 100 meters away from our front line. This is a crucial 100 meters. If we master it, we can dig all the way to the Nords without anyone noticing, right under the noses of the Nords. Get down"

"Dig tunnels." The adjutant was obviously frightened. The others were also attracted by these words. Varisien only told the fat man about the idea of ​​digging trenches to break the Nord blockade. Yes, but for a large number of people, the Varisian Army Commander's combat method seems to be to prepare for a strong attack and suddenly ask everyone to dig tunnels, which is too unexpected.

Varisien's face was full of seriousness, and his tone was full of murderous intent. He said loudly, "I know you all want to know how we can break through the Nords' defense line. Now it is time to reveal the answer. The enemy has dug up We also dig, but we dig straight, all the way to the castle of Nord Kyoto. Do you still have any questions about this?"

"No." Everyone in the legion headquarters quickly stood up and responded loudly. Everyone could hear that the legion commander was serious this time.

"Have you heard? This time the Falcon Army is going to dig trenches all the way to Nord Kyoto." Such rumors soon spread from the Varisian army. This shocking news also shocked Nord Kyoto. I was speechless. He was the most cunning fox under Varisian Falcon. This guy's fighting style has always given his opponents a headache.

"We must use some necessary means to counterattack." At the headquarters of Nord Kyoto Defense, the Nord Minister of Military Affairs came personally with the oral instructions of His Majesty the Nord King. "If the Falcon Army really digs the trench under Kyoto City, then It is an insult to the Nordic Kingdom and the Supreme King." The Minister of Military Affairs put the King's oral instructions on the table with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"This is very difficult to handle," the Nord commander in charge of the defense of Kyoto said in difficulty. "Now the troops are scattered to various small castles, and it is difficult to assemble them in a short time. To counterattack, we need troops. Now I have the ability The only remaining troops invested are 3,000 reserve troops, and they are still some second-line troops. I cannot be allowed to go up alone."

"Don't worry, His Majesty has issued an order for the army to assemble. This time, there will be no one else to deploy troops from you to be the main attacker." The Minister of Military Affairs calmly took out an order letter from his arms.

"This is?"

"The main force of the counterattack this time is His Majesty's 5,000 Imperial Guards," the Minister of Military Affairs said with a serious face. "You should know that the combat strength of these 5,000 Imperial Guards is enough to equal 20,000 elite soldiers. If you let go, At an assault point, not even the Falcon Army can resist. His Majesty needs you to provide a breakthrough point and provide sufficient containment when the Guards attack. Don't worry about the rest."

"His Majesty the Royal Guards has mobilized the Royal Guards." The Nord defense officer stood up from his seat with a surprised look on his face. The Nord Royal Guards are composed of children of traditional martial arts families. They are all children who have received strict training from Xing. Their equipment and combat effectiveness are all there. Nord is top-notch, and His Majesty has taken out the last remaining force. It can be seen that the Kingdom of Nord has indeed reached a point where it is running out of fuel.

August 13th, sunny and windless,

On the front hill of the Falcon Army, Varisian was riding on a war horse, staring at the horizon ahead. Before the morning light shone across the sky, the red sun rose in the east. Under Varisian's eager eyes, The ground beneath our feet was trembling slightly, and vibrations were heard on the distant horizon. A dark forest appeared on the edge of the horizon.

The flags fluttering in the wind are the red cloud ribbons flying over the forest, and the outline of the forest is constantly squirming and expanding, and the long black line advancing is becoming more and more obvious. Five thousand people The Nord Guards slowly advanced under the flank cover of 10,000 local troops.

There were no slogans, no sounds, except for the sound of footsteps one after another. This was an army marching towards death in silence. Both armies were silent, and it seemed that only the rhythmic rustling was left in the world. The sound of footsteps has not yet risen, and the dark silence is chilling.

"Get ready." Varisien waved his hand to the messenger behind him. He expected that the Nords would lose their composure, but he didn't expect that they would explode so quickly. They would dig trenches to the bottom of Nord Kyoto. Such bold words. That is to say a It is said that this place is still 20 miles away from Nord Kyoto, and there are countless trenches along the way. Just think about it and you will know how crazy it is to penetrate the strong defense line of the Nords and dig under the Kyoto city. However, the Nords' thinking has always been proud,

As the order was issued, the Falcon Army's shrill horns sounded at the same time. The Falcon Army also gathered in various positions in the center, right wing and left wing. An astonishing number of 30,000 troops were assembled like a thick long wall. ※◎NO The direction of the German advance was blocked

At around seven o'clock in the morning, the Nord's forward arrived at the scheduled junction and stopped about a kilometer away from the Falcon Army. However, there were still waves of dull footsteps echoing and shaking continuously. The sound of the sound indicates that the follow-up troops are arriving in a steady stream, and the Falcon Army has not moved either.

The two armies had a tacit understanding and kept a mile apart, looking at each other from a distance. As the red sun in the east gradually rose on the horizon, the sharp-eyed Nord soldiers could slowly see the formation on the opposite side clearly.

The two sides combined a total of nearly 60,000 troops, gathered in a low-lying area less than ten square kilometers wide. Both armies were observing each other's military appearance, and the soldiers' hearts were beating fiercely.

Behind the Nords' military formation, the Nord King Yagrork, who had not been seen for a long time, was also observing the opponent's military formation. This was not the first time he faced the Falcon Army, but this was the first time that the two sides had such a formal battle. This time, the news of the failure came back from Anruod, and the haggard-looking old man suddenly realized that if he had not taken any action, the falcon army encircled by Anruod would be outside Nord Kyoto. Forming a situation of flanking attack

This is the last time that Rode shows off all his power without concealment.

The messengers rushed in like a stream, bringing news from all armies.

At about 7:30 in the morning, all Nord armies were ready for battle. The messengers rushed all the way from the rear, shouting "Advance, advance." The north wind roared, the forest roared, and the grass blades in the fields flew like powder. The broken leaves were picked up by the autumn wind, raising a hazy dust mist, covering the eyes of the soldiers of both armies.

Tens of thousands of Nord heavy infantry began to increase, and the bright red rising sun shone on the armor of the Nord soldiers, making it bright and dazzling.

"Prepare." On the side of the Falcon formation, the soldiers also held their spears tightly, breathing rapidly, and their faces looked serious and cold. The huge siege shields were set up, and the steel shields were standing in the sun. The light is shining, and behind it is a dark and neat forest of guns.

The sharp one-foot-long blade exuded a chilling murderous aura. The sharp cross-lance made of fine steel was fearless even when facing heavily armored knights. The sniper crossbowman squatted half-crouched in the gap between the shield walls, his eyes bright and clear. Staring at the long-line crossbow pressing up from the opposite side like an arrowhead, the arrowhead on the crossbow shone coldly in the sun, and looked like a long silver river from a distance.

"This is"

Yagrork's bloodshot pupils suddenly dilated, looking at the endless rows on the opposite side, looking at the left and right wings opposite like the open wings of a giant bird, looking at the countless black eagle flags fluttering in the wind, The monarch who had traversed the continent for many years suddenly felt a sudden palpitation. For the first time, he had a vague premonition. He did not know that he was facing the strongest military formation of the Falcon Army. He relied entirely on ordinary people. feeling

At this moment, the military formation on the opposite side suddenly changed, and a group of archers wearing red armor suddenly appeared from the military formation on the opposite side.

"shooting"

Three thousand bowstrings stretched to the extreme made a muffled sound of tearing the air. The special long arrows shot out with swirling air currents and hit the charging formation of the Nord heavy infantry with a sound like tearing cloth. Everyone in Nord turned pale. This was the sound of arrows tearing open the air.

"Ah" a Rohde heavy infantryman was hit in the helmet by a cluster of arrows. The strong impact directly shattered his strong helmet, penetrated from the forehead, and the whole head was blown into pieces by the powerful force. The body rolled out of ten a few meters,

Three thousand longbow arrowheads as thick as a thumb were like a big net, tearing the Nord heavy infantry at the front into pieces. Often one arrowhead penetrated the body of a Nord heavy infantryman, and the force remained intact. Inserted into another heavy infantryman, almost all the soldiers in the first few rows were covered with arrows. The Nord army that was advancing was like a broken dam that had been knocked open. People piled up and fell down in a line. In just two At least more than 800 bodies were dropped at a distance of 100 meters.

"Shinwa Longbowman"

There was a sound of gasping from the Nord army. Although they had not fought,

But everyone has heard of the reputation of the strongest archer in the Falcon Army. It is said that this kind of long archer can penetrate the heavy armor of cavalry and infantry within 100 meters, and can penetrate even shields within 50 meters.

"Retreat, retreat now"

The Nord army, which was full of momentum just now, seemed to have been hit in the head, and retreated in panic. Unfortunately, the longbowmen of Sanwa could not let these heroic achievements slip away. The sharp longbows shot through, causing many to turn around. At the moment when the Lud soldier fell and turned around to run away, the corpses were piled on top of each other, and blood came out from the arrowhead holes.

The rumbling footsteps suddenly stopped, and only the white arrowhead tails were left in the sky and earth trembling in the cold wind. In the first confrontation, at least 2,000 Nord soldiers became the victims at a loss. (Unfinished to be continued)