Realm of Power

w/ww. Early the next morning, Fatty’s cavalry finally stepped into the high ground on the edge of the Black Forest. The cold wind hit the face, which shocked people. In the quiet forest, the only sound that could be heard was the crisp squeezing of the horses’ hooves stepping on the rain and snow on the ground. The sound is occasionally mixed with the sound of branches being broken by horse hooves. At the front boundary, the early sun shines into the forest, Creating an illusory and unreal beautiful world, a heavy snow covered the mountains and plains with a layer of snow-white, and the vast wilderness that stretched for hundreds of miles began to turn into a large area of ​​dark green, covering the land covered with white snow. Large tracts of forest are dotted above, and the horse team stops on the slope of the highland. The novel chapter is the fastest

The fat man looked at the pure white earth in front of him with a look of wonder. The dense cloud-like tree crown in the distance almost blocked the boundary of the earth.

Before departure, Fatty had sent people to visit the place where the murder was committed yesterday. All the bodies in the snow forest were cleaned up without leaving any traces. Su Kebailing had her own way of dealing with it, so she didn't have to worry too much. Fatty also believed that Su Kebailing would keep secret about this attack.

I believe that the news of the death of the young master of the Punk clan will soon spread throughout the Black Forest, and the Suk clan will soon become the target of crusade from all sides. Although it was the despicable villain Punk Fa who designed the trap, but those few A punk tribesman who fled back would never mention this. Fatty could imagine that the other person's words about the causes and consequences of last night would definitely be another version. "Novel" The novel chapter is the fastest

The most likely outcome is that Baike Suling colluded with outsiders to ambush the unsuspecting young punk master, and resulted in the tragic death of the young punk master and a dozen punk warriors. As the only one who survived that night The person involved, if Su Kebailing is not a fool, the only way is to never admit that outsiders appeared that night. Otherwise, even if he jumps into the river, he will not be able to wash away the suspicion in the eyes of everyone.

"Your Majesty, ahead is our army's camp outside the Black Forest." The guard leading the way pointed to a rock in the distance and said awkwardly,

The cavalry marched in this white world for about an hour, leaving long hoof prints. Looking far ahead, the fat man's extremely keen eyes passed through the falling snow in front of him and looked at the huge city wall exposed on a high ground in the distance. Like an unreal relic, suddenly appearing in the unknown front, Bai Yan flew down, and a group of black armored cavalry came up from the exit of the snow-covered city wall in front.

The fat man looked at the approach of the visitor with a cold expression. The leading officer was a thirty-year-old squadron leader.

Reaching about ten steps in front of the fat man's horse, the middle-aged officer reined in his horse and stopped. The middle-aged officer glanced at the fat man's invisible guard armor with a somewhat blank gaze. He quickly dismounted and saluted respectfully and said, "My lord, I am the eleventh of the local garrison." Biangsu from the squadron came to greet him on the orders of the Governor's Palace."

"Captain Biangsu, thank you for coming out to greet us under such a huge pressure." The fat man nodded on his horse.

"It's my honor to be able to receive Shangguan there." Biangsu looked a little nervous and swallowed his saliva. He stood upright on his horse and carefully glanced at the black-armored guards lined up behind the fat man, flashing a trace of embarrassment. Concealed look of horror

These black armored knights in light armor, although they are cavalry like themselves, but the crude armor on their bodies is just shabby compared with others. The lightweight black armor on their opponents is obviously fine workmanship. Although it is light, it is Shining with the dark luster left after forging fine black iron,

The mark on the chest is the silver symbol of the white thorn flower unique to the Central Army, and behind him is a scarlet cloak that does not stick to the holes.

The war horse is thick and tall, half a horse's head taller than his own. Its nose is puffing with white mist in the cold wind. In the weapon slot of the war horse, there are improved cavalry that are only equipped with the Guards Cavalry. Although the assault crossbow and crossbow nocks were just stationary in front of them, they brought a bloody and strange smell floating in the cold wind. "This is probably the rumored Imperial Guard."

This middle- and lower-level officer of the Southern Army was extremely shocked. In the cold and snowy season, his fingers holding the horse's reins even became sweaty.

He didn't expect that the person coming this time was the rumored Imperial Guard. Although he didn't know who the person following these Imperial Guards was, since the Southern Governor's Mansion personally sent an order to fully cooperate, and Such equipment shows that his identity must be very noble. "From your name, you should be a Salander." The fat man looked a little nervous. Angsu slowly drove his horse over and spoke out a sentence in Salander with a perfect accent, "Yes, in fact, I am a southerner from the edge of the Black Forest." Biangsu, who was opposite him, was stunned for a moment and hesitated for a while. Then he responded with emotion on his face, "Oh, when did you join the army?" "When I was fleeing last November, I joined the Imperial Army in the north of Salander."

Biangsu replied, "Because I am familiar with the situation here, I was transferred here by the Corps Headquarters in July this year. It is really unexpected. I never dreamed that I would have the opportunity to return to my hometown in this life. The falling leaves will eventually I want to return to the roots of the tree. I’m really grateful.”

The fat man could hear the deep desolation in the tone of the squadron leader. He remembered that in July, he had instructed the Southern Governor Statunko to recruit two Salanders from the Salander army in the north. The local flag regiment has about 15,000 people and is mainly stationed in Salan. The southern regions of Germany are responsible for local security. The existence of these troops is mostly a kind of security force. Although the badge of the Southern Army can be seen on the chest of this squadron leader, there is no silver brochure of the main battle unit, which is enough to show that this squadron leader Captain Biangsu should be one of the officers

While the two were talking, the cavalry slowly entered the interior of the city wall in front of them.

The fat man looked carefully. The entire fortress was more than a thousand meters long and wide. It was based on a sudden highland in the wilderness. It was like a pair of eyes looking down at the black forest area. Huge stones that had experienced hundreds of years of wind and snow were in the cave. The mottled dark black stones are exposed, which increasingly reveals the weight of history and a bit of desolation about the ups and downs of the dynasty.

This Black Forest Fortress was built in the early days of the Salander Kingdom. At that time, the Salanders had just crossed the sea. In order to resist the enemies that might come from the center at any time, they built this garrison fortress. It had witnessed the Salanders With the rise of the fortress, as the years moved, it later existed as a garrison bunker to monitor criminals in the Black Forest. In order to build this large fortress, the Salanders used 50,000 manpower, and also specially transported local shortages from the central part of the country. The hard stone took ten years to complete.

As the south of Salander fell into the hands of the Normans, this fortress with special significance lost its significance and has been abandoned for more than half a year. It is now used as a garrison point for the Falcon Southern Army, mainly responsible for traffic. Regarding the safety of the caravan at the edge of the Black Forest, "I don't know, this time the adults came here for..." Seeing the unknown Shangguan has a son-in-law, Biangsu asked cautiously next to him , and as a result, he made contact with the fat man's deep eyes, and a deep chill made him shudder. He quickly looked away, "Nothing special." The fat man laughed, raised the riding crop in his hand casually, and pointed. Looking into the distance, he said, "I just want to know what kind of reaction the Black Forest would have if the empire wanted to build a road transportation line across the entire southern part of the Black Forest area."

"Ah? Sir, are you saying that this road goes through the entire Black Forest?" Biangsu's body was slightly shaken, and he looked at the fat man in disbelief, seeming to be shocked by the news. "It seems that you don't want to either." Saw something like this happen?"

The fat man took in all his expressions, and felt a little gloomy in his heart. This time, he came mainly for the construction of Moro Military Port. The southern part of the Black Forest has the wood needed to build warships, but it lacks roads that can be used for transportation. , but if such a transportation road is to be built, it will inevitably touch the nerves of the interests of all parties near the Black Forest.

And the fat man has another reason that he cannot tell. If a road appears in the Black Forest, then the self-isolation of the Black Forest will basically be broken. In a few years, this area outside the empire will be completely destroyed. Assimilated by the empire, with roads, the empire's army can also reduce the travel time from the central to the south. Although it will not arrive in the morning and evening, it can still It is enough to shorten the original three-day journey to one and a half days. For the empire, this road is a huge benefit, both economically and militarily." No, on the contrary, if your Excellency really has such an idea, I believe that Black "Everyone in the forest will be very happy," Biangsu said unexpectedly excitedly. "Why?" This time it was Fatty's turn to be surprised.

"If it were before, it would have been absolutely impossible to cross the entire Black Forest." Biansu's eyes were shining, and he was talking to the unknown Shangguan. The expression on his face looked very excited. "But it's different now." , that war shook the inherent system of the Black Forest, causing many people in the Black Forest to go outside when they were fleeing. The news they brought back had already shattered the natural system of the Black Forest. Adopting a self-sufficient economic model, they proposed trading with outsiders and privately formed caravans, attracting more and more young people. They gave up the protection laws observed by generations and chose to walk out of the Black Forest to find their own world. The tribes in the Black Forest, also under this general trend, are very eager to find cooperation with the outside world and speed up fast and convenient trade routes.

Biansu paused and continued, "If this project was not too big and no one tribe could complete it alone, or there might have been a road crossing it in the Black Forest." "That's it." "The fat man was silent for a moment. Biansu's statement did make some sense. He didn't expect that the headache he felt would be solved in this way. At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance, and a black-armored cavalryman He rode from outside the fortress with a nervous look on his face,

Biangsu quickly complained to the fat man, and then approached the messenger cavalry. "Heru, what happened?" Biangsu stopped the messenger cavalry.

"Something... something big has happened," the cavalryman in charge of the outer sentry said breathlessly. "I don't know why, this morning, the Punk clan in the Black Forest suddenly united with all the clans and issued a crusade order to the Suk clan at the same time. And more than 4,000 soldiers have gathered on the border, and fighting will begin soon." (To be continued)