Realm of Power

"Curtis, please report this situation to Master Nile immediately."

The old Duke of Oder, who felt the great crisis in the battle situation in front of him, suddenly turned his head with a sad and angry expression and shouted to a Mamunuk knight behind him, "Enwit violated the previous arrangement and privately transferred the direct knights to avoid it." The enemy's intention to evacuate before the battle is revealed, and the collapse of the left wing is imminent. I am ready to order the center line to shrink and defend, but I don't know how long it can hold on. I also ask her to choose an opportunity to quickly evacuate the battlefield."

"Sir, is it too early to draw such an inference?" He glanced at the left wing of the coalition army that was almost penetrated. The Mamunuk knight he called Curtis said with some hesitation on his face. "Although the Enwit Army Embarrassing, but there is still a long way to go before total collapse, as long as there are enough preparations The team, the left wing can still hold on..." "Enough, do you think Enwit really has troops to send, which leads to a bad situation?" The old Duke of Russia shouted to stop him, his face covered with the vicissitudes of time. On the left, showing a trace of sad anger, he raised his whip and pointed at an area on the left wing, saying

"Just look there and you will know that there is a squadron of the two thousand Mamunuk knights under Enwit's direct command fighting on the front line? No, they are resting and regrouping, but they have not been sent to block the gap. Haven't you noticed yet? This guy Enwit has made it clear that he betrayed everyone. His people are all hiding in the back, and the people who are killed in the front are all people who have opinions against him."

"What do you mean, sir...we have all been plotted?" Curtis was still a little unsure. He looked at the left wing where the soldiers fell like piles of wheat, and his face suddenly lost all color.

The fight was too chaotic just now, and he didn't notice it yet, but now after Duke Oder pointed it out, the situation immediately became clear.

Things are really bad on the left. As the old Duke of Oder said, basically none of the people from the Enwit faction were on the front line of the tragic battle. Most of those sent to plug the gap were the northern lords who had not listened to Enwit very much in the past.

Under the rolling dragon-like assault of the Normans, the northern lords performed no better than they had performed in Salander. The queue was completely disrupted, and the soldiers' flesh and blood scattered with the flails of the Norman heavy infantry. , bodies piled up on the roads. Dragging out a bloody path of broken flesh,

In less than an hour of fighting, two lords were killed, one lord was seriously injured and carried down, and the left wing was half disabled. A large number of wounded soldiers were constantly carried down, their limbs were smashed, and their chests were beaten by the Normandy heavy infantry. It was dented by the flail, and it was obviously difficult to survive. The painful screams of the wounded soldiers made the entire bloody battle line shrouded in tragedy and hesitation.

"Hold it. Hold it." Even though a supervising team was dispatched to hold the soldiers' backs with sharp swords, the coalition soldiers were still beaten back again and again, unable to resist. However, Enwit's two thousand Mamunuk knights, the most elite in combat, were watching coldly not far away.

"You see," the old Duke of Germany said with a sad smile in front of him, "From the very beginning. This guy proposed the plan to form a coalition to attack Normandy. He should have had such an intention.

"It's just that everyone was too eager at the time and was blinded by the so-called power in Enwit's mouth. No one would think of going up there. Everyone thought that after half a year of training and improving equipment, the Normans were already vulnerable, but no one thought that the equipment It can be changed, but we have actually made no improvement in terms of combat power. We are not the Falcon Army. What the Normans are afraid of is not us, but the Hundreds. Fighting against the elite Falcon Army, this guy has grasped the blind confidence that we Salanders have always had in our strength. "But, what are the benefits of doing this?" A trace of anger flashed in Curtis's eyes, and he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. asked, "Isn't he afraid of being punished by the empire?" "Everyone is dead. Even the wise Lord Falcon doesn't know what is going on now." "The dead will not come out to testify against him. He can be so arrogant, bring countless treasures, and be regarded as a great hero who avenges the Salander people and return to the country. If there is no opponent, he will be the master of northern Salander." "It's despicable, but it's very effective." The old Duke of Russia looked up at the sky, curled his lips with disdain, and said, "Power, wealth, and glory, if it is now At home, even if he had a hundred courages, he would not dare to be too obviously dissatisfied. However, now in a foreign land, if he only needs to give up a war that is important to him, he can use the help of the Normans With his own hands, he can eradicate all the opponents in the alliance. According to that guy's character, he can definitely do it. "Then... what should we do?"

Curtis's eyes were red with blood, and his heart had been shaken even more by this terrible conspiracy. Only now did he understand why Enwit had dismissed the orders of the coalition forces since the landing, because he knew that these people were all dead, and he You don't need to listen to a bunch of dead people saying "We're in a bad situation"

The old Duke of Oder glanced at the left wing, and his face was solemn and silent for a while. He seemed to have made up his mind. At this moment, there was a rare calmness on his face, and he patted Curtis's shoulder heavily with his right hand.

"Tens of thousands of compatriots are fighting in blood, and we don't have time to sigh here." "Judging from the current situation, the left wing will soon be finished, then we will be betrayed, and finally the right wing of Master Nilai. If between me and Nilai between, only If one person goes back, then I choose Nile. "Why?" Curtis said with a sad and indignant look. "Since you are aware of Enwit's conspiracy, you should stay alive and expose this guy's ugly face to His Majesty Falcon personally so that everything can be made public." come out"

"What are you announcing? Do you have evidence? If not, what else can you say?" The old Duke of Oder smiled slightly, looked at the bright sky in the distance, and said slowly, "Since I set foot on this land, I have no intention of living. "Go back," Salander North can live without me, but it can never live without Nilai. Don't forget, Falcon His Majesty's love for Master Nile may completely turn into anger that destroys everything. That guy Enwit is playing with fire. "He doesn't know at all that the reputation of the Vekia Falcon in the interior is the title of Blood Tyrant. Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, the reputation of the Falcon Army is mostly a kind of cruelty that makes the enemy tremble.

"It is entirely possible for the Vecian Falcon, who is willing to go to war with the entire Redian for a woman, to order a bloodbath in northern Salander for the sake of his beloved Nile. Don't forget the Black Forest, that is a role model. You hope Will such a tragic situation happen again in the beautiful land of Salander? "

"This..." Curtis' whole body shook slightly, and the tragic scene of the broken mountains and rivers a few years ago flashed through his mind again. It was Salander's most painful nightmare, a land stained with blood, and a large number of refugees with nowhere to go.

"Go ahead and ride on my Black Cloud. Nilai will know you can trust her when she sees it." Oder calmly waved to the guard behind him, took the reins of his favorite horse, and handed it to Curtis with his own hands. in hand

"Ever since the battle with the Normans, it has been by my side, and it has saved me several times. This is not its hometown, and I can hear its deep attachment to its homeland every time it makes a deep breath. I miss you so much, take it back. My soul will turn into a star in the sky and protect Salander forever."

"Yes, I promise to bring Black Cloud back to Salander without harming a single hair." Curtis stood upright and put his right hand on his chest with a serious expression. He took the reins of the war horse and galloped towards the right-wing battlefield where Nilai was in charge, "trampling" the black clouds at an extremely fast speed. Like a bolt of lightning, it crossed the slope that served as the dividing line in front of the town. At the top of the slope, "His" Curtis reined in the reins, stopped his horse, and turned to look back.

From the distant left wing, ear-splitting rumblings mixed with a large number of screams came. A large number of Norman cavalry in black armor crashed down from the commanding heights they originally occupied like a flood.

The Normans finally launched the most deadly attack. At least 3,000 heavy armored cavalry rushed into the already shaky left wing like steel spears. The horses wrapped in iron armor made a rumble like thunder rolling in, and the horseshoes A blur of blood mist was brought up, and the cold light of the weapons shone everywhere, even the morning mist couldn't cover it. Countless Salander soldiers were knocked away by the horses and overturned.

The military formation could no longer hold on. The defeated army fled all over the hills. The Norman cavalry kept pushing them into the black mass. It was terrible to see. Enwit, who was originally watching, and his Mamunuk knights, were completely missing at this moment.

The left wing collapsed. Did Curtis's body sway on the horse? His heart felt like he was hit hard by a heavy hammer, and his face immediately turned pale. In less than 2 hours, the left wing of 7,000 people was gone, with only 4,000 troops. The old Duke is about to face the crisis of flanking encirclement. His situation can be imagined.

"The direct team is ready. The whole army will fight to the death. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed immediately. We have retreated." The sad voice of the old Duke of Russia was also heard in the rising morning light at the same time, becoming a swan song that resounded throughout the earth.

"Your Majesty the Duke"

Curtis's eyes were blurred, and he turned his head forcefully and rushed towards the slope where the right wing was located. "Who is that?" A guard on the left defense line stopped Curtis. Compared with the loud fighting sounds on the left wing and center, this place was quiet. many,

"I am Curtis under Mr. Erde. I have urgent military information to report to Master Nile." Curtis stopped his horse, glanced at the unusually calm battlefield with surprise, and shouted to the guard blocking the way in front,

The guard glanced at the Mamunuk senior knight's armor on Curtis's body, and consciously moved out of the way. Curtis did not dare to delay for a moment, and quickly went in the direction of the right-wing military flag.

The Normans had quite a lot of troops on the right wing, about 6,000 men, and sent 6 thousand-man troops to pile up in darkness on the opposite side. But the strange thing was that the other two sides were fighting like crazy, and only the one on this side was still silent. The mountain wind was blowing, and there was not a thousand-man team on the opposite side attacking the right wing. They just watched quietly. This strange scene made the atmosphere on the entire right wing extremely heavy.

A thousand Salander crossbowmen, equipped with the Falcon Army's standard armor, were squatting on the slope of Nile's right wing. The thick defense line formed by heavy-armed spearmen made the Normans on the opposite side basically afraid to advance.

Generally speaking, the 3,000 Guards troops deployed on the right wing are the smallest among the three parties, and should be the main direction of the Normandy attack. However, until now, nearly twice as many troops have been deployed on the opposite side, and there is still no sign of attack.

After the Battle of Yinqueshan, the Normans already knew how terrifying the crossbow was. Within a distance of 100 meters, it could shoot through the armor of the cavalry. Within a range of 50 meters, even the heavy armor of heavy infantry could not stop it. The piercing of this murderous weapon,

Behind the opposite defense line, there were 20 crossbow carts lined up, and the arrow clusters in the hands of the crossbowmen were like stars in the sky. Even before the Normans got close, they were already wary of these black armored soldiers.

Brave, fearful, yet cunning, attacking like a raging fire and immobile as a mountain. Even the Normans would not dare to directly seize such an opponent's edge. "Master Nilay" Curtis saw Nilay's figure and jumped out of the dark clouds. Turn over and come down. He trotted to the front of Nilai and knelt down on one knee. "Master Oder asked me to report that Envit's army on the left wing is close to collapse. To avoid an accident, Master Oder has ordered the Chinese army to shrink and defend, and please evacuate immediately."

"Black Cloud?" Nilai glanced at Curtis's horse, and when she heard what Curtis said, her face suddenly turned pale, "Where is Enwit? Doesn't he have 2,000 horses and Munuk Knights?" How could the seven thousand troops on the left wing be defeated in one blow?" Nilai asked with an incredulous expression. In fact, she already believed this.

Not only because of Curtis's black cloud, but also because of the booming sound coming from the left wing. Anyone familiar with the battlefield knows that this sound like rolling thunder is a sign of a fierce attack by the cavalry group.

The left wing should be the most stable and the most powerful. At this time, shocking sounds of fighting, screams, and the friction sounds of weapons colliding and breaking were heard continuously. The screams of the war horses before they died were relatively vague before, but now they can clearly be felt getting closer and closer, indicating that the battle is fierce and has reached a fever pitch. It seems that the main force of the Normandy army is throwing all its strength on the left wing, and His right wing, which should have been the main battlefield, was directly ignored by the Normans.

"Master Nile, during the battle on the left wing, Enwit's army watched with cold eyes and has now retreated without a fight." Curtis raised his head again and reported loudly. "The Duke has ordered the Chinese army to fight to the death, but under the fierce attack from both sides of Normandy, I am afraid that It’s hard to..." Curtis’ voice was a little choked, and his eyes were bloodshot as he said, "Master Nilai, please don’t live up to the expectations of the Duke"...

The sound of rolling thunder rumbled in the dark clouds, and the sky had been gloomy since the morning. At noon, strong winds suddenly broke out, and groups of dark clouds surged up from the sky. The sky and the earth suddenly darkened, and thunder boomed from the horizon. The wind blew for a while, and raindrops as big as soybeans fell down in Normandy. A mist of rain and mist appeared on the dry and hard ground,

In the southern military camp, Statunko was discussing the situation with several southern army generals. A map of Normandy was spread out on a simple four-legged stool. Statunko glanced at the map with his deep eyes and asked in a solemn voice.

"Three days ago, the Northern Alliance suddenly left the scheduled rendezvous point, El Alamein, and headed north. According to reports from the generals who stayed behind, the coalition's goal was Ilroux, an important town in eastern Normandy. According to the intelligence provided by the expeditionary force, the main forces in Normandy have been tracking the coalition. Abandoning Alamein, which has complete defenses, and marching north to Ilrou, the Normans will definitely not miss this opportunity, so we must speed up, I am afraid that something will happen to the coalition forces."

"No way, after all, the coalition forces also have 14,000 people, and their morale is very high..." Regarding Statunko's analysis, Hamilton, the commander of the Fifth Flag, said hesitantly, "If we encounter the main force in Normandy, , he should also be capable of fighting."

"It's hard to say that the northern coalition forces lacked tacit understanding and discipline, and their combat effectiveness was not strong." Regarding Hamilton's statement, Cleveland, the transferred commander of the Second Flag Regiment, did not agree. He said that the coalition forces lacked The real main force lacks an elite sharp-sword force. This force must serve as the backbone of the entire army. It must be able to tear apart the enemy's defense lines, attack the enemy's vital points, and collapse the enemy. No matter how many troops there are, there must be such a force. Open the battle situation,

As for the coalition's opponent, the main force in Normandy is a battle-hardened force. Although it suffered some heavy losses in the early stage, as the coalition forces burned and killed everywhere, the soldiers' vengeful mood was like a bowstring that had been drawn. It must be a move forward, indestructible. Before being transferred to the Confederate Army, Cleveland was an aide-de-camp in the Imperial Adjutant General's Office and had extremely rich command and analysis experience.

"Ready-to-go tactics," Statunko said thoughtfully, "This battle is very similar to the Battle of Mustang Plains that His Majesty fought in northern Salander a year ago."

"When your Majesty said that, I remembered it." Cleveland's eyes flashed with horror, he touched his chin and said, "It's really almost exactly the same as His Majesty's situation. When the coalition forces were completely relaxed, he suddenly launched a blockade and used It is entirely possible to defeat the main force of the coalition forces in a short period of time due to favorable terrain.

"The Normans, who have the home field advantage, have a better understanding of the terrain than all the coalition generals combined. So it can be concluded that the Normans will find the best location before the coalition reaches Ilrou. Enter In the guild battle, the main force of the coalition forces approaching Illu was completely defeated. "Tata" heard the sound of rapid horse hooves in the distance. Statunko curiously opened the door curtain. Immediately, the fierce north wind carried Raindrops hit my face, making my face hurt. In the hazy rain curtain, there were several black spots on the distant plain that were rapidly expanding, and several galloping Salander cavalry appeared in front of them. The cavalrymen were in a state of embarrassment and were covered with fish mud. They rushed away with their horses' hooves kicking up mud and staining the horses' bellies. They looked panic-stricken.

Statunko's mind suddenly moved and he immediately ordered, "Scouts, stop them."

The Mamunuk cavalry were so fast that they rushed in front of them in an instant, and were about to rush over.

The scouts of the Falcon Army entered the rain curtain, their horses neighed loudly and raised their front legs high. A Sarande cavalryman who looked like an officer fell heavily from his horse's back and fell heavily into the mud with a "slap".

Soon, these Sarande cavalrymen were brought in front of Statunko. "Slap" several almost exhausted figures fell heavily from the scouts' hands to the ground. Their foreheads were half covered by wet hair, their helmets were crooked, and their armor was tattered.

The rain fell from the Sarande cavalrymen's The blood dripped down his face and body onto the carpet in the big tent, which was covered with red bloodstains.

Statunko stared at one of the guys who was obviously an officer, his heart ached, his eyes showed a terrifying light that made people dare not look directly at him, and exuded a terrifying aura, "Which unit are you from?"

"Your Excellency is...?" The Sarande officer raised his head blankly, his pale face full of rain,

"Statunko, the governor of the southern part of the Falcon Empire" Statunko looked down at it and said word by word To be continued