Realm of Power

The storm was like a runaway wild horse, drifting from the edge of the earth. Dark clouds rolled in overwhelmingly, bringing with it waterfall-like rainwater that turned the hard wilderness ground into an unwalkable mud.

"Boom Ronaldon" sounded, and the chaotic silver lightning kept cutting through the sky above his head, illuminating the neat Gaul Emperor in front of the city of Luron Aka, shiny electric light, and instantly illuminated the face of the Southwest soldiers. ,

The 100,000-strong army was divided into thirty phalanxes, with 3,000 men in each phalanx, and finally formed a hierarchical defense line. The Gallic soldiers were mainly infantry, with a small amount of cavalry mixed in. The number of cavalry in the front-line troops in combat is greater than that in other areas. Among the 100,000 troops, there are about 30,000 cavalry, mainly arranged on the flanks of the main formation. This can make up for the inconvenient turning weakness of the phalanx.

These cavalry helmets are fluttering with long white tassels that are half a meter long. The thick armor is shining brightly after being washed in the rain. The upper body is made of a whole piece of forged plate armor, and the lower part is made of iron armor with joint protection. The left hand is used for protection. He held a five-meter-long cavalry spear in his right hand, with the sharp tip pointing upward. From a distance, it looked like a dense forest shimmering with cold metal light.

A tight array formed rows of steel walls on the wasteland outside the city. The military flags fluttered in the wind and rain, making crackling sounds. The cold raindrops hit the faces of the cavalry and infantry, and followed the cold armor. flowing to the ground,

Although the weather was very cold, no one complained that the armor was too heavy, or that they left to take shelter from the rain without authorization. From morning to noon, the formation was not chaotic at all, which showed that the Southwest Army was not a ragtag group.

To a certain extent, the Southwest Army can be said to be an elite force that has experienced hundreds of battles. During the decades of confrontation with the Confederate Empire, the Southwest Army fought hundreds of battles, large and small, with a total casualty of over 400,000. However, the Southwest Army The army still stands like a barrier in the southwest of the empire, blocking the ferocious Gangfei Empire from the gate of the empire. It can be said to be one of the most durable troops in the imperial border guards, so much so that within the Gallic Empire, for The Southwest Army is known as the "Iron Legion".

"Woooo!" The long and passionate bugle sound resounded through the sky. The regular troops of the Gallic Empire, wearing the standard armor of the Gallic Empire, shouted the slogan of "attack" and began to lean against the city wall side by side. Behind them was the newly built Large siege vehicle,

The huge arrow cluster baffle and three-story height are like giant beasts emerging from the rain and fog. Under the siege truck is the attack line of the phalanx infantry. Due to lack of wood, the southwest army had to run for several miles. They went out to cut wood, but in the previous attacks, the siege engines were smashed by the trebuchets on the city wall before they could even get close to the city wall, like piles of huge stone piles paralyzing the road ahead. superior

The steps of these soldiers are as slow as the siege tower. Although they are wearing heavy armor and holding tower shields in their hands, and their whole bodies are extremely well protected, well-trained, and calm, the expressions on their faces are not relaxed at all.

A sparse rain of arrows shot down from the distant city wall. A dozen soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, but the others continued to move forward.

100 meters in front of them, there was a wide moat, like a giant beast opening its ferocious mouth. Even in the heavy rain, the air was filled with an unpleasant and pungent smell.

This is what worries the soldiers of the Southwest Army.

Rwangaka, a small town that seems to be broken by one blow, actually has a moat five meters wide. It's so pitiful that even the most experienced front-line officers don't know what the use of such a wide moat is. Just to increase the difficulty of siege and build bridges? But unfortunately, the commanders of the Southwest Army found that they had underestimated the enemy. It was this river that blocked the movement of a hundred thousand troops for four days.

A few days ago, when the most elite siege troops braved the rain of arrows on the city wall and desperately built a wooden bridge with wooden planks on the moat, allowing thousands of soldiers to rush across the river, there was a sudden burst of fierce fire like a raptor. Sweeping the entire moat,

More than 100,000 pairs of eyes witnessed that horrific scene. All the soldiers on the bridge were lit by the rising flames like candles. They were like burning men running around. It was useless even if they jumped into the river. , the flames burned everything on the river, and all kinds of miserable screams even caused the warring parties to cease fighting.

After the first attack failed, the Southwest Army adjusted its tactics and immediately launched a second offensive.

With more than 10,000 heavy infantry as cover, 15,000 archers launched rockets into the city in sequence, hoping to directly burn the entire city. As a result, they were attacked just as they approached a distance of 150 meters. A sudden attack from the mysterious weapon on the city wall, hundreds of huge metal-forged arrow clusters, just like the sun-shooting arrows shot by the legendary giant who opened the bow of the sky, poured in from the queue of archers,

Even if there was a shield wall of heavy infantry blocking the front, the powerful giant arrows directly penetrated the heavy infantry and the archers behind. The flesh and blood that was squeezed and exploded seemed to be dragged out of a long red road. The scene was extremely tragic. Although the loss of the archers was not big, only about a hundred people, no matter how much the officers scolded them, they did not dare to take another step forward. The angry Algernonkaja cursed the archers as "cowards."

Today, the weather finally changed for the better. It rained heavily. The wide moat that had been burning for several days finally stopped emitting flames. As the water flowed, a lot of black things could be seen rising and falling with the waves. Some soldiers from the southwest who saw the situation turned pale, their legs and feet became weak, and some even vomited. They were corpses, countless corpses burned by the fire. Because of complete dehydration or carbonization, a 1.8-meter-tall person was now less than one meter at most, and they were completely curled up like shrimps. Black was simply the color of death.

"Go forward, and those who retreat will be considered to be running away." "

The voice of an officer urging came from behind. The city wall in the distance was washed slightly white in the heavy rain. The blood-stained battlements looked particularly miserable in the rain. The scattered stone slabs of the city wall were covered with traces of dents left by catapults.

In the flying white raindrops, the figures of the opponent's tenacious archers appeared and disappeared from time to time at the collapsed battlements.

After several days of confrontation, the catapults of the Southwest Army gradually gained the upper hand. Although they could not cross the moat, the continuous impact of the catapults outside the city also caused a small part of the wall of Luwangaka to collapse.

"Mi Li, do you think the Falcon Army will really hold on to Luwangaka? "

In the distance, Marcus, the head of the Sixth Army of the Southwest Army, who was looking at the siege troops, had his hands behind his back, and his eyes showed a trace of solemnity. Next to Marcus was a middle-aged general with flaxen hair. Large pieces of raindrops flowed down the lines of his shiny mail.

"From the current point of view, it should be so." The middle-aged general called Mi Li smiled. "The other party may still be very proud. It is a great thing to fight against 100,000 elite troops with 10,000 troops. Unfortunately, he didn't know that the general leader had actually set up a net here, using the enemy himself as bait to hook the entire Falcon Army. Now we just need to wait for the prey to enter the net." To be continued If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m to read)

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