Realm of Power

The sea in Atwood Sea City is not deserted. Since the last attack, the Atwood people have used all the ships that can be launched. The 50-mile range on the sea is under strict surveillance. ,

There are braziers on the tops of the masts of these ships. Once they detect the approach of the Falcon Navy, they will immediately light the wood piled in the braziers. The thick smoke will rise straight into the sky. On the vast and unobstructed sea, it can be seen even from twenty miles away. , if it is night, the fire can be seen from the sea city. The Atwood people used this method to prevent pirate attacks and invented the most primitive way to build a cordon in the sea outside the port.

In the dark night, there are no stars in the sky, but this does not prevent Statunko from using the telescope in his hand to observe the city full of lights in the distance. Atwood Sea City is indeed a city as its name suggests. The entire city is built at the mouth of a large river. On the alluvial plain formed by the seaport, surrounded by water on three sides and connected to the land on one side, the entire city is like a huge port. Near the sea is a wide port. The huge arc formed by the inward bend finally forms the basic outline of the entire city. ,

This is a city that extends from the port. When viewed from the high hills, it looks like a huge sole. The dense urban buildings spread from the back of the port towards the impact plain.

Through the lens of the lookout mirror, Statunko could vaguely see that in the southwest corner of the city, a part was obviously missing, and only the remains of the burning remains remained. 庥Ω lemon skillfully washes the lying 庥隽various ゾ訨 condyle 粝粝笍博暚chlorine feeds the astatine like the Xuanwei bag lingers the chaff Zheng褂褂 Fortunately wanders the bran set the food éiyou comes and moves them all away, In the port that was once full of wreckage, there are still a few new docks under construction. The flag belonging to the Southwest Army is hung on the spire of the port, fluttering listlessly in the night wind.

Due to its special status, Atwood Sea City has always been used as a naval port. It belongs directly to the empire, rather than the northwest coast, and other regions in the northwest, which are all independent. Because of the separation of military and political affairs, the division of military areas and urban areas is very obvious.

The investigators sent by Statunko found the target of this operation at the military camp to the east outside Atwood City with almost no effort. More than thirty temporary grain warehouses were visible at a glance. On the clear plain. There is really nothing that can block the view,

According to the news brought back by the intelligence personnel sent earlier, there are 4,000 garrison troops stationed in the local area, belonging to the Seventh Army Corps of the Southwest Army. On the road leading to the camp, there are also two infantry corps with a total of 7,000 troops stationed on the left. On the right, guarding the road leading to the granary,

This is what needs to be considered. The Southwest Army was also a battle-hardened force and was not so careless that it was completely undefended. In order to avoid being noticed by Atwood Sea City, the sneak attack force disembarked from the fleet fifty miles away this time.

Then he ran for fifty miles at night, reaching the target without anyone noticing. This time, three thousand cavalrymen from the Southern Army and one thousand Central Guards Cavalrymen directly under Fatty were dispatched, for a total of 4,000 elite cavalry troops.

This is already the limit that the transport fleet can carry at one time. War horses are different from people. The volume of a war horse takes up the volume of two people. Although there were only 4,000 horses, they occupied the carrying area of ​​8,000 people. Including the cavalry, the actual carrying capacity of 12,000 people was transported this time.

The order given by the fat man to Statunko was to set fire to the food supplies of the Southwest Army in Atwood Sea City at all costs and with lightning speed. In terms of such a rapid assault and then quickly leaving the battlefield, Cavalry clearly has unique advantages;

"Hope everything goes well!"

Statunko looked at the sky and said to himself,

It was already late at night, the dew was heavy and the ice was biting. Most of the people's armors were stained with a layer of frost. Exhaustion pressed on everyone's face. The military camps that had to be passed were quiet except for a few. The sentry sat by the fire talking about something,

"It seems that the other side didn't notice! Order each squadron to prepare!"

Statunko ordered in a low voice, and the densely packed falcon cavalry behind him jumped onto the mound in front of him. The night was like a shadow, almost completely blocking the line of sight. No one noticed that a vague long black line appeared 2,000 meters away from the military camp. On the mound many meters away,

"go ahead!"

The black cavalry began to move like water flowing in China in the dark night. Countless black lines slowly advanced towards the military camp. The air was filled with a sense of desolation before the war. Statunko also tightened his grip on the horse nervously. The reins, the terrifying tranquility all around, and the suddenness were the main factors in this surprise attack. Whether the Southwest Army's food could be ignited before completely alarming the enemies on both wings became the key to the success or failure of the entire campaign, because the weather was cold and the location was the rear,

Most of the sentry towers in the Southwest Army camp were empty, and the sentries inside were either sleeping or warming themselves up by the fire. As a result, when the cavalry troops advanced to a hundred meters away from the camp, a sentry tower to the south made a rapid knocking sound. bells

"嘡啷"

Statunko suddenly pulled out the sharp sword from his waist and slowly raised it high. The bright light of the sword was like a raised battle flag.

"Surge!"

With a shout, the sword fell, and like a landslide, the cavalry rushed out of the linear queue like a cluster of speeding arrows. At six o'clock in the morning on December 3, in the faint morning light , the Falcon Cavalry rushed into the Southwestern Army's barracks like a divine soldier descending from the sky,

"Enemy attack!"

The shrill shouts had not yet ended, and the Falcon Cavalry's horses had already rushed into the Southwest Army's camp.

The cracking of the horses' hooves was like a storm sweeping across the earth. At the moment of contact, the tents of the Southwest Army camp were blown down like weak grass blown down by the wind. The heavy horses' hooves stepped directly over the sleeping Southwest Army soldiers. The Southwest Army soldiers were killed and fled in all directions. Some just ran out of the tent and saw a field of swords like snow. Countless cavalrymen with spikes on the front of their horses swooped down from the front like an avalanche. The companions fell to the ground one after another, and they were scared and crawled on the ground.

"Forward!, rush forward at all costs!" Statuenko shouted loudly.

The granary is through the camp. The Falcon Cavalry who heard the order forced their way through the front of the Southwest Army camp. The Southwest Army camp was like a sieve shot through by countless arrows. The impact of 4,000 cavalrymen was enough to make the camp The ground was in chaos for a while. The Falcon Cavalry rushed to the granary behind the camp, and took out the leather bag filled with crude oil from the weapon slot of the warhorse and threw it to the granary. The leather bag hit the granary heavily and exploded like foam, splashing black crude oil inside.

Statunko reined in his war in a hurry, drew out his crossbow, lit the white cloth wrapped on the top of the arrowhead with flint, and shot it at one of the granaries.

Boom, fierce flames exploded in the wound of the granary, like a carnival of flames.

The flames burned from one to another. More than 30 granaries were like dominoes that were pushed down in a few minutes. All of them were ignited.

The hot flames burned half of the sky red, and even Statuenko, who was 30 meters away from the granary, felt a burning pain.

"The whole team evacuates!" Statuenko turned and shouted to the other cavalrymen (to be continued...)