Realm of Power

The night is getting darker, and the afterglow in the sky seems to linger on the snow-covered earth, unable to dissipate for a long time. It shines slantingly on the bare dry hard land. The endless land bulges toward the north in the distance, reflected in a faint line. The golden color, the wilderness after the sun sets, snowflakes are flying, the night is low, the night wind is blowing violently, rolling up the thick snow flakes on the ground, the sky and the earth are vast, it is completely impossible to see the road ahead, and the temperature has dropped to lowest,

An army marched hard in the snow,

"How far is Biye Valley!" Algernonkaja reined in his horse in the wind and snow, and patted the snow flakes on his armored shoulders with his hand wrapped in mail. The night wind made his face hurt.

"Across the hillside in front, 5 miles to the north is Biye Valley. Your Excellency, the Duke, has already led 20,000 Bangor troops and is waiting for you right in front!" The confidant sent by Francis shouted loudly, blocking the cold wind blowing in his face with his hands. responded,

The night wind howled, and it was basically difficult to hear clearly if you didn't shout with all your strength, "The whole army stops." An'u ordered to speed up, but with a cautious look in his eyes, he raised his hands, and the marching queue stopped in the night. "General Commander Sir, what are you doing? "The Bangor guide who led the way turned around at a loss. "It's nothing. Our army has been marching for three days and the soldiers are very tired. Let them rest before the battle! "Algernon Katya, casually made up a reason and turned to an attendant officer behind him. "Erics, you immediately lead a team of scouts to the front to check the situation! "

"Yes, Lord Commander!" The attendant nodded, and galloped away with a few cavalrymen, disappearing into the night.

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, my Duke has good intentions and there is no need to be like this... The guide's face turned red with embarrassment. The reason why the army is resting is simply a distrust of the Duke.

Algernonkaja looked ahead with a stern face. There was no intention to explain to him at all. Compared with the lives of tens of thousands of troops, the so-called face is really not worth considering, and the other party is still a small country like Bangor.

Soon, the attendant brought back news from the front. "The subordinates found Francis, the lord of Bangor, who sent troops as promised in a forest ahead. No other abnormalities were found!" Erics, the attendant, looked serious. "Maybe it was because the weather was too cold. There were very few sentries along the way. We kept moving forward safely. Only when we entered the range of one thousand meters from Biye Valley did we start to see the shadow of the other patrol. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, my subordinates only You can choose to withdraw first”

"God is really helping me!"

After hearing the officer's report, Algernon Kraft raised his head and looked at the falling white snow in the sky, with a look of relief on his face for the first time.

They thought they would retreat to the southwest in great embarrassment, but no one expected that things would take a turn for the worse. The Bangor area, located on the side of Ohacha, suddenly and secretly swung to its side due to old grudges with the Falcon Army, even though it was a detour away from Bangor. It was farther than going directly through the Denia and Rozende areas, but the shape of the Bangor area was more conducive to a surprise attack. Due to famine and cold, there were almost no people on the road to Bangor. Even the villages along the way are mostly empty.

in this case. It is extremely beneficial for the army to move covertly. Five days ago, the Southwest Army was divided into two. One part continued to make a grand retreat to confuse the Falcon Army, while the other two parts secretly entered Bangor. After a 7-day journey The 60,000-strong Southwest Army, enduring cold and hunger, struggled to approach the Biye Valley. Bangor also sent an army of 20,000 people to assist the Southwest Army. As the sworn enemy of the Falcon Army, Duke Francis performed very well. eager,

December 23, night, heavy snow falls

The 80,000-strong Southwest and Bangor Combined Forces approached Biye Valley, the logistics center of the Falcon Army, amidst the flying snowflakes. Before they had barely entered the 500-meter distance, Duke Francis, who was on the flank, had already excitedly issued the order for a general attack. ,

"Attack, kill the Vekia Falcon with a bounty of 10,000 coins, and be made a baron!" Various slogans motivating the soldiers rang out in the dark night. The soldiers of Bangor shouted slogans scattered all over the mountains and plains from the wind and snow. rush out,

On the other side, Algernonkaja, who was trying to reduce his voice, almost fell off his horse in anger. He was not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates. The people participating in the battle this time were all infantry, separated by 500 people. Mi immediately charged. Is this Francis a pig?

500 meters, even if you sprint with all your strength, it will take a few minutes. By the time you reach the edge out of breath, you will just hit the opponent's defenders' fierce counterattack. If you rush up like this, the enemy has already set up a defense line and is waiting.

"General Commander, what should we do now?" Looking at the Bangor Army rushing up from the flank, the Southwest Army was also confused. Without orders from above, the army did not dare to charge, but the Bangor Army rushed forward. Can I still hide here?

"Order the entire army to charge! I hope the Vekia Falcon has not been scared away!" Algernonkaja gritted his teeth and drew out his sword. Tens of thousands of Southwest troops followed behind the scattered Bangor army, like layers of Like a wave, it was pressing towards the slope of Biye Valley. Countless spears flashing with cold light appeared in hundreds in the hazy snowflakes, surging towards the tide.

"I didn't expect that I'm only worth 10,000 gold coins. It's really cheap!" On the opposite slope where the coalition army launched its attack, he heard the shouts coming from a distance. A helpless smile appeared on the corner of the fat man's mouth. The Southwest Army tonight The news of the incoming attack has long been in Fatty's grasp. To be precise, from the moment the Southwest Army entered Bangor, Fatty has been waiting here for the moment when his prey falls into the trap, "Arrow carriage ready!"

The fat man had a cold face and raised his hands, looking at the enemies swarming in front of him without any signs of wavering.

As he raised his hand, a faint sound of axles turning came from behind him. A hundred arrow carriages, driven by more than two thousand Falcon soldiers, slowly emerged from the dark night. ferocious face,

These arrow chariots were modified based on the Rode arrow chariots captured in the war after the conquest of Lod.

After the transformation of the Falcon Empire Research Institute, the original honeycomb-loading arrow cart has been divided into structures. The arrow carts currently equipped with the Falcon Army are divided into two types: double-bow arrow carts and three-bow arrow carts. The three-bow arrow carts have a very large front and are generally It is only equipped on the battleships of the Imperial Navy. It has a stable bracket. The range can exceed 500 steps for the first time. It has terrible penetrating and lethality. Can it penetrate the deck of an enemy battleship? It is close to the strength of an ordinary ballista.

, and the double-arrow vehicle equipped with the army has a shorter range. It only has two crossbows to fire continuously, but it is of moderate size and can be pulled away at will by a carriage. It has the mobility to cooperate with the army in combat.

"Load the preset target. Projectile one hundred meters ahead"

Only a shout was heard, and the operators of a hundred bow and arrow carts became busy quickly. Shout loudly and shake the winch that pulls the bowstring,

The two crossbow strings on the car made a heart-wrenching squeaking sound as the winch was pulled, and were finally firmly buckled on the gear machine behind. The crossbowman held the thick and heavy crossbow arrow made of pig iron and quickly put it into the arrow trough.

Each crossbow can hold five iron arrows about one meter long at a time. The largest one is as thick as Xiao's arm, with a half-moon-shaped sharp blade at the top. Even if a heavy cavalry is shot , a large cave must be broken out of it, let alone ordinary infantry. The four arrows on the side must be thinner, in order to allow them to scatter freely and irregularly. Therefore, the tail feathers were not set when casting the mold. The dark pig iron shone with a chilling light in the cold night.

Generally speaking. Infantrymen wearing heavy armor are not afraid of bows and arrows. Even if they are shot, if they are not hit in important parts, they will only be traumatic injuries. But if they are shot by such a powerful weapon, they have basically no chance of survival. "Charge forward and capture the Vecchia Falcon alive!" The Bangor soldiers who were charging did not know that one of their feet had stepped into the gate of hell. The slope with torches shaking in the darkness in the distance looked like golden light in front of their eyes. of gold. The Falcon Army's response was so slow that the soldiers of the Southwest Army who followed behind began to get excited. The dense crowd of people was like ants climbing on a sugar cube, "Shoot!"

Suddenly, a sharp command sounded in the darkness, the rapid sound of crossbows was like a rainstorm, and the salvo of a hundred arrow carts was like a sharp blade in the void on a cold night. Countless arrow clusters shot down from the slope and shot into the front of the densely packed Bangor soldiers. "Ah" the Bangor soldiers who were shouting just now fell one after another in the rain of arrows, and it was a tragic scene. The densely packed soldiers seemed to have hit an invisible wall, letting out a tragic scream. The corpses all rolled down and were dragged for several meters. "Attention. The Falcon Army is counterattacking!"

The miserable screams stopped abruptly in the dark night. The Bangor officer's body was shot directly through the horse in the shocking impact. It flew heavily for several meters before falling, and hit the snowdrift below. The bright red human blood instantly stained the snow. "Pfft" The situation of the soldiers was even more unbearable. Most of the Bangor soldiers in the front were light. The infantrymen saw streaks of white cold light in the crowd, making a sound similar to the breaking of flesh, passing from the body of the soldier with an arrow, leaving bloody blood marks on the rear, and then heavily shot into the body of another soldier. Like a bunch of bloody gourds stuck in the snow,

"Puff puff puff" the sound of blood exploding from the body, minced meat flying, in the dark night. Countless dots of blood bloomed 50 meters in front of the slope. Accompanied by the crisp sound of broken bones and bones of men and horses, and the screams of the deceased before death, it was horrifying to hear in the dark night. Countless giant crossbows swept across like a violent wind, sweeping the area Another group of enemies swept into the air with a huge impact. The crossbow arrow was as thick as a child's arm. Once the heavy arrowhead made of fine iron was shot, the target was immediately smashed to pieces.

This is good, compared to those companions who were killed by arrows, they died happily after all. Because the crossbow arrow has no tail feathers, once it is shot, it will not have a fixed ballistic trajectory due to the influence of wind and its own mass. The giant crossbow arrow in the center is better, but the people next to it are a little unlucky.

After many crossbow arrows without tail fins shot through the target, they circled in the air from the projection position, like a high-speed rotating top, and swept into the crowd behind them, breaking the bones of one soldier after another, and causing blood to rain everywhere. Before he could shout for help, he was trampled to death by his comrades who collapsed in front of him. "Oh my God!" Some timid Bangor soldiers were frightened by the sight in front of them. The soldiers in front of them turned over in a row, "Pfft", the sound of sharp weapons piercing the body was very shocking in the dark night when the specific situation could not be seen clearly. The weirdness and horror of suffocation,

After the arrow carriage, there is the traditional project of the Falcon Army, the crossbow arrow. Countless white line shadows that are coming towards the target pass through the direction in an instant. These Bangor soldiers had already been shot by countless arrows before they fell to the ground. The bright red blood was like blood rain falling from the sky, dyeing the ground covered with white ice mist red.

"Retreat, everyone retreat!"

The shrill cry of the Bangor frontline officer. The Union Army's offensive turned into a mess. The collapse in front was like a landslide. Countless arrow clusters were shot from behind the Bangor people who turned and fled. Corpses fell one by one. Everyone hated themselves for missing two legs.

"It's true that more success than failure leads to failure!"

Algernonkaja was riding on his horse, looking angrily ahead, his teeth itching with hatred. The Bangor army of 20,000 people had collapsed just after the battle. Although the front suffered heavy losses, the number of casualties was definitely less than 5,000. The large troops behind were still rushing forward, but were scattered by the retreating troops in front.

Behind the Bangor Army was the Southwest Army. Compared with the ragtag Bangor people, the Southwest Army still maintained a strict formation, and many people fell in front of the oncoming arrows. But the infantry behind still moved forward without fear,

Countless heavy crossbows crashed into the southwestern army. Like a hammer suddenly smashed into a pile of flour, countless bloody rains flew up into the air along with the stumps. The bloody rain and the strong smell of blood hit their faces. The faces of the southwest infantrymen who fell behind were covered in pieces of meat. If a soldier falls, the soldiers in the back row will consciously fill up the front row.

"The quality of the regular army of the empire is pretty good! Since we have adopted a desperate attitude, we have no choice but to fight!" The fat man took in this scene and couldn't help but admire it. He loudly ordered to Besukaya next to him, "Let the messenger blow the bugle for battle!" "Woooo" A burst of passionate bugle sounds resounded through the night sky. The Falcon soldiers held their spears tightly and breathed heavily. Get anxious. His face looked serious and cold, and a huge siege shield was propped up. The steel shield shone in the dark night, and behind it was a dense forest of guns. The sharp one-foot-long blade exuded a chilling murderous intent. A sharp spear made of stainless steel. From a distance, it looks like a long silver river

"This is!"

Algernonkaja's bloodshot pupils suddenly dilated. Looking at the infantry ranks that suddenly appeared on the top of the hill opposite, and at the countless black eagle flags flying in the wind, the Southwest Commander-in-Chief, who felt that he saw hope of victory, suddenly felt it A sudden heart palpitations, and he had a vague premonition. This was all based on his extraordinary sense. At this moment, the military formation on the opposite side suddenly changed. A group of archers wearing red armor suddenly emerged from the opposite military formation. revealed in

"shooting!"

A 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 southwest infantry. A sound like tearing cloth sounded. This is the sound of an arrow tearing the air with force.

"Ah" a soldier of the Southwest Army was hit by a cluster of arrows on his helmet. The powerful impact directly shattered his strong helmet and penetrated through his forehead. The entire head was blown into pieces by the powerful force, and his body rolled over more than ten meters. , a thousand long bows and arrows as thick as thumbs were like a big net, tearing apart the heavy infantry of the Southwest Army rushing at the front. into pieces, often an arrowhead penetrated the body of a heavy infantryman, and the remaining force was inserted into another heavy infantryman. Almost all the soldiers in the first few rows were covered with arrowheads. The solemn formation of the Southwest Army Just like a broken dam that was knocked open, people piled up and fell down in a line. At least 1,000 corpses were left behind in just a short distance of 200 meters.

"Infantry array!"

The voices of the commanders of the flags rang out in the dark night. As the order was issued, 12,000 Falcon Southern heavy infantrymen holding spears stood neatly on the front line from behind the slope. Their giant shields and spears were like a spike. The long wall suddenly stood up in the cold night,

"Shoot!" the officers' long-awaited commands rang out one after another in the dark night.

The first row of soldiers squatted down and placed the five-meter-long spear shaft on the ground with the spear tip pointing forward. The second row of spearmen placed the spear shaft on the shoulders of the first row of soldiers. The third row of soldiers placed the spear shaft on the ground. He also placed the spear shaft on the shoulders of the second row of soldiers. Three neat rows of spears pointed diagonally forward, and the densely packed spear tips shone with a terrifying metallic edge in the cold night.

The spearhead is like a forest. The phalanx is like a mountain!

In the dark night, it showed its ferocious murderous intent. The compact array was like the most solid barrier. As the rushing Southwest Army got closer and closer, the spears fell, and they held their breaths, just waiting for the "stab" command. Suddenly, thousands of spears in the first row will stab out at the same time,

"Kill!" The two armies finally collided brutally. Countless spears were thrust forward at the same time. A miserable wail resounded in front of the formation. Blood spattered. The sharp formation of spears and the blood instantly turned into darkness. Flying snowflakes exploded in front of the slope,

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" After stabbing each other with spears, various melee heavy weapons flew in the air, denting the armor of the enemy on the opposite side. Even if they were wearing heavy armor, the defense line composed of Falcon infantry was obvious. swayed a bit

"Kill, move forward, capture the Vekia Falcon alive!" Amidst the various shouts, the charging momentum of the 60,000-strong Southwest Army has been deeply embedded like an arrow, and the impact is like a heavy wave, hitting the ground hard. On the cliff composed of twelve thousand Falcon heavy infantry,

The waves flew away, and the sharp spears in the hands of the heavy infantry stretched out neatly from the middle of the defensive belt composed of shields. Blood spattered, and the heavy spears were like dense thorns, deeply piercing into the bodies of the Southwest Army infantry. A brutal close combat, In an instant the flames of all-out war were ignited,

The fat man looked at this scene coldly, he was waiting,

Because of his limited troop strength, he could only resort to this kind of defensive warfare using the terrain. Of course, he could use the God of Thunder to bombard the Southwest Army below.

But if this is done, it is entirely possible for the Southwest Army to quickly withdraw from Biye Valley without engaging in combat.

Once this opportunity is missed, it will be very difficult to seize the main force of the Southwest Army.

The only way is to use himself as bait, use 25,000 falcon troops, and start a battle with the superior enemy that can give the opponent hope of victory. Only in this way will Algernonkaja be held back.

The victory of this battle depends on whether the Southwest Army is still in Biye Valley at dawn.

When the sky gets brighter, even if the other party wants to escape, there will be no way to escape!

Looking at the soldiers shouting on the battle line, the fat man clenched his fists together. From the beginning, he knew that this battle would be extremely cruel.

And this is also true. The situation on the battlefield has begun to enter a tragic stalemate. Even in the dark, the two sides are fighting across the front lines, like two giant dragons rolling together.

The shadow of the sword and the light of the sword. Flesh and blood were flying everywhere, whether it was the Falcon Army wearing heavy armor or the Southwest Army, the two sides were completely in a hand-to-hand combat with bayonets and red blood.

Relying on their heavy armor and terrain advantages, the Falcon Heavy Infantry was like a stubborn rock under the impact of the tide, without taking a step back.

The battle line is like a huge whirlpool of melee. This whirlpool is constantly rolling, producing a lot of blood and sacrifices (to be continued...)