Realm of Power

Zhamu Hebi, the commander of the "Cang" legion of the Dongting Empire, stopped his horse on a slope. What he could see was a wide area lined with several trenches and pointed iron wooden horses. In this area, the most outstanding Behind the area that even the scout cavalry could not cross was a city wall that was not very tall, completely blocking the way forward.

"Master Hebi!"

Seeing his arrival, the two Qianqi Commanders of the Dongting Cavalry who had been waiting there put their right hands neatly and respectfully on their chests and saluted him on their horses. One of the two Qianqi Commanders was young, one was middle-aged, and the other was tall. Somewhat similar,

Behind them, two thousand Dongting Empire cavalry on horseback were wearing light armor and carrying bows and arrows. Each of their bodies stood upright, just like the two thousand cavalry commanders in front of them. Their right hands were placed powerfully on their chests. The breath blows the wilderness

"Have you found any trace of those damn Slavs?" Zhamu Hebi rode on a majestic war horse and waved the whip in his hand as a return gift.

"According to some scattered Slavs captured along the way, the Slavs should have migrated along this route!" The middle-aged Qianqi Commander with a scar on his left face responded respectfully.

"What should it mean? When will you, Mierjini, learn to speak in the tone of those people who don't know the so-called Central Bians?" Zhamu Hebi glanced across the front, raised his riding whip with great dissatisfaction, and looked at him coldly. He said, "As the Thousand Blades Tent guarding the sheep in Dongting, you should be very clear about the consequences of losing the "sheep". Now that this route has been confirmed, where is that person? You won't tell me the millions." Slavs, just disappear without a trace!"

"My subordinates believe that the Slavs are most likely to have crossed this long wall!"

The Qianqi Commander of the East Courtyard, known as Mierji Ni, raised his head with an ugly face, while the young man next to him had an angry face and unconsciously grasped the handle of the knife.

He is the eldest son of Mierji Ni and the heir of Mier tribe. Mier Jiyi has a son and a daughter. The son has been good at archery since he was a child, and the daughter is very beautiful. She is known as the most beautiful woman within a hundred miles who can make the moon shy. Recently, she was spotted by the son of a powerful person in the royal court. They were talking about marriage, and I thought that this time, Mierbu would be able to soar into the sky. But no one expected that the Slavs would flee en masse and make this matter embarrassing.

"Since you know it's behind the long wall, why don't you continue to follow it!" Zhamu Hebi narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, "You should know very well that in order to gain the support of all the adults in this battle for King Khan, the two His Highness the Prince spent a lot of effort not only to give away the thousands of miles of fertile fields just obtained from Central Asia, but also to give these millions of Slavs as gifts to Lord Gorros at the beginning of the year. "

Zhamu Hebi's voice stopped, and he said with murderous intent, "Perhaps, you really think that you can ignore me by relying on the big tree of Zuo Yiyi.

Don't tell me that I didn't remind you that King Khan accidentally died in battle at the foot of Jinbuli City. The Khan Court is in chaos right now. Several princes are busy competing for the throne. Even Lord Zuo Zhiyi, who controls ten thousand-knife tents, is in a precarious position at this time. He cannot protect himself, let alone have the energy to take care of you. The eye-catching outer branch,

As the supervisor of the sheep, Qiandao Zhang has lost the goal of supervision and continues to procrastinate in doing things. Believe it or not, even if someone protects you, I can still kill you according to military orders!

At this critical moment, even the one who promised to marry your daughter as a side wife would never get into trouble with His Highness the Second Prince over such a trivial matter.

The empire is directly under the Eighth Army, and all three branches have taken refuge with His Highness the Second Prince. If only in terms of strength, the second prince is already a veritable heir to King Khan! If you are sensible, you should know how to do it. The second prince does not have many side wives. There are only 11, one more doesn’t matter." Zhamu Hebi snorted, turned around and rode away.

"I don't dare. It's just that my subordinates have limited troops. We can only follow you here. Going further is really..." Mier Jiyi broke into a cold sweat and nodded repeatedly. His son could see it. But he couldn't help but scolded him in a low voice, "Father, he combines wood with wood." He is just a master of the circle. How could His Highness the Second Prince take him seriously? The one my sister is leaning against is Mr. Zuo Zhiyi. Why should we be so humble? After all, we are also the same as the one with a thousand swords. I don't believe it. He combines wood with wood. How dare you do that!”

"What do you know? This place is thousands of miles away from the grassland. We have put 20,000 troops behind our 3,000 cavalry. Do you really think it's just to let us look for the Slavs?"

Seeing Zhamuhebi walking away, Mierji Ni raised his head, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"So I'm also very surprised. The country is in such chaos, and 20,000 cavalry have left the empire at this time. What do Zhamu and Bi want to do?" The young Qianqi Commander glanced behind him with a confused look. There is no end to the earth. It has been more than half a month since I came out, and I am already thousands of miles away from the border of the empire.

"King Khan died in battle, and the three princes each had their own dissatisfaction. The three legions marched together. I'm afraid that before King Khan made a decision, he would start fighting first!" Mierji Ni was indeed a man who had seen a lot of things. His tone Said slowly

"The greatest wish of the old Khan King was to restore the territory of the grassland empire and restore the glory of the Golden Family. But that was all hundreds of years ago. It took a lifetime of effort to finally unite most of the grassland, and no one could Thinking that just after he passed away, there was another dispute within the empire. I feel that Zhamu and Bi led the army to the west more like they were looking for a way out for their masters. Even if the country cannot compete for thousands of miles of land, it is a big deal that they can establish themselves as Khans. This is not the case in the history of Dongting! No, the old Khan King did this before! "

"No way, Zhamu Hebi's master is His Highness the Second Prince. He originally had 20,000 direct subordinates, and now he controls the entire Cang Lei wolf army. In terms of strength, he is the strongest among the three princes!"

The young man shook his head in disbelief.

"Stupid! If we can win with a large number of people, how could our Dongting Wolf Army, with millions of people, be able to overwhelm the Central and Eastern Empire, which controls a huge population? Move the capital! "Mierji Ni narrowed his eyes, seeming to remember his past glory, and took a deep breath.

He sighed and said, "Even if someone really defeated Jin Buli, I don't believe that the other two princes can be convinced. Moreover, among the three princes, His Royal Highness the eldest prince is the strongest, and the third prince has been fighting with the old Khan since he was 12 years old. He has never There have been defeats before. When they first attacked the Jingge people, the second prince suffered a bloody blow and lost more than 20,000 elite soldiers.

The eldest prince was unwilling to go because of an old injury. Finally, the third prince stepped forward and led the 40,000-strong Wind Wolf Army under the old Khan King. It was only after defeating Jingge's 110,000 heavy armors in King Jingge's capital that the current Jingge Sheepfold was created. Even the old Khan King said that among the three princes, the third prince is the most similar to himself. Listen to this. You know this. It’s so hard for you to keep your mind straight! "

"It's quite messy, but what does this have to do with our little Thousand Blades Tent? That wooden fence was obviously a fake order, but my father still obeyed it, and even left thousands of miles away!" The young man was a little dissatisfied. Convinced,

"Why are you staying in the country? Are you waiting to die?" Mi'er Ji Ni rolled his eyes at his son and said in a serious tone, "The three parties are fighting, and the ones who will die the most are us, Thousand Swordsman Tent!"

If you don't stand in line, you must kill. If you stand in line, you must kill. Behind the head of a prince, there are at least a hundred heads of Thousand Blades Tent! I heard that Mr. Zuo Zhiyi's relationship with the three princes is average. It seems that there is a way out for a long time.

Your sister will have no problem staying in the country. At most we would feel a little wronged, but if we stayed, we probably wouldn’t be able to pass the test! It’s better to go out and find a way to survive.”

Mier Ji Ni turned around and muttered to himself, leaving the young man alone. He had not experienced the life of separation, how could he know that the numerous bones in the whirlpool of chaos were just a pity for the hard work of the old Khan King.

Although he is a Qian Dao Zhang with military power and has just gained a big backer through his daughter's relationship, there are 1,700 people with titles like Qian Dao Zhang in the Dongting Empire. There are also large and small control areas. The large ones have tens of thousands of cavalry, and their access and exit are extraordinary. Controlling one area is like a small khanate. The small ones only have thousands or hundreds of people, living under the fence, under the direct jurisdiction of the Khan King. It belongs to the latter,

With a total population of more than 20,000, the Mier tribe can only be regarded as a small tribe. It cannot withstand the turmoil and cannot become an ambitious overlord in chaotic wars. At that time, he used to be the personal attendant of the old Khan King, so he was appointed as the direct subordinate Qiandao Zhang in the Sisai area.

The main task is to monitor the changes of the Slavs on the other side of the border. Although the Slavs number in the millions, they are scattered in many different tribes. They are sandwiched between the two great empires of Gaul and the East, like a natural barrier separating the two empires. Separated, for the Gauls, the Slavs were a major threat to the north,

For the powerful Dongting Grassland, the Slavs are just a piece of fat on the border.

Every spring and autumn, the Dongting people would send troops to plunder Slavic areas. At this time, a Qiandao Zhang who was familiar with the terrain was often needed to guide the way.

According to the custom of the grassland, the people of Dongting divide the country around them into more than a dozen regions, all of which are called "sheepfolds" contemptuously. For each sheepfold, there is a "fold owner"

Zhamu Hebi is the "circle lord" of the Slavic region. As the commander of the left-wing "Cang" legion of the Cang Lei Army in the west of the Dongting Empire, Zhamu Hebi is forty years old. He has a gloomy appearance, high cheekbones, and a flat nose. The broad forehead offsets part of the unpleasant feeling, but the eyes always have a bit of malice,

It is said that this general, one of the eight legions directly under the Khan, was ruthless and massacred. He often ordered the massacre of cities and genocide against the Slavs. He controlled an army of 20,000 Dongting wolves under his command, and was a presence that made countless Slavs fearful. Facing the high Although the Lu people and the Slavs also suffered heavy losses, they were still able to establish a defensive line. However, facing the Dongting people who were swarming with countless cavalry at every turn, the scattered Slavs had no choice but to suffer miserably.

This is also the reason why the Slavs, even though hundreds of thousands of people were killed by Julius Fordburg, still tried their best to migrate to Obarro. Whoever encounters a murderous neighbor like Dongting must be willing to do so. Even if you lose three kilograms of meat, you have to run away, otherwise you will have your marrow and bones sucked out, and you will be enslaved from generation to generation. The Slavs are a branch that migrated from the northwest region of Oparo. They migrated in the past to avoid massacre, and they migrate the same way now. Also to avoid massacre,

Last winter, the old Emperor Dongting, who had been on a lifelong expedition and vowed to recreate the grassland empire that spanned three continents, led an army of 250,000 to attack the Jinbuli Kingdom in the southwest of the empire. As a result, he accidentally died in Jinbuli's Kyoto City.

The East Courtyard suddenly became chaotic. No one expected that the old Khan King who had been in the grassland would leave like this all his life. The three princes all wanted to be the Khan King, and they became one for a while. This chaos lasted until spring. It calmed down temporarily. The three princes decided to follow the tradition of the prairie people and each lead an army to go south for revenge.

Although the Dongting Empire is called an empire, many areas are self-reliant Thousand Swordsmen. Although it is said to have millions of troops, there are only four legions that truly belong to the Royal Court.

These four legions, known as the Wolf Army, are named after Feng Kuang, Qizheng, Tianyi, and Cang Lei. It is divided into eight legions with a total of 210,000 people. Among them, Qizheng and Tianyi are heavy cavalry respectively, Feng Kuang is light cavalry, and Cang Lei is evenly divided between light and heavy.

Now the three princes have taken Feng Kuang away. Qizheng, Tianyi, and Cang Lei are the only ones guarding the homeland. Under such circumstances, it is really strange that the Cang Army on the left wing of the Cang Lei Army suddenly left.

certainly. The reason for the combination of wood and wood was to search for the missing Slavs. They were originally planning to wait until this winter passed, but the Cang Lei Army of Dongting followed the order of King Khan and entered the Slavic area in large numbers. According to the past habits of the Dongting Empire, they wanted to capture these Slavs. Millions of Slavs were driven as combat vanguards, as a huge flock heading to the continent of Oparo thousands of miles away,

At that time, hundreds of thousands of Dongting troops followed behind. After trekking for a month, killing one batch of these millions of Slavs today, another batch tomorrow, robbing them all, killing them all, and eating them all, they will naturally arrive at Opalo. Dongting tactics have always been so bloody!

But when the earth melted, Dongting suddenly discovered it. It was a big deal that most of the millions of Slavs who originally roamed within their own territory had escaped.

But compared with the fight for the throne of Khan, it is nothing. As a local garrison, it is reasonable for Cang Army Commander Zhamu Hebi to investigate in person.

Even Tuo Tuodai, the commander of the Lei Army who was famous for his bad temper and was in charge of the king's tent, could not find any reason to stop it. In fact, everyone knows very well that Cang Jun's departure at this time must be the intention of His Highness the Second Prince.

Since the birth of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, the Cang Army has been designated by the Old Khan as the Second Prince's palace army. It is mainly composed of light cavalry. Their combat power is not very good, but they are more loyal.

In the first battle of Jing Ling, when faced with an ambush of 80,000 Jing Ling heavy armors, 20,000 Cang Army cavalry paved the way with blood and corpses. They were stunned to fight their way through countless heavy armored spear formations before being stabbed six times. His Royal Highness the Second Prince was brought out by force. For this reason, The former commander of the Cang Army died in this battle. It was also that battle that gave the Cang Army the title of Erdian Cang. After Jingge was defeated, the second prince personally led the Cang Army to massacre sixteen cities in Jingge and massacred the population. It took more than a million people to get rid of this hatred,

Killing, in the Dongting people's view, is a matter of a man's courage.

A Dongting native once said, "A grassland man's knife needs to cut off a thousand heads before it can be called a knife. Otherwise, it is just a thing used to scare children." The person who said this is almost unified. The various tribes in the East Court finally ran into the old Khan King who was killed at the foot of Jinbuli City.

On the other side of the long wall, a group of black-armored cavalry were also galloping north. The fat man was painstakingly waiting for the beautiful May. However, he did not expect that April would be so difficult. First there was the southwest embargo, and he had to follow There was a fight between Murphy's dragon-armored heavy cavalry, and then the body was torn out by natural disasters such as mudslides. Now the people from Dongting are here too, and the fat man's head is even bigger.

Fatty has been riding a war horse for several years, but his equestrian skills are still not very good. He ran all the way from Xinhai City to the northern border, a thousand miles, and almost broke Fatty's butt. The arrival of the people from Dongting changed the original plan. Total chaos,

Although there are only 5,000 cavalry, based on Fatty's understanding of the prairie cavalry, this number is just in line with the size of a forward scout. 5,000 people are too many, and the logistics on the road cannot afford it.

Although hunting is possible, there are very few prey in the Slavic wilderness. The Slavs themselves are hungry and emaciated, and in winter there are still a lot of dead people.

There are too few cavalry, and they can easily be killed by the eyeing forces on the way.

After all, there are thousands of excellent war horses, and Fatty also knows that people in Dongting have the habit of driving with two or even three horses. These are yellow and orange gold coins that can run. Fatty knows Ouba too well. The shortage of horses in the Luo area is almost crazy. The Slavs, who are also crazy about poverty, dare to trick the Dongting people's scouts halfway.

Only the sound of hoofbeats raised by the mighty five thousand cavalry is enough to frighten the general regional forces. But I don’t know if there are more cavalry following these five thousand cavalry. According to previous speculations, the Dongting people’s The army should have appeared long ago, but I don't know what went wrong, but it was delayed for several months.

How pitiful! The fat man also felt a little trembling in his heart. Fortunately, it was delayed a few months. If it had been a month earlier, if the Dongting people's cavalry had been discovered before the Battle of Biye Valley, the only thing he could do was to give up all efforts immediately. I ran back to Ikadiva, closed the door, and took a good look at the horse-shoe Obarro in the East Courtyard.

If you look at it this way, it seems that the timing of Dongting people's arrival is not so bad. "Good fortune is the root of misfortune, and misfortune is the root of good fortune." For some reason, this sentence suddenly popped up in the fat man's mind. I just don't know whether it is a misfortune or a blessing. Suddenly, the fat man laughed. Bullshit good fortune and misfortune! Whoever has the bigger fist is blessed! (To be continued.)