Realm of Power

"How's the situation?"

Algernon Julia, surrounded by several escort knights, walked up to the city wall wearing an armor that clung to her graceful figure. She was immediately shocked by the scene in front of her. The battle of tens of thousands of people was like an unimaginable magnificent picture. spread out before her eyes,

"Is this war?"

Algernon Julia's pretty eyes flickered, and she stood there in a daze. The huge shouts of death came towards her like a wave.

"Quick, a team of people will come to the east wall right away!"

"The city gate needs shooters, we must not let them get close! Who is willing to help?" The infantry captains shouted everywhere.

"First team exit, second team prepare! Quick, next team!"

Not far away from her, the Guardsmen shooters were shooting at the enemies climbing the wall.

The archers quickly opened the bow strings in their hands, and after one batch of shots, they immediately moved to the next echelon. With the close cooperation of several groups of Guards archers, the rain of arrows shot downwards never stopped, pouring like a waterfall, reflecting the forbidden spirit. The guards should have good military qualities. Because the shooting effect was not good, the city wall that was first contacted was already in chaos.

From the other end of the city wall, you can see that there are at least thirty ladders set up on the city wall.

It was covered with soldiers from Murphy's Legion, like a group of ants climbing on maltose. It was a mess. No one seemed to notice her here. The breath of war was like a tight string, making everyone unaware. tired running

"Miss, it's too messy here. We'd better find Mr. Stanley first!" A guard knight reminded Algernon Julia in her ear. There were soldiers running back and forth everywhere, and occasionally stray arrows flew over. Flying over from a few meters away,

"Where is Mr. Stanley Spencer!" Algernon Julia finally came back to her senses, the shock on her face turned into a stern expression, and she asked coldly,

No one knew anything about the emperor's affairs officer, who had already been dubbed a femme fatale by the Praetorian Guards. At this moment, her calves were trembling. When the real war unfolded so vividly before her eyes, she realized that war turned out to be such a terrible thing.

The killing of people can actually reach a level that can be described as magnificent. Here, human life is as humble as the dead leaves swept by the wind. Soldiers who climbed the city wall fell from the ladder, and the defenders above Kill with all your strength. Sometimes, the two sides hugged each other and rolled down the city wall.

She is no stranger to war. As the Emperor's Chief of Affairs, she has participated in the planning of many empire battles in the eastern battlefield, but that was in the brightly lit and gorgeous palace, in the quiet place where you could almost hear the sound of the wind. Tongge, in front of the young master who made the empire loyal to him.

In that environment, she was confident that she could defeat any opponent. The so-called troop strength and locations in the battle were just boring data and marks on the map. She personally directed the battle to seize power against Rosende, and also witnessed the brutal battle. Although she was shocked to a certain extent at the time, she soon felt bored.

But that battle with only about a thousand people was completely incomparable to the big battle with tens of thousands of people in front of them. The wide city wall was full of soldiers, densely packed. The archers raised their bows and arrows, facing the dense military formation below the city wall, fiercely loosened the bowstring between their fingers, and white lines formed by arrow clusters whizzed towards the city. There was a fierce rush below, and infantrymen were running back and forth in groups. Below the city was Murphy's Legion like a metal ocean. The oncoming pressure was pressing.

These sights made Algernon Julia's breath a little suffocating. The enemy turned out to be so powerful. The enemies below, countless cavalry spears emitted bright and dazzling illusions in the rain, and Murphy's heavy armored cavalry were like giant ants. Creeping below,

The crowds were so crowded that it felt like an ever-advancing wave of death. Arrows hit the armor, making a clanging sound. The Murphy Legion, the majestic force in the eastern battlefield, displayed such a powerful force that it seemed that even the city walls of the capital were shaken. Trembling, if she didn't know that it was just her illusion, Algernon Julia really doubted that the other party would directly knock down the city wall.

"It's hard to imagine what it would be like to fight with such an enemy in the wild!"

Algernon Julia shook her head, and a thought that horrified herself flashed through her mind. No wonder, no wonder Stanley Spencer insisted on defending the capital, because he did not have the capital to fight with the opponent in the field.

Although there are 50,000 people in the capital, only 10,000 actually have the status of Praetorian Guards, and the other 40,000 are Guards retinues. The combat effectiveness of these Guards retinues may not be as high as that of the real Praetorian Guards, but when it comes to personal skills It is quite not weak, but his personal skills are nothing worth mentioning compared with the ferocious momentum of the Murphy army in front of him.

"Sir Stanley should be on the east wall, where the pressure is the least and you can see the entire city wall clearly!" The guard knight stopped an officer who came over, asked a few questions, and walked over with a respectful expression.

"The east wall has the least pressure? Well, it seems so."

Algernon Julia looked indifferent and suddenly nodded. The guard knights next to her looked confused. They didn’t know what Algernon Julia meant. Algernon Julia had already turned and walked towards the east wall. Several guard knights They hurriedly followed, and they were also wondering, Al What happened to Miss Jenon Julia? She just accidentally saw a construction plan hanging on the wall in the mansion of the capital. The lady's face suddenly became ugly, and she hurriedly ventured onto the city wall where the fierce battle was taking place. But he didn't say anything, just looking for something

Algernon Julia walked towards the east wall, and soon saw Stanley Spencer's figure on the east wall. Seeing Algernon Julia appear on the city wall, Stanley Spencer's face was unexpectedly stunned. ,

"Lord Stanley"

"Miss Algernon Julia, why are you here? This is a battlefield! If anything happens, how can I explain to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Stanley Spencer, wearing heavy knight armor, hurriedly came up to him. This woman was His Majesty the Emperor's confidant and could not be neglected. Moreover, if this woman had not planned the attack on Murphy Lins in the dark night, he would not have been brought back to life!

"It's because it's a battlefield, so I came all the way!" Algernon Julia stopped and said with a rare serious face, "Just now I was in Murphy O'Brien's study and accidentally found a copy of the copy. After looking carefully at the map of the fort’s construction, I discovered a serious problem!”

"Question, deputy fort?" Stanley Spencer said with confused eyes. "There are two gates to the southwestern capital. One is the south gate where the fiercest fighting is now, and the other is the calm east gate. The south gate is located on a steep slope. , there is a slope below, while the east gate is relatively flat, which seems to be the best The location of the attack, but in fact, the East Gate is the most difficult to attack in the capital. This can only be blamed on Murphy O'Burn himself. In order to strengthen the unfavorable defense of the East Gate, Murphy O'Burn used to be in the East Gate when he was in power. Four auxiliary forts were built to strengthen defense. Are these the four auxiliary forts that the lady is talking about? "

Stanley Spencer moved his eyes to the side. At the gate of the east wall, there were indeed four tall auxiliary forts. These auxiliary forts were built with solid strips of stone. They were 30 meters long and 20 meters high. They were like large castles. Shooting watchtowers,

"Yes. These are the four auxiliary castles!" Algernon Julia nodded.

Stanley Spencer smiled and said, "Miss, are you worrying too much? I can arrange a hundred guardsmen, 30 spear and shield soldiers, 70 archers, and city wall shooters at the rear in each auxiliary fort. Form a solid shooting defense line before the enemy approaches, when it was originally built by Murphy O'Brien. It was once said at a meeting that any enemy who wants to attack the east gate must first capture these auxiliary forts outside the city. However, there is almost no mutual care between the auxiliary forts and the auxiliary forts and the city walls. Shooting is in a blind spot. Any enemy who wants to attack will be under the arrows shooting from several directions."

"But Lord Stanley, have you ever thought about it. Murphy O'Burn's Murphy Legion is all cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities at all. But why is Murphy O'Burn still willing to risk his own life and approach the southwest capital? , making him believe that he can win the southwest capital in one fell swoop!”

Algernon Julia said with a cold face, "Many people think that Murphy O'Burn built these auxiliary forts as a supplement to the southwestern capital's insufficient defense, but few would have thought that Murphy O'Burn originally When these auxiliary forts were designed, their real intention was not to resist the Gangfei people, but to deal with the southwest capital itself! "

"What, how is this possible!" Stanley Spencer shouted in surprise, "I have never heard of defense against the enemy. Who would build something to attack themselves!"

"Others may not know it, but Murphy O'Brien will!" Algernon Julia sneered and said, "I only discovered this after looking at the date of the design drawing. Judging from the time, the time to build the auxiliary fort was wrong. At that time, Murphy's army was at its peak, but the Gangfei army as the invader was already tired, and it was completely impossible to penetrate deeply into the capital. After these watchtowers were built, the Gangfei people had withdrawn, and then Lord Stanley Can you tell me what the significance of these auxiliary forts is?"

Stanley Spencer's face turned slightly pale, and he said in an uncertain voice, "But... it may be to cope with the next attack! After all, as a defensive building, there is no reason to demolish it just because the danger has retreated."

"Yeah, if I hadn't seen the drawings, I would have thought the same thing!" Algernon Julia paused and said in a serious voice, "Only after seeing the drawings did I know that the interior of the watchtower is divided into four floors. The shooting hole built by the eye, the spiraling staircase is empty in the middle, and it is more than 20 meters high. If a wide wooden board with a width of 10 meters and a length of 30 meters is transported in, it will be enough to erect it inside."

"Well, it seems like this. I've seen it. Many shooting towers have this design, but what's the problem with this?" Stanley Spencer touched his chin, seeming to think that Algernon Julia was a little small. It’s a big topic,

"It's 20 meters long!" Algernon Julia took a deep breath and said slowly, "If Mr. Stanley looks at the position of the auxiliary fort and the city wall in reverse, you will find that the auxiliary fort is so close to the city wall. , itself is the biggest attack point against the city wall. It only needs to be built between the auxiliary fort and the city wall. Planks, and then building inclined planks between the ground and the auxiliary fort, can become a direct passage to attack the city wall. Of course, the premise is that the opponent can easily capture these towers, and for the Murphy dragon who wears heavy armor and is not good at siege. For armored cavalry, this design is simply tailor-made for them.

"Other than them, who can approach the deputy fort unscrupulously with a cluster of arrows? This is the biggest weakness of the southwest capital. The only person who knows about it is Murphy O'Burn. Murphy O'Burn is a very cautious and cautious person. He is very careful. He knows that everything he owns is closely related to the southwest capital, but no one can guarantee that the southwest capital will not fall into the hands of the enemy one day. While strengthening the southwest capital, he is also thinking about how to truly control this city."

"Hiss!" Stanley Spencer's face turned pale when he heard this, and he took a breath of cold air. His eyes swept across several auxiliary forts again, and suddenly he felt that all the hairs on his body stood up. It was so terrible, Murphy O'Brien. This guy still has such a terrible trick, using cavalry to attack the city wall, how did this guy come out?

As Algernon Julia said. If the opponent builds a bridge between the auxiliary forts and the city wall that is large enough to pass war horses, then countless cavalry wearing Murphy dragon armor can swarm in from the four auxiliary forts and be caught off guard, facing the heavily armored cavalry. Murphy's cavalry and the Praetorian Guards were only massacred.

"Although I don't want to say it, it's better to prepare early!" Algernon Julia glanced at the east wall, which was the calmest at present, and sighed. "It's really an admirable design." The reputation of Murphy, Obu and Enzhijiang is indeed well-deserved. What makes people feel helpless is that even if we see through it, what can we do? The four auxiliary forts are built with solid stones and cannot be demolished in a short time. Even if it was set on fire, it would be useless. There were four huge siege bridge piers, which were enough for the heavy cavalry to rush up to the supporting points of the city wall. I believe Murphy O'Byrne is storming the other side at this moment just to grab our attention. And the real killer move is actually here! "

"Miss Julia is willing to risk her own life to explain Murphy O'Brien's conspiracy. On behalf of the Guards, I am deeply grateful." Stanley Spencer gave a military salute to Algernon Julia with a solemn expression. "I believe there will be a meeting here soon." It has become the most brutal battlefield, please give way first! Although the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry is powerful, it is not without its opponents. Miss, don’t forget that we also have 10,000 Imperial Guards Heavy Cavalry. In a real encounter, it is still unclear who will win. ! "

"Come here, call all the guards and heavy cavalry immediately!" Stanley Spencer turned and shouted to the messenger.

At this moment, "pop" a bright lightning flashed across the sky, and in the white rain curtain in the distance, a large number of Murphy's Dragon Armor Cavalry emerged, "Woo Wu" the bugle sounded through the rain-filled sky, Murphy's Dragon Armor Cavalry The cluster is like rising tide, approaching the four auxiliary forts that suddenly protrude from the city wall, like a wave hitting and dissipating into fragments, and another bigger wave follows, "Shoot!" "The guards in the auxiliary fort were obviously frightened. They stared dumbly at the sudden appearance of a large number of cavalry. The panicked arrows poured down from the auxiliary fort. But for the heavy cavalry that came like a landslide, the rain curtain formed by the arrow clusters was just like a mountain avalanche. It bounced off one after another as if it hit a wall.

"Stupid! If bows and arrows are effective against Murphy Dragon Armor, what qualifications does the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry have to be called a formation-breaking cavalry!"

On the top of the mountain not far away, Murphy O'Brien was riding on a pure white horse, wearing gorgeous purple armor. The legion flag of Murphy's army was flying behind him, and the raindrops hit his cold face coldly. It flowed to the ground along the cracks in the cavalry armor. Under his sight, the first group of heavy cavalry crossed the long line of 100 meters away from the auxiliary fort.

"Stanley Spencer, I have to skin you and remove your bones to eliminate the evil in my heart!"

Murphy O'Brien's face was ferocious, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth finally turned into a cheerful smile. The other party must not have thought that what he really relied on was actually these deputy forts outside the city. The densely packed Murphy Legion followed the order like rising tide, approaching the several auxiliary forts that suddenly appeared outside the city wall. It was like a wave hitting and dissipating into pieces, and another bigger wave followed.

"go ahead!"

The courageous voices of the Murphy Legion knight captains resounded throughout the battlefield. Under their steel-like voices, the siege queue composed of 14,000 Murphy dragon armored cavalry was like a huge parallel line of advancement, mercilessly The auxiliary fort in front was submerged, and the ramming vehicles with beech wood hanging on the cross were pushed forward slowly in the rain and mud by the soldiers at the rear. The beech wood was hard and the front was covered with metal iron heads. These siege vehicles quickly Knocked open the door of the auxiliary fort,

The Praetorian Guards in the auxiliary castle fired desperately, but to no avail. Murphy's Dragon Armored Cavalry was one of the three major heavy cavalry in the Gallic Empire. Although this time they had to dismount and fight on foot in order to attack the city, the cavalry participating in the battle were ahead of schedule. The inner armor is removed, but the external heavy armor of the cavalry is enough to withstand the penetration of ordinary arrow clusters, but the advancement speed is slower.

Soon, ten huge wooden boards built a wide bridge between the auxiliary fort and the ground, and then the auxiliary fort and the city wall were seen,

"Hold still, don't run!" At this moment, even the most stupid person looks at the cavalry gathered below and knows what the other party wants to do.

The imperial guards on the city wall were in a mess, and a large number of spearmen could be seen lining up in panic. Behind the steel shield wall, countless spears rising like a forest were slowly lowered from the gaps between the shields, directly attacking. Leaning on the heavy shoulder pads of the front row of heavy infantry, the sharp spear tip cut the falling rain into droplets,

Among the silent sounds, there was only the sound of heavy rain falling and the sound of heavy cavalry horses running rapidly.

"You just discovered it now? It's too late! Today I will make the Southwest Capital the first city to be captured by cavalry!" Murphy O'Burn showed a sneer of disdain at the corner of his mouth, suddenly drew his sword, and ordered loudly, "Everyone rush to the city wall!" (To be continued...)