Realm of Power

"Sir, all roads leading to the inner area are like this. The Royal Guards drove the civilians from the southwest and blocked all the passages. The army hid behind the civilians and waited for an opportunity to move. I am worried that the enemy not only wants to use these civilians to get a chance to rest and recuperate, but will even take advantage of our army's hesitation and launch a sudden counterattack at a critical moment. Please act immediately!"

Seeing the cavalry of the army's commander Murphy O'Burn, a captain of the Murphy cavalry squadron who was at a loss ran over angrily to report. He was a thin boy with a horse face, about 18 or 19 years old, of average height, but with long arms and legs, giving people the feeling of agility. The most special thing was a pair of eyes, which were smart and clever. Murphy O'Burn recognized him as the captain of the 7th Squadron under his command. Hearing him say this, Murphy O'Burn cast his gaze further into the street and saw a large number of soldiers in the uniforms of the Royal Guards gathering behind these civilians. Because of the civilians' obstruction, these Royal Guards who had just collapsed on the city wall had enough rest to fight again, while his own troops had to stop. If they could not break the current dilemma, the bloody battles of the army, the strong assaults, and the siege methods that he had exhausted all his efforts to hide would not be able to be solved. The morale of the army will suffer a heavy blow as soon as it is mentioned.

"These guys are completely destroying the southwest capital that I have worked so hard to build!" Murphy O'Burn's body trembled slightly on the warhorse, and his five fingers were clenched together in anger. The city in front of him was his support in the southwest, and a large number of civilians were caught between the two sides.

As the officer said, the opponent's move made it impossible for him to retreat. He could not kill or drive away the people. He had to block more than 50 roads leading to the inner city. Calculated at 2,000 to 5,000 people on each road, the number of civilians driven out by the guards was at least more than 100,000. This is no longer just vicious. Algernon Julia must be this vicious woman like a snake and scorpion! Murphy O'Burn gnashed his teeth in hatred. According to the intelligence he got, it was this woman who arranged the long street attack on Murphy Lins.

Across the street, the report of the discovery of Murphy O'Burn's battle flag was quickly delivered to Stanley Spencer.

"What, Murphy O'Burn is here!"

The famous general of the Eastern battlefield who was counting the casualties had a very ugly face at the moment. It was really embarrassing. In just over 2 hours. The brutal siege caused his guards to suffer heavy losses on the city wall. The cost of more than 6,300 deaths, plus the solid city wall, only stopped Murphy's dragon armor cavalry for two hours. It can be seen how unfavorable this battle was for his side. Stanley Spencer had to be glad that he decisively gave up the city wall. If he continued to defend it, even if he added another 10,000 people, there would be no major reversal of the situation.

It was really Murphy's dragon armor heavy cavalry. The combat effectiveness shown in such a narrow section of the city road was too strong. Murphy's reputation of breaking the formation was indeed not exaggerated. The heavy cavalry was wearing heavy armor. The rows of backlogs came over, and the soldiers were like being submerged and swept away. As long as the place where the Murphy cavalry horses waded through, there were almost no wounded soldiers. There were only dead people. All the guards were frightened by the overwhelming and thunderous attack of Murphy's dragon armored cavalry.

No wonder even a ruthless character like Long Yang, a famous general in Zhongbia, suffered a great loss at the hands of Murphy O'Burn. The entire main formation was almost penetrated.

Encountering such a commander with an unusual mind, such a heavy cavalry unit that was as still as a mountain and as fast as thunder, and the spearhead formed by a terrifying and extraordinary general like Murphy Lins, when caught off guard, there was almost no way to deal with it except relying on the desperate blocking of the subordinates.

"Sir Stanley, this is a good opportunity for us to turn the game around!" Algernon Julia, who was next to him, showed a mysterious sneer at the corner of her mouth. "Our army has just been defeated, and morale is inevitably low. It is just the right opportunity to revitalize morale and lay the foundation for the counterattack later!"

"Miss Julia What does it mean?" Stanley Spencer's face was solemn.

"Your Excellency should give an order to immediately drive some of the Southwestern untouchables to join the Murphy Army!" Algernon Julia's tone was cold, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her, and she chuckled.

"If Murphy O'Burn hesitates, our army can take the opportunity to drive him away and kill him, and then crush his cavalry. The cavalry will lose their formation and become the target of the infantry's slaughter. Our heavy cavalry can be divided into multiple echelons to advance outward when necessary, and launch a crushing attack while Murphy's cavalry is in chaos! It will definitely be defeated in one blow."

"Hide behind the civilians and charge!" Stanley Spencer's pupils shrank slightly, and he was shocked by the cruelty of this woman again. What is heavy cavalry crushing! The heavy cavalry wears heavy armor, and once they start charging, it will be a fight to the death. Under the horse's hooves, everything will be crushed to pieces, and there is no distinction between enemies and friends. What is this woman thinking? Are these more than 100,000 Southwestern civilians simply ignored by this woman?

"Has Sir Stanley softened his heart?"

Algernon Julia seemed to know what Stanley Spencer was thinking. Her pretty face was slightly cold, and her beautiful eyes were like Shura. She raised the whip in her hand slightly, pointed to the street ahead and said, "I hope Sir, don't forget that if the battle in the southwest fails, the Empire will lose not only the northwest, but the entire western part of the Empire. Can't Sir see that you and I are the last people on this land who are still loyal to the Empire?"

"But it's not like that in the Southwest..." Stanley Spencer also wanted to defend himself. As a famous general, he could raise the butcher's knife to the enemy without hesitation, but to kill civilians like this is really unacceptable. It goes against the honor of the military

"Lord Stanley, give me the order!"

Algernon Julia was riding on a war horse, waving her fair and delicate hands to interrupt him, and said firmly, "We have no choice. Your Lord's mercy will only make the empire have to face the powerful forces from the entire west." Pressure, Vekia Falcon plus Murphy O'Brien, more than 300,000 elite troops who are eyeing the empire, this will be the most terrifying combination in the empire,

"For the future and stability of the empire, as long as one of them can be eliminated, even if all the southwesters are killed, I, Algernon Julia, will not frown slightly, because they are already traitors. If this battle is won, the empire will They will be recognized as free men who resisted the traitor Murphy O'Brien. If this battle goes wrong, they are the enemies of the empire! We don't need mercy for our enemies!

"Well, I hope I didn't make a decision that I will regret for the rest of my life!"

Stanley Spencer raised his head and looked at the sky. The heavy rain had turned into light rain. He swallowed hard. The cruelty of Algernon Julia put a lot of pressure on him, but he had to admit that his The rich experience and decisiveness of this woman are exactly the same as the opposite Murphy O'Brien, if only by herself. At this moment, I am afraid that I have been trampled to pieces by the horseshoes of the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry. Facing such a strong enemy who does not follow common sense, this woman is the only one who can still fight against him, and she may be really old. ! If it were ten years ago, I might have issued such an order.

"Come here, order the civilians to be driven away, and all the troops will follow and attack!"

Look away from the sky. The hesitation and wavering in Stanley Spencer's eyes have turned into the commander's determination, or as Algernon Julia said, this land has turned its back on the empire, in that case. His benevolence not only killed tens of thousands of Imperial Guards, but also the future of the empire.

As the order was given, the Praetorian Guards began to drive away civilians. A whole column of troops followed behind

"Sir, the enemy has behaved abnormally! They are driving away civilians from the inner city."

Murphy O'Brien, who received such a report, could hardly believe his eyes. I saw a large number of civilians in the inner city, driven away by the swords and guns of the Imperial Guards, forming a whimpering mess. The Imperial Guards were rushing behind them, whipping them with whips, stabbing them with spears, and slashing them with long swords, forcing them to move forward. , the military judge supervising the battle yelled from behind, "If you don't leave, shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!" Some civilians stopped for a moment, but were immediately hacked to death by the Guards cavalry without hesitation. Dozens of them were killed in an instant. All over the place. The remaining civilians were frightened and started to advance again.

"what to do?"

The Murphy Dragoons who were blocking the street were at a loss. One by one, you looked at me and I looked at you. Just when they hesitated, the Guards following the civilians suddenly launched an attack and fired! The Guards archers fired from a distance, and the dense arrow clusters were spread like a grid.

"Advance!" The ground shook with the sound of neat footsteps, and the formations of Guards spears were like rows of walls of guns. Seen from the inner city, squeezing the civilians blocked in front from behind, a phalanx of shields and spears , like steel monsters devouring flesh and blood, frightening the civilians in front to run in panic. The civilians quickly dispersed the queue of Murphy's cavalry, and the situation was completely chaotic.

"Sir, our army encountered an enemy heavy cavalry attack on Biante Street. The third squadron suffered more than half casualties. Please evacuate!"

"My lord, a large number of enemies appeared on Split Street, the Sixth Squadron was in a bitter battle, and Captain Amber Locke died in the battle!"

Nearly 100,000 civilians in the southwest capital were driven out. The black mass was squirming like a swarm of ants under the coercion of the Imperial Guards. The sound of crying filled the whole city, and Murphy O'Brien was immediately in a panic. Murphy's Dragon Armor Cavalry A man looked at their coach with a hesitant expression. While Murphy O'Brien was still yelling at the opponent for being mean, emergency reports from several battles suddenly made his expression change.

The enemy actually ignored the life and death of civilians and directly took advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack. Dozens of streets in the southwest were probably fighting in chaos at this moment. The opponent's move directly hit his own weakness. No matter what orders he gave to the civilian shield put up by the opponent, he was already standing at the bottom of the strategy.

"Order all units to decide on their own combat methods based on the situation!"

Murphy O'Brien's clear voice spread throughout the city, and everyone saw it. Two lines of tears were quietly flowing on his face.

The so-called independent fighting according to the situation naturally means that the authority is released, regardless of the life or death of civilians. Soon, in order to protect themselves, the Murphy cavalry began to attack the civilians crowded in front of them. Countless civilians in the southwest were reduced to two armies. Sandwiched between the cakes, stepping on the bloody streets, Murphy's Army and the Guards rushed up to each other with shouts, and they were so dense that they killed each other one by one. The fierce street fighting caused many Murphy's cavalry to dismount from their horses. , holding a shield and a cavalry sword in hand, they faced the Praetorian Guards.

"Kill!" The two sides fought shoulder to shoulder in the street battle as infantry. The front row and the back row collided closely. Countless sharp weapons were slashing and killing each other. Both sides gnashed their teeth in the fierce battle, and blood flowed. There were flashes of swords and swords everywhere. , the narrow streets, human bodies were quickly built up, and the two sides stepped on the human bodies of the injured and dead and continued to fight.

"Sir, the Fifth Infantry Regiment collapsed and its commander, Viscount Andre, died in battle."

"All the Eighth Lancers were killed in battle! The commander, Baron Slade, was killed in battle!"

Stanley Spencer sat on the steps of the gate of a mansion, listening to the battle damage reports one by one with an expressionless face. Now that it has been launched, there is no room for retreat. Before the heavy cavalry launches the final blow, the infantry will become a waste. The enemy's tool, war, has always been a game for the ruthless.

The fresh troops from both sides were sent up one after another. The Guards relied on their large numbers, while the heavy armor of Murphy's Dragon Armor was like a rock in the torrent in the chaos, forcing the Guards to line up one by one. After killing them, the streets below were so densely packed with soldiers from both sides that the Guards archers standing on high places no longer even had to aim. They just shot, shot, and shot below. Rows after rows of archers took turns to keep gathering. shooting. Thousands of strong bows kept "squeaking" like a full moon, and shot out in one go. The arrows poured like a continuous rainstorm on the heads of Murphy's army wearing heavy armor.

The armor of Murphy's Dragon Armored Cavalry had been severely damaged in the close combat and was covered by arrow rain. Casualties continued to appear, and countless Guards soldiers were also killed by bows and arrows. The corpses formed a hillside on the impact line of both sides, forming a team. A regiment was planned, but the order from above was still to advance,

"What kind of bullshit orders are there? They don't count human lives. We can't fight anymore!"

The Guards officers were covered in blood and angrily withdrew from the front, facing casualties that exceeded their expectations. The officers were already complaining about why the heavy cavalry was not used, especially the order from above to advance desperately and not to retreat, which pushed all the infantry into a desperate fight. Although it was a street fight, The opponent's Murphy Dragon Armored Cavalry were all heavily armored, while less than half of the Guards were heavily armored. Not to mention that they were extremely exhausted from the fierce battle from morning to afternoon.

The troops were reduced by more than half. The teams were withdrawn for reorganization, but some scattered teams could no longer be regrouped. Most of their commanders had been killed. A few middle- and lower-level officers were sitting on the wall, their eyes filled with contentment. They are sluggish, and their bodies are more or less injured, Urban street fighting has always been brutal. The streets were full of corpses, first civilians, and then soldiers from both sides. The streets of the southwest capital were completely flooded with human blood. Red rainwater flowed along the ditches on both sides. The streets were suddenly covered with ink. It was captured by the Philippine Army, but was recaptured by the Imperial Guards a moment later.

The fierce fighting lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, and both sides were exhausted. The streets changed hands countless times! The corpses gradually piled up, one layer, two layers, three layers... The ears of soldiers on both sides were buzzing, and there were screams and curses everywhere. The Guards soldiers shouted "Rebels, die!" "Then there was a furious crash of weapons, sparks flying, the groans of the wounded,

"Kill!" There was a feeble sound of fighting. The soldiers' eyes were full of blood, like Shura in hell. The surroundings were like hell. Under their feet was the slippery ground, which was the human body and flesh they stepped on. It was unclear whether it was their own or the opponent's. Yes, the strong smell of blood stung my nose.

The battle losses of Murphy's army were equally tragic. The spears were broken, the sword blades were blunted, and the shields were bent! The Murphy dragon-armored soldier, who was shot all over like a hedgehog, still wanted to pounce on the enemy and bite the enemy's throat. This was not bravery, but a conditioned reflex. Anyone in such an environment, the only thing he could think of was to kill the enemy. , try your best, try your best,

In the inner city, a large number of wounded soldiers were pulled down by horse-drawn carriages.

"Gather, everyone, is there anyone who can move?"

A detachment of cavalry escorted the captain of the Praetorian Guard.

The senior team leaders who were arranging the team had ignored the complaints of the officers. Too many people had died and no team was complete.

"It's time to attack!" Algernon Julia has been trying to remain calm. In fact, she is also speculating in her heart. In just half a day, more than 20,000 casualties were suffered. The Imperial Guard has not fought such a tragic war for half a century. ,

This invincible force that once swept across Obarro began to show its true strength before a large number of deaths in the war.

The sun rose from the east to the middle, and then set from the middle to the west. The fighting between the armies of both sides was like two giants, fighting for life and death with their last strength, panting and scarred.

After truly letting go of everything, Stanley Spencer's performance was more in line with the standards of an army general.

With a stern face, he issued seemingly ruthless orders one after another. He arranged them properly with almost no mistakes, maximizing the combat effectiveness of the troops.

After hearing Algernon Julia's voice that he could attack, he stopped giving orders, raised his head very heavily and glanced at the sky where the rain had stopped, and raised his hand, "Assemble the heavy cavalry!"

All the 10,000 Guards heavy cavalry were covered in Guards cross armor, with wings spread out to both sides behind them, holding spears like clouds on their flat ends.

Lines of fifty heavy cavalry passed in front of Stanley Spencer one after another.

The sky has slowly darkened, and the cavalry's winged armors emitted a bewitching light. A bloody wind gently lifted the blood-like red tassels on the heads of the Guards Cavalry, and the queue was solemn.

Stanley Spencer suddenly raised his hand and pressed it down hard. The cavalry roared deafeningly, "Glory belongs to the Empire!"

The war horses are like thunder, like the storm after the rain on a summer night, the roaring hooves of the horses step into the streets full of blood (To be continued...)