Realm of Power

On June 17, Murphy's Legion stormed the southwestern capital. The famous Gallic general Murphy O'Brien personally commanded. With the unimaginable tactic of bunkers and bridges, the genius of the heavy cavalry group was used to attack the city walls and the imperial guards. The army was caught off guard and was defeated in one fell swoop.

The Praetorian Guards withdrew into the city, and Murphy's Legion, who thought the situation was settled, then entered the capital. However, they unexpectedly encountered a stubborn resistance launched by the Praetorian Guards using civilians. At this point, the chaos in the southwest began to rise and fall like a tenor. The high-pitched singing continued to present the situation, and finally began to completely get out of control. Murphy's army and the Imperial Guards fought fiercely in the city, causing countless casualties. This was the beginning of the "Southwestern War" that made later historians feel a little sad.

"In this city, the blood of civilians is flowing everywhere like tomato juice squeezed out by both sides. This is a rare cruelty in war. It is definitely a devastating disaster that can be called a meat grinder. After the war, According to statistics, the original population of the southwest capital was 240,000, and the remaining citizens were 77,639. As many as 168,743 civilians in the southwest died, and as many as 160,000 civilians were massacred by both warring parties in just one day."

"It can be imagined that in this medium-sized city with a length and width of only 20 miles, the corpses of countless civilians covered the streets, making it impossible to find a place to stay, until they were finally swept by the hooves of the heavy cavalry and trampled to pieces. Unidentifiable minced meat”

"What really makes this war eligible to be recorded in history is not the brilliant command of the commanders on both sides in this war, but the large number of casualties of civilians in the southwest who were involved in this war like a huge whirlpool. Although there is no precise There is evidence that the man behind the War in the Southwest is the creator of the empire, the Vekia Falcon, but the ultimate beneficiary of the War in the Southwest is undoubtedly the Supreme Being who is known as the God of War."

----Excerpted from "An Analysis of the Early Battles of the Falcon Empire: The Sorrow of the Southwest!" by Toba Feld, a senior campaign researcher at the Imperial Military Academy.

On Xiangse Street in the southwest capital, the ground was covered with corpses. After changing hands several times, on this street, which was less than a hundred meters long, there were more than 700 corpses piled up by the two armies. There were six or seven corpses of soldiers almost one meter apart.

As evening falls, the light gradually dims, and the streets where fighting has been going on all day fill the air with the pungent smell of blood.

In front of him, the obstruction of the Praetorian Guards had been completely dispersed, and the streets of the inner city were exposed. Xiangse Street is the most prosperous street in the southwest capital. It has always been famous for selling curios. However, at this moment, what covers the entire street is not the glittering jewelry that has fascinated countless ladies in the past. Instead, what directly comes into view is the hundreds of flowers that look like leading to hell. The meter-long road is completely composed of countless bloody corpses. Because there are too many dead people, the road has been blocked. The two fighting armies moved the corpses to both sides in a tacit understanding.

Anafen glanced at the suddenly opened inner city buildings in front of her, licked her dry lips, and spoke excitedly to the messenger behind her. "Report it to the superiors. Our ninth squadron will be the first unit in the entire legion to set foot in the inner city!"

"Long live, we will win!" Hearing his voice, the surrounding Murphy soldiers all raised their fingers and howled in victory. After a day of fierce fighting, the door to the inner city was finally opened. Even a strong man like Annafen, who was two meters tall, felt exhausted at this moment. What's more, these soldiers of average stature can no longer remember how many times they have fought against the Guards. The entire squadron has 1,500 people, and the battle losses have reached 700. Annafin believes that the casualties of the Guards on the opposite side Much heavier than myself,

But soon, their shouts weakened

"What's wrong? Do you feel it?"

Annafin heard the soldiers stop shouting and whisper to each other asking something.

"Everyone, don't mess up!" Feeling the ground shaking violently under his feet, Anafen's face suddenly became very strange. The violent vibrations made him feel unsteady, and his voice became intermittent. Murphy's Dragon Armor Cavalry itself They are also heavy cavalry, so they are no stranger to this kind of sound, heavy cavalry! It turned out to be a heavy cavalry! Annafin shuddered and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Quick, everyone evacuates the street immediately!"

"Rumble!" The moment he shouted, the dense sound of horse hooves on the opposite side was already approaching. When he raised his head, Annafen was frightened by the scene in front of him, and his eyes were bulging. He saw the opposite side, as if suddenly falling from the sky. The devil rushed out of the night. Countless huge black shadows rushed over from the inner city block on the opposite side. Row after row were hit by an unstoppable torrent of steel. The soldiers in front were turned over one after another, as if they were made of paper and mud. Generally vulnerable!

"Kill!" The sky-shattering roar of the imperial cavalry drowned out the screams of men and horses falling to the ground and the clang of weapons clashing. At this moment, Anafen suddenly felt that his ears were suddenly occupied by a huge rumbling sound, and he saw a The armored cavalry forming a wedge-shaped assault formation were as heavy as a towering mountain, and they were heading towards them rapidly. Pressing over, the dozen or so soldiers in the front row didn't even have time to shout out their first exclamation before they were blown away by the huge impact, and then fell under the iron hooves of the back row, under the terrifying offensive of the overwhelming heavy cavalry. In the middle, the exhausted Murphy soldiers could not even resist for a moment, and were instantly submerged by this torrent of iron armor.

"Sir, our team suffered heavy casualties and was attacked by the enemy's heavy cavalry!"

An officer of Murphy's Dragon Armor Army, covered in blood, ran to Murphy's O'Brien with a mournful look on his face and reported,

"What, heavy cavalry! How is that possible!" Upon hearing such a report, Murphy O'Brien suddenly felt as cold as falling into an ice cave, and almost fell off his horse. It was so shameless, and he cursed angrily. , at this time, from his position, he could vaguely hear the roaring sound of heavy cavalry horses trampling on the street,

Ofi Bryan's face suddenly turned pale, and the army was exhausted after a long battle. He would have thought that when the opponent was in such a near-collapse situation, there was such an ambush in the sea that could turn the entire battle situation around. The opponent recharged his batteries. , and our side has no troops to send,

The torrent of heavy cavalry from the Guards soon tore open several holes in Murphy's army's defense line. The Murphy cavalry was caught off guard, and swarms of heavy cavalry were knocked over. The cavalry were killed and fell to the ground in such a dense mass. Like the strong wind blowing the wheat waves!

"Go forward and capture Murphy O'Brien alive!'

The dense formation of the Guards' heavy cavalry was like a sharp knife, cutting deeply into the huge body of Murphy's army. Because the battle was dispersed at the beginning, the Guards' heavy cavalry was almost invincible and blocked the road in front of Mo. The Philippine cavalry were all beaten to pieces. For the first time, the Murphy dragon armored cavalry were frightened and fled for their lives.

Feeling that the situation at hand was not good, Murphy O'Brien loudly ordered the trumpeter to blow the assembly horn of the entire legion. "Woooo!" The trumpet sound representing the assembly resounded through the battlefield. Some nearby troops were approaching in the direction of Murphy O'Brien. More than 4,000 people gathered soon. Murphy O'Brien was ready to stop the movement of the sharp knife immediately. He guided himself. If he could not quickly stop the momentum of the opponent's heavy armored cavalry, he would continue to let the opponent fight with more and less, and his own All troops will collapse without a fight.

As a cavalry general, he knew very well that once the opponent's heavy cavalry took the initiative and carried out a targeted and devastating blow to his own army, he would not even be able to retreat safely, and the opponent would definitely pursue and kill the scattered army until the end. One person falls.

He chose the main road in the center of the city as his target, which was the only way for the Guards cavalry to attack back and forth. With his own general's team as the backbone, he summoned 4,000 heavily armored Murphy's dragon armor cavalry to set up an ambush. Murphy O'Brien is confident of giving the opponent a heavy blow

Twenty minutes later, the imposing heavy cavalry of the Imperial Guard arrived as scheduled.

In a narrow road leading to the city's main road, you can see the Guards cavalry that had just defeated a group of Murphy's Dragon Armor cavalry galloping past. This is the main street of the city, connected to more than a dozen small streets. In fact, these small streets are not small, with a width of more than five meters. But compared to the main street's width of 18 meters, they are small streets, roads extending in all directions. It can also be an excellent path for cavalry guerrilla warfare. Murphy O'Brien has already built the southwest capital into a main battlefield suitable for his own operations. In addition to the previous tactics of cavalry attacking the city wall, he is also fully prepared for the streets. 4,000 A Murphy's Dragoon is quietly lurking in the streets leading to the main street in the middle.

The cavalry's faces were serious, and their eyes were shining as they moved with the enemies passing by. In their hands, the cavalry assault lances, heavy swords, and flails were all ready.

On the third branch of the road on the side of the main street, Murphy O'Brien calculated the time. According to this speed, the opponent should have passed five thousand people. He slowly pulled out his sword and looked at the horses. The Guards cavalry flew past ten meters in front of him and shouted "Kill!"

Four thousand fully-armed Murphy dragon-armored cavalry, like a pouring tide of steel, suddenly came out of the narrow passages on both sides.

Like a split blade, it hit the side of the Imperial Guard cavalry. The queues of the heavy cavalry from both sides finally collided hard. The fierce moment was like a dozen huge nails, slamming into the Imperial Guards marching in the middle. The guards suddenly aroused countless splashing waves,

That was the sparks splashed by the swords and guns of the cavalry on both sides! The performance of Murphy's dragon armored cavalry was very brave. Although they were exhausted from a day of fierce fighting, the cavalry on Mabei Mountain still fought hard to split and collided with each other when their horses crossed each other. Bright red blood flowers exploded in the wind. Open, the men and horses on both sides fell to the ground like the rice waves struck by the typhoon,

"Go forward and overwhelm them!"

The war horses neighed, and the two armies staggered together. The cavalry from both sides collided with each other. They rolled off their horses and fell to the ground. They broke under the powerful multi-level attack. The follow-up troops from both sides shouted, and the entire platoon rushed forward desperately. , the winner can save his life for a short time, while the loser blinks and is trampled to pulp by iron hoofs!

Whether they were people or horses, they were all knocked to the ground under the weight of the two powerful iron-clad torrents. The momentum was like two huge dragons suddenly colliding together, and then in the streets full of corpses. Fight with an intimidating roll! Flesh and blood flying everywhere

"Bastard, the front team changes to the rear team, support quickly!" The Guards led the team during the Battle of the Sone River, and Hulkard, who happened to be stunned by Stanley Spencer at the last moment, because of his seemingly reckless behavior , which saved Stanley Spencer from an extremely embarrassing retreat. Otherwise, under the circumstances at that time, the only thing Stanley Spencer could do was to commit suicide to take responsibility for the loss of a hundred thousand troops.

In order to break up the resistance of Murphy's army as soon as possible, Hulkade received an order to charge to the death. That is to say, unless the entire army is desperate, they must not choose to retreat backwards, but can only follow the queue in front and move forward. rushing forward,

But they were completely stunned by this sudden blow. No one expected that Murphy O'Brien would use such a street to launch a surprise attack. They saw an endless stream of Murphy's Dragon Armor cavalry rushing frantically from the forks on both sides of the street. Coming out, the gleaming weapon in the hands of Murphy's cavalry was specially designed to attack the weakest rib angle of the heavy armored cavalry, with its spear. The heavy sword hit the chaotic side formation of the Guards Cavalry like a storm!

Murphy O'Brien is worthy of being an experienced cavalry commander. The formation he arranged plunged deeply from the flank of the huge fan of the opposite cavalry cluster. When the greatest strength was gathered at the impact point, it was like a continuous squeeze forward. With the guillotine, one team rushed in, the second team pressed in, and the third team, the Guards heavy cavalry was unexpectedly interrupted from the middle, and the horses collided heavily. Like a violent surge, overcoming everything, destroying everything, a thunderous and ruthless cutting tactic,

No one, no order, no commander can stop it! The heavy cavalry of the Guards broke through the middle and was cut into more than a dozen sections on the spot! Everyone was struggling to see what was going on. The chaos made it difficult for the troops to communicate orders, and the troops behind them kept pushing forward. Pushing them forward, two groups of people in opposite directions collided, and the queue became a mess. The queue in front shouted in horror, "Move forward. Let us pass!" But the people behind them shouted, "Go up, go up! Kill Mo." Fiobane!

The chaos was like the ripples caused by a stone thrown into the water, expanding circle after circle.

"Kill!" Murphy O'Brien was at the forefront of the impact array, and he took the lead. First, he jumped into the ranks of the heavy cavalry of the Imperial Guard, slashing violently with his heavy sword, causing heads to roll. Bright red blood spurted into the air from the headless chest, and Murphy O'Brien felt the wind roaring in his ears, and mountains of swords and guns waving around him!

"Follow my lord and kill!"

Seeing that the commander was so brave, other Murphy cavalry swarmed in. They were all covered in purple heavy armor, like the god of vengeance emerging from the darkness. The Murphy dragon armored cavalry successfully cut into the middle of the enemy's army, causing the guards to Great panic among the heavy cavalry. They brandished countless spears and swords, clanging on the chainmail of the Murphy dragon cavalry, on the steel masks and helmets, and on the solid breastplates. They fought desperately, but in Mo Under the thunderous pressure of the Philippine Dragon Armored Cavalry,

The Imperial Guards gradually became unable to withstand the attack, could no longer stand, and retreated steadily. One after another, they were pierced by heavy spears, chopped into dust by sabers, and trampled to pulp by horses' hooves. More and more people and horses fell to the ground, first a few, then dozens, and then hundreds.

"Go forward, whoever captures Murphy O'Brien alive will be made a marquis! Whoever beheads him will be made a viscount!" Under the high temptation, a large number of Imperial Guard infantry suddenly came from the direction of the inner city.

In the main street filled with the corpses of heavy cavalry from both sides, the fierce offensive of Murphy's dragon armored cavalry surged like an avalanche, and the Imperial Guards collapsed one after another! It even reached the center of the Praetorian Guard heavy cavalry. Powerful attacks launched from both sides, and with a final "crash", Algernon Julia's carefully planned fatal blow collapsed. The Praetorian Guard heavy cavalry went crazy. He seemed to be running away in a panic, with Murphy's Dragon Armor cavalry following closely behind.

It would have been a good thing for the enemy to flee, but the disadvantage of being exhausted after a long battle soon made Murphy O'Brien feel powerless. Murphy's dragon armored cavalry was not made of iron either. After rushing through seven queues in a row, they finally crossed the charge in one go. The Guards heavy cavalry and the four thousand Murphy dragon armor cavalry who came out also lost more than half.

The heavy cavalry of the Guards that had just been broken up, after being broken up and assembled, quickly and ferociously pounced on Murphy O'Brien who wanted to rely on cut-off tactics like a long snake, and the attack battle became the most tragic. chaos,

"Kill!" Murphy O'Brien fought hard in the chaos,

"Papa" "Shields, armors, weapons, bodies, because the distance is too close, everything that can hit has become a powerful weapon to attack the other party. The two sides collided together like two long steel walls that collided at high speed, and a group of people fell on their backs. After that, the dominant party vigorously waved their weapons and smashed any blocking objects in front.

"Clang!" A sharp arrow cluster with a white line just passed by Murphy O'Brien's shoulder, bringing up a string of friction sparks. If it weren't for the dragon cavalry general's armor with double layers on the shoulders, A, this arrow can kill half of Murphy O'Burn's life, but it is enough to frighten Murphy O'Burn, who is a little hot-blooded, and his face changes.

"You can't fight like this!"

Murphy O'Brien's reason defeated his blood. The opponent was completely recharging his energy, but he was exhausted from a long battle. The opponent had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, physical strength, and morale. To fight with such an enemy,

If you cannot rely on surprise attacks to defeat the enemy in a short time, you will become a prey entangled by the enemy and be swallowed up bite by bite.

"I was really unwilling to give in. I ordered all the teams to withdraw to the east gate and assemble outside the city!" Murphy O'Brien reined in his horse fiercely and ordered loudly with a ferocious expression. "Tell the retreating troops in the streets of the city to set fire to the houses along the way." ! Since I can’t get it, then the Guards can’t get it either!”

The "Woooo" horn sound conveying the rally turned into a short sound conveying the exit of the city. Murphy's army, which was rushing back from various streets, quickly lit up the streets along the way. The fiery red fire soon roared from the city. Houses popped up on both sides of the street, and Murphy's cavalrymen holding torches lit anything they could see that could be ignited. (To be continued...)