Realm of Power

"The raging fire that ignited in the southwest capital did not end the tragic Southwest War. On the contrary, as the fire shocked the entire Gallic Empire, there was also a powerful one rising on the northwest horizon of Gaul. The empire's steps into the southwest, the sorrow of the southwest, the turmoil of the earth, the true collision of the two empires, war is only for humans, nature has witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty on this land countless times,

When June is slightly hot, wildflowers cover the mountains and plains like crazy, the green hills turn dark green, and birds penetrate the dense riverside woods like arrowheads. On the other side of the horizon, the Falcon Cavalry Step into the southwest with iron hooves! This time, the battle flag of the 200,000-strong army is no longer the obscure northwest coast in the early days, but the empire, the Falcon Empire! "-----Excerpted from "An analysis of the early battles of the Falcon Empire: The Sorrow of the Southwest!" written by Toba Feld, a senior campaign researcher at the Imperial Military Academy.

The rain outside the tent was hazy, and the raindrops pattered on the roof of the tent. The mountains in the distance were like Dai, dragging out a gentle border. The camp of 200,000 troops spread across the mountains and fields. There were camps of the northwest army all over the mountains and fields, stretching out for more than ten miles. Corresponding to the long and huge arc is the Southwest Junjun military flag on the opposite side, also shrouded in the rain and listless.

Except for a few sentries who still stick to their posts, most of the soldiers of the Southwest Army are hiding in the barracks. Every day, soldiers of the Southwest Army escape from the front line. There are more and more empty camps. At first there are a few people, and then there are dozens. People, hundreds of people, even thousands of people showed up in the end,

In just six days, the Southwest Army of more than 100,000 people actually lost 30,000 people. On average, as many as 5,000 soldiers escaped every day, which was comparable to the battle losses.

The generals initially ordered the Supervisory Team to dissuade them, but facing thousands of pairs of soldiers' eyes eager to go home, the soldiers in the Supervisory Team who were responsible for the obstruction looked embarrassed. The hand that raised the bow could not draw the bow string, and it even got so bad that even the supervising team had deserters.

The generals know that the morale of the Southwest Army is irreversible.

The reason for such a large-scale escape was not only the fact that coach Murphy O'Brien took away the most elite troops in the army regardless of the approaching crisis of the Northwest Army, causing the morale of the entire Southwest Army to suddenly drop to the freezing point, but also from Internal conflicts caused by the northwest's high-profile inducement to surrender!

On the second day after Murphy and Brian returned in a hurry, Salon, a famous general from the northwest, stepped into the promise of a hundred thousand southwest troops alone. This tough guy. The Southwest Army, which once again made people panic, learned what it means to be fierce. Facing hundreds of Southwest Army officers, big and small, who wanted to tear themselves apart with their eyes, this guy was still able to use his turbid and fierce one eye without fear. An officer of the Southwest Army swept through the darkness in front of him.

In front of hundreds of pairs of angry eyes, he grinned and left a direct sentence: "Your spirit seems to be good. I come with my Lord's wish for peace. I hope you will not let this wish fail."

"Peace? Are you kidding? What you are stepping on now is the land of my southwest!" A well-known southwest general said mockingly.

"That's right, stop talking nonsense and fight if you have the ability. There is no one in the Southwest Army who is afraid of death!" The officers below burst into jeers. This guy who entered the camp alone was so arrogant that he had almost reached the point of looking at the Southwest Army. The army was helpless, especially that one eye full of murderous intent. Everyone he saw felt a vibration from their souls

"A battle? Haha, you guys are so loud!" Salon listened to the crowd's voices. He just smiled coldly. He had already noticed that those who were shouting were the middle and lower-level officers, while the real generals had remained silent until now.

"If you really want to fight, you can!"

Salon walked to the table in the middle of the Southwest Army's tent with an arrogant look, took out a letter of negotiation from his arms, and placed it heavily on the table. "Within 8 days, you must either surrender or face the subordinates of my lord, Vecilia Falcon." The 200,000-strong northwest army with high morale Please note that this is not a threat, because you do not have such qualifications yet. You should know that although the Southwest Army has more than 100,000 people, it is only easy for my lord, the Vekia Falcon, to defeat you. "thing"

"That's nonsense. Our Southwest Army is impregnable and our army is like a cloud. Why do we need you from the Northwest to rescue us! This guy is too arrogant. Is he really bullying that our Southwest Army has no strong generals who dare to challenge him?" A young officer of the Southwest Army who saw this scene became angry. His face turned pale and he shouted The voice trembled slightly. There were many people like him. Their eyes were as if they were about to burn. However, their respective bosses had gloomy expressions on their faces, so most of them did not move. But if their eyes could turn into sharp swords to kill people, , Salon has already been cut to pieces by a thousand cuts.

Salon glanced at the young officer with a cold gaze, and then at the senior generals of the Southwest Army who were relatively calm. He took a deep breath, and the aura of a warrior that thousands of armies avoided spewed out from his body, and he shouted sternly.

"As a soldier, it is a good thing to be bloody, but if you can win just by talking, then what need does the bravery of the soldiers do? I have no doubts about your courage and determination to fight to the death, but death in battle is not terrible, what is terrible is Death is worthless, currently southwest The situation is so rotten. Who else but His Majesty Falcon has the ability to protect the security of the entire Southwest in the chaotic battle between Murphy's Army and the Guards! If you block our Lord for one more day, it will be your Southwest that suffers in the end, no matter what you wish! No, it’s a foregone conclusion that my Lord will take over the southwest.”

"What do you mean by this?" Finally a senior general of the Southwest Army couldn't help asking.

"Murphy O'Brien is bent on revenge, and the Imperial Guards are defending the capital of the southwest. The battle begins, and both sides fight to the death. Have you not thought about the civilians in the southwest who are involved in this vortex! With the military morale turbulent, what qualifications do you have? Here you are brazenly clamoring for a fight with our 200,000-strong northwest army? So, don’t mention any jokes about a war!" Salon's face was calm, and his single eye flashed across the hundreds of officers of the southwest army. discolored face,

"That's it. It's meaningless to talk about it any further! You are all smart people. Should you let this civil strife destroy the Southwest, or should you welcome a responsible new master for the Southwest? In 8 days, whether to fight or surrender, it depends on your own Decide!" Salon looked away from everyone, pretending to be serious and relayed what the fat man told him,

The Southwest Army was in a state of excitement just now. At this moment, like eggplants beaten by frost, they collectively silenced their voices. Because there were hundreds of southwest officers present, the conditions proposed by the northwest quickly spread throughout the southwest army, causing great turmoil in the entire southwest army.

"No matter what, as soldiers, we should fight the invaders to the end!" A young Southwest officer with flaxen hair was standing on a high platform in the middle of the camp with an angry expression, facing the Southwest Army soldiers lined up below. shout,

But his response was sparse. A decisive battle to the end? What a joke! The soldiers' faces were numb, and most of them looked at the officer as if they were watching a farce.

"grown ups"

Finally, a soldier looked at the officer shouting slogans and said unconvinced in the queue, "My relatives are facing the suffering of the war, and they may wither like weeds on the roadside at any time, and our houses will be burned in the fire." , but here you are shouting to fight to the death with an enemy you don’t know. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous? Even if it’s a fight to the death, we still have to know what the meaning of a fight to the death is!

"Asshole. Are you criticizing Shangguan?"

The young officer looked furious. When would a soldier question a superior officer in such a tone? He pointed at the soldier. He shouted angrily, "I suspect you are a spy who has sneaked in from the northwest. Call the war team and arrest and hang this spy immediately! Do you hear me? Arrest this spy immediately. Don't move. You want to defy collectively?" Military order? "No one moved, and the officer angrily ran into the queue to arrest people. One hand grabbed the collar of the soldier who was so frightened that his face turned pale, and violently tried to drag him out of the queue.

"We can't let him take Kadido away. That's how Ansabi was imprisoned and executed last time."

I don't know who shouted, and the soldiers standing still next to them suddenly gathered around them in a tacit understanding. The officer looked at the soldiers under his command in a panic, and cursed in a trembling tone, "What do you want to do? You know how to collectively disobey orders and obstruct them." The consequences, sir..." Before the officer could finish his words, he was punched in the eye and the person behind him kicked him in the knee. Feet, the officer fell completely to the ground.

"Beat him, beat him to death!" Someone in the crowd shouted. This officer had the habit of beating soldiers viciously. Many people hated him to death. If there was such an opportunity for revenge, they would not let it go. When you meet the first person, there will be a second one, and soon there will be more and more people. people joined in. After ten minutes, the entire squadron dispersed like a scattered duck, leaving behind the officer who was covered in blood and had passed out. That night, the entire squadron of 765 people escaped collectively. This time The incident was like opening a magic box that cannot be closed.

The tragedy in the southwest capital shocked the entire southwest. In just one day, the two armies each lost more than half of their battles. More than 200,000 civilians were swept in. More than 100,000 civilians became victims of the fighting. The raging fire completely destroyed the southwest capital. It is the most prosperous city in Southwest China with a history of three hundred years.

The news came that the Southwest Army, which had already been demoralized, finally surrendered to the Northwest.'

"Your Majesty!" Salon took the Southwest Army's letter of allegiance and excitedly walked into the tent where the fat man was. It was the ninth day.

"Did you pick up a lot of money while walking today? You are so excited, my General Salon!" The fat man did not raise his head from the document he was reviewing. The report on the Battle of the Southwest Capital was in his hands. Judging from the battle report , the Battle of the Southwest, the commanders of both sides came up with their own ingenuity, and in the end there was a draw!

"How is that possible!" Salon chuckled and said, "This time I came here specifically to report the good news to His Majesty!"

"Good news?" The fat man raised his head, glanced at Salon, who was somewhat complacent, raised the report in his hand, and said slowly, "This is the report on the battle of the southwest capital. Murphy and Obuen stepped on the wall of the southwest capital. The opponent sent Civilians blocked the road, and then launched a heavy cavalry counterattack. Mephio The ambush on the streets of Boone, the response of both sides was so fast, it really made people feel dazzled. It was really exciting. Excluding the factors that caused a large number of civilian casualties, this attack and defense of the southwest capital was a classic example. Don’t you want to take a look?”

"What? I have brought you news that pleases Your Majesty!" Salon suddenly looked very unhappy when he saw that the fat man didn't even ask what he meant. He took out a document signed by all the general-level officers of the Southwest Army from his arms. The signed document was placed in front of the fat man. "Your Majesty, no matter how exciting the battle for the southwest capital is, is it more exciting than this document of the collective surrender of the southwest army?"

"On the ninth day, your speed is a bit slow!" The fat man casually glanced at the allegiance letter on the table and rolled his eyes, as if the allegiance letter in front of him represented more than 100,000 Southwest Army. Not half the reported weight in hand

"What, Your Majesty, for this, I, Salon, risked being torn into pieces and entered the camp of one hundred thousand Southwest Army alone!" Salon said with a look of aggrievement, "Thinking about that day in full view of everyone, I'm still a little scared of the scene where my subordinates were trying to calm down. If someone in the Southwest Army had gotten excited at that time, my subordinates might have handed over the more than 100 kilograms to them. "

"Nonsense, if it weren't for the risk. Why would I need you to go to Salon!" The fat man sneered indifferently and closed the letter of allegiance in his hand. "But you are not at a loss. You can enter the camp of the 100,000-strong Southwest Army alone. Coupled with the bloodless surrender of more than 100,000 southwest soldiers, your reputation in the southwest will soon be at its peak. If not, if you want to become the southwest governor appointed by the empire, you may still be able to make the southwest in a short time. Jun is completely convinced of you! "

"Your Majesty means that I am the Governor of the Southwest..." Salon's eyes bulged and his breathing became rapid. His body is even trembling slightly, Governor of the Southwest! Your Majesty actually wants to appoint yourself as the Governor of the Southwest! Salon was so excited by this great news that his body was trembling.

He is desperate to come to the Oubaluo Continent this time, not just because he can gain more military exploits, hoping that one day. He was able to achieve the same powerful position as several other governors, but he did not expect that the rewards of this mission would be so great, just as His Majesty Falcon said. On behalf of His Majesty, I have conquered more than 100,000 Southwest troops. When it comes to who can guard the Southwest, I am quite suitable. But this opportunity was indeed given by His Majesty.

"If you don't have such a plan, do you think that in order to subdue a group of Southwest Army who are in constant panic, you still need to act on my behalf? Don't think that I don't know what you said to the Southwest Army, what is the 8-day deadline, or surrender? , or face my Lord Wei The cruel devouring of the 200,000-strong northwest army with high morale under Kiya Falcon. "The fat man glanced at Salon, who was already stunned. A smile finally appeared at the corner of his mouth. He chuckled and stood up. He patted the man who knew him best with his thick palms. The shoulders of my confidant

"You can really speak." The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth and paused before continuing. "If the Southwest Army knew that it only had tens of thousands of people facing you, it would probably have thought differently and wouldn't dare to say anything. You completed the task within time and performed well on the northwest coast, although He was born as a martial artist and was born with deficiencies, but during the time he spent with Docho, he actually learned a lot about government affairs. In the imperial world, being a legion commander is an honor, but he must face countless challenges. , only by becoming a governor can you truly possess the background of an important minister of an empire! "

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your love! Under His Majesty's military flag, I will follow you even if I die..." Salon knelt down on one knee in front of the fat man with an excited expression, his cloudy one eye flashing with water vapor, and for a moment He couldn't even say enough. After several years of life and death, and many life and death battles, he finally won the respect that a martial artist should have. Let's see who will dare to say secretly that he is a reckless man who only wields weapons in the future. .

"Okay, let's leave any words of gratitude for later. Now we have one more important thing to do!" The fat man waved his hand to the excited Salon, raised his head, and looked at the drizzle outside the tent. He said slowly, "The door to the southwest has been opened, but before entering, we need to establish the status of the northwest!"

"Establish the status of the northwest?" Salon stood up with a stunned look on his face. Didn't he already occupy half of the territory in the northwest? Moreover, other forces have also expressed their submission to the northwest coast. What does His Majesty mean by establishing the northwest?

"I decided to form the northwest province of the empire! Together with the southwest province of the empire, it will become the territory of the empire in the continent of Oparo!"

The fat man turned around and said firmly, "In order to avoid a direct war with the Gauls, we also took the title of ruler of the northwest. But this time when we enter the southwest, our name is the empire, the Falcon Empire. That is to say , we want to truly establish our empire status in the Oubaluo continent, instead of ruling in a region!

We want to tell all Obaro people that on the northwest horizon of the earth, there is an empire that is as powerful as any empire! Its name is Falcon Empire! Similarly, the northwest is not the original northwest of the Gauls, but the northwest province of the Falcon Empire! All the northwest forces must make a choice about this! Become a friend or an enemy of the Empire! "

"I understand, please give your Majesty the order! If anyone in the northwest has any objections, I will lead the army to eradicate them!" Salon responded loudly when he heard that his blood was boiling.

"I hope everything goes well! Although a lot of preparations have been made in advance, and it would be best if we can take over peacefully, we still have to consider something." The fat man nodded and shouted to the guards outside the door, "Go and inform all the adults in the northwest. , Tonight, we will hold a military meeting!" (To be continued...)