Realm of Power

The brightly lit lobby of the Southwest Capital,

Stanley Spencer, who was trapped in the southwest capital, was discussing combat arrangements with several of his generals. This time, the northwest army raised the battle flag of the Falcon Empire. Two hundred thousand troops marched south. It was like a large-scale invasion. The nature of the war It also quickly escalated from regional rebellion to war between two empires.

Stanley Spencer didn't know much about the Falcon Empire that suddenly broke out in the northwest. An army of 180,000 Gauls attacked the northwest. On the banks of the Sone River, without even knowing the details of the enemy, they were beaten half to death by a fat blow. , even though they were evenly matched at first, this is It was a completely disadvantageous battle. Not to mention that Stanley Spencer had no hope of holding on to the southwest capital. Even the generals below were all dejected. They studied in the hall all night. Their pale faces were full of helplessness. A hundred thousand troops! , this disparity in strength is too great,

"Miss Julia" Stanley Spencer saw Algernon Julia walking in. His face after staying up all night seemed to see a savior.

"Sir Stanley, how is the situation?"

"It's getting worse!" Stanley Spencer looked up from the map on the table and said anxiously

"I have just received news that the traitor Murphy O'Brien has joined the Vekia Falcon. Now that the Vekia Falcon has no worries, it has split into two groups. A hundred thousand troops are coming from the southwest under the leadership of the famous general Duo Ze. Attacked from the side of the capital, and in front of us was the 110,000-strong army led by Vecilia Falcon. Veccia Falcon has always been known as the god of war, and his troops are all elites who have experienced battles for a long time. Although they don’t know What reason Because they have put up a posture of encirclement against us, but they have not closed the encirclement for a long time, but no one dares to say anything about this situation. If Kyoto has not taken any measures, I can only think that His Majesty the Emperor has given up on the southwest and took advantage of Weixia. The Falcon army has not yet completed the encirclement, so we seize the opponent's hesitation to open a bloody path towards the hinterland of the empire. After all, there are tens of thousands of us and we have a chance to fight!"

"Fight back to the hinterland of the empire?" Algernon Julia looked at the map on the table with her pretty eyes and frowned slightly.

"Isn't Mr. Stanley confused? Even though he has overwhelming military strength, the Vecian Falcon is standing still outside the capital city?" At this time, a voice came from the young man behind Algernon Julia,

"According to the rules, he should be waiting for our reinforcements, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Stanley Spencer hesitated for a moment, and said in a cold tone, "If Duke Locke has any high opinions, he can also tell them for everyone to listen to!" "

"A lost dog still dares to talk about his opinions!" A general next to him whispered with disdain, and Locke's face suddenly became ugly. Just since he lost Rosende, his status in the eyes of Kyoto people has been greatly reduced. If Algernon Julia hadn't wanted to take him back to create public opinion, she might have left him alone long ago. Because of this, he Only then did he try his best to show off his abilities, hoping to attract the attention of Kyoto

"In front of Lord Stanley. The younger one didn't dare to say more, he just felt strange! The other party obviously had the advantage, but he kept lingering."

"It turns out that your Excellency is just relying on speculation and talking nonsense!" Stanley Spencer's face was grim. As a general of the army, it is okay to be respectful to Algernon Julia. But there is really no need to be polite to Duke Locke, a landless duke.

"Before getting a precise analysis, Lord Stanley said this too much!" This time, it was Algernon Julia who spoke.

She came to the table and looked down at the map. She had short hair that was close to her ears, a look that made people look capable, and she was wearing a black female knight's armor. Although Jue is a woman, she is calmer than most men. There is no sense of oppression caused by the army's siege on her face. There is even a kind of eagerness to try. She slowly stretches out her finger and points. The map said, "The northwest army encircled and opened the passage to the empire that needed to be blocked the most. It is impossible to say that there is no plan."

"What can we do? It's just a bloody battle! As a soldier, it is better to die on the battlefield than to die trapped in the city." The generals had some disdain on their faces.

"My lord, please don't forget that there are a large number of cavalry groups in the northwest!" Algernon Julia pretended not to have heard anything. She tapped the location of the capital on the map with her white fingers and said in a clear tone, "And our defenses are also It's not so unbearable,

"It is said that in order to strengthen the city wall of the southwest capital and build a defensive line of copper and iron walls for himself, Murphy O'Brien ordered a special kind of soil mixed with cattle and sheep blood. After each section was completed, he ordered soldiers to stab the wall with spears. , if the spear penetrates even an inch, the craftsman who built it will be whipped thirty times, stripped off and recast, if the spear cannot penetrate On the wall, the soldiers also suffered twenty lashes. That day, Murphy O'Brien stormed the west wall and fought fiercely for half a day. No damage was seen at the corners of the wall. It can be seen that the wall of the southwest capital is extremely strong. This should be the opponent's delay in attacking. One of the reasons is that the other party believes that the overall situation in the southwest has been decided, and there is really no need to fill tens of thousands of people under the capital city of the southwest.

Second point, have you noticed that the terrain around the southwest capital is flat. Once our army really leaves the city wall that can withstand the cavalry, the ferocity of the northwest cavalry will still be fresh in your memory! , the opponent's army of 200,000 people is missing only one mouth. What we are waiting for is for us to leave the city in a hurry, and then the army will follow and pursue with light cavalry. I am afraid that before we have a chance to run out of the southwest, we will be killed one by one by the opponent! "

"Hiss. This..." Stanley Spencer gasped and turned pale.

After listening to Algernon Julia's explanation, Stanley Spencer felt as if he had just walked through the gate of hell. It was so dangerous that he almost stepped into the abyss of eternal destruction. The Vekia Falcon was indeed good at layout. God of War, hundreds of thousands of troops surround you Instead of attacking, the arrangement was like treating a trapped beast, just waiting for yourself to fall into the trap. Thinking that after the bloody battle to find a way out, tens of thousands of sturdy northwest cavalry suddenly rushed out from halfway to intercept and kill, Stanley Bin Sai felt a chill on his back!

"The woman who can defeat Murphy O'Brien is really extraordinary!" After hearing Algernon Julia's words, the faces of several other generals also turned slightly pale. They had encountered the Northwest Cavalry, and thought of the situation on the banks of the Sona River. . The northwest cavalry was like a gust of wind sweeping away dry grass, and they suddenly passed through the ranks of their own soldiers with fierce force.

The generals all looked at each other secretly. This woman is really a wizard. She is not only very proficient in strategy and tactics. And it was carried out with chilling cruelty from beginning to end. It failed to achieve the strategic goal and used any means to massacre thousands of disobedient nobles of Rosend in the southwestern capital. The casualties of hundreds of thousands of civilians in one day have a lot to do with this woman. If it weren't for this woman, or if they couldn't persist to the current level, although the Imperial Guards failed to attack the northwest this time, they took over the southwest. No matter how you look at it, you have merit.

"Are we just going to wait like this?" Stanley Spencer touched his chin with his hand and said with a look of uncertainty on his face. "I'm afraid that as time goes by, the Vekia Falcon will eventually lose patience and launch a massive attack by then. Our army has been trapped for a long time and its morale is low. There will be no room for final resistance! "

"Don't worry. How could His Majesty the Emperor let this happen!" Algernon Julia smiled coldly, raised a hand and spread out her five fingers, "Soriya, bring the things here!"

Behind her were two people, one was Duke Locke who had just interrupted, and the other was Algernon Julia's female guard captain Soria, who was twenty-three years old, handsome in appearance, and tall in stature. Wearing a fiery red close-fitting armor and a pair of long legs that accounted for three-fifths of the body length and were wrapped under the red embroidered armor, everyone couldn't help but wonder when they saw it, but there was something shocking on the right side of his fair face. A cross scar that made my heart frown. On the right shoulder armor is the awe-inspiring radiant coat of arms of the Gallic court, indicating that this woman is a female palace knight.

After hearing Algernon Julia's order, the Sophia female knight looked respectful. Under the eyes of everyone, she took out a letter from the inner pocket of her armor and handed it over. Occasionally, she showed a touch of white skin, which made everyone feel a little emotional. The generals attending the meeting here, Except for Stanley Spencer, the others were all middle- and lower-level officers in the Guards. They had heard that in the Gallic court, in order to personally protect the royal princesses and princesses and other female family members, the court specially trained a group of female palace knights from childhood. , all of them are orphans without relatives or support,

He has undergone the most rigorous fighting training since he was a child. In order to avoid causing turmoil in the palace because of his beautiful appearance when he grew up, such a thing once happened in the Gallic royal family. A crown prince fell in love with his personal female bodyguard. Risking the whole empire The country was angry and insisted on marrying this female guard, whose status was similar to that of a palace slave, as the queen. As a result, it caused a lot of trouble. Since that incident, every female palace knight will use short words in accordance with the regulations when she is ten years old. The dagger scratched half of his face,

There are palace guards following, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to Algernon Julia. Stanley Spencer, the commander-in-chief of more than 100,000 troops, is also a high knight in the royal guards. , and behind Algernon Julia are indeed real palace guards,

"Actually, His Majesty the Emperor has already thought of your plight!"

Taking a letter from Sophia, Algernon Julia glanced at everyone and smiled softly.

"Sir Stanley, this is the order just received from His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor has long been aware of Murphy O'Brien's ambitions. In order to cope with the possible changes in the southwest, His Majesty the Emperor actually made advance plans half a month ago. Recall the Sixth Army and the Eighth Army from the eastern battlefield! "

"The Sixth Army and the Eighth Army of the Empire? Aren't they in Kyoto to attend the celebration of His Majesty the Emperor?" Stanley Spencer was confused when he heard this.

"That is of course an illusion!" Algernon Julia put the letter in her hand on the table with her delicate hands and said, "Although nominally, the Sixth Army and the Eighth Army were transferred back to Kyoto to participate in the celebration, in fact they actually participated in the celebration." However, there were only 50,000 people, and on that day, 30,000 people left the city, and the main forces of the two legions also After wandering around outside Kyoto, we quickly headed south as planned. You also know that there are many spies in the northwest, especially those businessmen. This time, His Majesty the Emperor took advantage of this. The two legions avoided the main road and divided into several groups to go south. , people who don’t know the inside story will only think that it is a regular defense change before the celebration.

In fact, elite troops have been placed in local garrison. The northwest side does not know this yet. They think that our army is isolated and helpless, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive to take a bite. However, they did not expect that what they are waiting for may be the Sixth Army and There are 150,000 troops in the Eighth Army, plus 20,000 defenders in the Rusty area in the southwest leading to the heart of the empire. The 170,000-strong army suddenly attacked behind the Falcon Army, and with the cooperation between you and me, it will inevitably be defeated in one blow. This is the idea of ​​concentrated battles in the northwest and southwest that I previously reported to His Majesty the Emperor! "

"The inside should be combined with the outside, and you will be defeated in one blow!" Stanley Spencer's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he suddenly felt enlightened. No wonder Algernon Julia was so determined to capture the southwest capital in one fell swoop, even forcing Murphy O'Brien to fall out and fight. It turned out that it was all because of this.

"His Majesty the Emperor's eyes are indeed terrifying. If it weren't for his previous defeat at the Sona River, which ruined the good situation of marching into the northwest. With the two armies converging, the imperial army of nearly 400,000 people would be enough to wipe out the southwest and northwest in one fell swoop!

"His Majesty the Emperor has great foresight! Attack from the front and back, this time, it will be difficult for the 200,000 rebels in the northwest to die!" The generals all looked pleased, except for one person. Under the attention of everyone, Duke Locke, who had a somewhat sinister face, frowned slightly and stared at the pretty back of Algernon Julia in front of him. A trace of deep resentment flashed across his face, and he smiled bitterly, "It turns out that under His Majesty the Emperor, In the strategy for the entire western part of the empire, I don’t even have the status of a small chess piece, or I am a dispensable discarded piece!”

"Interesting! It seems that the young emperor of Gaul is not a fool! He actually knows that "the mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind"

In the afternoon, at the Falcon Army's tent outside the city, Fatty looked at the emergency report delivered in his hand, with a rare sneer on his lips, and said, "The guards who were still rejoicing in the southwest capital city would never have thought that they would be killed in the morning. The confidential information I just got was delivered in the afternoon. On my desk, of course, the person who could do this was the undercover agent lurking in the city. He only used a light arrow to send this important information related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of troops to people outside the city. We, Duke Locke of Rosend, will turn to us secretly!"

"Your Majesty, I know that your arrangements are smart, but how to deal with the 200,000 Gaulish troops is the right way now!" Salon stood below with a sad face, after reading the intelligence just now. He almost burst into tears. He watched eagerly as the Southwest Governor was about to fall on his head. However, the Battle of the Southwest was still hanging in the balance. He, a Governor who had gone through so much hardship and fought countless times through life and death, was still hanging in the balance. That day, he would die. As soon as the fat man turned his back, his governor immediately flew away. He thought that it would be enough to capture the tens of thousands of remaining troops in the capital, but His Majesty ordered the army to surround but not attack. In the blink of an eye, Gaul added another 200,000 troops.

"Oh my God, this is not over yet!" Salon was already itching with hatred and said directly, "Your Majesty, why don't we attack directly and with the power of my 200,000-strong army, I guarantee to take over the southwest within three days?" Capital!"

"You have taken over the southwest capital. What will happen if the 200,000 Gallic troops don't come?" The fat man put down the report in his hand, rolled his eyes at Salon, stood up, came to the big tent and looked out the window, his tone disdainful. He curled his lips. "I've only heard of people saying that they can beware of thieves for a day. Do we need to be careful all day long?"

"The two hundred thousand troops stationed on the border are like a sharp sword hanging high above our heads, directly threatening the southwest, a land of four battles. There is Gaul above and Gangfei below. Our army is caught in the middle. If we can't open up the dilemma on one side first, the sandwich pie in the southwest will turn into a quagmire that will prevent us from advancing towards Gaul! "

"Your Majesty means...that we take the initiative?"

Salon looked at the strong fighting spirit sprouting on the fat man's face, and said cautiously, according to his understanding of the fat man, His Majesty Falcon's style has always been to attack like a blazing fire, looking for the enemy's openings during active attacks, and then give him a blow. Kill with one hit! Commonly known as profit from chaos!

"You're right. The other party wants to attack from behind, and we can give him a surprise! The other party is waiting for us to besiege the southwest capital. We can take the initiative to catch him off guard!" The fat man chuckled.

"The other party has 200,000 troops. Your Majesty, if we follow the long rules, our army will have to dispatch at least 100,000 troops!" Salon hesitated for a moment and guessed, "Duozhi's 100,000 troops are still in the south, beyond reach, and They are all second-line troops with weak combat capabilities, including 50,000 people. It is the new northwest army that was recruited this year. The full force that His Majesty can mobilize is 110,000 people. Currently, at least 40,000 people are needed in the southwest capital to achieve the goal of forcing them not to dare to leave the city. Your Majesty wants to use 70,000 troops. To attack the opponent's 200,000 troops? "

"Although there are 200,000 enemies, in fact, there will be no more than 50,000 people who can fight in a short period of time!" The fat man smiled nonchalantly and patted Salon on the shoulder. "According to insider information, the empire's sixth and fourth The Eighth Army Corps went south in batches. In order to deceive others, they dispersed among the local armies.

This means that once a war begins, it will take time for the opponent to assemble. Remember that Dorok's old commander Anto's raid on Palavon was a loophole in which our army was unable to assemble its main force.

If it weren't for the veteran Antuo Ben, he would have had no intention of capturing Palaven. I'm afraid the entire continent would be shaken by the fall of Palaven!

And this time, as long as the arrangement is proper, I don't mind killing the weak with the strong, and then giving the Emperor of Gaul hundreds of thousands of heads as a celebration gift! "(To be continued...)