Realm of Power

Gang-Africa border, early morning

The sound of horses' hooves hitting the hard cold ground was particularly clear in the silence and emptiness. It was getting closer and closer. In the shadowy pale, groups of black-armored cavalry were rolling across the earth like strong winds, picking up the broken soil on the ground. Like a black tornado sweeping across the earth,

Salon crossed the undulating hills cautiously and slowly. The black cavalry armors formed a long, fast-moving black line, shining with a dark luster under the golden light of the sun.

"Everyone stop moving!"

Salon raised his right hand high, and the cavalry guards behind him reined in their horses on the hills. Countless cavalry spears with blood stains hung down neatly, shining like red with a frightening brilliance. The bursting plain wind blew from their Passing through the ranks, the Guards Cavalry The flame-like red tassel on the top of the helmet was blown neatly, as if a bright red suddenly appeared. The chill of killing spread in the wind. At the bottom of the hill, the marching queue composed of the remaining troops of Gang Fei was like a line. The long winding snake is completely exposed in front

"There seems to be something wrong with the number of people!"

Salon's eyes swept over the inhumane queue, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

In his impression, although Gangfei's remnant army suffered from his own attack, there should still be more than 30,000 troops. However, the marching queue in front of him only had 15,000 people at most, but he was just confused. After a while, I stopped thinking about it.

After all, this is a defeated army. There are often scenes of defeated armies spreading all over the mountains and plains. People are dispersed. In addition, wounded soldiers are abandoned halfway. It is normal for tens of thousands of troops to lose half of their troops. These defeated armies can be dealt with later. First, The main task is to kill the main force in front of you.

"Assault, defeat them!" Without the slightest hesitation, Salon pulled out the two sabers on his back and tracked them all night, just to launch an attack in the early morning, which is when people are most tired. What's more, these people who have been on the run all night, hungry and thirsty, are no longer human beings.

"Attention, the enemy's cavalry!" The Gangfei people in the distance were heading towards the border. When they spotted the Guards Cavalry appearing on their side, they suddenly panicked.

"Don't be messy, move closer to the center." Lan Mia looked at the overwhelming black cavalry coming from a distance, but his face showed a rare trace of calmness. After running all night, he finally attracted the enemy's cavalry. He divided his troops into two groups. There was always a way to sacrifice, and there was always a way to go back safely. With the opportunity to choose one of the two, there was nothing to complain about!

"Get ready to fight!" Gang Fei's officer shouted loudly, driving the soldiers into formation.

Thick clouds still shrouded the sky, isolating the sun from the earth. Where the clouds merge with the clouds, there are still some bright light pillars falling. It casts a bright and dazzling light on the armor of all the cavalry. On one side is the heavy shadow of the Falcon Guards cavalry.

On one side is the shining armor of a non-soldier. Light and dark, cloudy and sunny, the conflicting colors are like an oil painting with strong contrast on the battlefield. The number of Gang Fei heavy infantry at the front is naturally only a few hundred. But the combat power is very strong. With the heavy shield in his hand, he can resist the advancing horse head of the Guards Cavalry.

"Protect your lord"

The guard captain drew his bright silver sword. Blocking in front of Lan Mia, the sea-like black cavalry crashed into the crowd with a swift and violent aura. There was a violent collision, like a hurricane sweeping in, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

"kill!"

The infantry spears stabbed neatly through the war horses. The war horses neighed tragically, but the trend continued unabated. The heavy war horses smashed down like a huge hammer at the same time, splitting the soldiers in front like waves. At this moment, the black The cavalry swarm overwhelmed everything in its way,

The ground was trembling. The soldiers howled and were knocked away, hacked to death, and blood flew out. They fled all night. The soldiers' physical strength had already reached its limit. They were already unable to resist the massacre. The Guards Cavalry defeated the infantry effortlessly. ,

"Quickly, cover the adults and leave." Lanmia fought and retreated under the escort of a hundred-man personal guard. The guards held the shield tightly, tightly protecting Lanmia in the middle. They fought and retreated among the chaotic crowd. Some people were knocked to the ground by the rushing cavalry, but someone immediately filled the gap.

"Leave me alone. The target of the other cavalry is me. Run for your lives. Run away as fast as you can!" Lanmia ordered loudly with the support of a personal guard. He knew that it would be futile to continue like this. The obstruction of time will not make any changes to the overall situation. The general's armor is also the most conspicuous target, because it is surrounded by human shields composed of personal guards. Whoosh "A guard cavalryman who was a Riedian javelin knight violently threw the spear in his hand at him from 20 meters away. With the stabbing spear, a cold light passed through the human shield formed by the bodyguards,

The tip of the spear expanded rapidly in front of Lan Mia's eyes, and a cold light suddenly appeared, bitingly cold.

"Is he finally going to die?" Lan Mia did not choose to dodge, and even forgot to dodge. In the flash of lightning, he closed his eyes,

"Pa" a sharp pain came from his shoulder. He heard the sound of his bones breaking, and then his whole body flew out heavily. His whole body ached. The bright red blood directly blurred his retina, and the spear pierced his right shoulder. , Lan Mia felt that her life was disappearing quickly, and the flowers at home could not help but appear in her mind. The path in the garden was full of purple chrysanthemums, and his daughter was waiting for him at the end of the path. At this moment, he was filled with a sense of nostalgia, nostalgic for the path he had walked in his childhood, and nostalgic for the path he had taken every year for his daughter. The big tree that recorded the height and carved the mark, remembering the coolness and pride that hit me when I first triumphed,

"The winner can never know the loser's state of mind!"

Lan Mia spit out a mouthful of blood, which was mixed with broken internal organs. A bitter smile appeared on the corner of his bloody mouth. His eyes were blurred, and his body fell to the sky. The illusion receded, and the real situation was reflected in his bloody eyes. There was no garden, and there was no such thing as a garden. Without my beloved little daughter, this place would be a tragic battlefield.

Enemy cavalry were everywhere. He saw the head of a personal guard flying into the air. Pillars of blood spurted out from the headless body. The corpse was still running forward. They were fighting fiercely in hand-to-hand combat. The cold light of the weapons on both sides continued to draw blood. Light, the heavy war horses, with a fierce roar, crushed the entire queue from the front.

"Sir!" A guard rushed over covered in blood, and was immediately shot through the chest by a black-armored cavalry speeding by, and his whole body was picked up by a bayonet. A mouth full of blood burst out from the young man's mouth, and a young life disappeared like this.

Obscurity, Lanmia doesn't even know the name of this young guard

"Linge! I'll leave everything to you!" Lanmia mustered up her last strength and called out a person's name in a voice so weak that she could only hear it. As soon as she finished speaking, countless arrow clusters came from the opposite side. Shooting came, the last few guards who persisted were shot and fell, and their bodies were trampled and rolled under the horses' hooves. The red blood turned the soil under the horse's hooves into plasma, "Crack". The last scene Lan Mia saw was the Gangfei battle flag with red and white crosses on a blue background disconnected from the mid-air, like a kite with its string cut off. It rolled up in the air and fell down.

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It was a quiet afternoon with the shadow of autumn, and the sentry was lazily patrolling at the entrance of the camp.

The gentle wind carried the fragrance of autumn wormwood and unburned wheat stalks. On the left side of the valley was a flat field with piles of haystacks. The golden wheat straw exudes a lazy luster in the sun, and wild flowers of various colors bloom in the large expanses of light and shadow. From a distance, it looks like a garden on earth.

In this light and shadow, formations of soldiers are conducting drills in the autumn sunshine. This is the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Border Guard Army. This time the border guards came out in full force. Only the 7th Infantry Regiment was recruited in May to make up for the defeat in the southwest. Therefore, he did not participate in the battle to enter the border.

A dilapidated small castle stands on a high place, with only half of the collapsed wall remaining. A few sentries on the outside are leaning against the wall.

"Captain, do you think we can break into the southwest this time?" A recruit looked at his training companions in the distance and asked curiously. "I heard that at the beginning, the southwest was still a vassal country of our Gang Fei, but it was despicable and shameless by the Gauls." The people in the Southwest no longer think they are non-human beings! If so, the people in the Southwest are so ungrateful that they don’t even recognize their own ancestors. Help the Gauls against us!"

"There are indeed such rumors, but that happened many years ago." The voice was made by a middle-aged officer leaning against the wall on the left. He lazily basked in the sun above his head, his eyes were bright and energetic, and the corners of his mouth were crooked with disdain. He said with a crooked mouth, "Who would remember what happened so long ago, even those of us who are said to be from the southwest region?" The people who migrated here have long forgotten the atmosphere of their hometown. The empire just used this as an excuse to send troops to the southwest. However, I heard that if the march goes very smoothly this time, the army will occupy almost the entire border. If nothing goes wrong, it will Maybe we can invade the southwest again.

"Is Captain Siya here?" A questioning voice came from below the sentry tower. An officer raised his head and looked up. His face was a little pale and he looked a little weak.

"Lord Linge, what are you...?" The veteran quickly put his face forward with a smile on his face. He knew this young officer, Linge, the adjutant of the 7th Infantry Regiment Commander Okard, because before the army set off, He suffered from an unknown illness and did not go with the army. However, some people said privately that Adjutant Linge did not go out not only because of physical reasons, but also because he opposed the army commander's decision to send troops in parliament.

"Captain Siya, the news from the legion headquarters has been cut off for two days. This is a bit abnormal. I want to go to the border to have a look in person! But I am not familiar with the border." Linge said in a cautious tone, "You are among the scouts. Veteran, they say that you can walk back and forth on this border even with your eyes closed. Can you go with me? "

"This...I can't leave without permission from my superiors!" Siya had a troubled look on her face.

"The order can be replenished. Just come with me and I will give you ten gold coins as reward!" Lin Ge sneered. Although he was recuperating, he was also a person whose movements were restricted. He did not object to the legion commander's attack. Instead, he did something else that made the legion commander furious. , he made the youngest daughter of the legion commander Lan Mia pregnant. Although the customs between men and women in the Gangfei Empire were relatively open, it was a very serious matter for Lan Mia, who always regarded reputation as his life. He was originally He wanted to marry his old friend. This time, it was a slap in the face.

Suddenly, a slight sound came, and another sentry came up from below the sentry tower and asked, "Did you hear something? I saw the pot I was boiling in was shaking!"

"Are you allergic? In this weather, even rats won't look at your pot. They have wheat straw. How can anyone come?" The words just finished. Even the dullest person can feel the ground shaking slightly,

There was a low muffled thunder in the distance, like the earth cracking,

this. It seems so. . . . . "Veteran Siya's face changed slightly, and he quickly jumped up from the ground like a rabbit whose tail was stepped on. This familiar wave had already penetrated deeply into the bone marrow and soul of a veteran. Every time Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry This was the feeling before the launch. Didn't it mean that the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry had already left the southwest? '

He stuck his head out of the guard tower in confusion and looked into the distance. His body suddenly stiffened,

At the end of the earth, thunderous echoes rolled in. On the gray horizon between heaven and earth, a black blood line jumped out like a red sun. This black line spread at an alarming speed and quickly turned into The black spots and the eye-catching golden battle flag are like needles piercing the sentry's eyes,

"attack!"

The cavalry group suddenly swooped down from the high slope outside the camp like goshawks. The sound of hooves rumbled, and thousands of prairie cavalry leaped down. The rolling power was like a landslide. "Alarm! The enemy is coming!" The shrill screams tore through the calm tranquility, and blackness flew past like a tide. The sound of sirens in the distance made the recruits who were training stunned for a moment. Everyone turned their heads and looked curiously at the sentry tower that was shouting crazily. The officer leading the training ordered with an annoyed expression. Because of the low terrain, they could not see the large number of enemies attacking from a distance.

Until the slightly trembling ground turned into violent vibrations. Amidst the roar of the earth, countless black lights and shadows swept from high places. Under the autumn sunshine, the prairie cavalry suddenly jumped over a trench, like a scarlet "black cloud of blood" rolling Overflowing the outer defense line of the camp,

kill! "The cry rose from the sky, and the overwhelming cavalry group jumped into the low hardness of the terrain like crazy. The sharp scimitar cut through the sharp cold light and penetrated deeply into the group of recruits who only wore thin mail armor, destroying the dust. Rotten and unstoppable, the torrent of steel rolled up a sea of ​​red blood,

Three days later,

The autumn sunshine is as always, with a mature warmth. The sun shines on the river, making it sparkling. This is a mountainous area within the border of Congo and Africa.

The withered elm and pine forest is like a huge meadow. What comes into view is another kind of beautiful scenery that is different from the overly desolate atmosphere of Barrow in Northern Europe. The curves of the mountains and rivers are softer, and a gentle mirror-like river slowly passes through the plain. , the reeds by the river, the leaves hanging on the water are swirling under the water like little hands,

The forked river tributaries extend from here to the surrounding land. The trees beside them are a little yellow, but the trunk lines are clear. The small villages are reflected in the river. Behind them are steep rocks, endless mountains, forests, and castles. Then there was the plain again, and a blue bird flying in the sky made a cry in the air

As the Dongting cavalry entered the territory of Gangfei, some news came back. Salon, who led the most elite Imperial Guards cavalry to pursue the nearly defeated remnants of Gangfei, unexpectedly went wrong. According to the news, The remnant army of Congo and Africa was not completely wiped out before crossing the border. The remnant army split into two groups halfway, one was used as a bait, and the other took the opportunity to withdraw into Congo.

This led to the Gangfei side learning the news that the 100,000 border guards were almost completely wiped out for the first time. This was a fatal strategic mistake!

Because they received the news in advance, the Congolese and African sides decisively abandoned most of the border areas with insufficient troops, and concentrated their limited troops on nodes in a few areas. The grassland cavalry was good at raids, but not good at attacking cities. Several deep penetrations failed because they could not After breaking through the node, you can only plunder once and then withdraw.

The prairie cavalry finally stopped advancing and waited for the infantry corps to follow up.

What was originally an unexpected large-scale raid, after such a delay, has turned into an open and honest frontal attack. While taking a painful breath, the Gangfei people quickly mobilized two legions behind the border to block the access to the hinterland. The two armies Suddenly fell into a confrontation stage

The fat man bent down and picked up a handful of water from the river flowing in front of him. He lowered his head and took a sip. He felt the coolness in his throat and felt that all the pores in his body were comfortably opened.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates' incompetence in doing things has caused the war to stagnate. Please be punished!"

Salon, the governor of the southwest, held his helmet in his right hand and knelt on one knee on the river beach ten meters behind the fat man with a face full of shame.

Kneeling on the smooth and hard river beach with bloody knees, Salon looked remorseful. Hundreds of black-armored guards were nearby, but no one dared to speak. Everyone's eyes were looking away intentionally or unintentionally.

"Arrogant soldiers will be defeated, I should have thought of it!"

After more than ten minutes, the fat man sighed deeply, took the towel from the guard next to him, wiped his face, and snorted

"From the northwest coast to Rusty, you followed me to sweep away 300,000 Gaul troops. I'm afraid you are full of arrogance in your heart. It's good to have this defeat. Otherwise, you really think that the Falcon Army is the best in the world! The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Since it is the tail you left behind, you have to clean it up by yourself. The suppression of Gangfei ends here. If you go deeper, it will be a full-scale war. You will go to Gangfei as an envoy of the empire!" (To be continued..)