Realm of Power

In order to cover the actions of the Southern Army, Fatty himself led the Central Army to approach Sukogad along the center line. Sure enough, the golden falcon flag attracted the attention of the Gauls for the first time. By the evening of the next day, the Central Army had already Arrive 10 miles ahead of Sukogad, the second largest city in the Daniel Plateau.

"Your Majesty, Sukojiade is ahead!" Central General Hu Keqi rode his horse from the front and pointed with the whip in his hand at the city in the distance that was covered by the rain.

"Sukojad!" The fat man looked forward on the war horse. In the desolate grass, the rain was vast, and the huge stone fortress extended out from the urban area like a huge side knife, and finally five miles ahead. To the left and right, the endless Dani Plateau is cut off, like a ferocious beast crouching in front. There are many concave spots on the gray stone surface, showing that it is not afraid of the powerful destruction of large siege equipment. Bad, at the beginning of its construction, Sukojad served as the strongest barrier to the city of Daniel. It is said that the Gauls who built it originally used this large fortress to resist the invasion of barbarians from the west. Hundreds of years of wind and rain have made This large fortress became a city. It was a fortress-like city with a military nature rather than an urban nature. It had a population of 80,000, but the actual population in Sukogad was less than 30,000. The rest of the population was in the surrounding villages. ,

"Have you found anyone in the nearby villages?" The fat man raised his riding crop, reined in the horse, and looked at a large area of ​​cut down woods outside the city. He frowned slightly. The scene along the way was already very decadent. The Gauls had obviously ordered their troops to sweep the villages along the way in advance. No one could be seen, and there was only the sound of rain falling on the vast land.

Sure enough, Hu Keqili shook his head in embarrassment. He replied in a solemn tone, "Still not. The cavalry sent to patrol the surroundings reported that the villages and towns within a radius of fifty miles were empty. It seems that the Gauls had indeed moved all the residents away in advance, leaving nothing behind such as food and wood." If it is really impossible to move, just burn the house down!" Hu Keqili's voice stopped! He paused, glanced at the ruins of a village not far away and said, "It should be the sudden heavy rain that disrupted the Gauls' orderly retreat. The Gauls used force in some areas. We found in some villages There were large blood stains and new graves, and there were traces of violent conflicts! Other than that, nothing else was found! "

"It seems that the Gauls are preparing to fortify their walls and clear the country!"

The fat man's eyebrows were knitted together. The scene in front of him was really not good-looking. The half-burnt village was bathed in the rain, and the dark stone walls gave off a desolate look. The howls of wild wolves can be heard in the wilderness, indicating that the Gauls have emptied the population of this area. Just like Sukogard before, the Gauls are going to turn the entire Daniel Plateau into a battlefield. Looking at the scene in the city from a high place, you can see that even the houses on both sides of the street have wide wooden boards on the top to connect them. It is conceivable that whoever rushes into the city will be severely beaten by Gallic archers who stand on the heights of the houses and shoot arrows downwards.

Hu Keqili said, "The Gallic general who defended Sukojad was called Terensk. He was famous for his defensive skills among the Gallic Northern Army. In the Battle of Northern Gaul, he once withstood the main force of 30,000 Slavs with 5,000 troops. counterattack, hated by the Slavs. Called "Nail" Algernonkaja, he placed this general with the "Nail" spirit in Sukogad, obviously with the intention of knocking out a few of our front teeth! Your Majesty, what should we do now? Should we launch a siege or stay on the spot? "

"Haha, he really dares to think!" The fat man raised his lips and ordered the troops to camp outside the city! "The fat man raised his hand and raised his whip, but had no intention of attacking the city immediately.

Groups of imperial cavalry quickly cleared several small military camps outside Sukojad City in the afternoon. The overwhelming black infantry group just drove over from the horizon. It was a strange sight. Above the black line was a hazy white light. When I got closer, I realized that it was the cold light of the infantry formation's spears.

The rain hitting it was also split open by the fighting spirit of the black military formation, like a huge crescent moon of gleaming glass.

The tents in the camp were spread out for a full three miles outside the city. The rain was hitting them, and the tent roofs were covered with white flowers. Many of the tents were empty, but the number was enough to accommodate a hundred thousand troops. This was for Confusing the sight of the Gauls, the fat man ordered the guards to plant their battle flags on high places. Forty thousand Central Army infantrymen formed a half-arc crescent formation under the city of Sukojad. The silent momentum of tens of thousands of troops was reflected in the sky. Under the dark sky. Like a clean and bright sword, it is thinking about tearing the target in front of it into pieces. "Rumble" A muffled thunder rolled across the sky, shrouding the world in desolation.

The falcon war flag was blown by the strong wind at the same time, like a war drum about to beat, and a murderous aura rushed straight into the sky.

"Order the crossbowmen to hit it first!" The fat man stood on a high place outside the city and said to the messenger behind him. The horn blew crazily in the rain. Under the dark sky, white raindrops hit the rows of black people. On the armor, the wormwood in the corners of the wall was wilting under the overwhelming murderous aura, and it was completely black.

The army formed a mile-wide battle formation, and hundreds of heavy-duty ballistae vehicles were pushed forward neatly by the soldiers. The wheels moved slowly on the muddy ground, and the metal body showed a murderous coldness in the rain. Thirty meters in front of them were 30,000 imperial crossbowmen in a neat formation.

"Forward, march and shoot!"

The crossbowmen slowly moved forward with the queue, placing their fingers on the tight bowstring, pulling the bowstring into a half-moon shape, and raising it towards the forty-five-degree angle above their heads. The bowstring made a "creeping" sound. , only the word "release" was heard, and 30,000 crossbow arrows were shot out at the front of the military formation at the same time.

"Whoosh whoosh" The dense clusters of arrows are like a huge blade, tearing apart the rain curtain in front of you. The shrill arrows shoot out, constantly drawing beautiful white lines in the rain and wind, and turn into white lines in the rain curtain. The metal torrent of death, and a scream of ghosts and wolf howls came from the opposite city wall. After four rounds of shooting, the frontline crossbowmen had advanced to 150 meters below Sukojad City, and the heavy crossbows quickly put heavy crossbows into the slots of the crossbows faster than the soldiers behind them. At this time, The crossbowmen of the third formation have already set up their crossbows;

"put!"

The commanders gave the order, and the sound of death sounded again from the top of Sukojad City. Countless one-meter-long heavy crossbows flew out like a rainstorm of arrows with a shrill roar that cut through the air. At the same time, the phalanx of crossbow arrows placed in front also began to shoot toward the sky. The arrows falling from the sky tinkled on the heads of the Gallic soldiers and landed on their shields and armor. They were so dense that it was unimaginable. For a moment, there were screams. The Gallic soldiers at the forefront were pierced by long arrows, and blood bloomed on the city wall like flowers. The soldiers fell in pieces one after another.

"asshole!"

Terensk, the commander of the Gallic garrison, felt that he was going crazy. It was no secret that the Falcon Army was dominating the world with its crossbows, but the feeling of being so comprehensively suppressed and beaten was enough to make a proud commander feel aggrieved. Vomiting blood. Does the other party really think that they can break through Sukojad's strong city wall just by relying on arrow clusters? You have to have some limits when it comes to joking! Terensk gritted his teeth angrily and decisively ordered his subordinates who had been hit the hardest to abandon part of the city wall, hoping to drag the Falcon Army into hand-to-hand combat to avoid the diffusion of the Falcon Army's extremely sharp crossbows. However, until the sky turned completely black, The long-range coverage of the Falcon Army stopped, and there was no intention of approaching the Sukogard city wall.

The first day of fighting ended in such a dull way,

Terensk, who was ready for a hard fight, stood a little confused on the wall of Sukogad. Is it that simple? He held his hands on the battlements and looked at the bright lights of the Falcon Army Camp outside the city. Although overall, there were no casualties in the Falcon Army in this battle, Terensk's men suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

But Terenske was upset while inspecting the wounded barracks. I also rejoiced in my heart. It turns out that the Vekia Falcon is nothing more than this. It seems that the golden raptor flag can really, as Lord Algernonkaja said, eventually fall on the land of the Dani Plateau and be destroyed. The city of Kozi, known as the portal of Danieli, was defeated by the Falcon Army in one battle. Algernonkaja personally led the army to suppress the battle, but was still defeated by the Falcon Army, but here, in Sukogad. One hundred thousand Falcons cannot make any progress! After this battle, his reputation will surely resound throughout the land of Gaul.

"Immediately send a battle report to Lord Algernonkaja"

Terensk turned around in a good mood and said loudly to his subordinates behind him, "Just say that the Falcon Army attacked Sukojad with infantry in the rain. Our army fought bloody battles and killed countless enemies. Although three thousand were lost in the battle, but The Falcon Army's attack was also defeated, and they were unable to move forward in Sukogard for the rest of the day!"

After getting the latest battle report, Algernonkaja punched the desk in excitement. Time is so precious for this battle. It is very cost-effective to delay the Falcon Army for one day at the cost of three thousand people. Because with each passing day, the scale of war tilts towards Gaul,

When the Gauls' eyes were firmly dragged on Sukogard,

Statunko's Southern Army Group has crossed the western front of the plateau and easily reached Lasya, one of the three targets. This is a small mountain town with not even 5,000 defenders. Faced with the sudden pressure on the border, The Empire's Southern Army was in complete chaos, and thick black smoke shrouded this dilapidated mountain city. In the sky above, the military flags torn into rags were blown by the wind and looked particularly sad under the cold rain. With just one all-out attack, the Gallic defenders' battle line collapsed, and the soldiers retreated in confusion. The walls of the small mountain city hundreds of meters away were covered with Gauls' corpses.

It only took 2 hours for the forward troops of the Southern Army to easily take control of the city, leaving 5,000 people to clean up the remnants after the war. Statunko led the main force of the Southern Army to Bodgur without stopping, and at night The raindrops stopped, and the black, starless night sky seemed particularly silent.

The first day was satisfying for both sides. No matter how good the previous mutual guesses were, the real battle of Daniel began now! In the early morning of the next day, Statunko was already standing on the loess hills northeast of Bodgur City, looking at the city beside the river in the distance with an extremely cautious look. The 40,000-strong Southern Army was divided into two groups midway. In the early morning, when the light from the sky illuminated the horizon, the two armies of yours simultaneously launched a powerful offensive against the unsuspecting city walls of Bodgur and Scan.

As the fat man expected, because the Gauls simply did not think that the Falcon Army would make a large circle just to raid these three cities that had no strategic significance, so at the moment the battle started, the two cities' The defenders seemed at a loss, unaware that in front of them was a full-scale Falcon Empire legion.

Yesterday's heavy rain had already caused all patrol teams to retreat back to the city. The defenders on the top of the city seemed sparse and unorganized, so when the Falcon Army's trebuchets pierced the sky at the first ray of dawn, they simultaneously threw ignited fuel bombs towards the city wall like meteors. The defenders who opened their eyes were so shocked that they even forgot to ring the alarm bell for a moment. Today is a cloudy day, a short break in the rainstorm season, and the wind is very strong. The "Pap Pap Pap" incendiary bombs brought long black and red smoke and hit the walls of the two cities, turning into beautiful and dazzling flowers. red light,

A violent explosion. The Gallic troops who were still sleeping were awakened, and the carriages running on the streets were frightened and ran around. The Gaulish citizens were like headless flies, watching countless little red dots cross the city wall and turn into death. Red smashed down, "boom" and rubble flew in the hit area. Scattered into pieces The red ignition ignited the surroundings, horses were running, the earth was shaking in the intensive violent explosions, and rubble from the low city walls was flying everywhere. It was really an apocalyptic scene like hell, with thick black smoke columns rising straight into the sky, and explosive fireballs. Like fire dragons raging on the broken and collapsed south wall.

The Gallic defenders, who were completely stunned, could only curl up in the hidden soldiers dug into the wall. They looked with fearful and helpless eyes at their companions who were surrounded by fire outside and screamed miserably. Flames were burning all over their bodies from the towering towers. Jump off the city wall, woo woo." After the trebuchet threw three rounds in a row, the bugle of the attack rang through the sky.

"go ahead!"

Amidst the neat commands, the black infantry phalanx came out like a rising tide. Hundreds of queues moved forward slowly. Several shield walls composed of dense shields gave off a chill that could freeze the blood under the dark sky. . The towering spear cluster has been lowered, and the temporary long ladder to climb the city is revealed in the heavy morning mist. Under the protection of the military formation, it slowly approaches the city wall.

"It's the Falcon Army, hurry up, launch the trebuchet quickly"

now. Only then did the Gallic soldiers on the city react, and shrill shouts resounded through the city. The defense facilities of the two cities were very complete, and both trebuchet towers and arrow towers were equipped. As the commander's raised hand suddenly fell, the stone was thrown. The extremely tight slingshot of the machine suddenly jumped out, and the huge stone was thrown high into the sky, and then quickly came down, like a huge hammer. The soldiers rolled and smashed down, and the location where they were hit was often filled with dust and flying dust. A huge stone bullet was enough to plow a trail of blood in the queue. Even a soldier wearing heavy armor was crushed beneath the boulder. It will also turn into a pile of bloody minced meat. The heavy infantry's shield will deform and fly into the air, and people will be knocked away.

"Long live the Falcon!"

A huge shout broke the dark clouds over the battlefield, and six infantry phalanxes began to rush towards the city wall, and the ground seemed to be sinking. Then it accelerated, and finally turned into a run. The cold light of the large weapons was shining brightly. The reaction of the Gauls was already expected. The infantry of the Southern Army of the Falcon Empire not only did not flinch in the face of the tragic scene, but accelerated the speed of the attack. The damage that the sparse trebuchets could cause was almost negligible to an army of tens of thousands. The Southern Army surged like a tide. Generally, they threw themselves under the city wall, and the long siege ladder was put up on the not tall city wall.

"Hold still, don't retreat!"

The Gallic soldiers on Chengtou Mountain were already in chaos. The officers loudly drove away the chaotic soldiers, but the floating military morale made his shouts seem pale. The soldiers in front were constantly beaten back, and some soldiers with fragile nerves were beating back. In the crowded crowd, they were slashed with weapons. Either you died or I died. The greasy feet were the corpses stepped on. It was impossible to tell whether they were one of our own or the enemy. The thick smell of blood choked the nostrils and only made people feel sad. Thoughts of 'Kill! Kill! Kill!'

The Falcon soldiers who had stormed the city wall were already red-eyed, and corpses gradually piled up on the city road, one layer, two layers, three layers... The soldiers were killing so hard that they felt like their ears were ringing, everywhere. There was a sound of fighting, and the Gallic defenders were already showing signs of defeat. The second wave of people who rushed to the city wall were battle axemen recruited from the Nords.

Each of these heavily armored axemen is very strong. When wearing heavy armor, they look like thick walls made of steel. The long-handled axes in their hands are definitely weapons for killing people. Nords are the most powerful in the traditional sense. Strong infantry, for every Nord heavy axe, there is nothing that cannot be split in their eyes. The heavy and sharp battle ax hit the Gauls' shield without any scruples, and only a sound was heard Heavy object concave With a loud sound, the battle ax tore the man and his shield into two sections. Blood and flesh flew everywhere in a horrifying manner, bringing up streaks of blood. The huge human head was chopped into the air by the sharp blade. The Gallic infantry was completely I was frightened. Looking at these strong black-armored men who were killing people like chopping vegetables, I didn’t know who was the first to turn and run away. Then more soldiers turned and ran away. Their actions became the last straw that crushed the Gaul defenders. ,

Scandinavia was the first of the two cities to fall. At dusk the next day, the battle flag of the Falcon Army flew over the city of Bodgur.

The next day, the Falcon Army was still blocked under the city of Sukogad and did not attack. However, a high platform for placing the God of Thunder had been built under the city wall. Terensk spent another day in fear.

Just when he was once again proudly sending a victory report to the rear, Algernonkaja's order had arrived in advance.

Holding the order book, Terensk's face turned pale. He never thought that Algernon Katya gave him such an order: "Abandon Sukogad! Abandon Granburg, and the entire army moves closer to Daniel!" "