Realm of Power

The "Tilland Rebellion" in winter was a symbolic event in the end of the Gallic Empire. The Northern Army of the Gallic Empire launched a counter-attack at a critical moment, completely shattering the hope of resistance in the Gallic Kyoto. The strong Kyoto defense line was in this situation. During the rebellion, the Imperial Army was torn apart overnight, and the Empire The 100,000-strong army led by the first emperor Dustin arrived at the hinterland of Kyoto in Gaul. This was the first time that the empire truly realized the strategic encirclement of Kyoto in Gaul. ----------Excerpted from Falcon Imperial Military Research Institute "A Brief History of Imperial War Volume 5 Gaul Chapter"

At the foot of Vernon City, Tielan was dressed in heavy silver armor, with a pure blue cloak falling from his shoulders to the ground behind him. At a distance of 150 meters from Vernon, he looked at the countless towering towers on the opposite city wall. In front of the powerful arrow, he raised his right hand and waved it. An attendant wearing a blue and white sword-striped robe beside him nodded solemnly, raised the pure white double flag in his hand, and stood alone with fear. Keep moving forward,

"Don't shoot arrows, I am the messenger!"

The attendant looked at the flash of arrows in front of him that could shoot him into a hedgehog at any time. He slowly moved forward and shouted with all his strength. At fifty meters, a cluster of arrows shot from the top of the city. It shot forward and accurately landed five meters in front of the attendant's horse, frightening the envoy's face to turn pale.

"Stop, bastards, if you rebels take one step forward, I will shoot you through the throat, I promise!" Someone on the top of the city made a serious voice, and the envoy raised his head and looked in the direction of the arrow. A strong archer, and a general wearing blue velvet armor next to him,

The messenger gritted his teeth. He shouted hysterically at the top of his voice, "Is the Marquis of Giya here? My Lord Tielan wants an interview! We have no ill intentions, and we are not rebels! We are the Kyoto Army! We are not enemies!"

"What proof is there for your words? How do I know you are not lying to us!" The strong man on the city wall glanced at the general next to him, and continued to ask after receiving approval.

"I have an army of 110,000 behind me, but you only have 5,000. If we were rebels, we would have started attacking the city long ago. Even if you are the bravest warriors in the empire, ask yourself, can you withstand an army of 110,000? A fierce attack?" The envoy took a deep breath, and responded boldly in order to strengthen his persuasion, "And we are also the Kyoto army. Kyoto is our home. Do you think we will be here? Rebels?"

"There are 110,000 people under the city!"

There was an uproar on the city, and it suddenly became quiet. Although they knew that there were a lot of rebels under the city, it was another matter to really know the specific number. Five thousand people versus 110,000 people would definitely die! Everyone looked at Marquis of Gia, with various expectations. Under the sight of countless subordinates, Marquis of Gia looked a little embarrassed. His eyes scanned the dense military formations in front of Vernon, the forest-like forest of guns, swallowed hard, and responded, "I am Gia. For the safety of Kyoto, I cannot completely believe what you say,'

"Well, let Tie Lan come over. If he is willing to become a hostage, I will believe you!" Marquis Gia said with a cold face.

"Hostage, you bastard. How dare the other side let Master Tielan be a hostage? It's so rude!" The news brought back by the envoy made the Kyoto army generals here cursed angrily.

"It doesn't matter, I'll be a hostage," Tie Lan looked at his general with a calm face and said slowly.

"It won't be long before the Northern Army can stop the Falcon Cavalry. We still have to clear the city gates before we can enter Vernon. There is no extra time to delay here. I know Giya, and he is not the kind of person who is used to treachery. , and it will do him no good, as long as I show enough sincerity, there will be no danger!"

"But my lord, if the Falcon Army breaks through the Northern Army's obstruction, and you are taken as a hostage in Vernon, what should we do..." The generals expressed worry with ugly faces.

"How can the 60,000 Northern Army withstand two hours? Letting the army enter a safe place as soon as possible is the most important problem that needs to be solved now." Tielan waved his hand to stop the generals from arguing. Surrounded by others, he walked towards the Vernon City Wall without noticing that a black line was rapidly attacking the back of the 50,000 Gallic Kyoto Army.

At the top of Vernon City, seeing Tielan coming here with only a few people, the strong man who had just shot the arrow whispered to the Marquis of Gia next to him, "My lord, it seems that it is really a misunderstanding! Otherwise Tielan Lan would not pose like this!"

"Is there a misunderstanding? We can't relax before Tielan enters Vernon and becomes a hostage!" Marquis Gia's eyes narrowed into a straight line, and he looked down at Tielan, who had a sincere face and raised his hand to greet him, and lowered his voice. He said, "You don't know this guy. He is quite insidious. There are rumors about him outside." In the Battle of Rusty, others don't believe that friendly troops were massacred to seize the battle glory. I believe that this guy is a profit-oriented careerist. I can guarantee that there must be some reason why this guy has to enter the Forbidden City in a short time. Farmer, otherwise this guy would have ordered the city to be destroyed! "

"Reason?" The strong man was stunned for a moment.

"I don't know, there is a problem anyway!" Marquis Gia said with a sure look, "If you have an army of 110,000 people under your command, and there are only 5,000 people on the opposite side of you, will you choose to directly attack the city in the face of provocation, or will you? It’s not Tielan’s style to tolerate being made trouble for like this!”

"I will send an army to attack the city. At worst, I will just explain it later! With an army of 110,000, the law does not punish the people. When the time comes, it will be said to be an act of everyone's anger. Even if Kyoto wants to pursue it, it will not dare to pursue it!" The strong man looked at him Looking down, he hesitated and asked, "But What should we do now? Do we really want to take Tielan as a hostage? If it is later investigated, it will be very troublesome for us to arbitrarily detain an important military official, not to mention that this Tielan is a despicable and shameless guy, and he will definitely not Forget it!"

"Forget it, forget it, let them enter Vernon! I don't want Tielan as a hostage, before it is completely irreversible!" Marquis Gia turned pale and gritted his teeth when he thought of the terrible consequences of being retaliated by Tielan. He turned around and wanted to leave. At this moment, he heard the captain of the guard next to him let out a low cry like lost cotton, "Oh, God, what is that!"

"What?"

Marquis Gia turned around and immediately stayed there. Behind the blue-armored Tielan Legion, a long stream of black iron was seen leaping across the vast land. It crashed into the back of the Tielan Legion quickly and fiercely, like a roaring black tide. , from the Marquis of Gia's position, he could just see the dazzling light of twenty thousand cavalry assault spears moving forward side by side, like a huge silver sickle, swooping down from high altitude like a raptor hunting prey. The momentum was as spectacular as an avalanche. The Kyoto Army, with its entire back exposed, completely collapsed. A Kyoto Army general ran and shouted. Before the shrill shout could be heard, the sound of surging horse hooves had already drowned everything.

The outlying city of Kyoto in Gaul, Lujia,

This is a small city with a history of 1,700 years. The city is neatly lined with tile-red wall tops. Outside the city is surrounded by the Luo River, which is as blue as a strip of light in summer and autumn. On the top of the mountain opposite the city, there is a small castle with white walls and blue roof, under the blue sky and white clouds. It is like a dream. Looking down from above, the vast land with red roofs and blue rivers is like a pure dream that cannot bear to be blasphemed. Every autumn, Kyoto nobles of all sizes come here in gorgeously decorated carriages and with groups of servants. They hunted in the mountains. In order to provide for them, the local officials built a whole row of villas on the mountainside. It is now the base camp of the Falcon Emperor's war against Kyoto.

Since the empire voluntarily abandoned the walled rock castle at the gateway to Kyoto, the retreating troops have occupied this place. The Imperial Central Army, the Southern Army, and the Northern Allied Forces, totaling 117,000 troops, were received to support the Kyoto line. They also quickly came from all directions. They gathered here and formed a confrontation with the wall rock castle at the gateway to Kyoto twenty miles away.

The person currently presiding over the war in Lujia is the Southern Governor Statunko, the leader of the five major legions of the Falcon Empire. Statunko is one of the few imperial generals who has both offensive and defensive capabilities. His offensive power may not be as good as the others. The four legion commanders were aggressive like fire, but in terms of defense, they were watertight.

He was currently examining the situation map in front of him with a solemn expression, his fingers slowly moving across the northern part of the map, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, the situation was not optimistic! Isn't it a little too reckless for Your Majesty to recruit light troops to march north? Ever since His Majesty personally led part of the Central Army into northern Gaul, the connection between the base camp and His Majesty Falcon has been basically cut off.

Although there is a connection with homing pigeons, due to the distance and the influence of cold winter, the communication between intelligence is becoming more and more difficult.

As for the situation of His Majesty Falcon in the north, Statunko only had a rough understanding of some progress. For example, eight days ago, His Majesty Falcon's Central Army successfully attacked Antura, an important town in northern Gaul. The main force, however, somehow managed to escape His Majesty's carefully planned attacks from both front and rear. This is not good news.

It is true that Salon's 30,000-strong northern marching army that joined His Majesty is brave and good at fighting, but the soldiers who fight are human beings.

Statunko did not believe that a legion that had been fighting continuously for a month and marching thousands of miles northward could still maintain strong and sufficient combat power. This meant that His Majesty Falcon needed to divide his troops to defend the important town of Antura, and also defend the important town of Antura. To counter the counterattack of nearly 200,000 troops in northern Gaul with limited troops,

Even if His Majesty is the Imperial God of War, he would still feel a headache.

Statunko's finger tapped heavily on the place with the word Antura on the map. The important northern town of Antura is not a city conducive to defense. It has an overly vast periphery and a cross formed by the intersection of two northern main roads, and because These two main roads extend into countless small roads, which greatly increases the difficulty of guarding this central hub city.

As one of the few imperial regiment commanders who is proficient in internal affairs, Statunko knew very well that His Majesty's original intention of decisively attacking the north was to control northern Gaul, thereby fundamentally and completely cutting off the northern army's "Gaul Kyoto" "Supply blood." But the unexpected escape of the main force in northern Gaul made everything difficult.

Even if His Majesty is a military god, it is simply impossible to defeat 200,000 enemies with 80,000 troops in a short period of time and still have the remaining power to control the north! At the critical moment, we still need to reduce the pressure on His Majesty from the direction of Biyan Castle! Statunko said to himself, taking a deep breath of cold breath. The room was very messy, with only rows of bookcases against the wall, making the whole room look full of simple elegance.

Statunko is not a person who pays much attention to the details of life. Compared with other imperial generals who love wealth and military glory, Statunko prefers all kinds of books. He glances out the window and sees the sunshine. Under the bright sun, the black ranks were training, and the battle flags were fluttering like clouds in the camp wound. The Confederate Army under his command went through the battles of Rusty and Daniel. It has long become a well-known empire and a truly powerful force. It is also the largest main force of the empire that has been ordered to move closer to the capital of Gaul.

The time he arrived was in October, which was the third day after Fatty sent the order to abandon Biyan Fort. What he arrived at the same time as the order to abandon Biyan Fort was an order asking him to immediately organize his troops to attack the Gallic troops from the direction of Biyan Fort. The morale of Lu Jingdu's army was greatly boosted after occupying Biyan Fort. On the third day. He couldn't wait to launch a force of 100,000 people to swoop into several cities outside the Wall Rock Castle in an attempt to expand the support points and completely eliminate the possibility of the Falcon Emperor's army besieging Kyoto again. They named this military operation "Dawn of the Empire"

Who would have thought that the 30,000 former troops had just stepped out of the narrow pass outside the defense line of Biyan Castle, and were beaten with blood by countless crossbows from the Empire's southern army group that had already opened up the front?

The head-on attack by the Falcon Empire's Southern Legion, which numbered 60,000, left the Gauls with thousands of corpses in just half an hour of fighting. They were completely stunned. The Kyoto army was used to passive defense. The Falcon Army is completely unsuitable for a battle. In front of the cold light of arrow clusters that poured down like raindrops, the dull phalanx infantry fell in pieces. Derek behind was so frightened that he threw away any heroic words, just like a man who was thinking about robbery. But as soon as he left the house, he was inexplicably beaten up and even his underwear was pulled out. The gangster had not dared to show his face for more than ten days in a row.

"It's the ninth day. How is His Majesty doing in the north?" Statunko looked out the window and felt confused.

In the early morning, white mist filled the city's grid-like stone roads, and the sound of galloping horse hooves broke the tranquility all around. An orderly soldier wearing light mail armor came in from the city gate in a hurry. There were some moisture stains on the lower edge of his armor, which were traces of being wet by the morning mist. Because the horses were constantly whipped on the road, his Their arms and body were covered with sewage raised by horses' hooves. After galloping into the villa area where the base camp was located, "Battle report!" the messenger cavalry ran all the way holding the battle report in their hands, and the loud voice shook all the rooms.

"Battle report?"

Several officers on duty on the roadside turned their heads almost at the same time. A deputy chief responsible for confidential transmission quickly walked out of the door of the floor of the base camp. He took the battle report from the messenger. The red battle report made his face look a little surprised. , big red, this is a sign of victory. The current war in the empire is only here and the northern region, is it right? . . . . . The adjutant general seemed to have thought of something, and his face changed. "Thank you for your hard work!" The adjutant general nodded to the cavalry and shouted to the nearby guards, "Longe, take this brother down to rest, and be sure to treat him well!"

The adjutant turned and walked into the base camp floor. Without any delay, he trotted all the way to Statunko's room.

"Sir, the latest battle report!"

Just when Statunko was depressingly thinking about whether to provoke some of the enemies in Biyan Castle, the door of the office was pushed open.

The adjutant general, wearing a crisp black military uniform, hurried over with a letter he had just received in his hand.

The last time the base camp received a letter was eight days ago. If you say you are not nervous, you would be lying. Even the adjutant general thinks that this time His Majesty Falcon led the Central Army to suddenly turn north, which was a bit too rash. The current situation in Kyoto is stalemate. , will not change due to the competition in the northern region,

Although a large amount of material supplies for the Gallic capital come from northern Gaul, it does not mean that the impact of the fall of the north will soon affect the Gallic capital, because the Gallic capital has just attracted the four eastern consuls to its own On the chariot, even if the north is gone, there is still the east that can support it in a short time.

Although the giant beast of Gaul is scarred, under the current circumstances, trying to survive this winter is not a problem!

"Battle report!" Statunko looked at the dazzling red above, his expression was shocked, he quickly opened it, glanced across it, and suddenly took a breath of air, my God! Snap, the battle report in his hand slipped from his dull fingertips to the ground.

"What's the matter, sir!" The adjutant carefully picked up the battle report from the ground, handed it to Statunko again, and asked in a serious voice.

"See for yourself. Although I don't know how he did it, His Majesty has already controlled northern Gaul." Statunko calmed down his inner shock, laughed, and filled up the battle report again. The lieutenant-general with a confused face said, "And he also took advantage of the situation and killed 50,000 of the Gallic Kyoto army, and captured Vernon, the gateway city to the north of Gallic Kyoto! We completed our strategic layout of a two-sided attack on the northwest of Gallic Kyoto! The Gauls are It will definitely go crazy this time!”

"How... how is this possible!" The adjutant's hand holding the battle report trembled, and his face looked like he had seen a ghost. He carefully scanned the words on the battle report one by one. Yes, the battle report said that His Majesty did Controlled the north, occupied Vernon, and completed the great encirclement!

"How did your Majesty do it?" The adjutant general raised his head with a dull expression and looked at Statunko

"Don't ask me, I don't know either!" Statuenko grinned and shrugged helplessly. "Your Majesty the Falcon is an imperial god, invincible and unstoppable. Facing 200,000 northern Gaul troops head-on, it is not impossible to take over northern Gaul, but he also took over Vernon, the gateway to the northern region of Gaul. To be honest, that can only be described as a miracle!" (To be continued..)