Realm of Power

Main text 1922 The Empire Strikes Back (VI)

"It's indeed here!"

The fat man smiled and galloped up the hillside in front of him. What he saw was the rolling hills and mountains like waves. The mountain roads and ravines were like spider webs. Looking down from a high place, you could see the inhuman infantry team. A huge long snake marched through the hills,

"There are six different flag regiment flags! It seems that the opponent is going out with all his strength!" Hu Keqili sighed from behind. Judging from the fact that the opponent dragged out a team that was three to four miles long, the number of people was about 50,000 to 60,000. To the left and right, in front of the Gangfei troops below were a whole group of light infantry holding shields, and in the middle were heavy infantry with spears and heavy shields. At the head of the legion, there are several coats of arms with sawtooth elm leaves fluttering in the wind, as well as several military flags with different markings. The marching column is also completely in pursuit of a one-line formation for maximum marching speed. Obviously, The non-military commanders who were frightened by the sudden retreat of the Falcon Army would never have thought that an elite cavalry force of ten thousand people had already laid a murderous intention here.

"The sudden withdrawal of the Falcon Army makes people suspicious, but the scout's report does not seem to be a lie, but why,... I still feel unsafe." Fraternity Casa led an army of 60,000 in pursuit. I looked nervously at the hills on the left and right. The terrain here is a natural ambush ground. One hill is connected to another. If there are no scouts to explore the road, it will be difficult to detect even if the two armies pass by.

"Any new reports from frontline scouts?

"Boai Kasa pulled the horse violently, looked at the hills on the left and right, and asked the adjutant in a serious voice. He didn't know why, but there was always an ominous premonition in his heart. The Falcon Army suddenly evacuated at night, and he didn't know why. If he really withdraws his troops, he still has a dragnet waiting for him in front.

"The Falcon Army has stopped retreating and is currently about 15 miles away from us!" The adjutant's answer without hesitation made him feel a little calmer. That's right, the Falcon Army will not appear here with hundreds of his own scouts. But he was always following behind. Even the flies in the Falcon Army have to distinguish the male from the female. "That's good!" Fraternity Casa raised his whip. It seemed that he was too worried. He smiled bitterly. He had sent so many scouts. Falcon Every move of the army is under control, at this moment. Several dull sounds of "dong-dong" sounded in the gloomy sky,

"Huh? What's going on?" Boai Casa was stunned for a moment, and then he heard waves of trembling sounds,

"Attention, enemy cavalry!" The troops in front suddenly became confused, and the shrill shouts were faintly heard. The sound of panic suddenly rose in people's hearts like an invisible sharp blade. The marching troops stopped one after another, and Boai Casa was also looking for him in a hurry.

"Look at that!" someone yelled, pointing to the flanking hills. Boai Kasa looked over and his body suddenly shivered.

I saw dark black lines appearing on the pale white edge of the dark sky, high on the side hills, and there were more and more black lines. Just like the current, expanding at an alarming speed, the black water flow turned into a black river, which was filled with thousands of cavalry troops, overwhelming the mountains. The black armor is so black that it seems to be able to suck in a person's soul.

"After passing the order, all teams will immediately form formations on the spot to resist!" "Foraicasa shouted with a hesitant look, but as a line of marching troops, it was not easy to switch from marching to defensive posture in a hurry. All infantry teams were turning around in a hurry. The soldiers were in a mess.

"Attention in the front line!" Gang Fei's forward commander shouted loudly, "Stand down on the spot!"

Despite the nervousness and panic, the pre-war arrangement of Boai Casa, the defense master, immediately caused the one-word queue to automatically disperse into more than a dozen resistance teams.

Team by team forms a square formation. The soldiers suppressed their panic and lined up tightly. The five-meter-long spear shaft rested on the ground with its tip pointed forward. The spear at the back was placed on the shoulder, and the soldier at the front looked at the black cavalry from the heights with trembling teeth that could fall down like a mountain at any time. The hand is holding the spear tightly, pointing diagonally forward at the densely packed spear tip, the terrifying metal tip flashing under the dark sky.

The messenger cavalry shouted from in front of each formation team like the wind, "Anyone who dares to retreat without permission will be killed without mercy!"

"It's interesting!"

The fat man looked at the inhuman changes below from a high place, with a rare flash of appreciation in his eyes.

It seems that this defense master is not a person who lives up to his reputation. He was able to react in such a short period of time and issue a cruel order to retreat and kill immediately. The tens of thousands of people in Gangfei who were in a mess just now suddenly became like A hedgehog bursting with anger must have a bloody consciousness from the entrance. But it would be ridiculous to think that this can make you quit in spite of difficulties!

"Your Majesty, give the order to attack!"

Hu Keqili's eyes were firm, and he quickly put on his helmet and tightened the laces under the helmet. Behind him, the most elite imperial cavalry neatly raised the bayonet in their hands, and the wind blew up the broken hills. Ye, flew up in front of this strong murderous aura, and the war horse breathed hot breath and paved the ground angrily.

"Do you know where to attack?" The fat man tilted his head and did not rush to issue an attack order.

"Naturally, we should adopt the strategy of cutting off the middle, and then drive away the opponent's defeated army..." Hu Keqili was stunned for a moment.

"Stupid! Our goal is to open the road to the southern coast. You adopted a strategy to defeat these 60,000 Congolese troops. All the defeated troops fled back to the fortress. So what's the point of us luring them out? Or are you planning to take them out again? Lead it out once? "The fat man gently wrapped his fingers around the riding crop and said in a cold tone.

"This..." Hu Keqili was a little confused and lowered his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, please give me some advice!"

"Our target is the Bawuni Fortress, which is twenty-five miles away from the fortress."

A cold light flashed in the fat man's eyes, and he said with a smile, "The opponent came out in an instant, and there are almost no troops left behind. Moreover, they are infantry. We are cavalry. Do we need to fight to the death with these infantry here?"

"Your Majesty is saying, let's go straight to Bawuni Fortress!" Hu Keqili is also a famous general in the empire. Although he can't keep up with Fatty's thinking all the time, he is also a close friend.

"That's right!" The fat man nodded with some relief. "I have already ordered the infantry flag regiment to set up a defensive array in front. We will then capture the Bawuni Fortress. The 60,000 people who have just left the army are like rats blocked by two ends. We don't need to Fight. Within three days, the army will collapse due to low morale, so there is no need to fight with them in this mountainous area! "

"Hiss, awesome!" Hu Keqili's eyes bulged, he heard a breath of air, and his whole body became cold. Damn it, you can still fight like this. It is simply shameless to the extreme, but it also brings the essence of strategy to the extreme. Sometimes I really wonder whether His Majesty Falcon is a human being.

The real goal is actually from beginning to end. They are all on the inhuman fortress. If they don't take action, it will be an unexpected and decisive blow, and it will be the kind that makes the opponent despair and unable to resist.

It would take at least four hours for the opponent's group of foot-walking infantry to rush back to the Bawuni Fortress, which is 25 miles away. The cavalry of our side can only take one hour at most. The time difference of three hours is enough. With the combat strength of 10,000 Guards Corps, it is enough to take down the unprepared Bawoni Fortress. By then, the inhuman 60,000-strong army will be lost. We entered the fortress and were blocked in front and back. I really cried to death. The morale of the army has been severely damaged by this, so we can fight it to the end without fighting! It would be hell if you don't fry the pot on the spot!

"Okay, don't delay." The fat man waved his hand. I'm awesome, but being stared at by a man with admiration in his eyes doesn't make me feel proud at all. Before that, I still need to have a posture that properly confuses the enemy.

"Confuse the enemy?" Hu Keqili muttered to himself, obviously not recovering from the shock.

"The long archers of the Guard come out!"

The fat man ordered the cavalry behind him, the two thousand long archers of the Imperial Guards holding 2-meter giant bows. After coming down from War Horse Mountain, they formed four teams and lined up high in the mountain. Following the command, the two-meter long bows were supported by arms as thick as ordinary people's thighs. Slowly raised a forty-five-degree angle toward the tense Gangfei infantry formation below.

"Gruck", the long bow string was tightened and slowly pulled to the maximum. The steel arrows with blood grooves were raised in unison, flashing with a faint white light belonging to cold metal.

"What's going on?"

The Gangfei defense master Boai Kasa below was already trembling with nervousness. The number of the opponent's cavalry exceeded 10,000, and they were murderous. Although the temporary arrangement worked, after all, the troops were not concentrated. Once the opponent launched a full-scale attack, Our side's losses are definitely three times more than the opponent's. Now we can only hope that the opponent will be frightened by our temporary arrangement. The opponent's cavalry has not moved for a long time. On the contrary, some of the cavalry have dismounted from their horses and become infantry archers.

"Is this a forceful attack?" Boai Kasa unconsciously twitched the corners of his eyes, and his nervous palms were covered with beads of sweat. At this moment, a sound as fast as a heavy rain hitting the ground sounded in unison,

jump! jump! Suddenly, the Falcon Army's attack began. The rumored Falcon armor-piercing arrows flew into the sky fiercely, covering the sky with darkness. The white cold clusters are like swarms of locusts that suddenly burst out from the edge of the forest, drawing rapid and beautiful white lines from the hilly areas on their flanks. Quickly leaping over a staggering 200 meters distance,

"This is..." The tragic scene made Boai Kasa's eyes almost burst out when he saw it. White light struck, and the Gangfei infantry flew backwards as if they were hit by a collision, and thick arrow clusters shot through. It hit his chest, even if he had a shield, it was useless, the arrows shot through the shield, The castrated people flew out together. Countless drops of blood were accompanied by the crisp sound of broken muscles and bones. The screams of the deceased before death were horrifying. They once made the entire Ikadiva Continental Army fearful. The top military units, in this A sudden burst of sharp momentum like a storm,

Several consecutive rounds of shooting made the Gangfei infantry formation look like a piece had been cut off.

"Attention! The enemy cavalry has begun to attack!" Gang Fei shouted from each square, "Stand firm and never retreat!" Horse hooves rumbled in their ears. The ground beneath his feet shook violently.

The soldiers' hearts were beating so nervously that their hands were shaking! Two hundred meters! One hundred and fifty meters away, the cavalry rushed towards them, so close that they could clearly see the white steam coming from the horses' breath. The dust in the sky choked the soldiers and made it difficult to breathe. It is expected that in less than ten seconds, the two armies will collide fiercely.

"Stand firm and prepare."

The sharp shouts of the Gangfei officers resounded through the formation, and thousands of spears were pointed at each other. The soldiers held their breaths and waited for the "stab" command.

Instantly, the black tide of cavalry in front suddenly reined in their horses and turned, and the momentum of their forward rush changed to the left.

The war horses passed by like a storm, and the dust rolled up in the sky made it difficult for Gangfei people to open their eyes. Such a skilled horsemanship and such uniform movements. Such a crisp and agile movement made all the non-officers and soldiers who felt like they were like leaves in front of the strong wind dumbfounded. Ten minutes later, the smoke subsided and the black, murderous cavalry disappeared.

"The enemy has withdrawn?" The Gangfei soldiers looked at the horse's butt that was missing in the distance. They were completely dumbfounded. They didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"It looks like we are victorious?" The Gangfei soldiers who were still alive sat down on the ground in disbelief. The hands holding their spears were covered with sweat, and the sweat beads on their faces had long turned into dust in the dust. Turned into a big painted face,

"Sir, the enemy has withdrawn! We are victorious!" The adjutant ran over rolling and crawling and drew his sword from his hand. Fraternity Kasa, who was always ready to die for his country, cheered. Like him, the cheers of 60,000 Congolese soldiers shook the whole hillock and rumbled.

"Oh, I'm scared to death! Is this being ignored? Who is the commander of the other side!" Boai Kasa wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He thought there would be a bloody battle. Inside. Unexpectedly, the other party only responded with loud thunder and light rain. He must have been frightened by his own momentum.

"Calculate the losses! Order the troops to gather, otherwise it will be terrible for the enemy to come back." Boai Kasa turned to the adjutant behind him and ordered, feeling quite smug in his heart. Look, the black-armored cavalry was praised to the sky by other colleagues. He was actually scared away!

"Sir, our army has lost 1,100 soldiers and 34 wounded!"

"What? So many!" Boai Kasa looked at the battle damage report in his hand and couldn't believe it. The other party only launched a few rounds of arrow attacks and took away more than a thousand lives from his side. What a terrible battle it was. Power!

"Sir, do we still want to move forward?" An infantry leader with his face covered with dust came over.

"Huh? Forward?" Fraternity Kasa looked away from the battle damage report, stood up, and patted the ashes on his body. His eyes suddenly paused, um, that's not right, the enemy's cavalry troops appeared here, why didn't I get any report from the scouts? "Thinking of this. Boai Casa shook his head.

There is definitely a problem there. If I hadn't made temporary arrangements, I would have been in danger of being wiped out just now.

But the other party ambushed me here, so why did they evacuate without even formally engaging in combat? The direction in which the other party will evacuate. . . . . It's the direction of Baven Fortress!

This thought made Boai Kasa suddenly feel that his scalp exploded, and the battle damage report in his hand fell to the ground from his dull fingers. The other party was not evacuating, but directly raiding the fortress! Take the fuel out of the cauldron and pierce the throat with one arrow! Because the vast majority of troops were mobilized to attack, the number of troops left behind at the Bafun Fortress was less than 3,000. Thinking of the enemy cavalry that was like a black line all over the ground just now, Boai Kasa felt that the blood in his body was about to solidify, "Quickly , the whole army set off immediately and returned to the fortress! "He shouted almost hysterically, with a sense of despair in his voice. It's not that the other party doesn't want to fight with him, but there is no need to fight with him! At this time, Fraternity Casa really wanted to shout, "Come and fight with me if you have the ability! Fighting a fortress is nothing!"

In terms of Baunwu Fortress,

Because of the withdrawal of the Falcon Army outside the city, the sentries sat listlessly on the top of the city chatting. No one noticed that they were in the dense forest 200 meters away from the fortress. A piece of white light was coming quickly. "What sound?" A sentry vaguely heard something. He stood up curiously and stretched out half of his body to look at the sky.

"Enemy...enemy..." Before his voice could be fully uttered, it was like a sharp blade attacking the void in the cold night. Blood burst out of his body. Countless arrow clusters fell rapidly from the sky at the same moment, as if Then the starlight burst out from the darkness, poof! puff! puff! "The arrows hit the flesh, and the terrible projection even allowed the person who was struck by the arrow to clearly hear the sound of blood exploding in his body. The broken meat splashed, and the white light shone slightly in the optical fiber. The blood light was accompanied by the crunching sound of broken muscles and bones.

"Enemy attack!" A few minutes later, a sad and tragic cry rang out from the fortress wall. Under the city wall, a group of black cavalry galloped towards the city gate.

"Quickly, pull up the suspension bridge!" the Gangfei officer above shouted in panic, loudly ordering the soldiers to pull the winch. The fortress suspension bridge suspended by the metal iron cables made a rattling sound and was slowly lifted upwards.

At the bottom of the city wall, the longbow captain responsible for blocking the attack released his hand on the bow string, and the powerful longbow arrows directly hit a soldier pulling the winch. The soldier flew back as if he had been hit, and a thick Clusters of arrows shot through his chest, piercing his body without stopping, and were firmly nailed to the winch.

"Ah!" The soldier yelled in pain, covered in blood, and struggled to hold the shot-pierced shoulder with both hands. Collapse! "Another arrow cluster shot into his neck from the left side, and the white arrow tail trembled in his throat. His pain suddenly stopped, his hands and feet hung down weakly, and his knees fell to the ground.

"Oh my god!" The other soldiers pulling the winch ran back in fright.

The suspension bridge that had just been pulled up fell heavily, and the black-armored cavalry flying up the bridge below cut the cables with a knife.

"Attack with all your strength!" Fatty saw the Guards Cavalry as a commando cutting off the suspension bridge, and fiercely pulled out his sword. Countless black-armored Guards Cavalry flew out from the forest. The sparse shooting in the direction of the fortress was impossible. Blocking the guards from approaching the city wall, the two thousand long archers below were also causing the defenders to fall in pieces.

"Bah, bang, bang!" The guards took off the hooks from their horses and threw them from the bottom of the city wall to the inside of the wall hanging on the city wall. The metal barbs bounced up a burst of dust. With a pull, the fallen hooks firmly hung on the sturdy walls. Battlements.

"Stop them with all your strength!" The Gallic soldiers above were panicking and stabbing the heads of the people below with their spears.

The imperial guards climbing below grabbed the opponent's spear and pulled it down, then pounced on him and slashed him fiercely. The snow-like blade light caused the Gangfei soldiers above to fall to the ground. An hour later, the Gangfei army flag was cut down from the southern town of Bawuni Fortress.

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