Realm of Power

At dusk, the sun slanted in the west and shone on the wave-like hills. The exhausted 60,000-strong Gang Fei army finally saw the Bawoni Fortress, which was entrenched like a giant beast. The solid walls were as strong as ever, but the military flags were made of blue sky. The flag of the Confederate Empire turned into the flag of the Falcon Empire with a black gold border.

"Bawuni Fortress... has fallen!" A Gangfei soldier looked into the distance with desperate eyes, trembling lips and muttering to himself. His trembling legs, which had driven more than 20 miles on the hilly road, were no longer weak. Hold on, collapse to the ground, stretch the rolling hills , a cool wind blew over the field, and the 60,000 Gangfei troops had no formation to speak of. Because they were ordered to march in a hurry, the officers were able to restrain the team at first, but as more and more soldiers fell behind, The queue began to scatter uncontrollably.

"Get up immediately, no one is allowed to stop!" An officer rushed over quickly.

"I can't run anymore, I really can't run! How can human legs outrun a horse's legs!" An older soldier sat on the ground panting,

"Yes, the opponent is cavalry and we are infantry. This pursuit is simply impossible!"

The soldier's words aroused the dissatisfaction of other soldiers. The nearby soldiers came over and loudly expressed that they were driven more than 20 miles along the mountain road in one breath. It was not enough to stop and rest. Is that still a human order? If you have the ability, you officers should come down. Let's walk, let's ride a horse, don't say 50 miles, let's walk even a hundred miles!

"The war is imminent, and the enemy may launch an attack at any time... And this is an order from above." Facing the surging soldiers, the officer explained with an ugly face,

"No matter what, you can't die from exhaustion before dying in the hands of the enemy!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and was immediately echoed by hundreds of people, who all sat on the ground at once. This trend quickly aroused Gang Fei's anger. There was a commotion in the vanguard army, and the general in charge of the vanguard army was anxiously walking back and forth.

"Tata"

A troop of cavalry came up from behind. Boai Kasa, who was riding on a war horse, glanced at the soldiers sitting on the ground and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Whose army is this? They are blatantly disobeying orders! Come on, assemble immediately, we are going to counterattack Bawuni Fortress. Must take it back! "

"My lord, the soldiers are indeed exhausted! Let them take a rest!" the officer said panting, surrounded by soldiers sitting on the ground gasping for air, running continuously for more than 20 miles on the hilly terrain. , even the toughest people can’t stand it

"Rest?" Boai Casa glared at this man angrily. He said sternly, "We are already three miles away from the Bawuni Fortress. The enemy has just experienced a siege. Even if they occupy the Bawuni Fortress, they still have an unstable foothold. The opponent's strength is only 10,000, and we have Sixty thousand people, as long as we launch a strong attack with all our strength, we will definitely be able to regain the fortress.

"But now look, what are these guys doing?" Fraternity Kasa said with a cold tone. Bavuni Fortress is the core of this battle to stop the Falcon Army from advancing south. It was a gate that 60,000 troops were determined to block, but we lost Bashuni without even a real confrontation! If this gets out, we will be the biggest laughing stock, rest? Stop joking. Order the troops to assemble, I want to counterattack! "

"My lord, I'm afraid I can't fight back now!" The adjutant smiled wryly and stretched out his hand, pointing at the soldiers around him.

"Although we have lost the fortress, we still have 60,000 troops. If we attack by force at this time, we may not even be able to save the troops!"

"Stupid! If we can't get back the Baven Fortress. Under the enemy's attack from both sides, what awaits us and the 60,000 troops will have no other choice but collapse and death!" Fraternity Casa gritted his teeth and raised his riding whip. "Everyone now Minutes are a matter of our life and death.”

"Assemble the troops, we must get back the Bavuni Fortress as soon as possible!" Boai Kasa summoned his subordinates and discussed the counterattack with a gloomy face.

"Sir, the army is exhausted and lacks food. Under such circumstances, it is really difficult to attack the strong Bawuni Fortress..." an infantry leader said with an ugly face.

"I can see all this, but you should also think about it. The other party used a false and indistinguishable retreat to move tens of thousands of our troops out of the big fortress, and then used the high mobility of the cavalry to hit us with a time lag. There was almost no chance. If the loss is enough to capture the Bashni Fortress, if this There is only one result waiting for you and me..." Boai Kasa paused and glanced at several generals, including the opposing general. He closed his mouth under the gaze, and the air was so oppressive that it made people feel frozen.

Yes, before you know it, the other party has forced you to a dead end!

Damn it, why is this happening! An infantry commander gritted his teeth. If the other party did not show up, but directly attacked the Bawoni Fortress, the superiors would investigate it, or at most it would be a mistake in judgment, but the other party deliberately showed his face, and even called out, the enemy's The cavalry turned to the direction of Bawuni Fortress in front of their own army.

If the generals don't show any expression, then they are really wasting the opportunity to fight and avoiding the war in panic. If such a big hat is suppressed, all their efforts in the military world will be in vain, and whether they can survive is still a question. You know, The Ministry of Military Affairs issued a death order before the war

"We must fight to the death to stop the Falcon Army's southward march. Anyone who is greedy for life or afraid of death or avoids fighting will be executed on the spot."

The Supervisory Team of the Ministry of Military Affairs is stationed in Warika, less than fifty miles away from here. Their sharp blades are waiting to find a head with enough status to establish their authority.

The fraternity Kasa and the generals who have lost the Bawuni Fortress are undoubtedly the best hanging objects for the war supervisors to use to intimidate the young men. If they do not counterattack the Bawuni Fortress, the war supervisors will arrive tomorrow. Thinking that their heads will be smashed. The supervising team was passed around to the entire 200,000-strong Southern Army as a proud demonstration. The unruly generals also felt the biting chill that had spread to their necks.

"Everyone understands, I made this decision not for myself!" Boai Kasa's eyes were bloodshot. He slowly pulled out his sword with his right hand and thrust the sword into the soil under his feet. He glanced at the generals. "Everyone." Is it willing to be circulated around the world like a canon? The army has shamed the family and made the family shameless, but we still fight to the death like the emperor, even if we splash three feet of loyal blood on the wall of Bawuni, at least we can not be involved in our duty! To your family, please make a choice! "

"I agree to participate in the attack!" An infantry commander hesitated. express agreement

"I also agree." Another infantry commander looked at his colleagues and said to himself, "Although I am quite handsome, I don't want to be treated like a person who is circulated throughout the army!" Several other generals also agreed, Between fighting to the death and execution due to disadvantages in combat, soldiers are accustomed to choosing the former

"Since there are no objections, the battle will be scheduled for tonight. Everyone will go back to assemble their troops, build siege equipment, attack at night, and attack in one go. With a strength of 60,000 people, I don't believe that we can't defeat the Bamoni Fortress!" Boai Casa solemnly said With a hint of determination in his eyes, "Either the Falcons are all dead, or we are all dead! Because we didn't carry more than three days' worth of rations!"

"Yes, sir!" The generals looked resolute, saluted neatly, turned and left

There is no starlight in the black night. In front of the Bawoni Fortress, the torches cover the vast area in front like starlight. Dark clouds cover the sky like a blanket. A muffled thunder rumbles, and chaotic silver lightning flashes like "crash". A sharp sword cut through the sky on top of the fortress. At the same time, it also illuminates the faces of soldiers from both armies,

"The heavy rain in spring is happening at this time!" The fat man raised his head and looked at the flash of lightning in the sky. He stood on the city wall and stretched out a hand. "Is this... crying?" He was wearing black armor. Like a demon, his gaze swept across Gang Fei's 60,000-strong army, which was ready to fight to the death.

More than ten square formations were filled with spears, and archers were arranged on the flanks of the main formation. At the forefront are the famous white-feathered heavy armored infantry in the Confederate Army.

The long white tassels fluttering on the helmets of these just white-feathered infantrymen, and their upper bodies are made of a single piece of forged plate armor. The lower body is an iron armor with joint protection, the left hand is a tower shield for protection, and the right hand holds a five-meter-long cavalry spear high, with the sharp tip of the spear pointing upward. From a distance, it looks like a shimmering metallic cold light. of dense forest,

There was oppression in the air, and the military flag fluttered in the night wind, making crackling sounds and crackling sounds. It flashed like lightning and illuminated the earth. Fraternity Casa slowly pulled out his sword, raised it high, and shouted with all his strength. "The whole army attacks! The long and passionate sound of the bugle resounds through the sky at the same time,

"attack!"

The Gangfei infantry formation shouted slogans and lined up against the city wall like a tide, behind them. It was revealed that it was a large siege truck that had just been built, with a huge arrow shield and a three-story height, like giant beasts emerging from the night. Under the siege truck was the attack line of the phalanx infantry.

Because of the hasty preparation, these siege engines were shaky as they were crudely pushed, but the steps of the soldiers below were as slow as the siege towers, and they were wearing heavy armor. Holding the tower shield in his hand, his whole body was extremely well protected. He was well-trained and calm, but the look on his face was not relaxed at all.

A wide moat stretches across the front. In the dark night, it looks like a giant beast opening its ferocious mouth. This was once a sharp weapon used to prevent the enemy from approaching the city wall, but this time it has become a chasm to block our own army. In order to This trench needs to be filled with at least 10,000 troops.

"Raise your shield and watch out for enemy arrows!"

The white feather heavy infantry neatly raised the tower shield in their hands, with firm and powerful steps. The white feather heavy infantry on the front line looked from the metal mask put down to the city wall. They saw the crossbows on the city wall stretched out, and the people holding the shields. He tightened his fingers and saw that it was the metallic flash at the front of the Falcon Army's arrow cluster.

"Your Majesty, do you want to activate it?" Hu Keqili asked standing next to the fat man.

"Don't worry, wait! If you want to fight, fight to death. We won't have a second chance to attack!"

With a stern face, the fat man raised his head again and glanced at the silvery sky. Large raindrops began to fill the battlefield. This rain came at the right time. The breath of spring rain is enough to cover up many things!

The defense of Bawoni Fortress is very complete, and the supplies are staggeringly abundant. There are one hundred and fifty catapults alone. Under normal siege conditions, it is impossible to reach the city wall without twice the number of troops. It can be seen that , Gang Feiren is prepared to fight to the death with him here, but the real defense of the city is to make the enemy completely despair.

"go ahead!"

Gangfei's white-feathered infantry were accelerating, their heavy armor thumping on the ground as they gasped.

A sparse rain of arrows shot down from the distant city wall. A dozen soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, but the others continued to move forward. 200 meters in front of them was the city moat in charge of the Baiyu heavy infantry. Tower shields are used to fill trenches. If tens of thousands of metal tower shields are dropped, no matter how deep the trench is, it will be covered, 100 meters. The shooting on the city wall began to intensify, and crossbow arrows came like locusts. The white feather heavy infantry moved forward desperately with their tower shields.

"Archers forward, cover!"

Boai Kasa raised his hand and shouted loudly, with a hint of joy on his face,

He attributed the success of the attack to the opponent's lack of troops. The Bawuni Fortress was a large fortress that could accommodate 50,000 people, but the opponent only had 10,000 troops spread out on the city wall. There will inevitably be a situation where the attack is weak. As long as the Baiyu infantry fills up the moat ditch, the army behind can swarm forward. So what about the Falcon Army? Can one of them still fight five? The advantage in military strength is the greatest advantage! The opponent seems to have taken advantage, but in fact it is not a cocoon. If you don't have 10,000 cavalry entering the fortress, it will be really difficult to annihilate them all in such a dense crowd.

The Gangfei archers on the flanks began to move. Fifteen thousand archers marched forward neatly in sequence, and just as they approached a distance of 150 meters, suddenly, streaks of cold light roared towards them. The speed of these cold lights was so fast that it was impossible to react, or it would be too late to react. Only dozens of cold lights were seen, just like the clusters of sun-shooting arrows shot by the legendary giant who drew his bow from the sky. Pouring in from the queue of archers, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the powerful giant arrows directly penetrated several archers together. The squeezed and exploded flesh and blood seemed to drag out a long red path among the archers. The scene was extremely tragic.

"Is this the Falcon Empire's ballista?" The smile on Boai Casa's lips froze in an instant. He had never fought against the Falcon Army, but he had also heard other colleagues mention this kind of thing. It was a killing machine on the battlefield. No one can stop the Falcons' crossbows, not even the heavy infantry's shields.

"The opponent has such weapons, why didn't they deal with the heavy infantry?" Boai Kasa felt that his head was a little insufficient. He looked at the white feather infantry in the forefront approaching the moat, and he always felt that something was wrong. If he was The defending side will definitely use its most powerful weapons to destroy the heavy infantry of the main siege force, but the other side uses powerful ballistae to defeat its own archers. Why? What is the other party hiding?

100 meters!

50 meters

20 meters,

The Gangfei Baiyu heavy infantry trotted and accelerated. The city moat in front was clearly visible. The infantrymen in the first row began to put down their tower shields. When approaching the city moat, they violently dropped the tower shields in their hands, and the metal shield fell to the bottom. , making a weird sound, but amidst the chaotic running sounds, the Gangfei infantry didn't care about this. They jumped down from where they dropped their shields. With the shields underneath, they would not be injured, but there was a pungent smell. The smell was so overwhelming that those in the first row almost fainted

"What's going on! What's the enemy laying down below?"

Gang Fei's heavy infantry squatted down and groped for a while. Under normal circumstances, there were spikes and various barbs under the moat, but this time, he touched the Huarunrun liquid, a black liquid that was almost invisible at night. No wonder No one saw it at all. The strong smell came from here.

"What is this?" The Gangfei infantryman spread his hands with confusion on his face.

"Whoosh" a red light shot down from above the city wall,

"Hoo!" The red light shot into the sky, and a violent burst of fire swept across the entire moat like a raptor.

Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes on both sides witnessed that terrible scene. All the heavy infantry near the moat were lit like candles by the rising flames, like burning men running around, even if they were rolling on the ground. It was useless, the flames burned everything on the moat, and all kinds of miserable screams even caused the warring parties to cease fighting.

"Fire, such a big fire!" Some Gangfei soldiers who saw the situation clearly turned pale immediately and their legs and feet became weak.

"vomit" Some people couldn't help but vomited. Countless human bodies burned by the fire disappeared in the red light. Those who wanted to run were also ignited. The flames could not be extinguished. "Those who move forward and those who retreat will be punished by running away!" The non-officers were shouting in panic, but to no avail. The long ditch burning with flames in front made all the attacking troops despair.

Gangfei's soldiers began to collapse, and their already low morale caused the troops to completely lose their will to fight.

"Start attacking!" The fat man standing on the city wall raised his hand calmly. This time, 10,000 Guards Cavalry were used as a transport team, and a thousand fuel bombs and 20 crossbows were dragged in. Sure enough, they were given It was a big surprise for Gang Feiren. Behind him came the sound of the tension rope being cut, and the violent whistling sound, which even once covered up the screams below.

On a dark sky and rainy night, one hundred and fifty heavy catapults and two thousand longbowmen fired at the same time from the fortress catapult, phew! call! call! Like a huge black sickle swung violently from the city wall, a cold rain of metal hit the Gangfei infantry formation below. The powerful steel arrows of the ballista made the panicked Gangfei infantry feel like they were being attacked by an invisible giant. A punch from the front The bridge of the nose was collapsed, and the infantry shields turned directly into scrap metal. The entire row of soldiers flew backwards for several meters, or even more than ten meters. The bodies wearing heavy infantry armor were twisted into unnatural postures in mid-air, and their flesh and blood bodies were like Paper mache,

In front of the completely defeated Gang Fei army, the steel fortress gate slowly opened.

"Draw out your sword and attack with the whole army!"

The empire's general Hu Keqi pointed his sword forward, and the five thousand most elite guards cavalry of the empire drew out their swords in unison. Like light and lightning, black-armored war horses swarmed out,

The ground trembled violently under my feet, and I couldn't stand still. The hoofs of the horses thundered by my ears. The neat black-armored cavalry were as heavy as a towering mountain and rushed towards Gangfei's collapsed array. Gangfei's infantry didn't even let out the first exclamation. Just as he had time to shout, he was thrown away by the huge impact, and then fell under the iron hooves of the back row and turned into minced meat! The Gangfei people in front abandoned their weapons and ran wildly, covering the mountains and plains.

"We lost, why is this happening? The opponent only has 10,000 people, but I have 60,000 people!" In the chaos, Boai Kasa was torn off his horse by the defeated army, and was finally trampled by a group of war horses! Even before I die, I don’t know where I went wrong! (To be continued...)