Realm of Power

The night is like water, and the moonlight of the spring night is a faint silver. The emerald green forest in front is like a large flowerbed. The faint white light shoots down beams of light on the dense mountain forest roads. The war horses lower their heads and chew the fresh stems and leaves. The grass made rustling sounds from time to time, and the surrounding area was filled with resting Falcon Guards cavalry and foraging horses.

They rushed north for three hundred miles non-stop, from the southern mountains to the central and southern part of Congo. Not only were the horses exhausted, but even the people couldn't bear it. The whole army rested in this secret forest.

"Rido, do you know where this is?"

Hu Keqili leaned on the tree trunk, moved his arms, turned around and asked the guard behind him who brought the food,

"I don't know either"

The guard looked around and shook his head.

"Even you can't tell the direction. It seems that we have advanced too fast in the past two days. Bring me the map. I don't want to run in the wrong direction. That would be bad!" Hu Keqi forcefully took a sip. Water bag, raised his hand,

The guard quickly took down the map from his horse. With the moonlight shining above his head, Hu Keqili spread the map on the rock. After looking at it carefully for a while, his solemn expression finally relaxed a little and said, "It's better." OK, our direction That's right, although there is a deviation, the current terrain shows that the southern mountains are beginning to become gentle and flat here. It should be the Alawe Mountains, which is the transition area in the central and southern part of Congo! 150 miles ahead is the base camp of the Congo people! "

"What, it's only 150 miles away from Gang Feiren's base camp!"

When the nearby Guards Cavalry heard the news, they were immediately shocked and gathered around them. This time they charged with all their strength and the speed was as fast as the wind. Everyone was looking forward to when the imperial flag suddenly appeared under Besucca, the base camp of Gangfei. , the look of astonishment on Gang Fei’s face, thinking of this, all the Guards cavalry felt their blood boiling.

"Order all squadron leaders to come to me!"

Hu Keqili ordered. Soon, more than a dozen squadron leaders all arrived.

Hu Keqili looked at a dozen of his subordinates and said coldly, "According to the military reports we have, although the main force of 100,000 Gangfei people is still contained in Baluta, the reserve troops have also been put into use, so Gangfei The army of Besuca where the court is located is less than 10,000 people! "

"The Gangfei army in Besuka is less than 10,000! We will be able to arrive in Besuka at least the day after tomorrow!" a guard squadron leader said with excitement

"Yes, not only do we think so, but I think people in Africa think so too!" Hu Keqili's eyes flashed, with a sickly blush on his face, and his fingers connected the punctuation points on the map. It was obviously a straight line, "So the Gangfei people must do their best to mobilize reinforcements from the front line."

"Our 10,000 elite cavalry suddenly turned violently from the south to the north and plunged in through the gap between Gangfei people. It was completely beyond Gangfei people's expectations. In addition, our speed going north was extremely fast. The Gangfei defenders along the way were We didn’t even have time to form a blocking force before we passed through it easily.”

"But it's different now. The Gangfei people have received the news. Although their troops are limited, according to the Besuka city wall, they can still struggle. As long as the other party waits for reinforcements to arrive, we will be in a dilemma."

A guard captain affirmed with a solemn expression, "Even so, with our combat power, a fight to the death is enough to capture Besuka!"

"Then what?" Hu Keqili glanced at him and asked expressionlessly.

"This..." The guard squadron leader looked stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought about it.

Hu Keqili's eyes were as sharp as a knife. He said, "The Gangfei people still have 90,000 troops confronting our army in Baluta. The distance from Besuka to Baluta is only a hundred miles. Before sunset tomorrow, the Gangfei people's reinforcements will arrive." Will arrive, going to Besuca is a dead end! "

"What do you mean, sir?"

"We are going to win. His Majesty has handed over 10,000 elites into my hands. We are not going to die! And although Besuka is very attractive, the Gangfei people who have already received it will definitely turn it into a trap. "Kochili curled his lips, paused in his voice, and glanced at the attentive Guards Cavalry. My finger clicked on the map

"So starting from here, we will start the real battle. First we will continue to go north, and then here." Hu Keqili's finger stopped near Besuka City, raised his head, his eyes flashed, and he said calmly. "Turn to Baluta!"

"Turn to Baluta?" The guards looked at Hu Keqili's suddenly turned fingers, and their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Yes, Baluta! You can't think of it, even more so if you are not a human being," Hu Keqili took a deep breath, smiled slightly, stood up and said, "They will definitely think that our target is Besuka, our army The rapid advance of the Jingqi can certainly shock everyone, but our number is too small, only 10,000 people."

"No matter how outstanding the combat power is, facing Besuka who is at the center of the defense of Gangfei's army, the most we can do is force Gangfei's court to temporarily relocate! Then the enemy will definitely counterattack with all his strength! Although we have His Majesty's 30,000 troops escorting us Finally, the distance between the two armies has exceeded one hundred miles today, and will even exceed one hundred and fifty miles tomorrow. Without close fire, we are already fighting alone deep in the hinterland! Moreover, the target is very clear, just waiting to hit us head on. We are not fools. The other party can know the time of our arrival with just a little calculation! , the scale of the attack, and then it can be arranged calmly and take the opportunity to swallow us up! "

"Then we turned into Baluta. Why?" someone asked in a low voice.

"For no reason, it's just because this is the place where a hundred thousand troops are stationed for food!" Hu Keqili said coldly, put his hand on the map, and said loudly, "An unexpected blow, as long as it is hit at the right position, is far more powerful than the enemy." A head-on confrontation is even more deadly. Our ten thousand elite cavalry, advancing for hundreds of miles, cannot shake Besuka, but only against Gang Fei. We have spent a lot of money to hoard the military grain warehouse in Baluta, which is more than enough. The other party's attention is all on Besuka. No one would have thought that we could be so aggressive. In fact, we are rushing to get their food. Just burn Gang Fei Ren’s military rations, and then rush back to our army in the direction of Baluta.”

"I see, if you directly burn the opponent's military rations, Gang Fei will have no choice but to go over and drink from the northwest wind!" The guards' squadron leaders' eyes lit up when they heard this. They are all habitual criminals who are best at killing people and arson. Thinking of Gang Fei The army was in an embarrassing situation without food. I feel very comfortable

"Everyone can take a good rest! Let's set out at dawn tomorrow!" Hu Keqili stood up and raised his hand to the squadron leaders who were meeting around him. "Put the bit on the horse. You must not let the horse neigh. We will enter tomorrow." Ready to fight at any time!”

Just outside the Military Affairs Department, the adjutants ran to the door with orders in their hands, hardly daring to delay at all.

A squadron of messenger cavalry was waiting there. Every cavalryman who received the order from the adjutant continued to gallop away. It has been a long time since the cavalrymen were able to assemble directly at the entrance of the military affairs department in such a tense situation, which often meant a big battle.

"Sir Marcos, with our military strength, can we really eat this lone Falcon Cavalry in one bite?" In the office of Minister of Military Affairs Marcos, Xiao Huang watched with interest the full-body armors standing on both sides of the office. . There are four pairs of these full-body armors, two pairs on each side. They seem to be well maintained on weekdays. They are supported by precious mahogany frames and are high-quality plate armor that has been finely polished and polished. The shining and mighty heraldic shield completely protects the whole body, making it almost invulnerable.

But the weight is not light either. The little emperor estimated that even the lightest pair would have been difficult for him to wear before he was fourteen years old. On the walls of the room, there were also spears and short axes hung crosswise. Daggers, heraldic shields, the surfaces of these cold metals glow with a cold yet characteristic white halo.

"You can fight as long as you pick up the weapons on the wall. Mr. Marcos is really getting stronger and stronger!" The little emperor sighed, looking through the window sill, he happened to see the figure of a messenger cavalry disappearing in the distance.

"Your Majesty, these armors were given to me when I was eleven, eighteen, twenty-nine and fifty years old. They are placed here so that I can always remember my courage when I faced the enemy that day!" Kos replied, "And don't worry, Your Majesty, there should be no problem. Although the opponent has excellent combat power, it only has 10,000 people after all!"

Marcos saw the little emperor pretending to be calm. Thinking that the little emperor was only seven years old and still a child, no wonder he didn't have confidence in this battle. He couldn't help laughing.

"I have urgently ordered the 30,000 troops from Baluta to turn back. At most tomorrow at noon, the 30,000 troops will arrive at Besuca. Of course, in order to prevent this war from spreading to the city, the best way is to invite Your Majesty temporarily moves out of Besuca City! "

"That's what I said, but it's too hasty to choose to move away because of a small repercussion. After all, I am also the emperor of the empire! Mr. Marcos, what do you think of the imperial convoy's personal expedition?"

The little emperor was a little unwilling. In the history of the empire, those ancestors fought bloody battlefields and remained calm in the face of battles, which made him proud of his bloodline. Although he was young, the late emperor had witnessed the brutality of the battlefield at the age of ten. Several times Ren Gangfei's monarchs were among the first to go to the battlefield with the army before they were ten years old.

"Your Majesty, war is not a child's play! Moreover, the Falcon Army has always been famous for its long-range shooting. It can kill someone from a hundred meters away. Compared with curiosity, His Majesty's safety comes first!"

Marcos obviously knew what the little emperor was struggling with, and said with a smile, "It is understandable that His Majesty is fascinated by the battlefield, and it was not the case for his subordinates at the beginning. When he was eleven years old, he followed his father to witness the first war. At that time, he saw corpses all over the mountains and plains. , the mutilated and broken limbs, whatever thoughts were in my mind at that time, they were all disgusting and vomiting, "Papa"

There was a knock at the door,

"Come in" Marcos continues signing documents

An adjutant from the Ministry of Military Affairs walked in, saluted the little emperor and Marcos, and said, "Your Majesty, sir, I just received news that the forward of the Falcon Cavalry has arrived at Kawisa, 80 miles away from here. The opponent did not attack, but directly Bypassing Kaweisa, we came directly here!"

"Oh, I know!"

Marcos waved to the adjutant,

"So fast!" The little emperor sounded a little horrified.

"It's only normal to go so fast. The opponent is marching hundreds of miles north. After approaching the target, they don't want to get entangled along the way. The tactic of going straight to Besuca has been planned for a long time."

Marcos stopped writing, took a deep breath and said, "The opponent's commander is very clear that the key points of the attack are to be fast enough to prevent the opponent from being careful, and to launch a fatal blow without any delay, just like the poisonous scorpion. The squatting scorpion hook, when it does not launch a fatal blow, At this moment, there will be absolutely no unnecessary actions. Although our army uses Besuka as a bait to launch an ambush, the price paid for annihilating the opponent must be quite tragic. If your Majesty really wants to see this Shura field. , my subordinates can make arrangements!”

"Forget it, forget it, that's what I'm thinking about!" Hearing that he would see all kinds of dead people at close range, the little emperor, who had been suffering from insomnia recently, turned pale when he heard that. "Although it is a pity that I can't sit in command, But can we watch it from a distance?"

"This should be no problem. My subordinates will arrange it!" Marcos hesitated. It was good for the emperor to have such a heart. Seven years old is a bit too young, but it is not unprecedented in the history of Gangfei. First in line.

Baluta serves as the first frontline against the Falcon Army. The Gangfei people have set up strict surveillance twenty miles in front of the Baluta defense line. There are hundreds of wooden lookout posts with braziers on them. Once an attack by the Falcon Army is discovered, the sentry tower will immediately light the braziers. The piled wood and the thick smoke rising straight into the sky can be seen even from twenty miles away on the flat land of Baluta, if it is night. The fire can even be seen from the position of the defense line headquarters. The Gangfei people have deployed 100,000 people on the Baluta defense line.

Large encampments were hidden behind makeshift fortifications;

It was a dark night and there were no stars in the sky, but this did not prevent Sihu Keqili from using the telescope in his hand to observe the Ganfei military camp full of bonfires in the distance. The Baluta area was on a large alluvial plain with a river in front of it. The huge Bakuta Fortress is at the other end of the river, now occupied by the Falcon Army. The city below the fortress looks like a huge U-shape from the high hills, without the 100,000 soldiers of the Bakuta Fortress. The non-army troops relied on the river and large tidal flats, plus the six mountainous areas behind them that were in the shape of a Chinese character.

The moonlight was bright and countless military flags were fluttering like clouds.

Through the lookout glass and familiarity with the layout of the military camp, Hu Keqili found the protruding targets one by one in the direction of the military camp to the east of the Gangfei Army outside Baluta with almost no effort.

More than thirty temporary grain warehouses. On this plain that can be seen clearly, there is really nothing that can block the view. Judging from the layout of the military camp, the warehouse is basically located at the rear of the military camp. There is an army on the front, rear, left and right sides, as well as the Gangfei army. The battle-hardened troops were not so careless and numb that they were completely undefended. Three of the four armies were clearly moved forward, forming a stack for a breakthrough. However, if the direction of the attack was changed to the back, it would be impossible. There is only one military camp to consider

What a God-sent opportunity! Hu Keqili looked at the sky. It was already late at night. The dew was pouring down on him, and the ice was biting. The armors of the Imperial Guards cavalry who had been running for most of the night were stained with a layer of moisture similar to a hundred frosts. The exhaustion weighed on every man. on one's face,

"Squadrons prepare!" Hu Keqili ordered in a low voice. The densely packed falcon cavalry behind him jumped onto the mound in front of them, like shadows waving waves, and raised a layer on the mound out of thin air. In the direction of the Gangfei military camp, The second half of the night is the time when it is easiest to fall asleep. There are dense lookout posts ahead and as many as five layers of defense lines along the way. No one will notice a long, faint black line. The line began to appear on the mound three hundred meters behind, and the air was filled with a sense of desolation before the war. The cavalry looked cold, and their fingers nervously tightened the reins of the horses. The silence around them was terrifying, and sudden It is the main factor in this raid. Whether the food can be set alight before the enemies on both wings are completely alerted is the key to the success or failure of the entire battle.

"Go forward!" Hu Keqi raised his hand high.

The black cavalry began to move like water flowing in the dark night. Countless black lines slowly advanced towards the military camp. The sentries inside were either sleeping or warming themselves up by the fire, so that when the shadow troops advanced to a hundred meters away from the camp, The rumble of horse hooves began to get louder and louder, and then a sentry tower began to ring the bell rapidly.

"Clang!" Hu Keqili could already see the front clearly. He pulled out the sharp sword from his waist. The bright sword light was like an erected battle flag. He shouted loudly, "The whole army charges forward!" The sword fell down. , the cavalry iron stream speeds up like a landslide, and the linear queue rolls forward like waves,

At five o'clock in the morning, in the faint morning light, the Falcon Guards Cavalry rushed into the Ganfei people's military camp in Baluta like a divine force descending from heaven.

The cracking of the horse's hooves was like a storm passing over the earth. At the moment of contact, the tents in the camp were blown down like strong winds blowing down weak grass.

The heavy horse hooves trampled directly over the sleeping Gangfei soldiers.

Just as the non-soldiers ran out of the tent in panic, they saw a sword like snow in front of them.

Countless cavalrymen with spikes on the front of their horses swooped in from the front like an avalanche, and their companions were so frightened that they were crawling on the ground.

The entire camp was like a sieve penetrated by countless arrow clusters. The impact of the ten thousand Guards Cavalry was like a black line of black iron plows that quickly hit the scene of the Gangfei military camp, like a spinning mass of The spiked flail hit the thin pieces of armor heavily,

Debris flies,

Many panicked Gangfei soldiers were directly caught by the galloping horses and turned into a ball of meat on the ground. "Kill!"

Ten thousand Falcon Guards Cavalry swords were like frost before the dawn.

The horses' hooves rumbled, the ground trembled like an avalanche, and they rushed towards the weak rear of the Gangfei military camp along the curve of the slope.