Realm of Power

The dozens of meters long stone bridge hangs high on the 100-meter cliff, just like a sky bridge connecting the inside of the valley with the outside. People can't help but sigh at the wonder of God's creation of all things. At this moment, a Zhongbi man wearing a white dress But the young girl was walking alone on this narrow stone bridge, and the wind from the mountain stream made a whining sound in her ears.

"What's going on?" Hu Keqili, the central general of the empire, had a look of astonishment on his face.

"Sir, do you need to attack?" the adjutant asked in a low voice. The imperial crossbowmen lined up in front neatly raised their crossbows. The crossbow arrows were already strung. With just one command, any living creature on the stone bridge could be shot into a hedgehog.

"No, it's just a woman!" Hu Keqili hesitated and looked up at the sky. The time has not come yet.

"Stop, or we will attack!" shouted an Imperial Army squadron leader standing at the forefront.

The girl's horse stopped thirty meters in front, and her gaze resolutely swept across the 100,000 elite Falcon Empire troops spread out in front of her like a huge fan. Even though she was mentally prepared, she thought she had faced the Dongting people alone before. Despite the pursuit of Xiaoqi, the girl's face turned pale from the impact of the murderous intent coming towards her, and her delicate body trembled slightly in the wind like a small flower.

Heavy armor is like clouds, military formations are like mountains, countless spears are like a sea of ​​forests,

She unconsciously compared the army in front with the murderous Dongting Prairie people, and discovered that the eyes of the other soldiers were also blood red like the Dongting Prairie people, with a ferocious murderous intent in the coldness. Only the elite of the formation can see through life and death. , and the red tassels on the heads of the soldiers in front were swept by the wind, but they were much more powerful than the leather hats of the prairie people. They immediately ignited the land of the film like a flame, bringing the wind of the battle formation to the face, exactly like It is a whole, with countless weapons that look more like bows. ., while facing myself,

The girl suddenly felt as if she had seen the most charming starlight in the night, which was the cold light of arrow clusters!

Looking up slightly, the girl's black pupils tightened again. She saw long black tubes lined up in a row, lifting towards the valley under the sunlight, like dark black metal absorbing all the light. On these long black tubes,

This is still the opponent's destructive power. After counting silently, there were over a hundred, which showed that the other party had shown mercy just now, otherwise the Yue Valley would have been filled with howls!

"This is indeed a great empire that is rumored to be as big as the Dongting Prairie people within that long wall!" A gleam of heat flashed in the girl's eyes, her hands holding the reins were squeezed together tightly, and her nails dug into her flesh, causing a tingling chill. The pain, in the face of such power, Yue Gugu's resistance seemed so ridiculous,

"Even if you surrender, as the hostage of Yue Valley, you should be tougher."

The girl smiled bitterly, raised her neck hard, looked forward, and raised a temporarily drafted letter with both hands. He said loudly with all his strength, "I am Yue Xin'er, the only daughter of the leader of Yue Valley, Yue Shan. Yue Valley is willing to surrender. I request to be taken as a hostage in exchange for not attacking the valley for the time being. This is a document about taking over Yue Valley!"

The Yue family is a famous century-old general in the Central Asian Empire. The ancestor Yue Long was once one of the three famous generals in the empire. Although Yue Shan was average in ability, he was also among the generals. As the daughter of a general, Yue Xin'er grew up in the army. With Yue Shan at her side, Yue Xin'er had not seen the beautiful flowers in the wind and rain. When she was thirteen, she had seen the tragic massacre after the Dongting Prairie Cavalry broke through the border town. , at the age of fifteen, he drew his sword and hacked to death the first Dongting man.

"Hostage? What's the situation?" Hu Keqili looked at the girl in front of him in astonishment. He was a little confused about the situation, but at least there was only one person and one horse on the other side. There was absolutely no threat.

"Let go of the passage!" He hesitated, raised his hand, and ordered the soldiers in front to let Yue Xiner over. The soldiers in front spread out to both sides like a tide.

Taking the document from the girl's hand, Hu Keqili opened it and took a look, his face changed slightly. "You are very brave, but our request did not mention the hostages, and the attack order was issued by His Majesty. I will submit this document to the emperor." Your Majesty, the rest can only be decided by Your Majesty!"

"Thank you! I hope to follow you to see your emperor." Yue Xiner nodded and asked boldly.

"Whether His Majesty sees you or not is not something I can decide. I will report your request to Your Majesty!" Hu Keqili hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said. Soon, Hu Keqili found Yue Gugu with his request. fat man,

"The other party asked to use hostages as collateral in exchange for gradually controlling Yue Valley, instead of driving everyone out at once." The fat man read the document and tilted his head. The handwriting on the document was very new, and it looked like it had just been drafted. I started to look into the distance. The huge oval valley looked like a large basin in the distance.

The fat man put down the negotiation document in his hand, turned around and asked, "What was the name of the hostage you just mentioned?"

"Yue Xiner! Claims to be the only daughter of Yue Shan, the leader of Yue Valley!" Hu Keqili reported with a respectful look.

"Yue Shan is willing to use his only daughter as a hostage as a guarantee for our three thousand troops to enter the valley and take over. With your understanding of Yue Shan, tell me your opinion!" The fat man turned his eyes to Murphy O'Brien. Only Murphy O'Brien knows better about its form.

Murphy O'Brien bent down and quickly answered, "Yue Shan has no sons, only an only daughter named Yue Xiner. I have met her several times. She is not bad looking. Yue Shan loves her very much. It is said that he has long threatened to take over the entire Yue Valley." As a dowry, it can not only win the beauty back, but also There are many people who are tempted by the treasure land of Yue Valley, but this only girl has high eyes and doesn't like anyone, so she is called the Phoenix Girl of Yue Valley by the migrants outside the long wall! , should be worried about the surrender of the empire."

"So, do you think the method of using hostages as guarantees is feasible?" The fat man's eyes flashed. If it were him, he would have hesitated after the massacre like that in the Sirius Valley!

"Yue Shan attaches great importance to this woman, even more than Yue Shangu. If she is really used as a hostage, Yue Shan's sincerity is more credible!" Murphy O'Brien paused and said affirmatively, "And my subordinates think this It is the first force that the empire recruits into the east! "

"When the other party requests to surrender, still using force to seize it without hesitation will have a negative impact on the future! Taking the hostage of the other party and gradually controlling the other party can be regarded as setting an example for other forces to take over in the future, and the Tianlang Mansion The result of resistance in the battle was the destruction of the whole clan, while Yue Valley was willing to surrender and was saved. Comparing the two results, other forces will know how big the contrast is between resisting the empire and submitting to the empire, and they will also know how to express their loyalty to the empire! "

"Well, okay, you go and have a look. If it is indeed Yue Xiner herself, okay..." The fat man waved his hand in agreement, and his voice suddenly stopped. He saw another running out of the stone bridge at the mouth of the valley. A man, who appeared to be a Central Asian man, was stopped by soldiers in front of him. and escorted him from his horse

"What's going on?" the fat man asked

"My subordinates came over immediately!" Hu Keqili hurriedly ran forward, and soon returned in a hurry, reporting, "Your Majesty, he is a Central Asian who calls himself Song Hua! The other party said he was Yue Xiner's bodyguard, and there was something about it." Important information about the Dongting Prairie people needs to be reported in person! "

"Song Hua? The Song clan of the four wealthy families in Central Asia?" The fat man smiled coldly. "As a person from Yue Valley, the other party didn't mention Yue Valley's business, but directly mentioned the people of Dongting, the main target of the empire to fight. She has some discernment, and is much smarter than this stupid Yue Xiner who ran over crying and shouted to be a hostage."

"Bring him to see me!" The fat man waved his hand

"Yes! Hu Keqili took the order and left.

"Your Majesty. I've heard that Song Hua is Yue Shan's confidant! But his reputation with the outside world doesn't seem to be good!"

Murphy O'Brien hesitated and reminded, "It is said that the last time Tianlang Mansion raided Yue Valley, it was this Song Hua who sent a secret message to Tianlang Mansion in advance, but I don't know why. Tianlang Mansion's head was broken and bloody in Yue Valley. , more than a thousand people died, and before leaving, he revealed the news that Song Hua was the secret agent of Tianlang Mansion. Yue Shan still trusted this Song Hua!

"If I'm not wrong. The Tianlang Mansion was tricked by Song Hua, a fake secret agent! He used it as a wedding dress for Yue Gugu's rising!" The fat man put his hands behind his back, looking at the sky in the distance, with a sneer on his lips. He said, "He must be a very extraordinary person. He deceived the Tianlang Mansion. As a result of the war, Yue Valley rose rapidly and became a force on the tripartite side. This is enough to show that this person is ambitious, capable, and skillful! It's a pity that he followed the wrong person who has no ambition." Yue Shan! The empire needs such people to serve. After taking Yue Valley, there is the Tianlang Mansion, and then there is the area of ​​​​the Dongting people. That will be the place where the ownership of this land will be truly decided!

"I have sent out scouts and sent people to build a former military camp fifteen miles east of the Tianlang River Valley, but with little success. The people of the Dongting grassland move back and forth erratically, and the herdsmen and the army are all mixed together. It may change from herding state to combat state at any time.”

"Moreover, the detection of grassland scouts can reach two to three hundred miles in such an unobstructed wilderness. Our scouts were intercepted before they could penetrate deeply. Strategically speaking, we are still blind at present, and the opponent is in the Tianlang Valley. Keep your eyes open after the war! The wilderness awaits us in the east!"

The fat man paused for a moment and continued, "Now any news about the Dongting people is very valuable to us! The most important thing is that this Song Hua seems to be a thoughtful person. Since he can cross the entire wilderness from the direction of Central Asia, Naturally, they are more familiar with the terrain there than we are! As for reputation, the empire has never valued anything other than loyalty and ability! "

"His Majesty!"

Murphy O'Brien's face became silent. He himself was a former Gaul general. He once commanded an army of 200,000 in the southwest of the Gallic Empire. Later, during the War of the Southwest, as many civilians in the southwest died because of his attack on the capital of the southwest. More than 200,000 yuan. In terms of reputation, my reputation may have been ruined on the street. In the beginning, he was forced to surrender to the empire, but in the eyes of Emperor Falcon, he still did not hold any prejudice against his past actions. Instead, he made no secret of the importance he attached to him. The headquarters of the 300,000-strong army of the empire marching eastward was in Murphy. The city, even the newly established province outside the long wall was named after the surname Murphy.

It would be a lie to say that Murphy O'Brien was not a little moved, because once the Murphy Province officially exists, even if thousands of years pass, people may not remember the names of countless generals in this eastward march. He will also be remembered as Murphy O'Brien.

What soldiers pursue during their lifetime is glory, but what they pursue after death is to leave their names for thousands of years like the famous generals in the past! The Falcon Emperor's move completely convinced me! If you choose to betray the empire, you will still have a name for thousands of years, but I'm afraid it will be infamy!

"Your Majesty, the people have been brought!"

After a while, Hu Keqili came over with a Central Bian man about thirty years old. This Central Bian man was slender and walked with a spirit of energy. Hu Keqili, who had experienced hundreds of battles, There is no feeling of oppression or restraint around Kokili. If he is not very confident in his heart, then he has put life and death aside.

"Song Hua bows to Your Majesty!"

Song Hua knelt on the ground with a face full of joy. According to the etiquette of meeting the emperor in China, his forehead touched the ground. Although he did not understand how big the Falcon Empire was, he believed that the person in front of him was an emperor with overwhelming power. A big shot, full of hatred, he finally had the opportunity to meet an imperial emperor. This feeling of excitement and nervousness made his neck seem a little stiff.

"Get up, this is not Zhongbia. Just don't have to kneel and kowtow! You said you know the information about the Dongting people?" A voice came from the other side. Song Hua's body trembled slightly. The emperor opposite actually knew about the three bows. The ritual of nine-kowtow is enough to show that China and Bia are not completely unfamiliar.

Raising his head, his eyes visibly focused and dispersed. The person standing in front of him turned out to be a young Central Asian man with black hair and black eyes, a strong build, and his eyes were staring at him like a sharp sword, making him look like a mountain. pressure, the emperor of the Falcon Empire is a Central Asian! Song Hua felt that his heart was hit hard

"Actually, the villain doesn't know what the people in Dongting are doing, but he will know it soon!" Song Hua quickly lowered his head to hide the shock in his heart, took a deep breath, squatted down and picked up the wooden branch next to him. He took a map on the ground, marked a few points, and said

"Since Wugantai, who was the Dongting people's spy, was defeated by His Majesty, the grassland people knew of His Majesty's arrival and began to prepare."

"According to convention, when the situation is unclear, you should choose to retreat temporarily. However, the grassland people have always been a nation that prides itself on being brave and fearless. It can also be said that it is a nation that is not afraid of death and has a stubborn defense of its own territory. , even in the face of strong enemies, they will fight bravely, because Retreating out of fear is a sign of shame for the grassland people. When they hear the horn of tribe gathering, the nearby tribes will move to one place. "Song Hua dragged a long stroke on the ground with a wooden branch and said loudly." Therefore, you can completely consider using pressing tactics to force his main force to fight in the field! "

"Of course I want to go straight to the Dongting people's lair and force them to fight us? But the Dongting people are constantly migrating, who knows where their lair is?" The fat man's eyes flashed, taking in all the sketches drawn by Song Hua. A flash of unexpected appreciation flashed across his face, and he was able to react in such a short period of time despite being surprised. Moreover, the other party actually knew the terrain east of Tianlang Mansion very well, which made the fat man feel like he had found a treasure.

"Your Majesty, the climate here gets colder faster than inland. The end of August and the beginning of September means winter is coming soon!" Song Hua smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, stopped the tree branch on the ground, and focused his eyes on a person on the ground. On the point, he suddenly said, "Winter in the wilderness is a great time for prairie people." In a cruel season, there are not many meadows for the prairie people to spend the winter. There are only one or two. If the prairie people really gather their forces to prepare to deal with the imperial army, then in the area two hundred miles east of the Tianlang Mansion Valley, There are only two places where Dongting people can gather to spend the winter.”

The wooden branches made a cross on the ground. Song Hua said, "The Mo'ang beach is close to the river beach and can provide winter water sources and fish, and the Morastiwen land is backed by mountains and can block the cold wind in winter and freeze to death of large numbers of livestock.

The Dongting people will ask all races to move closer to the main force to survive the harsh winter. As long as they send out scouts to follow them, they should be able to confirm the direction of the main force of the grassland people! When the time comes, the imperial army will press forward and advance. In order to ensure the safety of the tribesmen who spend the winter, the opponent's main force will definitely choose to take the initiative to fight in the field! "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!