Realm of Power

Feishan Kingdom, the important town of Bremeyer,

The winter sky is gradually getting brighter, and the snowflakes are still falling, but they are not as fierce as before. The snow and dust are gone, and the vision is clear. Looking down from the frost-covered stone walls of the fortress, one can see a series of Istantian military camps in the snowy wilderness. This is where the main force of the Istanbul Eastern Route Army is located.

Since the war between the Istan Empire and Feishan Kingdom began, 300,000 Istantian troops fiercely entered Feishan, defeated Yala where Feishan's heavy troops had gathered in one fell swoop, broke through the defense line that Feishan army had spent several months building, and then Just like the original plan to eliminate Gangfei, the Istan Empire Adopting the strategy of dividing the army into two groups, one is good and the other is strange. The main frontal force is personally led by the talented and strategic Emperor Thoradin I of Istan. With 30,000 emperor's guards as the backbone, two large armies with a strength of 50,000 each move forward. Opening the way, the Feishan Kingdom was a little hard to breathe.

On the other side, led by the Crown Prince of Istan, a group of 30,000 light soldiers relied on the warships of the Strata people to transport them. They broke into the Feishan hinterland from the side of the coast of the Feishan Kingdom, catching the Feishan Kingdom by surprise. During the defense, the 13,000-strong Seventh Army responsible for guarding the Feishan coast was wiped out, and the remaining troops of about 6,000 retreated all the way to the important town of Bremeyer.

The wall at the gate of Bremeyer Fortress was already filled with Feishan soldiers. Everyone was wearing heavy armor and holding sharp spears, looking nervously at the location of the Istanbul army below. Everyone stood in the fighting position, and the knuckles holding their weapons were a little white. The cold wind blew, and my face hurt like a knife. But no one had the time to stamp their feet and rub their faces to keep out the cold. They all remained motionless in their respective positions. Occasionally, they moved around and nervously swallowed a mouthful of cold saliva.

There were more than a dozen fires lit on the city wall, and metal cauldrons were hung in a row on the supports. The hot oil inside was already boiling, gurgling and emitting an unpleasant smell. Under the city wall, there were officers shouting orders, urging the soldiers to bring up more giant wooden arrow clusters. A Feishan archer took out the bowstring and crossbow string that had been preserved with grease from the bag. Carefully wipe off the grease, hang it on the arm of the bow and crossbow, and adjust it accurately silently. Apart from these noises, the Fei Shan army densely packed on the city wall did not say a word. Everyone tensed up,

Yajilo, commander of Feishan's Seventh Army, looked at the movements of the Istani people outside the city with a gloomy expression. The Istani people's raids on the coastline dealt a heavy blow to his Seventh Army, and now there are frequent signs of reinforcements from the other side. Look. The people of Istanbul have completely controlled the direction of the coastline. And used this to transport troops into Feishan continuously. Thinking of this, Yajlo's face became ugly. Yajlo's Seventh Army was just a lightly equipped army. Its main task on weekdays was to protect the port of Feishan Navy. , no one expected that the Istani people, who had always had a weak navy, would be able to attack Feishan from the sea this time and be suddenly attacked. The Seventh Army did not even have time to assemble the scattered troops, so they could only order the troops to stay and fight.

As soon as the Istanbul army landed, they immediately pressed against the Feishan Navy's base camp from three directions. Although the Seventh Army was not strong in combat power. But fortunately, most of the soldiers were locals from the coastline. With their homes behind them, they naturally fought tooth and nail. Invisibly delaying the Istanbul army's approach to the main naval port,

Although Feishan's army blocked the Istanbul army. It paid a heavy price of more than 10,000 casualties, but it also gave more than a hundred small and medium-sized warships in the navy's main port time to escape. It's just a pity that the Feishan Naval Main Port is built by the Feishan Kingdom with decades of hard work and financial resources. It has more than 30 shipyards of various sizes, and can build and launch five or six warships every year. Near this main port, there are two small and medium-sized cities, which are basically filled with family members of the navy. During the emergency evacuation, everything that could be taken away was taken away, and what could not be taken away was burned on the spot. Not a drop was left for the people of Istanbul

The Seventh Army's tenacious resistance made the Istanbul army initially believe that it would only take one day to swallow the Feshan Navy's main port and then obtain the Feshan Navy ships. The plan went bankrupt. Although the Feshan warships that escaped from the port were attacked The fierce interception from the Strand Navy resulted in the sinking of more than 70 ships, but at least it was less than These battleships fell into the hands of the Istani people. The angry Istan Crown Prince ordered the execution of all the captured Feishan soldiers, but this was of no benefit to the entire war situation. It was not until the main port fell that Yajlo took the remaining three soldiers with him. One-quarter of the troops withdrew to the Bremeyer Fortress, the only place leading to Feishan's hinterland.

The Bremeyer Fortress is a barrier for the Feishan Kingdom against the coastal areas. The fortress is built along the mountain. It is about three thousand meters long and wide. The walls are entirely made of nearby materials and made of strong large stones, which can withstand large stone throws. Attacked by weapons, the entire fortress was like a huge side knife blocking the earth into two parts.

Towards the coastline are rolling mountains, and in the direction of the fortress are the Hittman Hills that lead directly to the royal capital of Denivaland. In the past, the coastal areas of Feishan Kingdom were frequently cleansed by pirates, and were the hardest-hit areas by coastal pirates. Shan spends more than half of her energy dealing with pirates.

Among the kings of Feishan. Two people died at the hands of pirates due to pirate invasions. Even the hundred-leaf city of Denevaland, the capital of Feishan Kingdom, was invaded by pirates three times.

Under such circumstances, let alone the rise of the Feishan Kingdom, even if it wanted to have a little stable life, this disadvantageous state was finally ended until the legendary Governor of the Feishan Kingdom, Reshatama, appeared. This Reshata Governor Ma is the grandfather of Rishabaqi, a native of Istanbul, and the founder of the Feishan Navy. There was nothing noteworthy about the newly born Rishatama at first. As the original garrison officer in the Kingdom of Bremeyer, Rishatama just wanted to build a sentry tower on the mountain road leading inland. Come to monitor the incoming pirates. Like most people, we hope to detect the pirates in advance. We still have time to run.

But as time goes by, Rishatama unexpectedly discovers that there are almost no pirates on the coastline in winter, because the offshore sea surface is full of ice floes. Pirate warships are generally not large, and it is difficult for the hull to break through the ice floes in winter. Several of the craziest pirates will come across the ice, and no pirate is willing to spend a lot of money The air broke through the ice floe, and then they had to endure the cold and hunger across the rugged Bremeyer Pass. Of course, what annoyed the pirates most was that as long as they appeared at the entrance of the pass, the sentry tower on the cliff in the distance would issue an order. People ring the bell in despair, this situation often means that their prey has run away, women, wealth. Even the food is consumed from the mouth,

The frustrated pirates could only continue to move forward hungry. This mountain road is seventy or eighty miles long. If they are lucky, they can reach the more populous hinterland of Feishan before freezing, but it may be more dangerous there. Bremeyer's siren will also alert the areas behind. What the exhausted pirates may see there is Feishan's regular army in a neat formation. Several groups of pirates were surrounded and suppressed without any explanation.

The warships that had lost the pirates were still docked quietly at the beach, which aroused the interest of Rishatama. He was very interested in the pirate warships. He went to inspect them personally and ordered people to imitate and build these warships, using the pirated warships brought by the pirates. The warship was used as a copy to create the first generation navy of Feishan Kingdom.

Over the next thirty years. Reshatama has been committed to developing the Feishan Kingdom's navy, and has led the Feshan fleet several times to launch landing attacks on the old enemy Istan.

He used piracy to weaken the power of the Istani people, and used the property plundered from the Istani people to encourage the Istani nobles to rebel. Single-handedly creating the southern rebellion that is still hated by the Emperor of Istanbul, the Kingdom of Feishan also emerged during the turmoil in Istanbul and became a great power capable of confronting the Istantians.

Reshatama no longer served in the military in his old age, but he was already very familiar with naval tactics and personally compiled the Feishan Naval Operations Manual.

During an inquiry by the king, he proposed to build a fortress in Bremeyer as a solid barrier to block the coastline in case of failure. At that time, the Feishan Navy was already quite large, and even the Strand Navy that emerged later did not dare to compete with it. No one thought that anyone would dare to make plans for the Feishan coastline.

However, for the sake of Reshatama's persistence and thinking of the old man's contribution to Feishan throughout his life, the king agreed to the request to build the fortress. This is the Bremeyer Fortress, which has changed over time. , the decision made decades ago finally saved the Feishan Kingdom today. If it were not blocked by the Bremeyer Fortress, the Istani army would have marched straight into the Feishan capital and decided the entire battle! And the little-known fortress of Bremeyer was not put in the eyes of the Crown Prince of Istan. In his mind, it was just a small fortress, and the defenders were only six or seven thousand men who had already broken their courage. They are just remnants of soldiers. According to the strength of 30,000 elite soldiers under his command,

It was still dark outside the fortress wall when I saw the Istanbul army suddenly setting off a large number of fires and making people commotion. Then more light cavalry came out. A warning curtain was set up outside the bow and arrow range of the fortress defense system. In order to prevent possible surprise attacks within the fortress, a group of light infantry began to arrange military horses in front to resist the impact and harass them. In the camp, the rude shouts and orders of the Istani people rang out,

The fire was bright, making the sky red.

Jaegero, the commander of the Seventh Army in the fortress, was also alerted. He patrolled the fortress for days and took a short rest in the latter half of the night. Not long after his upper and lower eyelids closed, the Istan man suddenly acted like this again. The exhausted defenders could only rush to their respective fighting positions amidst the eager orders of the officers.

There are no tall towers on the walls of Bremeyer Fortress, and its defense can only be considered average. Although the previous king agreed to build the fortress, he did not believe that there would be a maritime crisis, so the funds were allocated intermittently. , this fortress has been under construction for more than 20 years. The joints of old and new faults can be seen everywhere, and the bricks and stones on the walls also look a bit messy due to different ages.

Yajello was on a tower with a few officers. He pressed his hand on the battlement and looked at everything in front of him with a tense face. Guo Rong's eyebrows were raised high, and the murderous aura that had not been seen for a long time overflowed from his figure. The few officers behind him were just like him, just staring at the distance in front of them. From the darkness before dawn until the day is about to dawn, the Istani people outside the city are busy. The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and everything in the sight is becoming clearer and clearer. I heard the sound of desolate horns, and groups of Istanbul light cavalry rolled up snow dust and galloped back and forth at the edge of the fortress's bow and arrow range, rolling up snow dust all over the sky.

Immediately, the Istan knights shouted loudly, laughed, cursed and whistled in the direction of the fortress, showing off their power. Then there were several more horn blasts, and the Istan knights gradually closed their mounts and spread them to both sides. The snow dust gradually subsided. The sound of people shouting and horses neighing stopped for a moment, and then the rustling sound of thousands of people stepping on the snow was heard.

In sight, thousands of Feishan civilians who had been kidnapped from nearby were wearing ragged clothes and pushing crudely made row cars on the snowy ground. After the queue, there were dozens of long ladders carried by Feishan civilians. These long ladders were not war ladders used for waiting for the city. They had neither weighted bases nor topmost hooks. Not to mention the ones with bases to push on and wooden shelves on top. It is a high-end product that can carry more than ten armored soldiers without breaking. Behind these siege equipment is a large black crowd. Everyone's face was blue and white from the cold, and their expressions were numb. What he held in his hands were hastily chopped pointed wooden sticks. These people are men and women, old and young. Struggling forward on the snow, many people's bare feet were cracked by the frost, leaving shocking traces of blood. The Istanbul light cavalry galloped back and forth on both sides, shouting loudly and urging the group to move forward.

Some walk slowly. Or those who fell down, the light cavalry on horseback waved their whips loudly, beating these Feishan civilians head and face. No one was trying to escape, just numbly bearing, moving forward step by step. In the seemingly endless black group composed of thousands of people, not even a single cry or cry could be heard. This kind of scene is enough to make the scalp of Fei Shan's defenders on top of the city go numb!

Although these Feishan soldiers had experienced the fierce battles of the Istantians and could be regarded as veterans who had seen blood, they drove Feishan to death in the face of the Istandans. I have never seen a big scene where people are treated like pigs and dogs. Look at the Istan cavalry showing off their power on horseback and cheering loudly, looking unconcerned. Even if all these thousands of people are dead, even if they search the surrounding area and drive tens of thousands of people back to die again, everyone in Istan has always been cruel. In northern Congo, the Istani people massacred almost every place they occupied! The strategy of driving civilians to attack cities can be said to have been tried and tested in northern Congo. Several military operations in which the main force of the Congolese-African Army could gain an advantage had to be abandoned because of this.

The trumpet sounded again. This time, more Istan cavalry came out. These Istani cavalry were different from the light cavalry in front. Everyone wore heavy armor and the horses were wrapped in felt. Carrying hard bows and long soldiers, groups of troops surged out like torrents. At the end, there were armored cavalry with men wearing heavy armor and horses covered with horse armor. There were as many as a hundred cavalry in a gleaming area.

These armored cavalry are surrounded by a tall black flag. Under the flag, a young man with a delicate face can be vaguely seen, pointing here. The Istan heavy armored cavalry is hugging this man wearing a golden robe. The young man walked straight up a hill. The Istanbul troops were laid out layer by layer below. Facing the Bremeyer Fortress coldly. After experiencing hundreds of battles, he defeated the elite troops in the northern part of Gangfei in one fell swoop. Just when he was released here, murderous intent burst out, and he threw himself directly under the fortress. Seeing this heavy cavalry appear, the defenders standing on the fortress couldn't help but lean back slightly, as if they couldn't bear the onslaught. The murderous spirit. The soldiers looked at each other, their faces unable to conceal their anxious expressions.

"He is the personal royal knight of Emperor Istan!" Yajlo stood high on the fortress, his hands wearing deerskin gloves clenched into fists. Although he recognized the identities of these hundred knights. Seeing the scene of countless civilians being driven away below, I couldn't help but feel a little unsure. He looked back at the nearby archers and shouted, "Don't be soft-hearted, everyone. Shoot when it's time to shoot. Only when they see no effect will they let go of the civilians. If you are soft-hearted, the fortress will be broken and the Istanians will enter the kingdom." In the hinterland, the scene will be a hundred times more tragic than now!"

At the foot of the fortress, the Crown Prince of Istan was wearing a fine robe and a suit of armor. He looked at the Bremeyer Fortress in the distance with a cold face, and the thousands of people rushing towards the fortress. Dozens of rows of cars hesitantly drove by.

"Your Highness, let me lead the army to take this fortress!" Beside him, several eager Istan generals looked at him nervously, waiting for him to give orders. Although the crown prince is not new to the battlefield, it is his first time leading an army. Who doesn't want to behave better and leave some traces in the heart of the future emperor?

The Crown Prince of Istan did not speak. He stood up straight against the cold wind. He glanced at his army arrayed on the hill in the distance, and his eyes fell directly on the black flag. He secretly smiled in his heart, "Idiot Fei Shan, do you really think that a small fortress can withstand my pace? Under the dancing black flag of Hunting Hunter, the Crown Prince stared at the fortress for a long time, then raised his riding crop and shouted, "Start the attack."

"Forward! Everyone forward!"

The Istani cavalry drove away the Feishan civilians in front. The wave of people was getting closer and closer. The Istani light cavalry escorting the team had already reined in their mounts a hundred meters away and stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow. However, the Feishan civilians who were driving them away did not stop and continued to move forward. They were already within the killing range of the bow and arrow. Thousands of people were approaching in darkness, silent and numb, and all they could hear was the rustling sound of stepping on the snow. On the city wall, a Feishan officer's eyes were red, he raised his hand, fired an arrow and rolled it in his mouth. He couldn't get it out no matter what. Yajieluo looked at the black wave of people approaching in front of him with cold eyes, and shouted sternly. He said to the archers around him, "What are you waiting for? Fire arrows!"

The archers all subconsciously shot the arrows and crossbows in their hands, and the sound of breaking through the air was shrill. The waves of people under the city were suddenly turned over, and a crudely made cart was even scattered by the crossbows, and wood chips flew everywhere and pierced into people's bodies. Screams suddenly rang out. Blood splattered everywhere, and the ice and snow were dyed a shocking red!

On the same day, the highest-level royal tent meeting of the Hungarian Kingdom was held. The royal families and the du khans from all over the country (the du khan's authority is similar to that of a regional governor) gathered in the Hungarian capital. The royal tent meeting finally made a decision to avenge the whole country. The prime minister's office immediately mobilized materials to prepare for the whole country's expedition. The top leaders of the coalition kept the news of the death of the Hungarian king confidential. The news came from Hungary, and the coalition was silent. The Istanbul army in Feishan began to speed up the attack. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!