Realm of Power

"The army is marching north, and every day of delay is delaying the fighter plane. The key lies in when the pontoon bridge on the river can be built. Sir Qiao An, can you give me an accurate answer?" Baidu Lasu, the Hungarian Eastern Army Minister, is as sharp as a knife. His eyes moved away from Baron Joan's pale face and returned to the map.

"No problem, absolutely no problem! If all the manpower is mobilized, we can guarantee that it will be completely set up tonight! Tomorrow morning, we can guarantee that the army will cross the river." At the critical moment, Baron Qiao An almost didn't pat his chest to guarantee it. Now Still caring about so many things, agreeing first and then talking about it, is nothing more than giving more to those people The soldiers below are busy, even if they are exhausted, it is better than risking their own lives. From the current point of view, I don’t know what information the Hungarians have obtained, but it actually made the Hungarians anxious. If I had behaved just now, If there is a trace of hesitation and reluctance, these ferocious Hungarians will definitely kill themselves without hesitation.

"Okay, since Your Excellency Qiao An has such confidence, I won't delay Your Excellency!"

There was a hint of coldness on Baidu Lasu's wrinkled face, and he waved his hand, which meant that you can leave! Baron Qiao An felt relieved and hurriedly said goodbye. For a moment just now, he thought he was dead. At the door of the tent, he secretly wiped a cold sweat and felt the cold eyes of the other Hungarian generals in the tent. He could not bear it in his heart. Keep cursing secretly "Damn Hungarians, they deserve to suffer a miserable loss in Fegui. It would be better to cross the river as soon as possible. It would be happy if they all crashed and died on the Peres Strong Wall!" When Baron Joan left, Baidu La Su Cai looked at the attendant who came to report again,

"Military Prime Minister, spare your life!" The attendant immediately knelt on the ground, his body was trembling, and he shouted piercingly, "Branza, Branza, you are also the hereditary eagle keeper in our Military Prime Minister's house. Your My father saved me back then, why did you make such a big mistake?" Baidu Lhasu looked at the trembling attendant. His face became as solemn as water, and he walked back and forth in the tent a few times, stopped, and asked, "It took more than a day before you came to report that the Western Army's Xinying did not return according to the rule of once every two days. You He is an eagle keeper, he should know what this means." "Baidurasu put his hands behind his back, his eyes were so cold that it made people feel a stinging feeling." The subordinates just thought it might be Xi. The military forgot about it, so there was no report for a while! "The attendant knelt on the ground with a pale face, and said with a fearful expression, "And it was only one day in the past. Although Xinying did not run the wrong route and could not find the target, delays have occurred before. They should have encountered other raptors on the road and intercepted them! To this end, my subordinates have sent out a second faith eagle, in terms of time. It will be sent back before dawn! "

"Before dawn? Okay!"

Baidu Lasu's face became a little less pale, and he grunted, "Branza, if there is really a change on the part of the Western Army, you have already delayed the army here for more than a day! This is more than a day." It is enough to determine the life or death of more than 100,000 people in our Eastern Army. ! Come on, tie him to the flagpole. If Xinying still doesn't return at dawn, behead him!" Several guards from the Military Prime Minister's Office came in fiercely and dragged the attendant out, who was almost paralyzed with fear. The faces of the other generals looked a little ugly. "Everyone, go back and organize your army. We will cross the river tomorrow and then go straight to Peres. This will establish our war in Hungary in one fell swoop!"

Baidu Lasu glanced at all the captains and said in a solemn voice that he was not very interested in Baron Joan's small role, but the delay caused by the mistake of raising the eagle attendant made him feel a surge in his heart. Feeling ominous, he frowned and formed the word "Sichuan" between his eyebrows. "Xi Army, there can't really be any problem, right?"

After dealing with two things in succession, listening to the screams of the hereditary falconer of the Military Prime Minister's Mansion outside the tent, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became murderous.

No one knew why the usually calm military minister suddenly became so angry. It was normal for the army to block the river. The Western Army's letter eagle did not return because it might have been delayed, but in fact it was only one day. This short period of time What big changes can be made in just one day? The military minister must have been too cautious. Although the Western Army was not strong in combat power, it was better in numbers. The Western Army of hundreds of thousands would be defeated in one day. How could this be possible? Only Baidu Lasu was secretly entangled in his heart. There were some things he couldn't say. The delay of the Xinying was not a big deal, but if there were two days before this day, then it would be three days. If the Xinying was not released tomorrow, , either he really forgot to put the trust eagle back, or something terrible happened, with a total of 300,000 Western troops, no one thought of this,

To the south of the river, there are Hungarian camps all over the mountains and plains. The lights of the bonfire were like a sea of ​​light. The patrol cavalry of the Hungarian Eastern Army patrolled in the night with torches. The firelights were like dragons, shuttling back and forth. With the advantage of their troops, the front of the Hungarian camp was spread out very wide, in circles. Wooden fence, in the darkness inside, don't know How many ragged slaves were driven into the camp of 300,000 people, which stretched for more than ten miles in front and back, along the vast front to the sparkling river, like a long red river. On the side of the Hungarian Eastern Army were the camps of the auxiliary army and the tribal army. , on the right is the Silas camp,

This time, the Hungarian army not only had to coerce slaves to attack the city, but also required the Silas people to build various combat equipment. This was also the real reason why the progress of the pontoon bridge had been slow. They only had to wait until there were enough equipment. The first option is to expel the slaves and fill the trenches with their lives. Use strong bows to cover. Then use the auxiliary troops to carry side cards to cover. Then fill the trench with soil, open the attack channel, and then use the simple long ladder ant to attach the moth to the wave. This method of siege has been used in Hungary for hundreds of years, but this time the enemy is replaced by the emperor who has the same powerful long-range. Baidu Lhasu must consider,

Let’s not talk about whether we can use strong bows to suppress the defenders on the wall. Even if a hundred thousand slaves were to fill the road, the army ants would follow the moths and swarm up. Whether they can continue to devote troops to occupy a large fortress like Peres is also a huge problem. In general siege battles, a complete attack line must be maintained. The attacking side usually needs to fill in three to four times the number of troops as the defenders. Only then can they choose the focus at will and concentrate their forces to attack. The defenders must maintain the integrity of the entire defense system and cannot be completely unprepared anywhere. Once there is a slight wavering, the entire line of defense may be shaken!

At dawn, there was still no news from the Western Army's Xinying. However, more than a dozen pontoon bridges on the river had been completed overnight.

Beneath the battle flagpole hung the bloody head of the falconer. More than 100,000 Eastern Army infantry and cavalry, carrying 200,000 shuffling and shuffling Ruila slaves crying for their fathers and mothers, crowded the river. Heads were shaking everywhere, and cries and screams could be heard everywhere. Hungarian cavalry can be seen everywhere dragging slaves, like a pack of wolves running around. Even though some young men wanted to resist, they were driven away by the Hungarian scimitars like a large swarm of ants. There were not enough pontoons, and many Ruari people fell into the water and it was impossible to count. In the rolling river, densely packed corpses of Rila people were floating. The water flow hit and splashed, turning up white light waves. The Hungarian cavalry immediately on the embankment raised their bows and arrows, aiming at the Rila people who were still screaming and sinking in the water. , shooting arrows with bursts of laughter, instantly shooting the people in the water into blood sieves filled with arrow clusters,

Military Prime Minister Baidu Lhasu immediately stood at the edge of the river. Looking at the scene like hell on earth with cold eyes,

The emperor's main force has yet to move, and only uses 60,000 lone troops to fight with his side, clinging to the strong wall as a defense step by step. No matter how you look at it, there is a possibility that when your own army attacks Peres, the main force will ambush you. In this case, you will find a way to cut off your connection with the Western army. It seems more reasonable, but I don't know what method the other party will adopt. The other party will ambush. Or face it head-on? In any case, put these 200,000 riela slaves in front first. Even if the Falcon Empire is really tricky about this battle, it still needs to kill this human flesh barrier!

In the middle of Rila, in front of a fortress, endless Xiting cavalry troops were rolling past. Almost no one raised their heads to glance at the fortress. In the battle of the Western Army, they watched the three million bounty slip away from their hands in vain. Xiting Everyone in the tribes suppressed a fire in their hearts. Even Duo Weiyan, a patriarch who was recognized as the number one person in the West Courtyard, fought on the front line personally because of this guilt. Otherwise, he would really be killed by the tribes. The troops regarded him as a cowardly and incompetent person who bullied and feared the weak. Such a person, even a big clan leader, would be despised by the people of Xiting. Fortunately, in the battle to intercept the Hungarian Western Army's defeat, the Xiting Cavalry made one move Killing more than 100,000 Hungarian Western Army, I finally saved some face, and thus regained the recognition of King Falcon Khan, "Defeat the Hungarian Eastern Army, three million is a lot, no one will follow you this time Rob!"

In the dust and smoke rolled up by thousands of troops, Duo Weiyan looked like the most ordinary cavalry, with a layer of sweat on his body, a prairie sword Blue Moon on his waist, a bayonet and a riding bow hanging on the side of the saddle, and some pretending to be Full of feathers and arrows. They were provided with dry food and water just like ordinary soldiers. It was expected that it would take about four days to go all the way south. However, it only took the entire Xiting cavalry three days to cross the central part. Further forward, it is the southern part of Ruila.

It is natural to be tired when traveling day and night like this, but the Xiting cavalrymen, from Duo Weiyan down, are all in high spirits,

The order brought back by Duo Weiyan made the 90,000 cavalrymen in Xiting go south like crazy. At this time, what are they doing to fight for some heads? They can only head south as quickly as possible to defeat the Hungarian army and horses that are not worthy of the name in one fell swoop. Everyone can go home with a bag full of bounty, or simply fight eastward to the Hungarian country and let the land in front of them be crushed under the iron hoofs of the grass ape people! Endless cavalry. The weapons and armor shone brightly in the sun, and rolled up dust and smoke that reached the sky. If you feel sleepy, take a nap right away. When you're hungry, you chew some pemmican cakes and hang the bags on your horses' ears. This iron stream that destroyed the Hungarian Western Army surges southward with unstoppable momentum.

In the strong-walled Peres Fortress in the south, Reposti held the battlements with his hands and watched the Hungarian army in the distance begin to settle down. Looking at the Hungarian cavalry coming in groups in front, Reposti's pupils gradually shrank into a single line. line, he not only saw the Hungarian military flags, but also the Silas military flags, as well as a large number of well-prepared siege equipment. The Hungarian Eastern Army's northward advance finally reached this point.

The Eastern Army Prime Minister Bai Dulasu was also sizing up the solid fortress in front of him, known as the southern barrier of Rila. The entire fortress rested on the mountain. The solid city walls were tall and thick. Even the lowest section was ten meters high. More than five meters high, the brown rocks on the side of the fortress have been artificially polished into smooth rock walls. Together with the rock at the base, the height is close to 30 meters. Like a huge gate, blocking all greedy peeping eyes, this is the Rila Barrier Peres, the strongest southern gate. Opening it would mean that the Kingdom of Rila has lost half of its territory. For Hungary, laying down the barrier Reis is related to whether the main forces of the eastern and western armies can converge, and ultimately force the Falcon Empire on the other side to sit down and have peace talks.

Baidu Lasu was not a reckless person. The news from the Western Army was cut off, which made him act more cautiously. On the first day when the Eastern Army's forwards arrived, they did not attack. Instead, they drove groups of Ruila away. The slaves were pulled under the fortress, and then they were beaten with leather whips. The screams rang through the night sky, and they watched the Rila people below being miserable. Like this, the faces of the Rila defenders above became ugly one by one. They thought of the large pile of corpses in front of the Fegey fire ditch. The number of Rila people brought by the Hungarians this time was too large. They thought of these compatriots tomorrow. They will be driven to attack the city, and everyone's heart is extremely heavy. At this moment, no one is making any noise, and there is a deathly silence in the silence.

Countless funeral fires were lit in the Eastern Army camp, and it was bright. That night, Hungarian follow-up troops continued to arrive. The second, third, and tenth armies began to appear one after another, and countless torches appeared on the dark horizon, forming strips of light one after another. The strips of light were getting longer and longer, and getting closer, but they still could not Seeing its end, stretching all the way to the distant horizon, these countless light spots mixed with the starlight, and finally, like a river flowing into the sea, these countless moving light spots all gathered under the city of Peres and merged into a vast ocean.

At dawn, the Hungarian array began to become clear. In the shocking morning mist, countless infantry and cavalry were crowded together. It was difficult to distinguish who was who. Three hundred thousand people lined up in a row, forming a queue like a black cloud. The endless crowds of people and cavalry were so dark that the edges could not be seen with the naked eye. These densely packed soldiers and horses are like mountains one after another, weighing heavily outside the Peres Fortress. Even the majestic walls of the Peres City seem to be trembling in the wind as they bear endless pressure. (To be continued...)

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