Realm of Power

Off the slope, heavy rain suddenly hit the gorgeous military flag. The rainwater hit the muddy ground like messy and broken beads, like a turbulent current rolling wildly on this land. Marquis Leo Carter, commander of the Third Army of the Istan Empire, At this moment, there is already blood in front of my eyes,

On August 7, Feishan's army, which was already in a state of complete suppression, suddenly broke out with a counterattack force that the Istanbul army had never expected.

"Asshole, what's going on? What do those guys in the combat department do for food!

Leo Carter, commander of the Third Army, who was at the forefront of Feishan's front, was holding the riding whip tightly and turned white. His eyes were like eagle eyes, full of ferocious bloodshot eyes.

He had just received the previous news. The number of Fei Shan's troops in front of him was increasing rapidly. The inferior force that had been suppressed by him suddenly became much thicker. A large number of cavalry appeared behind the infantry group, turning into a mixture of infantry and cavalry. Cluster, this is a bad omen. The role of cavalry in defense is very limited, but it is a weapon for offense. The addition of cavalry to Feishan's army, which was originally in a defensive posture, gave Leokart a vague smell of something bad. The taste, what made him even more incredible was,

With such a large number of intensive mobilizations appearing overnight, even a blind person can hear that something is wrong, but the Imperial Operations Department seems to be completely invisible! The intelligence from the War Department barely mentioned this. It seemed that the entire war front line was collectively silenced.

It wasn't until the Third Army's emergency request for help report was submitted that the top slowly said "To be investigated!"

"To be investigated?"

Leokart's teeth almost shattered in his teeth at this reply. When he checked, he thought, what did he think this was? This is a battlefield. The situation is changing rapidly. A slight mistake can mean the life or death of tens of thousands of troops. The sentence "to be investigated" is too frivolous! What are these guys thinking in their heads who are drawing back and forth on the combat map every day!

The enemy on the opposite side has already gathered its forces. The countdown to the total attack has begun. Can one person be investigated to appease the determination of the 50,000 imperial soldiers below? Can the situation on the battlefield be improved? It can still scare Fei Shanjun on the other side to pause the attack!

"Order the entire army to hold fast!" Leokart ordered the troops to withdraw to the chaotic hills where the terrain is conducive to defense. The Third Army is the six most elite first-line legions in the Istan Empire, and its weapons and equipment are also among the first-line legions in the empire. ,

Commander Leo Carter is thirty-six years old this year. He is energetic and resolute in his style. The legion under his command is equally tough. He is nicknamed the Thunder Lion Legion in the Istan Empire. Last year, when fighting against the Congo Empire, his Third Army was the first to break into the Kyoto of the Congo Empire.

As the contemporary head of the Imperial General Leo family, Leo Carter joined the Emperor's Guards at the age of sixteen. At the age of twenty-one, he joined the southern frontier army as a guard squadron leader for training. At the age of twenty-three, he fought with the Karu people in the south. In the battle of , Leokart was already the leader of the 3,000-man side army.

In the Battle of Hearthglen in the south, Leocart led six thousand infantry. They withstood the elite left-wing army of 17,000 Karu troops and made great achievements by annihilating the main force of 50,000 Karu troops on the main battlefield. In that battle, the Karu King who was ambitious to provoke the Istan Empire was defeated and defeated. captured. The Karoo people settled the war at the cost of ceding three provinces.

At the age of thirty-one, Leo Carter was already the deputy commander of the empire's 110,000-strong southern frontier army. He was promoted by His Majesty the Emperor to the commander of the empire's third army. Taking over the position of his father Leo Bassa, he also became the seventh generation head of the Leo family and the third legion of the empire. It is one of the six main legions of the empire, and it is also the family legion of the Leo family. The entire legion is mainly composed of children of the Leo family in the past generations. Among the 1,700 officers at all levels in the entire legion, there are at least one with the surname Leo. There are more than 1,400 people, and the whole army is well prepared for war.

Precisely because of its family structure, it once had a proud record of losing 60% of its battles without collapse. In this century-old battle against Feishan, the Emperor of Istan also used this legion as the focus of the advance, with 300,000 Yi. If the Stan Army is an iron stream rolling forward, then the Third Army Even the tip of the spear at the front of the imperial iron stream was enough to break through obstacles. Leokart did not disappoint the emperor's expectations. The third legion was the first Istan legion to break through the key defenses of Fei Shan's army. King Shan’s Istan army is less than 150 miles away.

Like a sharp blade that penetrated the Feishan army's defense line, it twice forced the Feishan people to bleed continuously and had to abandon some areas to reduce the pressure. It was also a sharp thorn in the eyes of the Feishan people that they wanted to pull out quickly. At this moment, the second The high ground where the Third Army Corps is located. The flag is still flying, but looking around from Leokart's feet, it is just a tragic scene of flesh and blood. On the wide battlefield, Fei Shan's army is rolling in like a wave. The high and low depressions are uneven and muddy washed by the rain. Countless sharp spears struck the front of the defense line.

On the front where the Third Army is located, the infantry regiments, squadrons, squads, and all kinds of flags have been toppled one after another.

The number of troops dispatched by the Feishan people this time was the largest in the previous attack. It can be seen from the density of the troops on the opposite side. More than 50,000 troops were spread out frontally. It can be described as overwhelming. The spears were as tall as a forest, and the steel The ocean is dazzling, and the pressure of tens of millions of people is approaching.

On the front alone, Fei Shan's army spread out to dozens of square formations of a thousand men, with countless heavy infantry in the middle, advancing in a fan shape. Countless battle flags fluttering in the wind are like an ocean, almost covering the earth with a rain curtain. The uniform footsteps, falling and lifting, seem to make the ground tremble.

If it weren't for the defense line built on the random slopes, it was the pass of two connected steep mountains, which was like a huge gate strangling the throat of Fei Shan's army, allowing Fei Shan's army to only enter about 10,000 troops at a time. The Third Army They had long been dispersed by the influx of troops from the other side,

Even though the troops could not be fully deployed, the intensity of the battle was still no less than that of any major battle. The fighting started in the early morning. The two armies were fighting in a melee here. Infantry formations moved in one by one. The willpower shown by Fei Shan's army and morale is astonishing,

Braving the pouring rain and struggling in the mud, Fei Shan's army, only under the cover of bows and arrows, carrying spears and battle axes, bent over the open space in front of them with a slope of fifty degrees. The rain of arrows screamed and launched an overwhelming impact on the gable wall built by the third legion on the mound.

The companions in front fell down, and the Feishan soldiers behind them walked over their bodies without changing their expressions. Continuing to move forward, it seemed like a steady stream of water was hitting the defensive positions of the Third Army one after another, as if to tear everything in front of them into pieces.

The corpses that fell under the earth wall were piled up at a slope of more than one meter high, and blood mixed with rainwater rolled down like a stream. This battle continued until the afternoon, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, and the attacking troops moved forward. Retreating, the third army above also looked for a chance to rest. Everything quickly calmed down,

The blood of the fighting soldiers dyed the muddy land crimson. Bodies scattered everywhere, broken spears, broken battle axes, broken bows and arrows. In the past, the most scenic mountain road slopes were broken into pieces of military flags. Choking in the evening rain, one feels an uncontrollable sadness. In this silent world. Only the vultures whose feathers were soaked by the rain and were chasing the corpses were flapping up and down, as happily as if they were attending a banquet.

"Is there any news about the fifth legion on the flank? At this time, they should take the initiative to move closer to us!" Leokart sat down to rest tiredly and asked the cavalry captain beside him, "There won't be any problems on the way!"

"Probably not!" The captain of the messenger cavalry looked a little embarrassed. "We have sent three teams. Unless Fei Shan's army fully penetrates, there will be no problem."

"That's good!"

Leokart nodded, and one of the guards suddenly looked behind him in surprise. There was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and a heavily armored Istanbul general was seen riding his horse from the front with an anxious expression. Before the horse could stop, his body could no longer support him and he fell off the horse. It fell and rolled several times in the mud on the ground,

"It's Lord Rosander!" The nearby guards rushed into the rain and helped the general up from the mud. Leocat also stood up and recognized him. The person who came was the third man on the flank of the Third Army. Rosander, commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Army Corps, at this moment The broken armor on Rosander's body had been torn several times, and some of it was still covered with frozen blood. Under the rain hitting his body, it brought a strong smell of blood. His arrival changed the atmosphere. The extremely depressed formation suddenly became solemn,

Lord Rosander is seeing such a scene. Could it be that there is something wrong with the flank? No way, everyone couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. Leokart, regardless of his demeanor, hurriedly walked over despite the heavy rain.

"Rosander, if you are not guarding the flanks, what are you doing here!"

"Flanking?" Rosander looked at Leokart in surprise. He seemed to have thought of something. He obviously took a breath of cold air and said quickly, "Didn't your Excellency receive the request for help report from our army?"

"A request for help from the Fifth Army! Leokart's face was stunned. He felt that the situation was worse than he imagined. When the Feishan people attacked themselves, they still had the remaining strength to attack the Fifth Army. Such an accumulation of troops was definitely The main force of Fei Shan's army assembled: "When did I receive no news about the Fifth Army at all, let alone a request for help! Are you sure you sent a request for help? "

"I'm very sure, I alone sent no less than three groups of cavalry!" Rosander said with a trembling voice, like a thunderbolt hitting everyone. The Feishan people launched an offensive in the early morning, and the opponent launched a battle. The most powerful Lu Lin's heavy cavalry was at the forefront, and the Ketang heavy infantry with more than 50,000 troops followed closely and broke through the Caruso Mound in one fell swoop. The Fifth Legion has collapsed! And they are all saying... "Rosander's voice suddenly showed a hint of sobbing, and if he didn't see it with his own eyes, Would you believe that Rosander, who was two meters tall and was feared by his enemies as Iron Slayer, would cry like a child after putting on forged iron armor?

This is so abnormal. Could there be something worse? Leocart's face turned pale, he pulled Rosander up and asked loudly, "What are you talking about? Although the fifth army is not as powerful as the third army and is mainly composed of families, it still has as many as 37,000 troops. How could the first-line army collapse all at once? The collapse of the fifth army means that the third army has lost its support. The already unbearable battle situation is even more ugly. If Fei Shan's army attacks from behind, the third army will not be able to fight bravely. It's a dead end,

It would be fine if he just died in battle, but compared to the private army of the Leo family, if the third legion was completely destroyed here, the legion forged by generations of Leo family with their lives and blood for more than a hundred years would be like this. Being buried, Leo Carter didn't dare to think about it. All the third legion was killed in the battle, and only a bunch of old, weak, women and children were left in Leo's family!

Rosander's voice was like a torn leather drum, and the howling of ghosts and wolves came into my ears. "I heard Master Mero say that something happened to the emperor on his way back to the country! Now the empire is completely in chaos! A minister wrote a letter to request His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. At all costs We are about to return to the army. The two imperial regiments behind us are evacuating. The third army and the fifth army are regarded as abandoned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to block the pursuit of Fei Shan's army. If Lord Mero had not received a secret letter, we would have been killed! They are all still in the dark! \

,""No, this is absolutely impossible, Your Majesty... You are talking nonsense!" Leokart let go of his hand, almost dumbfounded, his body trembled slightly, his hand clenched suddenly, and his knuckles made a rattling sound. His face turned livid and he was frightened. Emperor, how could something happen to the emperor? Don’t he still have 30,000 elite guards?

The Merlot mentioned by Rosander is the commander of the Fifth Army, and he is a member of the Imperial Finance Minister's faction. "This time His Majesty the Emperor led the Guards back to quell the rebellion. Judging from the time, he should have already arrived in the Empire's mainland. Yes, who has the guts to spread such rumors!

"Lord Leo, you can't hesitate any longer! If you evacuate now, it's still possible to escape!" Rosander said anxiously, "If we wait until the main force of Fei Shan's army completes the encirclement! The third army will die without a burial place!"

Leocat's face was silent. He believed that Rosander would not lie to him. The relationship between the two was extraordinary. When he was training in the southern frontier army, one of Leocat's confidants was Rosander. Later, he was also Leokart brought this little southern nobleman into the imperial capital, so Leocat knew that Rosander would not lie to him. Judging from Rosander's embarrassment, it was obvious that after the legion collapsed, he risked his life to swim upstream to get here, and encountered the Feishan cavalry along the way. This was also In other words, the flanks of the Fifth Army have been cut off by the Feishans!

And he had no news at all, and with the "to be investigated" in front of him, Leo Carter felt like his eyes and ears were blindfolded.

The base camp abandoned the Third Army!

It is not difficult to understand why the news of the collapse of the flank was not known until Rosander arrived. He and the Third Army might have really been abandoned.

"Why!"

Leokart's mouth was filled with bitterness, and there was a huge anger in his heart. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's behavior was really chilling! His eyes swept across the fierce battlefield in front of him. The wind blew, and a few hairs under the helmet were scattered, but they were shaking in the wind. The army was defeated like a mountain. His Majesty the Emperor had painstakingly planned the victory for so long, and it was the fruit of victory. Did you give up so easily...What the hell is going on! Just when Leotel was hesitating, an exclamation came from the front. The soldiers of the Third Legion who were resting all stood up and looked ahead neatly.

The rain hit the face and the heart of the third legion. The Feishan people's strength increased again. This time, it was a general attack!

Leokart saw countless Feishan troops, as if they suddenly appeared out of thin air from the opposite side. One after another, well-equipped troops entered the stalemate battlefield between the two armies. In the rolling wind and rain, groups of cavalry kept coming. Appearing, the upright Feishan light cavalry carried four The meter-long light cavalry spears are also dazzling in the rain. The sharp spears are lined up in a line, like a long river. The entire attack array is turning into a huge scissors. White raindrops hit the blood-red Feishan cavalry armor. above, reflecting the enchanting light,

"This is it!" Leokart's hands were tightly clasped together, and the rain-moistened air made people feel desperate and suffocated. The Feishan people completed the encirclement! Otherwise, I will never reveal all my strength without hiding it (to be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!

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