Realm of Power

The earth is picturesque, a navy blue goshawk spreads its wings upward in the sky, its huge wings stretched by the wind draw a dazzling arc in the blue sky, under the wide spread wings, Countless huge cities have towering spiers, a vast expanse of green flowers. The forest is a huge mountain range that winds towards the east. The winding bends of the river sparkle in the sun. The green and blue water ripples around the fleet. The white sails stand like a forest, powerful and rich. , rule everything, this is the future of the Istan Empire,

The imperial crown prince, the future emperor of Istan, from the moment he was born, the content of the education he received, he is the master of the future world, he is the master of this empire, this land, such a beautiful scene and future, this Everything, just a dozen days ago, everything changed. When he heard that the emperor had disappeared on his way back to the country, the crown prince already felt that his fate was falling like a meteor. Crossing the sky, he unknowingly deviated from the trajectory he should have had. Thoradin I, passing by in the brilliance, changed the trajectory of the entire empire and the fate of countless people. The sudden death of an emperor, along with him, also In that powerful era, the culprit that caused all these results was the Falcon Empire. Moses wanted to bow his head to the Falcon Empire and endure the humiliation and survive. How could this be possible!

The earth suddenly shook violently, the sounds of people coming and going outside were heard, and the neighing of war horses reached his ears. Most of the crown prince's body was leaning against the stone wall of the cave, his body was shaking slightly, and he was sleeping%←, w≧ww. He woke up from his dream. Come, blink, what comes into view is a dark cave, dark and damp, extremely cold, and a pile of almost extinguished fires.

Moses, a veteran of the empire in heavy armor, walked in despite the chill outside, "Your Majesty, the rain has stopped!" Veteran Moses sat down opposite with a tired look on his face. "The situation is not very good!" Veteran Moses said. "I just went on inspection. Although the morale is low, there are still 140,000 soldiers in the army. As long as they are properly arranged, they can sustain it for a while, but they will not last long. Once If you get into a hard fight, you’ll be in trouble.”

"What do you mean trouble?"

The young crown prince struggled to sit up, his whole body aching, and his hand subconsciously touched his sword. In this cold world, this is his only support. As for the veteran Moses, the imperial general who can say such words, his loyalty is worthy of consideration. In this cave, there are only two of him and himself.

"To put it bluntly, our army will collapse!"

Moses' face turned pale and he took a deep breath, "I have a hunch. The Feishan army's general attack should be in these two days. This heavy rain will not stop the Feishan people for long, as long as the rain stops. The Feishan army's general attack It will start from this point, whether it is Fei Shan or us. Everyone knows it! Rather than wasting limited supplies in chaos, it is better to gather them into an elite team. I suggest that all the skilled archers in the army be concentrated on the targets they are looking for at any time. Feishan Hussars of Chance,

"In order to stop the cavalry from the flanks of Feishan's Seventh Army, we filled the remaining five thousand cavalry in the Aristi River. Although we finally got rid of Feishan's army temporarily in the river, we were responsible for The cavalry in the rear was strangled by Fei Shan's soldiers."

Moses' voice with an ugly face paused, "The loss of the last mobile force of our army has made it difficult for the remaining more than 100,000 people. It is impossible to get rid of Fei Shan's army. The only thing left is a battle. Fortunately, the incoming enemy was blocked by the terrain. There were steep mountains on both sides, making it difficult for them to attack with thousands of troops. Otherwise, just such desperate pressure would have been enough to cause our army to collapse. "

"General Moses, you collapsed one sentence to the left and collapsed to the other. Are you threatening His Majesty?" A Guards officer walked in with a dissatisfied look. He had flaxen hair, a high forehead, and a pair of slender eyes with a sense of dissatisfaction. Sharp, or cold is more appropriate. Behind him, seven or eight more Guards sergeants came in one after another, and were invisibly arranged around him.

"Ula Flax, what do you mean?"

Feeling that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Moses casually unhooked his helmet and placed it on the dry ground. He glanced around and frowned slightly. He remembered that when he left, there should be a dozen seriously injured soldiers in the cave. , although the cave is small, for most of the wounded Istani soldiers who currently have no place to take shelter from the rain and can only roll in the mud, this is a paradise!

"Where are the wounded soldiers?" Moses asked in a deep voice.

"I wanted to be alone for a while. Their smell was too strong, so I asked them to get out!" The crown prince looked embarrassed. He took the towel from an attendant who came in, wiped his face, and said nonchalantly. "You know, the smell of blood mixed with earth is disgusting! How could I sleep in that environment!"

"Disgusting? Your Majesty, they are fighting to the death for Your Majesty!"

Veteran Moses' face changed, and his hands trembled slightly. It was raining heavily outside, and there was no place to hide. Should the wounded soldiers just soak in the rain like this? This young His Highness is too willful. Now the morale of the army is low. In full view of the public, the young His Highness drives the seriously wounded out to soak in the rain in order to rest for himself. How can he make the soldiers below work hard!

"General Moses, please pay attention to your words and deeds. You are speaking to His Majesty, the Supreme Emperor of the Istan Empire!"

The Guards officers said loudly, putting their hands on the hilt of their swords. The Crown Prince has ascended the throne. They are all meritorious officials. Now all the Guards officers are thinking about one thing. How to get His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to Istan. Go, only when you get there, Crown Prince They are the real emperors, and they can have real glory and wealth, instead of waiting to be shown off to the public by the Feishan people in this mud. As for the more than 100,000 Istani soldiers whose fate is unknown in this mud, and Are they related in any way? No, fleeing with hundreds of thousands of people, how could such a big target escape? Why should I care about the life and death of these soldiers? I only need to take a dozen of myself with me!

"I was reckless! But it's really hard for me to accept!"

The Crown Prince took a deep breath. The Guards officers were his confidants, and Moses was the only one. If he had to rely on Moses, a veteran of the empire, to suppress the entire army, now he no longer needed to act as a virtual deterrent with this old guy. He is the emperor of the Istan Empire, how could he die with these hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are in dire straits? "I just thought about your suggestion again. If you bow to the enemy who killed your father in order to survive and return to the country, such an emperor will not be convinced by anyone even if he really goes back!" the crown prince said slowly.

"But Your Majesty, without the help of the Falcon Empire, we wouldn't be able to..." Veteran Moses said with a serious face.

"It's not us, but the ordinary soldiers who need the mercy of the Falcon Empire. But they need me to sacrifice. Lord Moses, do you think it's appropriate? There is no way to go back, such as boarding a smuggling ship in disguise!" the Crown Prince said in a tone of voice Cold, his eyes stopped on the face of veteran Moses. After a pause, he said slowly, "One of my attendants knows these smugglers. You can board their ship at the port of Moruya, fifty miles away. Now the Falcon Empire Navy is pressing hard in the direction of Triland Island and is unable to take care of it." Other movements. As long as I'm on board, I'm safe!"

"Your Majesty, are you going to abandon the army and abscond?"

Moses' eyes were bloodshot and he clenched his fists. His body was shaking with anger. As a general who had experienced hundreds of battles, he was not afraid of death, even when facing the eager eyes of more than a dozen guards officers. Holding the hand on the hilt of the sword, he also said this loudly

"It's not about absconding, it's about returning home. It's about returning to my empire!" The crown prince was also angered by Moses' stubbornness and said firmly, "I am the emperor of the Istan Empire, and here, I am just your puppet! If not For the sake of your loyalty, I could have killed you just now!"

"Then you might as well kill me now!" Moses' heart was filled with desolation. Could it be that the twenty years of recuperation of a tribe, the vigorous heroic efforts of Thoradin's generation of heroes, and the cross-sea expedition of hundreds of thousands of troops were just like this? result? All 300,000 imperial elites died here. If possible, even if it was only on the front line, he would do his best. In order to stabilize the shaken military morale, he would patrol the front with his old body and kill more than 100,000 exhausted soldiers. The remaining soldiers of Istanbul were divided into three lines of defense and deployed.

Because of the shortage of combat arrow clusters, he ordered all the arrowheads of the team to be concentrated in the hands of a team of 10,000 archers. The heavy infantry team was ruthlessly pushed to the front. In the rain, he watched the muddy soldiers silently Leaning together, letting the rain hit their bodies, their bodies were covered with mud and water. Only their weapons were dazzling with cold light. In the white rain curtain, looking at the figures of Fei Shan's cavalry in front, they looked like hungry wolves appearing in the night. emerge,

These Feishan cavalry are famous for their rapid assault. They only wear light leather armor and are equipped with impact spears and round leather shields. In terms of frontal combat power, Feishan's assault cavalry can only be regarded as an auxiliary unit. However, such light cavalry, in cooperation with Feishan, The famous phalanx-style filling tactics, launching assaults when the battle is fierce and stalemate, are still gaining the advantage? Quickly pouring in from the gap after the attack, it will be a huge disaster for the Istanbul army, whose morale has been low to the freezing point. The appearance of these fast-moving battlefield wolves has foreshadowed that once they collapse, there will be no hope. People can survive. "Your Majesty, we need to set off immediately, the Feishan people are coming soon!"

Just when the atmosphere in the cave was about to condense, a Guards officer stumbled in from outside the cave entrance and whispered in the Crown Prince's ear. The Crown Prince stood up suddenly like a rabbit that had stepped on its tail. He didn't To think that the Feishan people came so quickly! The other party has been chasing me for a few days. Aren't these guys tired? Can't you wait until the weather gets better? "How many people are there?" The crown prince took over a guard armor from an attendant and changed his clothes in a hurry. There were soldiers outside. If he didn't change his clothes, he would be discovered as soon as he left. He still needed to rely on these soldiers to go out. Holding back the Feishan people! "Uncountable! It should be that Fei Shan's 7th Army and 8th Army have merged!" The officer swallowed dryly with an ugly face.

"Then what are you waiting for! Are you waiting to die here?" The Crown Prince hurriedly tightened the buttons of his cuffs, and grunted with a very dissatisfied look on his face. Finally, he put on the Guards armor as quickly as possible, very awkwardly. Regardless of whether he was elegant or not, he walked eagerly towards the entrance of the cave. Suddenly, a figure blocked the front.

"Your Majesty, please consider..." Moses made his last effort, but his voice suddenly stopped. A huge pain came from the back of his head. A guard officer hit him hard with the scabbard on the back of his head. In addition, A Guards officer pulled out a cold dagger.

The world was spinning in front of Moses. Before he passed out, he heard someone ask, "Your Majesty, do we need to kill this troublesome old guy? If he tells other people about this, there will be trouble."

"Forget it, leave him to the Feishan people!" The footsteps faded away.

At the front of the Istanbul Army, heavy infantrymen held large shields and leaned against the queue tightly. Those with incomplete armor simply huddled together, all with pale faces. There was a huge wide plain in front of them. The heavy horses' hooves were like a landslide, and they stopped in the spreading shallow water one by one, rolling up a burst of white water.

Under the pale sky where the rain had just stopped, this black and red gathering was like a huge semi-arc cutting through the land in front. The Istanbul soldiers were shocked when they saw it, "My God, how much is this!"

No one noticed the escape of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Surrounded by a dozen followers, the young Crown Prince climbed onto the horse that had been prepared long ago. He turned his head and looked around, and saw an endless torrent of people and horses. Dense clouds of spears were spreading out from behind, and several columns were still marching in a straight line along the huge plain in front of them. Such a military force almost covered the land in front of them, shocking everyone's mind. The red and black armor of the Feishan people was like a piece of flame dancing. The number of cavalrymen who were slowly approaching was too numerous to count!

Almost in an instant, this rolling red stream hit the first line of defense of the Istan Army, with a large number of assault cavalry at the front, followed by the Feishan Army with high morale, which was counted in tens of thousands. The crowd rolled like an iron stream, as if a flock of eagles in the sky swooped down from the distant land.

Countless long spears collided with each other, and amid the clattering sound of collision, the Feishan cavalry thrusting forward with their spears pierced the heavily armored bodies of the heavy infantry in the front row of the Istan Army, leaving bloody marks, the sound of "puffing" the sharp weapons piercing the body, and countless arrows falling densely in the air, breaking through the air and rolling like red blood mist in an instant.

The difference in the combat power of the two armies was shown at the moment of collision,

Whether it was morale or The Feishan army was full of courage. In front of each group was a thousand people charging forward. The Istan army was like ice and snow meeting the sun. At the moment of collision, the entire defense line was reversed by the collision.

The spurs and spears rushed down, broke, stirred up flesh and blood, and pierced the flesh and blood of Istan's retreating soldiers. Even if their arms were dislocated due to the recoil, Feishan's light cavalry used their shoulders to clamp the spurs and thrust forward violently, directly smashing the Istan army's battle line in the fastest way.

"Your Majesty, if you don't leave, it will be too late!" Someone urged the crown prince in his ear.

"Let's go!" The crown prince gritted his teeth and waved his hand vigorously. The 300,000 Istan army was over, but it didn't mean that the era of the Istan people was over! I will come back one day! Moses, don't blame me. The crown prince is still your majesty. Only living makes a difference. This is the choice you asked me to make!

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