Realm of Power

Seeing the Feishan soldiers outside the city digging the soil in an orderly manner, the fat man knew that tonight would not be peaceful. The semi-hard soil was turned over and the soil was dug to fill the pit. This was a sign that they wanted to attack the city overnight. The performance of the Feishan people had already explained the problem. They could not afford to delay. If they had been waiting for the Falcon Empire to attack on the solid defense line before, they would have no problem staying there for ten days or half a month. But now it is completely the opposite. Three hundred thousand troops were covering up and the whole country was counterattacking. They were blocked by three abrupt fortresses. The panicked evacuation was definitely not the style of the old man Feishan.

The opponent's tenacity was not inferior to the gullies in the Bavaried area in front of them. So much food was spent. Even in a desperate situation, they had to maintain the main force of the Bavaried area. They were just waiting to seize the opportunity to attack the Falcon Empire all the way. They had already walked ninety-nine steps and spent so much. With so much effort and sacrifice, how could they choose to give up all their efforts just because of three fortresses?

This last step must be taken even if it is a sea of ​​fire and ice. Otherwise, the confidence of the people of Feishan that they have finally built up will collapse at the moment the retreat order is issued. That is absolutely a disaster for Feishan at present.

The war between Feishan and the Istanbul Empire broke out in the most important months of summer, May and June, which is the most critical time for wheat growth. The outbreak of the war caused large areas of wheat fields that had not yet matured to be destroyed by war, which was a huge blow to Feishan's harvest this year. In addition, the sea trade was cut off, and the China-Europe Barrow trade route was also blocked by the Falcon Empire. Now Feishan is in short supply and prices are soaring, especially the price of grain after winter, which has already exceeded three times the highest price of grain last year. Even so, it is still in short supply. There is really no food! The grain stored in the treasury in previous years must be supplied to the army for battle, and the grain in the hands of the nobles is also very limited. ∈♦ Merchants went bankrupt because there was no place to buy food.

Not to mention other places, even the Feishan Palace, under the strict order of the old king, changed to only two meals a day, with no more than five dishes, and the portions were also limited. The extravagant banquets used by the Feishan nobles to compete with each other had long been strictly prohibited. Most of the adult male nobles in Feishan Kyoto were drafted to the front line. Thinking that the life-and-death battles of the men in the front could happen at any time, the women left behind had no intention of holding banquets. The old king of Feishan tied all the wealthy families in Kyoto to his chariot, and then used the supplies of the wealthy families in Kyoto to support the war.

The cold night in the Bavaria region is notoriously cold in the entire Central European Barrow region, not to mention that there are bright red flashes in the sky that occasionally peel off a piece of the black cloud above, revealing a large blood-like cloud layer. This is a sign of the coming of a blizzard. The fierce wilderness wind sweeps like a brush, blowing the layers of white snow foam like stroking wool, and hitting the Feishan soldiers in pieces. The soldiers are preparing and gathering in the cold wind.

Kirenthal, the commander of the Sixth Army of Feishan, rode past the rows of sharp spears, followed by more than a dozen guard cavalrymen, with their horses' hooves trampling on the hard soil that had already exposed a little bit of the surface.

"Sir. His Majesty ordered our army to set out in an hour. We must fill those long ditches and pave the way for the army to attack the city tomorrow morning!"

A Feishan officer turned over beautifully from his horse, regardless of the mud all over his body. He handed the reins of the warhorse in his hand to the person next to him, and hurriedly ran up from more than ten meters away. The expression on the young officer's face was both excited and a little worried. A large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, which happened more than 30 years ago on the Eastern Front, is destined to be recorded in the history books. This is an opportunity that any soldier who regards glory as life has been looking forward to in his life. Moreover, this battle is related to Feishan's century-old national destiny. This magnificent battle, a battle to become the top of the Obaro continent, what a spirit!

"Fill those long ditches?" Kirenthal tightened his grip on the whip, took a deep breath with an ugly look, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the Falcon Empire's fortress in the distance. A cold snowflake hit his face, making him realize that it was snowing again!

"My Lord" The faces of the generals of the Sixth Army were all green, and no one made a sound. There was only the sound of snowflakes splashing on the iron sheets of armor. The silent momentum of tens of thousands of troops was even more tragic in this snowstorm.

Kilenthal looked at his subordinates with a complicated expression. There were 60,000 troops, and more than 30,000 were digging the soil. The soil layer that was frozen in the cold winter was not so fun. Tens of thousands of people used all their strength to knock and push with various tools, and only turned over a layer of soil. There were still more than 30,000 people scattered into slightly irregular quadrilaterals, and the neatly arranged armor and lances could not be seen at a glance in the dark night. Going through the gaps in the cold helmets, I saw the determined faces of the soldiers. These elite soldiers of the kingdom who had fought bloody battles with me on the eastern front, I wonder how many of them will come back after this night.

We have to rely on such adobe to fill the deep trenches of the Falcon Empire? There is plenty of soil there, I am afraid that even if all of it is transported, it will not be able to fill the deep trenches.

There is no soil on both sides of the trench, so where did the soil go? Just look at the scale of the three large fortresses made of ice and soil on the opposite side, and you will know how much soil the Falcon Empire dug out from these trenches! It is also easy to calculate how much soil is needed to fill it. It is impossible to do it in one night. What is paving the way for the army?

This is not filling with soil, it is simply ordering us to fill it with people! Kilenthal's expression became colder and colder. Filling up the long ditches was easier said than done. Those long ditches were all within the attack range of the Falcon Empire's crossbows. Each one was covered with ice. More than a hundred meters away, It is the defense line of the Falcon Emperor. Once it gets close, thousands of arrows will be fired.

Ordinary imperial crossbow arrows are not a concern. The violent howling wind in the cold night and the distance of nearly 150 meters will minimize the damage caused by these crossbow arrows. Even if they are hit, they will be injured at most, but the Falcon The emperor's gun not only has crossbows, but also has more powerful ones, stronger penetrating power, and a range of more than three hundred steps. The heavy crossbow chariot, the main force of the Falcon Emperor's army of hundreds of thousands, and a portion of the Falcon Emperor's Guards Corps were inside. Who knows how many of these massive weapons were deployed that could kill people without leaving their bodies intact? Facing the heavy weight of the empire, The ballista, even if all the heavy armored shields and heavy infantry are sent up, will not be able to withstand it for long, not to mention, there is also the nightmare of the infantry group, the Thor. . . . . .

"Follow the order! Let's all go back to our respective teams to prepare. We'll set off in an hour!" Kilenthal said in a heavy voice, turning his head away from looking at the bleak faces of the generals. Snowflakes were still pattering on the ground, and time was silent. An hour later, the sky became gloomier and darker, and people began to crowd in the white snowflakes. Thousands of troops and horses emerged from the snowflakes, and their heads were so densely packed that they could not be counted. Not only the Sixth Army received such an order, but also Feishan's Second Army and Fourth Army.

A total of more than 100,000 people were moving in the dark night. In order not to give the Falcon Emperor a specific location, there was not even a lit torch. There was only the trembling of footsteps in the dark night, and the patches of shields were like They were pushed to the front like a wave. The shield bearer in heavy armor held a steel shield as tall as an adult. The layers formed a shield wall and pushed forward. The infantrymen behind each carried a bag on their shoulders. Like a colony of ants crawling forward,

"Tap Ta Ta" broken snow was raised, and on both wings of the infantry group, a small number of Feishan's light cavalry were bowing their waists. Each team of four formed a team, with their bodies almost attached to the backs of the horses, advancing in a skirmish line. Behind the horses were pulling a cart filled with dirt. Flowing like a tidal wave,

There was silence and no response on the Falcon Emperor's fortress. , the cavalry in charge of reconnaissance stopped involuntarily. He cautiously stopped and watched. He didn't believe that the Falcon Emperor would be so careless. Compared to the loud noise over there, there was deathly silence here. The mysterious feeling of unfathomable depth is stressful and even more frightening. The troops behind have already arrived in front of the first deep ditch, and the first bag of soil is thrown in in piles, because they only need to fill in a passable section, and The entire ditch does not need to be filled, only a breakthrough point needs to be selected. That's it. The three legions participating in the operation each chose a breakthrough point and threw the soil bags in. Although the depth of the ditch was more than two meters, and even three meters in some areas, if they were thrown into one point, the progress would still be very fast. , almost in the blink of an eye, that paragraph was almost filled in.

"Well done!"

The scout cavalry showed a smile on his face, looking a little ashamed of his nervousness. At this moment, he heard a strange "buzzing" sound. Without even looking up, the more experienced scout cavalry shouted loudly, "Attention, arrow attack!" The violent whistling sound completely covered up the sound that should have been there, and the large clusters of arrows that struck were like the sky. Large black clouds floated over, and the dark clouds instantly turned into raindrops, like metal waterfalls falling from the sky!

"Erect the shield!"

The heavy-armored shield soldier suddenly stood up and raised the shield in his hand. The shield flipped piece by piece, and dense rain of arrows hit the shield and fell to the ground. The white tail clusters were like endless flowers of various colors, filling the ground. Shivering slightly in the wind, Fei Shan's soldiers took a breath of air-conditioning at the sight in front of them. Fortunately, the Falcon Emperor didn't know the specific location, so this large-area coverage was like a blind cat collision. If a rat comes up, the threat it can pose is really limited!

"Adjust the position, stay fifteen to the left." On the fortress wall, the fat man squinted his eyes and put his hands behind his back, listening to the sound of the rangefinder next to the ballista adjusting the shooting position of the ballista based on the statistical echo position, which was densely echoed in the distance. The sound of metal clashing,

The sky is too dark, and there are large swaths of snowflakes blocking the line of sight. Even if you can't see clearly a hundred meters away, the function of the first arrow cluster is mainly to determine the direction of Fei Shan's army's attack line. , the sound of the enemy's heavy shield soldiers' shields clashing basically revealed the position of Fei Shan's army. The heavy ballista's shooting direction began to focus, and the winch also made a tight rattling sound as the machine spring opened. The second round After the rain of arrows, the direction becomes clearer.

The firing line of the ballista is close to the value line, so there is almost no need to calculate. The six long trenches themselves are dug according to the distance scale. As long as you know which trench the enemy is in, you will know the distance of the enemy. Judging from the area of ​​the echo, it is very difficult to calculate the distance. The number of Shan troops dispatched is not small.

"Everything is ready, Your Majesty!" Varisien came over and reported,

"Then let's get started!"

The fat man waved his hand, and the crossbowman standing on the city wall raised his arms neatly again, pointing the crossbow towards the forty-five-degree sky. The difference was that this time the front part of the arrow cluster was wrapped in oilcloth, and was lit with a nearby torch. Countless arrow clusters flecked with flames, trailing dazzling red long The tail suddenly jumped into the air and fell quickly after a few seconds. "Attention!" Fei Shanjun shouted loudly, and the arrow clusters like falling meteors quickly fell from a high place with fire, and the light was shining. Fei Shanjun's position below It was suddenly brightly illuminated, and the Fei Shan soldiers below raised their heads curiously.

"not good!"

A bad premonition arose in Feishan's Sixth Army Commander Kilental's heart. Before his voice could completely subside, he saw that the heavy shield soldier standing in the front row seemed to have been hit hard by an invisible giant. With a punch, the entire row of soldiers suddenly flew backwards for several meters, or even more than ten meters. Their bodies wearing heavy infantry armor twisted into unnatural postures in mid-air, and a wave The cold light suddenly penetrated through these gaps. Before the soldiers behind could figure out what was going on, the huge cold light penetrated their bodies. "Puff! Puff! Puff!" The entire queue seemed to have been blown up. , the steel tower shield was torn apart on the spot, and pieces of iron flew everywhere. The soldiers behind let out a heavy groan, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, just like knocking a huge hole in a turtle shell.

"Rumble"

The fire exploded inside Feishan's soldiers, and the rising heat wave swept the surrounding soldiers into a whirlpool-like air wave. It rippled around with a swishing sound, and the broken limbs and flesh were mixed with The fire exploded into the sky, scattering like raindrops in the air on the heads of the soldiers who were already in chaos below.

The firelight immediately turned Kilenthal's face red. His face turned ashen, and he blinked in disbelief. Wasn't he the God of Thunder? He originally thought it was the bombardment of the Imperial Thunder God, but there was no dazzling flash of fire in the direction of the fortress.

Kilental saw with his own eyes a cold light piercing into it, and then it exploded with a bang, shattering the corpses of the soldiers, and the twisted and deformed shields, broken spears, and countless dust that were blown up as if they were exploding. The leaves flying in the air waves were light and fluttering, making various turning postures in mid-air, and smashed into the moist and soft soil.

"Oh my God, what the hell is this!"

The generals of Fei Shan's army were completely dumbfounded. Why hadn't they heard of this kind of weapon? Seeing the scene in front, the Feishan soldiers behind were pale with fright. In a series of hell-like explosions, the steel tower shield was completely defenseless. They didn't know that the empire's special crossbows could only be fired when the emperor was close. The Guards only have a small amount of equipment. If there are enough The fat man would be very happy to have Fei Shan's army attack the special crossbows. With more than 500 imperial heavy crossbows, a single salvo can make Fei Shan's army collapse mentally. Unfortunately, the number of these special crossbows is really insufficient. More (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!