Realm of Power

Because it is backed by the Western Basin, the temperature in the northwest of Zhongbia in February is much warmer than that in the western continent. At the Loushan Pass, the western gateway of the Zhongbia Empire, guard Long Wuyang saw the last patrolling cavalry returning to the fortress. The cold His face became more solemn, but there was still no news. Ever since Lord Longyang left the customs here and headed to the Western Kingdom, he was like a kite with its string cut off. Instead, news came back about the Dongting people intercepting and killing people along the way, which made the entire Western Long Family shrouded Under the dark clouds that were colder than the cold winter, the female leader of Yetan Gudie, who was specially recruited by the Dongting people to attack and kill, personally went into battle, with 500 elites drawn from various departments in the Dongting, and Long Yang could only accompany him with 200 Long family guards. It's these Long family guards Each of them is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, but in such a vast land, the long bow and fast horse of the Dongting Archer are the real masters, and the Nightan Ancient Disc is not just an ordinary person. Its leader Yelu Qiyeguang Even more notorious

"Sir, let's go back and rest first!" Deputy General Wang Sheng came up from behind and said

"Rest? The emperor's special envoy has entered Guangling, the headquarters of our Western Army. The emperor has given it until the end of March. If your Excellency has not returned by then, he will ask our Western Army to co-organize the Fengcheng Wu Army, which suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Imperial Capital. This way How can I rest peacefully in this situation?" Long Wuyang looked at the dark land in the distance with bloodshot eyes, his fingers clenched into fists, he really wished he could smash the black clouds in front of him with one punch, so that he could see what happened. What would be good?

Although the Flattery Zhangwu Army was integrated with the Western Army decades ago, ever since the two armies turned against each other and split, they have already been in a dire situation. This time, due to the disgrace of the Imperial Capital, 300,000 people in the Flattery Zhangwu Army were killed. The defeat of the Dongting Army became the key to the disastrous defeat of Imperial Capital. Such an army, let alone the previous grievances, just has no grievances. How could the Glory Xi Army, which had guarded the country for a hundred years, join it? The Xi Army and the Feng Feng Zhang Wu Army were already self-contained units. Whenever there is a dispute between the two sides, the Central Committee of China and the Biya Central Committee always flatter the Changwu Army more.

Everyone knows the reason. The central government cannot tolerate the Western Army. Although flattering the Zhangwu Army is incompetent, it is at least for those civil servants. It can be summoned and then sent away, but on the contrary, it is impossible to give the same order to the Western Army. The head of the Long family, decades ago, with the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrist, said, "The Western Army's Long family swears that it is better to flatter Zhang Wu." "Place" oath. From that moment on, the Western Army Long Family truly got rid of the constraints from the central government. Otherwise, in the Battle of Imperial Capital, the 200,000 Western Army would definitely be dragged out to fight the Dongting Army, just like the defeated Yanzhou Like the military, they eventually became victims of powerful officials who sacrificed themselves for their own interests.

"I heard that this time the emperor's envoy entered through the main gate of Guangling, which can only be entered by the head of the Long family. It seems that he can no longer hold back!" Deputy General Wang Sheng said with an ugly face, "Flattery Zhangwu's army lost most of their weapons in the imperial capital." It is said that the equipment was lost for twenty miles, if the Dongting people were not busy looting the city. I'm afraid not even one of them will escape. If we really use our Western Army to fill the gap of flattering Zhangwu, I'm afraid the 200,000 Western Army will no longer exist. But the general is not in Guangling, and the Western Kingdom is not there either. There is no news, what should we do? How about we send an elite scout to investigate?"

"Crossing the line? I'm afraid it's not that easy!"

Long Wuyang withdrew his gaze from a distance and smiled bitterly, "The opposite side is no longer dominated by the Gauls, so even the previous frontier troops have been replaced. I personally inspected it last time. I encountered a patrol cavalry from the other side and it was considered a start. Eyes wide open. All black armored horses, with spikes on their heads and bodies. The cavalry in front of us were as black as water, carrying weapons similar to bows on their backs. When they saw us reining in their horses and turning around a hundred meters away, it was like a storm rolling up on the plains. The murderous and oppressive feeling was like all kinds of You can feel it even from 100 meters away. I dare say that the 200,000 Long Family Western Army, except for the General’s Dragon Army, There is absolutely no second branch of the Home Guards, but the Long Home Guards only have a few people, only more than 2,000. They are already the result of the general's countless efforts, and the opposite side is just an ordinary frontier army, so it is no wonder that they are fighting against The Gauls, whom we have been entangled with for decades, were swept away by them in just a few years. It is really They are not on the same level. I heard that there are as many as 10,000 Falcon Emperors on the opposite side. They are all truly first-class elite warriors, not miscellaneous troops like Gaul. If we provoke a rebellion due to our unauthorized actions, The hostility of the other party, with the more than a thousand people at our pass, is probably not enough to even fill the gap between the other party's teeth."

"Wang Sheng, the deputy general with tens of thousands of people, had a look of horror on his face. The strength of the two sides is too disparity.

Although the Loushan Pass is a gateway, because it was built according to the mountain terrain, the number of garrison troops is only 1,500. Including rotation, the current number of troops at the pass is less than 1,000. Since the fall of Gaul, the peace of the past few years has given way to This place is no longer as tense as before. The main task of guarding is to enter the pedestrians and caravans coming and going. Pedestrians need clearance certificates, but caravans are simpler. As long as they are willing to give some away, they will take care of some. During this period, the defenders were living a good life, but General Long Yang has not returned yet, and the news has been cut off. , coupled with the aggressiveness of the special envoys sent by the central government of China and Libya, this small gateway located in the west is no longer peaceful.

Seeing General Long Wuyang descending from the city wall, the soldiers on duty late at night could finally relax a little.

"Come on, stop standing around! It's such a cold day, how can we do without wine?"

Everyone pays for it. I gathered two jars of wine mixed with less water, found a long table and put a dozen large bowls on it. On such a cold night, having a hot wine to drink is the happiest thing, but it is no longer the case. During the war, you don’t need to stare nervously at the opposite side all the time. You are afraid that if you look around, you will see as many enemies as ants below the city wall. These defenders Although the army has endured a lot of hard work and experienced several years of war, now that they are idle, they are no different from other ordinary soldiers. The overall situation of the Western Army has nothing to do with them. They just get food and eat. The lower-level officers will not stop everyone from drinking. Some simply mingled together, and some were so drunk that they fell all over the floor.

There were also those who were holding big bowls and boasting about their previous military experience amidst the noise of the crowd, "You didn't see it. That time the Gaulish army of 50,000 to 60,000 men stormed the pass. Oh my god, look down from above." , in addition to the human head, the barbarians from the Western Kingdom are already taller Weight. Wearing that heavy armor of unknown weight, a bow and arrow could bounce off it. I picked up a knife and hacked three of them to death..." Just as a group of people were booing, a soldier suddenly He stood up in a daze and walked to the battlement to relieve himself. He raised his head unconsciously, his body trembled violently, and without even lifting his pants, he ran back howling and yelling, "Something's happening!"

There was a pop, and the squad leader who was describing passionately how brave he was. With a mouth full of wine, he sprayed it all over the sky, spraying all over the heads and faces of the people nearby. The people nearby couldn't care about it. After all, they were experienced military troops, so their reaction was quite fast. He picked up the weapon and ran towards his position. Sure enough, he saw a red line appearing on the edge of the earth in front of him. It was the bright light formed by countless torches.

"What's going on?" Long Wuyang hurriedly ran up the city wall, his eyes as red as a rabbit. The cold wind of the night hit his face, but there was a smell of blood in his face. In the direction of the fire line, it was the direction of the Falcon Empire. . Could it be that he was really a crow's mouth? Did the 10,000 elite imperial warriors really come to kill him tonight? The people of Dongting broke through the imperial capital. The main force of the Zhongbia Empire has lost most of its main force and is no longer able to fight. If the Falcon Empire of the Western Continent comes again to take advantage of the situation, it will rob them. . . . . . . There was a hint of desolation at the corner of Long Wuyang's mouth. Tonight, whether he was a Central Asian soldier or the Long family's Western Army. There is no reason to retreat

"The whole army is ready for war, everyone goes up to the city wall!" Long Wuyang gave the order with a solemn expression. The military camp inside the pass suddenly exploded, and the alarm bells shook the night sky. The walls on both sides were immediately covered with archers. The sound of bowstrings being drawn was like rolling thunder before a rainstorm. The red lines on the opposite side were getting bigger and bigger, like a huge flaming cloud moving at high speed.

"How many people are there!" A Central Bian soldier swallowed nervously. The hand holding the weapon felt cold all over and he was at a loss. He didn't know what to do. Those who were timid could hold it. The weapons in his hands are trembling, they belong to the pass fortress The eighteen large trebuchets in the fortress have not been used in the past two years. Due to the wind and rain in the humid temperatures in the northwest, the capstans have become rusty, and even rusted to death in some places. More than a dozen trebuchets Now it is temporarily set up, but the long arms cannot be opened no matter what.

"What is the trebuchet doing? Pull it away!" Deputy General Wang Sheng ran over in person out of breath. The self-proclaimed captain just now had a helpless smile on his lips. How do you pull this trebuchet open? It's all rusty. You adults should try it! Wang Sheng was also dumbfounded. Who would have thought that after two years of no war, this front-line pass fortress would become like this. No wonder I heard that when the Dongting people first rode fifty miles from the Imperial Capital, the superiors ordered the gates of the Imperial Capital to be closed. , it took half a day. For this half day, 50,000 yuan was spent. The Japanese soldiers with many imperial capital sticks were dyed red and spread all over the Changting Nanhe River less than ten miles away from the imperial capital. The sudden war brought out everyone's potential at this moment. They spent a lot of time hammering and chiseling. In a few minutes, eight of the twelve trebuchets were pulled apart, and the remaining four were completely destroyed.

"Load!" Seeing the gesture on the city wall, Lieutenant General Wang Shengda shouted. The soldiers hurriedly pushed the huge solid stone bullets inside. Regardless of the number of trebuchets, they were all among the Central Asian defense weapons. The largest Martial Saint-level catapults, each has a fifteen-meter-long arm. The footings occupying five square meters are firmly fixed, and only three soldiers are needed to push the stone projectiles. The stone throwing distance is more than 250 steps. In such a pass terrain, such a large stone throwing device is an absolute nightmare for any attacker. The same existence, the Gauls once suffered here,

In just ten minutes, the red clouds outside had already approached a distance of three to four hundred meters.

"Archers prepare!" Long Wuyang stood on the city wall holding a long spear, the blades shining with cold light. The archers on both sides had already strung their bows and arrows, with cold light shining. At this time, everyone could clearly see the situation in front. Everyone took a breath of cold air. Under the red firelight, all the black-armored horses were covered with white gas rising from their bodies. They were weapons of the night. Many soldiers even wore ferocious iron masks. Dark White gas was also rising from the dark opening, and a group of murderous gods suddenly appeared from the flames. They stopped densely in the distance, numbering in the thousands. I saw a general in front shouting: With a sound, some of the black cavalry jumped off their horses in order, took off their shields and crossbows from their horses, prepared their equipment, and then placed them on other cavalry horses that had not dismounted.

"Attention, the enemy is coming!"

Long Wuyang nervously shook the Changshuo in his hand. He didn't understand what the other party was saying, but he could roughly guess something. It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous. There were more than a thousand people in the entire pass. Excluding the archers, there were less than 500 heavy infantry. However, the heavy infantry on his side was completely incomparable to the other side. The other side dismounted to attack the city. Judging from the fierce aura of the other side, it was definitely an elite force in hundreds of battles, even stronger than what he saw on the border last time. It was too much to rely on 500 heavy infantry to stop them from climbing the city. However, as a soldier of the Central Asian army, the Long family of the Western Army guarding the country, even if he died here, he would never let An enemy stepped over

Just when the defenders on the pass were in a state of panic, the well-prepared black cavalry seemed to have issued some orders, and the dense formation actually dispersed from the middle. One man and one horse slowly came out of the formation and approached the pass

"Is it the enemy's general?" Long Wuyang's eyes were wide open. If the distance was not too far, he had the urge to draw his bow and shoot an arrow. Regardless of whether he could hit it or not, the courage and courage of the Central Asian soldiers must not yield. But the next moment, he heard the surroundings begin to become chaotic

"It's the general!" Someone shouted, and saw a man and a horse moving forward alone. The tall figure still had a wisp of smoke rising. He was wearing black armor and his white hair on his temples was particularly eye-catching. In his hand, he also held a dark horse lance with a shining blade. The mane of the horse under his crotch was flying. Perhaps it was the excitement of stepping on his homeland that made him stand up fifty meters away and neigh! Isn't it the General Longyang whom he has been looking forward to returning?

"Rong Guizi, you bastard, are you going to let me spend the night outside? Why don't you open the door!" The familiar voice of the head of the family, Long Yang, came, and Long Wuyang shuddered, and his face showed an irrepressible joy. This voice, this nickname, who else but the general!

"Quick, open the city gate, welcome the general back home!" Long Wuyang shouted like crazy, tears streaming down his face. The general is back, and the Western Army no longer has to look at people's faces, (To be continued)

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