Realm of Power

The fat man was dressed in black armor, with his hands behind his back. He raised his head and stared at the moon above his head. His black hair was fluttering in the fierce night wind. On the city wall, the emperor's armor and crossbows were neatly arranged and the end could not be seen at a glance. , the moonlight shines down from a high place, flowing down from the soldiers' resolute and upright figures like water. , 200,000 imperial troops trapped more than 100,000 southern allied troops in the city, and there was a bone-chilling killing in the silence of the night. At this moment, no one made a sound, and it seemed that the only thing that could be heard in the air was the sound of the wind blowing through the city walls. Varisien came up from behind with a serious look on his face and reported to the fat man, "Your Majesty, everything is ready!"

"All troops are ready!" The fat man's face was as cold as the bright moon. He raised his right hand high. The silence of the two hundred thousand troops was broken under the silver moonlight. The dark city was quickly weighed by the firelight. It felt like a handful full of weapons. The murderous sword was unsheathed. Countless imperial crossbow shooters uniformly raised their crossbows toward the inner city. A soldier trotted past holding a torch and arrowed The grease at the front end of the cluster was ignited, and from a high position, although the range of the crossbow was about 150 meters, if it was shot into the wind from a high place, the range of the crossbow could exceed 200 meters. The main force of arson was still three hundred catapults. The operating soldiers carefully pushed in the incendiary bombs one by one under the command. For a moment, the entire city wall was blazing with fire, like countless lamps.

The moment the fat man's arm fell down, it collapsed! collapse! collapse! The sound of countless bowstrings resounded on the city wall, and countless arrow clusters flew out like a gorgeous flaming cloud. The countless streams of light dragged out by the flying arrows were like stars falling from the sky toward Anlusu City below.

The coalition forces outside the city had been psychologically affected by the rain of Emperor's arrows during the day. They knew that after the Emperor occupied the city wall, they would definitely raid the city at night, but they never expected that what was coming towards them was not the Emperor's spear. ※%, but the countless rockets that cover the sky. The rockets are flying across the sky, like hell. The sight makes people's scalp numb. The rockets fired from the city walls in four directions seem to be pouring into the center. The sea of ​​​​fire drew dazzling arcs and hit the wooden structures of the city. The flames ignited these buildings and soon lit up a large sea of ​​​​fire outside the city. "What do you think we are? He actually wants to burn us all with fire!" Looking at the rockets shooting from a distance, Duke Feitai snorted with a bit of disdain in his tone, and his face was covered in The firelight was bright red. At this time, the emergency meeting of the coalition's top generals had stopped. The coalition's generals also looked at the rockets flying in front. The emperor may have launched a fire attack, and the coalition was not completely unprepared. The city is full of wooden buildings. The most feared thing was fire, so the coalition forces used the streets to form several isolation zones in order to avoid being caught by fire. The effect seemed to be good at the moment. Although the outer circle of the city has been burned into a sea of ​​flames, most of them are isolated from the outside of the streets. Coalition soldiers gather in the inner area, and occasionally houses are affected and set alight. People will be organized to put it out immediately to prevent the fire from spreading.

When Imperial catapults began firing fuel bombs from the city walls. Easily crossing the coalition's isolation zone and landing in the inner city, the calmness on the faces of the coalition generals disappeared in an instant. Looking at the sudden burst of fire and the rolling waves of the Falcon Empire, the Falcon Empire burned. The notoriety of the bullet quickly turned the rumors into reality, and incendiary weapons were not uncommon. There are long-range projectiles that can burn in the south and Gangfei, but among all the long-range burning projectiles, the most terrifying ones are the Falcon Empire's incendiary bombs. Other burning items can be extinguished with water and soil, but the Empire's incendiary bombs are the most terrifying. Molotov cocktails won't do it, even if you use water to attack it, it won't help.

Because of the investment of incendiary bombs, the various fire-setting measures of the coalition forces suddenly became useless. The soldiers who used water to extinguish the fire cried for their fathers and mothers when the flames splashed on their bodies. The night wind was strong, and the fire assisted the wind. With the help of energy, the blowing sound was loud, the red light illuminated half of the sky, and various shouts came from the inner city.

I only saw people running out of the house that was lit by the flames. Many of them were running slowly and were immediately swept up by the fire. As long as the grease-soaked arrowhead hit the wooden building, it would burn on it. If it hits a person, it will also be set on fire. A coalition soldier was shot by four rockets, and his whole person turned into a ball of fire. He rolled on the ground wailing, and no one who ran past him was killed. One person glanced at him, and all they could think of was to run away. Not to mention the fire that was being ignited now, even if there was no fire, these soldiers would still run away. Most of the coalition forces deployed outside were troops with weak combat effectiveness, because The coalition forces did not expect them to stop the Imperial Army's attack, so the order was to withdraw into the city immediately if they encountered a surprise attack and introduce the Imperial Army into street fighting in the city. "Immediately organize people to put out the fire with all your strength!" The top leaders of the coalition forces issued the order in panic. Watching the countless red light spots in the sky like brilliant fireworks and incendiary bombs pouring down from the heights of the city wall in the distance, the eyes of the coalition generals flashed. In despair, as soon as these imperial incendiary bombs hit the wood The building suddenly exploded with a large cloud of sparks, and burning oil poured around like raindrops, igniting anything that could burn, turning the entire area several meters wide into a sea of ​​​​fire that could not be extinguished. At midnight, An Most of Lusu City has been set on fire.

The fire spread from four directions at the same time, trapping hundreds of thousands of coalition troops inside. The flames climbing between the buildings in the city were like huge fiery beasts, spitting out their bloody tongues, and spraying the entire city. The coalition forces opened their bloody mouths and devoured countless coalition soldiers piece by piece. This was no joke. The emperor really wanted to roast all the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops into suckling pigs! Although many coalition officers had their hair, eyebrows, and whole bodies covered with black dust due to the fire, the feeling at this time was that their whole bodies were indeed as cold as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

They didn't expect that the emperor would dare to do something so cruel as to burn hundreds of thousands of elite coalition troops to the ground. "Get out, or be burned to death!" In the chaos, someone shouted loudly, and the coalition forces who came over in shock remembered that they really wanted to surrender now, but there were fires on all sides, and even if they wanted to surrender, they couldn't find the emperor. Wherever they are, even if they really risk their lives and rush out of this sea of ​​​​fire, they will be greeted by the emperor's merciless arrows. They are afraid that they will be shot into bloody gourds before they even say the word "surrender". "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Densely packed light spots were like a torrential rain pouring down from the surrounding city walls, like waves crashing on the rocks. What was splashed out was the blood of countless coalition soldiers, inserted through the gaps between the shields. gone arrow clusters, It often penetrates the lower body of the heavy infantry, and the consequences are very serious. The fallen person is not dead for a while, holding the part where the arrow was hit, and letting out a miserable wail. The nearby flames sweep over, and immediately they are a burning fire.

At this moment, the coalition forces realized that it was definitely the biggest mistake to rely on just a few fire-proof streets to destroy the city. It was ridiculous that the coalition forces even abandoned the city wall on their own initiative.

To know that this would happen, even if the entire army died on the city wall, they would never choose to take a step back. The small inner city was now even more crowded with people, and the flames were sweeping across it. The inner city is already blazing with flames. At night, it is like a huge bonfire lighting up the mouth of the river. Anlu Su City is located on the outlet of the river.

Now is the season of early winter handover. The howling night wind made the fire so fast and unstoppable that the rows of houses with wooden structures were almost instantly ignited. The houses swallowed up by the flames collapsed in pieces as if they were pushed hard by big red hands. Large areas of coalition soldiers were killed. Burning and running around in panic. There was a disgusting smell of meat in the black smoky air.

The fallen corpses in front were piled up layer by layer, and there were still coalition soldiers risking their lives inside the wall of fire. It was better to be shot to death by arrows than to be burned to death. The armor on his body was ignited by the flames. He also struggled to build a ladder under the city wall and wanted to climb up. The imperial infantry standing on the city wall immediately fired countless spears at the same time. The thorn in front suddenly There were miserable wails, blood spattered, and in an instant, like red flowers flying in the night, they exploded on the city wall. The whole Anlusu was a sea of ​​​​fire, and the people who rushed out were shot and intercepted by the emperor's army with all their strength, and died. Death is blocking the edge of this city wall,

Soon, corpses several meters high were piled up on the inside of the city wall. By the end of the night, no one came out of the sea of ​​​​fire.

Until the rays of the morning sun shone from another section of the Earth Mountain Range, illuminating the tragic battlefield in front of us, like a sharp sword cutting through light and darkness, splitting Anlusu's city wall in two, and Anlusu's originally countless houses were adjacent to each other. Lusu has turned into a huge charred ruin.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Varisian looked ugly. The smell of burning barbecue filled the city. When he thought of the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops buried in these ruins, even a pervert like Varisian turned pale. , and swear in my heart that I will never It's worth eating food related to barbecue, but it's worth thinking about it. The empire annihilated all 200,000 elite Southern Allied Forces without spending much money. The battle itself lost less than 5,000 people. As far as the record is concerned, this is simply a miracle among miracles!

"The entire army is resting on the spot! Send people to clear the battlefield!"

The fat man took a deep breath. It was one thing to formulate a battle plan, but it was another thing to watch hundreds of thousands of people buried alive by the fire. From now on, his reputation as a butcher would be more solid. Qing Shiliu The word cruelty is indispensable in his name, but Fatty is not a person who cares about reputation. After a brief sigh, he immediately returned to his state.

Having solved their worries, in the afternoon, the Imperial Army set off to the south, aiming directly at the base camp of the coalition forces retreating south.

At the same time, the emperor's six Central Army Flag Regiments, which entered the battlefield as the second group, also arrived on the outskirts of Kyoto, Istanbul. At this time, in addition to the base camp and a group of 300,000 heavy troops, the coalition forces were exhausted and now only wanted to turn around and rescue immediately. mekgar, To avoid the fate of being completely dumped by the emperor, and after destroying An Lusu's coalition, the total strength of the emperor's troops has exceeded 500,000, and is heading south like a whirlwind. The comparison of the forces in this north-south battle, Changes occurred after the Anlusu fire! The emperor changed from defensive attack to active attack!

"So, the coalition is finished!"

Standing in the windy garden of Istanbul in early winter in Kyoto, the dull-looking second prince was lost in thought about a report he had just received in his hand. Two hundred thousand elite coalition troops were burned to death overnight. The cruelty and ferocity of the ** is like a slap in the face, slapping hard on those who previously thought The faces of various politicians who are destined to be annihilated by a flanking attack on the emperor. Among them is the second prince who is extremely afraid of the Falcon Empire and full of helplessness. He is now an Istanbul prince. The king of the Kingdom of Reims, his scope is actually the scope of Istanbul and Kyoto, but he just changed his name.

The Imperial Army and the Southern Allied Forces had been confronting each other in Anlu for more than half a month. The Second Prince hoped that the Imperial Army would be defeated, but he also hoped that the Allied Forces would win. It would be best if both sides were defeated. In this way, neither the Allied Forces nor the Falcon Empire would have any interest in attacking Istanbul Kyoto for the time being.

"These Allied Forces are ambitious but incompetent. They talk big but are just a bunch of idiots when they really fight!" The Second Prince angrily crumpled the report in his hand. When the Allied Forces' headquarters moved north, he thought that the Imperial Army would definitely withdraw this time. Who knew that in just a blink of an eye, the Imperial Army actually used the same force to not only capture Anlusu, where 200,000 Allied Forces were stationed, but also easily killed 200,000 Allied Forces. It was simply incredible. The Second Prince read the battle report back and forth several times, but he didn't understand what was going on.

That was 200,000 well-armed soldiers. Even 200,000 pigs would not be so easy to kill, but that's what the Imperial Army did! , facing the superior strength of the coalition forces, the imperial army took the initiative to abandon defense and move south, actively cut in, and now took the initiative to launch a strong attack. If it weren't for the turning point victory every time, the second prince would feel that the commander of the imperial army was absolutely crazy, and it didn't conform to all conventional thinking at all, just like a rude wild boar turned into the vegetable garden called the coalition army, and turned it upside down, but this guy just played the war song loudly, and beat the coalition army to a pulp.

"Your Majesty, we just got the news that the Imperial Navy has once again severely damaged the Southern United Navy in the Ula Sea in the central part!" The aide looked at the iron-blue face of the second prince and said cautiously "Well? Didn't the Southern United Navy give up the northward advance? How did it encounter the Imperial Navy in the Ula Sea? "His Royal Highness the Second Prince was stunned for a moment. Since the Battle of Hailand, the Imperial Navy won a decisive victory, and the Southern Navy has no trace of advancing northward. It is even a blessing that the Imperial Navy does not take the initiative to attack, but this time, why do they want to advance north again? "I heard it was because of the Imperial Navy's construction of a floating bridge!" The attendant hesitated for a moment and said, "In order to prevent the Imperial Navy from building a floating bridge, the Southern Allied Navy took the risk of advancing north, but the result was..." The attendant paused, looking regretful, (To be continued...)