Realm of Power

Five miles downstream of the Kanyaro Stone Bridge, the rainwater hit the river and formed a white whirlpool. Compared with the roar of the rolling waves caused by the ferocious impact of the upper reaches of the river on the stone bridge, the river here was obviously much slower. Three pontoon ropes across the river swayed in the river.

On both sides of the river, hundreds of shirtless strong men drove the huge pontoon nails into the ground with their mallets, and pulled up the thick pontoon ropes. The rain hit their naked muscles and made a sound. There was a crashing sound, and on the side of the soldiers building the pontoon bridge, rows of Fezer assault infantry formed a huge V-shaped protective circle.

"Lord Omu, the imperial cavalry has passed the distance corridor river, less than two miles away from here!" The sound of horse hooves came from far and near. It turned out to be Prince Feize coming in the rain. He did not want to see Omu being killed by the imperial cavalry downstream. The situation in front of him made him feel a little relieved. Fortunately, only a few floating bridges had been built, and only two or three thousand people passed by. Even if there were losses, the losses were very limited.

"Your Highness's kindness, I am so grateful for it!"

Omu bowed to him and saluted, his eyes showed a trace of unnoticeable sadness, and in a position where no one was paying attention, the horsewhip on his white fingers but tightly clattered, it was time to come, and it has come! "Sir, the people on the other side of the river..." Prince Feize saw that the Feize infantry on the opposite side were all wearing mail armor, and he couldn't help but gasped. In the pouring rain, they were as solid as statues, covered with mud. Their bodies were silently leaning together at this moment. The tip of the heavy tower shield in their hands, which was almost as tall as their height, was stably driven into the soil under their feet like a pile driver. A spear with a length of four to five meters was pointed. , discharged in a row from the gap between the shields,

"Hua Hua"

The sound of rain. Like a trace of restlessness in the silence, the spears and shields were washed away by the heavy rain, and their cold light was dazzling. "That's my personal army." Omu raised his head. "In order to reduce the weight of crossing the river, in order to transport heavy weapons and large shields across the river. They can only wear light mail armor." "The imperial cavalry is approaching, but I still ask them to withdraw immediately." Come on! "Prince Feize didn't expect that Omu would send his most important bodyguard this time. On the other side, "Your Highness, the whole army is looking at me, how can I let them withdraw!" A self-deprecating smile appeared on Omu's cold lips, "I have to persuade everyone to go with me, if I always send others up. Yes. It’s impossible. If you want to see blood, you’d better see my Omu’s blood first!” “Everyone, please come with me, sir?” What does Mr. Omu mean? "Prince Feize was stunned for a moment. Your Highness, do you think our army can really break through the bridge with so much property?" Omu looked serious and said in his tone. The meaning is colder than the rain falling overhead." As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, in fact, I have never told other generals that I will survive the The biggest threat to the river has never been the heavy weapons of the Empire built in the direction of the bridge entrance. No matter how powerful those heavy weapons are, they are dead objects. The real threat is actually the Imperial cavalry with extremely high mobility and impact. . In the unprotected riverbank, tens of thousands of imperial cavalry are absolutely a dominant force."

Omu paused, looked at the stunned face of the eldest prince, and continued, "Feize's army, which is mainly infantry, even if it has several times its military strength, can't hold on to the imperial cavalry group to follow and massacre after crossing the river in blood. , as long as the river beach Collapse, the troops behind were either too scared to move forward, not to mention the cars full of cumbersome belongings, so the bridge was destined to be broken through. A dead end!"

"But, didn't Lord Omu say that this dilemma can be solved by dividing the two lines and cooperating with each other?" Prince Feize almost screamed when he heard it.

"The two lines are divided and cooperate with each other. In this case, does His Highness really believe it?" Omu grinned slightly, and the rain made his hair stick to his forehead, making him look even more ferocious. "If I hadn't said that, Instead, he proposed that the generals give up all the property they had obtained and move forward lightly. The generals headed by the commander of the Fifth Army, Naersbaid, were afraid that they would immediately turn their backs and propose a two-line attack. In fact, they acquiesced to the split of Fezer's army. All the generals at the meeting at that time were afraid that they would also It’s just that His Highness is still in the dark, so he speaks for Narsbad.”

"If I'm not wrong, His Highness came to remind me that he must not have obtained the consent of Narsbad."

Omu's eyes were so steady that it was frightening. "The generals headed by the commander of the Fifth Army, Narsbad, stubbornly insisted on a breakthrough at the bridge entrance. Basically, they were unwilling to part with those belongings, because only stone bridges could let those fully loaded The carriage passed by, and those who are willing to follow me to the river to build a pontoon bridge are those who have already had a certain awareness of giving up their belongings."

"This kind of division was already a doomed fact the moment two hundred thousand Feize troops left Paput Kyoto and moved towards the southern border with difficulty. It's just that I have been trying hard to maintain a seemingly united situation, but now, I also There is nothing we can do. If we don’t choose to separate, the consequences will be that we will be dragged to death together!”

"No wonder, no wonder Narsbad would say that, it turns out you..." Prince Feize's face was already pale in the rain, and now it is as white as a piece of paper. If he hadn't come to remind the Omu Council, How about it? Could it be that Omu also abandoned himself? But to think that the other party was able to send his loyal bodyguards to the opposite side. Even though he knew that the imperial cavalry group was approaching crazily, he did not give an order to retreat. Then he abandoned himself, a prince who was always nosy, on the battlefield. , which is understandable

The thunder of the earth became more and more clear in the distance, and it was like lightning tearing in the sky.

On the distant horizon, some vague black shadows have appeared. Black cavalry appeared in groups. They were wearing black armor, like waves. Above the black lines, the cold light of the cavalry spears shone in the eyes, heavy. Clusters of horse hooves are like landslides, and each one rolls up white splashes in the shallow water.

"Get ready!" Commander Feize shouted,

Under the pale sky, this black line was cutting through the land in front like a huge half arc. The cavalry and horses swooped down from the heights like a flock of eagles, rushing straight into the low-lying areas of the river beach, and there was an endless torrent of people and horses. The dense clouds of stabbing spears shocked everyone's minds. Countless spears from both sides finally collided.

Cluck cluck,

Metal meets metal. The solid tower shield swayed under the impact, and the cavalry thrust forward fiercely. At the same time, they hit the infantry's five-meter long spears like a wall of thorns. The cavalry on horseback suddenly turned into blood gourds, but the charging horses hit the spear thorns without stopping, entangled and strangled, like bloody blood marks. With a snap, they opened up where the two armies collided, and the spears rushed in quickly. It broke, stirred up the flesh and blood, and the spear penetrated the body of the person behind. The shock force made the hand holding the gun shake slightly. He clamped the spear with his shoulder and thrust it forward again.

A flash of silver light flashed across Feize's soldier's head, and bang, Feize's soldier's head made a clear sound of broken bones under the heavy blow.

"Go forward and kill them all!"

Rouse Anvik shot away a tower shield in front of him, "Boom!"

At his side. Twenty thousand imperial cavalry poured down like a torrent, while Feize's army, which numbered less than three thousand, was even an elite one. At this moment, it was like ice and snow met Haoyang. At the moment of impact, the entire defense line was turned upside down by the impact. Broken limbs and broken arms were flying above the crowd. Horse hooves trampled the fallen people into pulp. The brave The infantry used all their strength All the weapons struck the galloping war horse one after another. Heavy and sharp swords and axes struck the armor of the war horse, leaving a long bloody shadow. The cavalry on the horse also struck the Fezer people with heavy heavy swords. on the head. Brains, blood and fragments of skull.

"Fezer will never be defeated!"

Loud and tragic shouts, an impact like rolling chaos. The defense line of Fezer's soldiers was shattered.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The black cavalry came over like a tide, beneath the horses' hooves. It was a gap like a flood, with human heads rolling, and it was a gap like a flood. It was Fezer's soldiers fighting with their flesh and blood to fight against the cavalry attack. Their flesh and blood were flying, and the river beach under their feet turned into an eye-catching blood red. The rain was pouring down, and everyone in it was The only thing that people can think about is waving weapons, "Long live Fezer". A Fezer infantry was lying on the ground covered in blood, his mail armor was deformed and dented by the horses' hoofs, he was vomiting blood, and there were still things in his mouth. Shouting in an indistinct voice,

"Cut the ropes and destroy all the pontoons!" Rotheanwick shouted loudly, pulled out Rode's double-winged heavy sword and swung it down hard.

stretch!

A pontoon bridge that had been built sank miserably into the water, and the cut ropes rolled with the waves like long snakes that came to life. On the other side of the river, the imperial cavalry was massacred, and the river beach was filled with corpses, including many Fezer soldiers. Fell into the river, and as the water rose and fell, the blood dyed the surface of the river red.

On the other side of the river, including Omu, tens of thousands of Fezer people on the other side of the river held their breaths as they watched this scene. There were loud shouts of killing over there, but here it was so quiet that there was no sound at all. They were so shameful that they could not raise their heads. Here, the soldiers on the opposite side are fighting, bathing in blood under the imperial cavalry. Those are our compatriots and comrades. Seeing them suffering such humiliation, I can't cross the river to rescue them! All I could hear was the low gurgling sound of the river water hitting the banks.

The boundary between life and death, such a clear entity, was displayed in front of Feize's army on the other side of the river. Everyone watched silently as the imperial cavalry cut off all the pontoon bridges that had been built with great difficulty. Dead bodies covered the river beach in front, one after another. The person's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression of inexplicable grief and anger was like those stabbing spears piercing his body.

"Why, don't you accept it?" Half an hour later, an imperial general with a somewhat cold face stood on the shore of the horse. His red cloak floated behind him like fire. He took off his iron helmet and looked at the contemptuous eyes on the other side. Like a torch dropped on a dry pyre

"That bastard, I'm going to kill him with my own hands. Sir, please let our army cross the river!" A stout General Feize, his eyes bulging like bells, knelt down on one knee behind Omu.

"Sir, please let us cross the river!" A crowd of black people knelt behind Aomu. The lifeless Feizejun seemed to have returned to the fierce and fearless spirit he had when he first stepped into the capital of Paput.

Omu's expression was silent, he didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes just fell in the upstream direction, as if waiting

Sure enough, ten minutes later, an imperial cavalryman came from upstream in a hurry, reined in his horse hard beside the imperial general, and said, "Sir, there is a change at the bridge entrance. As soon as the cavalry left, the main force of Feize's army attacked fiercely. At the bridge entrance, Lord Salton has ordered the battleship to return, and please return immediately after destroying the pontoon bridge."

"Return immediately? Well, I understand!"

When Roose Anvik heard the report, his face looked slightly shocked. He put on his helmet and took one last look at the Fezers on the opposite side. These Fezers had been killed and their courage was broken. They might not dare to cross the river in a short time. , it doesn’t matter even if you cross the river, just catch up and hack them all to death.

"The whole army assembles and returns to the bridge entrance"

Roose Anvik turned around and shouted an order. The loud voice spread all around. The scattered Imperial cavalry began to return. Some of the cavalry still had the bloody heads of Fezer's army on their bayonets. This was simply a massacre, and the Imperial cavalry did not It was really boring to think that it would end so quickly. Feize's army on the other side basically just watched the slaughter of the imperial cavalry without any intention of supporting them!

Now it seems that the real purpose of crossing the river downstream is to divert the imperial cavalry from the bridge entrance, and then launch an all-out attack on the bridge entrance.

I have to admit that the other party's calculation is really good, but the other party still underestimated a little, that is, those imperial warships converted from transport ships, the bridge entrance is so large, as long as they enter the range of the battleship Thor, even if they are filled in again, More soldiers will also die!

"That greedy man Narsbad will definitely hold on to those belongings, so let's be buried with those belongings!" Austrian eyes watched the imperial cavalry kill like crazy and disappear like black clouds in the wind and rain. In the upstream direction, when a scout cavalry following along the river came to hear the news that the imperial cavalry had left, Omu's eyes suddenly seemed to come alive.

He turned back and raised his hand, and a dense crowd of Fezer soldiers emerged from the mounds and woods behind the river beach. Omu took a deep breath, raised his hand and "crossed the river!" This time, there were thousands of them. Feize's soldiers did not hesitate to support the raft and jump into the river. They quickly unzipped the ropes from the pontoons at both ends and tied the raft directly to them. The pontoons appeared again almost immediately.

No one looked at the bridge entrance again. General Amu used his own bodyguards to bear the sacrifice, so there was nothing worth not trusting. He didn't want any property, as long as he could get back alive! (To be continued.)