Realm of Power

A mist filled the air under the heavy rain in Yanzhou

After receiving the news of the defeat of Qinglan Fort, Long Yang, the head of the Long family, personally led his troops to respond. As a result, he saw the defenders of Qinglan Fort crumbling in the Lantai River twenty miles away from Qinglan Fort.

The Fifth Banner Infantry, covered in mud, embarrassed and tired, was trying to form an array to cover the people crossing the river. More infantry were trying their best to collect materials and form rafts. It could be seen that the defeated army was struggling all the way northward. There are only about two to three thousand people left, not even one-fifth of the number that the Fifth Banner should have at full strength. There was nothing, and everyone was exhausted to the extreme, but they could still barely maintain order, not to win, but just to have an extra chance of survival. In the past, when retreating under enemy pursuit, there were always family members who took the initiative to cut off the rear. , fighting to the last person, covering the brigade to escape smoothly. But at this moment, this kind of cohesion was no longer seen. All kinds of things that could cross the river were used, and the scattered soldiers jumped directly into the river, and were carried away while they were tumbling up and down. It can be seen that the defeat of Qinglan Fort has made These disintegrated Western soldiers felt desperate. Decades of tradition of the Western Army had long been forgotten. They only hoped to cross this small river as soon as possible and escape from the butcher's knife of the prairie cavalry.

"Quickly, build a pontoon bridge on the Lantai River immediately!" Long Yang shouted loudly, the hand holding the sword rattling, and his eyes had already seen that behind the scattered Western troops on the other side of the river, there were thousands of prairie cavalry hanging. behind

Seeing the Western Army battle flag flying in front, these prairie cavalry stopped their horses unwillingly and waited for the arrival of the follow-up troops. Some of them continued to move forward. A barrage of arrows from the Western Army archers in another section of the river stopped these cavalry. The prairie army cavalry quickly twisted the horse's head

It's just that although these prairie cavalry stopped their horses, their faces and bodies were covered with rain cement, their eyes were eager to try, with a bloodthirsty and savage air.

The expansion of central China and the addition of the Qinglan Fort, known as the gateway to Beijing in Yanzhou, was also defeated in one battle, which has made these grassland cavalry full of confidence. Although there are only a thousand, everyone from top to bottom believes that it only takes one charge. Even if the Long family's western army that suddenly appeared on the other side of the river didn't collapse immediately, it could still destroy several formations. If they could fight vertically and horizontally, maybe these more than a thousand riders could create a miracle!

"You bastard, there are only a thousand cavalry, but you dare to frighten my tens of thousands of elite Western troops."

On the other side of the river, Long Yang's sharp eyes narrowed into a thin line, making his already slender eyes even more cold. The posture of these prairie cavalry was really too arrogant. If it weren't for this thin line about seven or eight meters wide, Blocked by the river, these prairie cavalry may really launch a direct attack on their own army's main formation, without taking into account the huge disparity in strength between the two sides. This is a complete disregard for the enemy's confidence, which is what makes Long Yang feel more dangerous.

The army fought with morale first. He placed the heavily armored Fifth Banner at Qinglan Fort, the first line of defense. He originally planned to block it hard and let the Yelu army, which had not encountered resistance since entering Yanzhou, attack Qinglan. The fort was hit hard, but unexpectedly, Qinglan Fort didn't last even a day and was captured by the Yelu Army.

"Master, my subordinates are incompetent. One hundred thousand Yelu troops used thunder gods to storm Qinglan Fort, and a team of sneakers wore our clothes and armor and opened the gate of Qinglan Fort. It is hopeless to hold on, so my subordinates can only order an evacuation!"

At this moment, a shrill sound was heard, and a man who couldn't tell whether it was river water or blood was carried by the guards from a wooden raft near the shore to Long Yang's horse, regardless of the blood on his body. The red liquid flowed down, and he got up with difficulty and knelt down towards Long Yang. It was the commander of the Fifth Banner of the Western Army who had retreated from Qinglan Fort. Dragon Art, the faces of these Western Army generals were pale, their helmets were gone, their hair was disheveled, and part of their armor was torn and broken during the escape. The arrow wounds on their shoulders were bandaged, and they had long been stained red with blood. The wet blood dyed his whole body red. If he hadn't revealed his identity, he would have been almost unrecognizable!

"Long Jue, you lost Qinglan Castle and even the gate to the capital was lost. No matter the military regulations or national laws, you can't be tolerated. Do you have anything else to say?" Long Yang looked at Long, who was covered in blood and kneeling in front of his horse. Jue, with cold eyes wanted to draw out his sword and kill people. As the commander of the fifth flag of the Western Army, Long Jue naturally had a very good relationship with Long Yang. The fifth flag was also a trump card that Long Yang relied on. Unexpectedly, To be so unbeatable,

"We have lost an important battle ground, and the loss of the Fifth Flag is even more serious. No matter how the family leader punishes us, it is deserved. I only hope that I can finish the matter before I die!"

Long Jue had a determined look on his face, his armor was clanking, and he knelt down on the ground full of muddy water. He resisted the stinging pain all over his body and did not let the soldiers bandage him. He saw the red ground, where he knelt, and The speed visible to the naked eye expanded, and everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but be moved. Many people who were secretly scolding Long Jue for being afraid of death just now also stopped their voices at this moment.

At this rate of bleeding, even if Long Jue could finish speaking, he would still bleed to death. How could such a person be afraid of death?

"Okay, you say it!" Faced with Long Jue's death wish, what else could Long Yang say, but his face became more serious and desolate. Qinglan Fort failed too quickly, and tens of thousands of Western soldiers fought Death is definitely a very heavy blow to the other Western armies who are currently trapped in Yanzhou and are preparing to launch a bloody battle with the grassland people.

"I have long heard that the expansion of the grassland army in central China and Bibia not only obtained enough materials and wealth, but more importantly, it made the grassland army, which was hesitant to go south at the beginning, become more confident the more it fought, and in the end it even just Hundreds of cavalrymen dared to harass the main camp of the court to flatter Zhangwu Army. In the end, the Zhongbia court completely suppressed it and completely gave up the idea of ​​marching north. It seems that such rumors are not groundless."

"The current grassland army is completely different from the grassland army when we went south!" "In particular, the grassland people have received a large amount of ordnance supplements in central China. Even the military formations and siege strategies are now not much different from the regular army of China. In terms of siege methods, they are even better than those of ordinary Chinese troops. More proficient than the regular army. The words "Long Jue" caused the faces of the Long family soldiers around to change slightly. The Long family insisted on defending Yanjing because everyone knew that the grassland army was a hero in the field and a bear when attacking a city.

The Yanzhou Barrier is already majestic. Although it was destroyed once, it has been repaired a lot in this year. I dare not say that it can make it difficult for the entire grassland tribe to take a step past the southern wall as before, but it is only used to block the troops. However, the Yelu Army of more than 100,000 people should be able to defeat it, but unexpectedly, the news brought back by Longjue was the fact that even a strong wall like Qinglan Fort was easily broken by the grassland army!

Regardless of the bloodshed, Long Jue knelt in the mud and insisted on explaining in detail the series of tactics adopted by the Prairie Army to attack Qinglan Fort. Finally, he stopped speaking, and his head fell to the ground, facing Qinglan. In the direction of the fort, "Master, Master Long Jue has left." A guard walked to Long Jue's body, stood up after confirmation, and said with a look of regret on his face.

Long Jue completely refused to be bandaged. In this seemingly cruel way, he was apologizing to all the Long family soldiers who died in Qinglan Fort.

"Take it back first!" Long Yang had a complex expression on his face and waved his hand, asking someone to take away Long Jue's body first. The news that Long Jue had been brought back really made him completely unexpected. The grassland people were already fierce in battle. Only those who are not good at siege warfare can use strong walls to block them. However, if the grassland people also start to imitate the Zhongbia people to siege cities, Yanzhou's strong walls may not be able to stop them. This time War, how to fight it!

This situation is closely related to Longyang's approach of looking after Yanzhou and ignoring the central part of the country.

The embarrassment of the 300,000 grassland tribes who marched south is still vivid in my mind. It has only been a year. The grassland army, which was like a lost dog at the beginning, suddenly displayed combat power to a level that even surprised Long Yang. He secretly regretted it. If I had known this, I should have gone south from Yanzhou, taking advantage of the fact that the Yelu family's foothold was not stable, and attacked the court from up and down, and completely strangled this exhausted grassland army in central China!

"Master, please report urgently!"

A Western Army cavalry galloped over and opened the report. Long Yang's pupils couldn't help but tighten. The hand holding the report felt like it had been burned by red-hot Luo iron. What a move to draw out the fire! This report is a notice issued by the Zhongbia Court two days ago. The special envoy of the Zhongbia Court to the Falcon Empire was attacked in the Falcon Empire. Although the entire notice did not name the attacker. His identity, but his words and sentences all point to a mastermind behind the scenes, secretly controlling the Southwest Long family in Yanzhou! In the notice, it was directly stated that traces of the Long family cavalry had been found in the Falcon Empire. Although the Long family was the stronger side, they were only regional sects after all, and the court was the orthodoxy.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, under Taotao's comments, the Long family will immediately change from the lofty position of defending the country to a serious criminal family trying to intercept the imperial envoy. Such rumors in the market are like eating away at everything. The moth is enough to destroy the reputation of the Long family, which has taken decades of hard work for the children of the Long family, to be destroyed in one night! I have to admit that this despicable and effective approach hits the Long family’s weakness.

The reason why the Long family is the Long family is because the children of the Long family have built a good reputation with their blood for decades. With this reputation, the Long family can even ignore the orders of the Zhongbia court. But this time, the other party is obviously He just wanted to discredit the Long family and finally clean up the mess easily. This method made Long Yang feel numb.

At a critical moment like this, the Central and Asian courts suddenly stabbed you in the back! Why did our Long family offend you? You are going to die like this! Is it a big mistake to stick to Yanzhou? The court simply saw that the Yelu family's army was pressing down on the territory, and the Long family had too much to take care of themselves in Yanzhou. Even if they were splashed with dirty water, they were unable to refute for the time being, so they suddenly launched an attack!

Just when Long Yang was rearranging his defenses and using all his connections to stabilize the public opinion in China and Libya, a piece of news that shocked Long Yang even more came. The reputation of the Long family for attacking the special mission from China , it was completely nailed. After careful investigation, the Falcon Empire has conclusive evidence proving that Zhongbia On the night when the special envoy encountered the attack, there were Long family cavalry outside Langu City. Even after the incident, the Long family cavalry was divided into several batches and packed into caravans to return to Yanzhou from Onnacuo. There is also a detailed record. A Long family cavalry officer named Long Wuyang was captured alive by the border guards when he forcibly broke through the border. There were three to four hundred Long family cavalry captured together.

Such a situation is said to have aroused the anger of the Emperor of the Falcon Empire, and the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs also lodged a protest with the Long Family. If it was not the fault of the Long Family, what were the Long Family cavalry doing outside Blue Valley City that day? Why did these Long family cavalry hide and leave? Why did they forcefully break through the border! The evidence is solid, what else can the Long family say? Now the southwest of the Long family's base camp is in chaos. The Long family is on its own. It is one thing to ignore the court's orders. It is another thing to openly attack and kill the special envoy. Except for the direct descendants of the Long family, no one dares to get involved with this kind of thing. The Central Court also immediately sent three investigators to the southwest. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the investigators were not malicious. The five thousand military guards who accompanied them were even more murderous along the road to the southwest. Come on,

Suddenly, the Long family, which had been dominant for decades, was about to encounter a storm. The main force of the army was trapped in Yanzhou. The situation was critical. Even if they wanted to withdraw to the southwest, they could not do it. The total number of Long family troops left in the southwest base camp was only three. Of the 40,000 people, most of them are from the Southwest Army. Only God knows how many of them are unconvinced by the practice of defending Yanzhou in the north with the lives of people from the southwest of Longyang.

Amidst the rain, a large group of prairie cavalry rushed through the muddy water on the ground, pouring straight into the valley ahead like a black dragon.

After the Long family lost the Qinglan Fort, they suddenly gave up the tactic of using Yanzhou Shangjing's outer barrier to continuously consume the grassland army, and began to gather towards the last fortress Shangjing. It seemed that they also knew that the Yelu army had good offensive capabilities. If it was the same as the first The Five Banners divided their forces to resist like that, and the final result was that Yelu Hongtai used his main force to push them all down one by one like bulldozing earth!

In the drizzle, Yelu Hongtai's army crossed the river without any intention of stopping to camp. Surrounded by a large group of Yelu Blood Wolf Guards, Yelu Hongtai was thin and tired, but his eyes were as sharp as lightning.

"Finally, we're here!" Yelu Hongtai let out a long breath. The road to the founding of the country could finally clearly see the end in front of him. Due to excessive exhaustion, he suddenly swayed while sitting on the horse. The guard next to him He hurriedly stretched out his hand to support me, "Sir, why don't you take a rest first?"

"Have a rest? Are you kidding?" Yelu Hongtai opened his eyes, licked his chapped lips, and looked at the Yelu family's cavalry rushing forward. Since the empire insisted that it was the Southwest Long family who did it, it made it clear. , the Yelu family can attack boldly. With such a clear statement, there is nothing to hesitate about. Next to them is the rushing and rolling river, and Yanzhou Shangjing is on the upper reaches of this river! If you take it, it will be the day when the Yelu family becomes the Yelu royal court! (To be continued.)