Realm of Power

In the hall of Emperor Errod's palace, the lights are as bright as day.

When Emperor Eero walked in, he unexpectedly found that there was no shadow of himself on the ground. Four candlesticks with hundreds of candles were placed around the hall. The eyes of the generals of the Eero Empire lit up as the emperor arrived, and no one spoke. , the candle on the candlestick burned fiercely, making a gentle crackling sound, this kind of like The almost rhythmic crackling sound made the silent atmosphere even more desolate. Emperor Aero waved his hand to everyone and sat down at the top of the center. "I have summoned you all here because there is a secret." News, I just received the emissary sent by the Falcon Empire, and the empire has agreed to join forces with us to deal with the Aden people!"

"Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, our army has suppressed the counterattack of the Aden people, why do we still need to ask for help from the Falcon Empire?" As soon as the emperor finished speaking, there was a clamor of generals, vowing to conquer this palace, known as the most splendid palace in the crown of Aden. The gems have been dug out and are about to be completed. Accepting help from the Falcon Empire at this time really seems superfluous!

"I'm talking about jointly dealing with the Aden people, not just capturing a Cornelia!" Emperor Aero's eyes flashed, and he had already anticipated the reaction of the generals. He snorted heavily, and the generals made noisy noises. It quickly calmed down

"Your Majesty is saying that the Falcon Empire is going to launch a full-scale war against the Aden people?" Rob Caccio, the deputy director of the Ministry of Military Affairs of Eero, stood up from his seat and said with some disbelief.

"Indeed, the Falcon Empire promises to close trade with the Kingdom of Aden from now on, and at the same time send the Imperial Navy to raid the ports of the Aden people on the east coast!" Emperor Aero nodded and spread out a copy of the document written by the adjutant in his hand. The document sent said, "You should remember that at the initial operational meeting, the Operation Department proposed that although the Cornelia area Although it is very important to Aden, after all, it is still too far from the core of the Kingdom of Aden, and it is still a narrow strip of land that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. A conservative estimate is that a hundred thousand casualties will make the Kingdom of Aden give up its attack on Cornelia. In the battle, with 200,000 casualties, the Kingdom of Aden will completely give up its ambitions on the east coast. So how to explain it now?

Our war with the Kingdom of Aden has lasted for six months. In addition to the fourteen front-line corps originally prepared, there are six reserve corps that have also gone to the front. Only the troops on the Eero side that mainly attack the port, the troops invested before and after There are 300,000 people, not to mention the 500,000 side troops to contain the Aden Army. Every moment, this battle line is bleeding. For this gamble, the empire is almost suppressing With the destiny of our country in mind, 80% of the troops are engaged in this battle, and the Aden people's counterattack against Cornelia seemed to have no end. From the initial front-line combat troops to the slave legions that came up in large numbers, there were not even one million but seven Eight hundred thousand, six months of continuous fighting, Cornelia has been depleted of the financial resources that it took the empire decades to accumulate. If this consumption continues, I can only order Cornelia to be abandoned. Leah, there is no second choice!

After hearing the emperor's words, the generals suddenly fell silent. Most of them actually breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. It is better for the Falcon Empire to stand on the side of Eero than on the side of the Aden people. Moreover, the current war situation is indeed Already more and more unfavorable to Eero, as the Emperor stated, if between two If a decisive advantage cannot be obtained within a month, then giving up Cornelia is a choice that must be made. The bloody battle of hundreds of thousands of troops and the investment of countless financial and material resources will be in vain, and the Eero Empire will also be in vain because of this battle. The vitality damaged by failure will never be recovered within ten years.

The Battle of Cornelia has indeed reached a crazy level. The two kingdoms, with a total of more than a million troops fighting, the generals of Aero looked down on the Aden people at first, but as the battle progressed, the elite troops of both sides After suffering heavy losses, the potential for follow-up combat is obvious.

Although the second-line troops of the Aero Army are not as good as the first-line troops, they are still solid combat troops, well-equipped and well-trained. The second-line troops of the Kingdom of Aden are often the undead army that drives thousands of slaves as death squads.

"The Falcon Empire promised to help us this time!" Emperor Erro waved his hand to the attendant. The attendant spread a map on the table. The emperor looked at the generals and placed his finger on a location on the coastline. "According to the intelligence given to us by the Falcon Empire, the Aden people are gathering the most powerful offensive here. According to the intelligence, the Aden people We have mobilized 100,000 infantry, 40,000 camel cavalry, and ten slave undead troops, and are preparing to take advantage of our army's repair opportunity to divide into two groups to attack the Port of Cornelia from the direction of Aique to complete the decisive step of this battle. Attack, among which the Aikui Mountain line, which is the main attack, has at least 60,000 infantry and cavalry, as well as five slave undead armies!"

"Five slave undead army..."

The generals all showed a hint of fear. They were all a little frightened by the slave undead army of the Aden people. The number of each undead army was between 30,000 and 50,000, and they were temporarily organized by the territorial nobles of the Kingdom of Aden. , five slave undead army, that is more than 200,000 people

These Aden nobles who own wealth and territory often wear exquisite armor engraved with complicated patterns, carry long scimitars inlaid with various gemstones on their waists, and the colorful feathers of male peacocks on their helmets ripple in the sun, making them gorgeous. Extraordinary, they were escorted by groups of desert cavalry. He looked at the Erro army in front of him calmly. Occasionally, there would be a few dancing girls with voluptuous and exposed figures, having fun while mocking the Erro people opposite. War, for these undead soldiers who have the status of regional lords The nobles are like child's play. They just come to show off on the battlefield.

The real combatants were their own generals and the slaves they brought with them. Most of these slaves were extremely poorly equipped, with no armor or protective equipment. They only held a wooden stick and a broken dagger in their hands, but they were better with numbers. Tens of thousands of people spread out in front of the crowd. Slaves are the lowest tool in the Kingdom of Aden, even worse than livestock. The Aden nobles can execute a slave at will, and only need to compensate the slave owner according to the price of destroying a simple tool.

If a slave wants to get rid of his status as a slave, there are only two ways in the Kingdom of Aden. Either the master can be kind and grant him the status of a free citizen, or he can gain military honors on the battlefield. According to convention, as long as he can gain three heads on the battlefield, the slave You can deregister for each additional person By killing one's head, one more of his relatives can be expelled from the country. Therefore, the slave army of the Kingdom of Aden is famous for not being afraid of death on the battlefield. When a group of ragged beggars-like slaves rush up overwhelmingly, the swords and swords cannot kill them all, and they will not die. This is how the name "jun" came into being!

As for such an undead army, the Kingdom of Aden mobilized almost thirty-six oases in the country this time, and established 18 of them in one go, a total of 600,000 slaves. If you have the ability, you can kill them all. According to Eero If the combat power of the regular army is normal, the pressure against the slave army will not be great.

But the undead army of the Kingdom of Aden is obviously not that easy to kill. The nobles of Aden will divide the slaves into six or seven waves of attack lines before the war. When the slaves launch a group charge like a falling wave, the well-equipped Aden in the back line will The archer will start to draw the bow. When the slave rushes into the enemy's line, the bow feathers of the Aden archer will fly over at this moment and fall mercilessly. Entering the enemy's head, regardless of whether the slaves are mixed with the enemy, at that moment, even the regular army will suffer casualties, and facing the crazy attack of the Aden slaves, there is no other way but to retreat, and such Arrows would keep coming, and corpses fell down with arrows embedded in them. Regular soldiers and slaves in armor were so intertwined that it was impossible to tell them apart.

In the eyes of the Aden regular army, the slave army is used as cannon fodder. Naturally, there will be no psychological burden in killing the enemy together. When the enemy is almost hit by arrows, the Aden camel heavy armored cavalry, known as the desert hurricane, will The charge began. In the North-South battle, the entire army of 60,000 camel cavalry was wiped out, making the entire Obarro view the Aden camel cavalry as a joke. But here, facing the enemy's defense line that was already in tatters after the undead army's attack, the camel cavalry's impact was simply unstoppable, like a hurricane. The cavalry scimitars above would fly forward when they were more than 20 meters away, and then Just cut it down with a broad and thin-edged machete. In this situation, the possibility of being overwhelmed in one fell swoop is 100%, and what is left in the end is massacre!

It is under the tactics of the Aden people that the Aden army went from being a step-by-step camp at the beginning to being exhausted after a long battle. The Aden people's full-line attack tactics, regardless of the casualties of slaves, gave the powerful Aerot people a headache. After half a year of fighting, morale has almost reached a state of collapse, and the soldiers are exhausted. The undead army, which can never kill ten thousand, has left every army and battalion full of wounded soldiers. This is lucky, there are already three This legion was completely wiped out. Although the Kingdom of Aden was a desert kingdom, it had a total population of more than 60 million. Among them, there were only less than 3 million real Adenites, and the rest were slaves. Aden had long released them. The words "take out 10 million slaves to fill up the Aero army!" 10 million people, this is naturally a bit exaggerated, but according to the national strength of the Kingdom of Aden, it can still be done by mobilizing three to four million slaves as cannon fodder. of!

Three to four million people. I heard that many slave armies were only given a small amount of food after they were formed. This is because the Aden nobles believed that it was a waste to give food to these slaves who were sent to be cannon fodder, so many people died. , Only the slaves of the Undead Army have a chance to eat enough, so regarding death, the slaves of Aden are also completely It's all a state of numbness. They either starve to death or die in battle. Only a very small number of people can actually survive. If the information provided by the Falcon Empire this time is true, the main force of the attack really has 200,000 slaves who are not dead. Army, plus the accompanying Aden Army, the total number will probably reach 300,000.

With such a number, even if the final victory is achieved, at least more than 100,000 Aero troops will be dragged down. This means that any enemy blocking the Aden army heading towards Cornelia will be defeated. It is necessary to be prepared to pay more than 100,000 casualties. It is no wonder that even the generals of the Ero Empire changed their expressions. After the war has started, which legion is still intact? The loss of 100,000 people was at least two legions! Who is willing to be the first line of resistance?

"Your Majesty, our army is willing to take on this blocking mission!" In the silence, a thin middle-aged general stood up. He is the commander of the Second Army of the Eero Empire, Kabrishi. He is known for his tenacity and good fighting skills in the Eero Army. Famously, its second legion is also a rare cavalry legion among the Hérault army.

"Kabrishi, if I remember correctly, in the last battle of Larugu, your Second Army lost one-third of its troops in order to complete the flank breakthrough. Now there are probably less than 30,000 soldiers who can fight. What can you use to stop the 300,000-man Aden Army!" Emperor Ero looked at Kabrishi fiercely, "You can't do this."

"My army is loyal to your majesty." Kabrishi trembled and said seriously, "No matter what, I will stop them in the direction of Aqui."

"I believe in your loyalty, but I can't let the soldiers sacrifice in vain! If the Second Army is finished, what can I do to stop the Aden camel cavalry! This matter ends here, you have more important things to do!" Emperor Ero waved his hand, rejected Kabrishi's request, looked at the generals sitting on the left, and said in a serious voice, "Marquis Larhan of the Seventh Army, Duke Laus of the Ninth Army, and Marquis Star of the Eleventh Army, the task of blocking the front is handed over to you. In three days, please make sure to They are blocking the area of ​​Mount Aiqui. After three days, the three of you can decide to withdraw to Cornelia according to the situation. Those who leave without permission before the time is up will be treated as deserters. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Your Majesty!"

The three Ero generals stood up in unison. The 30-year-old strong man with three golden stars on his cuffs is the Marquis of Larhan. The old general with a vigorous look and white hair is the Duke of Laus. The fat man with a bulging belly and a bitter face is the Marquis of Starr.

The Seventh Army and the Ninth Army are both the frontline combat troops of the Ero Empire. They are well-equipped and have received many reinforcements after the battle. They basically still maintain three-quarters of their manpower and combat power. It is not difficult to hold on for three days. However, the Eleventh Army belongs to the second line. Half of the soldiers are local garrisons, and the other half are a group of remnants withdrawn from the last Oasis Battle. Such a patchwork of troops will be deployed on the front line of the battle. No wonder the Marquis Star looks bitter! This also shows the embarrassment of the Ero Army now. Even the second-line troops must be at the forefront!

(To be continued.)