Realm of Power

"Long live, let us raise a glass to celebrate the resurgence of the empire. With the Lugaoling mining area in hand, the resurgence of the empire is just around the corner." Akebi raised his wine glass towards the other nobles with a proud face, his eyes narrowed into a line, and his face was full of The excited red seemed to regard himself as the new master of Lu Plateau. "That's amazing, Lord Akebi!"

"Long live the great minister of the empire's rejuvenation"

The nobles toasted at their seats. Although they were not satisfied with Akbi's attitude, they were unwilling to argue with him. Who knew that the Shanzhong Province had taken a fancy to this mineral butcher? Compared with the Gaul Territory, Lu Gaoling was a bit shabby. , but with this piece of iron ore in hand, indeed It was a big step forward on the road to the resurgence of the empire, and that woman Algernon Julia was right. Compared to the situation in Gaul where she could no longer improve her family's status, the wilderness in front of her might not be a different place. Give your family a way to rejuvenate and grow!

But the excitement of the nobles did not last long. The roaring sound of horse hooves with the power of wind and thunder made them all stand up from their seats in surprise. Akbi was still immersed in the beautiful fantasy, which was interrupted by such a sudden change. , with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, he shouted sternly to the guards outside the hall, "What are the people making trouble outside? Send someone immediately to arrest them all."

"Sir, the Imperial Cavalry is coming!" Amidst the chaos, a member of the Blood Knife Regiment ran into the hall where the celebration was being held in a panic.

"What's going on? How could the imperial cavalry attack us?" The nobles' faces suddenly turned pale, and Akby's drunken face suddenly sobered up. The wine glass held high in the air fell from his dull hands with a squeak. When he reached the ground, the red wine in the wine glass splashed onto the ground, like a piece of blood.

"Are you sure there's nothing wrong? It's the imperial cavalry attacking us?" Akbi's lips trembled and he asked again in a panic.

"There is no mistake. The opponent broke in very quickly and in large numbers. The whole front was already in chaos. They killed everyone they saw. There was no way to stop them." The member of the Blood Knife Group who came to report was full of tears. "Then what are you waiting for? Evacuate immediately!" The nobles are already in complete chaos. Most of them fled from Gaul and came to the wilderness. They have long been afraid of the Falcon Empire cavalry that conquered the entire Gallic Empire. Deep down, these murderous gods of the Falcon Empire have never made much of an appearance. No one knew why they were so unlucky. The other party came to kill them without even saying hello. The nobles ran out of the hall in panic. The scene outside made everyone take a breath of air-conditioning, and it was as clear as their eyes. There are densely packed sharp scimitars and the ferocious faces of cavalry on horseback.

The white air spurting out from the horse's nostrils was like a galloping horse, hitting the crowd of people running around in the Blood Knife Group like a violent storm. Countless weapons were swung, scimitars, and hammers were slashing down crazily. The poorly equipped Blood Knife The regimental soldier's fur hat and head were smashed into rotten watermelons.

"Surrender, don't kill!"

"I don't want to die!" There were tens of thousands of blood knife regiments attacking Lu Gaoling. They had claimed to be tough in the past, but at this moment, under the crushing force of the imperial cavalry group, it was as if they were being struck by a red-hot knife. Stabbed in the butter, the horses rushed through the crowd, the corpses rolled, and people were pleading and screaming. Even if they dropped their weapons and shouted surrender, they were still mercilessly beaten from head to shoulders by the cavalry in black armor. When it was chopped down, blood spurted out from the headless chest into the sky, like a crackling lotus leaf that had been beaten in a heavy rain. They were wearing armor and firing guns, with blood-red tassels on their helmets. The ferocious melee cavalry with murderous intent was soaring into the sky, and there were more than ten thousand of them. How could miscellaneous thieves be the opponent of 20,000 regular imperial frontier cavalry? In just over an hour, with the cavalry strangulating back and forth, not a single living member of the Blood Knife Regiment could be found in the entire Lu Gaoling.

"Have you seen all the bodies?"

Imperial General Liker snorted heavily. Under the horse's hooves, the blood turned into red soil like a mud puddle. He frowned and looked at an Imperial Cavalry Captain kneeling in front of him.

"I'm sorry, my subordinates have searched for all the corpses who died in the battle, but still no one from the mountain province has been found." The imperial cavalry captain put his hand on his chest and said with an ugly expression.

"Asshole, did that guy Rickel lie to me!" Likelon took a deep breath, tightened his thick hand on the riding crop, and cursed in a low voice, "Did that cunning mountain fox notice something?" ? If we had known this, we should have asked the Liangling Kingdom to strengthen their troops here!" Likelon waved his whip and ordered the troops to assemble.

The Blood Knife Regiment was all killed, but not a single person from the Shanzhong Province was discovered, which greatly compromised the results of this battle. To catch the thief and dirty things, the Ninth Banner of the Border Army had long realized that the Shanzhong Province wanted to borrow the Blood Knife Regiment. In the name of controlling Lu Kaoling, that’s why they took control of the small mountain province some time ago. He turned a blind eye, just waiting to lure out this cunning fox in the mountains. When the time comes, he can strike and capture the evidence that the Mountain Province participated in the attack on Lu Gaoling, and let the entire wilderness know the ambitions of the Mountain Province. , but I didn’t expect that this time I got nothing!

"Hua Hua"

The plateau wind blew, causing the dense leaves in the forest to vibrate overhead. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the woods, and golden spots fell on the cavalry armor below. Groups of Gallic cavalry were lurking here. Among the woodlands, this is a sloping woodland five or six miles away from Lu Gaoling. Due to the wavy terrain, if you don't climb over the slope in front, you can't see the forest behind.

Eisen, who had previously evacuated, was wearing Gallic Guards armor. He was standing in front of the forest with a serious look on his face. The direction he was looking directly at was Lu Gaoling. Behind him, two thousand Gallic Guards cavalry were all standing up. Under the shadow of the woodland, if you don't pay special attention, there is no One would have thought that the previously evacuated Gallic cavalry would be hiding in this dense forest. It was not until they saw the imperial cavalry rushing onto Lu Gaoling like a tide, killing all the blood sword regiments on it and then retreating that Aisen's young and resolute eyes turned away. Lu Gaoling pulled back, with a smile on his lips.

"Sir, we are just watching the Blood Knife Regiment being killed by the Imperial Cavalry. If His Highness asks..."

A strange-looking subordinate came behind Aisen and said hesitantly, they are all here, watching helplessly how the imperial cavalry killed all the Blood Knife Regiment. Although they have no good feelings towards the thieves of the Blood Knife Regiment, after all I have also been in the Blood Knife Group for half a year, and I also know that this group of thieves is not all people with false reputations, not to mention that there are many fugitive nobles from the Gaul region. It does not mean that His Highness Algernon Julia wants to take advantage of Are these guys coming to revive the empire? Watching them being massacred by the imperial cavalry now was really difficult for him to understand.

"There is nothing to worry about. It is His Highness's original intention to finish the Blood Sword Group."

Eisen withdrew his gaze from a distance, chuckled at the corner of his horse and said, "You don't really think that His Highness needs these greedy nobles who have been frightened by the empire for a long time to serve as important ministers for the rejuvenation of the empire? Don't be kidding, the Blood Knife Group is in chaos. In that case, everyone is looking after themselves. Who will really devote all their efforts to the revival of the empire? If they gather them together with Lu Gaoling as bait this time, they will be killed by the empire." "Because only their deaths can be considered as true efforts for the rejuvenation of the empire." Eisen paused, his eyes flashed with a chill, and he said word by word in a cold voice.

"My lord, why is this?" The captain of the Guards became more and more confused as he listened.

"You don't want to know why. Anyway, just know that this is His Highness's intention." Eisen waved his hand, his face full of admiration for Algernon Julia. Although a band of thieves like the Blood Knife Group is not bad in the wilderness, power, but because it relies on the empire, it no longer has The possibility of continued expansion, and the complex contradictions within the Blood Knife Regiment are basically destined to be unable to truly play a role. Instead of this, it is better to simply use it as an opportunity to break the situation. The Ling State has the background of the Imperial Border Guards, and the Lugaoling Mining Area is even more important to the Empire. A fulcrum for controlling the wilderness,

His Highness also knows that the woman who let the gates of Kyoto open without a fight is the current leader of the Ling Kingdom, Agatha. If he incites the Blood Sword Regiment to attack Lu Gaoling, it will inevitably lead to brutal revenge from the imperial frontier troops. This is enough, the Blood Sword Regiment Although his strength is not that great, he is still a giant in the wilderness after all. The empire's brazen dispatch of troops to strangle will definitely cause shock in the entire wilderness. At that time, we can force the Central and Asian sides to fully support the mountain province in controlling the wilderness. We have the name of Gallic orthodoxy and the status of the Central and Eastern Province. Neither East nor West will oppose our control of the wilderness

"The empire will soon realize what a big mistake this is." Aisen laughed out loud. He took over seven or eight hundred miles of wilderness without a single blow. Such a wonderful plan can only be achieved by His Highness. Maybe the layout will come out! The empire that destroyed the Blood Sword Regiment would never have thought that this would actually be a great help to the Shanzhong Province. Otherwise, a force like the Shanzhong Province with a strong background in the Western Continent would want to get the always xenophobic Zhongbi. The full support from Asia is really a deadlock.

Don't look at the fact that Shanzhong Province is known as the province of Zhongbia. In fact, everyone knows that Zhongbia has never really regarded Shanzhong Province as a province of Zhongbia. The arrogant Zhongbia side values ​​​​It's just a so-called gimmick for a Western Continent force to surrender to China and Bia. What's more, this force once conquered China and Bia. The Gallic Empire has been fighting for more than a hundred years. Anyway, most Central Asians don’t know that the Gallic Empire has long been replaced by the Falcon Empire. They still regard the Mountain Province as the powerful empire with millions of soldiers. And this It has also become a consolation for China and Libya, which claims to be the world's largest empire. Such a good reputation always comes with a price!

Empire Border, Fengxi City

The streets are crowded with people, and caravans and horse teams are moving back and forth. The dilapidated streets are filled to the brim. The streets are bustling with people and extremely lively. Caravans from the Western Continent and merchants from China and Libya all gather here. This is the place where people travel through time. The first sizable city after the wilderness entered the empire

Because of the special environment of the wilderness, it was originally just a garrison fortress. Over the course of more than a hundred years, and with the special sensitive area, Fengxi City exceeded the size of 100,000 people fifty years ago. Gaul and The empire's war has had very little impact on such marginal areas. Although the change of regime has caused some fluctuations, Fengxi City still has a regular population of 170,000 to 80,000. The resident population in the area controlled by the Imperial Frontier Army can also be regarded as a first-class big city. Most of the logistics supplies for the tens of thousands of Imperial Frontier Army nearby pass through Fengxi City. The supplies purchased by the wilderness forces also mainly come from Fengxi City. , and even in Zhongbia across the wilderness, there are still many caravans coming to Fengxi to purchase goods from the Western Continent, and they can earn two or three times the profit by transporting them back.

So naturally, on the emperor's map, Fengxicheng was marked with a big red circle. On the second floor of an unremarkable restaurant in Fengxicheng, there was a black-haired young man with eyes as bright as stars. He took a sip of the wine glass in his hand. In front of him, a strong man with cold sweat on his head knelt on the ground with a pale face and said in a deep voice. "This time it was my subordinate's mistake, and I asked King Khan to punish me. I didn't expect that the information provided by Riker was inaccurate, so I missed the opportunity this time. I did not mention it, but it also caused the current situation of the empire to be very passive." , news has spread that China's Tianlang Army took the lead in protesting against the Empire's attack on the Blood Knife Regiment. The strangulation incident, and two 10,000-strong Central-Bian border troops entered the wilderness in the name of maintaining order in the wilderness. The mountain province finally gave up its neutrality and sent a 20,000-strong force into the wilderness. Many The Western Continent forces that originally belonged to the Blood Sword Regiment have now all been assigned to the Mountain Province."

"Effortlessly, she easily eliminated a competitor, and then turned around and made a lot of money. I haven't seen her in a few years, but this woman's methods are becoming more and more sophisticated!"

The black-haired young man muttered to himself, twirling the wine glass with his fingers, and seemed to remember something. He slightly curled his lips, and said with emotion to the strong man kneeling on the ground with a smile.

"Get up, it's probably not your problem this time, but someone dug a hole specifically for you. If some places weren't made too finely, I might not even be able to find it!" "However, it is not all bad news for the empire. At least this time, the balance of the wilderness has been completely broken. Since the empire is going to enter the wilderness, it is better to let everyone know. This will better know who will Become the empire's help, who can become the empire's hindrance, forcing Zhongbia and the mountain provinces out of their original shape. The troops of both sides entered the wilderness so quickly. It seems that the desire to annex the wilderness is not inferior to ours. ! "

"What King Khan said is that Zhongbia has long wanted to annex the wilderness, and the mountain province is eyeing it. The only thing missing is an opportunity. My subordinates are stupid and gave the other party this opportunity in vain! Now the other party has preempted the attack. I On the contrary, Fang was restrained, and the next step is..." The strong man looked embarrassed. He stood up in embarrassment and stopped his voice. Being able to become the commander of the imperial flag regiment was certainly not a mediocre person. Moreover, Mulihe was an orthodox general from the Western Royal Court. It was normal for him to be deceived for a while, but the current situation suddenly became like this. If you don’t know that you have fallen into the trap dug by others, then you are really stupid!

"No need, we are the weak side now, and staying still is the best response. Both Shanzhong Province and Zhongbia want the wilderness, so let them fight for it first."

The black-haired young man waved his hand, and his eyes fell with admiration on the beautiful Central and Libyan mercenaries sitting on the seats of a group of passing caravan carriages on the street. She was dressed in a gray female outfit that showed her sexy and strong figure. Her long hair was tied behind her head, and her pretty face was deliberately modified with make-up. She has a sculptural beauty and a pair of bright phoenix eyes. Her increasingly plump and slender figure fully releases her amazing charm. Her plump and proud breasts and round and delicate buttocks are constantly swaying with waves of heat as the carriage sways. The perfect curves and extremely long legs are even more charming and charming.

"That's the flag of the White Wolf mercenary group in Central Asia." Mulihe glanced at the escort flag on the caravan and said flatteringly, "The White Wolf is a medium-sized mercenary group in the city. It is said that the leader's sister is A great beauty, she should be this woman, if King Khan is interested..."

"When did the imperial army start to have such a trend?" The black-haired young man glanced at Mulihe, who quickly lowered his head.

(To be continued.)