Realm of Power

The breeze blew, and in the distant sky, a wisp of red glow from the setting sun seemed to separate the sky into two parts. In the afterglow, the entire wilderness turned orange, and the patches of grass reflected into orange waves. More than four hundred corpses lay all over the ground, covering the messy grass. The sand and stones on the ground were dyed red with blood. The imperial cavalry surrounded them like a large net. Only a few thirty people from the Yanzhou Army of Zhongbia remained in the middle. Still standing,

"Yanzhou Army?"

The fat man came over slowly on horseback. His eyes paused with interest on the Central and Bian people gathered back to back. He was already sure that they were the Yanzhou Army. He curled his lips slightly and said in skilled Central and Bian dialect: " Put down your weapons and I will protect you from death.”

He is also very interested in the Yanzhou Army, the first field group in China and Bia. The reason why it is "former" is because it is now recognized that the number one field group in China and Bia is not the Yanzhou Army, but the Southwest Long Family Army. , Longyang defended Yanzhou with a lone army. Although it ended in failure, the southwest Long family army with only 50,000 troops blocked the invasion of more than 100,000 Yelu family troops, and also allowed the northern royal court to move south. They paid a high price, and Long Po of the Long Family in the southwest dared to break into the hinterland of the Yelu Family in the central part with 20,000 Long Family troops, and almost turned the Yelu Family's backyard upside down. In just over two months, , taking advantage of the absence of the main force of the Yelu family, they captured seven cities in one go, killing and injuring more than 60,000 grassland people. When they retreated, they also swept away more than two million people from central China, causing shock to the whole of Central Asia.

The outstanding performance of the Southwest Long Family Army was a great surprise for Zhongbia, who was extremely disappointed with the combat power of the court. It had completely covered the edge of the Yanzhou Army that had previously defended Yanzhou for a hundred years. Zhongbia was ranked first The title of a field group is well deserved.

"Surrender? Bah, who are you? You are just a dog of the emperor!"

Seeing the fat man's typical Central Bian appearance, one of them was a Central Bian young man who was obviously an officer. He was covered in blood and had been hit by crossbow arrows in his arms and abdomen. He was leaning half of his body on the corpse, still looking at him with contempt. He took a sip on the ground and clearly regarded the fat man as a guide to Central Asia who had defected to the Empire. The Empire replaced Gaul and became a powerful neighbor to the west of the wilderness, and the imperial caravans frequently traveled in and out of Central Asia. It is not uncommon to hire Zhongbia people as guides, but the Zhongbia people inherently have a sense of superiority to the outside world, not to mention the elites of Yanzhou who have defended the land of Zhongbia for hundreds of years. The Yanzhou army caused the whole country to betray the army because of internal betrayal. The Yanzhou army was destroyed, so the whole Yanzhou army hated the traitors very much. The other Central-Bian cavalry also regarded the fat man as a Central-Bian man. Their eyes were burning and they wanted to peel off the fat man's skin and cramps.

The fat man looked extremely calm. He knew that it was impossible to persuade these Yanzhou troops to lay down their weapons. He just wanted to know the purpose of ambushing Mulihe. He didn't expect that the other party was so hard-boned, but it didn't matter. At most, they were just middle-level officers here. , I don’t necessarily know the reason. The Zhongbia cavalry in the group just now was the opponent’s leader. Since they refused to cooperate, there was no point in staying. He said to the close guards in a cold voice, “Since you don’t want to surrender, then Kill them all!"

"Yes!" The imperial guards nodded in response, with a grin on their lips, driving their war horses to swarm up like a mountain encirclement. The horses' iron hooves trampled on the Central Asians mercilessly. The weapons of the Central Asians were hung on the cavalry armors, and they carried away a group of people. Red sparks, the sword of the imperial cavalry slashed violently, and the entire head of the Zhongbian was It was split open, and blood spattered onto the armored boots of the war horse. Before the corpse fell, it was knocked out by the war horse. The human blood flowed to the ground as if it had been crushed under the crowd of countless war horses. The emperor ordered The order to kill them all, as long as they are not completely dead and their bodies are still twitching, all of them must be replenished with several cuts.

"Cut off all the heads and send them to the Sirius Army. If you don't get a reply for three days, it's the same as declaring war on the empire!"

The fat man looked at it with a cold face, and finally waved to the Guards Cavalry who had completed the mission. The Central Asians dared to set up an ambush to snipe and kill the imperial generals. This had already touched the real red line of the empire. He had no intention of caring about these Yanzhous. Are the cavalry members of the Sirius Army? Since The Sirius Army is the person in charge of Central Asia, so this matter can only be blamed on the Sirius Army, otherwise all cats and dogs would dare to touch the beard of the empire. If the Sirius Army expresses that it has lost control of the situation Control it, then the empire wouldn’t mind helping to take care of it!

In the distance, smoke and dust were rising, and Mulihe came galloping ahead. He looked excited and reported, "King Khan, fortunately, you have lived up to your command and captured the general of the Central Asians."

The fat man looked behind Mulihe. It was obvious that the imperial cavalry was holding several prisoners on the saddle. One of them was a thin middle-aged man, but there seemed to be no sign of the woman. It seemed that he had escaped. The fat man smiled slightly and said, Not bad!”

"That's what the subordinates should do!" Mulihe's face burst into laughter. With King Khan's words, even if he was scolded, it was quite limited. His Majesty King Khan said that he had done a good job. Seeing who dared to gossip about this matter, he shouted to the cavalry behind him, "Hurry up, bring them all up!"

This time I lost face in front of King Khan. Mulihe has not been used much in the past few years. He used his ability to press the bottom of the box when he was a grassland general. In the era of Xiwangting, Mulihe was Able to shoot arrows with a strong bow from horseback among the prairie people who are all good at shooting. , the archery master who has won the marksmanship of thirteen tribes in a row, has a high reputation, and was even hired by the royal court to teach the royal court archery for a period of time. He can also be regarded as the teacher of Princess Sceris, otherwise he would not be in the Western Royal Court. After the overthrow, he was accepted by the Falcon Dynasty at that time and was also entrusted with important tasks.

With the rise of the imperial crossbow, the bow shooting of the steppe cavalry has declined somewhat, and there are even calligraphy skills that are useless. However, in the large-scale imperial wars in the past one or two years, whether it is fighting against Gaul or sweeping across Europe, In central Barrow, the bow shooting of the grassland cavalry group adapts to the needs of the battlefield with extremely high shooting speed and variety. Since the declaration of the Obarro region, this has also allowed the position of the grassland bow shooter to return. Just at the beginning of the year, the empire held an imperial military skills competition in the Imperial Sea City, which included cavalry archery, and crossbow archery was included in the infantry competition. This basically recognized the importance of archers and cavalry archers. The mainstream status of the empire. After all, weapons such as the imperial assault crossbow are only equipped by the emperor's personal guards. Most of the imperial cavalry and central cavalry are equipped with either steppe bows or infantry crossbows.

"I don't care who you are. The fat man first asked someone to bring the thin Central Bian man in front of him. His condescending gaze was as cold as frost. He was kicked by Mulihe and tied up like a wild boar. The same Lu Jian, mouth Jiao sneered and said, "Just to set up an ambush and kill the imperial general, according to the imperial military order, your limbs will be cut off and then thrown into the wasteland to feed ants. Seeing that your subordinates are still brave, I will give you a choice to die." "the power of law"

Lu Ji'an's face was pale and he didn't say a word. His legs were pressed down by two imperial guards and he knelt on the ground. He looked at the fat man on the horse with some hesitation, as if he didn't expect to see a middle-aged man in the imperial army. At first, he also thought that this was a Central Asian guide who had defected to the empire. But when his eyes swept across the Muli River behind the fat man, Lu Ji'an's eyes widened. He knew Muli River. Yes, otherwise I wouldn’t have taken them in person. Coming to snipe Mulihe, I naturally knew that as the ninth banner of the Mulihe Empire, I would definitely have the same status as a local emperor in this wilderness. But at this moment, this man could make the entire wilderness tremble if he sneezed. The general of the empire's frontline army immediately stood up behind the Central Bian guide with great respect. The extremely respectful look on his face definitely did not represent the relationship between master and servant. It seemed more like the servant of the Central Bian man in front of him.

"Since you have given up the choice, let's go feed the ants!" The fat man curled his lips slightly and waved his hands in a cold tone. The two guards who detained Lu Jian dragged Lu Jian back like wolves and tigers.

"No, I don't want to die!" Lu Ji'an looked miserable, suddenly thought of something, struggled with all his strength, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "My lord, I can buy my life with an important piece of news. I can guarantee that this news has this value! "

"Drag it back?'

The fat man waved his hands to the two guards, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a sly smile. As the leader of hundreds of Yanzhou troops, this man, although he put on a tough look just now, was actually so chaotic. The rolling eyes have betrayed that the other party is not a tough person. If the other party just stayed with his subordinates, We live and die together. Fatty probably didn't even ask and just ordered the killing. However, when this guy found out that the situation was unfavorable, he abandoned his subordinates and ran away. In addition, the opponent's face almost lost when he heard about feeding ants. With his bloody face, one can already tell that this is a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death! Such a person is not necessarily born, and may even have been a person who was not afraid of life and death, but because he was really on the verge of death one time, he discovered how afraid of death he really was, or because of an explosion of negative psychological emotions. Or it may be that after becoming comfortable, it will be difficult to maintain the original perseverance.

But as long as he is a villain, he can be bribed with benefits. This person can drive three to four hundred Yanzhou elite cavalry to set up an ambush, which is enough to show that the other party's status in Zhongbia is not ordinary, and it also means that he has some important information. It's possible, and Fatty also needs to learn from him the motivation and intention of sniping the imperial general.

Lu Ji'an was dragged back by two guards. His whole face had turned purple. Since he had given up on his so-called ethics, he naturally couldn't stop talking. He gasped and said, "There is a problem with the Sirius Army. The Situ family has already Taking control of Tianlang City, Bai Wufeng, the commander-in-chief of the Tianlang Army, is already unable to protect himself, so he hopes to force the empire to put pressure on Tianlang City by sniping and killing the imperial general Mu Lihe. With this pressure, the Situ family will not do anything. Dare to attack Bai Wufeng directly, "

"What's your name? What's your relationship with Bai Wufeng? How dare you risk your life to help him?" The fat man glanced at Lu Ji'an in surprise, seeming to be a little surprised by his loyalty to his friends. This guy abandoned his subordinates like this. If you are decisive, will you still be able to help your friends? Could it be that he made a mistake? "

"My name is Lu Ji'an, and I am the head of the Yanzhou Alliance, a powerful force in China!"

Lu Ji'an knew that his life depended on the thoughts of this Central Asian young man. Although he didn't know the identity of the other party, since he could make an imperial general like Mulihe look respectful, his status could be imagined. , naturally I didn’t dare to hide anything and told it all.

You must know that you can temporarily deceive this young man with your nonsense, but Mulihe behind the young man is a veteran who is very familiar with the wilderness. At this moment, his eyes are all on his neck, which makes Lu Ji'an feel cold on his back. It was so cold that he knew that as long as he told a lie, Muli would He Bing will report to this young man, and he is afraid that his death will be even worse when the time comes. It is impossible to beg the other party to be a good person. From the fact that the other party kills all his subordinates mercilessly, it can be seen that the other party is definitely a good person. A ruthless person who kills without batting an eye must also be extremely cruel to those who cheat.

In his heart, Lu Ji'an had already regarded the fat man as the playboy of a powerful official in the empire. Thinking of Bai Fengling's agreement with him, he couldn't help but couldn't believe that there were men in this world who didn't like beautiful women. His eyes were filled with fear. Guang, with a face full of flattery, said, "I was Bai Wufeng when I was in Yanzhou. Lieutenant general, he later accompanied Bai Wufeng to the wilderness. Who knew that Bai Wufeng was jealous of my influence and actually expelled me. This time, Bai Fengling, Bai Wufeng's sister, came to ask for help. I thought it was Yan Yan at first. I only agreed to help people who escaped from the state lineage, but I didn’t expect that I would bump into you, sir."

"Cypress wind chime?'

The fat man frowned slightly, thinking of the unusually beautiful Central Asian woman. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be Bai Wufeng's sister. If anything, the White Wolf Mercenary Group should be Bai Wufeng's hidden force.

His expression fell into Lu Jian'an's eyes, and was immediately regarded as a heartbeat expression. A hint of joy flashed in Lu Jian'an's eyes. Since he was unsatisfied in China and Bia, joining the empire was also a good choice. In the past, I dare not think that it is because some of my subordinates are particularly xenophobic. If I propose to join the empire, I am afraid that I will immediately They will mutiny in an instant. Now these xenophobic people are basically dead. Even if I lower myself, no one will see it. As long as I make this man happy, I may not be able to survive in the empire." I She made an agreement with Bai Fengling that no matter what the situation is, she will be asked to wait for a day in the Luo Ang Valley thirty miles away," Lu Ji'an said.

"She shouldn't be that stupid. She ran away long ago." There was a look of disappointment on the fat man's face.

"No, because now the Situ family controls the Sirius Army, all routes leading from the west to Zhongbia have been blocked." Lu Ji'an said with an extremely sure look, "Without my cover, Bai Fengling will definitely Unable to enter the range of Zhongbia, and she urgently needs to return to the Sirius Society to learn about Bai Wufeng's situation, so she will definitely wait for me in the Roang Valley."

(To be continued.)