Realm of Power

Bai Wufeng stopped his horse and looked at the land in front of him solemnly. Black smoke rose up into the sky like pillars in a storm. This place was already very close to the wilderness. Since the Central and Asian frontier troops evacuated, Mingyue Yan The state army took over this place and was able to get such I am still very satisfied with an independent piece of land. Although it is not prosperous, it is an area with a population of 50,000 to 60,000, and it is located at the heart of the business road. With a little management, plus the large number of refugees brought by the war in Central and South-Bia, Expanding the population to 100,000 within two years should not be a problem;

You must know that the area and population controlled by the Sirius Army when it was at its peak was the same as it is now. When he took over this area from the empire, Bai Wufeng was full of confidence.

But now, everything is broken. The ruins of the black smoke billowing from the ruins, the ripe wheat fields trampled by horse hooves, and the corpses of Central and African people can be seen everywhere. The town that was just getting better was destroyed overnight. More than half of the time, I didn't even see a single living person along the way.

Although he was somewhat prepared for the cruelty of the prairie people, Bai Wufeng still felt a murderous intention rushing into his head. These prairie people were so bastards, they simply killed and robbed them all, and they were relying on light cavalry, coming and going like the wind. , and they had already swept into such a close area. Although I immediately gathered my troops and came after receiving the news, it was still too late!

"This is the grassland people's three-shot kill, which is a punishment for those who dare to resist. These people should also be the children of the nearby rich families. They were killed by the grassland people in front of everyone as a deterrent." Compared with Bai Wufeng, Li Yuehua, who was wearing close-fitting mail armor, had an unusually calm face. He just clenched his hands tightly into fists and took a deep breath. He took a breath and said slowly, "Is General Bai still hesitating now? It is said that the catastrophe in the imperial capital was more tragic than this, and in the two months when they were taken north by the prairie people, more than 200,000 Central Asian women ended up Only 60,000 to 70,000 people survived. Even if I told you about the tragedy, General Bai wouldn't want to hear it."

Li Yuehua paused for a while and continued, "I know that General Bai is still worried about what happened to the Yanzhou Army, but if he continues to let it go, these newly established areas will suffer the most brutal looting. It's time to think I'm afraid it won't take more than five years to recover. At the same time, Similarly, it is said that this grassland army raided more than 100,000 Central Asians along the way. If General Bai can defeat it, he will not only get a large amount of supplies, but also rescue these hundreds of thousands of Central Asians. Although the opponent It's a prairie cavalry, but it can't move fast with hundreds of thousands of people! It's not too late to catch up now!"

"Didn't Miss Yuehua no longer care about Zhongbia?"

Bai Wufeng turned his head in surprise. This time, he was shocked by the news about Zhongbia brought by Li Yuehua. Linhang, the new capital of Zhongbia, finally fell under the fierce attack of the Yelu family. This ancient city had been massacred like The ghost town, after the imperial capital was destroyed, Linhang was destroyed again. Hundreds of thousands of Central-Bian refugees fled south. There were also a large number of Central-Bian rebels who lost control and chose to fight in their own ways.

Because there are so many refugees heading south, many cities are gradually becoming overcrowded. This basically indicates that winter famine is inevitable, and the entire land of Central and South Africa is trembling in the shadow of war and the turmoil of heaven and earth. That's why Bai Wufeng was hesitant,

Once the Yanzhou Mingyue Army launches an attack on this grassland army, it will undoubtedly expose the existence of the Yanzhou Mingyue Army. The Yelu family is now at its peak, and because Linhang was defeated, the Zhongbia Emperor fled into the sea , life and death are unknown, other members of the royal family died and were captured alive, The name Princess Mingyue does not exist in the ordinary sense. In a sense, if the emperor of Zhongbia is really missing, then Princess Mingyue is the most prestigious princess in the royal family. If it jumps out at this moment, it is really like There is a bright moon in the dark night, and the Yelu family can’t even pretend to see it.

"Don't forget, I am the newly appointed general person in charge of the empire's affairs in Central Asia. The Yelu family allowed the grassland people to act arbitrarily, even to the extent of ignoring the original agreement. This will also cause losses to the interests of the empire's merchants. In just a few months, eighteen imperial caravans were plundered within the territory of the Yelu family, even causing nearly a hundred casualties." Li Yuehua smiled flatly, looked at the sky in the distance, and said in a solemn voice. "Your Majesty I am very angry about this, but the empire has just pacified the wilderness and mountains, and it cannot spare more energy now. It is also difficult for the empire to break up with the Yelu family directly. After all, the empire still has many industries in the Yelu family that need to be evacuated and supported. This is the original intention of Princess Mingyue to establish the Mingyue Yanzhou Army. With the empire as your backer, what do you have to be afraid of? If the Yelu family's army really dares to come, do you think that the empire's frontier troops stationed in the wilderness are all vegetarians? ?”

"I understand. In other words, if the Yelu family is heavily attacked, I will hide in the wilderness."

A look of surprise appeared on Bai Wufeng's face. With Li Yuehua's promise, the pressure in his heart suddenly eased a little. The situation has changed too much. The identity of Princess Mingyue is really worrying at this time in China and Bia. It's so eye-catching, I just stepped on it The Yelu family who came to Linhang Xinjing would never watch Princess Mingyue become big, but if there was full support from the empire, that would be another matter. Although the Yelu family is powerful, it is for Zhongbia. , in front of the empire, the Yelu family is still not enough

"Send out scouts immediately to search for traces of the enemy."

Bai Wufeng waved to a messenger cavalry behind him. The prairie people were carrying so much property and people that they couldn't run fast even if they wanted to. This was the first battle since the Mingyue Yanzhou Army was formed. Bai Wufeng Wu Feng's heart is also limited and has no bottom, but with the scouts returning from the front, it is basically certain that this team There are only a thousand grassland people who have plundered across the border. Because their speed is too slow, they are now only thirty miles away from me. The other party obviously does not take Mingyue Yanzhou Army seriously, or they do not know the existence of Mingyue Yanzhou Army at all. There were only a thousand cavalrymen, but they were driving more than 30,000 Central Asians. The loose team actually dragged them for seven or eight miles.

In the dark night, the heavy hoofs of the horses were like a mountain falling apart. They stepped into the shallow water spreading in front, rolling up a burst of white water spray. But if one could have a pair of eyes looking down from the sky above, one by one Yanzhou cavalry wearing heavy armor would be seen. , like a rolling wave, swarming towards the grassland army camp in the distance,

Under the thick ink-like sky, the stars were dim, and the cold night wind blew against the face. There seemed to be a smell of blood. The war horse was kicking the ground uneasily. The knight above swallowed nervously. Behind the heavy armored Yanzhou cavalry With his back leaning against the battle flag, it rustled in the night wind

They are the Yanzhou Army, a barrier that has prevented the grassland people from having the slightest intention of looking southward for more than a hundred years. Think about how glorious the Yanzhou Army was back then, with countless elite soldiers and generals. No matter what you do to the grassland people, The amazing talent is stunning. No matter how brave and unafraid of death, they are all doomed to suffer a bloody blow in front of the Yanzhou barrier. Those clamoring grassland heroes were not the grass on the grave at that moment, and none of them were squeezed and crushed like soybeans under the Yanzhou millstone. If , if it weren’t for the traitor, but who can blame it! If it weren't for the intrigues between China and the Biya court, how could the Yanzhou barrier collapse overnight?

When they saw tens of thousands of Central Asians being guarded like livestock in a dozen huge wooden fences by the firelight of the camp, and the screams of women kept coming from the night sky, all the Yanzhou cavalrymen His eyes immediately turned red, not just these Yanzhou troops, The same is true for those soldiers who surrendered to the Sirius Army. From their roots, they are still Zhongbia people. Because they have been in the wilderness, they have not seen the atrocities caused by the grassland people in Zhongbia. They have only heard about it. Today It's the first time I've really seen it.

When they saw those densely packed groups of countless Central and Bian civilians huddled inside the wooden fence, the soldiers of the Sirius Army couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts. There were only a thousand grassland people, but how many people were here? Why don’t tens of thousands of Central and African people resist? If two or three people can't defeat one, then ten or twenty people can't defeat one prairie man? Coward, really coward,

The blood of the wilderness people is far more fierce than that of the mainlanders. Even a no-name like the Sirius Army is actually a force group that lives on the edge of a knife. Although it was frustrating to surrender to the Imperial Army at first, but seeing how the Imperial Army swept away After they reached the province in the mountains, they were all secretly glad that they had surrendered in time. If they had gone up a little further, their heads would no longer be on their necks. "Kill, kill these prairie people."

Someone roared in a low voice, and the front of the Yanzhou cavalry, which was rushing towards the camp, suddenly showed a cold light like snow. It was the Yanzhou heavy cavalry's sword unsheathed, and the pupils of the Yanzhou cavalry were bloodshot at the same time.

"Fight in!" Bai Wufeng roared loudly, rushing into the prairie people's camp first. Behind him, hundreds of Yanzhou cavalry were stacked on top of each other, intertwined, like a full moon cutting through all obstacles, and quickly rushed into the prairie people's camp. The huge horizontal line was cut open, and the force was soaring. The prairie people were trampled over by the ferocious horse hoofs before they could even react. The huge front of the heavy cavalry was completely different. The ordinary prairie cavalry could stop it. The chaos outside the camp also frightened Kudia, the leader of the prairie tribe who was resting in the camp. As part of the mopping up force, Kudia did not obey the other two tribes. Instead of being dissuaded, he crossed the danger line and entered the edge of the wilderness. He originally planned to just sweep away the area and the other party might not chase after him.

"What's going on?" Kudia angrily grabbed a running tribesman and asked loudly

"Cavalry, heavy cavalry!" The tribesman was also frightened, and his words were trembling. It was really that the Yanzhou heavy cavalry broke in too fast. As a small tribe on the grassland, what Yanzhou heavy cavalry had been seen there? The main force in the siege against the Yanzhou Army was also played by Wang Ting. Little miscellaneous fish like us are not even qualified to go up. The sharp swords of these Yanzhou heavy cavalry are like being slapped on soft flesh, and they pick up the running prairie people with almost no hindrance. Get up, even the steppe centurion wearing half armor,

It was completely unstoppable, and the ordinary prairie people suffered heavy casualties. The corpse was kicked and beaten impatiently by the war horses, and the corpse was dragged backwards feverishly. A long red blood mark was dragged out on the blood-covered ground.

The grassland archers were hurriedly pulling back the string of their bows, but the arrow clusters they shot just bounced away with a clanging sound.

In particular, Bai Wufeng's Yanzhou heavy sword is unrivaled. As the pinnacle of Central and Asian military forging, the Yanzhou heavy sword has a rough and heavy handle, and the half-arc blade in front is sharp. It is nearly one meter long, and the back of the knife is thick. It can be swung to kill easily, and it weighs twenty or thirty kilograms. With the extremely sharp blade, as long as it touches the opponent's armor, blood will definitely be splashed! As long as you run past, you can see the bodies of the prairie people who were chopped up by the lazy waist. With just a wave of the knife from the side, the big head flew up. He fought bravely like a god of death, killing three centurions in one breath. In the end, all the prairie people collapsed and took risks.

The bloody head fell from the air, and the defeated grassland people in front rolled back like crazy. Kudia was almost crazy. Where did these cavalrymen come from? I felt that my scalp was about to explode. This night attack was too sudden and too swift, and the other party had so shamelessly invested in heavy cavalry.

Is my small tribe of a thousand people worth your heavy cavalry of hundreds of people! It's too bullying. With the presence of heavy cavalry, even if the camp of tens of thousands of people is fully alert, it will be in a hard fight, not to mention now. Kudia wanted to cry but had no tears. The gap in strength was too big. The other party almost killed half of the hard drive in one breath. The most ironic thing is that he didn't even know who the enemy was. It seemed as if he had fallen from the sky.

When Kudia saw the blood-soaked Bai Wufeng, his eyes widened and his body was shaking. "Yanzhou Heavy Knife!" Ordinary tribesmen couldn't recognize the famous Yanzhou Knife, but how could he, as the head of the tribe, not recognize it? Yanzhou Tiger Riders! This word exploded in his mind like an explosion. Oh my god, how could a Yanzhou army suddenly appear, and it was the most ferocious Yanzhou Tiger Riders in the Yanzhou army? What's the point of fighting? A small tribe like his couldn't withstand the trampling of the Yanzhou Tiger Riders.

Countless tribesmen were chopped down and stabbed in rows. Dirty blood kept splattering. The ground in the camp turned into a bloody mud in the blink of an eye. At that moment, Kudia felt his arms were sore and his lungs were burning with pain when he inhaled. His face was not only ferocious but also pale. He didn't even want to pick up a weapon to resist. "Why are you still fighting? Retreat immediately."

(To be continued.)8