Realm of Power

On the edge of the dry brown wilderness, a huge cavalry queue of ten thousand people slowly appeared from the side horizon.

"Woooo" the prairie people's horns were blowing like crazy. Hundreds of thousands of prairie cavalry quickly gathered towards the center line. The prairie people's nerves have been as tight as a taut since they entered the wilderness. Straight wire, hundreds of thousands of prairie troops all stopped,

"Attention, it's the Imperial Army!" The voice of the defensive Xunqi came from the old man under the pale sky.

"What, did the Imperial Army show up?"

"Flannel, look to the north and to the left"

The grassland army that was advancing towards the west was in a general commotion. Countless war horses stopped neatly. The grassland people who heard the sound began to look in the direction of Xunqi's shout. Everyone's eyes couldn't help but tighten. ,, all took a breath of air-conditioning, and A red imperial general fluttered on his helmet. Behind him, a group of tens of thousands of imperial cavalry were silently staring in this direction like hungry wolves. There was also a little smoke and dust rising. The grassland people knew that it was tens of thousands. The smoke from the earth is rolled up by the horse's hooves.

"Will they come to kill you?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't look like there are many people, so maybe not!"

"That's hard to say. They are the Imperial Army. Even if they are small in number, they are not easy to deal with."

The clan leaders were also talking with ugly faces. No matter how contemptuous they were towards the empire, they were just words. The imperial army fled without a fight. The imperial army were cowards who did not dare to fight. This was not just to boost their momentum. Yes, the Imperial Army has been reduced to nothing. In fact, I know very well in my heart that the power of the Empire is unquestionable. In this wilderness, the Empire is the real master. Compared with any opponent that the grassland tribe has ever faced,

The imperial army is as formidable as a natural enemy descended from the sky. It not only has star-like generals, but also countless sturdy cavalry like a pack of violent wolves. It is brutal, powerful, attacks like fire, and looks forward to death. Once the war begins, it will be like The fire lookout and the galloping horses are simply an enhanced version of the prairie people, and they are also the kind that are armed to the teeth, enough to tear any obstacle into pieces.

"The whole army is ready to fight. I don't believe that there are only ten thousand imperial cavalry. How dare I fight with an army of hundreds of thousands!"

Yeluguda looked angrily, pointed at the stopped imperial cavalry in the distance, and gave an order loudly. He saw the metallic brilliance of the cavalry, and a cold light shone in the northwest. Elite cavalry in mail appeared on the grassy hills in the distance. Under the horses' hooves was the dust that had not completely dissipated. The cavalry spears in their hands formed a forest of cold light.

Yeluguda gritted his teeth when he saw it. The other party was simply too arrogant. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people on his side. What does it mean to send 10,000 people? With an army of hundreds of thousands, one person and one knife can kill you alive. Cut!

Then he saw other tribal armies moving towards him with a roar.

"These guys!"

Yelvuguda's fingers clenched the riding crop, his face was gloomy and ugly, and he cursed in a low voice. How could he not see that the clan leaders were so timid? A mere 10,000 imperial cavalry had frightened each of these clan leaders into this state. If Facing the main force of the imperial army, what are the chances of winning this battle?

"Young patriarch!" The patriarchs appeared in front of Yeluguda one by one with ugly faces.

"What do you mean, clan leaders? Are you scared out of your wits by just ten thousand imperial cavalry?" Yeluguda glanced at these cowards angrily. If he hadn't been concerned about the need for these tribes, he would have ordered a few to be killed first. Already

"Young patriarch, it's not that we are scared out of our wits, it's actually that we are all small and medium-sized tribes, and we have no fighting power against the imperial army!" A tribal chief with thick hair like a bear said with a wry smile, "We Moving closer to the young patriarch is also a safety consideration for the young patriarch. Who We all know how ferocious the Empire's heavy cavalry is. If the other party completely ignores us and directly attacks the Young Patriarch, if something happens to the Young Patriarch, it will be difficult for us all to make amends even if we are all killed in the battle. By any chance, the young patriarch is going to become the head of the Yelu family!"

The other patriarchs also said, "Yes, compared with our humble life, the young patriarch must not make any mistakes! Otherwise, we will be the sinners of the Yelu family and the sinners of all the grassland people!"

"That's enough!" Yeluguda looked helpless, looking at everyone with burning eyes, and there was nothing he could do for a moment.

Compared with old foxes like Yelu Hongtai, he is at most an ambitious young wolf. Although he has a heart that yearns for the Wolf King, he has no idea how to deal with these sophisticated old wolves.

There are a few people who can lead a clan to survive among various powerful forces. Being able to bend and stretch is a basic skill, and pretending to be stupid is a daily routine. The Yelu family settled them in the remote northwest. Didn't they say it one by one? The Yelu family is fair, and the patriarchs know very well that the young wolf Yelu Guda who disobeys will only get a few words of reprimand at most. It is not terrible to be embarrassed. What is terrible is to be put on the front line of fighting the imperial army. That is what is true. I'm looking for death.

The empire's record against the grasslands is very clear.

Fengjun Zhamuhebi, Leijun Wugudili, Langruijun Ananinge, any of them are heroes who can make the earth tremble a few times just by stamping their feet on the grassland. In the end, they are just an expansion of the empire. Three The legions totaling nearly 200,000 prairie elites were defeated and most of them were destroyed. , Zhamuhebi lost his life in the Tianlang Mansion, Annaning Ge lost the entire Wolf Rui Army by mistake in Angner, and became a shame on the grassland, Wu Guli, the famous attacker on the grassland A fierce general who also made a desperate choice to retreat hastily before the decisive battle, and is still being shamed now.

Compared with these big men on the grassland, his face is only a few dollars, not to mention that in the end, even a noble man like the new Khan King went south to Yanzhou and obediently paid high tolls to the empire, embarrassing himself in front of the imperial army. , not a shame!

Even the Eighth Army of the Royal Court, whose equipment can be regarded as the best in the grassland, is like this. It is said that all the troops are not feeling guilty about marching into the wilderness. How is it possible? It was only the unexpected evacuation of the imperial army that made it difficult for the tribal leaders to get off. Relying on the large number of people and being surprised, these tribes emboldened the courage to fight against the empire. They shouted to go west. In fact, in the past two days, I don’t even have the courage to separate from the brigade.

If faced with other enemies, such a large-scale grassland army would have spread across the prairie like a raging fire, seizing everything in sight as trophies. There is no way it would be like now, with hundreds of thousands of grassland troops. He only dared to move forward together as a group,

This has never happened before in the history of prairie people!

The wilderness wind howled across the distance between the two armies

The gathering of the grassland army has reached a certain level. The army of hundreds of thousands is so huge when fully spread out, like a stretched grassland bow that is about to be stretched. The Yelu family's cavalry guards are located in the center of the entire array. , everyone is riding on an armored war horse, the quivers on their waists are full, and the weapons in their hands are continuous. The long-handled iron teeth that can be easily broken by the Central Asian Iron Armored Army weigh more than 20 kilograms at the front, and are densely covered with dozens of inches of long wolf teeth. They are also cold under the gloomy sky. Then there are the light cavalry of other tribes. and some scattered melee cavalry, the queues were very close together, and from a distance it looked like a dark cloud shrouding the earth.

Salon, the governor of the southwest region of the empire, stood on horseback on the side of the grassland army. His thick beard was blown by the cold wind and he wore a cross-shaped collar helmet on his head. He looked at the grassland army in the distance with a somewhat teasing look. The grassland people really disappointed him. Such a chaotic assembly was far worse than when they faced the northern Kugit people.

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? This is the Yelu family that swept through Central and South Asia?"

Salon blinked his cloudy one eye, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and asked another imperial general next to him. The imperial general had a Central Asian face and looked at the grassland army in the distance with more eyes. It's mostly a coldness and hatred. He is Yue Shan, the person who knows the most about the Prairie Army in China and Bia. , it must be him. Although Bai Wufeng was also from the Yanzhou Army, he was only a middle- and lower-level officer. Yueshan was different. He was already a powerful general in the Yanzhou Army Group, and he was trapped by the Grassland Army when the Yanzhou Army was trapped. The general of the Yanzhou Army who rushed out with thousands of his subordinates when he was killed was a real upper-level general of Yanzhou.

"There are only about 30,000 to 40,000 troops belonging to the Yelu family. Among them are thousands of Baihe soldiers of the Yelu family, who have extraordinary combat capabilities. The others are soldiers from small and medium-sized tribes." After just a glance, Yue Shan gathered more than a dozen grassland soldiers. The composition of the tribe was clearly seen. He pointed at the fluttering grassland flags one by one and said in a cold voice, "The chief of the Yi tribe is afraid of death and will never fight to the death if he is not sure. The leader of the Encyclopedia tribe is afraid of death. The clan leader always escapes quickly, and will not fight to the death as long as he can preserve his strength. The Kan Li tribe is not bad at fighting, but they do not obey orders and are used to charging in a swarm. The Feiao tribe is good at producing good horses and has a large number of tribes. It is already considered the edge of a large clan, so The strength is also the strongest among these tribes... If we really want to fight, as long as we contain Yeluguda and attack the Feo tribe with all our strength, the other tribes will collapse without a fight! "

"Generally speaking, it is not a very powerful military force. If it was the Yanzhou era, at most 50,000 or 60,000 elites could repel them. So I don't understand why Your Majesty gave up Tianlang City." Yue Shan's voice paused. After a pause, he hesitated and asked Salon, although he Both he and Salon are governors of the empire, but their statuses are very different. Salon is the most prosperous governor of the southwestern region of the empire. He is also one of the top five leaders in the imperial military. He is also an invincible general who followed His Majesty in founding the country. There are many inside stories about Salon. I know, but Yue Shan is not qualified enough

"Haha, since you know the prairie people so well, you should also know how the prairie people hunt!" Salon grinned after hearing this, put his hand on the riding crop, and said with deep eyes.

"The prairie people first surrounded the prey when they returned, then drove it in one direction, and then used bows and arrows to kill the prey during the chase." Yue Shan's eyes flashed, as if he had an idea.

"Yes, that's what Your Majesty means!" Salon's one eye rolled. "Prairie people have always regarded themselves as wolves, and among the wolves, the most ferocious but the easiest to die are young wolves, because they want to He makes great achievements and wants to be the wolf king among the wolves, so he often turns a blind eye to the most dangerous things around him. Just like this Yeluguda in front of him, he thought that the tribes treated him badly. Sincerely convinced, hundreds of thousands of grassland troops gathered around like stars over the moon. This kind of treatment must be the same as the scene in Wangting back then, but they couldn't notice that the further west they went, the more warlike the tribes were. It is weakening. If the battlefield is in the northwest, these grassland tribes will follow him to the death. But now, it is no longer for the northwest, but entirely for him, Yeluguda himself.

Those patriarchs are old wolves among wolves, and they are not fools. How could they not see that in the young patriarch of the Yelu family, vanity, ambition to make achievements, and the arrogance of being in power are growing like crazy. For this Yelu family Of course, they are also doing their best to be their future masters. Wei Zhi is capable of doing things, and he can't wait to praise Yelu Guda as the number one hero on the grassland, so that his tribe can get a chance to change their status in front of the future Lord of Yelu, so no one will pay attention to them anymore. We have reached a dangerous place without realizing it.”

"Dangerous place?" Yue Shan's face showed some confusion,

"They are deviating from their biggest combat advantage, which is the combat environment. From the moment they decided to cross Tianlang City, they have lost the initiative on the battlefield."

"On the grassland, even with their eyes closed, they can still find the smell of the grassland with their noses. Every piece of grassland and every river on the grassland is as familiar as fingerprints on their hands, so they can come and go like the wind. A warrior can deal with any enemy calmly, "Because they are the ones in control of the battlefield, they have masters of guerrilla warfare who can attack hundreds of miles and defeat the opponent, and they have the saying that the grassland army will not become an organized annihilation. But it is different here. This is the wilderness of the empire. It's a completely unfamiliar area to the other party.

"The greatest mobility advantage of the prairie army has been invisibly suppressed. The aggressiveness of the prairie people lies in their roaming maneuvers with high mobility, which makes the enemy exhausted. Eventually, they fall into the trap of the prairie people and are eaten one by one. Once they are all gathered together, The grassland troops who are together are holding their own hands and feet. Only ten thousand imperial cavalry can prevent hundreds of thousands of grassland cavalry from moving without permission."

Salon said to Salon while waving his hands to the subordinates behind him. The imperial cavalry began to turn around as a team and smiled, "Okay, it's time for us to leave. We have done what we need to do. We deliberately showed up here. Except In addition to limiting the speed of the grassland army's advancement, the other thing is to prevent the opponent from deviating from the direction they should go. After such humiliation, even if the opponent had ever thought about retreating along the original path, they would not mention it again now, because Yelugu This young wolf can't afford to lose this person! "This can be regarded as driving Yeluguda to death! "Yue Shan's body trembled unnaturally. An army of more than 100,000 people was threatened by 10,000 imperial cavalry. It is estimated that even if Yelu Guda wanted to withdraw, he would not withdraw at this time. If he did, he, the Yelu Shao clan leader, would be the future leader of the Yelu family. Even if the Lord’s face is completely smashed to the ground, this is too poisonous! (To be continued.)