Realm of Power

The long wind in the wilderness passed by the cirrus clouds in the hazy sky. The cold autumn wilderness of the earth finally appeared in front of the grassland army. Under the bushes was the yellow-brown land, and the wind swept the dust and sand like a barrier. Rolling, it's like rolling the earth into the air, and then throwing it down hard, shrouding the world in desolation.

In the wilderness, countless horse hooves were raised and lowered uneasily, turning the ground under their feet into mud.

The faces of the prairie people turned pale and ugly here, and the black line advancing westward with a menacing breath also began to stop here. There seemed to be only the whirring of the wilderness wind in the settled air, although it was already known that our light cavalry was suffering here. It was a brutal blow to the emperor, but seeing this scene actually made all the prairie people take a deep breath of air-conditioning.

It's so miserable. Within only three or four miles ahead, corpses of prairie people are lying everywhere. On the weeds in the wilderness, on the rocks, and in the folded ravines on the ground, there is blood that has solidified, and there are still sticks on the ground. Countless scattered arrows, fallen horses full of arrow clusters, they The owner also fell not far away, with scars all over his body. There were arrows stuck in the back of the body. There were two or three thousand corpses. Looking at a large area, the fan-shaped area in front of you was almost covered. Looking from a distance, it looks like a huge white flower bed swaying in the wind

"What kind of enemy are we fighting against!" Lou Yixiao, a fat prairie patriarch with a pale face, glanced in front of him, and the flesh on his body couldn't help but tremble.

"I have a bad feeling. We seem to have been trapped since we crossed Tianlang City!"

"Who says it's not? They say they are chasing the Mingyue Yanzhou Army. The problem is that we haven't even seen a shadow until now. It feels like we are being led by someone." The clan leaders whispered, it was tragic and bloody, and the rabbit died and the fox was sad and sad. , making all the prairie people feel chill in their hearts

This is the emperor's combat power. Five thousand of the strongest light cavalry drawn from various ministries were intercepted and killed by the imperial cavalry in this canyon corridor. Less than eighty of the more than five thousand cavalry escaped. Such a large scale Groups of annihilating light cavalry with the best power would be unimaginable on the prairie.

But the emperor did it again. As long as the emperor wanted to do it, the prairie cavalry would never be able to escape! The sight in their eyes made all the grassland clan leaders who had previously been skeptical about the empire's annihilation of the entire Wolf Rui Army in Angnacuo feel like they had been slapped hard in the face. It was impossible for the emperor to annihilate the grassland cavalry in a group? Under the high maneuverability of the steppe light cavalry, the emperor would be helpless? So what is in front of you! In front of hundreds of thousands of grassland people, the empire once again demonstrated its absolute control over the battlefield.

"It's Kulila from the Ministry of Good Harmony."

Someone pointed at one of the corpses and made a low cry of disbelief.

It was a prairie man who fell face down, with an imperial crossbow arrow stuck in his back, and his face was slashed by a knife. The scars were severe and bone-like, and the mark representing the Ministry of Good Harmony on the armor had been stained red with blood. These young men The cavalry are the elites of the tribes in the northwest. They serve as the vanguard of the group and are naturally equipped with quite good equipment.

"Muli Day of Ruluo Tribe"

"Bletilla Kasu" As the team continued to move forward, the calls he made became more and more clear, and the traces of the horrific battlefield became clearer and clearer. The outline of the battlefield had appeared, with human corpses and horse corpses, the earth was stained with blood, and the exit of the canyon Mountains of corpses and seas of blood, fallen light cavalry battles The horses, eyes that could not close their eyes, and the black flags fluttering diagonally were blown by the wind in the wilderness like monsters dancing wildly. Some prairie people got off their horses and cried while holding the bodies of their relatives they found. Even the tribal chiefs had extremely expressions on their faces. Ugly, all dead! It was a bit of a fluke at first, but now it's all gone. These are the elites of the tribe. For many small and medium-sized tribes that are not strong enough, the death of these light cavalry in battle is simply a disaster.

A tall corpse also attracted Yeluguda's attention. The armor was thick and exquisite, indicating an extraordinary status at first glance. There were several old wounds on the hands, and there were several knife marks on the wolf fang shoulder pads on the armor's shoulders, which was enough. They proved to be warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. I don’t know what kind of enemies they encountered, but they were cut like this. Looking at the direction they were running and falling, it was clear that they were shot through the back by an arrow while fleeing.

"Is this right here?"

Yeluguda reined in his horse with a solemn expression, and carefully asked a pale subordinate next to him. It was this canyon walkway that did not look very inconspicuous, and swallowed up the most elite five thousand light cavalry of the hundreds of thousands of tribal troops. He has killed his own confidants, and now the entire army has begun to be blind to the movements around them.

"It was here that we encountered an ambush from the imperial army. General Luo Gesu led the troops to fight hard. The opponent successively used a large number of heavy cavalry to pour into the battlefield. Our army was unable to recover and the whole army collapsed. General Luo Gesu ordered to cut off the rear. Think of General Luo Gesu."

The subordinate's eyes flashed with tears, and the sound of gnashing his teeth stopped at this moment.

"Young Patriarch, is it..." A subordinate looked at the corpse and hesitated for a moment. Yeluguda's subordinates also stopped their horses and their eyes fell more or less on Yeluguda in front.

"Not only was the battle unfavorable, it also led to the loss of the light cavalry's combat power, so that the army fell into passivity. According to the law, it was a dead end. He would be better off if he died!" Yelvuguda closed his eyes, not looking at the corpse, and violently He waved his hand and interrupted his subordinates to continue speaking.

This corpse is Luo Gesu, the Yelu family's Qianqi commander who was in the canyon corridor earlier. The Yelu family's famous light cavalry commander with the reputation of chasing the wind. In the battle of Linhang, he led three thousand Yelu family light cavalry. Desperately inserting himself into the gap between the more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers, he arrived unexpectedly at the foot of Linhang City, and continuously The night attack on the city directly caused the Zhongbia Emperor to flee in panic, and eventually caused the entire Zhongbia defense line to collapse. No one expected that this Qianqi Commander, who was regarded by Yeluguda as his confidant, would be known as Linhang's leader. The future general of the Yelu family who rose up during the war fell silently in this wilderness.

Is it really wrong to cross Tianlang City?

The rain was about to come, and Yeluguda's body, which had left his eyes, was gradually lifted up. The canyon walkway that fell in front of him was like a ravine on the earth. The hand holding the whip made a rattling sound, and the sound of the wind at this moment was even more whimpering. If I had entered the wilderness with a sense of overwhelming strength before, now I felt bone-chillingly cold.

\\'Asshole, what the hell is going on? "

Yeluguda also felt what a terrible mistake he had made. He originally thought that relying on military strength was enough to decide everything, but he was completely wrong. He was already wrong from the moment he stepped into the wilderness. For the wilderness, he It's just a blank, and the empire's control over this war far exceeds its own.

The fact that the opponent was able to intercept and kill 5,000 elite cavalry in one fell swoop in the canyon corridor was enough to prove that the Imperial Army was already familiar with every move of the Prairie Army. It was even possible that the actions of the Prairie Army were the result of the opponent's deliberate pulling. And the Prairie Army's actions On the other side, ever since they crossed Tianlang City, they no longer knew where the emperor was. Such an unequal situation was enough to show that the initiative in the war was in the hands of the empire from beginning to end. Only he would wishfully believe that victory Belongs to the Yelu family,

"Instruct all tribes to camp on the spot, collect the corpses, and let the warriors bury themselves in peace."

Yelvuguda raised his hand with a solemn expression. He was also scared. He really did not dare to continue walking. Five thousand light cavalry died in the battle, and the morale of the entire hundreds of thousands of grassland troops was shaken. It can be said that this punch of the empire not only It blinded the eyes of the entire prairie army and also destroyed the fighting spirit of the entire prairie army. To continue to pursue the Mingyue Yanzhou Army was to seek death.

After setting up the camp, Yeluguda immediately summoned the leaders of various ministries, and without caring about the face of Young Master Yelu, he said bluntly

"If you find yourself jumping into a wolf trap, you should jump out immediately. If you see a snowstorm, you should retreat immediately. Otherwise, it will be a disaster. We all know this on the grassland. At this moment, we are in such a situation. Obviously, we all I was lassoed by the Emperor's team. Continuing to the west would be a dead end. I decided to turn around immediately after resting tonight and run as fast as I could. Hundreds of thousands of prairie cavalry turned back at the same time. Even the Emperor's extreme view of the battlefield Control can’t always intercept them all!”

The tribal leaders’ eyes flashed, but no one gnawed.

The war that had occurred since entering the wilderness made them all feel a kind of chill and trembling from the bottom of their hearts. The Imperial Army was in control of the entire battle situation. The barbarity and bestiality that swept everything. This war that invaded the wilderness of the Empire has already... The entire prairie army felt increasingly difficult to control.

The opponent is too strong. One blow killed a large area of ​​the prairie army's most elite light cavalry. As a result, the number of light cavalry that can still be dispatched is not even a thousand. The prairie people are all masters of assault. How could they not know this? The meager number of light cavalry, even if they are all dispersed, can hardly detect more than ten miles. If they are attacked by the opponent's cavalry group, they will be penetrated in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, the tribal cavalry on the periphery have begun to follow up towards the center. Originally there was still a certain distance, but now they are all gathered together, hugging together, hugging together, the further west they are, the more they are walking on thin ice. At this moment, as long as it is not Even a fool can feel that in invisible places, it is as if With the dark clouds gathering above our heads at the moment, the imperial army that had originally withdrawn must be gathering. No one knows that at that moment and in which place, the opponent will attack us overwhelmingly. Who is still there? The outer perimeter of the army was directly overwhelmed by the imperial cavalry. Next,

What the empire will do, what will it do, will it wait for it there? The attitude of attracting and not issuing a move is like an open grassland bow, which makes people feel the horror before the murderous intention comes. This is also the reason why the tribal leaders are silent collectively. At this time Choosing to retreat with all his strength, you don’t need to think about it to know that Yeluguda wants everyone to be cannon fodder, and he will never let the Yelu family’s troops take the rear!

"You can correct your mistakes even if you know they're wrong. The young patriarch of the Yelu family is not as useless as the rumors say, but it's too late to think about running away so late!"

The wind in the dark night made my black hair flutter. I stood on a slope hundreds of meters away from the canyon walkway. I looked at the hundreds of thousands of grassland troops in front of the canyon walkway in the distance. They didn't even dare to approach the canyon walkway. The camp was so densely packed that they looked like... Bonfires of stars in the sky filled the ground, and the fat man smiled coldly,

She glanced at Princess Mingyue, whose eyes were flashing next to her, and said, "Originally, we planned to lead Yeluguda deeper into the place and then launch a cover-up, but because of your stubbornness, we had to launch this interception and killing battle in advance. Unexpectedly, directly It scared Yeluguda so much that he wanted to go back."

"Your Majesty is saying that Yeluguda is going to run away?'

Hearing the emperor's reproach, Princess Mingyue's pretty face flashed with a trace of shame, but she also said curiously, "It shouldn't be that bad. Yeluguda is timid. I believe it, but Yeluguda will be so embarrassed because of a mere five thousand people." The cavalry will die in battle Just run away. Who would believe it? This is a grassland army of hundreds of thousands. Five thousand people is only less than one-twentieth of them. In terms of combat effectiveness, the opponent simply lost their skin and did not arrive at all. Need to run desperately\\'

"Haha, sending Yelu Guda, an inexperienced young wolf to the northwest, was Yelu Hongtai's biggest mistake. He had no grasp of the situation and was self-righteous. He had already reached here. Even if he wanted to retreat, he had to attack first. In his posture, instead of at this moment, he didn't even dare to cross the canyon walkway. This wasn't an obvious statement about running away!

"Whether you believe it or not, I can say with certainty that the other party may start to evacuate tonight."

The fat man shook his head. He didn't bother to explain to the military-illiterate Princess Mingyue. If the one sent was Yelu Qiyeguang, who was always deeply afraid of the empire and himself, he would probably be beaten to death no matter how he set up an ambush to seduce him. Step into the empire!

Reminiscent of the time when the old fox Yelu Hongtai was caught between the Empire and the Lang Rui Army, and he was able to take advantage of the opportunity to unite with other tribes to cut off the Lang Rui Army's retreat, and used the Empire's help to kill Ananingo who was monitoring Yelu's family. Finally, with the help of the power of the empire, 300,000 tribesmen were driven to follow the Yelu family south. It can be seen that the ability and courage of the young patriarch of the Yelu family are not on the same level as those of Yelu Hongtai, who has become more mature with age. Relatively speaking, Yelu Qiyueguang's work His courage and sharp insight are obviously more like Yelu Hongtai's

It’s no wonder that the successor of the Yelu family has been difficult to determine. It’s like there are two roads in front of the Yelu family.

Choosing Yelu Guda means choosing to break with the empire. The Yelu family has truly embarked on the path of becoming the overlord of one side. Choosing Yelu Qiyeguang means choosing to continue the alliance with the empire. Although it has received help from the empire, it has also been affected by the empire in many aspects. contain,

As for the choice, the moment Yelu Hongtai decided to go south to the river, I'm afraid it was already decided! This Yelu family's grassland war bow is already hard to come back from!