Realm of Power

In the battle in the wilderness of the empire, no one expected it to be like this. Yeluguda, the young patriarch of the Yelu family who was like a rising star, pressed into the wilderness that the empire had just occupied with more than 100,000 elite grassland tribes, but he only suffered a slight setback. , leaving behind hundreds of thousands of northwest tribes in a hurry After escaping, he was severely beaten by the Southwest Long Family Army in Tianlang City. If it weren't for the existence of the elite Yelu Family Baihe Army, Yeluguda, the grassland man who single-handedly massacred hundreds of thousands of Central Asians, would have been killed. The Butcher may really fall into the wilderness of the empire.

Xijinggu, the northwest prefecture,

The heavy rain hit the leaders from all over the northwest. The rainwater flowed down the street. Hundreds of people gathered in front of Yeluguda's official residence. They clamored to see Yeluguda who had just returned in embarrassment. They stood at the door holding the hilt of a knife. The faces of the Yelu guards were even more serious.

"Young Patriarch has just come back. It's time to take a rest. Are you making noisy here and seeking death?" A general of the Yelu family with a gloomy face walked out from inside, his eyes like a ferocious wolf, scanning fiercely. These tribal nobles from the northwest shouted harshly

"Sir Alila, it's not that we dare to offend, it's just that we are impatient." A tribal leader who knew the captain of Yeluguda's personal guard quickly asked with an anxious look on his face, "It's true that a tribe of hundreds of thousands is not young and strong." A third of the entire northwest grassland people followed the young patriarch into the wilderness. There has been no news for nearly half a month, and his life and death are unknown. Now that the young patriarch has returned, please tell the tribe where they are and where our soldiers are."

"They are all fine and on their way back. It's just that the young patriarch is worried about the war in the northwest, so he speeds up a bit. I believe the others will be back soon."

Alila took a deep breath. He did not expect that the situation in Xijinggu would be so bad. The Long family in the southwest and the Royal Court in the north were working together. Originally, all the tribes in the northwest were a scattered mess. They only needed to be deterred. I have complaints about the tragic defeat, but I would never dare to stand here so blatantly.

But it's different now. Due to the backlog from the north and the south, this time there are more than 400,000 people from the northwestern tribe gathered in Xijinggu. It can be said that the entire Xijinggu is a powder keg, and an accidentally ignited spark can destroy everyone. Exploding to the sky Go up, this time the queen hastily retreated. Under the pursuit of the Imperial Army team, only Changshengtian knows how many people can come back. Of course, such things cannot be said. It cannot be said that the young patriarch uses them as a shield to delay Stop the pace of the Imperial Army's pursuit,

Let's stabilize the tribal leaders first. I believe that some of the nearly 100,000 tribal troops can always escape. This is not a lie. I only said that I would come back, but I didn't say that I would come back intact!

"Are they really coming back?"

The clan leader's voice trembled when he heard that the tribesmen were on the way back. Yeluguda came back in such a mess. Everyone in Xijinggu saw it. Tens of thousands of Yelu cavalry entered Xijinggu covered with mud and water. Now It also made the leaders of other tribes feel chilling. We are all grassland people. How could we not know how even the Yelu family's soldiers were in such miserable condition? The other tribes couldn't even imagine it.

The Yelv family claimed that the attack on the wilderness of the empire was a great victory, and even captured Tianlang City, the gateway of the empire in the wilderness. However, the way they came back did not look like a great victory. Thinking of the hundreds of thousands who followed Yelu Guda into the wilderness of the empire. Young and strong, the hearts of the leaders are twitching, but they don’t dare to have anything happen to them. They are all the backbone of the clan, and And it also includes almost all the high-level nobles of the northwest tribe. If something goes wrong, it will be a disaster for any tribe. Moreover, winter is coming, and without these young and strong laborers, they can only rely on the remaining It is simply impossible for these old and weak people to prepare winter supplies before winter.

What worries the leaders of these tribes the most is that the Long family army in the southwest is fighting from south to north, and the royal court in the north is fighting from north to south. If these tribe soldiers do not come back, let alone Xijing, the entire west will be abandoned, and the north will be attacked. The royal court will not accept them anymore, and the Southwest Long family in the south wants to kill all the grassland people.

These small and medium-sized tribes who had just rebelled against the Northern Royal Court and joined the Yelu family really had no way to survive!

"Okay, I've given you the answer I deserve. If you continue to pester me here, do you really think that the young patriarch doesn't dare to deal with you?"

Alila looked impatiently at the hesitant tribal leaders, fearing that something might happen if she continued speaking, so she quickly waved her hands with a cold expression, "Don't forget, the Yelu family is your master, and slaves will end up coercing their masters." , I think you all know very well! If the young patriarch changes the clan rules, I'm afraid not many of you will be able to stand here anymore." "Don't dare"

The tribal leaders all turned pale and lowered their heads quickly. They were indeed vassals who had taken refuge with the Yelu family. If they really wanted to intimidate their masters, even if they were killed on the spot, there would be no one left on the entire grassland. He stood up to speak for them, but since the Yelu family said they were retreating Come on, let’s wait a few more days. I saw that the tribe leaders were wavering and said, “It’s gone, it’s gone. You have heard what Mr. Alila said. Your tribe will be back soon. If you don’t leave, we will arrest them all.” "Get up." The Yelu guards at the door were also driving them away. The tribal leaders at the door gradually dispersed with a frustrated look on their faces.

"I'm afraid the news of the fiasco in the wilderness can't be concealed for long, and Xijinggu won't be able to hold on to it either."

"Do you need my help? After all, the best way to evacuate from Xijinggu now is to take the Daizhou front line! Although Daizhou does not have many troops, there is still room for 10,000 cavalry."

Standing by the window of a room in the mansion, Yelu Qiyeguang looked at the tribal leaders who had dispersed at the door, and turned around with a cold expression, "Although I have always had a good understanding of the empire's combat power, I have no idea what you are doing here. It’s still incredible that hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out in just half a month.”

"If you were me, you wouldn't be much better than me." Yeluguda coughed twice with a red face. Thinking of the embarrassment that day, he was still a little confused.

"To be honest, I have never been able to understand. Although the northwest tribe is not strong in combat, there are only hundreds of thousands of them. How could they be completely lost in one go?" Yelu Qiye glanced at the embarrassed Yelu Guda. , although the two were a bit at odds over the inheritance issue. What he meant, but Yelu Qiyueguang still knew very well that although his brother was a little reckless, he was after all a fierce general who had experienced many battles and had an amazing intuition for danger. Therefore, Yelu Qiyueguang did not think that Yelu Guda The retreat is a timid one,

Yeluguda sat on an armchair with his right arm folded. Ruli Hengshan, who was wearing a green grassland robe embroidered with exquisite patterns, stood next to Yeluguda and carefully sewed a path on Yeluguda's right arm. The wounds were caused, and his eyes were full of affection. Yeluguda bared his teeth, patted Ruli Hengshan's hand, and then said after a while.

"The situation at that time was unimaginable, but it was definitely the most terrifying situation I had ever experienced. Even at that moment, I had a premonition that I had no way to escape." Five thousand of the most elite light cavalry were captured. People intercepted and killed the canyon walkway, our army went hundreds of miles into the wilderness, the opponent knew my every move, but I didn’t even know where the enemy was. Dao, just like Ananinge who was betrayed by the tribe in Onnatso. Although those tribal leaders did not say anything, they had already backed down. Once the imperial army encircled and counterattacked, I am sure that they would definitely If you leave me and run away, if I don’t evacuate decisively at that time and leave the northwest tribe behind, I’m afraid I’ll never have the chance to come back!”

Yelu Guda sighed, his eyes flickering with a hint of ferocity, "In the final analysis, after all, they are just fleeing for profit, and they are people who don't care about my Yelu family. My father placed them in the northwest as a way to block the empire." They are just cannon fodder for the advancement. It should be considered an honor for them to make sacrifices for the young patriarch of the Yelu family! "

"Although I don't know the situation at that time, I believe your judgment is correct." Yelu Qiyeguang nodded with a slightly gentle face and said, "I also know a little about the situation of these small and medium-sized tribes in the northwest. The Yelu family has no loyalty at all. In order to get a piece of the pie from my Yelu family, they stirred up chaos in the entire northwest as soon as they arrived. They fought once or twice to grab territory. In order to fight for slaves, they even tortured and killed many Central Asians. If this continues, even if this incident hadn't happened, they would have destroyed the entire West Bei completely destroyed "". But after all, these tribes left the royal court under the banner of surrendering to my Yelu family. If they don't accept it, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of more tribes, so they have no choice but to place them in the northwest. , let them fend for themselves, which is why my father and I We decided to discuss it together." Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty face was slightly cold, his voice paused, and he suddenly took out a letter from his sleeve, pressed it in front of Yelu Guda, and said in a clear voice, "You know why I came from Daizhou, which is hundreds of miles away, Is that why you suddenly came here in one breath?”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Yeluguda picked up the letter with a puzzled face, looked at it, and said in astonishment, "Algernon Julia? Is that the one who was just kicked out by the empire in one go?" A woman in the wilderness? She actually ran away Daizhou? '" Yes, she has indeed taken refuge in Daizhou. She is considered a vassal of my Yelu family. I have designated an area for her in Daizhou. This woman heard that you brought hundreds of thousands of northwest tribes across Tianlang. city, he immediately sent me this letter. Yelu Qi Yeguang glanced at him with cold disdain, "If I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have known that this time the empire commanded the attack on the people in the wilderness and mountains, it was the emperor who defeated the Lei army in one fell swoop in Angnercuo and wiped out the Lang Rui army. , the outcome of the hundreds of thousands of grassland elites was like that. You joined in without knowing anything, and you are lucky to be able to come back alive. However, for our Yelu family, although the northwest is important, if we can exchange it for Yanzhou, It's worth it too!'

"Yan...Yanzhou!'

Hearing Yelu Qiyeguang's words, Yelu Guda stood up suddenly as if pressed by a spring. He didn't even feel that the needle in Ruli Hengshan's hand next to him was inserted into his arm. He just stared at his sister stupidly. , asked with a trembling tone, "Did you just say Yanzhou? Did I hear it correctly?"

Yanzhou is like a thorn stuck in the throat for the entire Yelu family. If the attack on Yanzhou had not failed, why would it be necessary to go south to attack Zhongbia to seize the foundation of the royal court?

"You heard me right. It was impossible to change Northwest to Yanzhou, but because of you, it is now possible."

Yelu Qiye smiled softly at the corner of his mouth, and his beautiful face was like the bright moon rising above the earth. He said with a sneer, "The Northern Royal Court's troops in Yanzhou originally had enough troops to press against Daizhou's defense line, but now they have drawn out 20,000 of them at once." The elite troops invaded the northwest, leaving only 50,000 or 60,000 troops. Our Yelu family's troops in Daizhou are roughly the same number."

"I'm afraid it won't work like this. With the same military strength, our Yelu family may not be able to defeat the Royal Court. After all, the combat power of the 20,000 Royal Court guards under the new Khan King cannot be ignored." Yelu Guda talked about the battle of Yanzhou with a look in his eyes. Full of unwillingness, he took a deep breath and said

'Besides, the Yanzhou city wall is not so easy to capture. Otherwise, our Yelu family would not have suffered such a tragic encounter. We killed tens of thousands of people in the battle but did not capture Yanzhou and go to Beijing. We have taken advantage of the royal court in vain." With the same strength of troops, of course they can't!" Yelu Qiyeguang looked at the rain outside the window indifferently. On the window sill, her eyes were as bright as pearls, and she said with a decisive tone: "But don't forget, Algernon Julia is still in Daizhou, and she has more than 30,000 troops in the mountains under her command, all of whom are close to Xida. 6 heavily armored elites, if you withdraw to Daizhou again, our total strength in Daizhou will exceed 100,000!'

"One hundred thousand to attack Yanzhou!"

Yelu Guda's eyes also lit up, and his lips were slightly open and he forgot to close them. If the royal court really only has 50,000 or 60,000 people in Yanzhou, then it becomes quite possible for a hundred thousand Yelu troops to attack Yanzhou.

Yelu Qiyeguang glanced at the stunned Yelu Guda, smiled beautifully, flicked the wooden frame of the window in front of him with his fingers, listed them one by one and said, "And not only does our army have an advantage of almost double the number, but we The countless weapons and weapons collected from the Central Biya region are enough to support this battle against Yan."

"The arms and weapons of the Zhongbia people? Those are like useless things, and you use them to attack Yanzhou?" Hearing Yelu Qiyeguang wantonly collecting things from the Zhongbia people, a trace of disdain flashed across Yelu Guda's face. If If the weapons and weapons of the Central Asians are useful, they will not be defeated by the prairie cavalry and lose the imperial capital twice.

"What do you know? Yanzhou is a fortress area. In fact, for us grassland people, it is like a prison." Yelu Qiyeguang said with a calm expression. "The cavalry field battle that we grassland people are best at is on the wall of Yanzhou city." There is no need for them at all. What is really used for competition is these weapons and weapons. This is also the real secret of the Central Asian Yanzhou Army being able to resist our grassland army's southward march many times, because that place does not belong to our grassland people at all. "Battlefield"

Yelu Qiyeguang's voice paused and continued, "Wang Tingjun who was guarding Yanzhou never thought about this. "During my time in Daizhou, I built more than a thousand catapults alone, and there were also three catapults during the siege. Four hundred, just to capture Yanzhou as soon as there is an opportunity. plan, and the most unexpected thing for Wang Ting was that we actually dared to attack Yanzhou. Wang Ting's attention was still in the northwest. Unexpectedly, our army fought decisively, forcing the northern Wang Ting to fight with Yanzhou, a place that did not belong to them. Our army has a decisive battle. This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "(To be continued.) 8