Realm of Power

In early October, the cold wind howled against the glass, making a rustling sound.

In an office with a huge map of the empire hanging on the wall, the red bonfire exudes a sleepy warmth. Outside the window, you can see countless white snowflakes falling in the sky, paving the long road downstairs outside the window. It was covered with white, and on both sides of the long road were imperial guards wearing red cloaks in three-meter rows.

The cold wind carried snowflakes, and they fell layer by layer on the black armor of these imperial guards. Under the slightly bloated armor, there were thick and bulging cotton clothes. Although the temperature was already minus five or six degrees, for those who had already For the Imperial Army, which was equipped with cotton-padded clothes on a large scale, the impact was minimal. Except for the fact that their faces under the iron helmets looked a little paler, their postures became more and more upright like swords.

Because the guards on guard knew that the last room on the fourth floor, thirty meters to the left of the long road, was the office of His Majesty the Falcon Emperor. In other words, if the emperor looked down through the window, at first glance What I saw was the long road and them standing on both sides of the long road.

The temperature in the wilderness area drops much faster than that in other areas of the empire. It is almost comparable to that outside the Great Wall in the north. It is only October and has already entered the real winter. In the northwest area of ​​the empire, it will not start until the end of October. You’ll see snow, and Central Europe’s mild climate The Barrow area will not be visible until mid-November. Putting down the report he just received, the fat man took a deep breath, stood up and glanced at the snowflakes that had begun to fall outside the window, and said to the guard standing guard at the door. "Let Li Yuehua come for a visit!"

"Yes, Your Majesty" the guard's respectful voice came from the door.

“Although the clothes made this way don’t look good, they are indeed warm enough as you said.”

In the wind and snow, a black carriage slowly drove into the mansion. In the carriage, Princess Mingyue, who was wearing a thick dark green palace dress, adjusted her clothes. Although the clothes looked a bit bloated, it could not hide her peerless elegance. Xiang Zhengzheng Sitting opposite her, a beautiful Central and Asian beauty with black hair draped over her shoulders who was reading a document said.

"Who would have thought that just stuffing some sundries into clothes can actually keep out the cold. What's the use of just leaving me alone? There are tens of thousands of Central Asians following me in the camp, howling in the cold wind. To keep warm, you can't bear to see them so pitiful? No matter what, for the sake of all the Central and African people, why do you have to give me tens of thousands more jins?" "Tens of thousands jins, my princess. , you really dare to say this, you know The few kilograms I gave you have already put me in great danger. If His Majesty hadn't seen you wearing a thin gauze palace dress from China last time, you were clearly shivering from the cold, and you would have deliberately pretended to be a fairy in front of His Majesty. With an angry look, you gave me the right to use part of the cotton, and I won’t care about you." The beautiful Central and Libyan beauty raised her head, with an appearance as cold as the moon, with a shocking color. , put down the document in his hand angrily and funnyly

"It turns out this is called cotton. It looks as white as the snowflakes outside, and it feels weightless when held in your hand. Who knew it could be such a warm thing?"

Princess Mingyue's eyes were extremely bright and she was not angry at all. Instead, she had a slight smile on her lips. She did not expect that the empire had such a good thing. It only took a few kilograms to make her clothes extremely warm, even when she was standing in the wind and snow. It's not that cold. Thinking about the past winter, even as a princess, I could only live in the room without leaving the fire pit. If you want to go out, you must put on more than a dozen layers of gauze, thick sand and other clothes, layer by layer. If it is still not warm enough, you need to put on those expensive mink velvet and other outerwear. How can there be such relaxation in front of me? What makes Princess Mingyue’s heart the most is that this kind of thing can save many Central Asians from dying in the severe cold of winter.

"If you want cotton, you must go to His Majesty, because cotton is an important strategic material in the empire, and it is rarely sold to the outside world." Li Yuehua said nonchalantly. If it weren't for His Majesty's will, I wouldn't dare. for you"

‘Can cotton still be a strategic material? Are you kidding? It's just a material for knitting clothes." Princess Mingyue's pretty nose straightened up. She obviously didn't believe it. Since the Battle of the Imperial Wilderness, a hundred thousand cavalrymen from the northwest were forced to surrender. I saw how many of them were slaughtered every day. The northwest grassland people of Zhongbia were escorted to the wilderness by the imperial team to build roads. Princess Mingyue was not in a generally good mood. The powerful strength shown by the empire in the battle of the wilderness once again made this Zhongbia princess What does it mean to feel the power of a great country?

This kind of indescribable and unexplainable thing exists, but it exists. A grassland butcher like Yeluguda, facing hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Belgian troops, dared to attack Linhang under the protection of the army with great arrogance, but only in During a small-scale collision in the wilderness of the empire, he was so frightened that he ran for hundreds of miles. On the way, he was intercepted and killed by the Southwest Long family.

The gap between the two has become unbelievable.

"It's up to you whether you believe it or not!" Li Yuehua knew that this was difficult to explain, but his face darkened when Princess Mingyue said it. He gritted his teeth, his chest rose and fell sharply twice, and he slightly curled his lips and said, "You know, there is a person in Oparo. The proverb goes "The wind of winter is the horn of the Falcon Empire. Don't expect to fight against the Falcon Empire in winter. That is a stupid decision!" "

"What does this mean?" Princess Mingyue was stunned for a moment.

"That is to say, the Imperial Army's ability to fight in winter is enough to make any enemy despair!"

Li Yuehua's tone became more solemn. He looked at the pretty face of the slightly surprised Princess Mingyue and sighed, "Winter is not suitable for large-scale battles. I believe this. Even if you don't understand military affairs, you should know something. In the cold winter, Logistics supplies are difficult, and no matter how powerful the warriors are, they cannot withstand the destruction of the severe cold environment for a long time. Bad, after all, human beings are made of flesh and blood. The cold wind and snow are beating on the body, and the steel armor is almost frozen to the skin. Even if it is 100% of the combat power, it is good to be able to exert five or six achievements, so in Oppa In the history of Luo, there are only a handful of wars that broke out in the cold winter, and they often ended with the defeat of the attacker."

"That's true. Even the grassland people will not come here in winter with the intention of harassing and plundering."

Princess Mingyue nodded in agreement, her beautiful big eyes widened, revealing a trace of memory, like a lazy cat. She seemed to have thought of something, but her fingers were tightly clasped together. She was kidnapped by the prairie army. The time to go north is autumn and winter, and what I saw along the way has become a nightmare that I don’t want to think about in this life.

"But this conclusion is invalid for the empire. Although these bloated and ugly cotton clothes are a bit rough in workmanship, they are definitely the best cotton from the cotton-producing areas in the northwest of the empire. These best cotton fields are prohibited Foreign trade is the exclusive industry of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is handled exclusively by the Imperial Supervision Department, the most notorious organization under the emperor's command, ranging from cotton clothing to heavy duty. There are strict regulations on quantity, quality, and thickness. If corners are found to be cut, officers will inevitably be investigated to the end. Officers lose their official positions and lives because of this every year. Among them, the highest position is even a flag commander of a regional garrison. The crime It was just a dereliction of duty that resulted in the loss of hundreds of already made military cotton uniforms. The empire can use cotton as an important strategic material.

"After all, in this era, most of the clothes are still made of thin linen textiles, and those with money and status prefer silk from Central and South Africa. Although these woven materials are beautiful and convenient, they do not have much effect on preventing cold. Cotton is only produced in the northwest region of the empire. It was not taken seriously by the Opalo region in the past. It is precisely because of the With resources like cotton in hand, the Imperial Army can show good combat capabilities in the cold winter." Li Yuehua glanced at Princess Mingyue, seeming to think of the fact that in the cold winter, the children of the Wang family like Princess Mingyue were like this before. Dressed in silk, warm when cold, and served by palace maids, she is as pure and beautiful as the falling snow flakes in front of her eyes.

Never would I have thought that in just a few years, everything would have turned out like this. The imperial capital of China was penetrated twice. The emperor fled at sea and his life and death were unknown. Millions of civilians in China were displaced, shivering in the cold wind. The prairie people howled in pain under the hooves of their horses, and even I experienced life and death several times.

"Oh? Is it because of the cotton?" Princess Mingyue blinked and seemed to have an epiphany. She did not expect that what Li Yuehua gave her would be such a thing. Speaking of which, it really seemed to be a bit of a strategic material.

"Yes, it's because the empire has mastered cotton." Li Yuehua nodded, looked at the imperial guards standing on both sides of the long road outside the carriage, and said coldly, "The outside world believes that the empire can claim to be undefeated, as long as it is He has a hundred-refined steel armor forged by the empire's highest military forging technology. The weight is only slightly heavier than ordinary armor, but the protective power is almost to the level of heavy armor, and the weapons in his hands are also sharp to the limit. There have been many times The improved long-range killing weapon, the Imperial Crossbow, the Heavy Crossbow Cart, and the Thor, have not yet been able to kill at close range. Just the strike of the Empire's long-range weapons is enough to knock down more than half of the opponent's combat power. When the enemy is frightened and panicked, he has experienced a lot of experience. The Imperial Army will pounce on them like wolves and tigers, and they will be invincible, but a few people will think that this inconspicuous cotton is the fundamental reason why the Imperial Army can run rampant in winter! "

"In the cold wind and snow, other armies are struggling to move. They can't stand the cold before they fight. Only the Imperial Army can calmly use sleighs and carriages to move in quickly. The opponent's army can march up to two or three times a day. Ten miles away, but the Imperial Army can Running hundreds of miles across the snowfield, this alone is enough to seize the initiative in the entire war." Li Yuehua's eyes were cold, and when he mentioned military matters, the look on his face became a little more murderous. What Teng Teng meant, there was a bit more sadness in his tone.

"The war between the Empire and Gaul for northern hegemony eventually led to the great battle of Kyoto in Gaul that overthrew the Gallic Empire. It was during the snowy winter that no one was optimistic about."

"At that time, everyone thought that the emperor would be defeated by the severe cold in Gaul. The Gaul region was already far north, and the coldest temperature in winter could reach more than 20 degrees below zero. The Gauls have always considered themselves winter bears in the north. , is also famous for its cold resistance, but even in the winter battlefield, where the Gauls are proud, His Majesty personally commanded hundreds of thousands of The imperial army marched against the wind and snow, charging thousands of miles with tens of thousands of horse-drawn sleighs. Under everyone's disbelieving eyes, they powerfully defeated the resistance of the Gallic Northern Army, and forced the troops to surrender at Hearth Castle by 200,000 people. The garrison of Kyoto eventually led to the Gallic emperor dying of anger, and the gates of Kyoto were opened from the inside by the Gallic nobles themselves."

"The entire Gallic Empire fell at a favorable speed, and in just a few months it became an inland province of the empire."

"Sister, the Gaul you mentioned is not the Gaul Empire that has been confronting Central Asia for hundreds of years, right? And His Majesty the Falcon took the risk and led the army to attack the Gaul capital? Is it more shocking than the war that the Empire fought in Onacuo?" When Princess Mingyue heard Li Yuehua mention the war of the rise of the empire, her eyes were straight, her rosy and attractive lips were half open, and her heart was shocked to the extreme. After all, she knew limited things about the war of the rise of the Falcon Empire. One was the language problem, and the other was that generally no one would mention these to her. In Princess Mingyue's feeling, the Falcon Empire seemed to appear in the direction of the Western Continent all of a sudden, and what impressed her was also the war of the empire in the Onacuo area!

So that's how Gaul was destroyed. Central Asia has always introduced the Gaul Empire as the strongest country in the Western Continent. Otherwise, how could it be qualified to be the enemy of Central Asia? Even Princess Mingyue, who lives deep in the palace, knows that to the west of Central Asia, there is an extremely powerful Gaul Empire with a vast territory and millions of soldiers. It is like a giant bear that makes the entire Western Continent tremble. But this Gaul was flattened by the Empire in one winter! If Li Yuehua hadn't said this, who would dare to believe it!

Seeing Princess Mingyue's surprised expression, Li Yuehua couldn't help but chuckle, "It is indeed the Gaul Empire, but that is actually nothing. As for your majesty's personal adventure, hehe'

Li Yuehua grinned and paused for a moment, "What's wrong with Onna? Your Highness only knows that your majesty is unparalleled in strategy, but you also know that in Obaro, your majesty is not only known as the God of War, but also the God of Killing. In the war of empire expansion, the enemies killed in total may be three or four million.

"Also in the winter of the previous year, on the frozen plateau where the cold wind can turn people into popsicles, the fierce Hungarian Kingdom in the Central Obaro region Rising violently, 500,000 Hungarian cavalrymen marched through Central Europe and Baro, unstoppable. It was Your Majesty who defeated the Hungarian army in one battle, killing 400,000 Hungarians. The Hungarian First God of War, Hungarian Military Prime Minister Baisuradu, had to bow his head and surrender to the Empire, becoming a war dog under the Empire. Then the Feishan Kingdom took up its spear and defeated its old enemy, the Istanbul Empire, with high morale, vowing to compete with the Empire for control of Central Europe and Baro. As a result, it was also miraculously defeated by Your Majesty's personal army overnight, and reversed and chased for dozens of miles. In the end, more than 300 high-ranking nobles including the king were killed. "

"I dare not say anything else, but who has seen the huge Jingguan made of 300,000 heads? It still stands on the plateau, and no one dares to look directly at it! The entire Central Europe and Baro has gathered a great rising force that has only been seen for more than a hundred years, and it was cut off by Your Majesty. The bloody imperial sword and the Jingguan of 300,000 heads frozen into a pile of meat in the wind and snow, compared with these, the mere battle of Ang'ancuo in the grassland is nothing! "

"Then this time the Yelu family's 100,000 troops rushed into Yanzhou in winter. If the empire sent troops to intercept them from the rear, wouldn't it be..." Princess Mingyue's eyes were as bright as moonlight, and she suddenly said, "From the wilderness to the northwest, and then to Yanzhou, it's only a few hundred miles away."

"Impossible, Yelu Qiyeguang has already been here and reached an agreement with the empire. Otherwise, do you think the Yelu family dared to attack Yanzhou without His Majesty's approval? Even His Majesty deliberately let the royal court go south to Yanzhou. I'm afraid he had already planned to encourage the Yelu family to attack Yanzhou! "

Li Yuehua shook her head with regret, picked up the documents on the table and sorted them out. She knew what Princess Mingyue was thinking. She was so naive. The Empire was the Empire and Central Asia was Central Asia. How could His Majesty do something that was not beneficial? If Princess Mingyue could not figure out the dividing line between them, then nothing could be done. The carriage stopped in front of the four-story building in front. An imperial guard officer was already waiting on the steps. When he saw the carriage stop, he hurried down the steps and opened the door. "Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time" (To be continued.)

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