Realm of Power

"Long Po, this guy is really risking his life." Fatty War immediately let out a sigh of relief. He handed the military report of the Long family's invasion of Yanzhou to Bertrand Bonnie next to him, then turned to order to the guards behind him, " Tell the front to temporarily stop advancing towards Daizhou. The 300,000 Long family army will be able to gather the entire southwest army together. There is absolutely no such number, and Long Po entered Yanzhou with only 50,000 or 60,000 troops. In the blink of an eye, it turned into 300,000. These disappeared northwest people are probably inside! Long Po went south from Yanzhou. This is Bringing 300,000 dead people to survive, since Long Po is going to snatch the grassland people, there is no need for us to go head-to-head with him at this time! "

"Yes" the guard nodded in response with a stern expression, and drove the horses to leave the team and quickly disappeared in front. The vastness of the northwest land had turned into a vast and desolate place at this moment. No one saw hundreds of thousands of people along the way. You won’t feel too good about the corpses of Central Asians.

Bertrand Bonnie was also reading the military newspaper, her charming eyes swept over the contents, and she felt a chill rising from her heart. Three hundred thousand people, how could there be so many people in the Long family! It has been several days since the emperor entered the northwest. Except for the Central Asians who froze to death and starved to death, not a single living person was seen. However, they found about five to six million people.

Because so many people died, some cities in the northwest were like ghosts. The imperial troops who went to receive them would rather be stationed in the outer suburbs of the cold wilderness, and would never choose to enter these cities after the sun went down. Where have those people from the northwest gone?

There is no doubt that it is impossible for so many people from northwest China to disappear out of thin air.

The news brought back from the scouts showed that more Central Asians chose to leave the northwest. As the Long family army went to Yanzhou, the total number may be millions. The land of Yanzhou is barren and mountainous, and has experienced many times in succession. How could there be any food that could feed so many people in the great war? I originally thought that Long Po invaded Yanzhou with the intention of attacking Yeluguda. But now it seems that this is not the case at all.

"Long Po made a desperate move and even gave up the northwest. He even didn't hesitate to cooperate with Wang Ting, who killed the former head of the Long family. All he did was use Yanzhou as a springboard to attack the Yelu family's Daizhou?" Although he knew the result, Bo Lant Bonnie still had a look of disbelief, "The Long family from the southwest regained the northwest, besieged and killed Yeluguda and Yanzhou, and now an army of 300,000 is marching southward. Is it just to make a big circle?"

"Don't underestimate this circle. At least it has bypassed the layers of defenses of the Prairie Army. Now it has been proven that Long Po's choice was correct. Attacking from Yanzhou to the south is indeed the most advantageous direction of attack."

The fat man nodded, his eyes fell deeply on a pale bush in the distance, and he said in a solemn voice, "Long Po has always been bold, and he is also a master of mobile warfare. He dared to take advantage of the Yelu family's main force to attack Yanzhou." Given the opportunity, I traveled around the hinterland of the Yelu family and made a lot of money. I also attracted Chinese people to the Southwest Long family. In order to meet the expectations of the Biya people, he took this opportunity to completely establish his position as the new head of the Long family. Not only did he slap back the arrogant Zhongbia court, but he also allowed the Long family to completely get rid of the constraints of the court. All parties in the court only have acquiescence, and this method is not something you can see! "

"That being said, this attack on Daizhou from Yanzhou is an attack after all. Daizhou is a plain area. Facing the prairie people's cavalry regiment, I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Berlantbang Ni said a little unconvinced that the female knight still holds grudges against the head of the Long family for seizing Tianlang City and not repaying him.

Because of the Long family prisoners of war, the Long family claimed that the empire was deliberately making things difficult. As an ally, the empire blatantly violated its covenant and attacked the Long family. Not only did they rob Tianlang City, but they also detained the Long family soldiers who fought to the end. The entire Central Asian region is full of contempt for the Empire, a powerful country in the Western Continent that they are not familiar with.

The Long family is loyal and benevolent, unwilling to fall out with their allies, and voluntarily gave up Tianlang City. However, the empire still forcibly detained thousands of Long family soldiers. Only people like Ximanzi can do such a thing! "

The Central Asians have always had strong xenophobic sentiments. Although their mentality as masters of the land was trampled on by the prairie people's horse hooves, there is nothing to be afraid of when facing a faraway country on the western continent. The Long family regained the northwest, and Tianlang City The interception and killing of Yeluguda shocked the world and made the Central Bians, who had always been suppressed by the grassland people, inexplicably excited.

Look northwest, shoot at Sirius, such words are already known all over the world. A Western Barbarian country suddenly jumped out and said that Sirius City belongs to him. This kind of thing is just like a countryman suddenly jumping out and pointing at the city. The big courtyard of the wealthy people said, this is the same as mine, which makes people laugh out loud.

Shameless, absurd, bottomless, shameless, despicable, treacherous, and self-righteous. In addition, knowing that it was the imperial merchants who provided various weapons to the grassland people, the various negative descriptions of the empire by the Zhongbia court added fuel to the fire. Zhongbia One can imagine people’s attitude towards the empire;

This is one of the reasons why the empire sat back and watched the Yelu family move south without taking any action. The imperial merchants were treated well in the Longjia area in the southwest and the Song area in the south, but it was very difficult to enter the interior of Central Asia. The imperial merchants were beaten and robbed. There are many such things. Although the empire negotiated with the Zhongbia court many times, they were all rejected by the other party with a look of disdain. Zhongbia has a vast land and rich resources, and there is nothing. What do you need, imperial merchants? As for where Tianlang City is located, how many Central Asians care about it?

What they care about is that the Long family intercepted and killed Yeluguda in Tianlang City, so Tianlang City must belong to the Long family. As the protagonist of the empire, Bertrand Bonnie was naturally slandered and vilified in various ways.

"A woman should stay at home and look after her husband and raise her children. What does it mean to lead an army in battle?" "Showing one's face in public without shame, a Western barbarian woman is a Western barbarian woman. Such a woman should be burned to death in Central Asia!"

The intelligence department in charge of Li Yuehua would send reports about the empire to Berlant Bonnie every once in a while. Looking at the content described above, Berlant Bonnie, who was born in a noble family, almost went crazy. For the despicable method of calling a deer a horse by the head of the Long family, how can I have a little good feeling in my heart?

The fat man took a deep breath and said, "If Long Po succeeds this time, it is not impossible to hit the Imperial Capital in one go like Yelu Hongtai did. Even if it fails, most of the dead will be young men from the northwest. For the Long family in the southwest The foundation of Daizhou has little influence. Daizhou has a plain terrain, which has been easy to attack and difficult to defend since ancient times. In the area, Yelu Hongtai originally fought along this line all the way to the Imperial Capital Plain. Long Po seemed to be trying to repeat what Yelu Hongtai did back then, preparing to use the 300,000 young men and women from the northwest as the main force to shake the Yelu family's huge power. Shu, if Long Po knew the current situation of the Yelu family, he might not think so! "

"Your Majesty, a report from Daizhou"

Just then, a scout cavalry galloped over

"Daizhou?"

The fat man took the report from the scout cavalry, opened his hands, and looked slightly stunned. The Fengtai tribe had already taken action. They killed Su Malong of the Yelu family faction at the meeting, and then tried to surround Yelu Hongtai's mansion, but they discovered , Yelu Hongtai, who claimed to be sick to the outside world, was actually just a fake, so he postponed his serious illness and disappeared. The Fengtai tribe was furious and killed all the servants in the mansion. Yelu Hongtai was not in the mansion at all. Instead, it was the 30,000 Baihe soldiers of the Yelu family. After the incident, they quickly erected an offensive military flag in Daizhou City. It seems that Yelu Hongtai has been staying in the military camp and waiting for death. It is indeed not the old fox's style.

What is this...

Even the fat man is confused at this moment.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie looked curious. It was rare to see the emperor feel so out of control.

"See for yourself." The fat man smiled bitterly, shrugged his shoulders, and handed over the report in his hand. The empire attacked Daizhou, and the Long family Yanzhou went south. No matter how you look at it, Daizhou should be under great pressure. As a result, the grassland people of Daizhou He actually got into a fight. This was a complete mess. Long Po's Luck is indeed not a factor, and I don’t know if it was the luck of Zhongbia. I wanted to attack the northwest, but the northwest was hit hard by the empire. When attacking Yanzhou, Wang Ting took the blame first. Now he is heading south to Daizhou, grassland. People are in trouble, this guy is cheating! This luck is going against the rhythm of heaven!

Daizhou Longshi Castle, the December wind is cold and the mountains, rivers and land are frozen. Daizhou is originally a plain area, and the wind and snow are rolling from north to south. Longshi Castle, which is the center of Daizhou’s defense line, is already crumbling. , under the Dragonstone Castle, the Long family's army, which was so numerous that it was impossible to see the edge, was already coming like a wave. The river that was originally relied on as a barrier had now frozen into an ice sheet that could be traveled.

After the 300,000 Long family troops broke through the Washan barrier in one breath, there was almost no resistance, pouring in like a flood breaking a dike. The main force of Daizhou's defense line was in Daizhou. Because of the civil strife, there was no way to support other places. The defenders defended with all their strength, but were still defeated one by one. The northern third of Daizhou was almost completely lost. After receiving part of the food supplies, the 300,000 Long Family Army finally attacked the Dragon Stone Fort at the core of the defense line. launch an attack

Long Po erected fifty two-meter-high drums under Dragonstone Castle to encourage the army to move forward. The sound of the drums shook the heavens and the earth. It seemed that in the next moment, Dragonstone Castle would collapse, and everything on the surrounding battlefield would collapse. Shrouded in this earth-shattering killing In the midst of the sound, the Central Asians in messy clothes were armed with simple weapons, and even many scimitars from the prairie people. They were holding dozens of siege oars, and they were holding arrow clusters from the direction of Dragonstone Castle. Pounce, regardless of shouting, pounce,

"Rush, rush over, everyone has a way to survive!" Crazy shouts, people pushing against each other, like a colony of ants moving cowardly, as the car in front leaned against the stone wall, the surging crowd accelerated , crashing, like waves hitting a solid wall, behind the tide of the Long family army, 50,000 well-equipped regular Long family troops pressed down like a mountain, and countless spears and snowflakes Bright and dazzling, the armor is like a large dense forest. Although some supplies have been obtained, who knows that behind the 300,000 Long family troops, there are millions of Central Asians who are hungry. A few cities are only temporary. Only by conquering Daizhou and entering the fertile Imperial Plains can these millions of Central Asians have a way to survive.

First use the young and strong troops to charge, and then use the regular troops to charge.

This tactic that used to belong to the prairie people has now appeared in front of Dragonstone Castle. Dragonstone Castle is so dilapidated that it can be knocked down with one kick. After experiencing the impact of too many people, the ground full of blood has become muddy. Unbearable, dozens of heavy oars only slowly and heavily hit the stone wall, causing a huge impact. In the gap, surrounded by the oars, were large groups of Central Asians. Most of them were poorly equipped and crowded behind them. While resisting the arrows shot from above, they shouted loudly, and their swords struck the wooden shields, making a fluffy sound. The sound echoed with the sound of drums coming from behind, and more people stepped on people's shoulders to climb up the city wall.

"Master, Dragonstone Castle can no longer hold it, but for some reason, the main force of the prairie people's cavalry still hasn't appeared!"

A Long family general walked quickly from the front, the armor on his body making a clanging sound, and reported to Long Po who was staring at the entire battlefield. Behind him, there was an overwhelming wave of people. Looking down from above, it was not The regular troops of the Long family refused to attack, but the goal of these regular troops of the Long family was to follow Prairie cavalry may appear at this time. According to intelligence, there are more than 100,000 Yelu family cavalry gathered in Daizhou. This is the biggest resistance to the south. After Longshi Castle, there is a flat river, which is the best area for cavalry to roam. Once they enter, they will It is equivalent to putting yourself in a situation where you need to face an attack at any time.

Long Po was covered in heavy armor, and he also wore a visor under his helmet. Such a heavy armor was placed on his tall and strong body, but it did not hinder his movements at all. Standing under the Long family's battle flag, he was like a mountain, making everyone around him Everyone's eyes were hot. Long Po was not a fool. On the contrary, after fighting with the prairie people for two consecutive years, this famous Central and African general knew the weakness of the prairie cavalry. The prairie people should The reason why the troops in Chunan were able to sweep across Central and South-Bia was because of the high mobility of the prairie cavalry and their powerful attack power in the Central-Biarian plains. Even if they could not defeat the Central-Biarian army for a while, they could always drag the infantry back and forth a few times. The Central Asian army, which was dominated by clusters, was overwhelmed, so Long Po never fought with the grassland people in the open plains. Even when he intercepted Yeluguda, he chose Tianlang City as his base.

But now, Long Po is interested in the Dragon Stone Castle in front of him. This fortress at the core of Daizhou's defense line is completely constructed of huge stones. After more than a hundred years of wind and rain, it is still strong. The combination of the bunker and the buckle castle is superimposed on each other. The defense, with sufficient troops, is itself a system set up by Zhongbia to resist the prairie cavalry that bypasses Yanzhou. If there is a strangulation line, if any grassland army invades Daizhou from Yanzhou, it will eventually be stuck in the Dragon Stone Fort, and then be attacked and strangled by the Central and Asian troops from Yanzhou and Daizhou. It is a pity that When the Yelu family went south, the Yanzhou army had been destroyed, and the Longshi Castle defense line had been directly abandoned, otherwise there would not have been a situation of collapse for thousands of miles.

As long as the Yelu family's cavalry dares to come, Long Po is confident that the opponent will give up their cavalry advantage and attack Longshi Castle, because Yeluguda's head is still in his hands. As long as he defeats the main force of the Yelu family's cavalry at Longshi Fort, Daizhou is in his pocket, and even the Imperial Capital Plain can be obtained.

(To be continued.)