Realm of Power

The news that the Kaishan camp was breached by the empire was like a tremor shaking the not-so-tall city wall of Guangbo. The generals of Guangbo gathered in front of the embarrassed Long Xueshan in a panic and asked eagerly about Long Xueshan.

"Lord Long Xueshan, what's going on?"

"The Imperial Cavalry attacked Kaishan Camp at night. My troops were scattered. The opponent's attack was quite fierce. Our army almost collapsed at the first touch and was completely unable to organize resistance. I also fought hard to escape from the siege of the Imperial Cavalry. "The one who was killed" Long Xueshan looked ugly. He replied that it was embarrassing for him to be questioned by a group of generals, but now he could only rely on these generals. Although he was also a general-level superior officer of the Long family, they were not his own frontier troops, but soldiers from the main camp. The Long Family Army, their superior officer is Long Shi

"Where is Master Longshi? Master Longshi should also be at Kaishan camp..." When they heard that Kaishan was attacked by the emperor, the generals' expressions changed and they asked eagerly,

"Dragon Stone has been captured by the empire, and soon the imperial army will be on the front line of Guangbo." Long Xueshan took a deep breath and told the generals what he saw when he broke out, especially when it came to his guard captain Feng After fighting to the death, Long Xueshan's eyes were bloodshot, scanning the faces of the generals, condensing He said loudly, "I know this will be difficult, but we have no retreat. Kaishan has been lost. Guangbo will be next. I have sent people to report to our camp, but even if our camp can send out rescue as quickly as possible, it will take two to arrive." It only takes three days. We must hold Guangbo until reinforcements arrive! "

‘Stick to Guangbo? "

"This is a bit of a joke!"

"Yes, how can a place like Guangbo, which is not even a fortress, stop the advance of the Imperial Army?" When they heard Long Xueshan asked everyone to defend Guangbo, the generals were shocked and there was an uproar. Guangbo City strictly It is not considered a strategic stronghold, but is located on the border. A small city behind the line with an old and dilapidated city wall. The eastern section was washed away during the rainy season in April. The height of the city wall that was later repaired was only three to four meters. There was no thickened outer city. In order to prevent the impact of floods on the city foundation, Even the moat was deliberately blocked with mud.

This is an inconspicuous small city. It can be used as a temporary camp. If you want to resist the strong attack of a large number of enemies here, it is a fool's dream. What's more, what they are about to face still has Thor and heavy ballistae. The Imperial Army is waiting for a weapon to attack the enemy

"I know this is almost impossible, but we have no choice." Long Xueshan said with a determined look and a decisive voice, "And I believe that within a month, the main force of the family led by the family leader will return from the direction of Daizhou, and now the southwest Although our military strength is claimed to be 200,000, we actually know very well that among the 200,000, Most of them are temporary recruits who can be called elites. I am afraid there are not even 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers. Once the Imperial Army breaks through Guangbo and goes deep into the southwest hinterland, the consequences will be disastrous, so we can only set up a defense line in Guangbo. There is an option to stop the emperor, and I believe that the family camp will fully support us! "

The next day, the military order from the Long Family headquarters made the Long Family Army in Guangbo direction excited. "Did you hear that Long Haiyue's Long Family's Fifth Army and Long Lin's Seventh Army have been ordered to go out? The family troops from the main camp have also been dispatched." The generals were talking a lot. Guangbo City has become the focus at this moment. "With so many Long family troops gathered in Guangbo, even the emperor may not be able to do anything for the time being. Now I just hope that the emperor will not dare to attack because of fear."

Longxue Mountain, who was stationed in Guangbo before the reinforcements arrived, spent two full days under tremendous pressure. During these two days, he basically didn't sleep. He kept sleeping on the city wall wearing armor, and he dozed off for two and a half hours in the middle. The defeat of Kaishan almost lost all his troops. If he is still safe now An An was hiding behind, and the other generals would not listen to him, so he simply sat on the front line of the city wall himself. In this case, even if the generals had objections to sticking to Guangbo, seeing Long Xueshan like this, they would naturally It's hard to say anything,

After all, what Long Xueshan said was right. What they faced was not the grassland people with extremely poor siege capabilities, but the empire that had truly swept across the continent of Obalo. In front of such an opponent, no one dared to show any signs of attack. Careless, in Tianlang City, the Long family has suffered too much Unfortunately, the three thousand elites of the Long family could not hold out for even half a day under the strong attack of the imperial army. Until now, there are still more than a thousand Long family soldiers in the hands of the empire. Such a painful lesson has made the Long family's attitude toward the empire The fighting power is still fresh in my memory. The current terrain of Guangbo is not as good as that of Tianlang City. Who knows whether they can hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

"The temporary shooting tower needs to be increased. The iron bars behind the city gate are doubled, and a smelting furnace is set up next to it. The charcoal fire inside cannot be stopped. Once the real emperor attacks the city, molten iron will be used Weld all the iron bars together! Long Xueshan said in a hoarse voice, rubbing his painful temples vigorously. The morning frost was still condensing on his armor. "Ask the fifth battalion to mobilize two more teams. The city gate location must have no less than 1,000 people! "Long Xueshan withdrew his gaze from the dark night scene ahead. He knew that according to the military regulations of the Long family, a general who lost his own unit had only one way to go, and that was to die. However, the family headquarters has not mentioned this matter. , that’s because now he still needs to sit in Guangbo. Once the other armies of the family gather in Guangbo, in order to appease the military morale, the first thing the family will do may be to kill himself to boost the morale of the military.

"What is the Empire doing?"

Long Xueshan felt that he was going crazy. His life was counting down. He would die anyway. Long Xueshan was now eager for the empire to attack Guangbo City. He could die on the battlefield. It would be better than dying in front of everyone in the family. Beheading is better! But the previous situation made Long Xueshan confused. After the empire made a breakthrough on the front line of Kaishan, the army did not immediately rush to Guangbo, but stopped in the direction of Kaishan. This anxious state made him I feel like there is a countdown sound in my head.

It might be tomorrow morning, or the day after tomorrow, when the family's army arrives. For him, Long Snow Mountain, it might be the day of death! Emperor, why don’t you come!

Long Xueshan punched the frosted wall tiles angrily. He raised his head and looked at the sky. A ray of coldness suddenly hit his face. Long Xueshan raised his hand and wiped his face in surprise. The wet coldness Passed from the palm of your hand,

"Is this?" Long Xueshan's mouth was stunned. He raised his head and saw more and more white lines falling down, wetting his face and armor. The look on Long Xueshan's face didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. Why is this? At that time, it rained!

"It's raining!"

"Great, it's raining!"

The soldiers of the Long family on the city wall were also looking at the rain falling from the sky. They were jumping up and down with joy. The cheers were thundering and spreading around. Everyone knew that the most terrifying Imperial Thunder God would be greatly reduced in the rain. , or even unable to be used. This understanding was not gained from the Thunder God who had faced the empire head-on, but from the Yelu family.

The Long family went out to Guang Linchuan several times, and fought with the prairie people not once or twice. The prairie people's cavalry was certainly terrifying, but as long as they didn't face it head-on, it was not a big problem. But when faced with the Thunder God of the Yelu family, everyone in the Long family I still feel a little guilty. I have never really faced the God of Thunder, and I have no way of knowing how much impact it will have on people's hearts when the explosive fire light disperses.

Therefore, the Long family tried their best to avoid fighting with the main force of the Yelu family.

On the one hand, it was because of the inferiority of infantry to cavalry. On the other hand, the Imperial Thundergod was too terrifying. He could kill all the men and horses with one shot. However, once the Yelu family gathered a large army to attack a Central Asian city, and they happened to encounter a series of During the rainy season, the grassland army, which had always been invincible in the past, had to spend two months to save lives in that not-so-high city.

In that battle, the Yelu family's thunder god's weakness of fear of rain was fully exposed, and the Yelu family began to value Zhongbia's siege equipment. Yelu Qiyeguang also gathered a large number of craftsmen to form a siege camp. When attacking Yanzhou , showing staggering breakthrough capabilities,

"Sir, God bless our Long family. It's raining. The Emperor's army should not attack for the time being." A Long family officer came over with an excited look and put on a rainproof hat for Long Xueshan who was standing in the rain.

"Yes, it's raining." A trace of sadness flashed across Long Xueshan's face. As a general, couldn't he even be satisfied with his death wish?

"Whoosh!" The horse's hooves stepped into the river and rolled up a burst of white waves. The cold river water flowed through the horse's belly. Hundreds of Imperial Guards Cavalry crossed the river in front. The horse's hooves rippled out circles of water ripples. They had just fought in the Battle of Kaishan. Mu Lihe, the brilliant deputy commander of the Imperial Wilderness Corps, looked hesitant. He said to the emperor in front of him, "Your Majesty, our army is now only a dozen miles away from Guangbo. We can capture Guangbo in one go and completely open the road to the southwest. Now we order the army to stop. Once the main force of the Long family arrives, It won’t be that easy to capture Guangbo again!”

"Capturing Guangbo can indeed open the way to the southwest, but what we need to face may be a counterattack of 300,000 southwest Longjia troops, as well as the bloody resistance of tens of millions of southwest people. Do you think that with the current situation? With 50,000 emperors, how many years will it take to conquer the southwest?" The fat man smiled nonchalantly.

"This... subordinate understands!"

Mulihe looked stunned, and a realization flashed across his face. The emperor was right, but his thinking was too simple. The victory in the battle of Kaishan was just a victory at most. On the contrary, once Guangbo was conquered, This is equivalent to forcing the Southwest Long family into a dead end, and they will definitely fight to the death. In this situation, if there are 300,000 imperial troops now, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely attack Guangbo without hesitation, tear open the opening to the southwest, and then hundreds of thousands of imperial troops will swarm in. But the problem is, now The total number of the empire in Lanzhi is only 50,000 people.

No matter how strong the Imperial Army's combat power is, facing such a huge disparity, capturing Guangbo will stoke the hornet's nest of the Long family.

"Send someone to Guangbo and tell them that the empire wants a truce with them."

The fat man waved his hand, "The reason for fighting Kaishan is because the empire must show its true strength to the whole of China. And now it is the same with the negotiations with the Long family. It has won the victory, so there is no need to entangle with the Long family. The empire has no interest in the southwest and does not need to cross the Guangbo line, but the area north of Guangbo must belong to the empire."

"Just such a condition? Isn't it too cheap for the Long family?"

Mulihe murmured in a low voice with some reluctance, could it be that in the land of Zhongbia, King Falcon Khan, who has always massacred cities and destroyed countries, also changed his gender? If he dared to take the initiative to provoke the empire in Obalo, Either he paid a huge amount of compensation, or he was beaten to death by the empire. When has such a good thing ever happened?

The fat man curled his lips slightly, raised his whip, sneered and said, "According to the current situation of the Long family, they should not be ready for a full-scale war with the empire. The ten-day deadline for releasing Lanzhi is not only for speculation, but also for testing the bottom line of the empire. Anyway, everyone knows that this negotiation is just a relaxation period and will not be taken seriously at all. As long as the main force of the Long family returns, what's the use of a piece of paper agreement! As long as the negotiation conditions are not too harsh, the Long family will sign it. Moreover, the rainy season in the southwest is coming. Neither the Long family nor us are willing to confront in such an environment.

"The southwest region has always been cold and humid. A large part of our army is the grassland army with a dry climate. What we fear most is the cold and humid weather in the south. Moreover, there are many horses. If we stay here by force, once an epidemic breaks out, it will be a big problem. Instead of doing this, it is better to let go. Anyway, north of Guangbo, I didn't say it was only the distance to Lanzhi! The northwest, Yanzhou, and even Daizhou are all north of Guangbo. As long as the rainy season is over and the imperial forces are mobilized, we can take the agreement and ask the Long family to give up these areas."

"Khan is wise!"

When Mulihe heard about the cold and dampness in the south, he immediately showed a bitter expression. Yes, he is also a northern grassland person. Because of dry skin and hygiene habits, grassland people are worse off than death in the humid environment of the south. Various skin diseases are more painful than killing them. Mulihe was a little unwilling, but now he can't wait to leave immediately. Moreover, the meaning of north of Guangbo made his mouth almost crooked with smile. Khan is really powerful. He is really a cannibal. Although he knows that a piece of paper agreement is meaningless, it also makes Long The family suffered a loss. The Empire has actually occupied the northwest and Yanzhou, but there is always a suspicion that it has taken advantage of the Southwest Long Family. As long as the Southwest Long Family signs this agreement, the Empire can legitimately take over these areas from the Southwest Long Family. Even at that time, it will be effective to ask the Long Family to give up other places.

The area north of Guangbo is really too large. The Long Family was previously indignant that the territory they had conquered was taken away by the Empire. With this agreement, they are really working for the Empire in vain! (To be continued.)

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