Realm of Power

"The Seventh Army and the Ninth Army are out. According to the attack plan, we will capture the entire Lanzhi City before dark!"

A Long family cavalryman with a red long-tailed pheasant on his head flew past the large number of reserve troops behind the Long family army like a shooting star. Hearing this exciting voice, the Long family as a reserve force A total of 23,000 troops from the Seventh Army and the Ninth Army began to line up.

"Did you hear that? Take Lanzhi City under darkness! The people in front have already laid down most of the perimeter. Now we only need to add more force to completely crush the imperial army. Now it's time to let these people in the Western Continent know that we are in the middle. It’s time to be more powerful than the Bialong family!” There was a burst of excitement from the queue. Originally, these The reserve team looked at the fierce fighting ahead and saw the military flags of the Long family hanging on all the outer streets. They were secretly depressed, fearing that they would miss this battle. Unexpectedly, at the final moment, the soldiers from the main camp The attack order made these reserve troops boil like a burning field.

"Forward! Target, southwest corner!"

Loud shouts, as the elite of the direct descendants of the Long family, have not really entered the battlefield until this moment. At the front is a heavy infantry team, wearing heavy armor, slowly crossing the blood-red morning light on the mountain road, Behind this heavy infantry regiment, teams came up one by one in order, and one line formation after another was close, orderly and orderly moving towards Moving forward, a large group of shields were erected, and the light of swords flashed. On the already saturated attack line, these elite troops composed of Long family disciples were stimulated by various incentives. The soldiers' eyes began to change from comfortable to Glowing with a fanatical and bloodthirsty luster, it was like a torrent of steel rolling forward, pounced on the southwestern corner of Lanzhi City that had just been torn apart with an overwhelming momentum.

The southwest corner is the section of Lanzhi City closest to the downhill slope, so the houses built here become very sparse. The empire's street tactics, which give the Long family a headache, become greatly weakened here. The people responsible for the defense of the southwest corner They were the heavy infantrymen of the Fifth Squadron of the Empire's Wilderness Legion. They had just pushed back the charging Long family soldiers when they saw more enemies rushing towards them.

"Attention, it's coming up again!"

The heavy infantrymen of the fifth squadron held their spears tightly and their breathing became rapid. His face looked serious and cold, and his heart was beating fiercely. There were too many enemies this time, and it felt like he was facing an endless sea of ​​people.

"Kill!" The Southwest Ninth Army that launched the attack was all composed of direct descendants of the Long family. They were well-equipped. The weapons in their hands were three-meter-long spears. In many battles with the prairie people, they served as the vanguard of the army. The dense gun array caused heavy casualties to the grassland people, so Also hated by the prairie people, it is called the Dragon Family's Fang. It is the Long Family's famous offensive force. Longshan will have 20,000 direct descendants of the Long Family with the strongest combat power and the best equipment. They are entering the battlefield at this time because although Lanzhi City has expanded. A lot, but the overall terrain hasn’t changed much

From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the layout of the entire city is like an inverted triangular arc. The area gets larger as you get closer to the bottom. It starts to shrink after halfway up the mountain, and gradually returns to the original size of Lanzhi City.

If the original old city wall of Lanzhi City is still there, the imperial army may be able to close in with the terrain and organize a second line of defense. However, the old city wall has long been pushed down. Once the bottom perimeter is breached, they will face The general unfavorable situation of seawater intrusion

The Long family's all-out attack at any cost was to tear open the outer perimeter and counterattack. The 20,000 elites who broke in were the power of Longshan's counterattack. When the imperial army's troops could not be mobilized due to containment, they suddenly invested in the situation. With sheer numbers of troops, no matter how powerful the Imperial Army is, they will still be defeated.

The Long family is originally an infantry group. Unlike Yanzhou's Yanzhou army, which mainly deals with the northern nomads, what the Long family is good at is attacking tough situations, which is the style of the infantry group. As a veteran with thirty years of combat experience, Longshan Rich veteran, his ability to grasp this aspect, and his decisiveness to throw the reserve team into the imperial army's defensive blind spot, is definitely considered to be extremely proficient.

Longshan looked at all this with narrowed eyes, a smile on his lips, and felt a little satisfied. The reason why he insisted on involving all the troops without fear of sacrifice was to use Lanzhi City as the basis for the entire Long family's northward march. The grindstone of the army, the strength of the imperial army, the whole of Central Asia knows Said, it would be false to say that the Long family has no worries, but it is better now. Judging from the current military morale, the original fear of the imperial army in the army has been wiped out by now. Such a mentality is what Long The capital needed most for the rise of our country, and the huge opportunity to defeat the empire is right in front of us! What's more, the sense of superiority towards foreigners in the nature of the Central Asian nation has been maximized at this moment. As a Western Continent, the empire dares to reach out to the Central Asians, so let the sword of the Long family defend China. The dignity of the Biya Empire, everything, is at stake here! Breaking Lanzhi City and severely damaging the Imperial Army would mean defeating half of the entire northwest!

"We've captured it, we've captured the southwest corner!" A Long family general shouted happily, pointing to the southwest corner of Lanzhi City. He saw the attacking troops going up all the way and making continuous breakthroughs. He said happily, "My lord, your tactics are really unpredictable. , the imperial army would never have thought that our army's full-line attack was just an illusion, and the real attack direction was actually the slope in the southwest corner! In just two months, these people from the Western Lands had no understanding of the geography of Lanzhi City. Patting a horse can't keep up with the understanding that adults have gained over decades! "

In the southwest corner of Lanzhi City, the imperial army was indeed caught off guard. Thousands of Long Family soldiers held up their shields and rushed forward with an astonishing momentum, like a mountain torrent and a tsunami. Thousands of them surged into the infantry line, like a rasp being stabbed into it.

"Kill!" The empire's heavy infantry could only stand on top. The Long family's elite combat power collided with the empire's elite. Steel collided and slashed fiercely. The screams and wails were terrifying. The thundering sound of fighting resounded through the sky, and the bright red The blood stained the ground red, but the Long family soldiers still relied on their numerical advantage to fight back step by step. "Sir, the Long family's sudden increase in troops in the southwest corner has broken through three streets and is about to reach the middle line!" The report from the front made Bai Wufeng, who was in command, look even more grim. Bai Wufeng raised his head and looked at it. Looking at the sun above my head, more than three hours have passed since the fierce battle. The Long family attacked without fear of losses, causing the imperial army to suffer considerable losses.

"Send the order, use the catapults to suppress the southwest corner with all your strength!" Bai Wufeng ordered the reporting soldiers. So far, almost all the perimeter has been lost, but this also gave the Imperial Army another defensive heavy weapon a place to use. If the fighting has always been on the periphery, beyond the range of weapons, but now, it is just right to bring in the Long family's attack troops. Since the Long family pounces on the southwest corner with all its strength, then let the Long family's most powerful enemy be defeated first. Sharp front teeth again

"Pengpeng" the arrowhead from the direction of the imperial army hit the shield in the hands of the Long family infantry, and bounced away with a crisp sound.

Go forward, charge forward, the Imperial people can't stop them. Seeing the blocking line in front of them that is about to be broken down, the morale of the Long family's troops attacking the southwest corner is as high as a rainbow. At this moment, a piercing whistling sound is heard from above their heads. Passed by, almost covering the sound of fighting below. The Long family soldiers below raised their heads curiously and looked at the position in the sky. They saw a small black dot flying from a distance. In the eyes of the Long family soldiers below, it quickly disappeared from the sky. A black spot turned into a huge stone ball,

"Watch the top of your head!"

The strong shouts were filled with fear, and the footsteps of the nearby Long family soldiers paused.

"Bang bang" A round stone bomb hit the earth wall next to it like a meteor, and the mud flew away. The unabated stone bullet deflected after being hit, and plunged into the crowd of Long family soldiers next to the earth wall, like a A huge whirlpool swept several nearby Long family soldiers into When I went, I heard a scream of broken bones. The fine iron armor was completely twisted like paper in front of the catapult. Then, bright red human blood hit the collapsed earth wall with broken limbs and remains. It was rising just now. The vigorous and vigorous Long family warriors have turned into unbearable meat on the ground.

"Asshole, what is this!"

An officer of the Long family squatted half-crouched on the ground full of dirt and blood, using the shield in his hand to block his body. The collapse of the earth wall saved one of him, but several of his subordinates next to him were not so lucky. The tragic scene of all being crushed by stone bullets made the Long family officer a little confused. This feeling of brushing against the god of death would make even the bravest warrior feel a little palpitated.

Just when he was stunned, more roars came fiercely. The one in front was just used to test the position. Countless rolling stones slammed down, blood spattered, and soldiers fell in pieces. In this way, Before the terrible mercury bombardment, Longjia stepped forward The dense formation of soldiers was simply the target of massacre. The street where they landed was directly hit by rolling stones and half of it collapsed, as if a piece of living things were dug out in that area. The Long family soldiers who were trapped in it were either killed on the spot or killed on the spot. Buried beneath the collapsed earth,

"Ninth cell in the southeast corner, continue firing"

The observer holding a lookout in his hand shouted loudly. The crisscrossing streets below were like grids. They had already been marked with names by the observer. Following the observer's words, the huge imperial catapult was A ten-meter-high arm fell violently, as if giants were standing high on the defense line of Lanzhi City, shooting hard towards a certain box below.

Dozens of assembled Imperial trebuchets, arranged in three rows, were violently bombarding the streets below according to the data provided by the observers.

The vibration of each ejection caused the wooden frame of the catapult to roar, causing the smoke and dust on the surrounding ground to rise. However, no one had time to care. The imperial soldiers were busy pushing the rolling stones into the catapult projectiles. Basket, hundreds of shirtless people, figures The strong catapult driver struggled to pull the winch with both hands, and the sweat on his body evaporated into white smoke in the cold weather. The catapult pulled by the thick and powerful arms made a "rattling churning sound" that reached his ears, like the most wonderful song. Symphony, this is also the sound of death,

"Ready for the 6th!"

"Ready for the 13th!"

"Ready for the 8th!"

Each one was filled with the sound of exciting reports, and the pressed sling arms were filled with extremely tight tension at this moment. They were super-large slings specially used by the empire for fortress defense. In terms of size, Even better than the Navy The catapults used on battleships still need to be shot. In the empire, these catapults were too bulky and were rarely moved after being installed in military fortresses. These catapults were originally intended to be transported to the Imperial Capital West Road for defense. Learned that the Long family was right After realizing the ambition of Lanzhi City, Fatty waved his hand and asked the cavalry regiment of Mulihe to take these heavy catapults south to Lanzhi City. If it were within the original scope of Lanzhi City, this kind of weapon with amazing range and destructive power would It is undoubtedly overkill, but for the expanded Lanzhi City, it is just right. As long as it is placed higher, it can be condescending and use the advantage of height to more than double the original range. It is definitely a weapon for ultra-long-range strikes! "emission!"

With a violent shout, the heavy stone bullets were ejected with neat force again, like meteors, crossing a distance of several hundred meters in front, hitting the dense streets below from a high place, and were hit by In the area where the impact hit, there was a sound like a heavy rain hitting the floor, and smoke and dust rose up like a suddenly exploded vase.

Moving forward, the officers of the Long family shouted with all their strength. In an instant, the men in front were hit hard by several rolling stones. They saw the soldiers swarming forward disappearing in an instant. The soldiers of the Long family who struggled to climb up the earthen base let out happy shouts. As they shouted, the overwhelming stone bullets knocked them away from the earthen mound, as if they were being thrown high into the air. The toys that stood up, the human body that was blown away, the twisted and broken weapons, and the red pheasant on the top of the officer's helmet were all scattered in the rain of blood, and the broken limbs and remains were thrown down like raindrops with the flying stone bullets. On top of the person, the Long family soldiers behind were so frightened that they retreated in panic. Some soldiers with pale faces were vomiting.

'It's so miserable. Being hacked to death by a sword is completely different from being crushed into a pile of minced meat by stone bullets. Even the soldiers of the Long family who had just come from the streets littered with corpses were frightened by the violent and bloody scene in front of them. "What is that!" In the distance, the Long family generals who saw this scene were stunned. Although they were far enough away, they could still see Seeing that the troops that had just attacked were retreating in panic, they were beaten to pieces. The Long family's opponents in the past two years were all prairie people. Even when they attacked the city, they used the traditional Central and Asian ladders and towers. Equipment, never seen this kind of super large catapult from the Western Continent, specially made with the top technology of ordnance for large military fortresses, (To be continued.)