Realm of Power

The horse's hooves splashed mud and galloped along the southwest mountain road, filled with smoke and dust. A middle-aged man wearing the armor of the General of the Long family stopped the horse with a serious expression.

In front of Horseshoe is the Lichang River, which is flooded in spring. Spring is the season of rising water in the southwest. The ice throughout the winter melts during this season. Countless trickles of water flow down the snow-capped mountains in the edge area, and finally converge into the scene in front of us. The water in the Lichang River surged like a vast expanse of snow. The middle-aged general looked worriedly at the water surface of the river that had swelled fifty or sixty meters in front of him. The water rises every spring, which is when the southwest mountains, which have been thirsty for a whole winter, are most moist. The southwest is a typical basin terrain, with towering mountains outside and large fertile mountain fields inside the basin. The melted snow from the surrounding snow-capped mountains forms the The basin is a beautiful sight with waterways crisscrossing it, but now, this delightful spring water rise has become the Long family’s biggest crisis.

The Song clan used their fleet to raid the gap in Lichang from the river, and at the same time set fire to the whole city and burned it. The five thousand Lichang defenders, together with the family navy, had been completely wiped out in Lichang. The Song clan's fleet would be able to recover after a short rest. The warships went down the river. According to the surge in the river, I am afraid that within a few days, the Song fleet will rush directly to the Guanglin River! Who would have thought that the Song Clan would rush into the southwest from the waterway and attack them by surprise. Song Que, the head of the Song Clan, had grasped the essence. In just the first battle, he completely wiped out the Long family's naval forces and moved the waterway to Lichang. Burn the fire so that even if the Long family wants to make up for this gap, it will become impossible!

The head of the Song family, Song Que, was a master of military arts, and his vision and skills were among the best in China and Bia. After capturing Lichang, he did not immediately ask the fleet to move in, but immediately rectified the siege equipment, which was obviously preparation. Use strong troops to first capture the strongholds along the river, and then capture the Long family's headquarters in Guang Linchuan in one fell swoop.

"The head of the family should not have united with the empire!" The middle-aged man got off his horse, looked at the wide river in front of him, and angrily punched the tree trunk next to him. A burst of leaves fell on him. No wonder he So angry, the southwest river channel is not enough It supports the entry of large warships. However, two years ago, the Long family and the empire jointly opened the river channel to display fleet commerce. With the expansion of the river channel, the southwest main river channel, which was originally only an inland channel, has become so large that even if it is Large warships can also pass through easily

It is obvious that the Song clan seized this opportunity. In the name of resisting the grassland army, they dispatched the family fleet north to the eastern section of the southwest river. Then they seized the opportunity and sailed up the river at an incredible speed. , stormed the river entrance of Longjia,

Now that the entrance to the waterway has been torn open, the strategic initiative has been completely controlled by the Song people. If the Song people rush to advance troops, the middle-aged people are willing to see it, because Guanglinchuan is not out of the city, Guanglin has strong walls and deep ditches. It is a fortified city, and hundreds of thousands of residents in the city are from the Long family, or Or their own people related to the Long family. This time the Song clan only dispatched a hundred large ships. According to the 300 people per ship, it was only 30,000 elite mountain troops of the Song clan. They lacked siege equipment. Although they could reach Guangzhou Linchuan, but in the face of Guanglin's defense that has been continuously strengthened for decades, it is only in vain.

As long as it waits for a while, when the family leader's army returns or Longshan's army turns around, the Song clan's lone army will be destroyed. What they are afraid of is that what the Song clan is doing now is not to rush into the army in a hurry, but to attack all the way. Be prepared. As long as all the cities along the river fall, Song troops can be transported in a steady stream from the river. This is the most terrifying thing.

"You've all seen it," the middle-aged Long family general turned around. Behind him, the black Long family soldiers looked resolute and their eyes were full of determination. Although the Song fleet had stopped in Lichang City, The attack on the road did not stop. With the power of Lichang's victory, the Song Mountain Army also advanced along the river. The unprepared Longjia local defenders collapsed immediately before such a force and only carried out offered weak resistance. Some cities surrendered without resistance, and how much accumulated military supplies fell into the hands of the Song Mountain Army.

At this moment, the Song Mountain Army was like two huge wings extending towards both sides of the river.

The Long family defenders were crushed all the way. Even if there were some solid barriers, without any troops to mobilize, they could only watch helplessly as the Song army pulled out the strongholds in front one by one, not daring to send any reinforcements.

"If the Song fleet passes here, it will be a disaster for the Long family. Master Longshan is still in Kaishan and is unable to rescue. Looking at the entire Long family, that is, us. The middle-aged general raised the whip in his hand, and it was Kaishan who Long Xueshan escaped with his life during the battle, but Longshan's army was killed by the emperor. Pressured on the front line of Kaishan, the only ones that can be mobilized for emergency response are the Longxueshan troops, tens of thousands of Long family soldiers. They are all covered in mud, their armors are full of rainwater, and they are heavy and wet, but their morale is extremely high. , with a word, the burden of life and death for the Long family is now all on them.

The turbulent river seemed to be affected by the military might of the Long family, and became more powerful. The water hit the riverbanks on both sides, making bursts of thunderous sounds. In order to get here, tens of thousands of soldiers ate and slept on the road. It can be said that they managed to seize the narrow river mouth in front of them. This is the limit of what the Longxue Mountain army can do.

"Cut down the trees and block the river!"

Long Xueshan said categorically, looking towards the lower reaches of the river with complicated eyes. In addition to Long Xueshan's tens of thousands of troops, there was also a group of more than a thousand Long family infantry. They were in the Lichang River thirty miles away from the front of Long Xueshan. Muddy, embarrassed and tired, they are trying to form an array to resist the Song army that is rushing up.

"Block it. Unless our army is defeated, the Song people will never get past here." A blood-soaked Long family officer dragged his body with his broken left hand. He held a sword in his right hand and was still fighting with the Song people's mountain army in red armor. , even though everyone was extremely exhausted, they could still barely maintain order, not to win, but just to delay time! The Song Mountain Army is the elite among the mountain people. The southwest mountains, which are like a barrier to other forces, are like walking on flat ground at the foot of the Mountain Army. So many Longjia outposts do not know that the Lichang River mouth is ahead. After breaking the news, the elite mountain troops who sneaked in one after another have been killed, especially in the river area.

Although they received an order from the base camp to withdraw, the officers knew that the Song Mountain Army was advancing too fast. If no one stopped it, all the areas along the river would be cleared within three days, and then it would be overwhelming. The large fleet of the Song clan sailed down the river. When the time came, Guang Linchuan, which had only a few days to prepare, was afraid of a catastrophe. As the only regular army in the nearby area, if it didn't stop it, who would stop it! I don’t expect to be able to hold off these powerful Song army for a long time, just for half a day, "The Southwest Long Family is truly worthy of being the Long Family. They have reached this point and are still able to resist so desperately!"

The raindrops hit the bright armor and turned into white water splashes. The fierce battle in front of them illuminated Song Li's black pupils. As a result, he was riding on a black-spotted white war horse, holding a riding whip tightly in his hand. , tapping his riding boots impatiently, his figure He is stout and muscular, and the arms exposed under the armor are even thicker and scary. He has a pair of wide and long eyes that are narrowed into a line, like two thin willow leaves, giving people a sense of ferocity like a wild wolf. A dozen serious-looking disciples of the Song clan lined up behind him one by one.

"Sir, let us go. It's not worthwhile to waste time for these trash fish!" One of the handsome young people from the Song ethnic group said with contempt on his face.

"Yes, the head of the family requires that hundreds of miles of rivers be cleared within three days to ensure that the army can move forward. At this rate, I'm afraid it won't be completed at all." Another young man from the Song tribe echoed, his face covered with rain and cement, and he stepped on it with one foot. Stirrup, the other foot is crossed on the saddle, his eyes fall on the battlefield in front, eager to try, he can't help but cast his gaze over, as if asking for a fight , the current Song people are no longer the Long family who lived in the southern mountains. In the past two months of taking control of the power of the court, the Song people's combat power has improved obviously. The original mountain people's equipment has long been replaced by Zhongbia's iron armor. Instead, various heavy weapons have also changed from the original wooden poles to carry ladders to large catapults that burned the city of Lichang with fire.

This time the attack on the Long Family started from Lichang City along the river to the southwest. Desperate resistance like this Long Family officer could be encountered every day, on the deserted mountain roads, where the Song Mountain Army and the Southwest Long Family Army The troops were interlocking and fighting, like a long snake, on both sides of the winding river. , the soldiers of the two armies fought fiercely, and the children of the Long family rushed to their deaths. This can no longer be simply regarded as a confrontation between the two armies. This is a contest between the two family groups. The beliefs of the two families are fighting. One party swears to protect their homeland to the death, and the other party This is with a head full of thoughts of revenge and will not give in!

However, the strength of the two sides is too disparate. One side has the elite mountain army that has been prepared for a long time, while the other side is only scattered. After a fierce battle, there is often a scene of devastation. The corpses of large numbers of Long family sentries are stripped naked and thrown into the mud. The directness is shocking,

"Why are you anxious? Don't look at how strong the resistance of these Long family members is. In fact, if you kill one, you will lose one. Even for the Long family, such officers are definitely the backbone of the force. If they are lost, it will be difficult to replace them. Without these backbones, the Long family will Could it be the Long family? "Song Li He waved his hand nonchalantly, unmoved by the fighting spirit of his nephew, he reached out and took out a map from his saddle bag, and crossed out a dot on the map with a pen. As a confidant of Song Que, the head of the Song family, Song Li We are quite clear about Song Que’s strategic intention of stopping the ship in Lichang

The Song family and the Long family have been entangled for decades, and neither family understands the other!

If the advance is too rapid, it will not only force the Long family's military strength to shrink to Guang Linchuan, but will also be in danger of being cut off at any time. That's why the infantry army was ordered to clean up along the river. According to the direct nature of the Long family soldiers, they must stick to it If they don't retreat, this will be equivalent to sending these real elites of the Long family to the Song Mountain Army to be slaughtered.

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