Realm of Power

The night wind rustled, the leaves rustled softly in the darkness, and the smell of blood filled the air. A stout middle-aged man stood on the mound next to the river, staring at the Long family's attacking line retreating in front. Although he was middle-aged The man's stature is not tall, but in the eyes of the dozen Long family generals behind him, the back of the family head in front is the Tianqing of this world.

"Master, although the Song fleet is sharp, it can only assist the battle force. As long as the people on the road collapse, these warships are meaningless. I also ask the master to order the entire line to attack. We will definitely be able to defeat the Song defense line in one fell swoop! "A Song general knelt behind the middle-aged man with a firm face and spoke out the thoughts of most generals.

"Master, please give the order to continue the attack! With just one step, we will definitely be able to break through the defense line in front of us!"

More than a dozen fully armored Long family generals all had red eyes, and they all knelt on the ground to ask for a fight. Some even said unwillingly, "It's not just dozens of broken ships. We even touched the sturdy prairie cavalry in the north, and we fought with Ben." Compared with the grassland cavalry coming with their horses and long bows, these weak Song mountain troops in front of us are nothing!"

"Although the Song warships are powerful, they are like rootless trees without the army. They defeated the Song mountain army on land. How can these warships make it ashore!" "The Song mountain army is about to collapse. As long as it continues Just add more force. The fastest update... But why did the owner order the retreat? Army! Master, let me, the army of the Long family, defeat the Song clan and fight hard to pay back all the humiliation they suffered before! "The generals of the Long family all looked excited, wishing they could do it now! He personally led the army to charge forward and kill all the southern mountain people.

"Of course I can attack and kill all the mountain people in the south, but using this battle in the southwest to push my Long family to the position of the leader of the court and completely plunge the Song family into eternal destruction is what I am capable of doing. The Long family should do more! "Front! The middle-aged man turned around, his eyes as cold as knives, and glanced at the Long family generals kneeling in front of him. He raised his head and looked at the black sky, as if he wanted to see through the confusion behind this world. This middle-aged man This person is none other than Long Po, the head of the Long family who led the army back to help.

The No. 1 general in Central and Eastern Asia, with outstanding vision, has reached the pinnacle of this era. Most people only saw his sudden return, completely trapping the Southern Song people who invaded the southwest. It was like a miracle, and the entire Central Plains was stunned. Biya was stunned, but few people would think that the Long family was actually defeated in this southwest battle, and it was a tragic defeat with heavy losses.

Because the Long family not only lost a large amount of military power, but also had to give up the benefits they had gained. All they gained was to trap the Song people. They were still helpless against their biggest enemy, the empire, and needed to cede territory and pay compensation.

If someone looks forward, they will find that there have been abnormalities since the southwest attack on the northwest. The northwest intercepted and killed Yeluguda, drove the northwest grassland people into the empire, hoping that the empire would conflict with the grassland people, and then attacked from behind. Yanzhou killed Yelvuguda in one fell swoop, shocking the world. He marched into Daizhou and fought at Longshibao, driving out Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Central Asians to attack the city, they once again severely damaged the Yelu family. Finally, just when everyone thought that the Long family's headquarters was in danger, they miraculously returned to the army, trapped and killed the Song army in one fell swoop, and defeated the largest Central Asian rival. Forced to the point of death, with such murderous intent lurking, and the strategic method of covering thousands of miles, it is definitely the pinnacle of strategy in this era.

The real targets in this huge layout are actually the Yelu family, the two real big fish of the empire.

Long Po relied on his outstanding military talents to complete miraculous counterattacks. If the most important strategic plan of Longshan's army to march north to attack the empire was not shattered, this huge victory would have become the brightest pearl in military textbooks. , will truly bring the Long family to the throne of Zhongbia’s royal power. Unfortunately, Long Po met a fat man. For the empire The Yelu family was crushed under Lanzhi City, but the Yelu family was not so lucky. The young leader of the Yelu family, Yelu Guda, died in the battle. The Yelu family's strength was greatly reduced, and the Yelu family was divided internally. The Fengtai tribe rose up. The Yelu family on the grassland, where everyone in China and Bia was trembling, was no longer able to launch a military conquest of China and Bia, and even almost reached the point of betrayal and separation.

Compared with these two major forces, the Song clan that was finally trapped in front of them was just the most inconspicuous little fish that Long Po intercepted at the last moment.

And now, even in order to catch this little fish, he has to be severely blackmailed by the empire and has to send Guangmu, the hub of the northern river channel, away. How can Long Po be willing to do so? Is he happy? Uplifting?

What a joke!

More than 100,000 Long family troops fought bloody battles for thousands of miles, the humiliation of two defeats at Kaishan, and more than 200,000 Long family troops were killed and captured. Even if the Long family finally won the southwest battle, the Long family's vitality would be severely damaged. The result is nothing to be excited about!

The only thing that gave Long Po some comfort was that the Song clan had not disappointed him. Not only did they send the entire southern high-level officials, but they also sent an unexpected gift, which made Long Po feel somewhat relieved. Harvest, you are talking about how these super ships are built. With the shipbuilding capabilities of the southern mountains, you are deceiving yourself and others by saying that they were built in the southern mountains!

Long Po knows very well what the southern mountains are like.

Not to mention building a super-large ship like the one in front of you. Even the Song navy, which the Song people are proud of, uses decades-old warships. The height can be as high as three or four meters, even if it reaches the top, it would be early It cannot be used only for combat, but is used as a transport ship, because the rivers in the southern mountainous area are worse than those in the southwest, and it is impossible to run a large ship.

However, the Song people marched north and brought out such a shocking large fleet.

On the Sanchakou river, the battle was even more shocking. The Yelu cavalry suppressed by the giant ship did not even dare to go down the river. At that time, Long Po could not understand how big a ship could be even if it was a big ship. At this moment, seeing these giant beast-like ships, the first thing that flashed through Long Po's mind was the nearly ruined Lichang City. Although Lichang City was not considered strong, it could be beaten into pieces by these large ships. In that way, we can also see that the combat power of these large ships is quite amazing.

I don’t know how the Song people built these big ships! Long Po was also thinking secretly. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't understand. What kind of ship was this? It was simply a weapon specially designed for combat. With such a height and carrying capacity, even if it was originally built by the Central Asian Empire to conquer the southern sea barbarians, The largest five-sailed ship is far from this high. One thing is certain. Yes, it surpasses the level of shipbuilding in Central and South Africa. The side of the ship alone is as high as a city wall. When a ship is fully loaded, it can reach a full battalion of seven or eight hundred fully armored soldiers. Such a number of soldiers can be used to organize It may not be enough to attack a big city, but it is more than enough to surround an ordinary small city.

As the number one person in Central Asia in terms of strategy, Long Po was so excited when he saw these warships that his eyes turned red. Compared with the value of these warships, the Song people are nothing. The southwest river is made of The melting snow from the snowy mountains on the edge converges downwards, and the waterway gradually divides into countless tributaries from west to east, like a large net that eventually covers the entire central and southern part of Central and South-Bia, just like the general flow of the entire Central-Biya river.

This excellent natural geographical advantage was once the Long family’s most powerful asset.

Sixty years ago, the Long family completed control of the entire southwest. The second-generation head of the Long family secretly used the advantages of the upper river to expand the power of the Long family, and achieved considerable results. As a result, he was Ya Chaotang noticed that Zhongbia Chaotang used despicable means to bribe some generals of the Long family. This was the most tragic split in the history of the Long family.

Changes in the Flattery Army

Because of this incident, the Long Family's Western Army was split into two parts by the Zhongbia Court. One part was still in the southwest, and the other part became a flattering army. It became a weapon used by the Zhongbia Court to check the Long Family's Western Army. In order to prevent the Long family from taking advantage of the river channel to expand again, Biya Chaotang simply assigned the Fengcheng area where the southwest river left the southwest region to the Fengcheng Army.

This hateful and embarrassing situation lasted until the Yelu family went south and severely damaged the remnants of the Flattery Army. The Flattery Army had shrunk significantly and was severely damaged twice in a row. The original number of the Flattery Army reached 500,000. There are no more than 30,000 people. It is no longer the flattering army that was so powerful and numerous at the beginning.

After decades, the situation finally changed in a way that made the Southwest Long family have to be tempted.

The flattery barrier that had been blocking the eastward direction to the southwest of the Long family for decades has been weakened by the flattery army and has ceased to exist in name only. The river area is even more unobstructed. The big city along the river is completely undefended. As long as the Long family drives out, it will It can be included in the bag, but with the prestige of the Long family now at its peak, who dares to stand up and say anything!

As long as these large ships can be in the hands of the Long family, the Long family can go down the river and expand the scope of control to most of Central and South-Bia in the shortest time. Even the power of the Central and South-Bia court will be extended to the Long family. You can get it. How could Long Po not be tempted by such an excellent opportunity for expansion?

But now there is an important problem before Long Po, that is, once the Song family finds that there is no hope of escape, burns down the cauldron and burns the warship, then all the efforts of the Long family will be in vain! Therefore, although the Long family's attack on the trapped Song army had an absolute advantage in numbers and morale, it still only adopted a war of attrition mode.

After decades of fighting, Long Po still knows what kind of character the head of the Song family has.

, conspiracy, tricks, and small tricks are all right. When it comes to commanding a real army battle, the leader of the Song clan has too many worries, which is his biggest weakness. In a surprise attack, the opponent is caught off guard. As a result, after the surprise attack, Instead, he tied his hands and feet together, just like the life-and-death battle in Southwest China, and he still committed the same old habit.

"Either he was too late to advance, looking forward and backward, or he was advancing slowly, fearing any surprises. If it were him, after breaking through Lichang, and taking advantage of the panic among the people in the southwest, he would immediately attack the Long family's headquarters with great speed. No matter what, first break the Long family's headquarters and then say "" As long as the Long family's headquarters is forced, the wealthy forces in the southwest that have hatred for the Long family will stand on their own, and the southwest will The land was the result of changing flags and owners. However, the leader of the Song clan was worried that the attack would be in danger of being cut off. He ordered the army to clear the river before he dared to drive the warships to advance. This was a waste of time and delayed the best opportunity. He said that he was blocked by more than 10,000 dragon-level soldiers for two days, and finally he could only stop at Longyingkou. The Song people deserved this situation! "

At the military meeting, in order to boost the morale of the entire army, Long Po severely criticized the leader of the Song clan in a ridiculing tone, which made everyone burst into laughter. It was really a relief. After all, the leader of the Song clan had He is known as the number one person in the south, and his unrivaled strategy in the Lichang Raid Battle was shown before and after. For the Long family To everyone, it would be a lie if they didn't feel a little scared. Now that they hear their master say that the number one man in the south is worthless, they are filled with relief, just like in the hot June. Tian was as happy as drinking a bucket of ice water, and everyone burst out with confidence that they would win this battle.

"Come here, send someone to shoot this letter into the Song Mountain Army!" Long Po handed a letter of persuasion to surrender to the people around him with a cold expression, even though this time the Song clan set off a bloody storm in the southwest, causing more than 20,000 dragons to surrender. Soldiers from home died in battle, and the region suffered was destroyed, but in fact, it was not the Song people in the south that seriously damaged the vitality of the Long family, but the empire. In the two battles of Kaishan, the Long family army collapsed and was trampled. Under the city of Lanzhi, blood flowed into rivers, and the Long family They all cast a psychological shadow , the killing god Longshan who was responsible for guarding the camp, and because of these two disastrous defeats, died suddenly of illness the day after the news of Long Po's return to Guanglin reached Guanglin. In fact, the whole family knew that this was not a death from illness, but He used his own death to apologize to the entire Long family. Thinking of how many illustrious military achievements Longshan had made for the Long family in guarding the southern mountains for thirty years, but in the end it was like this. It makes people feel extremely emotional and feel a little bit deep in their hearts. Powerless desolation

With such a powerful army, how could the Long family not be able to defeat the empire?

In three wars, nearly 200,000 of the Long family's remaining troops were devoured by the empire. Compared with this, what are the losses caused by the Song clan? If the empire hadn't restrained too much power from the Long family's base camp, the Song tribe's mountain army, with a mere 70,000 to 80,000 troops, would not have invaded the hinterland of the southwest. Even if the southwest opened the door in front of their faces, would that weakling Song Que dare to come in? ? "Pu" A cluster of arrows streaked across the sky, flying towards the Song nationality's defense line on the opposite side. Seeing the letter being picked up by the Song nationality officer on the opposite side, Long Po actually gave the order, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of drums, accompanied by the sound of advancing footsteps, shook the earth, and the Long family's full-scale attack began , Long Po did not push the Song clan into despair at first. In fact, he was waiting for the Song clan to make a decision, either to die in the southwest or to hand over these warships. From then on, the southern mountains bowed to the Long family. Other than that, There is no other choice! (To be continued...)r