Realm of Power

The rippling lake glowed with sparkling gold in the sunlight. A beautiful figure stood on the edge of the lake, with a sad look on her pretty face. After witnessing the murderous intent of the imperial cavalry group heading south, Mingyue The princess finally lost her mind to continue watching. Princess Mingyue turned around and got on a horse. The pure white horse's back was like a beautiful white flower by the lake. He sighed, "Your Majesty, you are so directly at odds with the Long family. Aren't you worried that Long Po will pounce directly with an army of 300,000 Long family? Don't tell me." When the empire and the Song clan join forces, the Long family would be deceiving themselves by stopping their march northward! "

"Oh, why do you think so? The fat man's face was slightly stunned. In fact, he just said it casually by uniting the Song clan to suppress the Long family. In fact, it was impossible to do it immediately. If it was before the Song clan was defeated, or if it was still It's possible, but now, the Song people themselves are fleeing in panic, what else is there? There is no fighting spirit at all. If we really want to fight, I am afraid that it will not be enough to attack the Long family's 300,000 troops. This time the empire assists the Song people to escape, and even goes to war without declaring it. It sends cavalry to attack the back of the Long family army, furious How can the Long family care about the face of the empire and the Song clan? What’s more, the Song clan is still defeated by the Long family.

Princess Mingyue paused, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Your Majesty was almost deceived just now. In fact, it is okay to unite with the Song family to suppress the Long family and make the Long family completely abandon Guangmu. It's okay to think about it. In fact, it is simply not possible, because the Song clan was defeated in the southwest, and the morale of the army has reached its lowest point. If the empire had not sent troops, I am afraid that It was the result of the annihilation of the entire army. How could such an embarrassed army, which had just escaped, deal with the 300,000 Long family warriors who had just settled the war in the southwest and whose morale was shaken, not to mention the soldiers who came with the army? It is Long Po, the number one general in Zhongbia, who will not give the Song family any chance to escape. The best possibility for the Long family is to kill them directly in Guangmu!"

Princess Mingyue looked at the fat man with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, her two delicate eyebrows were already tightly knitted together, and she said in a serious voice, "Your Majesty, please tell me the truth. How should we end up teasing the Long family's face like this?" No matter what the plan, I don't know how the empire will stop the angry Long family from advancing northward. Does your Majesty really want to fight in Guangmu? The tragedy in Lanzhi City will be staged again? There are still 300,000 Central Asians in Guangmu City. When the grassland moved south, the suffering of millions of Central Asians moved south. What I saw and heard is that Mingyue is really It’s not like watching it again, please show your majesty your noble hand and let Guangmu go. Anyway, the Song people have been rescued. Even if the empire abandons Guangmu, it has achieved its goal."

"Ahem, you are thinking too much. I definitely have no intention of turning Guangmu into a battlefield! The fat man looked embarrassed and coughed twice. His decisive tone made Princess Mingyue look mocking. This kind of words is also a lie. As for children, now it is not the empire that wants to turn Guangmu into a battlefield, but the Long family who are full of revenge and want to turn Guangmu into a battlefield. Even if you are the god of war, facing the Long family's army coming like the top of Mount Tai, can you think of it? Can you still shout and the other party will stop fighting?

The fat man looked at Princess Mingyue's contemptuous eyes with an expression of disbelief. He could only shake his head with a bitter smile, "Whether you believe it or not, I can tell you for sure that even if Long Po leads an army of 300,000 people, he will never do it." Within ten miles of Guangmu, just watch, the Long family will retreat within two hours!"

Seeing the affirmative look on Fatty's face, Princess Mingyue was a little shaken, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes. Could there really be anything that Fatty could do?

If someone else had told her that the Long family had 300,000 soldiers and did not dare to approach Guangmu, she would definitely sneer at it. Long Po held 300,000 soldiers and Guangmu was close at hand. He only needed a gentle touch to Guangmu. It can be recovered, and the Long family will let this excellent opportunity pass by. This kind of thing is like expecting a cat not to eat fish. Who would believe it!

Princess Mingyue's eyes cannot see twenty miles downstream. If she could see, she would see that the Long family army advancing along the river downstream has indeed stopped.

A black line blocked the front of the Long family army. It was the black imperial cavalry. Behind the armor of each cavalry centurion there was a falcon flag. The archers in the rear row neatly raised their weapons. With a powerful recurve bow, the wind blows fiercely. It can be imagined that once these arrow clusters fly out with the bonus of the wind, they will be enough to hit the Long family infantry before they get close. It was washed fiercely seven or eight times, and the opponent was obviously a cavalry with fast arrows and fierce arrows. This was enough to give any infantry a headache. The black imperial cavalry armor was like layers of black armor spread out. Like clouds, Long Po's eyes swept over these sturdy imperial cavalry formations one by one, and his thick black eyebrows were already twisted into the character "Sichuan".

Tens of thousands of imperial cavalry were still ignored by him.

What made him order the army to stop advancing was the six Dragon Tooth warships in the river that had finished opening their side baffles. The black Imperial Thor cannons were facing the Long family army near the river, in the sunshine. Below, these long black iron pipes made every Long family soldier who recognized them have a look of fear on their faces, and even the queue was a little commotion.

"It's the Imperial Thunder God!"

"Despicable, shameless, even the Imperial Thunder God is installed on the ship! Treacherous, undeclared war, just let the Song people go, why are they attacking our army!" A Long family general scolded with a livid face, Most of the Long family soldiers have not seen what the imperial warships look like, but regard these six Longya warships as ships. , looking at the rows of gun ports that have been exposed on the sides of these hulls, anyone has to consider whether they have the courage to brave the powerful bombardment of the Imperial Thunder God to attack the cavalry, and the appearance of these Imperial cavalry, these six Dragon Teeth The appearance of battleships also forced Long Po to consider, how many Imperial battleships and Imperial cavalry were there in the direction of Guangmu? Although the Long family has an army of 300,000, they have now won the Southwest Battle. In order to pursue the Song people, they fought with the imperial army in Guangmu. For the Long family, who now urgently need to spare the strength to enter the court, it is really difficult. Some gains outweigh the losses, but if the Song people are allowed to escape like this, the Long family will lose face!

Just when Long Po was hesitating, the imperial cavalry array on the opposite side spread out to the two lines. An imperial cavalry came out of the queue, holding a white flag, and came directly towards the Long Family Army.

"What's going on?"

Everyone in the Long family was also confused. Long Po's eyes narrowed into a thin line, and his fingers tightened on the long reins. He could feel that the empire's fighting spirit did not seem to be strong. Is this really just for rescue? Song clan? No, absolutely not. What an existence the empire is. A mere Song clan might still look down upon it. In fact, the Battle of Southwest has already defeated the Song clan. The remaining Song clan is no longer able to control the situation in the court and has no choice but to retreat to the southern mountains. There is only one way to survive, and it's the kind of licking one's own scars in the southern mountains.

Such a Song family cannot recover within ten years. In ten years, the Long family may have already ascended to the throne of Zhongbia. Long Po is interested in the Song family's large fleet, otherwise he would have already attacked the Song family. The main force of the clan launched a pincer attack and completely strangled and crushed it. There was no possibility of the Song clan going north and escaping! Looking at the white flag that was getting closer and closer, Long Po raised his hand slightly twice, and finally put it down again. As he raised and put his hand down, it was the bow and arrow in the hands of the Long family's personal guards. They didn't care. What's the white flag? With just a gesture from the family leader, they will shoot the opposing imperial cavalry into hedgehogs without hesitation.

"I am Bikaye, the captain of the 5th Imperial Guards Squadron. On behalf of my Majesty, I would like to convey that war without declaration is not the intention of our empire. It is just that the Long family has been stationing troops on the south side of Guangmu for a long time, so people have to clean it up. ! "The imperial cavalry didn't seem to care about how many bows and arrows there were. Pointing at himself, he came to the Song army with a calm expression, smiled coldly, and took out a sealed letter from his arms. "This is a letter from His Majesty, the Emperor, to Long Po, the leader of the Long family!" His Majesty said that after seeing it, Lord Long Po would naturally know what was going on! "

"Nonsense, the south of Guangmu is originally the territory of my Long family. Your empire can't tell where my Long family is stationed! Even Guangmu belongs to my Long family. Even if it is taken back, what's wrong with it! "The Long family army was in a noisy and excited mood. The words of the captain of the Imperial Guard who called himself Bikaye were like a stone dropped into the lake, causing countless splashes, and some even pulled out their weapons. They just waited for the order to be issued and rushed forward. Ever since the grassland people went south, the Long family has regarded itself as the top of Zhongbia. Even if the court was defeated, they still independently supported the overall situation of Zhongbia. Otherwise, the Yelu family of the grassland They had already gone south to launch a war of unification. It was because of the Long family's harassment of their hinterland that the Yelu family wasted so much energy and financial resources. How could they just watch being so humiliated?

"Have someone bring the letter over here!" Long Po looked sternly and waved his hand before the surrounding area calmed down. It was really suspicious for the empire to send troops for the Song people. You must know that the Long family and the empire had been separated from each other for several years. , starting from the previous head of the family, Long Yang, how could he not know the character of the supreme emperor of the empire? It is absolutely impossible to do anything without benefit, let alone snatching away the Song clan in front of the 300,000 Long family army. This kind of The danger of the matter, not even the slightest It is no less than putting a two-hundred-pound strong man on a thin steel wire. It is too difficult to prevent it from collapsing. Isn't the other party afraid that he will raise an army in anger and kill Guangmu without hesitation? Maybe even They fought all the way to Kaishan and Lanzhi City. At least according to the latest intelligence, the empire's troops in the southwest showed no signs of increasing. Although they were cavalry, they only numbered in the tens of thousands. Facing the 300,000 Long Family Army , the emperor was not worried at all!

Everything seems to be in that letter!

Curiosity overcame the anger in his heart, and soon the letter was delivered to him. The captain of the Imperial Guard who delivered the letter turned around and returned. Long Po opened the letter in his hand, and as soon as he glanced at it, his body swayed, and his face suddenly changed. The eyes that turned pale, and the cold eyes of countless enemies he could face were suddenly opened wide at this moment, the red eyes were rapidly filling with blood, and even Long Po's fingers holding the letter were filled with excessive force. He made a sound of his bones rattling. Looking at the content above, Long Po was really going crazy at the moment. It was an agreement, and each of the terms listed on the agreement was like a knife, ruthlessly What stuck in Long Po's mind was that it was a copy of the agreement signed by Song Que. It also had Song Que's signature on it. After fighting against the Song clan for so many years, Long Po thought he still couldn't misunderstand Song. The signature of the clan leader,

"Patriarch, what's written on it?" Long Po's expression changed, and the generals of the Long family gathered around him curiously. They also wanted to know. This was the first time they had seen the usually calm and calm Patriarch acting like this. When you lose your temper

"Song Que, this old man! How dare you do this!" Long Po was so angry that he almost vomited blood. After reading the above content, it is not difficult to understand why the empire risked the possibility of encountering a full-scale counterattack by the Long family and wanted to kill Song. The tribe was fished out of the desperate situation in the southwest. The conditions offered were really too tempting. Six ports in Central and South-Bia. The right to control the city, the right to collect taxes, and the court's half tax reduction for the empire's merchants. It is conceivable how much benefit the empire will get from it once this agreement is actually implemented. Just those six ports will It is already the source of half of the current finance of the Central and Asian courts, and the Song people packed it up and gave it to the empire! This is no longer a loss of power and humiliation of the country, but a naked betrayal of the country!

In order to get the empire to help, the Song clan really did not care about anything this time. However, the Song clan failed in this battle and had lost the power to continue to be in charge of the court. In other words, the profits of these six ports were the same as theirs. There is no longer any connection with the family. On the contrary, the income from these six ports will eventually flow into the pockets of the Long family and become the capital of the Long family that will eventually unify the entire Central and Eastern Bia. If it were me, I am afraid that I would not be willing to see such a situation arise.

"Send the order and return to the army!"

Long Po swallowed the sweet blood in his mouth, took a deep breath, waved his hand vigorously, and saw the agreement. How could he care about the Song clan? Even if Guangmu was right in front of him, he didn't take it back. In his mind, there were Imperial cavalry in front of him, and even Imperial warships were launched. Even if they really hit Guangmu, what would happen? Is it really necessary to mobilize an army of 300,000 to attack Guangmu City Wall under the bombardment of the Empire's God of Thunder? Or have a battle with the mighty imperial cavalry in the wild? It took a lot of effort for the Long family to reach the situation where the overall situation is now under control. Once they really fall into it, no one knows what the consequences will be.

Long Po, who had always dared to gamble, found that no matter how he gambled, he seemed to be losing. Guangmu was no longer important. What really worried him was that if during this period, once the empire took over this place from the Song clan, Six ports, everything is too late. What is needed most now is to immediately take over the Central and Eastern courts and turn this agreement into a piece of waste paper, even if you know that the emperor of the empire sent this agreement just to prevent him from advancing northward. Hiroki himself has no choice but to swallow this bitter pill (to be continued...)