Realm of Power

The civil war between the Yelu family on the grassland finally started on the Han River

The river wind blew fiercely, causing the battle flags to flutter. Countless prairie cavalry stopped their horses on the north side of the river. The battle flags were like a romantic sea, and the cavalry queue was so heavy that it was like a large dark cloud covering the north of the Han River. , and the big river in front of me with its rolling rapids moving towards the east, showing a sky full of chaos stirring up the wind and clouds on this land,

As Yelu Hongtai said, Mongolia's 100,000 cavalry came along the Han River.

Countless cavalry appeared on this land like a rolling torrent. After learning that the empire sent troops to Daizhou and penetrated the northern line of Daizhou in one day, Mongolia's 100,000 cavalry not only had no intention of retracting , instead speeding up the drive towards the Imperial Capital. Time finally reached the end of April and the beginning of summer. Both sides of the Han River once again became the focus of attention from the entire Central Asian continent.

One hundred thousand people from the Fengtai tribe went south to the imperial capital, and Yelu Qiyeguang, the heir to the Yelu family, also led 30,000 Baihe troops to the north. The area where the two sides finally collided was the Han River

"The Yelu army flag appears south of the river." A scout cavalry galloped from the front, rolling up smoke and dust, until he pulled the horse hard in front of Mongolia.

"What is the strength of the Yelu family?" Mongolia Luoyan waved his hand to the scout cavalry. After experiencing the conflict between father and son, this young descendant of the Golden Family has begun to gain some domineering power. At this moment He is the prairie wolf who has completely let go of his restraints, leading his pack of wolves to Prove to the whole world that he is the most powerful wolf king in the hearts of the grassland people. With this belief, his stern face has a steel-like temperament mixed with it. In the form of Mongolia, as the golden family a thousand years ago, A branch, in Prairie dialect, originally means steel, which means ruthless.

"Although it's not very clear across the river bank, judging from the size of the military camp, it's about 30,000 people," the scout replied.

"Thirty thousand people, so the Yelu family has sent out all the Baihe soldiers who suppressed the family's wealth."

"It must be the case. Apart from the Baihe army, there are still 30,000 people in the Yelu family now."

When more than a dozen generals from the Fengtai tribe and other tribes heard the news, they all showed excitement.

One of the generals with a scar on his right cheek flashed with a fierce look in his eyes, and made a disdainful sound from his mouth. "I never expected that the Yelu family, this little rat, would finally have the courage to leave the imperial capital, otherwise , I almost thought that the Yelu family who led us across the grassland at the beginning, after staying in the Imperial Capital for two years, Yelu Hongtai increasingly regarded himself as the master of the grassland and everyone as his slaves."

"Haha, General Agula, you can't say that. The Imperial Capital is a great place. I've been there myself. Even the wind blowing on my face is filled with the scent of a woman. It makes my bones soft. Forget Yelu Hongtai, who still remembers the cold wind and snow when he took everyone south, and I heard that he has now handed over all the slaves in Central Asia to the management of the empire, and for this reason he did not hesitate to deal with those who opposed the empire , otherwise, why should the empire support him to become King Yelu?"

"This guy is simply a traitor to our grassland. He is just an old dog raised by the empire. How can he be called King Yelu?"

A white-haired patriarch gritted his teeth and said, "If we knew that the Yelu family would become like this, why would everyone desperately follow the old fox southward? Why is there so much gold and silver in Zhongbia? Making the tribe prosperous and strong was all a lie that defrauded people's lives. In two years, each tribe fought to the death and fought with the Central and Asian courts several times. In the war, more than 100,000 people died in the war, and the gold and silver wealth they obtained ended up falling into the pockets of the imperial merchants. The Yelu family only saw the empire. When had there ever been interests for us prairie people? Such a Yelu family, You should die. The destruction of the Yelu family is the will of Changshengtian. We are fighting according to the will of Changshengtian. There is nothing to be afraid of."

"The Yelu family has heavily deployed its troops on the Han River, preparing to rely on the Han River to fight to the death with our army. What do you think?"

Mongolia waved his hand, interrupting the generals and tribal chiefs' scolding of the Yelu family. He squinted his eyes and scanned the wide and somewhat excessive river in front of him. It was the rising season of early summer, and the Han River in front of him The river has expanded from the original thirty to forty meters to more than a hundred meters. At a glance, there are waves of echoes on the banks and dams hit by the rolling waves. Lines of turbid water flowed rapidly, forming whirlpools on the lower surface of the river. They were also mixed with debris that surged down from the upper reaches. One of them was a tree stump about seven or eight meters long, as big as a waist. Thick and thin, it rose and fell in the water. In just a blink of an eye, it was carried dozens of meters away and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Such flow and width of the river made the grassland people's expressions change.

"What can we do? The current is so strong that our cavalry can't cross it at all." One of Mongolia's subordinates took a deep breath with an ugly face. "It's not that the Yelu family went south that day, but they could easily cross this river with cavalry." Why did the river become so ferocious and wide when it came to us? "I know this." The person who answered him was the one who just scolded Yelu Hongtai. The famous clan leader, he was one of them when the Yelu family went south. This time it was suggested that the Mongolians follow the path the Yelu family took to go south along the Han River. It was also his suggestion. I saw him saying, "The Yelu army was based on the Yelu ancients." Da acted as the vanguard and rushed hundreds of miles directly to the Han River. Then Yeluguda personally ordered to cross the river and took the lead to jump into the river. The other troops naturally followed. In addition to being forced into a dead end and having to do it, the main reason is that the Han River that the Yelu family faced that day was in the dry season in spring. As long as one jumped on a war horse, the water depth would at most be as deep as the horse's body. The height cannot submerge the top of the head, and the Central-Bian army did not expect that Yeluguda would dare to cross the Han River in one breath. He was unprepared and allowed the Yelu family to easily cross the Han River. And now we have It was early summer in April, when the Han River was in flood season. Not only was the water flowing fast, but its depth was already deeper than a war horse. It was impossible to use Yeluguda's tough method to cross the river. The only way now was to cut down the trees and build them into logs. The platoon is forced to cross this road. Fortunately, there are dense forests on both sides of the Han River. As long as Master Mongolia gives the order, I believe that our army can set up enough wooden platoons in one day at most."

“This is the only way now.”

Mongolia nodded sternly, looking very helpless. Man is not as good as God. Mongolia did not expect that a big river would become a problem to stop a hundred thousand troops. As a northern nomad, he was not very familiar with rivers. It should be noted that in the north, there are not many rivers, and most of them are not very wide. Just like on the grassland, the cavalry group's sudden advance simply ignores the rivers. The rivers on the grassland can be 20 to 30 meters long. It's a big river Yes, but when we arrived in the Zhongbia area, the river suddenly became several times, dozens of times more majestic. The grassland people were invincible warriors on horseback, but when they arrived on the Zhongbia people's boats, they were just a bunch of soft-footed people. Look, Look at the most elite Bai of the Yelu family The Heqin Army's tragic performance in the Sanchakou River in the south is known. Thousands of prairie warriors arrived on the river and were unable to defeat even three to four hundred Central Bians. Their heads were beheaded by the Central Bians and hung in the cabin of the ship. Go up and lose the face of the prairie people.

"Then the whole army will cut down the trees, form rafts, and start the attack tomorrow." The other generals agreed one after another. The Yelu family wanted to rely on the Han River to survive. How could it be possible?

Just as the generals were going to various ministries to cut down trees, a general from the Fengtai tribe approached Mongolia and whispered, "Chief, I am afraid that the emperor's invasion of Daizhou cannot be concealed for long. If other people are allowed to People know that, I am afraid that the morale of the military will be shaken.”

"Didn't you already give the order to cut off the news from the north?" Mongolia frowned slightly and glanced around cautiously. Except for his trusted guards, there was no one else, and then he whispered.

"Although the news from the north has been cut off, after a long time, I'm afraid all the ministries will become suspicious." The subordinate smiled bitterly.

"It doesn't take too long. As long as I break the Han River, I can reach the imperial capital within three days." Mongolia took a deep breath and said with a muffled nose. He looked at the rolling Han River. As long as the Han River was broken, I could reach the Imperial City in three days. River, to the south of the river, even if the various ministries know the news of the imperial capital's raid on Daizhou, looking at the imperial capital that is already close at hand, can they still turn around and fight back?

"Yes, I understand." The subordinate nodded and left. Mongolia suddenly ordered the entire army to advance to the imperial capital. In fact, it was to increase the distance from the north. Now the messengers from various ministries have been secretly detained, so all ministries and I don’t know the news that the empire has sent troops. After all, the empire has sent troops, and the The Lu family's dispatch of troops is completely based on two concepts. No matter how much the tribes hate the empire, they have to admit the fact that the empire's combat power is the most powerful in the world. According to the extremely pragmatic characteristics of the grassland people, there will inevitably be tribes that march south from this army. When I choose to evacuate, the arrow has already left the bowstring. How can I pull it back again?

"We must not be allowed to be" Mongolia's eyes were ferocious, and his cheeks, which had been exposed to the sun all year round on the grassland, looked cold in the darkness. The empire's attack on Daizhou was something that could have been foreseen when he went south this time. Fengtai Although the army was strong, they continued to suppress the Yelu family and the Southwest Long family, killing heads on both sides and interrupting the two empires.

Mongolia knew very well that facing the empire, even if the Fengtai tribe used all its combat power, it might not be enough to kill the empire in one battle.

Therefore, returning the army to rescue Daizhou has no effect at all. On the contrary, it is a waste of fighter opportunities going south. Since Daizhou cannot be defended at all, naturally there is no intention to defend it.

What's more, due to the fierce fighting between the Fengtai tribe and the Long family's army in Daizhou, especially after the tragic defeat of Longshi Castle, the Fengtai tribe tried its best to shrink back and evacuated the more than 200,000 members of the tribe from Daizhou in an orderly manner to avoid the Long family's attack. In the Luyang area to the east of Daizhou, most of Daizhou had been destroyed by the rioting Central Asians, and even supplies were lost. Several times, the Daizhou lock warehouse that was originally used to support the Yanzhou barrier has long been empty and could starve to death. Now Daizhou is in an idle state. If not, how could the Fengtai Department leave Longyang? The hundreds of thousands of Central Africans did not adopt the previous strategy of forced suppression, but adopted semi-moderate fixed management.

Mongolia had long seen that the Central Asians left behind by Long Yang hated the grassland people, but they also hated the empire. Privately, they all believed that if the empire hadn't been too powerful and forced the Long family to abandon the northwest and enter Yanzhou, There was no need for them to abandon the old and weak at home and let them fend for themselves in the cold winter. They followed the Long family from the northwest to Yanzhou and then to Daizhou. Along the way, countless people froze to death and starved to death. Among these, More popular than people's hearts Here, this is all the fault of the empire. It is precisely because of this that the Fengtai tribe concentrated these Central Bians and placed them near Longshi Castle, as if they were treating them as human flesh to prevent the empire from moving south from Yanzhou. Barrier, it’s just that these Central Bians don’t know this. They think that the Fengtai tribe is concerned about how powerful the Long family is, so they take special care of them. Some Central Bians even have doubts about the Fengtai tribe’s gentle rule. gratitude,

The treatment of these Central Bians would not be to kill them all, but as soon as they occupied a place, there were still millions of restless Central Bians. Without the slightest guarantee of stability, they immediately attacked Daizhou in a furious manner. Advance to the south and start a war with the 300,000 to 400,000 grassland people gathered in the Daizhou area. Under the circumstances of being attacked from both sides, even the emperor will have no choice but to return in defeat. It is best if this war leads to various The vitality of the whole department was seriously damaged. In this case, other than being able to stick to the Fengtai Department, the other departments would have no other choice. Therefore, when the empire went south to Daizhou, the first one to bear the brunt was not the Fengtai Department, but these few. Most of the 100,000 Central Asians who expect the Fengtai tribe to be the vanguard. No matter how strong the imperial army is, after such exhaustion, there will be no combat power left to attack the Luyang area where the Fengtai tribe is really located.

The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole stalks behind it. It originally encouraged my father and son in Fengtai to fight, and now I want to be alone. How could I not treat Mongolia as a three-year-old child?

Mongolia's eyes were so cold that it made people palpitate. He clenched his fingers suddenly and made a gurgling sound. His mind still flashed back to the dead bodies on the ground during the civil war in the Fengtai Department, the tents burning with flames, and the people crying for their parents. The child, the war horse licking the cold face of his master, the father Mongolian Tielie's horse was full of blood Although the civil strife was the result of efforts by both parties to control it, more than 30,000 Fengtai tribe members died, and more than 10,000 Fengtai tribe's best warriors were laid to rest forever, becoming the King of Khans. , destined to be a road filled with corpses and seas of blood, he personally beheaded his father, and he had no regrets

Just like there can only be one wolf king in a wolf pack, he believes that if the winner is his father Mongolia Tielie, he will kill him without hesitation.

The Fengtai Department has already shown the determination it needs to show, so it is time for all ministries to fulfill their obligations to the Fengtai Department.

The extremely difficult March, I finally got through it