Realm of Power

There was a strong wind, and the military camp on one side of the river. Looking around the river from a high place, a long line of temporary military camps was built on top of each other, blocking the road from the river to the south. The walls of the military camp were Above, soldiers patrolled silently. In the rain, their clothes and armor looked particularly cold. I don’t know why, but there seems to be a kind of stagnation in the sky and earth arrows. This is the military camp of Long Xueshan, the special envoy to China. This time, there are three thousand Long family soldiers accompanying Long Xueshan. They will return after crossing the big river. He also refused to go north, and just camped with his back to the big river, waiting for someone from the empire to contact him.

At this moment, a middle-aged man stood on the top of the tallest wooden archery tower, holding his armor and pressing his sword. The wind blew behind him and his robes blew high. A dozen generals from the Long family stood behind the middle-aged man with respectful expressions. Long Xueshan, the special envoy to China who is in contact with the empire, is also among them. He is obviously in his prime at the age of forty, but his temples are already gray. , just standing there, the one who can make the powerful generals of the Long family in Central and South-Bia so respectful is naturally the first general of Central-Bia who was seriously injured due to the refugee attack in the court report, the prime minister of Central-Bia, Long Po, just This famous general who was seriously injured in the report was now wearing armor, like a statue, looking at the vast imperial capital in front of him with a complicated expression.

"If the Emperor of Zhongbia hadn't suddenly appeared, it would have been a different scene at this moment. The 300,000 Zhongbia army would not have been used to suppress the refugees, but would have set foot in this land where our Zhongbia ethnic group has been cultivating for thousands of years. The treasure land of life, expel those grassland people from the north of Yanzhou, and let Zhongbia become the center of the entire earth again!"

Long Po looked away with a complex expression, clenching his fingers and letting out a clucking sound. After spending so much energy and countless years of bloody battles with countless men of the Long family, he was finally defeated by the cowardly Emperor of Zhongbia who returned to the south. The blow was shattered into pieces. In any case, the Long family was just a local military official with no foundation in the court and no interests with the southern provinces.

If the emperor's life and death are unknown, in order to seek protection from the grassland people going south, the court ministers and the southern provinces may be able to tolerate a prime minister with a military background, and even eventually acquiesce to replace the Zhongbia royal family and become the new The lord of China and Biya, but now, the situation has reversed overnight. Turn, the emperor who abandoned the imperial capital twice and ran away suddenly came back, and signed an armistice agreement with the grassland people who panicked the entire south. In the end, it even drove the grassland people to agree to return tens of millions of Chinese dollars to the imperial capital area. Slave, in such a short period of time, he didn’t even have time to react.

The entire court turned in favor of the emperor overnight, and all provinces and provinces responded fiercely to the emperor's return south. Even the common people who seemed to have forgotten how much of a bastard this emperor was were shouting "The Holy King Returns South". It seems that overnight, he changed from the savior of the Central Asian people to the rebel of the entire Central Asian people.

Thinking of this, Long Po could only smile bitterly. The Long family shed countless blood for Zhongbia, and the casualties among their children were incalculable. However, the result was the Song family's thousands-mile attack on the southwest, and the court's isolated and cold treatment of the Long family.

China and Bia are finished!

Although he didn’t know why the emperor who had been missing for more than half a year suddenly appeared in the imperial capital of the Yelu family, Long Po also guessed that this matter must be related to the empire.

If the Yelu family had the emperor's trump card in their hands, they would have taken it out long ago. They would not have waited until they were completely weak and had to huddle in the imperial capital before taking it out. Moreover, taking it out at this time would not only embarrass themselves, For the Yelu family themselves, there is nothing There is no benefit at all. The biggest enemy of the Yelu family is the Fengtai tribe in the north. The Fengtai tribe wants the imperial capital. The emperor of Zhongbia may not even have the patience to look at it, let alone worry about Zhongbia. The emperor was in the imperial capital and gave up attacking the imperial capital of the Yelu family.

Reminiscent of the sudden appearance of the Emperor of Zhongbia, it was just when the Fengtai tribe was heading south, and the Northern Expedition that he had been preparing for so long was about to be launched. However, due to this accident, all his hard work was wasted, and the Fengtai tribe was heading south. Hanshui was defeated in a battle by the alliance between the empire and the Yelu family. More than 200,000 people in the entire clan were exterminated. The empire's power completely enveloped China. Yabei knew that who else but the emperor could arrange such a clean and neat way of sealing the throat with a sword, and a killing method like starting a prairie fire. Long Po believed that since the emperor arranged everything behind him , then this turmoil in the big river is definitely not just as simple as letting the refugees attack the south.

But even if you can see it, what can you do?

The ministers in the court only looked at the emperor's return south, eager to stand in line to gain profits. Who had the heart to take a look at the life and death of the refugees?

The local provinces were busy presenting tributes to welcome the emperor's return to the south. Although they knew that there were millions of refugees returning to the south along the river, they all believed that they were far away from them and the impact they could receive was extremely limited, and the emperor returned to the south. At present, if it can be done properly, it is a big step to move from a local province to become an important minister of the court. In fact, all the provinces also believe that the resettlement of these southern returnees is ultimately the responsibility of the court. How much does responsibility have to do with local provinces? What's more, now on the river, 300,000 elite warriors trained by the Long family are suppressing the rebels. They will not cause too much disturbance to these refugees returning to the south.

Just like now, the army marched north to quell the chaos. The turmoil was almost quelled in just a few days. Under the separation of the army marching north, they were already so honest that they did not dare to have any more riots. "If Didn't the army marching north tell these refugee emperors The country has promised to sell grain, and they will have food relief soon. How can the millions of refugees stabilize in just a few days? Just wait and see, once it is discovered that there is no food, these millions of refugees will It will become a real prairie fire, Southern Province, Zhongbia Court... Haha. "Long Po looked back from a distance and snorted. His last thoughts about Zhongbia Court disappeared in this groan. The wind blew, and from then on, Zhongbia and Southwest Dragon Since the Long family can't become the master of China and Bia, they might as well stand on their own. Based on the strength of the Long family's army and the fact that he knew the strength of China's military as prime minister, even if he swallowed Zhongbia, Bea, it doesn’t take long! In Long Po's eyes, Zhongbia, this completely decayed old house, would collapse under its weight with just a push from him.

Break and then stand! He, Long Po, chose to voluntarily withdraw from the court battle, just so that the army could go out to Guang Linchuan again, but this time it was not against the Yelu family in the grassland, but against the court in Zhongbia! The entire court is probably watching their own joke at this moment. They are laughing at themselves. The number one general in China and Bibia was actually attacked and seriously injured by refugees in the main camp. Just wait and see, it won’t take long for me, Long Po, to come back and kill me. Let everyone know whether the title of China's number one general is a false one!

"Master, the Imperial people are coming!" A Long family general suddenly raised his hand and pointed forward.

Long Po looked in the direction of his subordinates' fingers, and his expression couldn't help but change, "Imperial Cavalry!"

I saw smoke and dust rising in front of me. From the edge of the earth, a group of black cavalry were galloping towards me. The cavalry spears were neatly tilted downwards. As the horses leaped, a cold light shone. The neat black armors were inlaid with bright protective shields on important parts. The mirrors form three thick horizontal rows facing this way like black clouds. Pressing down, from a distance, it looks like a huge dark cloud covering the ground in front. The iron helmet has red tassels, and the metallic sound of the armor leaves slightly hitting each other comes with the wind. Among them, the cavalry in the middle has red armor. The big cloak fluttered in the wind, like a large burning cloud of fire spreading towards this side.

"What do the Imperial people mean? With such a momentum, they are not here to negotiate, they are here to fight!" The expressions of the generals of the Long family changed, and their hands unconsciously grasped their weapons. Such a number of Imperial cavalry are enough There are more than 10,000 people. To deal with a camp like this, if there is a strong attack, it will only need one attack to collapse. And the empire has never been a kind person.

The most typical example is the genocide of the Fengtai tribe that shocked the whole of Central Asia some time ago. As the empire went to war with the Fengtai tribe, it was also exposed that Mongolia of the Fengtai tribe planned an attack on the imperial mission in the Imperial Capital area. , many people want to see how the empire will deal with this incident,

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, this is the law of the empire that everyone knows

However, the Fengtai tribe is not a small force that can be destroyed easily. It has the support of most of northern China, more than 200,000 tribesmen, and 670,000 to 70,000 elite cavalry. It has the potential to replace the Yelu family as the overlord of the grassland. With such a posture, even the Northern Royal Court recognized the status of the Fengtai tribe for the first time.

The Fengtai tribe went south, tying up more than 100,000 allied troops from various tribes, destroying everything along the way, and almost without any resistance, they fought straight to the Han River, which was only fifty miles away from the imperial capital. With such great military power, they rushed straight into the sky of the imperial capital.

Everyone thought that the Imperial Capital of the Yelu family was doomed this time. As long as hundreds of thousands of grassland troops crossed the Han River, it would be a situation of storming the Imperial Capital. The Yelu family had only 30,000 people left after the full attack. Facing five times the enemy, they persisted. It was meaningless, but the result was that overnight, the empire intervened forcefully, using only more than 20,000 cavalry to attack the Fengtai tribe's camp head-on. Then they attacked the Fengtai tribe from the front and back with the Yelu family's Baihe troops, and drove the Fengtai tribe south. The road ends completely at Hanshui River

Even Mongolia, the future golden khan in the eyes of the prairie people, was beheaded by the empire on the way back to his tribe. When the news came out, the whole of Central Asia was in an uproar. No one expected that the Fengtai tribe would be defeated like this. With a military order from the empire, the entire 200,000 Fengtai tribe was completely wiped out.

The Fengtai tribe attacked the imperial camp, causing more than 200 casualties on the imperial side.

The empire retaliated against the Fengtai tribe, beheading more than 200,000 people, and the earth was stained with blood for more than a hundred miles. The once prestigious Golden Fengtai tribe completely became history. In the future, this name can only be heard in the songs of the singers! No one doubts that the Empire will fight blood for blood and tooth for tooth.

This is the empire. In the blink of an eye, life and death are disillusioned. Millions of corpses are lying on the ground. The Yelu family takes the initiative to submit to the empire. The tribes in northern China bow their heads to the empire. The northern grassland changes color at the imperial flag. The grassland of fast horses and long bows Even if people are like this, Zhongbia, which has only half of the country left, is probably not as good as the powerful grassland people to the empire.

It would not be inappropriate to say that the empire would take this opportunity to destroy the camp in one fell swoop and kill all the people from China and Bia who came for so-called negotiations. Long Po snorted and said with a ferocious expression, "All Why are you panicking! If the empire wants to take action, there is no need to be so blatant and make such a big splash. It only needs to launch a strong attack after dark, and our army will be completely unstoppable."

"Yes, if the opponent wants to attack the camp, it is indeed better to do it at night!" The generals looked refreshed and said,

"Go down with the order and open the gate of the camp!" Long Po narrowed his eyes and said loudly. This is not the first time he has fought against the empire. Before and after, more than 100,000 Long family troops died under the sword of the empire. , if the Battle in the Southwest had not shaken up the Long family, they would not have had to wait so long before choosing to attack the weak Yelu family. He started the Northern Expedition, but when he really saw the appearance of the elite cavalry of the empire, Long Po pretended to be calm and turned away, secretly swallowing a sip of saliva. The other party wouldn't start a war just because they disagreed. In fact, he was a little worried in his heart. The disparity in combat power between the two sides was so huge that even a reaction would have no effect. We could only bite the bullet and simply open the camp door.

If the other party really has a problem and sees the camp gate open, he will not dare to enter. After the camp is the big river. In case of a surprise attack, the boats that have been prepared in the camp can be withdrawn to the south bank.

"I just said that this method is ineffective against the Long family!" Li Long was riding on a war horse, looking at the camp gate in the distance that instead of panicking, slowly opened, he took a deep breath and looked to the side quietly. Li Yuehua, who was standing on the horse, said that the rainwater hit Li Yuehua's armor and fell on the scarlet velvet cloak behind the armor. You could see that the water flowed down the cloak without stopping and fell on the ground.

"I didn't expect that Long Xueshan, a member of the Long family, would have such courage. I really underestimate the Long family!" Li Yuehua curled his lips slightly, rode forward, and used cavalry to charge into the formation to put pressure on the opponent. This was Li Yuehua's idea and the Long family's unruly behavior were known to the whole of China and Bia. Li Yuehua had the intention to use this. There is always a way to kill the spirit of the Long family. Although the tone of the negotiation has been set, there are always more benefits if you can suppress the other side. What's more, it has been guessed that the Long family is going to escape this time. If you don't find an opportunity to exert pressure, To gain more negotiating advantages, it would be a waste of such an excellent opportunity.

It's just a pity that Li Yuehua didn't know that the person in charge in the camp was not Long Xueshan, but the number one general in Central Asia, Long Po, who even the emperor rated as extremely bold and decisive.

The queue of imperial cavalry finally stopped about a hundred meters away from the camp. Long Po also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the opponent continued to move forward, it would be easy for them to start a real war. After all, no matter how bold Long Po was, he would never ignore it. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushed within a hundred meters without making any move. When the generals of the Long family saw tens of thousands of imperial cavalrymen, they gave the order and began to quickly disperse from the two lines.

In the middle, an imperial general came up from behind, and a Central Asian official in a red robe followed and stopped the horse.

"Is that the Central and Asian court uniform?"

The Long family looked at Li Long up and down, with confusion in their eyes. Who would have thought that there would be an official from the Central Asian Court in the imperial cavalry group, and he seemed to have a close relationship with the person in charge of the empire.

"Isn't that Li Long!" Someone whispered. Someone among the generals knew Li Long.

"Li Long? Is this the Li Long who found the emperor?"

"That's him. I recognize him. I can't be wrong!" The Long family camp was already in an uproar.

Long Po also recognized that the middle-aged man was Li Long. He was the one who introduced Li Long to the north of the river. He never expected to meet again under such circumstances.

"How could Li Long be with the Imperial people!" Long Po's eyes froze for a moment, and he suddenly felt a little bad. The appointment of Li Long as the deputy negotiator was still an appointment written by him. He originally thought that after the Long family took away the food, they would This blame has been thrown on the Li family. Anyway, the Li family is now in a weak position, and neither the emperor nor the ministers want to see it. The Li family was resurrected, and Long Po also hated Li Long for finding the emperor, so that all the Long family's hard work was in vain. Even the Long family had to temporarily evacuate to the southwest, so he simply wiped out the Li family completely, but Unexpectedly, Li Long actually seemed to be quite related to the person in charge of the empire (To be continued...)r