Realm of Power

Looking over the intelligence he had just received, the emperor's face showed a strange look. He put down the intelligence and deliberately glanced at the beauty in palace clothes opposite who was correcting the document with a serious face. His lips moved vaguely, and finally he handed over the information. The document was placed on the table. Relying on a woman's intuition, Li Yuehua raised her head with a slight frown.

"Does Your Majesty want to say something to me?\

,""It's nothing, I just feel incredible about some things." The emperor smiled awkwardly.

"What could make His Majesty feel like this?" Li Yuehua's bright eyes fell on the report that the emperor had just read. It was a secret report from the Zhongbia court. Because he had already entered the Imperial Capital West Road, In order to avoid suspicion, Li Yuehua's position as the head of intelligence in China and Libya was automatically canceled. Therefore, even Li Yuehua does not fully understand the intelligence from the Central and Libyan courts.

"Our army is approaching Yangshui. According to the original plan, the Central and Asian troops should choose to avoid it, but the news shows that the Central and Asian court has just ordered to defend Yangshui! The emperor stood up from his seat, picked up the information and walked over ,

"No way!" Li Yuehua's pretty face was full of astonishment,

"See for yourself, the Central and Asian court ordered to defend Yangshui. Any Central and Asian troops who withdraw from Yangshui without authorization will be dealt with as rebels." The emperor paused with a stern voice and said mockingly, "To be honest, if it weren't for myself, Clearly, I thought all the Central and Asian courts had surrendered to our empire! "

Li Yuehua picked up the piece of information that could make the emperor of the empire make such a mockery, glanced at it, and his whole body was stunned. His red and attractive lips were slightly open, and he could not close them for more than ten seconds, knowing that the empire The army approached Yangshui, but the Zhongbia court issued an order to defend the 100,000 troops in the Yangshui area. They even threatened that any Zhongbia general who disobeyed the court's order and evacuated would be considered a treason.

"With such an order, aren't the Central and Asian courts afraid of the generals' rebellion?"

Li Yuehua had a look of disbelief. This was simply forcing the Central-Bian army in the Yanghe area to fight to the death with the Imperial Army, which was armed to the teeth. Both sides were not on the same level. The Imperial Army swept through the grassland people, while the grassland people swept across the Central Plains. With such an obvious gap between the two runners-up, couldn't the entire Central Asian court and the emperor see it?

"Haha, since the incident of Long Po's unauthorized withdrawal to the southwest, the Central and Eastern Courts have ordered that the families of the generals in charge of the army must stay in Xinjing. They seem to be protecting them, but in fact they are hostages." The Imperial Emperor Leng The voice said " Who told the military ministers to have a daring Long family? There was such a special case before. Although the military generals were full of grievances, they could only swallow their anger. On the contrary, with such a life-and-death bargaining chip in their hands, the civilian officials of China and Libya had no choice but to fight against the military generals. The surveillance is like grasping the fate of the military generals with one hand. It is no wonder that the Central and Libyan court can blatantly order one hundred thousand Central and Libyan troops to defend the land of Yangshui, regardless of whether these generals can survive or not. Compared with the tens of thousands of soldiers from China and Bia, the ministers of the court valued their fields in the land of Yangshui more. However, the generals of China and Bia had no army at their disposal, but they had to obey the unreasonable orders of the court. One hundred thousand The army was crucified in the place where the water flowed "

After listening to the emperor's words, Li Yuehua felt that he couldn't stand it anymore.

The entire Yangshui area is the private land of the court ministers. In order to protect these private lands, the court issued such a crazy order. Where is the Emperor of Zhongbia? Can’t the Emperor of Zhongbia not see such an unreasonable order? The court The Li family was detained to avoid suspicion. Even if the empire used this as an excuse to go south, Li Yuehua did not make any demands to the emperor.

Because Li Yuehua knew very well that this was a national policy, and the empire went south. Although there were elements of the Li family in it, in fact, the Li family was just an excuse for the emperor to go south. What the empire really wanted was to use military pressure to force Zhongbia to accept Long Po. A series of terms signed with the empire, this point, at the moment when the Long family signed the terms with the empire, It has long been an irreversible decision in the mind of the emperor. Even if the Li family had not happened, the empire would have used force to put pressure on Zhongbia. Just thinking about his father's death, Li Yuehua couldn't help but feel sad. , Li Tai's body was on the verge of death half a year ago. The destruction was not only physical, but also psychological.

The emperor's order to detain the Li family became the last straw for Li Tai. He watched the powerful empire he had devoted most of his life collapse like a tsunami and landslide under the hooves of the prairie people. The mountains and rivers fell, and refugees were everywhere. When I moved to Beijing for the first time, I saw many mourners along the way. In the court, the students who I admired very much at first turned into those who wanted to kill Li in the blink of an eye. People whose families died quickly and quickly, and in the end, even the emperor, finally took action against the Li family. Li Tai, a veteran of three dynasties who was already in his dying years, all he wanted was a clean death. Would he have to suffer the famous death again? The pain of sin prison is too much. If you die at home, someone will collect the body. If you die in sin prison with rats and insects on the ground, you may not even be able to save your whole body.'

Li Yuehua has already found out that Li Tai committed suicide.

The emperor withdrew his eyes from Li Yuehua, picked up another secret report on the table, and handed it to Li Yuehua, "If you only read this order one-sidedly, it is completely incomprehensible, but if you read this, you won't think so. !”

When Li Yuehua heard this, he took the information with a confused expression, opened it, and glanced at the content above. His face suddenly became extremely ugly, and the hand holding the information was even trembling slightly. How could this happen? How could it be like this! There is nothing greater than grief. If Li Tai's death made Li Yuehua feel that her connection with the Li family was completely severed, then the information in front of her would completely change her remaining feelings for her motherland in China. Became ice water

It turns out that just the day before the court ordered the defense, a major event that could be called an earthquake occurred in the court in China.

That was Cai Long, the Minister of Internal Affairs whose status was second only to the prime minister. He was suddenly arrested on the order of the Emperor of China. "That alone was not enough to change the color of Li Yuehua's face. What really shocked Li Yuehua was that after Cai Long was arrested, the entire China The response from Bia Chaotang turned out to be completely cooperative.…

Li Yuehua put down the information in her hand with a cold face. Li Yuehua was quite clear about the situation in the Zhongbia Court, which is why she was so rude. Who is Cai Long, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Zhongbia Court?

To put it bluntly, with the successive defeats of Zhongbia, the noble nobles headed by the four great clans who had controlled Zhongbia for centuries withered under the hooves of the prairie people. What followed were the rise of the southern aristocrats. The backbone of the civil service group, Cai Long is the leader of the Southern Faction, and as the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Cai family is also known as the New Four Great Clan.

During the emperor's absence for more than half a year, Cai Long used his position and means to win over all parties and play both sides. He has become a weather vane for the southern aristocracy. He can almost control all the internal affairs and financial power in China and Bia. In his hands, the core of the core of the civil servant group is the same party as the southern forces. The early Song clan and the Long family did not dare to go too far with this Cai Long, which shows that he is definitely not a weakling. When the Long family was in power, this Cai Long always gave Long Po a headache, and even once Because of military expenditure issues, Long Po was so angry that he almost vomited blood and fainted, but even so, Long Po did not arrest Cai Long.

It can be seen that this Cai Long is powerful, because behind this Cai Long stands the entire southern aristocratic group, and both the Song family and the Southwest Long family are considered southern aristocratic factions, and this is also the dynasty controlled by the southern aristocrats. Tang, the reason why they finally agreed to let the Song family and the Long family take control one after another,

But now, for such a powerful figure, the moment the emperor ordered his arrest, the entire Central and Asian court actually chose to compromise and

With the cooperation of the court ministers, all Cai Long's gang members were either deprived of their positions or arrested and imprisoned. It seemed that in an instant, Cai Long, who was a powerful minister the day before, suddenly became a street rat that everyone wanted to beat. The Central and African Civil Service Groups have automatically drawn a clear line with Cai Long. Otherwise, even if the Emperor of China and Libya wanted to shake the core figure of the Central and African Civil Service Group, he would not be able to do it with just one order!

The emperor of the empire took the information indifferently and sneered, "This exchange is very good. The emperor of Zhongbia captured Cai Long and regained the power of internal affairs, while the court received a strict order for the army to defend Yangshui. That is It's a pity that the 100,000 Chinese soldiers are already expendable in the eyes of the emperor and the court! "

"How could the Zhongbia court do this!"

Li Yuehua took a breath of air-conditioning. Although such a thought flashed through his mind just now, he immediately dismissed it because it was too cruel, cruel to the point of being cold-blooded. One hundred thousand lives were placed as bargaining chips on the balance of power exchange, just to exchange for one The fall of a powerful minister... Do people like this know what a tragic scene it will be when the Central Asian army is about to face the onslaught of the imperial army?

"Originally, I just wanted to use military pressure to force Zhongbia to submit. Unexpectedly, the Zhongbia court actually used the empire's southward movement as a bargaining chip for power exchange. Is this an unexpected surprise?" The emperor grinned and turned around. He looked at Li Yuehua and said, "Tell Li Long that he may have to go to the south again, but this time it is not for negotiation, but to persuade him to surrender. Since the Central and Asian courts do not want these 100,000 people, we want them!"

"Does Your Majesty want to take all these 100,000 Chinese and Belgian soldiers under his command?" Li Yuehua stood up in surprise,

"Why not? A hundred thousand troops have been delivered to us. Wouldn't it be foolish not to take them?"

A chill flashed through the emperor's black starry eyes, "The emperor of China believed that the empire went south because of the detention of the Li family. He believed that as long as the Li family was released, the empire would have no reason to go south, so he dared to move ten Wan Dajun used it as a bargaining chip in exchange for power, but unfortunately he made a wrong judgment. The empire went south not just for the Li family. If Yang He could be taken over, why wouldn't the empire take it? "

Li Yuehua opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. What to say? As the emperor said, the empire had no ambitions for the land of Yanghe, but the Zhongbia Emperor and the court joined forces to send 100,000 Zhongbia soldiers. The land of Heyang River was given to the empire for free. If you don’t take it, even God may not be able to see it! And what should I say, should I persuade the emperor to change his mind? Should we change the situation of persuading surrender to trapping and killing these 100,000 Chinese and Belgian soldiers? Even with Li Yuehua's ruthlessness, he couldn't make such changes!

Southern China, outside Deyang

On the defense line of the Central Asian army, large drops of cold rain hit the temporarily constructed defense line. In order to face the aggressive pressure of the imperial army, Tang Shui ordered the army to fully withdraw to Deyang.

As the core of the Yangshui region, Deyang is an important military area. It has a majestic city wall with a height of three feet, and the Yang River surrounds it. Even if all the 100,000 Chinese and Belgian troops retreated into the city, it would be more than enough. After listening to the suggestions of the military commanders, Deyang Next, Tang Shui ordered the entire army to retreat into Deyang City, assuming a posture of holding on to the end. At this moment, Deyang City, which was the second runner-up among 100,000 people, On the heads, the neatly arranged armors and bayonets were as far as the eye could see. The rainwater soaked the helmets, went in along the gaps in the helmets, and flowed down from the thin chins of the soldiers. No one made a sound, only the raindrops. There was a dense sound of dripping water splashing on the iron plates of the armor. Under the eyes of everyone, on the horizon in the distance, there were black lines heading towards Deyang.

"Clang clang clang!"

A shrill ringing of copper bells came from the top of the city

The soldiers from Central Asia began to swarm to the top of the city. They opened their eyes wide and became commotion, scrambling to get a clear look at the famous imperial cavalry. They all said that the imperial cavalry was more powerful than the prairie cavalry, not to mention these words passed down from above. , saying that the empire was fighting without declaring war. In the haste, the Yangshui line has become the last barrier to prevent the empire from moving south.

"Once the Yangshui area falls, there will be no defense line that can stop the Imperial Army from Yangshui all the way to Zhongbia's Xinjing. Deyang is already a battlefield with no retreat! We are Zhongbia Asia’s last line of defense, let the people of the empire know that China and Asia are not easy to bully.”

"Yes, what's so scary about these aliens? They have eyes and hands just like us."

"It doesn't matter what the empire is or not. Only after fighting will you know who can cut with a sword without bleeding!" The officers loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers, trying to create a passionate feeling of sharing the same hatred with the enemy. It was also ironic to say that it made the Central Asian army start anew. What regained my confidence was Deyang’s extremely tall city wall.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"Why panic! No matter how powerful the cavalry is, they can still jump to the three-foot-high Deyang City. With such a guarantee, what is there to be afraid of? No matter how powerful the emperor is, can he still be a monster with three heads and six arms? Will he win or lose? , you won’t know until you fight it!”

As the black line approaches, the outline of the imperial cavalry becomes clearer and clearer from the jumping black spots. Although it is not believed that the imperial cavalry dares to directly attack the city wall, the imperial cavalry is so prestigious that it is just reflected in the eyes. Yes, many Central and African soldiers took a breath of air. , because of the distance, I couldn’t see the person’s specific face, but the black scale armor surged like a tidal wave, like a layer of black light flashing in the rain, running neatly like a pack of wolves chasing prey. , like a wave submerging the land in front,

"Rumble, rumble," the dull sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer, louder, and finally turned into rolling thunder.

"Damn, what is this!" A veteran from China and Libya swallowed dryly with a gloomy face. As a veteran, he had fought many times with the prairie cavalry, and he thought he still knew something about the cavalry. But at this moment, when I saw the imperial cavalry group, I trembled all over. Although the prairie cavalry were powerful, they were in front of the group. Jin often looks scattered, and likes to cooperate with all kinds of shouts. It looks very messy, but the Imperial Cavalry in front of him has a completely different feeling, a black mass swooping in, and under the rain, it seems to be covered in black. The earth is not as messy as the prairie people, nor does it like small groups to disperse like the prairie people.

These imperial cavalry advanced in line neatly, like a wall pressing towards Deyang. They moved in unison, and the red tassels on their heads gave the black a burning feeling. Just the momentum, It gives people the feeling of a beast attacking their face. Prairie people often say that the best cavalry should be It's time to be the wind, and the footsteps of the wind should not be restrained, so the prairie cavalry never formed a formation, and the imperial cavalry cluster in front of them opened the eyes of the Central Asians. It turns out that the advancement of the cavalry cluster can still be so powerful. If it is In the plains, I am afraid that I will be frightened before I even fight.

This is the real cavalry group. Compared with it, the prairie cavalry we encountered before were just like playing house.

Finally, the imperial cavalry stopped about two hundred meters away from Deyang City. The rain was still pouring down, and the war horses were kicking the ground uneasily and screaming softly. The deputy commander of the Imperial Wilderness Army, Mu Lihe, Starting, all the cavalry began to slow down and finally stopped. On the top of the city of Deyang in front, countless Zhongbia bows were raised towards the sky.

As long as the empire dares to venture within a hundred meters, a storm of arrows will inevitably burst out. "My lord, according to your majesty's order, except for Deyang, the Central Asian troops in other areas have been basically eliminated." A cavalry captain said Imperial General Mu Lihe whispered a report

"How long will it take for the main force of infantry to arrive?" Mulihe looked away from a distance and asked, infantry is more suitable for attacking fortifications. The cavalry has completed its combat intention of forcing the Central Asian army to assemble, and the remaining 50,000 It's about the imperial infantry, that's the real main force of the empire going south this time.

"The news came back before setting up camp yesterday evening. It's still seventy miles away from Deyang," an attendant replied.

"These guys...even if they are affected by the baggage, they shouldn't be so slow." Mulihe grinned, wearing strong armor and fighting to attack the city. This was the scope of the infantry, and he said that he was responsible for just cutting in. The Yanghe line where the Central and Belgian troops are located forced the Central and Belgian troops to abandon their entire defense and gather at a certain point. But now, it has undoubtedly been done. One hundred thousand Central and Belgian troops have all shrunk to Deyang.