Realm of Power

"Zhaguo Tiemu has always been cunning, and he can be cautious even when he is provoked. The patrols and rangers have searched here six times, but they still haven't entered. I thought I saw something, but I didn't expect it. Your Majesty asked us to hang the flag of Yelu Palace on Dongshan City, but Zhaguo Tiemu didn't doubt it anymore?" After reading the report he just received, Yelu Qiyeguang took a deep breath and completely dispelled his doubts. The uncertain eyes are full of deep shock

"You are also the one who leads the army. You should know that the more experienced the commander is, he also thinks that he can get the answer from the opponent's clues. Since Zhaguo Tiemu wants an answer, then we will give it to him. It's that simple." Fatty He took the report and glanced at it, then raised his head and looked at the mountains in front of Dongshan City.

"Your Majesty, Qi Yeguang has a merciless request." Yelu Qi Yeguang showed determination on his pretty face, and suddenly bowed his head to the fat man and saluted. This sudden change made the fat man's eyes narrow into a line, and his eyes were as cold as Hanfeng, looking at Yelu Qiyeguang's face, snorted with a heavy nose, "Have you thought about it? Fighting Zhaguo Tiemu alone is not an impulsive statement."

"How does your Majesty know..." Yelu Qiyeguang raised his head with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Haha, I'm not a fool. Ever since you insisted that you don't want the imperial army to follow you to Dongshan City, I know what you want to do!" The fat man curled his lips slightly. He knew that there was nothing he could say about this stubborn prairie beauty. He said, "You have to think clearly about this matter. To be fair, Zhaguo Tiemu has been in the history of history." The Prairie King is by no means a mediocre person. On the contrary, his boldness and decisiveness, sharp methods, and keen judgment of the battle situation are absolutely remarkable. In terms of combat experience, this new Khan King has experienced no less than a hundred battles, large and small, and can be in the The Northern Prairie Eagle stood out in the Wangting Rebellion and raided Yanzhou to defeat the Southwest Long Family. He became famous in one battle, and then judged the situation very decisively in front of the imperial army and gave up Yanzhou to preserve his strength. Such a character is already a hero. Even in the predicament of the cold people going south, he can still take advantage of the cold people. People go south to fight against the hammer, reject dissidents, and gather considerable strength. To put it bluntly, , this new king is almost re-creating the glory of the royal court with one person. If the winter advance of the empire had not disrupted his arrangement, and the rise of the Yelu family has separated the strength of the North Grassland, he is far away from this goal. It is already quite close, but what is missing now may be the final touch, Wang Ting Yan

"Are you really ready to defeat him?" The fat man's voice stopped, and his tone became as sharp as the cold wind. His eyes fell on the beautiful and charming face of Yelu Qiyeguang, who looked determined, Chenfeng said. Yelu Qi's black hair was fluttering in the night light, showing a soft and vigorous beauty. Her slender upper body was close to the mail. When viewed from the side, her facial features were as graceful as if she had absorbed the beauty of the mountains and rivers. At this moment, she looked decisively toward herself. He asked for a fight, even with his eyes closed, it gave people a feeling of nobility that could not be despised. Fatty could not bear to refuse. The feud between Yelu family and Beiwangting, Yeluguda even died in Zhaguo Tiemu and Long family. Together, if the Yelu family lost to the northwest, it was just a move, but the tragic defeat of Yanzhou was unforgettable for the Yelu family. Prairie people have always paid attention to grudges, and this can be clearly felt in Yelu Qiyeguang.

"I know that Zhaguo Tiemu is powerful. We had fought against each other in Yanzhou. Although the civil strife in Yelu's family was caused by my brother's eagerness to save face, my brother would not have done that without Zhaguo Tiemu's deliberate guidance. The death of my brother has destined the Yelu family and Beiwangting to fight to the death!" Yelu Qiyeguang took a deep breath, and his proud chest trembled. "And this war is not only about the Yelu family and Beiwangting! The grievances of the royal court, There is also the royal power of the entire North Grassland. If the Yelu family relied on the power of the empire to win this battle, although the ministries will not say anything, they will not recognize the Yelu family as the victor in their hearts. Please give me your majesty. Qiyeguang gives the Yelu family a chance to wash away the humiliation they have suffered in the North Royal Court for more than a hundred years. I can guarantee that after the war, the Yelu family will immediately return to the Imperial Capital and will never interfere in the Battle of the Northern Grassland. "

"Although Zhaguo Tiemu has already set off, according to Zhaguo Tiemu's nature, all nearby mountain roads must be cleared to ensure absolute safety before arriving at Dongshan City. Fortunately, the imperial troops did not enter the Dongshan area. Otherwise, they would not have arrived at Dongshan City. It's still a big trouble to hide tens of thousands of troops. As soon as Zhaguo Tiemu arrives at Dongshan City, the imperial army will cut off its retreat. The rest is up to you!" The fat man took back his sharp and shining weapon from a distance! eyes, took a deep breath,

The border of Dongbo is already hilly, and the reason why Dongshan City was built here by the Nu people with great efforts is because the Dongshan City is located more than ten miles away, which is a rare flat terrain in this hilly area, and there is even a river pouring from the valley. The river water flowing out of the river flows into this area. Although the flow is not large, in the dry climate Dry Dongbo is already a rare good place, and now, this is about to be the decisive battlefield to determine the hegemony of the Northern Grassland. The life-and-death battle between the Beiwang Tingjun and the Yelu King's Tingjun, with more than 300,000 troops, will begin here. , maybe the prairie people themselves would not have thought that Dongbo would become the starting and ending point for the hegemony of the northern prairie.

"Qi Yeguang, thank you, Your Majesty!" Yelu Qi Yeguang hugged the fat man with both hands excitedly, kissed the fat man hard on his forehead, and then left happily.

"This woman..." The fat man looked at Yelu Qiyeguang's beautiful and thought-provoking back. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and smiled bitterly. He clearly wanted to weaken the Yelu family's strength on purpose, but he still had to show off. She is a smart woman. With such a favor, even if she wants to suppress the Yelu family after the war, she will be much more relaxed.

This battle is related to the hegemony of the Northern Grassland, and it is also related to the empire's century-old overall situation in the Northern Grassland.

I would rather abandon such a major event as the Aden army's landing in southern China than personally mobilize 80,000 Dongting elites to accompany the Yelu family to march north. Is it just to help the Yelu family unify the grassland? How is it possible? If you want to consolidate the empire's interests in Central Bia, you must make the northern grassland unable to unify and fall into strife. Only in this way can the war-torn northern area of ​​Central Bia have a chance to cultivate. These 80,000 imperial cavalry, in fact, It's a knife, a sharp blade hanging on the northern grassland. Once the hegemony of the northern grassland is settled, the empire's 80,000 cavalry will press on. No matter who it is, Shunchang will perish. Before this kind of national interest, the love between children It’s useless to be long

Even if Yelu Qiyeguang shows the slightest intention to unify the grassland after the war, the Yelu family will be uprooted. There must never be a unified monarch in the northern grassland. This is the bottom line of the empire.

Obviously, Yelu Qiyeguang knew that this woman's intelligence lies here, so he had always taken the initiative to explain that the Yelu family would not seek hegemony in the northern grassland, and even revealed the secret that the Yelu family was the descendant of Dongbo. I want to explain that the Yelu family is just Revenge, unintentional grassland hegemony, stated that they would fight against Zhaguo Tiemu alone, not only because of real grievances, but also to express their attitude to the empire. Even if the Yelu family had the intention of using force to unify the northern grassland, they would not do it because of this battle. Severely injured on the spot, no longer able to unify the grassland

The Yelu family can only be beneficial and harmless to the empire, and they absolutely dare not have the slightest intention of rebellion. Although the Yelu family's military strength has been cultivated and regenerated for a period of time, coupled with various military supplies and combat readiness assistance from the empire, it has already It has recovered to a considerable level, but it is still quite difficult to face Zhaguo Temu's expanded Royal Court army. Even if there is If Dongshan City, a large city with strong walls, had an unexpected early ambush, it would definitely be a tragic victory. It would definitely not recover for three to five years. Such a Yelu family would actually lose the possibility of controlling the grassland by force. According to Yelu It was impossible for Qi Yeguang's eyes not to see this, and this was exactly what made Fatty appreciate Yelu Qi Yeguang.

Unlike Ruitang Tingna who wanted to rebuild the East Courtyard without any regard for the bottom line of the empire, Yelu Qiyeguang was more aware of the status of the Yelu family in the empire, knew what the bottom line of what the empire could tolerate, and took the initiative to make exchanges with the empire. ,

The Yelu family wants to use the hegemony of the royal court in exchange for the empire's tolerant treatment of the Yelu family. Even if the Yelu family's vitality is severely damaged in this battle, no one dares to attack the Yelu family with the empire's protection. On the contrary, after this battle, the Yelu family In name, it is the upright grassland royal court, and the Yelu family is the real The royal family of the grassland is enough to wash away the shame that has shrouded the family for more than a hundred years, and because it is unable to unify the grassland, it can only avoid the blow from the empire, and avoid the situation where Ruitang Ting finally had Na completely ignored by power. Therefore, Fatty really couldn't refuse Yelu Qiyeguang's request.

At noon, Fatty left Dongshan City with a thousand imperial guards.

At this time, Dongshan City is now under the control of the Yelu Army. With the return of Dongshan City Lord Nuhao, the Zhaguo Tiemu Royal Court army follows closely, and the atmosphere of war envelopes Dongshan City. In order to avoid Affected, the people in Dongshan City Tens of thousands of Dongbo Nu people temporarily moved to the hinterland of Dongbo, and more than 100,000 Yelu troops all retreated into Dongshan City. Now the people standing guard and patrolling on the walls of Dongshan City are not Dongbo people, but soldiers from the Yelu Palace wearing Dongbo armor. , to add credibility, yeah Lu Qiyeguang asked people to set up more flags of Yelu Palace. As a result, the entire Dongshan City Wall became a sea of ​​flags. He also deliberately let some soldiers walk back and forth on the city wall wearing ordinary civilian clothes, which made the Dongshan City Soldiers even more suspicious. There are many generals, but in the eyes of the experienced prairie sentry cavalry, it is obvious that they lack confidence. If the troops are very strong, how can they not even dare to send out patrol cavalry, let alone those soldiers wearing sackcloth who look like temporary arrests at first sight? Come to gather people

"King Khan, we have searched all the mountain roads outside Dongshan City five times and found no hidden traces."

A Wang Ting general wearing yellow armor and riding a strong black and red horse took the report from the fifth batch of swift riders sent today, turned around and ran to a large tent at the back, handing the report to the front of the tent. A Wang Tingwei took it and ran into the tent. This tent was twenty to thirty meters long and wide. Pulled by more than a hundred cows, the tent is a huge square log with a pair of wooden wheels every one meter apart. When the wooden wheels rotate, puffs of smoke and dust rise, and the big tent moves steadily and slowly. Moving forward, around the big tent, rows of prairie cavalry passed by, their sharp scimitars curling up the smoke and dust in the sky.

Follow the strong and believe that strong force is the most fundamental basis for establishing a ruling order. Following the law of the wolf pack, the royal tent serves as a mobile military command center, a spiritual symbol of the prairie wolves, and the supreme identity of the Khan King. is a symbol. According to the rules of the prairie people, no matter where it is, within a hundred miles of the Royal Court, it belongs to the Royal Court.

Zhaguo Tiemu picked up the report in the king's tent, with a hint of blood in his eyes. It was less than thirty miles away from Dongshan City. Logically speaking, Dongshan should not be so calm. This made the cautious Zhaguo Tiemu felt something was wrong, but when he thought about the hanging of the Yelu Royal Court military flag in Dongshan City, Zhaguo Tiemu felt that something was wrong. Mu also dispelled his doubts. Maybe it was because the frontier troops had swept so hard that not even a living Dongbo person could be seen along the way. However, the Xunqi sent out were all elites of the royal court and belonged to his direct lineage. If so, After searching five times, it was definitely not missing. Zhaguo Tiemu still believed the report brought up by Xun Qi.

Or maybe I’m overthinking it!

Zhaguo Tiemu stood up and came to the door of the king's tent. The dry loess on the Dongbo wilderness was like a haircut, drawing rough lines on the ground. In the distance, there were thick and dripping blood-red purples. The clouds, like an ocean, show a vast floating dark blue hard soil, blocking the looming light in the west, and the gorgeous colors change in the distance.

The army advanced, and groups of cavalry swept across the ground like strong winds, leaving behind invisible dust. The frightened wild birds were fluttering in search of a place to hide. The dense cavalry formation was like a hurricane passing through this area, like black walls that suddenly appeared in the hilly areas, and the light gradually illuminated them. The armor on these royal cavalry, The rumble of horses' hooves is like bursts of muffled thunder, occasionally mixed with the neighing of war horses and the sound of the collision and friction of metal vests. The whole thing is like a rolling wave. The queues gather together in a tight formation, like two huge pincers surging forward, and the sun shines Above, a flash of light

Zhaguo Tiemu crumpled the report in his hand into a ball with his fingers. What was he thinking! How can he be the King of Khan if he is so hesitant? With such an army and such power, even if Dongshan really does something, does he have anything to fear?