Realm of Power

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The first ray of light in the morning illuminated the sky. Appleton stood on the other side of the stone bridge and looked around. Yesterday, the riverside where the two armies were fighting to the death was only empty and swollen river water. Broken weapons and debris were scattered everywhere on the opposite side. All,

Thick smoke was still rising from dozens of fire piles burning corpses, and there was a disgusting smell of burning. As the river wind drifted over from the opposite side, the Samor army actually gave up the last stone bridge defense line.

After stepping on it, you will see the Jerbo Plain, which is a flat area in front of you.

"The whole army crossed the river." After the scout reported that there was indeed no Samorian army within one mile in front, Appleton raised his right hand confidently and lowered it, "Uh division." Groups of Miao Erdian troops lined up in neat formations and stepped onto the road majestically. It was difficult to walk on the stone bridge yesterday because too many people died. Even though it was washed away by heavy rain, dark red can still be seen in the gaps between the stones. Many years later, it is still called the "Bridge of Blood" by the locals.

In the Arigo Forest, more than 500 huge elm trees are distributed on this low hillside, forming a forest. On weekdays, these neat and strong trunks tower above the luminous and transparent green leaves, in the clear blue sky. Neat wheels reflected in the center Silhouette, in the grass, around the tall ant mounds, under the pale shadow of the fern's beautiful sculpted leaves, violet and white chamois bloom, quiet, fragrant, cool, men and women rendezvous, Fading and appearing in the moonlight. Everything seemed so beautiful.

But in the face of the cruel war, they no longer exist. Teams of strong Samor soldiers are wielding machetes and axes, placing tall trees on the ground and arranging them side by side with rattan and hemp rope. Tie them up and bury them in the soil up to a meter deep

They were the Samorian Northern Army that had withdrawn from the Stone Bridge front line. Caesar Sauron led his troops to withdraw here from the Stone Bridge defense line overnight. He immediately ordered the troops to start cutting down trees. Each tall and thick elm trunk was captured by the Samorian army. into wooden fences. They stand in rows on the hillside here,

Densely packed wooden rafts blocked the front of the raft, and soldiers were placed behind each row of rafts. The crossbowmen were concentrated on the top of the hills, occupying a commanding position, and their range and power were incomparable. Three strong lines of defense were formed overnight. It was towered by the Samors on the only way for the Myridians to go south. The legion order that Caesar Sauron received contained only a few words: "Sambuga, Yaligo! Stand firm and wait for help!" Caesar Sauron once followed Fatty to participate in the Battle of Sambuga Hills. At this moment, he was reminded by Fatty and immediately react,

At that time, Fatty was cutting down trees and using horse-drawn carriages and wooden rafts to offset the impact of the Isa family's Golden Fleece Knights. The advantage of the Gerdians also lay in their powerful heavy knights. Yesterday's battle was the last thousand heavily armored knights invested by the Ruidian people, causing them nearly 5,000 casualties.

As long as the knights' charge is restrained, the Miao Erdians can be held back. Although the mountainous area of ​​the Yaligo Forest ten miles south of the stone bridge is not high, it is a steep slope with dangerous terrain. It is surrounded by dense forests and thick trees, which is just right. Provide the wood and terrain you need,

As for the words of reinforcements, they were just words written by Caesar Sauron to boost the morale of the troops, and Caesar Sauron knew it very well. The victory or defeat of this battle depends on time. The Miao Erdian people attack with heavy troops and strive for a quick victory. As long as they can withstand it, the Samor reinforcements that will come later will definitely be able to counterattack. But whether they can survive until the reinforcements arrive, they can only leave it to fate. .

At noon, the long-lost sunshine half peeked out from the dark clouds, tearing open the thick ink sky. Alton's army, which had already crossed the river, divided into two groups and began to advance towards the hinterland of the plain.

"Hiss" Scout Yin Erdian turned around the narrow passage in front. Suddenly reining in his horse, he was startled by the scene in the Yarigo Forest in front of him.

The previously defeated Samor army was densely gathered there. The wooden rafts and spears seemed to be integrated with the entire mountain, like a ferocious monster covered with large and small spikes squatting at the intersection.

"Quick! Report to your lord quickly." The scout captain waved to his subordinates behind him. Soon, Appleton was informed of the situation of the Samor army holding the Arigo Forest.

"What! The Samor Army is still there." Appleton seemed very surprised. According to the usual practice of war, if a unit suffers more than one-third casualties, it can basically be judged as losing combat effectiveness.

With more than half of the casualties, even if the army commander wants to continue fighting, the soldiers below will mutiny. Even if they escape safely, the fear of death will stimulate the nerves of every soldier, and the army's combat effectiveness will drop significantly, and there may even be a catastrophe. Massive escape.

But yesterday's battle completely overturned this common sense of war. Although I had heard that the Samor Army was very capable of fighting, yesterday's tragedy still surprised Appleton.

Without their crossbows, the Samor army withstood the charge of a squadron of knights with their bravery and sacrifice. Even if they were maimed behind and suffered more than half of the casualties, they were still able to evacuate calmly without causing panic among the remaining soldiers. This was already A miracle, let alone continue to die and fight now?

"I really don't know if the opposing commander is a lunatic? Or a fool?" Appleton cursed with disdain. "This is a vast plain area, not a stop area guarding a narrow steep intersection. Try to fight with infantry on the plain area. Large-scale cavalry is no different than seeking death."

"Since you want to die, then I will make it happen for you!" Appleton looked contemptuously and said to his soldiers behind him, "Let's go to the left!" Na Lunbu, the captain of the 10th Cavalry Squadron, organized Diao Sihan in ancient times to "defeat the remnant Samor army entrenched in the Yaligo Forest!"

"Step on the edge!" The sound of horse hooves rumbled, and a black line appeared on the edge of the earth.

Three thousand Rendian retinues and cavalry were guarding both sides, holding lion and dragon flags. In the middle was a squadron of thousand knights from the Sixth Knights. An infantry flag regiment followed behind, holding spears, approaching the Arrigha Forest with murderous intent. .

In the Gangerdian military system, a knight order has an elite knight squad, three thousand-strong heavy knight squadrons, two light-armored cavalry flag regiments and two main infantry flag regiments. The sixth knight regiment is stationed in the border area. , an additional archery brigade was added, with a total strength of nearly 35,000 people.

Knights are the core of the entire Milidian army. Regardless of attack or defense, everything revolves around knights.

The strength of only one second squadron has reached a terrifying 10,000 people, which is more than enough to deal with the remaining Samor army of only 8,000 people.

Caesar Sauron stood on the makeshift arrow tower on the hill and saw the Gangerdian troops constantly gathering from all directions. The entire Samor army defense camp was like a solitary crow in the ocean. The defense line surrounded by fences stood densely. With his spear, the Yin Erdians circled the hilly land several times,

"Woo!" The bugle sounded, and more than a dozen sparse infantry formations came up. The infantry of this flag regiment was different from the regular Miao Erdian heavy infantry who participated in the attack on the bridge yesterday. They did not have heavy shields and armors. ,

Most of them are farmers from Myardian countryside. They were formed into a temporary army after a period of emergency training. They are only equipped with simple mail armor and wooden-handled spears. Their role is to clear the obstacles in front of the knights. Make roads through mountains and build bridges when meeting rivers. Logistics functions are greater than combat functions,

In the Miao Erdian army, he belongs to the lowest level of the army and is a typical battlefield cannon fodder.

These infantrymen were disorganized. They neither formed a spear formation nor waited for the shield soldiers behind them to come up. Instead, they crowded into a random group, shouting at each other and rushing towards the first row of fences in front.

"This is just a test attack." Caesar Sauron looked at the team of Ruidian who rushed up. The queue was messy and uneven, and most of the soldiers looked shivering and shrinking. His eyes and body shape betrayed fear. Knowing that these were just some miscellaneous troops who could not stand up to the stage, he said to the flag soldiers behind him, "Order the crossbowmen to stay calm and not to attack! Our layout cannot be exposed!"

In the ditch behind the last wooden raft on the top of the mountain, the Samor crossbowmen looked at the semaphore above their heads and lowered the crossbows they raised in their hands. He continued to stare at the approaching enemy, thinking of his companion who died tragically yesterday. I wish I could use crossbows to shoot the enemy into a hornet's nest immediately. The queue is getting closer and closer. The eyes of the soldiers on both sides collide fiercely in the air. The killers are killed in just one thought.

"Ah" something happened in the Yin Erdian queue. A young Miao Erdian soldier suddenly threw the simple spear in his hand to the ground because of too much pressure, turned around and tried to escape, and shouted "I Stop fighting! I want to go home!

Before he finished speaking, the sharp sword of the war captain behind him had pierced his chest, and blood spurted out. The corpses twitched and huddled together. The faces of the companions around him became paler and paler. The supervising captain looked at the soldiers around him, waved his sword left and right with a serious face and said, "Anyone who dares to run away from the battle, this is the result!" Then he wiped the blood from the sword on the corpse,

"Kill those who run away from the battle!" The supervising team behind also drew their knight swords and shouted, anyone who ran away would be chopped down to the ground. Looking at the Miao Erdians on the opposite side, they were timid. The Samor spearmen behind the wooden platoon shouted excitedly in unison, "Samor is invincible!" The murderous eyes and the cold light shining on the spear tips made the Miao Erdian infantrymen who leaned in feel terrified.

"Creak!" The spears on both sides finally intertwined. The first line of the wooden platoon were veterans of the Union army. Both combat skills and willpower are far superior to those of Miao Erdian's miscellaneous soldiers.

The tricky spears and ruthless assassinations made the Miao Erdian miscellaneous soldiers suffer a lot. The thin mail armor was like a piece of paper, pierced by the Samor's elite Mitsubishi spear head, while the Yin Erdian miscellaneous wooden spears Bounced away by Samor Spearman's heavy armor

Courage is the most important thing when fighting between two armies. Everyone is fighting with real swords and guns. If you feel timid, your hands and feet will naturally become weak, and you will not be able to use your strength when fighting again. That’s why some people say that the battlefield is the place that best tests one’s will.

"What?" They only collided a few times, and the Miao Erdian soldiers who were killed cried for their fathers and mothers, and fell to the ground with a huff and a cry, while the Samor army became more and more brave as they killed.

The corpses fell piece by piece, stabbed by sharp spears. Testing the nerves of Miao Erdian's miscellaneous soldiers

"Run away!" The miscellaneous infantrymen finally couldn't stand it anymore.

The bright red blood and the layers of fallen corpses quickly dissipated their will to fight.

The queue began to collapse on a large scale. The supervising team killed more than a dozen deserters, but failed to control the situation. Instead, they were scattered by the defeated troops.

If it weren't for the wooden platoon blocking it, they would probably have been directly overwhelmed by the Samor army that rushed out.

"What a bunch of useless pariahs!" Narenbu, captain of the Second Knight Squadron of Yin'erdian, looked at all this with a cold face, and twitched the corners of his mouth with disdain. These are originally cannon fodder, and there are too many untouchables.

Yes,

If you die this year, you can recruit again next year. If you can detect the reality of the Samor Army, it will be worth it even if you die, but just die like this, it seems a bit worthless.

At any rate, you guys pulled down the fence too.

Now it seems that I am still too cautious. Although the Samor people are very brave, most of them look tired and their armors are often broken. He probably hasn't recovered from yesterday's fierce battle.

Although the rafts are strong, they are just some insignificant obstacles in front of the heavily armored knights under his command.

"Slightly" Nalumbu drew out his knight command sword and ordered to the flag officer beside him. Raise the battle flag! Order the retinue of cavalry to clear the way! "Seeing the two swallow-tailed knights' battle flags erected in the middle of the camp, the three thousand retinue cavalry on both sides began to accelerate their horses. They surged towards the Arigo Hills like a tide.

"Spearmen prepare!" Caesar Sauron ordered from the top of the Samor army formation. The spearmen behind the first wooden row quickly squatted down and pressed the spear shaft against the hard ground, making the spear in his hand high. Stand up diagonally at Fengdu angle,

"Attack!" The retinue of cavalry stepped onto the gravel of the hills. The cavalry captain who led the team raised the three-meter spear in his hand and rushed forward.

"Bump!" The war horse collided with the raft, causing it to shake.

The retinue of the cavalry did not expect that there was still a section of these wooden platoons buried deep in the ground. They were extremely strong, no less than hitting a thick stone wall. The spear thrust upward pierced the belly of the retinue of the cavalry.

"Crash! Crash!" The second wave of retinue cavalry collided with the raft. The powerful impact caused the raft to break into two pieces. The raft broke and the war horses neighed. The Samor spearman behind the raft was knocked away.

The retinue cavalry who had been knocked off their horses screamed tenaciously, pulled out their melee flails and shields from the weapon slots of their horses and rushed forward, following behind their horses, and bravely crashed into the array of spearmen.

"array". Several Samor spearmen formed a team, covering each other back to back, like a porcupine with burrs everywhere. No matter which direction the non-lun war horses rushed in, they would hit the spear thorns.

"kill". Several spears pierced the mail armor of the retinue cavalry from several directions, knocking the cavalry off their horses. The horses of Yin Erdian's retinue cavalry were charged vertically and horizontally in two groups. The spears and flails in their hands waved a cold light, and blood flowed from Satsuma. The armor of our army splashed, and the shouts of fighting were mixed with the miserable howls of the wounded soldiers.

The two sides were crowded together, and the cavalry and spearmen kept colliding with each other, making a metallic creaking sound, and there were more and more cavalry. The first line of defense was almost occupied, and the spearmen had to retreat to the second line while fighting.

It was a steep slope, and behind the wooden raft was a whole rock wall. There was only a relatively narrow passage going up, and the spearman took advantage of the higher mountain. Assassination from top to bottom, the retinue of cavalry rolled off their horses and crowded at the intersection.

"Shoot!" At the critical moment, the Samor crossbowmen who had been prepared for a long time suddenly stood up from the tunnel at the top, and fired deadly arrowheads with their taut crossbow strings.

, the retinue cavalry on war horses stood taller on the crowded road, becoming the most conspicuous target for the sniper crossbowmen. A total of three thousand crossbow arrows were shot from both sides to the middle, criss-crossing each other, and densely woven into arrows. The net is like a black sickle passing through the middle of the retinue of cavalry,

The sharp Mitsubishi armor-piercing crossbow bolts penetrated the mail armor of the retinue of the cavalry, and the strong impact penetrated from behind, and then shot into the people behind them, causing screams everywhere. The battlefield was even more tragic than before. The retinue and cavalry were shot off from their horses one by one. Human corpses and war horse corpses were stacked on top of each other. The tails of white arrowheads drew a trail of death.

The three thousand retinue cavalry who had an absolute advantage just now were reduced to a few hundred in an instant. The spearmen of the Samor Army on the second line of defense quickly attacked and came from all directions. The retinue cavalry were surrounded by bright spearheads.

The war horse neighed miserably when it was stabbed by a spear. The retinue of the cavalry was rolled and thrown down. Hundreds of retinues of the cavalry waved their swords and flails in despair, making a final resistance. "Attack!" Narembu saw that the retinue of the cavalry was in dire straits, and quickly ordered the whole team of knights to attack. The roar of horse hooves was accompanied by the heavy sound of heavy horse hooves. The rustle of vests. The retinue of the cavalry is not a worthless pariah;

They are all professional soldiers that the kingdom has spent a lot of time training. They are the best guards and pathfinders for knights in combat. If all the retinues and cavalry following the knights are killed in battle, even if you are the captain of the knight squadron, you will not be able to escape the disadvantageous punishment in combat.

Caesar Sauron, who was on the top of the mountain, saw the queue of heavily armored knights at the bottom of the mountain begin to move slowly, and knew that Commander Mildian on the opposite side could finally lose his composure. He sneered at the corner of his mouth and waved to the messenger behind him, "Order the entire army to retreat to the second line!"

A whimpering trombone sounded from the top of the mountain. The spearmen who were still struggling with the retinue of cavalry retreated towards the second fence.

The first fence has turned into a pile of useless materials, unable to stop the impact of the heavy knights. The remaining several hundred cavalry retinues took this opportunity to withdraw from the first line of attack in embarrassment.

Human corpses and horse corpses were stacked on the attack line, forming a circle around this low hill. "Stop!" Narembu saw that the retinue of cavalry had withdrawn, and waved his hand to stop the movement of the knights' queue.

There are at least about 5,000 Samor remnant troops on the hills now, but he can add the returned retinue of cavalry and the newly assembled miscellaneous infantry. There are only about 3,000 vehicles left, and the opponent's defense line is still very strong.

Behind the dense fence, the fiery red eyes showed that the fighting spirit was strong. They were not shaken by the brutal fighting just now. They were at the peak of their status and morale. If they rushed forward to fight now, they would undoubtedly be asking for trouble.