Realm of Power

Under the soft winter sunshine in the afternoon at the Port of Hérault, Varisien, who was wearing the uniform of the Imperial Legion commander, walked straight into the hall in front of him and looked at the fat black-haired young man in front of him who was staring at a map with an extremely respectful expression. The report said, "Your Majesty, your most loyal subordinate Varisien has led 34,763 people from the Fifth Army of the Imperial Central Army to report."

"You're a full day ahead of schedule. Can you tell me what's going on?"

The fat man looked at Varisian with bright eyes. Although Varisian has always been known as the lucky general of the empire, he was able to advance the entire army's schedule by a whole day, and he still took an unpredictable sea route. This was already You can't do it just by being lucky, because even with smooth winds and rivers, you can't cross between the north and south coasts of the Inland Sea in one day. "Your Majesty, your Majesty was able to arrive early only because the Imperial Navy mobilized its maximum transportation capacity. Moreover, as early as three days ago, on the day when Your Majesty went to the Port of Hérault, your troops had already begun their orderly approach. The transportation has started at Flora Island, which is the transfer point, so as soon as I received His Majesty's order, my subordinates immediately set off towards the Port of Hérault." Varisien hesitated for a moment, but decided to answer truthfully.

"Did you order the Fifth Army to go south three days ago? How brave are you? Since you already knew that Erault was having secret talks with the Kingdom of Aden, but you didn't report it, what else would you have planned to hide if I hadn't come to Port Erault this time? When?" The fat man stood up from his seat and stared at Varisien, who was trying his best to defend himself. He seemed to have thought of something, his eyes sharpened suddenly, and he let out a heavy groan.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I didn't report it, it's that I really didn't know that the Aero people had secretly negotiated peace with the Aden people."

Varisien knelt down with a pale face and explained, "Although I am the governor of the empire who is fully responsible for the Istan and Feshan regions, the Kingdom of Aden sending a special envoy to the Eero Empire must be quite secretive, my subordinate It was also after they noticed that the eastern border troops of Hérault had been mobilized strangely some time ago, and Aden also cooperated extremely well in withdrawing the border. With the heavy troops on board, and the rebellion in the Feishan area, the subordinates were also cautious and worried that the Eero side would send troops to support the Feishan rebellion, so they asked the Central Army's Fifth Army to go south in advance, hoping to put military pressure on the Eero side. , unexpectedly received the military order from His Majesty, my subordinates did not dare to delay at all, and immediately led the Fifth Army Corps to come."

After listening to Varisien's explanation, the fat man's face became a little relieved. If it was just a coincidence, then it was really the will of God. When he thought that 30,000 imperial elites had arrived at the Port of Hérault a whole day ago, the fat man couldn't bear it in his heart. A sense of bad luck for living as a Hero person It's so sad that one day is not long or short, but if it is placed in a life and death battle, not to mention one day, even just a few hours is enough to change everything. At this moment, the Imperial Army God flashed in his mind. The most frequently used word is "cut off!"

The Emperor of Eero, Farouk, holds the biggest trump card of 200,000 yuan to return to the eastern frontier army. Victory is already in sight. No matter how hard the National Army of the Order resists, the victory of this war will already be on the side of the Eero Empire. After falling, the fat man personally ran to the religious army to deliver the message, and guided the religious army to seize Lutiya Castle. All he did was hope that the religious army would not It would be defeated by the Héro army in one fell swoop, which would at least buy time for the empire to mobilize troops in the Héro port, and avoid the collapse of the religious order army, which would cause the Héro people to massacre the unsuspecting Héro port. But now, Fatty But he sensed an opportunity to cut off his beard, an opportunity to completely turn the trump card that Eero Emperor Farouk had worked so hard to obtain into a bad one!

"Get up. Regardless of whether it's a coincidence or not, at least this extra day may actually lead to a reversal of the entire war situation!" The fat man took a deep breath and asked the Imperial General Varisien who was kneeling on the ground. He raised his hand and asked Varisien to stand up. The sun outside the window was about to set on the ridge in the distance. "A reversal of the entire battle situation? As far as I know, there are 200,000 soldiers in the Eastern Army of Héro, and the Fifth Army There are only more than 30,000 people..."

When Varisien heard the emperor's judgment, even the imperial general, who was always known for his boldness, showed a look of confusion on his face. Thirty thousand troops didn't seem too small, but now the one facing the thirty thousand imperial army was Egypt. In a life-and-death battle involving more than 500,000 troops between the Luo Empire and the Order State, how much impact can the investment of only 30,000 people play in this war? If it is used to guard the Port of Hérault, it is just right. At least even if the Hérault Empire wins the battle, it must be very tired. Facing the 30,000 elite elites of the Empire who are waiting in the Port of Hérault, they may not rush towards it with jealousy! "Time is sometimes the weight that determines victory or defeat."

The fat man curled his lips slightly, looked out the window at the sunset that was about to set, and said in a solemn voice, "Emperor Eero endures the humiliation and has to wait for the strongest strength, or maybe all his efforts will be in vain because of this extra day. Because at this moment, The trump card in the hands of Emperor Farouk of Luo was not complete, but only half of it. When I came back along the way, I had already sent out scouts to investigate the movements of the Eastern Army. The scouts reported that the Eastern Army that arrived first was only about three of the fastest. More than 10,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 light troops The other more than 100,000 troops are equipped with infantry. Due to the long journey, they are still quite far away from the real battlefield of Lutia Fort. Moreover, the army has marched thousands of miles. Even if they are prepared for it, there is still a serious disconnect. The team and between teams, the whole The march distance exceeded twenty miles. The entire Eastern Army was already quite exhausted due to the continuous march. An exhausted and severely delayed army was the only reaction after being suddenly attacked in the dark night when the enemy could not be detected. What will it be?”

"Naturally, we should stop advancing, gather our troops, and wait for the follow-up army to gather!"

Varisien is also a veteran on the battlefield. He is very familiar with the deployment of military operations. He hardly needs any reaction time. He answered immediately, but hesitated for a moment. "Your Majesty, even if the rear part of the eastern frontier of Eero is The troops have stopped advancing, and we may only be able to stop them for one night. When we find out tomorrow that our army's number is actually only 30,000, we will inevitably be pressed across the line, and it will be difficult for our army to hold it back!"

"One night? Haha, I don't need one night, I only need six hours! Can you do it with 10,000 imperial troops to harass the rear section of the Erro Eastern Army for six hours?" The fat man's black pupils flashed Luster, looked away from the black sky that was about to cover the window, turned around and looked at Varisien behind her "No problem. It would be very difficult to block it from the front, but if it's just the night that disturbs its progress, it can still be done in six hours. It's just that my subordinates don't understand why it takes six hours." Varisien looked confused. 's answer said "Because six hours was the time when the Eero army launched an attack at Lutia Fort and collapsed after receiving reinforcements!" The fat man smiled indifferently and informed the religious group army that he was going to the national army of the religious group. The situation and the news that the religious legion army had captured Lutia's Fort told Varisien, who looked stunned, and said in a solemn voice. "In order not to scare away the religious legion this time, Emperor Eero would rather sit back and watch his eldest son and the tens of thousands of Lutian fortress defenders being attacked and massacred by the religious army in front of his eyes. This scene not only affected Generals Héro Watching, and the entire 80,000 troops in the capital of Aero also watched, sitting and watching the stronghold being breached, watching tens of thousands of Aero soldiers being slaughtered, one can imagine what this would do to the morale of the entire Aero army. What kind of wavering"

"Now Emperor Ayrault has received reinforcements from the east, and he thinks that there will be more than 100,000 reinforcements coming in a steady stream. He has grasped the balance of victory. I am afraid that even I will be supplemented by reinforcements. From that moment on, the entire army was immediately mobilized to launch a counterattack against the Legion Army. However, once the fierce fighting lasted for six hours, the casualties were heavy, and the reinforcements were delayed, and even the Imperial Army appeared behind them. What do you think the Eero army will do! " "This...this...even the elite elite troops of the empire with high morale will collapse under such a blow, let alone the Eero army that has already suffered a heavy blow in front!"

Varisien took a deep breath and let out a sigh. Under the dark night, the East Capon Mountains were like a huge winding dragon lying on the earth. The night wind blew the gray dust and blew past his ears. At the same time, there was a deafening rumble, a cold sound Under the moonlight, a black line appeared on a mound in the Capon Mountains. The imperial general Varisien, wearing black armor, reined in his horse. At the bottom of the mountain range in front of his eyes, there was a long line of Torches form a spreading fire dragon beneath the mountains

It was dragged out for more than ten miles. Under the light of torches, groups of Aero infantry were marching towards the capital of Aero in a loose formation. They were wearing armor, holding spears in their hands, and carrying shields on their backs. Going behind you, you can see a bit of an army marching. In the queue that is slowly moving forward, you can see that many soldiers have even taken off their armor. They are wrapped in various clothes, their steps are staggering, and they are in a mess. If Unless he saw it with his own eyes, Varisien wouldn't believe that these were the soldiers of the Erro, the 200,000 eastern frontier troops recalled by Emperor Erro's secret order. However, the distance from the eastern border to the royal capital was nearly a thousand miles. Even if It is a recognized elite unit of Eero like the Eastern Frontier Army. After more than ten consecutive days of high-intensity marching, it is normal that the troops are now exhausted and the officers are no longer able to restrain the troops.

The scene in front of him made Varisian admire the emperor's plan and admire it. Although the reason for turning the battle situation around was simple, how many people could see this opportunity for turning the tide?

It seems that it only blocked the reinforcements in the eastern part of Hero for a few hours, but it completely changed everything inadvertently. The things involved are probably only the emperor who accidentally pressed on the scales can have such a sharpness. Judgment, the strategic literacy and combat experience reflected in it must surpass the courage and decisiveness of this era. It is His Majesty the Emperor who stands at the pinnacle of strategic command in this era who dares to do this. Even at this moment, Varisien felt There's a crazy feeling all over my body "The whole army is ready!"

Varisien suppressed the impulse in his heart and raised his hand with a grim face. The moonlight shone coldly on the black armor of the imperial cavalry lined up behind him. Swish, the cavalry lances began to be lowered in an orderly manner, and the cold light was like snow. Unfortunately, for the Ero army in the distance, they did not notice the situation here at all. The black armor of the imperial cavalry was the best cover color in the dark night. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell the difference between these cavalry and the shrubs beside the East Capon Mountains. Because all the cavalry had already driven forward to the battlefield, the remaining Ero Eastern Army did not even send out scouts. More than 100,000 Ero Eastern Army did not think that anyone would dare to attack such a large army on Ero's land!

Because they could not think of it, the attack of the empire really made the Ero army jump! As Varisien's raised arm fell, the ground erupted with a faint roar, and it leaped out like a black wave. The black line spread at an alarming speed, and the echo of the cavalry trotting on the earth, rows of cavalry bayonets swooped down from the wasteland slope like eagles, and the smoke and dust rolled up was like an endless black blade, which cut into the Ero infantry line marching below. "Beware of the enemy attack!" "Damn it, it's the cavalry, we're being attacked by the cavalry!"

A shocking cry broke through the sky, and a huge cavalry group rushed in like a frenzy. The cavalry group was like a powerful hammer, and suddenly rolled up a red tide of blood in the eastern border army of Erro. ​​The shrill shouts from the front had not yet disappeared, and the chaotic queue had already collided with the black iron stream that was roaring in front. The tragic sound of flesh and blood bodies being knocked away by war horses had not stopped, and the whole row of cold and flashing imperial cavalry spears had already pushed forward like a bloody wall of killing, "Puff"

The soldier in the front row was pierced by a spear, and was lifted up by the spear of the horse at high speed, pushing it to continue to crash into the body of the second soldier. The blood between the two people exploded like squeezed ketchup, so fast that it looked like a piece was cut off. In just a dozen minutes, the black cavalry, which was as powerful as a hurricane, had swept through the attack area and then disappeared into the mountains and woods in the distance.

"What... is going on!" Katu, the commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Eastern Border Army of Ero, looked embarrassed and looked at the messy battlefield. Thousands of Ero soldiers were just swept in by the unknown black cavalry. His Fourth Regiment had only 6,000 combat forces. In just a dozen minutes, a quarter of the troops were severely damaged. If it was also because of insufficient numbers, if there were more attacking cavalry, I am afraid that his Fourth Regiment would be completely finished. "Quick, report the attack to the rear headquarters immediately!" Katu gasped and shouted with a ferocious face, but the news sent back soon made him dumbfounded. At the moment when he was attacked, the 9th, 11th and 13th regiments were attacked. The lady also had more than a thousand cavalry as a surprise attack force. After a successful attack, they immediately withdrew. The losses suffered by his own 4th regiment were relatively good. The worst was the 13th regiment. The 13th regiment was originally a baggage unit with only more than 3,000 people. In just half an hour of fighting, more than 1,900 people were killed in the regiment, including the commander of the 13th regiment. The long marching route was completely in a disadvantageous position where they could not form mutual support. They were fighting on their own in a daze, and were attacked in a confused manner. They were defeated inexplicably. Even the commander in charge could not explain what was going on. Even the enemy did not understand. The marching Ero Eastern Frontier Army stopped and began to gather its troops.