Realm of Power

"The city of Sakye is in complete chaos. The city defense troops are out in full force and are searching the city. They seem to be arresting some traitors." The scout breathlessly described the situation in the city to Estante and Bai Dan. As a scout, he could There is not much information available, more of it comes from the discussions of the Kalisu people in the city, but the scouts What they said made Estante and Bai Dan look pale. "Traitor?" Estante and Bai Dan looked at each other. The soldiers didn't know who Lytle was, but they knew it. Because he was convicted of treason in the country and his reputation was ruined, he was completely disappointed with the Kingdom of Kalisu.

"Sir Lytle said that we should wait for two hours. It's only one hour now. Are you waiting?" Bai Dan asked hesitantly.

"No, can't wait any longer"

Estante's eyebrows have been knit together tightly since just now, and now there is a ferocious look in his eyes. He said in a decisive voice, "Although I don't know the situation in Sakye City, I can basically confirm that it must be with Lord Lytle is concerned. Time is running out. I will leave the infantry to your command. I will lead the cavalry and rush over first."

After Estante finished speaking, he quickly mounted his horse and called all the imperial cavalry to assemble. With the sound of rain, a thousand imperial light cavalry followed Estante and ran out of the resting forest. Wearing a black raincoat, clanging armor, and a sword hanging on his waist, with his spurs clanking from time to time, he ran directly towards the city of Sakye in the distance. Half an hour later, the city of Sakye was already in sight.

At this time, the city gate was still wide open. Under the light of the torches at the city gate, a small group of soldiers could be seen guarding the city. When these Kalisu soldiers discovered a cavalry running towards Sakye, their first reaction was not Instead of closing the city gate immediately, a man who looked like an officer stood up and raised the torch in his hand, trying to see clearly what was coming. The appearance of the cavalry coming in. Under the dark sky, the black armor of the imperial cavalry was even darker. It was impossible to see clearly from a distance. If it weren't for the rumble of the running horses, even if they ran to the city gate, they wouldn't have noticed it. Officer Carisu also opened his eyes wide, with a look of confusion on his face, and asked, "Which one are you...!"

But he hadn't finished his words yet, "Draw the sword! Don't miss one!" A cold voice came through the rain curtain, and a bright sheen flashed on the opposite side. The cold light of the sword being unsheathed was like a galaxy, with thousands of The imperial cavalry rushed up to the drawbridge of the city gate with the cold rain in their faces. Before the guarding soldiers had time to react, Estant took the lead and ran into the Kalisu city guard officer at the city gate. "Pfft!"

In the rain, there was the sound of a sharp weapon cutting into the body, and the sword cut violently. As a cold light brought a rain of blood in the sky, the head of the Carisu officer flew away from his neck with a stunned expression. Cut off with a knife, and with the inertia brought by the galloping war horse, it flew into the air two meters high, and then the body fell straight down at this moment.

In a matter of just a few seconds, a dozen other Kalisu city guards wanted to turn around and run away, but were quickly overwhelmed by the speeding Imperial cavalry. "Only these people?"

Estante, who had captured the city gate in one fell swoop, halted his horse at the city gate. He raised his head and looked around. The entire city gate was really filled with just these dozen Kalisu City Guards. This just showed that his previous The judgment was correct. The Ka who was originally stationed in Sakye The Lisu Northern Army should no longer be here. There are only a small number of Kalisu troops stationed here. Now that these Kalisu troops have been transferred to search for Lytle, it is possible that the city gate is in such an important position. A small team guards

Now he regrets a little. He just wanted to seize the city gate at lightning speed. If he had known better, he shouldn't have killed them all. It would have been better to leave one behind to ask about the situation. As a result, he is completely blind now! Even if you want to rescue Lytle, you still don’t know where Lytle is! "Sir, I think we have found Lord Lytle." At this moment, an Imperial Cavalry Captain ran over with a strange expression and whispered.

"What did you say!" Estante's face was stunned for a moment, and he almost thought he was hallucinating. He asked again, and then said to the cavalry captain, "Let's go, take me to see!" Behind the captain of the imperial cavalry, Estante came to the warehouse next to the city gate guard tower used to deal with the defense supplies. Two imperial cavalry were supporting a middle-aged man limping towards this side.

The civilian clothes that Estante remembered were the clothes that Lytle put on before setting off. Who was it if it wasn't Lytle? "Why are you like this, sir?" Estante jumped off his horse, looked up and down, and asked eagerly. "We received a report from the scout that there seemed to be a large-scale manhunt for traitors in the city. I thought it was a manhunt." As for adults, we have no choice but to do it urgently Come here, it doesn't seem like this. "At this moment, Lytle looked in a mess, covered in mud and water, and there were traces of being tied up on his arms. Apart from these, everything else seemed to be fine. This made Estante breathed a long sigh of relief. "The city is indeed searching for so-called traitors, but it's not me."

Under this situation, Lytle's old face couldn't help but blush. It was really embarrassing to be found like this.

"I also hurriedly wanted to leave when I saw the search warrant issued in the city. Who knew that when I passed the city gate, I was arrested as a suspicious person. I didn't expect that I, Lytle, was the first person I entered after returning to Calisu. The city is in such a mess, it seems that I am really...!" Lytle smiled bitterly at Estante, and waved his hand helplessly in annoyance, thinking that he was in trouble. Although I don’t know who alerted the city defense army, even Lytle himself didn’t believe it when he told me. It was such a coincidence that he had been very successful. No one in the city recognized him, except for the fact that most people were shocked by the news of his death. They don't think he is still alive. Another reason is that the northern army that he had led for six years was also transferred to the wasteland with the worst environment in the south of the Kalisu Kingdom to fight against the Anser barbarians there.

Today is not what it used to be. The first general with a great reputation is now a notorious traitor. Looking at these once familiar brick walls that have been covered with the dust of the years, looking at the building in front of him that he has poured countless efforts into. The city began to feel so unfamiliar to him. Lytle felt a sense of sadness welling up in his heart. Feeling discouraged, Lytle was about to leave. At this time, an order to blockade and search was suddenly issued in the city. Lytle was suddenly arrested. Trapped

At this point, Lytle's face darkened slightly. "The internal situation of the Calisu Kingdom is very complicated." He explained to Estante, "The wasteland area where the Anser clan lives is even worse than the Calisu area." Ordinary people cannot survive in the tropical rainforest. My ancestors of the Kalisu people felt that the environment was too bad, so they took the risk of being exterminated and migrated out of the wilderness. It took them nearly a hundred years to get to a slightly better place. The Kalisuo region has gained a foothold, but Because watching the Kalisu tribe begin to grow after moving out of the Huangze Rainforest, the most powerful Anser clan in the rainforest also wants to move out of the Huangze Rainforest. You also know that this dense forest area is surrounded by powerful countries, and to the north is Feize, a powerful country, faces war to the east The powerful Martin Liya, the Carisu Kingdom was able to gradually stabilize its footing under the scrutiny of powerful countries because of the dense forest area as a cover. However, the Anser tribe did not dare to touch these powerful forces, but wanted to seize me, Carisu. The territory of Su Kingdom"

Lytle's voice paused, and his eyes showed a sense of vicissitudes of life, and it was even more complicated and difficult to understand. "The war between the two races has lasted for more than eighty years. This is also the reason why the Kalisu Kingdom has more than 100,000 people on the surface. The military strength of the country can be considered to be above average among the southern countries, but one of the reasons why it has never been able to truly become a powerful country is that just to fight against the Ansers, King Kalisu The country must place 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the wilderness all year round." In other words, you Kalisu people occupy the north of this huge dense forest area, while the south is occupied by the Anser people, so we captured Kalisu After the royal capital, it is equivalent to being sandwiched between the Kalisu army in Balua and Huangze. There may be some Anser people following behind. Is this what you mean? "

Estante's face was so gloomy that he wanted to shed water. What on earth is going on? What does the Imperial Intelligence Department do? It doesn't even know the reality of the Calisu Kingdom. Otherwise, I am afraid that such a possibility would not be related to 30,000 people. Crucial information on the life and death of the Imperial Army has been missed!

"Indeed, that's why the Kali Su army only has a thousand troops stationed at such an important gateway in Sakye. In addition to the fact that all the elite troops have been transferred to Balua, it's also because they don't worry about their own safety at all. The royal capital was suddenly attacked." Leter smiled bitterly and rubbed his temples. "Although this sounds shocking, this is the reality."

Lytle looked at Estante's livid face, hesitated and said, "Actually, this cannot be blamed on the incompetence of the Imperial Intelligence Department. It can only be said that the dense forest country of the Carisu Kingdom is too closed, and after all, it is just a front-end fee." The Empire's huge intelligence network cannot extend to Ze's vassal country, and His Majesty the Emperor issued a sudden order to fight against the Calisu Kingdom. Even Lord Salton said that he had already entered the country when he received the order. He landed in the sea area of ​​​​Gangfei, and then made an emergency landing and secretly returned to the Jersey coast. However, the imperial warship that was nominally transporting him was still heading north, so we were unable to report the situation about the Kingdom of Kalisu at all, but there is no need to worry too much. I have already informed Mr. Salton about the situation in the Lisu Kingdom. Mr. Salton promised that as long as we capture the capital of Calisu, Mr. Salton will personally lead the 100,000 main force of the Southern Second Army southward."

"Then it's no problem. I just said Lord Salton won't let us die." Hearing this, Estante breathed a sigh of relief. I have sent people to find out what is going on in the city. I believe it will be very soon. There will be an answer soon. The city gate is already under control. As long as Bai Dan's infantry arrives, the whole city can be controlled.

"I also want to know what is going on in the city?"

Lytle touched it with a confused expression. He also wanted to know who he was dragged down by. It was definitely not an ordinary person who could make the entire city guard suddenly blockade the city. In fact, it was indeed not an ordinary person. , the scout who went to understand the situation A Callisu officer was quickly tied up. His whole body was tied with ropes and a smelly sock was stuffed in his mouth. Officer Callisu was brought to Lytle and Estante. Lytle Asking someone to remove the smelly socks from his mouth, Officer Carisu He fell to the ground, twitched and struggled on the ground, and vomited for a long time. This was a relatively handsome young officer, wearing a captain's armor. His pale face began to look around, and when he saw something still on the ground at the city gate, There was a lot of blood, The whole person couldn't help but shiver. There was a small team of troops at the city gate, and now they were all occupied by inexplicable troops wearing black armor. He didn't recognize the imperial army armor, but it didn't hinder him. The smell of blood smelled from all around

"Ludatis is dead?" The officer's eyes flashed, showing an unexpected look. Then he called out the name of the officer guarding the city gate. When he noticed that the other person's expression showed no reaction, he asked again in a solemn voice, "Who are you?" people?

"It doesn't matter who we are. Tell me, who are you arresting in the city?" Lytle's fluent words in Calisu's words made the other party obviously stunned for a moment. Only then did the young officer notice that there was a Kalisu in front of him. After hearing Lytle's voice, Lisu's eyes paused on Lytle, as if he wanted to see the other person's face clearly. In exchange, a bright imperial sword pressed on his shoulder. Kali Officer Su trembled with fright and said in a trembling voice, "Don't kill me. The person we are searching is Her Royal Highness Princess Lu Dai. The royal capital sent an urgent order saying that Princess Lu Dai was unwilling to marry Martin Liya. Escaped from the royal capital, because there is a large army stationed in the direction of Balua, so if Her Royal Highness Princess Ludai wants to leave the Kingdom of Carisu, the most likely way is to leave our Sakye. The higher-ups ordered Sakye to be sealed off and searched comprehensively! "

"Why would the royal family use Princess Ludai to execute the marriage between the Calisu Kingdom and Martin Tooth? Didn't Princess Ludai once marry Feize?" Lytle's face was stunned for a moment, and he saw Estante's confused look. , explained, "Princess Ludai is the biological sister of the current King of Kalisu, Lucia. She married into Fei in the name of marriage three years ago. The Ze royal family, and later the Feize royal family perished, and Princess Ludai naturally returned to the Carisu Kingdom. I didn’t expect that the Carisu royal family would be so cruel. In less than two years, they wanted to find a poor princess again. Marrying again, and also to the famously barbaric Martin Liya people, it’s no wonder that Princess Ludai wants to run away!”

"Where are the city guards in the city now?" Estante's eyes flashed and he asked in a deep voice. For him, it doesn't matter what Princess Ludai is. He is more concerned about how to take down Sark in front of him. Jerusalem

"It should be in the eighth block. We have just received news that a suspicious person seems to have been found there. When we were about to rush over,..." The Carisu officer was obviously frightened, and he trembled and said nothing. of clean

"Eighth Block?" Estante glanced at Lytle

"I know the location of the 8th Block. It used to be my official residence. It is a street about 200 meters long with only two exits at the front and back. The reason why I chose the official residence there is because it is easy to control and I don't have to worry about being attacked. "The sudden assassination," Lytle said slowly with a look of pain on his face, "But I didn't expect that I could dodge the hidden arrows, but I couldn't dodge the open guns of the Calisu royal family. In the end, I was sent to Feize's vassal country." group"

"You are Lytle, God, you are the dead Lytle." The Carisu officer suddenly shouted like he had seen a ghost. Estante knocked the officer unconscious with the back of his knife, and then ordered others Drag the officer down and guard him

"Sir, Lord Bai Dan has arrived!" Ten minutes later, a report came from the city gate.

"Very good, let the infantry team enter the city immediately and control each block. If you encounter resistance, kill them on the spot. Send 5,000 people to the eighth block and surround it first. If anyone breaks through, kill them on the spot! All major If someone wants to sneak out of the city, kill him!" Estante stood up and gave a series of orders, then nodded to Lytle, "I'm sorry, it should be a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of troops, so the news must not be leaked. I actually overstepped my order, please forgive me."

"No, I am the one who should be grateful." Lytle showed a grateful look next to him. He didn't care whether he was a traitor or not, but after all, this was where he had worked hard and where he had lived for six years. It would be too cruel for him to issue such a ruthless order!