Realm of Power

In the gap in the east wall, countless torches merged into flames, seeming to paint the sky with blood, and the shouts of killing swept across the face like a violent sea tide.

Looking at the tragic situation of the gap in the east wall, King Kalisu's face on the city wall was livid. The situation in front of him made it very clear that the imperial team knew in advance that the east wall would collapse, otherwise they would not have arranged such a dense attack. The crossbows were covered with arrows and stoned, so that even the Kalisu defenders who rushed over at the fastest speed could not even get close to the gap of 20 meters in the east wall, let alone the stone to block the gap of more than ten meters. Who can believe that there is no gap between inside and outside? "Your Majesty, now is not the time to consider this issue. If the gap in the east wall cannot be blocked, the situation will be even worse." Lorraine Carden's face was reflected in the firelight, and his eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes. No one thought about the situation. It became like this. Why did the east wall, which had been strong for hundreds of years, collapse without warning? This sudden situation can be said to have overturned the entire war situation.

Moreover, the turmoil caused by the Kalisu Kingdom’s side was not only the loss of troops suffered in order to block the east wall. The bigger fluctuation was that the confidence that the Kalisu army had originally thought they would win suddenly turned into panic. "The king Even if the Imperial Guards are added to the capital garrison, the strength is only 11,000, while the imperial troops outside the city have 30,000, and compared with the regular army of the empire, our army's combat strength is obviously inferior..."

One of the generals of the Kalisu army had an ugly face and hesitated to speak. The other generals were breathing heavily, too afraid to face King Kalisu's murderous eyes. Why did the east wall collapse? How did the Imperial Team know that the east wall would collapse? No one dares to take the initiative to bring up the things here. There is no doubt that there is a gap on Carisu's side, and someone has tampered with the east wall beforehand!

"Can we really not hold on?"

King Kalisu's face was ashen, and he glanced ferociously at the faces of the generals, shouting questions, but no one dared to answer him. Anyone who dared to speak at this time would definitely die. Even if the king would not kill him now, but bewitching His Majesty the King's escape from the royal capital during the war was enough to ruin his reputation afterwards.

There is a precedent for this kind of thing. I wonder if Lytle, the famous general of the first generation, did something similar. At that time, His Majesty the King assembled an army of 20,000 people and wanted to swallow up Fort Kiko, one of Fezer's southern vassals. Fezer was furious. , 100,000 border guards went south. Because of the disparity in strength, Lytle, who was in charge of the entire army at the time, persuaded King Carisu to return. Withdrawing from the dense forest area, although in the end, Lytle alone led the army to break up the rear and desperately resisted Fezer's army to cover His Majesty the King's safe withdrawal and was captured, the first thing His Majesty the King did after returning home was to write a chilling letter to Fezer, Instead of requesting Lytle's release, he placed all the responsibility on the captured Lytle.

At that time, everyone believed that the angry Fezer side would definitely execute Lytle.

But no one expected, and no one knew whether it was Fezer's intention to disgust King Calisu, or some other arrangement, that Lytle was miraculously released from Fezer. As expected, His Majesty was embarrassed now. , the truth of that year was also revealed to the world when Lytle returned to the country, and the whole country was in an uproar. Carisu had no choice but to, in order to restore the favor of His Majesty the King, In order to show that King Carisu was not the kind of heartless person, the Carisu royal family married a member of the royal family to Lytle as his wife to settle the matter. However, Lytle was sent out of the royal capital soon afterwards. , stayed in the dangerous northern town of Sakye for six years. During these six years, Lytle was strictly ordered to stay in Sakye and was not even given a chance to return.

As for the so-called wife of that royal family member, she stayed in the royal capital to attract bees and butterflies, and she made countless cuckolds to Lytle. In the end, the Carisu royal family still felt that Lytle was an eyesore and simply sent Lytle to Feize. To die, a generation of famous generals died in a foreign country, but even if Lytle died , King Carisuo also did not let go. The Lytle family was confiscated of their property, deprived of their title, and permanently branded with the shameful title of traitor. To put it bluntly, His Majesty the King wanted everyone to know that he would end up unhappy. With Lytle's precedent, who would dare to say anything about asking His Majesty the King to evacuate the capital! "Why, isn't there anyone with an idea?"

The Kingdom of Calisu punched the battlements with an angry look, and his bloodshot eyes scanned the generals of Calisu one by one. Of course he knew that the royal capital might not be able to defend it, but as the Kingdom of Calisu If the king abandoned the capital and fled because he was afraid of the enemy, what face would he have to face the army retreating from the wasteland? Just like before, who would bear the responsibility for the fall of the capital! "In order to complete the opportunity to lure the enemy deeper, it is also common in wars between countries to use the royal capital as bait. Your Majesty does not need to worry about this at all. As the person in charge of the royal department, I think it is time to implement this plan." Critical moment , Lorraine Carden said in a deep voice with a righteous face. He said that it was the king who raised him to his current position. If the king's reputation becomes bad, his role as the head of the military will come to an end. According to King Kalisu's character, the final responsibility for the loss and fall of the royal capital must lie with him. On my own head, in this case, I can only take a gamble! Judging from the current situation, although the fall of the royal capital is already a given, the armies on both fronts will turn back within a few days. At that time, the imperial team staying in the royal capital will also face a dead end. As long as the final victory can be achieved, as long as If you can annihilate this imperial team, everything else is easy to say. Even if you escape, it can be said to be a temptation!

"What Lord Lorraine said is so right. There are many examples of seduction tactics using the royal capital as bait in wars between various countries. We are just luring the enemy deeper!" Seeing Lorraine Carden take the initiative to stand up, others The generals secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly echoed beside them.

"Led the enemy deeper?" King Carisu glanced coldly and said to himself. He originally wanted to put on a look of embarrassment, but the sound of fighting from the direction of the east wall suddenly made him stop. I was so excited that I didn't dare to delay any longer. Who knows how long the east wall can hold on. If the imperial army rushes into the city, it will be very difficult to leave the city." Give the order and evacuate the royal capital. "King Kalisu's pale face is reflected in the firelight." Your Majesty , it is better not to pass this command. "It's better to drive." Lorraine Carden raised his head and looked at King Carisu and said sternly, "My subordinates are worried that once the order is issued, our army will collapse early. By then, the imperial army will hide in the city, and it will be very difficult for Your Majesty to leave!" Now Your Majesty had better take It was extremely inconspicuous to lead more than a hundred elite guards away, and the imperial team's attention was currently on the east wall. They would not have thought that His Majesty would have already left the royal capital while the battle was still fierce. When the imperial team entered the city, Your Majesty has been gone for a long time!"

"Okay, let's do it!" King Calisu nodded solemnly, turned around and was about to walk towards the city road. At this moment, he suddenly stopped and stood on the top of the city and looked towards the east wall. Seeing countless torches suddenly lit up in the darkness, groups of Imperial black-armored infantry quickly approached the gap in the east wall in the light of the fire.

Behind the main infantry of the empire, there were groups of siege shooters, one after another, taking turns taking turns coming out of the woodland near the east wall like an endless wave, pushing and dragging various attacking tools, and pounced towards the east. Wall, the golden eagle flag of the empire was billowing in the night wind, and large clusters of arrows crossed over the section of the east wall like locusts. Below, a large group of infantry swooped in like a crescent moon wave.

From the beginning of this siege, the empire had set up a battle formation that was sure to win, and the follow-up troops were continuously joining in the attack on the east wall. The fire that filled the entire sight was dyed red. the sky,

"Pass my order, all armies will counterattack the gap!" King Carisu's eyes flashed with a cold look, and he suddenly gave a decisive order to General Carisu behind him. His order made that General Carisu's The whole person froze for a moment, and the general thought he had heard wrongly. King Carisu repeated it again, "Counterattack the gap across the board, regardless of the cost, do you understand!"

Knowing what this order meant, the general trembled and couldn't help but asked in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, our army is far smaller in number than the Imperial Army, and now the Imperial Army has set up a dragnet in the gap in the east wall. Even if everyone is filled in, I’m afraid they won’t be able to rely on the east wall!”

"Stupid, they don't need to get close to the east wall, they just need to delay time." King Calisu snorted with a heavy nose. "Since you are a soldier of my Kingdom of Calisu, you must be willing to sacrifice for me. This can be regarded as my last gift to them, fight for me! "King Carisu turned and walked towards the city road, leaving General Carisu with a dull look on his face.

"Execute the order!" Lorraine Carden, who was following King Calisu, reached out and patted the general on the shoulder. He used a counterattack to attract the attention of the imperial team to the east wall. This was undoubtedly quite effective. Only in this way can we more confidently escape from the royal capital. However, the escape order was not given to the royal family. His selfish nature made the other generals of Carisu who saw this scene couldn't help but tremble in their spines. cold

"His Majesty ordered, attack the east wall across the board!"

The messengers with the orders flew all the way, and the Kalisu army began to counterattack towards the gap in the east wall. Countless people were running and shouting. The Kalisu officers were driving the soldiers forward as if they were crazy. Countless arrows were fired. Shooting downwards, the impact troops erected a temporary shield made of door panels. Above the shield, the arrow shafts were densely packed like hedgehogs. Thousands of Kalisu The soldiers just erected dozens of large sideboards and swarmed up like a tide. Under their footsteps were piles of corpses. Human blood flowed down, turning the ground into blood. Above their heads, people roared. Stones were thrown at them randomly, and in the rain of arrows, Kalisu's army jumped over the corpses on the ground with one foot high and the other low, facing the rain of arrows. The smell of blood was so thick that it was hard to breathe. I don’t know how many injured people were struggling and howling on the ground that was already stained red with blood. That gap has become the most cruel place where human life is consumed.

Even the imperial crossbows were weakening at this moment. One after another, the crossbows either had their teeth broken or their strings were broken and were damaged. The Imperial archers are getting slower and slower in rewinding, and the arrow rain is getting slower and slower. The side shields in front of the Kalisu army have become like hedgehogs at this moment. There are dense layers of wooden feather short arrows on them, but they are lying all over the ground. There are at least three to four thousand corpses! The Imperial heavy armored infantry swarmed in from the gap, blocking the sight of all the Kalisu people. The enemies crossing the gap rushed towards them like a huge wave. "Kill them!" A Kalisu officer shouted in a sad voice. Shouting, ahead, everywhere you look, there are surging heads of people. The room seemed to have grown rows of sharp fangs, which were the two-handed battle axes in the hands of the Imperial heavy infantry. The waves of people from both sides collided with each other, and the long spears of the Kalisu army collided with the battle axes of the Imperial heavy infantry. Together, so close and no longer distinguishing the formation. Just use everything you have in your hands to cut and stab the people in front of you, to push and shake the front line that is like a sea of ​​people!

There are two gates in the north and south of the Kalisu Kingdom. Outside each gate, there are two small villages set up to protect the gates and serve as a starting point for counterattacks. However, the emperor accidentally broke through the east wall and had already lost control of the city. The two city gates that were supposed to be the most intense battle showed no signs of fighting. Just as everyone's eyes were focused on the east wall, the cables of the suspension bridge at the south gate of King Kalisu's capital began to sway and stretch. The ten-meter-long thick wooden suspension bridge slowly lowered, and a group of cavalry emerged from the slightly opened city wall. The door flew out, and the horse's hooves splashed up large chunks of black and yellow mud. Running straight towards the south. "The Kali Su army has indeed counterattacked across the board!" On the imperial side, the commander of the Eighth Banner of the Imperial Southern Second Army, Bai Dan, was riding on a war horse, staring at the battle situation in the direction of the gap, his face looking a little... "Weird" Haha, when he found that the defense was hopeless, King Calisu would definitely escape, and he would definitely order a full-scale counterattack before escaping. Lord Lytle's judgment began to come true, "Estant Mufang, Commander of the Fifth Flag Shining took a deep breath of the blood-smelling air, and it was almost certain to capture the capital of Kalisu. Just like a trapped beast would fight to the death, at this moment the Kalisu army was fighting desperately, and its burst of combat power was also the most astonishing. , so Estante did not let the heavy armored infantry advance quickly, but used the narrow area of ​​​​the gap to cooperate with the imperial slings and crossbows to consume a large area of ​​​​the strength of the Carisu defenders. As expected, King Carisu could not sit still.

In the dark night, the Imperial light cavalry that had finished gathering were guarding below, surrounding Lytle who was standing at the top. In the dark night, Lytle did not personally direct the final attack on the east wall, but escaped and waited here, watching the scene in the distance carefully. He was waiting, waiting for King Calisu to escape from the royal capital, and follow his instructions. Knowing King Calisu, King Calisu will definitely run away

Moreover, before running away, he would order the defenders to counterattack, just like the common practice more than ten years ago. In that battle, there was no need to kill so many people, and Lytle would not be captured by the Fezers. The reason was that The man who had just become the king ruthlessly issued such an order when he was evacuating and escaping. However, because he refused to carry out the order, Lytle was left to command the entire army to block it, even though more than ten years had passed. , but those most The voices and faces of the Callisu soldiers who fought to death without knowing that the king had escaped seemed to come alive in Lytle's mind at this moment. "What the man was trying to cover up was exactly this thing that was enough to The things that ruined his reputation! Those soldiers who fought to death because of their orders should also be watching this! "Letter's expression was stern, and his eyes were focused on a row of black spots running at high speed in the distance. Come on, "Everyone, follow me!"

Lytle shouted, and the war horse leaped out. The bright imperial sword was drawn out under the gaze of thousands of red eyes. It was like a chill tore through the night. Countless cavalry swarmed out, and the horses' hooves rumbled like thunder in the sky. It rolled and spread out on both sides, like a huge arc extending infinitely. From the left and right directions, it quickly expanded towards the row of small black dots in front of it and gathered together.