Realm of Power

Outside Roston City, heavy rain poured down, and lightning streaked in the air like silver snakes, constantly illuminating the ground below. The black-armored infantry and the silver-white armor of the Hokuriku noble army swarmed up like a tide, like a black and white line. There was a clear dividing line, and countless spears collided with each other in an instant.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Roars, fighting sounds, and the sounds of gold and iron clashing boiled on the huge battlefield, like huge waves crashing on a solid wall. The sound of collision turned into countless fragments, and the spears in the hands of the first-line assault infantrymen from both sides He stabbed forward crazily, and the spear's struggle was accompanied by the scraping sound of twisted gold and iron. It penetrated the body in the armor along the gaps, bringing out a lot of bloody smell.

"Hold on, as long as they defeat their first wave, they will collapse!" The officers of the Hokuriku Noble Army screamed with all their strength, but in front of them were crowds of people, and bloody stabbing spears streaked across people's faces. , the injured fell down in pain. The first wave almost disappeared in an instant, but more people rushed up from behind, and the density was so dense that it was shocking. My scalp felt numb, there was cold light from swords everywhere, people were stacked against each other, shields were hitting each other crazily, the rain falling on my body felt hot, but when I touched it with my hand, it was the color of blood, and there was a huge noise, The clash of weapons, the screams of the wounded, a flood of voices and cries of "The nobles must die!"

"Come forward and kill! Kill all these noble lackeys!"

"With five gold coins per head, the opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you." In addition to the crazy fighting that rushed up, there were waves of shouts that rushed into the ears like waves. The spears were stabbed out, and the blood surged, and the dead people were as if they were dry. Qiu Mai was struck by the sound of the person behind him with his armor shattering, mixed with the collision of metal and flesh.

Five gold coins per head. .......The Hokuriku Noble Army soldier paused when he heard this. The hand holding the weapon trembled unconsciously, and then he felt that the person rushing up from the opposite side seemed to be crazy. He was not afraid of death at all. He could stab him with one shot. Go out, hold the barrel of your gun and pounce on them. Everyone's eyes are red like wild beasts. The situation is completely one-sided.

If it was a hard battle, it might not be like this, but now with the absolute numerical advantage, almost four or five emperors fought against a Hokuriku noble army, breaking through the array in a blink of an eye, and pouring in like a flood. , looked at the Hokuriku noble army with wrong eyes, flashed coldly, punched, kicked, and held hands Pulling his feet, even the officers of the Hokuriku Noble Army were beaten until they screamed, not to mention the ordinary soldiers of the Hokuriku Noble Army. As soon as they fell to the ground, they immediately raised their swords and dropped them, and a hot stream of human blood spurted out. On his face, the person who grabbed the head held it up happily and shouted, "The third one, the noble must die!"

Those who didn't grab it secretly cursed bad luck, kicked the corpse hard with dissatisfaction, and then rushed forward in a swarm, leaving the headless corpse squirting blood and twitching miserably on the ground.

Five imperial gold coins are only half a year's income for ordinary people on the west coast of the empire, but the situation in front of them is crazy. The imperial army has gone crazy. Such a huge gap in military strength is completely crushing. There is a cruel element in human nature. Under the stimulation of the group environment, everyone's adrenalin surges. Even those who were weak before are now as fierce as tigers.

If there are more people than there are, but if you don't know how to charge hard and cut off one or two heads to make a small fortune, then you are a fool. This is not an evenly matched fight, but a group fight, a completely one-sided group fight!

In just ten minutes, a queue of four thousand people from the Hokuriku noble army was overwhelmed by the black tide of the imperial army. The headless corpses of the Hokuriku noble soldiers were lying all over the ground. The team has collapsed, revealing the main formation behind, and the Imperial Team The crowds of people were like a frenzy, and the military flags moved forward in the rain at a staggering speed, as if they were pushing black clouds to cover everything. There were more black clouds surging and gathering in the distance, and it was impossible to tell whether they were people or clouds. , moving towards this side, it was just a mass of darkness.

"Hold on, don't retreat!"

"If you don't want to die, just hold on!

There was no longer an officer shouting nonsense about how one wave of killings would be enough to repel the enemy. They watched as more than half of the troops were defeated within twenty minutes. The enemies rushing in crazily still had the bloody heads of their comrades on their waists. All of them were shocked. People's hearts are filled with chills. What's going on? What's going on with these untouchables?

I don’t want to be beheaded alive! Stop them!

The rain hit their faces with the wind, which was biting to the bone for the Hokuriku noble army. Shields stood up one after another, but among the oncoming crowds, suddenly there was a heavy ax swung violently, and there was a loud bang. With a loud sound, he knocked hard on the densely packed vertical wall on the opposite side. After raising his shield, the Hokuriku Noble Army soldier behind the shield dumped his blood on the ground with a stunned look on his face. Only then did the Hokuriku Noble Army soldier realize that at some point, among the crowds of people who were swarming, a man wearing a uniform appeared. Heavy Imperial Armor The infantrymen have sharp and heavy battle axes in their hands. Even if the heavy armor on their bodies is stabbed by a bayonet, they will be bounced away. The main target of these heavy armored infantry is the Northern Army's array shields and heavy battle axes. Under this, the shield is often shattered or flew out, and other imperial soldiers behind will swarm forward. Because the imperial soldiers are all black, these heavy armored infantry are mixed in, and almost no one notices them. By the time they find out, they are already trapped. There was a scuffle

"Heavy infantry, there are Imperial heavy infantry inside." Panic shouts came one after another. The queue of Hokuriku noble army soldiers was pushed back continuously. Under the strong impact of the opponent, they scattered like sea water smashed by a huge boulder. Got it

Viscount Bai Feng, who was riding on a war horse in the center of the Hokuriku noble army's main formation, stared into the distance, his face no longer calm and calm. There were too many enemies, to the point of despair. It's not a series of battles. What we see now is estimated to be more than 60,000 to 70,000, and there are emperors in the distance. The troops are still pouring out. Who knows how many Imperial troops there are before they are fully exposed. It would be great if God can give me a terrain that is easy to defend, but my troops are lined up in this Ross. Under Dun City, the surrounding area is so open that people feel hopeless. Apart from a head-on confrontation, there is no other way to think of it.

Didn't it mean that the empire's troops on the west coast were less than 20,000? These are the ones that came out of the ground. Where did these untouchables come from? With such a large number of imperial troops gathered on the west coast, why is there no news at all! The questioning voices in his mind made his fingers clenched so hard that their joints turned slightly white.

The deputy Viscount Esta next to him was even more unbearable. He was also completely confused by the sudden appearance of the imperial army. The situation changed too fast. He was still feeling disdain for conquering a small city. In the blink of an eye, there were such a large number of people. The Imperial Army came over like a landslide. This joke must have been too big. I only have 10,000 people. I am not the main force of the Hokuriku noble army. How can I be so cruel! How many imperial troops were there in front of him? Fifty thousand, eighty thousand, one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand? Viscount Esther felt that his heart was about to burst. There were five thousand-man teams, two of which were equipped with equipment. Excellent Fezer Hokuriku Swordsman

And these nearly 5,000 people died in just 20 minutes. At this moment, he really felt aggrieved in his heart as if he had been trampled by 10,000 horses. Such a heavy troop group had been unable to bear it, and now it appeared. Come on, is it interesting to fight against such a few people like yourself? Everyone knows that the empire has always been extremely shameless in its military use. From the emperor to the generals, no one is good, but they never expected to be so shameless. If you can, drag out that old turtle Geng Di and beat him up. You only have so little wealth... …And what’s the point of this nobleman having to die? Is there anything so disgusting! Esta's eyes were filled with despair. The imperial army on the opposite side was as powerful as a hill, crushing everything.

If he had known this, he shouldn't have gone south. This was the only thought in his mind when he saw that the defense line of the formation was completely collapsed.

"I thought I would catch a big fish, but I didn't expect that only a few small fish and shrimps came. It's boring. Tell the people in front of you to stop playing. Give them another half hour. If they can't defeat the Hokuriku noble army in front of them, , the previously promised bounty will be directly halved!”

On the slope not far away, Estante withdrew his gaze from the already unsuspicious battle situation, turned his head and ordered the cavalry behind him, the Hokuriku noble army really thought that they could attack the entire west coast through the nobles on the west coast. If you know it, you really think that with the help of the Fezer nobles on the west coast, you can easily sweep away the entire west coast, a bunch of fools!

No matter how bad the intelligence department of the empire is, they will not be so stupid as not to know that the source of intelligence for the Hokuriku Noble Army is actually provided by the nobles on the West Coast. If not, how could the Hokuriku Noble Army be allowed to attack them all unscrupulously?

Many of these former Feize nobles who are hostile to the empire are wealthy families that have been entrenched for many years. Although they are dilapidated, they are like big trees. Although they have been broken, their roots are still deeply rooted in every inch of land on the west coast. With these former Feize The Ze nobles acted as internal agents and sent out bits and pieces of intelligence. The layout of the imperial army, the defense of each city, and the truth and falsehoods of the empire's reclamation camps were almost all given to the Hokuriku noble army like mercury pouring down the ground.

With such detailed intelligence, the Hokuriku noble army was able to march south from the Hokuriku Plateau and win consecutive battles. They were invincible. Not only did they retake the capital of Feize, they also defeated hundreds of thousands of imperial reclamation regiments. In a short time, In less than half a month, a staggering record was achieved. This proud record also made the Hokuriku noble army believe that victory was within their grasp.

Little did they know that all this was done intentionally by the empire, launching a conflict between the former slaves of Fezer and the nobles of Fezer, and directly nailing the nobles of Fezer on the west coast to death. All they were fighting for was these few days. In the past few days, the Empire's Southern Second Army posted a temporary recruitment notice along the coast that the former Feize slaves had longed for. And the high bounty posted above made the entire coastline explode, making people crazy. The high bounty of the first five imperial golds for a noble soldier, the entire coastline was boiling, not only attracting A large number of former Fezer slaves who were encouraged joined in, as did many chamber of commerce guards stranded on the west coast of the empire.

This war is not just a matter of bounty, but a life and death battle for the three million former slaves on the entire West Coast.

The Hokuriku nobles went south like locusts, burning, killing and looting, and they also carried the banner of Feize's restoration of the country, making it clear that they wanted to restore the west coast to the state where the Feize nobles were domineering. , as long as you are a former slave of Fezer, who doesn't know that once the empire fails, the west coast will turn into a hell on earth in an instant.

There are more than three million former Feize slaves on the West Coast who have finally been normal people for two years. Who wants to be a slave treated as an animal again? Even if the empire has not issued a recruitment order, they go to the imperial army camp every day and ask to join the imperial army. Feize Qingzhuang of the ** team has come a long way. They are not just fighting for the empire, They are fighting for themselves. For the empire, losing the west coast will make two years of hard work in vain. For these former Feize slaves, it is related to the future of their wives and children, and the quota of 100,000 auxiliary troops. It was expected to take three to five days, but it actually took just over two days, and the number of people exceeded the quota by more than 10,000.

In just three days, an army of 100,000 people was mobilized on the west coast. Estante was appointed as the commander. He shouted the proud slogan "The nobles must die" and pulled the army to the point where it had been prepared for a long time. In the Roston area, Roston was already a place where former Fezer nobles gathered in the pre-Fizer Kingdom era. Now it is one of the cities closest to the Hokuriku noble army moving south. It is also a place where Fezer nobles and former Fezer slaves gather. The areas where the bloodiest conflicts broke out

That bloody incident resulted in the tragic deaths of more than 300 Feize noble family members, many of whom were women and children. Now that the Hokuriku noble army is close at hand, these Feize nobles would be a fool to endure it. Estante would give a thumbs up and say "admire"

An imperial officer with blood all over his armor came back from the front. The imperial sword in his hand was still dripping blood to the ground. The imperial officer stopped in front of Estante and asked respectfully, " Sir, the rebellious Feize nobles in the city have been suppressed. Thirty-seven people were killed, twenty-nine were injured, and fifty-three were captured. What should we do with these people? "This imperial officer is also a former Nord army. To say that Nord had quite a few famous generals at the time, but really What was able to save some face for the Nord soldiers was the fact that the young general in front of him, who did not seem to have much of a formal appearance, was the one who persisted in resisting in the mountains even when the Nord royal family surrendered and hundreds of thousands of troops were disarmed. The empire has been moving south for three months. For many Nord young people, this fits the image of Nord warriors standing proudly in the setting sun in their minds. "How else to deal with it? Since it is a rebellion, there must be a rebellion. "Awareness"

Estante raised his head and looked at the gradually dimming sky above his head. He raised his right hand calmly. On the ground covered with corpses, the broken family emblem and flag of the Hokuriku nobles were trampled by countless pairs of feet, and he was deeply involved. In the bloody mud on the ground, it would be even more perfect if there was a bloody setting sun now. Estante said with a self-deprecating smile. Laugh, this is a battle without any suspense. Bai Feng and the 10,000 Hokuriku noble army encountered not 50,000 or 60,000, but 110,000, a total of 110,000 imperial temporary troops, including the Estan Special Agent. The 5,000 former Nord elites who entered, and the 60,000 noble troops who had been fighting since they went south, were quietly cut off by one-sixth in this battle.

As darkness fell, the color of the sky gradually faded from orange to green, and the cyan night came like a tide. There was only the sound of rain falling in my ears. The main force of the Hokuriku Noble Army, fifty thousand strong, extended towards the northwest. On the terrain at the junction of plains and mountains, stretching for several miles in front and back, the army radiated in an oval shape. Reports from the front forced the Hokuriku noble army heading towards the west coast to stop.

The Imperial Regular Army appears!

Although it was just a battle between scouts, the appearance of the regular army scouts in itself showed that the empire's regular army stationed on the west coast was not far away. The war was imminent. Although it was known that the imperial army was insufficient in strength, it was still the empire's regular army. Among the noble armies He is not completely incompetent and greedy for merit. Faced with the possibility of a big war at any time, he proposed to temporarily rest the army.

The Hokuriku noble army stopped repairing and built camps on the spot.

"Isn't Viscount Bai Feng back yet?"

Grand Duke Geng Di came to the entrance of the military tent and asked the attendant at the door again. Six hours had passed. From the afternoon to now, even if Viscount Bai Feng conquered the small town, he should have returned at this moment, but the attendant The officer's reply made him frown. The situation was a bit strange. The head of the Hokuriku nobles who had been a soldier all his life felt that something was wrong.

But it is unbelievable to say that Viscount Bai Feng has encountered something unexpected. Viscount Bai Feng’s troops can be considered elite, and their number is tens of thousands. Even if they encounter the regular army of the empire head-on, if the opponent wants to gnaw this hard bone, they don’t have thirty thousand. Human strength is also impossible, and the entire The emperor's salary on the west coast is less than 20,000, but thinking about the dissatisfied look on Viscount Bai Feng's face when he left, Grand Duke Geng Di was relieved. This Viscount Bai Feng was afraid that he would vent his anger on that small town. Well, I just don’t know if all the former Fezer slaves there were killed.

"If Viscount Bai Feng comes back, ask him to come to me immediately!"

Grand Duke Geng Di snorted in a deep voice, his eyes swept across the darkness of the sky. The sky was full of rolling clouds and dark. The young people were arrogant and arrogant. They didn't know how difficult it was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Killing them all was nothing more than a pile of rotten meat and leaving them behind. Is it a fortune? No, it is impossible to occupy the west coast for a long time, but the people on the west coast will Bringing the population and wealth to Hokuriku is of great significance to the entire situation. After all, Hokuriku still has insufficient foundation. Although the terrain is dangerous and there is only one way to go north, the population growth is slow and the property is even poorer. Facing the empire's Being aggressive, it is simply impossible for Hokuriku to rely on its own strength to establish a country.

But if the population and supplies on the west coast can be obtained, Hokuriku will have the foundation for founding a country. As for the guy who promised Albert in the first place, they are actually using each other more. Albert wants to use Hokuriku to regain the royal capital. Climb high and become Feize's new king. Why didn't Hokuriku want him to tangle with the emperor in the ruins of Feize's capital to buy time for the establishment of Hokuriku?

"Open the door quickly, urgent report!"

In the rain, a messenger cavalryman from the Hokuriku Noble Army crashed into the camp gate like crazy from the rain curtain. The camp door was quickly opened, and the messenger cavalryman, dripping with rain all over his body, was quickly taken to Grand Duke Gengdi by the attendant. before,

"Are you from Earl Honglong's family? Are you from the Hokuriku..." Duke Gengdi looked at the exhausted messenger cavalry in front of him. His eyes fell on the coat of arms on the armor of this messenger cavalry, and his pupils suddenly tightened. For a moment, his fingers subconsciously clenched together, his face was gloomy and he was more afraid of people than the dark night outside. The Fenglong family stayed behind in Beilu. Thinking that if something went wrong in Beilu, Grand Duke Geng Di's voice was stunned.

"Grand Duke, three days ago, Prince Albert suddenly returned to attack Fort Fenglong. Fort Fenglong has fallen. The Earl and his three thousand defenders have all died in the battle!" The cavalryman who ordered the order knelt on his knees in front of him. , his hair was wet and stuck to his face, his clothes and armor were dripping with rainwater, and he said sharply with a pale face,

"You said Albert went to Beilu!" Grand Duke Geng's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.