Realm of Power

Feize Hokuriku

The undulating mountain road winds north. The rainy season has gradually stopped here, and then it has been sunny for two consecutive days. On this small plateau at the westernmost tip of the southern European Barro continent, countless dark purple field flowers have blown open. , under the blue sky, a group of silver-white armored cavalry rushed up the slope in front of this large dark purple carpet.

What appeared in front of Prince Albert was a huge purple-white flowerbed.

This purple flower is called the "Hero Flower" in the Hokuriku. It is said to be derived from the first king of the Anster royal family, Astellonya, who was destroyed by Fezer more than two hundred years ago.

Although this hero who was born in the Hokuriku Plateau was said to come from the wealthy Anstei family in Hokuriku, he was said to have been thin and small since birth. He was abandoned by his family when he was ten years old and was given to a small regional lord as an adopted son. According to rumors, When Astellonya was sixteen years old, he dreamed that a prophet gave him the seeds of a magical plant, saying that when the seeds bloomed, he would eat them. Flowers can make people become extremely powerful and energetic, and even the weakest people can become the strongest warriors. In fact, at the age of sixteen, Astellonya suddenly became brave and fearless. His strength is even more astonishing. As a small lord in the Hokuriku region, it only took him six years to unify the Hokuriku Plateau and establish the Anstei Dynasty.

But just when this talented and ambitious monarch was confidently preparing to head south from the Hokuriku Plateau, he suddenly died suddenly one morning without any warning in his bedroom. Outside the bedroom window, there were this kind of growth. Beautiful purple and white flowers, that is the garden that Astellonya personally takes care of, the monarch's He died young, and the subsequent generations of descendants all performed mediocrely, and most of them had weak constitutions, as if they were under an invisible curse. Very few of them could live beyond the age of forty. The Anstei dynasty was no longer able to go south, and even During the royal turmoil, this beautiful purple-white flower was brought out by the attendants.

No one expected that this kind of deep purple wildflower is extremely adaptable to the Hokuriku climate. In just a dozen years, it has covered the Hokuriku land. Some people say that this is the soul of Astalonia, the hero of the generation. This flower garden will forever protect the land of the Hokuriku. Of course, this is obviously impossible, because the Anstey Dynasty only lasted for more than a hundred years. When Fezer's army stormed the capital of Anstey, they did not see any the presence of asylum

Prince Albert's eyes fell on the land in front of him, with a complex expression with a hint of discouragement. The land in the Northland was also fertile, but due to the special climate and temperature, the food plants in other areas of Feize were affected here, and the production The food supply is only half or less than that of other areas. Instead, it is this worthless purple mountain. Flowers are extremely adapted to the climate here. They are in full bloom all over the ground. Under the purple flowers are long oval stems, large and large, seeming to dye the entire earth purple, but no matter in the north The people from Lu are still from Prince Albert. At this moment, their eyes looking at the purple land are complicated and difficult to understand.

Because under this brilliant purple flower covering the entire earth, there are actually large fields of rotten wheat.

This time the Hokuriku noble army went south and took away 80% of the grain reserves in each family's territory in one breath. They originally planned to stay on the west coast for a month or two, and the west coast is so rich in oil, so it also needs After bringing enough transport vehicles, since we were transporting things anyway, we loaded up the food first. Who knew that Prince Albert, as an ally, suddenly returned to the army and attacked the various territories of the Hokuriku. The families of the Hokuriku rushed to fight, in order to block Aibet. The attack of Prince Bert's army can only A large number of laborers in the territory were recruited into the defense war. The population of Hokuriku was originally small, but now a large number of young and strong laborers were forcibly recruited. The land of Hokuriku, which was supposed to be a bumper harvest in July, was also hit by continuous heavy rains and high pressure. The climate has already delayed the harvest of grain, and the heavy rain and humidity have turned it into a mess. On the contrary, it has given rise to more and larger purple flower beds than in previous years. As long as you think about the wheat fields underneath these purple flowers, who belongs to them? The mood can be good!

Prince Albert is not short of money now. Most of the Feize royal family's wealth has fallen into his hands. Moreover, various families in the Northern Territory have plundered the original royal capital nobles. Which one of them is not extremely rich? But unfortunately, now there are Money is useless, lack of food is a flaw. The so-called Hokuriku is now more like a huge dog fighting ring. Whether it is Prince Albert's army or the various territories of the Hokuriku family, everyone's attention has been attracted by this incident. None of them are placed on the food list.

Not to mention, vague news came from the north that people don’t know whether it is true or false. There is an abnormal situation in the mountainous area in the north. A military force from unknown sources is attacking the north. There are already six small territories close to the mountains. was attacked, and two of the armies were destroyed. Of course, all the forces in Hokuriku did not take this situation seriously.

When Prince Albert returned to the army, the same thing happened in the northern mountain range. If this is not Prince Albert's layout, who would believe it?

What's more, Prince Albert's army is currently frantically attacking the leaders of various families. Many soldiers come from these areas near the mountains to the north. Prince Albert's army just took advantage of the unexpected and rushed into the Hokuriku. However, Similarly, if the main force of the Hokuriku noble army Before returning to the army, they captured Hokuriku. What awaits Prince Albert's army is a two-line attack from the Hokuriku noble army. If this news can attract Prince Albert's army to turn around, it will be a good thing for each family's territory. , what everyone wants now is to try their best to hold back

Faced with Prince Albert's rebellion, the small lords of each family, unable to resist, chose to burn their stockpiles of supplies, and then moved closer to the nearby powerful families. The Hokuriku front line was full of flames. At the same time, various solid walls and clear fields also dyed the plateau with a layer of blood.

"Your Highness, there is news just sent from the south." A messenger cavalry from the front hurriedly walked into Prince Albert's camp.

"News from the south?" Albert reported the results, glanced over, and immediately took a deep breath. Although he successfully broke through the residence of the Lorraine family, which ranked eleventh among the seventeen in the Hokuriku, Albert However, there was no trace of joy on Prince Te's stern face. Instead, his eyebrows were furrowed. He didn't expect that even the Lorraine family, which had always been weak, would show such backbone. Now, The current situation is such that Prince Albert feels that the situation is out of control. Although the war is going smoothly, the materials seized from the Hokuriku nobles are pitifully small. Prince Albert's military rations are running out, and at most they can only support ten In about 10 days, if there is no way to solve the problem of food within ten days, the more than 20,000 elites under his command will have to drink from the northwest wind!

The current way to obtain food is to carry out raids on villages and towns in nearby areas. As long as the food is found, all food will be turned over. However, it is also conceivable how serious damage will be caused to Hokuriku once such an order is issued. Now the order Even before the order was issued, the resistance caused by the actions of some troops had already caused the casualties of more than 2,000 civilians in Hokuriku.

But the arrow is in the string and must be fired

He, Albert, was no longer the aspiring prince who wanted to work hard to unify the military and the royal family. Instead, he was knocked down when he was about to reach the top. He watched his beloved die in his arms and was helpless. The passionate subordinates who followed him loyally were arrested and slaughtered one by one, but he could do nothing. Fighting barbarians in swamps and lying in the mud pretending to be dead are not unheard of. If you want to rule the Hokuriku, you naturally need to win over the people of the Hokuriku. But if a large number of them starve to death, how can you talk about ruling the Hokuriku and how can you recover? If Feize continued to hold on to the glory of the royal family, he, Albert, would already have grass three feet high on his grave. "How is this possible!"

Prince Albert tried hard to suppress the turmoil in his heart, and pressed the report in his hand heavily on the table. His breathing became rapid. After a few minutes, he hurried to the door of the tent and ordered the generals to be summoned to the guards. They had a meeting, and the content above shocked him and he couldn't believe it. Just three days ago, the main force of the invincible Hokuriku noble army was attacked by the imperial army in the Roston area. Nearly 50,000 Hokuriku noble army leaders All the forces were destroyed, and only the more than 5,000 people of Grand Duke Geng Di were able to escape. They should be heading towards the North Continent at this moment. Soon, the generals of the army appeared in front of Prince Albert. In the military tent, no one dared to speak when looking at Prince Albert's livid face. Prince Albert glanced at the generals under his command and handed the report in his hand to the nearest general with a heavy voice. He groaned, "Look at this."

The general received the report with a surprised look. In his memory, it seemed that he had never seen Prince Albert with such an ugly face. This prince, who was deeply loved by his subordinates, had very good personal qualities and military qualities. , his personal charisma is also quite high, and his tactics of returning to attack Hokuriku this time have even impressed the generals under his command. He fell to the ground in admiration, but at this moment, Prince Albert seemed to be in a state of disarray, which had to surprise all the generals. Naturally, the report that caused such a change became even more important, and he couldn't help but swarm over him. Coming up, as the eyes of pairs of pairs changed from surprise to extremely shocked, there was a sudden silence in the military tent.

The Hokuriku noble army achieved brilliant results during this period. They captured the rocks on the west coast in one fell swoop. Just before the army turned to Hokuriku, the Hokuriku noble army had just defeated the empire's only heavy army on the west coast in New Lanterna. There was a swarm, but it had only been a few days, and in the blink of an eye, the Empire was on the server, and the Hokuriku noble army was completely wiped out by the crowd! According to intelligence, after the main force of the Hokuriku noble army broke through the west coast gateway, they suddenly encountered a strong counterattack by the main force of the empire in the Roston area. They were defeated in just one night, and from top to bottom, the entire Hokuriku noble group Total destruction,

How is this possible, how is this done?

After reading the information, the generals looked ugly and pale. In terms of strength, they were not as good as the Hokuriku Noble Army. At least the Hokuriku Noble Army got a lot of weapons and equipment from the Fezer Royal Family in the war that destroyed the Fezer Royal Family. , and some powerful family private armies even directly They received special orders from imperial merchants and used top-grade forged weapons from the imperial industry. Even I was jealous of this. Such a Hokuriku noble army was no longer inferior to the regular Feize royal army in terms of equipment. When it comes to military morale, they are even different.

Grand Duke Geng Di is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran. He knows that the Northern Army was frightened by the emperor in the battle of Feize Capital, and now it is suddenly fighting against the Empire. In order to train the Northern Army's noble army, he The battles in the capital of Fezer, every time they fought against the Imperial Reclamation Army, were a battle of iron and blood for the Alliance. The training made the Hokuriku noble army, who had been fighting in the south, become a strong army. Even the new recruits have become veterans after such a series of battles, and they have the mountain-like wealth of the West Coast to boost their morale. Bait, everyone moves forward bravely, it shouldn’t be like this.

As if someone had suddenly broken their backs, the tens of thousands of members of the Hokuriku noble army marched forward with great vigor, shaking the entire continent, without even a support column for one night.

More than 40,000 Hokuriku aristocratic troops became the dead souls of the Emperor's sword outside the city of Roxton. The empire will not take prisoners in this battle. This method of killing the Hokuriku aristocratic army will make everyone see the news. , the first thing that comes to mind is the bloody Battle of Bavaria, when Feishan people secretly After killing Doze, an important minister of the empire, the emperor was so angry that he ordered no one to surrender and no one alive in the Battle of Bavaria. He killed 300,000 people under King Feishan in one battle. But this time, the noble army of Hokuriku went south. Along the way, they burned, killed and looted the imperial area, but once again they were ordered not to surrender and the whole army was killed! The empire's insistence on paying blood for blood made everyone feel solemn.

They are also experienced warriors. How could they not know that defeating more than 40,000 people and killing more than 40,000 people are completely different concepts. If they defeated more than 40,000 Hokuriku nobles, they would not be able to defeat the Hokuriku nobles. If you know the basics, you can barely do it, but to say that you can kill 40,000 Hokuriku nobles without more than twice the strength is simply wishful thinking.

"Sir, what does the report mean that the Geng Di family's army is no longer here?" A general asked bravely.

"This is the reason why I summoned you all. If the contents of the report are true, then we may be facing a situation where the nobles of the Northern Territory are attacking from both sides." Prince Albert's eyes flashed sharply, Geng Di, the old fox, still Where can he be, how did he come to Beilu, Geng Dijun is naturally the same,

In Beilu, the long road to the north is off the slope. The heavy rain suddenly hits the gorgeous military flag of the Geng Di family. The rain hits the muddy ground like messy and broken beads, like a turbulent current rolling wildly on this land.

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