Realm of Power

In Hokuriku, the central region, birds are flying under the high sky, the haze of clouds flows over the earth, and the sun occasionally shines through the gaps in the sky. Like a pouring river from the sky, a black column of smoke rises

fort molina

The sound of war was shaking this solid castle with a history of more than a hundred years. The cavalry coming from the north surged like a rolling stream and began to gather towards the old castle. Looking in the distance, they looked like wolves in the wild. As a large number of unidentified cavalry continued to gather, the defenders on the castle became increasingly pale. They originally had a glimmer of luck, but now they no longer have any luck.

These assault cavalry wearing light armor, carrying bows and arrows and quivers, absolutely cannot be the rumored Martin Liya people! The whole of southern Europe Barrow knows that the main combat weapon of the Martinliya is the cavalry spear, and they do not like bows and arrows at all. The Martinliya worships the fear of the enemy with brave close combat, and the use of bows and arrows will be regarded as a cowardly act.

And the cavalry using bows and arrows, with such a size and number, what else can it be besides the imperial cavalry! Viewed from the sky, the densely packed cavalry during the entire charge are like huge waves rising from the tide. They are so powerful that they can flatten hills and crush everything.

Seeing this, everyone felt even more at a loss. The imperial army was not entering the mountain pass from the north, so where did these things in front of them come from? According to the scouts, no one knew how these demons appeared in the north. They only knew that in just over a day, these demons flooded the northern Hokuriku defense line like a tide, directly annihilating four families. Amidst the billowing blood and wolf smoke, they howled south and rushed into the central part of Hokuriku. What I saw in front of me was probably only a small part of it. Even in the heyday of the various Hokuriku families, such a cavalry group may not have been able to resist.

What's more, now that the main force of Hokuriku has been lost, each family has almost no combat power except for family guards. Now even if all the farmers in the villages near the castle are organized, the number will only be more than a thousand, and because most of the guards All the knights had died in the Battle of Roston, and even the members of the family who could lead troops There are only a few officers, and many of them were temporarily selected from the guards. They have no command experience at all. It’s not that they have suggested surrendering altogether, but judging from the situation yesterday, it is unknown where these imperial cavalry came from. There is no record of surrender at all. If you break the city, you will kill it. This makes the city afraid to surrender.

"Can we hold on?" There was a lot of discussion on the city wall, and people's hearts were floating.

"Guard? How to defend? Could it be that our Fort Molina can be stronger than the Fenghua Dan Furnace of the Antai family?" Someone said in a deep voice. The Antai family's Fenghua Dan Furnace is completely built with solid stones and is taller. It reaches fifty meters, which can definitely be described as towering into the clouds, and there are sufficient material reserves in the city. It has been besieged by more than ten times the enemy and has an impressive record of holding on for more than half a year. Compared with Ellensburg in the middle, Also known as the Hokuriku Double Wall,

But such an extremely strong fortress, regarded by various Hokuriku families as a barrier against the people in the northern mountains, was easily defeated within an hour, because the enemy did not break through the city wall at all, but killed them from within the moat channel. When entering the city, there were originally heavy iron gates in the waterway. The rainy season broke out some time ago, and the rain washed a large amount of debris in the fort into the river. Because of the existence of the iron gate, the water in the moat surged and poured into the city. The Antai family was Fortunately, after just a few days of quietly taking away the iron gate, they were suddenly attacked. Thinking of this, the Antai family panicked, but the other party seemed to have known the secret for a long time. When they stormed the front of the castle with a bluff, they quietly dispatched an elite team. They entered the city through the moat. The defenders in the city did not expect that the opponent would suddenly appear in the city. They thought that the city had been broken and collapsed without a fight. In the end, except for the leader of Ellensburg, everyone else in the Antai family was killed.

This news came to all the Hokuriku families in the morning as they were fleeing. The first thing that came to everyone's mind was, "There is a mole!"

Horse hooves trampled across the soft grass. A group of cavalry was on a hillside not far away. Duo Weiyan raised his hand, and the group of cavalry behind him stopped. Behind him, six generals belonging to the Duo Wei Department He held his breath, like a wolf king in front and behind The wolves in front of them could only bow their heads and obey orders. Duo Weiyan's eyes fell on the unique domed stone castle-shaped top building of Molina Castle in the distance. He narrowed his eyes slightly. If the information was correct, the castle in front of him should be It’s Fort Molina, a major grain-producing area in the middle of the country.

Just as Albert's army happily entered the Hokuriku, but had to order a massacre of the Hokuriku nobles due to lack of food, the Xiting Army's current food problem is also worrying. Fortunately, it is July when the grass is thick. , although the war horses cannot eat refined grains and can only eat grass, they can still bear it for a short period of time, but people cannot do it without eating.

In front of us, the Xiting Army has not moved southward in the northern mountains. In addition to the unfamiliar terrain, there is another reason. Although the Hokuriku does not look big, hundreds of millions of years ago, it was the Hokuriku Great Glacier and the The center formed by the sea fault once had a large area of ​​glacier sliding, so the traces left by the glacier landscape are extremely serious. There are ravines between the mountain roads and hills. The straight line distance may seem quite close, and it seems that one foot can cross it. But in fact, a A broken ravine would force people to go around for more than ten miles, or even dozens of miles, between two points. The scouts of the Xiting Cavalry were also dizzy by this kind of terrain, and they wandered around for five or six days. I couldn't find a way to continue going south. In order to maintain food for the army, Duoweiyan even allowed the troops to hunt on the spot. However, the food rations for 30,000 people could not be solved by hunting. The map of the Northland and the intelligence from each family sent by Estant could be regarded as Helped the Xiting Army a lot

After finding the route south, Duo Weiyan decided to take the risk

There are only three days, which is too short, but if the intelligence and maps are accurate, three days is enough. The prairie people have long been accustomed to the unpredictable gatherings and dispersions. They have followed their families in hunting since they were young, treating war as hunting. Treat hunting as a war, speak to the outside world with only one voice, and the high efficiency displayed at critical moments is also scary.

Duo Weiyan ordered the 30,000-strong army to be divided into ten armies. Each army was divided into ten teams, each with three hundred people. In this way, more than a hundred teams of prairie cavalry formed a huge line along the route map. The fan is heading south, with the flames of war raging all the way, and when encountering hard-to-gnaw bones, as long as a signal is given, the scattered teams will gather around and gather considerable strength in a short period of time, from being trapped in the northern mountains Break out of the predicament

"Team 12 comes to report"

"Team 16 comes to report"

"Team 17, Team 21 are here to report!" A centurion named Xi Tingjun rode over to join his team, saluted respectfully to Duo Weiyan, and consciously stood behind the generals. More than 5,000 Xiting troops have gathered outside Fort Molina. The plateau wind blows across the land, and a sense of desolation fills the air.

Duo Weiyan nodded to a subordinate behind him, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes. This was the time when he saw the army's rations. The general of the Duo Wei Department began to gallop forward, and took out the golden tiger stripe in his hand. At the same time, the big grassland bow pulled out a wolf fang with a whistle hole in the front from the quiver, raised it high towards the sky, exerted force on the arm, and pulled the big grassland bow into a half-moon shape, whoosh! A sharp fang arrow visible to the naked eye flew up into the sky with a sharp whistling sound, and quickly turned into a small black dot invisible to the naked eye. "Everyone, open your bows."

The orders came one after another, like a hurricane, and countless horse hooves began to move forward. The prairie cavalry all took off their prairie bows, as if a large moving shadow appeared on the horizon, "Forward, Changshengtian!" Huge! Suddenly, the sky cracked with shouts, and the black cavalry was approaching quickly, like a dazzling light belt, and the horse's hooves quickly stirred up the soil on the ground, like several huge rolling dragons.

"Attention, coming up!" There was a panic on the wall of the fortress, and the hands of the soldiers holding weapons were shaking. There were not many real soldiers among them, and more were temporarily recruited peasant soldiers. Such scenes had been seen there, and some people were on the spot. I was so scared that I peed my pants.

"Hold on, don't mess up, the cavalry can't rush to the city wall!" The officer cheered loudly behind the soldiers, and there was a flash of cold steel, and at this moment, thousands of them surged forward! At that moment, everyone suddenly felt that the sky above their heads had turned dark, and the overwhelming cold light poured down like a torrential rain. There was a thick vibrating sound in the air like the flapping of wasp wings, and clusters of sharp wolf-tooth arrows hit the city wall like a torrential rain. , the defenders were overturned. Due to the lack of effective protection and equipment, there was almost no hindrance when the spike arrows penetrated the body. Among the defenders of the city wall, waves of blood and corpses were pushed away like a river.

"No way, it's too terrible!"

"I won't fight!" Such a tragic scene directly caused the peasant army on the city wall to waver and collapse.

"Kakaka" at this moment, the gate of the castle opened from the inside.

"What...what's going on..." Duo Weiyan's stern face was surprised for a moment. He had definitely not sent anyone inside. The other generals and captains also looked at each other, wondering whether they were going in or not. How about going in?

No matter what, this is always an opportunity, so... let's go in and take a look. "Duo Weiyan snorted decisively, turned around and ordered to the messenger behind him. After a moment, a group of Duo Wei cavalry began to accelerate towards the city gate. In fact, this group of cavalry was also worried, but the military order was in front of them. There is no other way. As the distance gets closer, he The anxiety in their hearts has also risen. At this time, there is no rain of arrows from the sky, and the city gate is not closed. The distance between the two sides is quickly closing! The prairie knight in the front row is shouting hysterically, and the front line of the collision is coming in an instant. He shouts He slashed the iron chain of the moat with a knife,

"Crash!" The broken chain suddenly bounced up, and the moat's baffle was knocked down heavily.