Realm of Power

"What's going on? Why is there no news about Cooper's Fourth Army?" Spike's eyes flashed with coldness, and he turned to look at the generals behind him. The generals couldn't help but feel a chill, Cooper's Fourth Army It is responsible for the north of the Holy City, and The direction of the imperial army is to the north, so the most difficult part is the north. There are only more than 10,000 people in the other three directions. Only the north has sent the entire Fourth Army, a total of 24,000 cavalry. As long as they do not encounter the empire, The main force of the army is enough no matter what.

But now, there is no news from the Fourth Army. The generals are looking at each other, not knowing how to answer. This battle has been rehearsed many times. The armies have a close division of labor and clear goals. The army entered the Holy Capital in order to avoid being surrounded. and cut off support to the Holy Capital in the four directions of the Holy Capital They all have to be taken down. This is no joke. It is related to the life and death of more than 100,000 invading troops and the outcome of the entire battle. No matter how much Spike admires Cooper, if he messes up on this task, He would also unceremoniously order Gu Bai’s head to be chopped off! "Your Highness, the Fourth Army has sent back the battle report of capturing the strategic target Anluo City fifteen miles away two hours ago. In two hours, according to Gu Bai's character, if he does not advance forward and advance another seven or eight miles, distance, it is no longer an ancient cypress , that guy is not an idle person. "Looking at the frown of Commander Spike, a General Martin Liya stood up nervously and said, "Su Libi, you take the people there in person, and you must contact us before dawn. Go to the Fourth Army!"

Spike said coldly, his face was livid and frightened. The raid on the Holy City established his decisive position as the commander of the army. The aura of a heavy general that permeated from his body made the air around him freeze for a moment. It was now close to dawn. How much longer? An hour? Two hours? , a round trip of more than ten miles, even if the person can't run, the horse may not be able to bear it, but General Martin Liya swallowed with an ugly face, and did not dare to show the slightest sign of disobedience on his face. The respectful response was "Yes, Your Highness." He turned around and mounted his horse, cursing secretly in his heart.

War is like this, there is nothing humane to say. Although Spike's order is inhumane, it is not wrong. Hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting. After a big battle, it is normal to not sleep for several days and nights. There are many cases where several horses are killed. Military orders are military orders. The enemy will not reason with you and let you rest and wait for you to prepare! What's more, this raid on the Holy Capital is to draw chestnuts from the fire in front of the imperial army. The slightest mistake may be the result of catastrophe. Not only is the Holy Capital fighting to the death, but the other three acropolis are also fighting to the death. This bastard Gu Bai must be He was so crazy that he probably forgot that the army was still waiting for his reply, so everyone stayed here in the middle of the night to eat the cold wind. When they found him, they had to give him two hard whips to relieve their hatred!

When General Martin Sharptooth rode away into the night, Spike turned around and said to the generals behind him, "No matter what the situation of Cooper's Fourth Army is now, we can't wait any longer. Send the order." Go down and prepare for an all-out attack. I want the first ray of light before dawn to shine on the open city gate of the Holy City!" "Yes, Your Highness"

The generals' expressions perked up and they responded in unison. The sound of horns resounded throughout the vast land outside the Holy Capital. Spike looked at the wall of the Holy Capital in the distant flames with a cold face. Behind him, Martin Li Ya was escorted by 30,000 elite lords and generals from each army. Start slowly Slowly unfolding the formation battle line, this siege battle has been going on for more than four hours. Even if the defenders of the Holy City are made of steel, it should be time for them to fall apart from exhaustion. The army is attacking the city from both sides. fighting power, will With a tyrannical struggle, he left the 30,000 most powerful fresh troops here. What he wanted was the most powerful blow to break the city. You know, just to pull 30,000 infantry heavy armors all the way to the Holy Capital City. , just use it yourself He bought more than 5,000 war horses, and these 30,000 pieces of heavy armor were obtained from the Martinliya Kingdom Military Headquarters by using the greatest favor of the Il Tribe Crown Prince. The total amount of all heavy armor purchased

This was originally Spike's trump card to conquer the Holy City. Now it's finally time to show off his edge. Martin's army behind him begins to move forward.

Spike calmly looked at the army squirming in front of him like a tide towards the Holy Capital. He raised his right hand high. At the end of the front was the city wall of the Holy Capital in the dark night. The first attacking queue was Spike's heavily armored Count Busey. There are three teams, and the two teams in the middle are elite troops who have experienced hundreds of battles. The heavy steel array moves forward neatly, and the black queue overflows the front like an avalanche." Everyone, follow me. "In order to protect these heavy armored infantry, the Martin Liya army, which had retreated, surged forward again. The generals of each army were still constantly dispatching troops, but these Martin Liya soldiers Like the religious legion in the city, they were already exhausted physically and mentally. In their eyes, this towering and solid Holy City was like a meat grinder, and those who went up would either become The corpses were either falling down miserably, rocks were thrown from high places, and the people on the wooden ladder were knocked over, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. The Martin Liya soldiers standing at the foot of the city felt like they were covered in blood under their feet. They were all soft and bloody corpses. What was sticky under the feet was the red human blood flowing like a stream. There were thick layers of human blood under the city in front. The layers of corpses "Everyone move forward!" "Those who retreat will be killed!" "Damn it, can't we let people take a break?" Compared with the loud orders of the infantry captains, some Martin Liya soldiers cursed in a low voice, they They had been fighting fiercely for several hours, and less than half an hour after they had withdrawn from the front, they were pushed up again. As long as they were human, no one could bear it, but the military orders rang in their ears and they had to move forward. But the pace was undoubtedly much slower. He broke into the Holy City in one breath, and then continued the fierce attack for more than three hours. Even the arms waving weapons were numb, and he moved forward slowly, hoping for something else. Troops, hurry up, don't take your turn to climb that "meat grinder". The initial momentum of scrambling to be the first and taking the lead has dissipated a lot.

It's just that this scene was obviously invisible to the command of Martin's Liya Army, who thought they had a chance to win. "It seems that Si Duhan was right, you can't save the Holy City by hanging on!"

On the city wall, Hu Sa, the leader of the Knights Templar, looked at a part of the Martin Liya Army that was obviously out of tune with the other troops around him. He murmured in a low voice with an extremely solemn face, "Heavy armored infantry, for the Martin Liya Army" It is definitely a luxury product, and such a large number of heavy armored infantry shows that the Martin Liya people are ready to attack the city.

And the situation on my side is definitely extremely bad. The army has suffered serious battle losses. The 50,000 Temple Army has been reduced by one-third, and most of the remaining ones are injured. Moreover, the Martin Liya people have made it clear that they are attacking with wheels. , without the slightest breath, I don’t know how many people were already there after Martin Li Ya’s army retreated just now. He lay on the ground and couldn't stand up no matter how hard the officer pulled him. He was completely exhausted and even smelled of a faint fishy smell. This was a sign of complete exhaustion. When a person is most exhausted, when he is fighting fiercely, or when he is still I could grit my teeth and hold on, but now I relax and my body can no longer hold on! Not to mention standing up, I can't even hold back my muscles." No matter how good the layout and strategy are, if the people who implement it are ignored, the effect will be greatly reduced. If you really want to defend the Holy City, this is the only possibility! Martin Li The Yaren's long-range raid will inevitably be carried out across the board in order to defeat the Holy Spirit in one battle. Du! Although the opponent is coming fiercely, its weaknesses are also extremely huge. If the army attacks, it will not be able to carry more than three days of rations. You only need to hold on for three days." The words of the imperial envoy Si Duhan seemed to be in Hu Sa's mind at the moment. Flashing through, "Three days, this is just one night"

Hu Sa glanced at the wounded soldiers on the ground on the wall of the Holy Capital, took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, and said in a deep voice to an officer behind him, "Give the order and send someone to put the imperial army on the second floor." Those things are pushed to the city wall. "Sir, are you talking about those devilish things? "

After hearing Hu Sa's order, the expressions of several officers changed. They did not change their expressions in the face of the fierce attack by the Martin Liya people, but just mentioned those things, with a hint of fear in their eyes. The imperial army once garrisoned the Holy Land. Capital, and also stored a large amount of war preparation materials in the Holy Capital. Although the imperial army left the Holy Capital and took some of it away, but Some things that were heavy and inconvenient to transport were still left in the Holy Capital. The imperial envoy Si Duhan saw Hu Sa for the first time. The super gift given in the letter made Hu Sa's heart tremble. The Pope According to Putamia's letter, the Emperor has promised that all the war preparation materials left in the Holy City will be given to the Knights Templar for the purpose of defending the city.

"All of them? Including those more than 40,000 sets of infantry armors, swords, guns and those things?" Hu Sa's hand holding the letter was still shaking a little, and there was unconcealable excitement on his face. No one knew better than him what this meant. It was a huge gift. This gift from the empire was really sent to his heart. It was simply a life-saving straw.

No matter how resistant Hu Sa is to the empire, he can't control that much at the moment.

The army of Martin's Liya Army came to the city and cut off all connections between the Holy City and the outside world in one fell swoop. People no longer have any choice about the life or death of the Holy City. Once Martin's Army defeats the Holy City, the entire Holy City may not be spared. , now there are only about 50,000 Templar Knights in the entire Holy City. How long they can sustain under the strong attack of Martin Liya, even Hu Sa himself is not sure.

But if the empire gives all the military supplies in the city to itself. That's something else

"Of course it's all, this is what our Majesty wants, you just need to use it," Judiciary Han said calmly. As a former confidant of the emperor, the moment he got the letter, he already had a premonition that the emperor had the intention to abandon the Holy City. plan, and this is not a temporary decision, because most of the Imperial Army supplies in the Holy City were transported by him. Martin's army broke through the border and headed north. The emperor was already preparing for this war. Otherwise, why among the various materials transported from the empire, food and the like were strictly controlled on the northern coast, while only a large number of armaments were But it was continuously transported into the Holy Capital City. "This is so grateful." Hu Sa gave a rare military salute to Si Duhan, the imperial envoy.

The empire's garrison in the Holy Capital reached a maximum of 60,000 people. The six infantry flag regiments in the southwest region were all the most effective front-line field regiments among the imperial army that participated in the battle to eliminate the Gallic Empire. In addition, the commanders were famous The weapons and equipment equipped by Salon are not known to be much more than those of the Temple Army. Not counting armaments, armors, weapons, etc., only these six The Infantry Flag Regiment is equipped with more than 200 Imperial heavy ballistae vehicles, and it is also rumored that the Imperial Army's most terrifying weapon for defending the city, a total of more than 1,000 barrels of Imperial fuel bombs, would have been lost if Husa hadn't insisted that the Imperial Thor Mounting it on the Holy Capital City is the greatest insult to this land of Holy Light. I am afraid that even the Holy Capital City has the muzzle of the Imperial Thunder God.

Originally, Si Duhan also thought that the emperor wanted to use the Holy Capital as the battlefield, but he did not expect that as soon as the emperor ordered, Salon's six infantry flag regiments marched out from the Holy Capital, but the large amount of armaments were not even mentioned. Mention, Si Duhan was originally hesitant to transport these armaments away, but he didn't expect that the emperor would send such an order, making it clear that he would stay here. What are you doing here? What else can be done, of course, leave it to the Templars to fight to the death! The emperor's move was completely irresistible to Hussa. As the imperial envoy, Si Duhan came to the Holy Capital to coordinate the conflict between the imperial army and the Knights Templar.

During this period of time, I got to know Husa, the leader of the Knights Templar, a little bit. Don’t look at the image of Husa as a rigid and rigid person. In fact, this is not entirely the case. Otherwise, the original dispute between the old and new popes belonged to Pudami. The Templar officers of the Ya faction were arrested and exiled by the new Pope, Beheading, the leader of the Knights Templar who supported Potamia the most, did not even say a word. He pretended to be crazy and acted like a fool, and barely escaped the new Pope's burning. This is enough to show that this nonsense Sa, when it comes to the most critical moment, he is also a versatile person. "Quick, push things up!"

There was a sound of wheel axles turning. Pushed by more than a dozen soldiers of the Order State, huge figures slowly emerged from the dark city corridors with ferocious faces. The soldiers of the Order State shouted loudly and shook their bowstrings. The winch and the two crossbow strings on the car made a tooth-breaking creaking sound as the winch was pulled. , and finally buckled it firmly on the gear machine at the back, the Order State soldiers lamely put the thick and heavy crossbow arrows made of pig iron into the arrow slot. Although they had never operated such a thing, when the imperial army was stationed in the Holy Capital, they did not I don't have to watch the Imperial soldiers operate as much as I can, but I can learn from them. Although my hands and feet are a little slower, I can still get it done.

Each crossbow can hold five iron arrows about one meter long at a time. The largest one is as thick as Xiao's arm. The top is a sharp half-moon-shaped blade. The four arrows on the side are thinner and have no design. The fixed tail feathers make it even more terrifying, because the shot is not directional and will spin when it hits something. It is more like a curved iron ingot, dark and shining with a chilling light in the cold night.