Realm of Power

On the border of the Harvey Plateau, thick smoke billows from thatched huts. The red flames lick the felt roof of the thatched huts like greedy cats. The burning thatch makes a crackling sound in the flames, and the cold wind blows. flames There was a shrill sound of whining, the red stars were blown by the wind and dragged out their long tails, the village was burning with flames, the red human blood solidified into strips of blood in the cold, and there were still traces of blood in the sheepfold. The cry of sheep

Lu Yasu stopped his horse in front of the village with a livid face. Under the horse's hooves was the red solidified with the ground. No one could be seen in the whole village, but it did not mean that there were no people. The smell of blood and the strange smell of barbecue came with the wind. Lu Yasu's face changed, and the others vomited directly. No one said anything, and their expressions were so congested that they were extremely ugly. This was what they saw. In the third village, without exception, the Ikar people chose to massacre the entire village without hesitation. The Ikar people's intention of sneak attack was clearly revealed. Their small team walked cautiously along the road. They were originally afraid of I encountered the patrol of a large group of Ikars. As a result, the back of the Ikar army was surprisingly empty, and there was no trace of the Ikars at all.

Sneak attack operations are never as romantic as imagined. The so-called sweep of hundreds of miles often means that no one, old or weak, women or children will be left alive in the places they pass along the way. Otherwise, even if just a little bit of news is leaked, the entire sneak attack will be faced. Failure, and may even be completely annihilated by the opponent. When decades of peace are suddenly broken, when a cruel war begins. , border residents like Lu Yasu are obviously still unable to adapt. As border residents between the two countries, it is difficult for them to imagine that when they passed by the village in front of them half a day ago, they were bragging to the villagers here, saying that they knew the people on the other side of the border. Karl's captain of the frontier army, from a blood point of view, the other party would call him a big cousin, but who knew that when he turned around and came back, this was the scene!

"Will Ikar go to our village? If that happens, we will be in trouble."

When Lu Yasu heard one of his subordinates say, his heart tightened. Their village was only seven or eight miles away from here, but it was unlikely that Ikar would attack Lu Yasu's place, because although it was a village, But it was actually a camp for the local frontier troops. It was built in a relatively dangerous location and had a two-meter-high earth wall.

But Ruasu believes that what really scares the Ikar people is the wood and other burning objects that have been piled up all year round at the dilapidated outpost at the highest point of the camp. These burning objects were only put in in the past month and will be set alight if they are attacked. , it can be seen even twenty miles away. Originally, this outpost was no longer used and was used by the locals as a sheepfold. However, for some unknown reason, just about a month ago, the border army suddenly Renovated again After a while, they asked to replace the burning wood inside every three days. Of course, the border residents like Lu Yasu would not take this request seriously. The people above were just making a fuss and were surprised. I don’t know if it was. The Martin Liya people broke their courage and just found something to fool them. Until two locals who were both captains of the frontier army were ordered to be executed because they were reported. Although all the camps along the way cursed, they did not dare to stop. neglect

Lu Yasu never imagined that the war would really start all at once. He rushed back to the camp almost in a hurry, and then immediately summoned everyone in the camp to evacuate to a higher place. Lu Yasu finally left. Su took a deep breath and put the hand in his hand The torch was thrown on the burning objects piled on the top of the guard tower, and thick black smoke billowed into the sky. Ten minutes later, the second black smoke rose more than ten miles away, and the news was spread to Harvey's army as quickly as possible. camp, at this moment, the war between the Ikars and the Harveys broke out!

"Sir, what should we do now?"

An Ikar officer withdrew his gaze from the black smoke and turned behind him. The Ikar general who crossed the border from the direction of the stone barrier on horseback looked like an iron tower, and his eyes fell on the black smoke rising into the sky. , the hand holding the hilt of the gem sword couldn't help but tighten. Even if it was discovered, what would happen? The Harvey people's attention was now on the plateau. Fang Martin Li Yaren, Silver Fox's side has already begun to mobilize. Even if they know that we are raiding the border, the Harvey people will not be able to mobilize troops for rescue for a while. He snorted with a stern expression, "Now that we have discovered it, there is no need to cover it up." , ordered the entire army to speed up, strive to capture the Guka Pass in one go, and sweep away this barrier for the subsequent army to advance. "

"It's really uncomfortable!" Standing on the flat platform of the huge pass fortress, the commander of the Fourth Army of Harvey's Kingdom Army, Kathina, frowned and looked at the black smoke in the distance. Next to him, a figure The young man wearing a neat uniform of the Harvey Kingdom Army smiled and said, "The color doesn't seem very unlucky!"

"Not only the color, but also the direction Ikar chose, it seems that the target of the breakthrough is us. Does the other party really think that our army will not take any precautions? We were just stabbed severely by the Martin Liya people. The so-called Would you still trust allies or something like that?”

"Maybe the Ikar people don't think so."

Responding to Kathina's angry and heavy nasal voice, the young officer next to him could only smile bitterly. The Kingdom of Harvey was hit from behind by the Martin Liya people and half of its land was lost. The entire Kingdom of Harvey was deeply unforgettable and began to re-examine all the previous defense loopholes. But just a month ago on the west coast, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Harvey had a look on his face. Returning pale, immediately It was an urgent meeting with the king. At that time, everyone was invited out. There were only two people, the king and the special envoy. No one knew what was said. Then several senior military officials were mobilized and came to the border as special envoys of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The young officer in front of me, Kathina "Are you crazy, or have those bastards in the Ministry of Military Affairs lost their ability to think? They actually believed the emperor's words. How could the Ikars attack the Kingdom of Harvey!" When the young man brought this news to the station When facing the commander of the Fourth Army, Cassidina almost jumped up in anger. "The kingdom has just suffered a heavy blow, and the Ministry of Military Affairs actually does not want this news to be true, but... we are lucky in our hearts. In comparison, I think what the emperor said is more reasonable."

Cai Keluo is already in his third year at the Kingdom's Military Affairs Department and is currently an intern at the Kingdom's Military Affairs Department. In fact, Cai Keluo is absolutely incredible about this speculation. From childhood to adulthood, the education they received was that Harvey people are Iraqis. The masters of the Kals, the Ikals are trusted subordinates of the Hawis, and every In this war, the most brutal battles were handed over to the Ikar people, and the Ikar people suffered the greatest sacrifices. This idea has been going on for decades, but now it is the Harvey people who were once the most terrifying enemies. Said Ikar people. People are going to attack the Kingdom of Harvey, and the former servants are going to overthrow their masters. Who can believe such a thing! "Since it's an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it's better for my father to execute it. Anyway, it's just preparation and may not be effective. And if the Ikars really want to attack the Kingdom of Harvey, I don't think the other party will choose to take this narrow path." Cathycolo took a deep breath. This was his first time stepping forward as an independent officer. He came to hand over the task. In fact, he also knew that the Ministry of Military Affairs did not think that the Ikar people would leave the most convenient front to advance and choose to go through the mountains where the Fourth Army was stationed. This was the side of the Black Mountains and the terrain was rugged. Said, and in winter, hundreds of miles of ice cover, if there is cold rain, people will freeze to death overnight "It's not a rare thing." Is this method of setting fire to outposts along the way the intention of the Ministry of Military Affairs? "Kasitina's eyes flashed, and he was angry. "These bastards from the Ministry of Military Affairs who only know how to point and draw on the map every day really want to As soon as it comes out, it comes out. Don't you know that a flimsy so-called plan is enough to make the next person? The people in front of them broke their legs, and the range of patrol posts was extended twenty miles forward, and burning warning signals were added to the posts along the way. Just these two items, I am afraid that the border residents below will be scolded, and those guys from the Military Affairs Department , It would be great if they could come to the border and have a look! Then maybe they can understand how hard it is for the people down there!”

In the following month, everything went as usual, except that the Martin Liga people frequently moved around at the entrance to the plateau, which caused the Harvey Kingdom's military department to become extremely nervous. The Harvey Kingdom's army, which had already suffered heavy losses, currently has less than 150,000 troops left. Moreover, 50,000 of them were recruited after retreating to the plateau. Now they are all transferred to the front of the plateau, and they are fighting with the Ikar people on the west of the plateau. In the border area, there are only about 50,000 troops. Among them, the 13,000 troops of the Fourth Army are responsible for the Black Mountain Pass. "I didn't expect this to be really useful!" Kathitina sighed. He was not doing it for Iraq. The Kar people attacked from the mountains and sighed. He lamented that the peaceful coexistence between the two countries on the plateau was broken. Once upon a time, he thought that the Harvey and Ikar people could live in peace for a long time.

"If nothing else happens, the Ikars will arrive before evening."

Kathina turned and walked towards the city road. As expected of a general who had been stationed here for more than ten years, he was very familiar with the terrain of the entire pass and judged the time very accurately. When the evening sun began to slant and shine on the stone walls of the pass, , the flag of the Ikar people began to appear in the eyes of the young man. Under the golden sunset, the queue of the Ikar army slowly appeared from the distant horizon. "Appeared, the Ikar people are coming" "Hurry up to the city wall, Get ready to fight! ""Dang Dang Dang" the emergency bell broke the tranquility of the night. Even though he was prepared, the face of the Fourth Army Commander Cassinati was still gloomy and ugly, and his hands were pressed heavily on the cold stone. On the city wall, the heavy pressure rushing towards them even made it difficult for all the Harvey people to breathe, "Oh my god, how come there are so many!" "Is this the entire Ikar border guard here?" "

The spears like a forest flashed in the sun, and they advanced with a strict battle formation. Walking in front are the heavy armored infantry in formation, which is the essence of the Ikar army. Most of them are composed of the strongest and most experienced veterans of the Ikar people. Behind them are the light infantry in dense formations. There were so many that it was like countless black shadows covering the vast area in front of the pass. The dark infantry queue was like a forest with no end as far as the eye could see, and the rear troops were still pouring out in a steady stream. At the front of each queue, the officers of the Ikar army, wearing gorgeous armor and holding flags, were guiding the team in front. Their faces were serious and cold. They were like benchmarks, cautiously standing more than a hundred meters in front of the city wall. The footsteps of the thin ice on the mountain tidal flat stopped in a short place, and there was a whistling sound in the air. All the eyes of the Ikar people were looking at one place, the pass of the Black Mountain Range.

Although this pass was built over decades, it is still unbreakable. The tall pass wall is six meters long and more than 400 meters long. It is like a huge gate knife that cuts the inside and outside of the pass into two parts. Before it was built, In front of this pass fortress, this is the corridor from the hinterland of the Harvey Kingdom to the Black Mountains. In the original war between the Harvey people and the Ikar people, Ika Our people were killed many times at this pass, leaving mountains of corpses. Even the crown prince of the Ikar people died here. Legend has it that the dark red rock face on the left side of the pass was dyed red by the blood of the Ikar people. Yes, in fact, it is only the exposed part of some copper ore. There are many copper ore magazines here, which are completely useless, so even if they are exposed all year round, no one mines them.

Of course, this is what the Harvey people say, but the Ikar people don't think so. A lot can be forgotten in decades, but the Harvey people's oppression of Ikar becomes more and more unscrupulous. Every war, the most tragic place It must be the battlefield of the Ikar army. The most casualties must be the Ikar people, and as the joint representatives of the two countries, it must be the Harvey people. The biggest interests are often divided up by the Harvey people. What's left is just some incompleteness. Take the Holy Capital War as an example. In order to prevent the Ikars from taking the lead in the Order State, the Harveys did not hesitate to launch an attack on the Ikars' transport convoy, and then shamelessly carried out The Harvey Army, which was attacked by the Ikar people first, eventually led to the logistics of more than 100,000 troops in Ikar being cut off. With tens of thousands of casualties, they had to vomit out all the areas they had occupied.

What His Highness the Silver Fox said is correct. The era when the Harvey people dominated the plateau should be over. The Harvey people have never regarded the Ikar people as partners, and there is no need for the Ikar people to always be the slaves of the Harvey people. , the plateau should belong to the Ikar people,

The general of the Ikar Army showed murderous intent and slowly raised his hand. The Ikar people and the Harvey people have been living together on the border for so long. The intelligence has already figured out the Harvey Army. Now on the entire border, haha The total number of Uyghur troops is less than 50,000, and the Fourth Border Defense Army in front of them, guarding the Black Mountain Corridor, has less than 13,000 people, and the area it defends is 60 miles long. In other words, in the pass in front of us, the strength of Harvey's army should be only 6,000 to 7,000. It is really not difficult for an army of 30,000 to capture this pass. Opening this pass is tantamount to A gap was opened behind the other Harvey border guards. As long as follow-up troops continue to press in, the defensive line that the Harvey Army has painstakingly prepared for decades will be broken in the blink of an eye.

"Woooo!" A rousing trombone sound sounded, and dozens of smaller Ikar infantry phalanxes with slight intervals began to rush toward the city wall. This time, there were as many as 30,000 Ikar troops who attacked the pass. Three times the size of Harvey's Kingdom's Fourth Army, their formations were very close together. From a distance, it looked like a dark cloud covering the earth. When they were a hundred meters away, they began to accelerate and headed straight for the pass.