Realm of Power

"Lord Husa, if this news is true, it is a God-given opportunity for our Temple Army. We must not miss it!"

After hearing that there were only 60,000 active members of Martin's remnant army, someone immediately said in a hushed voice among the Temple Army generals. The other generals looked at the speaker in astonishment, and even Hu Saye's eyes flickered, and he raised his hand to the general. He waved his hands and said in a solemn tone, "Gu Ya, what do you mean by this?" "Sir, although our Temple Army claims to be 300,000 people, its real combat strength is only 70,000 to 80,000 people, and the Imperial Army is only There are one hundred thousand in the Holy Capital. Once the empire turns against us, we will The army has no power to fight at all. If our Temple Army does not want to keep looking at the Empire's face and really wants to get rid of the Empire's control, there is only one way, and that is to use the opportunity of going south to strengthen the strength of our Temple Army. , has truly become a force supporting the Order State, and the first to bear the brunt is the dilemma of our army's extreme shortage of weapons and ammunition. Without weapons, we simply cannot increase our strength, and have to spend huge sums of money to buy them at high prices from imperial merchants. What we got from going south Everything will eventually fall into the empire's pocket."

Hearing the words of the general named Gu Ya, Hu Sa's face became more and more gloomy. The other Temple Army generals were also lost in thought. In fact, they also felt that the empire would not let go of the Order State easily. According to the empire's historical practice, This possibility is extremely high

"But now, we have a chance to get rid of the empire's control, that is. m.x..."

Gu Ya swallowed a mouthful of saliva, hesitated to speak, and looked left and right. Hu Sa understood it and waved his hand to the surrounding guards. The guards immediately dispersed and isolated the surrounding twenty meters, leaving only Exit Husa and the generals, there may not be people from the empire within the Temple Army. Husa is not a fool at all. The southern part of the empire The Intelligence Department comes from Mount Etmund in Eero. Over the years, it must have placed many informants in the Templar Army. What is being discussed now is how to get rid of the control of the empire. Naturally, this kind of thing must not be spread. , otherwise as long as the slightest sound reaches the ears of the Imperial Emperor, the Temple Army may be declared war by the Imperial Army!

When Gu Ya saw that the surroundings were safe, he said to the generals with a solemn face, "Everyone should be very clear that in this battle of the Holy Capital, it is not us, but the empire that really contributes! People like the emperor of the empire may be temporarily tolerated Our Temple Army stole the reputation of the Holy Capital War, but it is absolutely impossible to endure it forever, so we must expand rapidly during this period of time, and we must build up enough power to prevent the empire from taking action easily! "

After Gu Ya said these words, he subconsciously glanced at Hu Sa's old face. Seeing Hu Sa's silence, he calmed down and continued, "In the final analysis, we need to expand the army, otherwise everyone will still be dead. , Don’t look at the fact that the empire is helpless against us now, once the empire gains a firm foothold and recovers from this war, it will be the end of what we are waiting for!”

"Hiss!" The faces of the generals all changed. Originally, everyone was full of desire to go south, and even looked at the south with excited eyes and felt friendly. However, at this moment, they felt a biting coldness coming from them. The tail vertebrae rushed to the top of the head, how could they have forgotten that that was the Empire, the barbaric nation that had included the huge Nordic Barrow in just a few years? Only then did the generals remember that the Empire had never been a gentle and peaceful nation. The Lord of Deception, Bavaria In the war, the emperor furiously killed 300,000 Feishan people. In the North-South War, the empire swept through 700,000 southern allied forces. In northern Gaul, the empire defeated more than one million troops of the Gallic Empire. In the Congo Empire, the empire unscrupulously Bombardment of Gangfei The imperial capital was forced by the Gangfei Empire to move the capital twice, but in the end they still did not escape the fate of being destroyed by the empire. Everyone squinted their eyes at the so-called victory of the Temple Army, forgetting that they were the tiger of the imperial emperor. Pulling teeth out of your mouth! How could the man-eating tiger of the Empire be willing to do so!

'"The only way for us to survive now is to get stronger before the empire slows down." Gu Ya's face showed a hint of sadness and anger, his eyes stared into the distance, and he said decisively, "Although the main force of Martin's army was defeated by the empire, , most of the baggage and supplies were also lost, but at least 112,000 people were defeated. As long as we find them before the emperor, Then the armaments of these Martin Liya people are our spoils of war. Even if the empire is dissatisfied with this, they will not take action against us now. With the armaments of these Martin Liya people, my 300,000 Temple Army will be worthy of the name. As long as If we are not in chaos, even the empire will have to be wary of us. Instead of being like now, we can only rely on the alliance of other forces in the south to have any say. "General Gu Ya is absolutely right. According to the nature of the emperor, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate us forever. We must do everything possible to strengthen ourselves before the empire decides to take action against us. And these Martin forces in front of us are The armaments of the Yacan Army are something we must get our hands on." Even Hu Sa agreed with Gu Ya's statement. As the leader of the Temple Army, Hu Sa Yuan He knows better than other generals that in order to force the Emperor to take action, he has even used Putamia as a bargaining chip to blackmail the Emperor. "Once the more than 100,000 Martin Liga people attack, they will inevitably flee in all directions. Even if we want to I'm afraid it will be very difficult to swallow it all in one gulp." Some generals raised concerns, "Determine the location first, and wait until night, we will surround it." "It's still not blocked."

"It doesn't matter even if you run away part of the way. Don't forget, this is the Holy City, an area controlled by our Temple Army. The terrain is familiar. Are the Martin Liya people more familiar with it than us?" Now everyone is about to snatch Martin Li. The Yaren's armaments were regarded as more important than the march south, and they were somewhat loose-minded at first. When they gathered together, everyone originally wanted to go south, but now they realized that a life-and-death crisis was right in front of them. Although the empire opened the way to the south, it was actually more like opening a murderous knife. No one knew that this At what point will the knife cut down? The only thing they can do now is to save themselves!

Continue to return to the Holy Capital? This is impossible!

From the moment they rushed out of the gate of the Holy City with so many people, it already represented the break between the Temple Army and Pope Potamia. It also represented that the war in the Holy City had just been settled, and the Temple Army It has completely turned away from the empire. This is necessary, otherwise other forces in the south have no need to support the Temple Army, and the Temple Army wants to To get rid of the control of the Empire, you must break with the Empire and part ways with the pro-Empire Pope Putamia. From that moment on, the Templar Army will only be the Templar Army and will no longer have any affiliation with His Highness the Pope. Will receive the protection of His Highness the Pope. From that moment on, the alliance between the Empire and the Templar Army has died naturally.

This time going south, the Temple Army blocked everything and there was no way out!

Hu Sa took a deep breath and glanced at the eager red eyes of the generals. Although intuitively speaking, it was a bit unexpected to discover the whereabouts of Martin Li Ya's remnant army this time. He always felt that something was wrong, but in the war It is so common for something like this to happen. If everything is taken for granted, Of course, it's all reasonable, so there won't be any famous generals born. Everyone just sets up arrays to fight. What ambushes and sneak attacks are needed? And one thing is for sure, that is, at least Martin Liya's remnant army has already Without food for more than three days, what would happen even if there was an ambush? Could it be that a group of people who had been hungry for three days could not win a battle against the Temple Army who had been recuperating for many days under his command?

Husa's eyes fell on two of the Temple Army generals, and he gave a stern order: "I now order the 7th Army of Aharis and the 11th Army of Anmo to move towards the lower reaches of the river, and order the Cross Camp to find out Martin's teeth. The position of the person, the other armies arrived downstream to rest on the spot, eat and drink enough, and then kill all the Martin Liya people in one breath. "Yes, Lord Husa"

The generals of the Temple Army shouted in unison with joy on their faces,

The Seventh Army and the Eleventh Army sent out in advance by Hu Sa are both regular troops of the Temple Army. This is enough to show that Hu Sa places the real main force in the regular army of the Temple Army instead of the militias composed of hooligans. That is to say, the spoils of war and so on naturally belong to the regular army, and these two legions are light troops that are easy to move, and even among the Eleventh Army, they are extremely rare. Equipped with five hundred Templar Knights, although five hundred cavalry is not too much, but when both sides are infantry groups, these five hundred mobile cavalry are crucial, because if Martin's army begins Escape, these five hundred Templars can become the five hundred sharp knives nailed behind Martin Liya, letting Martin Liya's last strength flow cleanly with his blood!

In the evening, the rain in the sky has stopped, and the water in the river is even more turbid. This is due to the sediment washed down from the upper reaches mixed in. Hu Sa stood in the river with his hands behind his back, staring at the water flowing in the river. A piece of wood rolling down the waves, water flowing in the river The speed is extremely fast, especially here in the sharp turning bay area downstream. The water surges and crashes, and the water splashes on the river bank with heavy blows, making a gurgling sound. "Sir, all 3567 people in our Cross Camp are ready. We are just waiting for you to say something." With the order, as a great The forward of the army entered the Guka depression where the Martin Liya people are currently located. "Carrying a long-handled cross sword that still exuded dark red on his body, Otasmu, the commander of the Cross Camp of the Temple Army, knelt on one knee on the side of the river. On the ground, he said loudly with an excited face, the armor on his body There is a black cross on the front. This is how the Cross Camp came to be. Because they are not from the temple, they are not qualified to wear the Holy Cross. They can only wear this black iron cross. In terms of the temple, the black iron cross represents Throw your body into the slaughter, your heart towards the light

Otasmu was born with supernatural power and had a strong body. His exposed arms were as thick as other people's thighs. He only wore mail armor on his upper body and a pair of trousers decorated with iron plates on his lower body. He knelt on one knee. There, there was not much difference in height from Husa. This blacksmith from Morokas in the south was two and three meters tall. He was like a giant, carrying a cross behind his back. The epee was built by him personally, with a length of 1.8 meters and a weight of 40 kilograms. The edge of the sword was only roughly opened, and it was already densely covered with various notches. The dark red sword body carried a heart-warming feeling. A frightening aura. Ever since Otasmu killed three Martin Sharptooth officers who killed his wife and children alive and forged a sword with human blood, this sword has this frightening color.

Even Otasmu himself didn't know how many Martin Liya people's blood this cross sword drank. Some said that he killed at least five Martin Liya people, and some said that he killed ten Martin Liya people. People, and Husa knew that in the battle in the Holy Capital, Otasmu was defeated in a city section. Under such circumstances, he defended the city entrance for ten minutes. It is said that when the people behind him arrived, Otasmu stood on the corpses of seventeen or eight Martin Liya people like a bloody man, letting the other side stand like a god of war. The Martin Liya people were so pale that they dared not move forward. There is a proverb in the Temple Army, that To get the Martinliya people to tell the truth, all they need is to have Ostam stand in front of him. Ostam is a symbol of hero in the Cross Camp, and among the Martinliya people, he is synonymous with the brutal butcher." Otas Mum, if I remember correctly, your hometown is Morokas in the south. I am young. I have been there before, but I don’t know if the woods that will bloom with crimson flowers in spring are still there on the bank of the river flowing from the left side of the city gate. "Hu Sa turned around from the front, his eyes fell on Otasmu, who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, was filled with a rare aura of kindness.

"Yes, sir, my hometown is Morokas in the south. What my Lord is talking about is the Ruyan Forest Land. It is still there. I grew up there." Ostam stood in line with a look of astonishment on his face and nodded. said

"Then the Cross Camp will not participate this time." Hu Sa's eyes flashed and he took a deep breath. "As the largest valley nearby, the internal terrain of the Guka Depression is quite complex. If the army attacks by force, the losses will inevitably be heavy. I won't do it this time." Prepare to have the Cross Battalion as the vanguard, you do Enough sacrifices have been made. There were only 3,567 people left in the Cross Battalion of the original 36,700 people, not even one out of ten. I can no longer let you charge into the battle. "Sir, how can this be done? We have already Are you ready?" Ostam looked in disbelief.

"This is an order." Hu Sa's face suddenly darkened. "You are the hero of our Temple Army. You should return to the south alive. You should represent me to see if the forest can still bloom beautiful flowers." After saying this, Husa left Ostam with a dull look on his face and turned around. The credit for the first battle had been given to the Cross Battalion. This time, the generals would never let the Cross Battalion participate. The Cross Battalion could fight. , but I am not qualified to share the spoils!