Realm of Power

Compared with the rainy and muddy spring, since the beginning of summer in the Kingdom of Biang, the area near the coastline has been dry and drier, while the north has been experiencing heavy summer rains and is extremely cold and wet. It seems that it is destined to be a season of chaos. In the luxurious and elegant hall, people from Thousand-year-old earwood furniture, elephant leather sofas, and exquisite porcelain from Central and South-European Barot, all of which reflect the identity and taste of the owner.

More than a dozen young officers wearing the military uniforms of the Kingdom of Biang were sitting or standing, silently looking at the back of the middle-aged man standing on the window sill. The middle-aged general withdrew his gaze from the front, turned around and said, "Rilla Army." After conquering the important border town of Kaisu, they launched a retaliatory massacre and pushed the war eighty miles to the border. Following the important town of Kaisu, four more cities were captured by the Rila people.

And the time when all this broke out was just two days. The border guards had collapsed, and I only had more than 20,000 people in my hands for the time being, which was completely insufficient for rescue. From a strategic perspective, your request for me to take the initiative, I, Shakernan, cannot agree, because His Majesty the King's order to me is to maintain the front line at the Sunset Fortress. I cannot waste the most important time just for some losses on the border."

"The most important time? Lord Ishakelnan, what is more important now than resisting the revenge of the Rila people?" A young officer angrily pushed away his companion's hand. "The entire border is already a massacre, with at least five people Sixty thousand Biang people were killed. Could it be that the higher-ups in the kingdom couldn't see all this? And further ahead is the most important Sunset Fortress in the Biang Kingdom. It took me, Biang, thirty years to cross the Sunset Fortress. Yuhui, is it all in vain? "

"Stupid, as a soldier of the kingdom, do you only have swords in your eyes? Last winter, the royal capital was attacked twice, 200,000 people starved to death, and one-third of the fields were in a state of neglect. What we need most now is Restore production, otherwise it will not be as simple as 200,000 people starving to death this year." Ishakelnan snorted with a livid face.

Hearing what Ishakelnan said, the expressions of the young officers who were originally agitated suddenly changed. Ishakelnan was right. Last winter, the royal capital was attacked, which was a blow to the arrogant Bion soldiers. And now it is the beginning of summer, which is the last time for planting crops this year. If you miss it, there will be no more harvest this year.

"As long as Sunset Fortress remains, what can the empire do?"

The meaning of the original construction of the Sunset Fortress was that the sun would be blocked. Geographically, the Sunset Fortress was of great significance to the Kingdom of Biang. The Biang area extended from the coastline. The continental shelf suddenly rises up here, and after the mountains stretch, there is an endless plain, just like a gourd mouth with a narrow mouth and a wide belly.

The outer periphery is enclosed by mountains, the north is vast and fertile flat land, and the south is low-lying land close to the coastline. It can be said to be a great plain landform surrounded by mountains and sea. The Bion people relied on this unique geographical environment to spread throughout Central Europe. In the Luo area, where the forces from the east and the west are at war, the Biang people only need to hold on. With your own gourd entrance, you can separate yourself from this war-torn land. At the beginning, whether it was the forces from the east or the forces from the west, they were helpless in the face of the Hulukou landscape of the Biang people, even if they poured in from behind. The Hungarian cavalry in the Barrow region of Central Europe have never truly invaded the mainland of the Kingdom of Biang.

This is all because of the existence of the Sunset Fortress. The Biang people spent a full thirty years and used a million manpower to build this giant fortress on the Hulukou. It is also the strongest barrier to the enemy's attack on the Biang mainland. The barrier is fifteen miles long, and there are fourteen forts along the line, which can station a total of 200,000 troops.

This is also the biggest reason why the Kingdom of Biang dares to raise a flag of rebellion against the Empire.

Because the Kingdom of Biang is different from other Barrow countries in Central Europe. Not only is it still immersed in the infinite scenery of Barrow that almost unified Central Europe more than a hundred years ago, but also because the Biang people never think that anyone can really invade the Kingdom of Biang. In the mainland, as long as the gourd entrance is tightened and the Sunset Fortress is there, the Biang people don't need to see anything. People's faces, but what is very miserable is that the Biang people found that they were completely useless in front of the powerful navy of the empire. The imperial navy severely taught the Biang people this winter what it means to have a fire in the backyard and what it means to storm the royal capital. , not only sank all the Biang ships leaving the port, but also launched a sudden attack every now and then.

The Kingdom of Biang has a coastline of nearly sixty miles, but the navy of the Kingdom of Biang has long been gone. The entire coastline is under the responsibility of the army. With the main force transferred to the north, there are only five army troops left on the coastline to ambush. Wan, this is in order to cope with the possible landing operations launched by the empire on the coastline,

Facing a sixty-mile coastline, Bion's 50,000 army troops on the coastline could not escape even if they ran to death.

As for the Imperial Navy, three of the ten Imperial Navy squadrons are deployed in the Biang Sea. These Imperial Navy squadrons receive supplies directly from Feishan. It only takes one day to see the moon-like continent of the Kingdom of Biang. On the edge, the Biang Army received the imperial army's landing. Before the news from Lu came to the side, there was another urgent request for help from the Imperial Army landing more than 20 miles away. Waiting for them, they ran out of breath and ran 20 miles away. Not even a shadow of an Imperial Navy warship was seen. Three of them The Imperial Navy Squadron was just like swiping rats, making the Bion army spin around, and

The city of Biang, which was attacked and suffered heavy losses, was extremely dissatisfied with the belated arrival of the Army. It believed that the Army was commanded by a group of idiots. Biang had to order the residents of the coastline area to move inward, but soon Soon the Bion people discovered that this was useless,

The Dragon Teeth warships of the Imperial Navy can enter the inland river along the estuary, but the city of the Biang people is built near the river, so that the Imperial Navy visited the capital of Biang twice throughout the winter, the first time with two ships The Dragon Tooth Battleship quietly sneaked into the vicinity of the Border King's Capital. Because it was night, it was impossible to distinguish effective targets. The Royal Dragon Teeth warship then bombed the most brightly lit area in the royal capital. It was later learned that one-third of the hall of the Biang Palace was destroyed. Fortunately, it was night, otherwise it might have been destroyed by this Thunder God. , and brought the blame to Bion's senior management. As the captain of the two Dragon Tooth battleships, I felt very upset about this.

The Imperial Navy did not know what this attack meant to the Biang people.

Doesn't it mean that as long as the gourd mouth is tightened, you can sit back and relax? Now it is discovered that this has no effect on the rogue tactics of the Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy does not go through the gourd mouth, but walks into the sea. After the first exploratory attack , the scale of the Imperial Navy's second attack was undoubtedly much larger, with eight Imperial Dragon Teeth Battleships The ship sailed majestically into the Bihan Inland Sea in broad daylight, causing shocks along the river, panic among people, and large numbers of people fleeing. The fields in various places were abandoned and overgrown with weeds. A reduction in food production was inevitable, and the empire's trade in the Bihan region was inevitable. The embargo makes it impossible for the Kingdom of Biang to buy food even if it is willing to spend more money.

The sea area of ​​​​Bion has been designated as a restricted area, but smugglers have always regarded the restricted area as their own playground.

After the Imperial Navy set a brutal record of sinking 67 smuggling ships and hanging 367 smugglers in one month, even the most profit-seeking smugglers would behave honestly when passing through the waters of Biang. It is actually fifty miles away from the coastline of Biang, passing by the nearby Twisted Island. Rows of corpses of smugglers are stuck on the wooden sticks that are raised up to the sky. You will get cold from the inside. Smuggling is to make more money. Otherwise, who will do the smuggling? But this time, the Imperial Navy discovered that the Imperial Navy To be serious, no matter how much money you make, you still have to live to spend it.

It is no joke that the Empire has turned the Biang Sea into a restricted area. This is a restricted area during wartime. Under the ban, there is no possibility of mercy. As long as it is not a ship approved by the Imperial Navy, even if it is a ship of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the Imperial Navy will After seeing it, he ordered it to be sunk without hesitation, and then fished the person out of the water to interrogate the person's origin. Last year The severe cold in winter can be said to be a once-in-a-century event in the history of Central Europe. Food production was greatly reduced, and a large number of refugees froze to death and starved to death. Even the Bion royal family, which had never bowed its head in a century, had to bow its head at this moment. , otherwise if we miss this year's farming time again, by this winter, it will not just be as simple as 200,000 people starving to death! "The reason why the Riela people chose this time to launch a large-scale revenge against the Kingdom of Biang is to make the Kingdom of Biang miss the last time to cultivate crops. If we mobilize all our forces to fight, it will be equivalent to jumping into the Riela people ourselves. Inside the trap, in winter, more Bion people will die." Ishakelnan took a deep breath. He breathed a sigh of relief. As an upper echelon of the kingdom, he naturally saw much further than these young officers. When they decided to follow the empire's order to intercept and kill Ruila's youth army, King Beang and Ishakelnan had already foreseen Ruila's youth army. The La people will definitely launch a war of revenge this year, and it is not cost-effective to confront the Rila people who are full of revenge..."

"Sir, the order was just sent. Sura City was captured two hours ago. His Majesty ordered you to be the general person in charge of the Sun Fortress." At this moment, Ishakelnan's adjutant walked in with a solemn expression. He whispered next to Ishakelnan. Ishakelnan took a deep breath and took the order. After taking a look, his eyes were complicated and unclear. It was he who commanded the ambush of the Rila Youth Army, and he characterized the attack on the Rila Youth Army as his private act of Yishakelnan. But now it is he who will guard the Sun Fortress. Once When this news reaches the Ruila Army, it will inevitably attract all the Ruila Army to the Sun Fortress.