Realm of Power

On the land in front of the Sun Fortress, the golden sun rays slowly disappeared from the west, but its afterglow seemed to linger on the bloody battlefield and could not dissipate for a long time.

The wisps of the sunset slanted on the blood-stained stones, making the hellish battlefield of Ashura even more tragic. The torn military flag looked particularly sad and burning in the dim sunlight. The remains of the siege equipment with thick black smoke also let out a low scream and sob in the sunlight. The trombone echoed in this desolate land. On the plain passing in front of the Fortress of the Sun, the ruined weeds had been dyed red with blood. The wind brought a strong smell of blood, and the scorching heat disappeared completely when the night fell. There was no trace, replaced by the cold wind blowing in my face, and the temperature seemed to drop in an instant.

The temperature difference in the mountain range where the Sun Fortress is located is famous throughout Central Europe. It is so hot during the day and so cold at night. The temperature difference between day and night is too big, at least more than 30 degrees. The name of the Sun Fortress is because the sun seems to rise every time. It rises from the back of the fortress, dispelling the lingering cold, allowing the people on this land to The creatures are freed from the cold, but for anyone who attacks the Sun Fortress, the huge temperature difference in the Sun Fortress is a very thorny problem. Looking at the Sun Fortress from outside the lower Sun Fortress, you need to raise your head to see it. It is invisible. The psychological pressure caused by the attack on the attacker is far more serious than the failure during the attack.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the Kingdom of Biang has never had a history of real invasion of its homeland. It is because of the strength of the Sun Fortress that it is intimidating to all attackers. Even more than a hundred years ago, the Huns from the Northern Wolf The Ya people swept through the Barro countries in Central Europe and finally stopped in front of this fortress. They attacked continuously for sixteen days. They suffered heavy losses in front of the fortress. In the end, they had to give up going deep into Bion and instead move towards Rila on the other side. After more than ten days of brutal siege battles, the Hungarians were exhausted. Otherwise, the Rila people were only of average national strength at that time. It is also impossible to seize the opportunity, turn the tide in one battle, defeat the Hungarians who were greatly weakened in battle, and become the savior of the entire Central European Barrow.

Therefore, the Biang people have always believed that the Rila people robbed them of their glory. It was the Biang people who severely damaged the Hungarian iron stream, but it was the Rila people who took advantage in the end.

Because of this dispute, the two kings fought in the Land of Three Rivers. In the end, the Rila people seized the opportunity and occupied the Land of Three Rivers. However, when seeing the Rila Monarch of the Sun Fortress, Owitt was the first one to say, "I really don't know." How did the Biang people build such a huge fortress on the top of the mountain?" Rila King Owitt looked solemnly at the Sun Fortress high up in the mountains ahead. He couldn't help but tighten the iron gauntlet holding the reins of his war horse. He felt that his rough and dark face was a little sore from the night wind. , it is conceivable that the temperature of the Sun Fortress at night can be freezing to death. It is not an empty lie. The climate here is indeed difficult for people to adapt to. It was so hot at noon that my whole body was covered in sweat. I wanted to take off all my armor. Now when the sweat is blown by the cold night wind, it immediately begins to freeze and stick tightly to the body. Physically, it makes people feel very uncomfortable. Even Owitt, who is the king, feels this way, and other ordinary soldiers are even more unbearable.

In this environment, it takes a certain amount of courage and perseverance to think about storming the Sun Fortress. Owitt adjusted the lookout in his right hand. The attack deployment needed to be readjusted. The wounded troops were replaced and the wounded were settled. The disabled troops were replaced and new fresh troops were added.

"Your Majesty, our army has a total of more than 1,700 killed and more than 4,000 injured, including 18 squadron commander-level officers."

Next to him, Ronco, the deputy director of the Ruila Military Affairs Department, came up from behind and reported the battle damage to Owitt. Owitt's eyes were staring at the Sun Fortress in the dark night, the new troop offensive, and the naked eye sight. The distances were adjusted and deployed, and the Bion troops were crowded into groups. The generals of the Kingdom of Rila all had serious faces, and the sun was setting. The temperature changed drastically after that. For the Rila people who were only dressed in summer, they began to breathe in a large amount of cold air. The white air coming out from the noses of the people and war horses was like smoke covering the front of the large infantry group. It was just one afternoon. The exploratory attack resulted in the loss of 5,000 people. It can be said that the Ruila Army, with a total strength of only 100,000, was under great pressure.

"Such a fortress, even if the strength is doubled, it will be difficult to take down. I really don't know why your majesty must attack the Sun Fortress!" A Rilla general looked at the black shadow of the huge fortress in the distance, his expression Speaking bitterly to themselves, in the eyes of generals Rilla, storming the Sun Fortress was a very unreliable decision.

Within four days, a total of eleven cities on the Biang side were defeated, and all the tentacles that the Biang people had extended to the Land of Three Rivers for more than 20 years were uprooted. It can be guaranteed that for at least five years, the Biang people will not attack again. Attention to the Land of Three Rivers, strategically speaking , it has been achieved. As for revenge for the Youth Army, this time the Rila Army broke into and looted the city and massacred the city three times. At least 60,000 Biang people were the victims of the Rila Army. About 200,000 Biang people were driven back to the Biang border

You must know that these dozen cities were built by the Biang people in order to regain the land of Three Rivers. They spent countless manpower and financial resources. They were like strongholds in the past twenty years. The idea of ​​​​pulling out all these strongholds, but the Biang people stationed heavy troops in these strongholds, and they were connected with each other, did not give any chance to the Ruila army. The cracks in the team can be exploited, but this time, the Biang people were brutally embargoed by the empire because they raised a flag of rebellion against the empire. The lack of food in the winter caused widespread unrest in the country. These Biang troops stationed north of the Fortress of the Sun Most of them were transferred back to suppress the unrest. Such a great opportunity suddenly appeared in front of the Ruila people. How could the Ruila people let it go?

The soldiers were very fast, and they defeated the important town of Kaisu at all costs, and then immediately divided their troops to destroy these strongholds and cities that had been drained of their troops one by one. The Biang people also walked on four legs. In just a few days, by the time Biang When people reacted, the Ruela Army troops were already pressing in front of the Sun Fortress.

"go ahead"

The shouting voice was tinged with trembling in the unusually cold night. Different from the previous tentative attacks, the Ruila Army maintained absolute silence during this charge. The first row is the tower shield used to block arrow clusters, and behind it are the armored infantry, holding spiked flails upside down, hiding their bodies tightly behind the tower shield. You can tell at a glance that these are veterans with rich combat experience. Compared with the recruits who have just entered the battlefield, behave in various ways, and think that they have the halo of protagonists, the veterans prefer to hide themselves and shoot to the top. Only those who have enough skills can Only those who hide can survive the most brutal battles such as sieges

The Rila people were not fully prepared for the attack on the Sun Fortress. They did not have many of the necessary large-scale siege equipment. They only had a dozen catapults and three tower trucks that were improvised. Two of the tower trucks had been burned in front. , the last remaining vehicle is now being pushed forward by the heavy armored infantry from behind. The wheels of the wooden stakes are deeply crushed into the wet ground below, leaving behind a long, heavy and deep retreat that can be clearly seen by both the enemy and ourselves.

The torch exploded in the wind, and a series of red dots were blown away. As the distance got closer, arrow clusters were shot out one after another from the direction of the Sun Fortress, swooping down like locusts. Many Rila soldiers were hit by arrows. In the end, he was immediately stepped over without mercy by his companions who came after him. The Rila soldiers continued to swarm forward. No one spoke or gnawed, like a huge silent army. Not only because of the depression of the war, but also because the temperature was almost below zero at this moment, and it was so cold. The stiff hands and feet made everyone move unconsciously with the flow of people.

They began to accelerate as they approached the foot of the mountain. From the foot of the mountain to the Sun Fortress at the top of the mountain, it was more than 300 meters long. This was a very physically demanding process. Like a pack of wolves, Ruila's army moved along the dense bushes and grass on the side of the mountain. The mountain approached, and at the moment when it was fifty meters away from the Fortress of the Sun, it finally turned into a torrent.

"Advance, kill"

The first wave was the impact of tens of thousands of people. It was like a huge arc, jumping out from the bushes and quickly extending infinitely to both ends. It seemed that at this moment, all the people came to life, and the infantry group in front accelerated toward In front, the archers who were following the infantry column began to stop. They raised their bows and arrows towards the Sun Fortress. An archer captain holding a torch ran past the entire column of archers and used the torch in his hand to lift the front end of the arrow cluster. Lit, for a time, countless fire points suddenly appeared,

"Watch out for the opponent's rockets"

The Biang people on the top of the city saw this scene. Amidst the shouts, dense clusters of arrows flew out, bringing up dazzling red lines and drawing beautiful arcs, like countless stars falling in the dark night. On the high Fortress of the Sun, the soldiers of the Biang army standing at the crenels immediately fell over. Rockets with sharp arrows were densely nailed to the city wall. The Biang archer who was hit by the arrow fell from the height.

"Stay steady, don't mess up." The Biang officers loudly encouraged their men. At this moment, the Rilla people's siege troops also poured into the gap where the dense arrow clusters fell.

"Stab!" Countless spears stabbed at the first figure to climb over. The small shield that had been hastily protecting the chest was smashed into pieces like paper. In front of the countless spears that came forward side by side, even the fierce and brave The soldiers could not stop them, and they saw bloody flowers splashing out from the stabbed bodies. They opened their eyes angrily and fell from the ladder to the city together. Only Only the heavy armored infantry who jumped up could nail the metal shield in their hands like a huge iron nail. They hid their whole bodies behind the shield and allowed the countless spears from the opposite side to hit the shield and clank. The heavy infantry The ferocious spiked flails and heavy axes were driven out like spirals. As long as they touched the position, the human body would break like brittle wood.

"Attack!" cheers from the Ruila Army came from below.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that King Biang has appointed Ishakelnan as the commander-in-chief of the Sun Fortress, and has mobilized 40,000 reinforcements and is rushing towards the fortress." A Rilla officer came and was watching the battle. Owitt reported in a deep voice behind him.

"Is it finally here?" King Owitt of Ruila had a grim smile on his face. He had made such a big fuss and even made a gesture of attacking the Sun Fortress, just to force the Bion people to reinforce the fortress. The Sun Fortress protected the safety of the Kingdom of Bion, but it was also equivalent to castrating the courage of the Bion people in the past to fight in the wild. This time, the Bion people dared to take the initiative to attack the Three Rivers, which was enough to show that the Kingdom of Bion was dissatisfied with the overly conservative defense strategy. According to intelligence, because of the ambush of the Ruila Youth Army by Ishaknan, the northern border of the kingdom suffered a retaliation from the Kingdom of Ruila. There was already a clamor for retaliation in the Kingdom of Bion. As long as the Bion people believed that the Ruila army suffered heavy losses under the Sun Fortress, the Bion army would definitely chase them out of the Sun Fortress.

For the Sun Fortress, the Bion people have a mysterious confidence, but they don't know that no matter how strong the fortress is, if the people are gone, it is just a dead thing built of stones!