Realm of Power

The hot day is about to end and the sun is setting. The woods, meadows, lakes and bare forest glades are all shrouded in a solemn red glow. The low beekeepers and inns huts on the roadside are dotted beside the woods. It looks particularly cool in the green shade of the trees.

The city of Roshni is not a military fortress, but its location determines that it must serve the same purpose as a fortress. It is located just on the chokepoint from the south of Hérault to the city of Po Valley, providing various facilities for the city of Po Valley, which serves as a southern barrier. In terms of war preparation supplies, the south is barren and the supplies are not abundant, while the Héro royal family in the north is ambitious. The south has long wanted to eat it up. No one knows when the royal family in the north will tear off the fig leaf and march south. Therefore, for the purpose of war preparation, Rosh City will naturally become the core of the south, even in the most famine years. During the month, the southern princes all gathered a certain amount of supplies into the city of Roshni in accordance with the agreement.

With the consent of the Imperial Army, all residents in the city have been evacuated long ago, all houses have been turned into military purposes, and every wall and road has been completely blocked by obstacles. As a base camp for material reserves, Roshni's permanent garrison consists of 3,000 people. These 3,000 defenders will not be mobilized at any time. Even when the southern princes attack the capital of Ero to the north, Roshni City's The guard force has not been used, because these three thousand defenders nominally belong to the alliance and do not belong to any southern princes. This can ensure that Roshni City will not become the territory of a certain family at any time.

But at this moment, this unique status puts the city of Roshni in an extremely embarrassing position

That is because there is no order from the alliance, so Roshni City cannot surrender voluntarily. Faced with the bombardment of the Imperial Thunder God, the three thousand Roshni garrison can only hold on.

Most of the houses near the city wall collapsed and turned into ruins. The Roshni defenders, who had never encountered the Imperial Thunder God, were completely confused. They had never encountered such a powerful siege mode. , the so-called defensive line they built was mainly used for street fighting after the enemy invaded the city, but now they discovered that the Imperial Army had no intention of entering Roshni. The other side is covered with fortifications on the hillsides around Roshni, and has installed many Thor cannons with black muzzles. Looking at these black muzzles pointing directly at itself, no matter it is Roshni on the top of the city. Ni garrison soldiers and officers all felt a numb scalp.

No one knows why the Imperial Army came to Roshni, but it is obvious that Roshni cannot stop the Imperial Army's attack.

"Sir, even if the empire has the indestructible God of Thunder, destroying all Roshni is not an easy task. In order to hoard supplies, we hollowed out the entire Roshni underground. The empire No matter how powerful the God of Thunder is, he can't even blow up the ground!" The squadron leader of the coalition army took a deep breath and said that Roshni, as a key place for the Southern Alliance to store supplies, was not only built on higher slopes, but also spent a lot of manpower over decades. With material resources, the slopes below Roshni City were dug into huge underground warehouses.

There was a thin and lonely figure standing silently at the top of the city of Roshni, quietly looking towards the distant north. He was wearing light yellow armor, and the cloak behind him was neatly arranged, under the weak sunlight in the afternoon. His figure looked particularly lonely in the scorched black background. Behind him, several Roshni garrison captains stood together with ugly faces.

"Stupid, it is naturally difficult for the Imperial Thunder God to destroy Roshni City in one fell swoop, but you should have heard of the name of the Imperial fuel bomb, right?"

This middle-aged man stood alone at a high place and stared silently in front of him, with a helpless smile on his face. He was noncommittal to the squadron leader's words. His figure looked very thin, and his face was quite haggard. Only his deeply sunken eyes occasionally radiated out. With an aggressive look, he is the guardian of Roshni city, Anissa. The guardian of Roshni City in the special zone, Angisa is known as the logistics master in the Southern Alliance and is good at management and dispatch. This time, the 200,000 troops of the southern Eero princes were besieged in the capital of Eero for three months. , the logistics aspect was able to push it forward continuously without causing any big troubles, and Anji’s contribution was indispensable.

But in terms of combat ability, Anjisa is very average.

In fact, if Po Valley City is really defeated by the royal family in the north, as the commander of Roshni where supplies are stored, Anjisa will not have to resist, but burn all the supplies hoarded in Roshni to avoid It fell into the hands of the royal army in the north, so Anjisa's combat ability can be ignored. What the alliance wants is Anjisa's courage to make decisions at critical moments.

Even when necessary, Anjisa needs to coexist and die with Roshni. Anjisa did not deny this statement. Even in order to achieve this, Anjisa has placed many facilities in Roshni city for critical moments over the years. The ignition point has accumulated a large amount of burning materials,

So Anjisa knew very well what it would mean for Roshni City once the empire launched a fuel bomb attack on Roshni City, which was full of supplies. The other squadron leaders obviously also knew this, and their faces all changed color, even deep inside In the remote southern part of Hérault, people have heard of the reputation of Imperial fuel bombs. In the First Civil War, the Empire used incendiary bombs to burn alive 200,000 of the main force of the Confederate Alliance, laying the foundation for the entire North-South war in one fell swoop. Victory of the Great War

If the empire used fuel bombs against the city of Roshni, the fire in Roshni would probably not be inferior to the fire that shocked the whole world during the Civil War. This would be very embarrassing. It would have been difficult to resist the situation. , the Roshni garrison who had to burn the city needed to ensure that Roshni city would not be burned.

The frightened Roshni guards dare not rest at night

Anjisa was on duty personally, standing on the top of Roshni's city, staring at the bonfires of the Imperial Camp on the paved ground in front of him, like Guangping covered with wild flowers. The scenery in front of him gradually blurred, and the outline of the mountains became increasingly blurred. It's getting whiter, and it's darker there Among the black, dry, withered grass, he seemed to see a slender girl smiling at him, with a smile like a flower, and a clear female voice seemed to say to him in his ear, "You can always maintain your youthful style, forever." Yesterday."

Lucia, you are wrong. I am already old. Maybe this time, I will never be able to go back to see you. Anjisa adjusted her armor and faced the northwest, thinking silently in her heart. She took one last look at the pale horizon in the east. . Turning around, he regained his majesty as a commander of an army. A squadron leader cautiously came up from behind and whispered "Sir" in front of Anjisa.

"Roitfeld, you are not in your position, what are you doing here?" Anjisa asked with a stunned look on his face. This was one of several squadron leaders.

"Sir, I came to you to convey a message to others." The squadron leader looked hesitant and gritted his teeth.

"Pass a message?" Anjisa's brows trembled slightly, her fingers clenched suddenly, and she looked at the squadron leader with red eyes that were covered with bloodshot eyes. The corner of her mouth curled up coldly, "Are you here to help persuade the Kentam family?"

"Sir, please don't get me wrong. The relationship between my Bokonisa family and the Kentam family is not bad, but since I have left the family and joined the Roshni City Guards, I will not betray Roshni City. This time , the other party found me through my family and only asked me to convey a message to the adults. I felt that this would not be harmful to Roshni City, so I risked my life. "I came to see you, sir." The squadron leader forced a smile. Seeing Anjisa's hesitant look, he kowtowed deeply. "I know that sir, you are brave and unyielding. At the critical moment, even if you burn with Roshni City, I won’t frown, but now, it’s not just the city of Roshni that is involved, but the life and death of the entire south..."

There was silence all around, except for the hunting sounds of countless military flags being blown by the wind. Faintly, suppressed cries could be heard. Facing the huge pressure, the guards were ordinary people. Anjisa sighed and said slowly in the silence, "Tell me what the other party wants you to say!" "

The squadron leader obviously breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The other party said that this is a dispute between the Kentam family and the Southern Alliance and has nothing to do with Roshni City, so as long as Roshni City is willing to remain neutral in this fight, , the Kentam family and the Imperial Army will not touch Roshni City, and the other party also promised that regarding the supplies in Roshni City, the Kentam family will not touch a single cent, and Roshni City is completely fine. Use these supplies to save hundreds of thousands of victims in the south."

"Did the other party really say that?"

Anjisa's face couldn't help but be moved, but she still had doubts in her tone. The supplies in Roshni were quite huge. Even if the 200,000 coalition troops were supported for three months, what was left was an astronomical amount. The weather in the south changed suddenly this time. , flooding. There are countless refugees. Anjisa once proposed to the alliance to use some supplies to relieve the victims, but the alliance princes ruthlessly rejected it. But can the Kentam family keep their promise? Anjisa was also hesitant

"Sir, the other side said that if the city of Roshni is neutral, there will be no loss. On the contrary, if you don't believe it, you can set fire to the entire city of Roshni at the critical moment."

The squadron leader took a deep breath and said, even he thought that there was really no reason to refuse such a favorable condition. The empire had surrounded Roshni City and had set up Thor on high ground. During the day, The power of the God of Thunder had frightened them silly. Fortunately, the empire only conducted demonstration shooting, otherwise it would not just be as simple as collapsing part of the city wall.

At the Imperial Camp, Antrice got a reply from Roshni City and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Antisa promised to be neutral and not participate in the southern war. This was definitely a problem for the Kentam family. Very good news. Roshni city has a special status. Anyone who attacks will be targeted. Moreover, the supplies in Roshni City are too important for the current southern part of Eero. This war with the Alliance will eventually end, and then a large amount of supplies will be needed to appease the refugees and some people who have taken refuge with the Kentam family. From all sides, except Roshni City, who can come up with such huge supplies?

"Okay, what you really need to consider is not Roshni, but those people who said they belong to the Kentam family's camp along the way." The black-haired young man looked at the somewhat proud Antrice and said with a smile, "You He has established his prestige in the Kentam family, but if he wants to become the heir of the Kentam family, the support within the family is far from enough. Although these families are just outsiders, that is why they are also the most likely to be sincere. People who support your rise to power"

"What should I do?'

Atrice's face suddenly became serious. She was just a concubine of the Kentam family. Above her, there were two brothers, who were recognized by everyone as the heirs of the Kentam family. Now she only occupied the other It is convenient for people not to be in the south. Once the two brothers return to the south, no one knows what the situation will be like. The biggest possibility is that all efforts will eventually become someone else's wedding dress.

"Things like wallflowers, if you respect them and be kind to them, they will look down on you and find ways to bully and humiliate you. If you treat them harshly and trample them under your feet like a dog, then they will respect you instead. If the gods are wise - in short, it would be better to give them a beating than to treat them badly." The black-haired young man raised his hand indifferently and taught Atrice how to control these temporarily surrendered families. It was enough. After more than an hour, Atrice left with a look of disbelief.

People from various major families have become impatient in the camp.

"What does this mean?"

"The Kentam family is not the new royal family yet, are they starting to make a show?"

The tent was already packed with people. People from more than a dozen families not only filled the chairs around the conference table, but many people could not find seats and had to stand. It was packed to the rafters, and the air was filled with the sour smell of sweat from not taking a shower for a long time. In order to rush on the road, many people were exposed to the rain and then to the sun, and then to the rain all the way. There were seven or eight people from each family, Even a dozen people, this is because some people are blocked outside. There are too many people. It can be seen that everyone is a little impatient to wait. When Atrice comes in, there is a buzzing sound in the tent. of discussion.

Atrice had a cold face and did not greet them. She just walked in and took out a list. She glanced at the people around her who were still talking and said coldly, "I got news that some of you People are still in contact with the alliance.”

Atrice's voice paused deliberately, and in an instant, all the buzzing discussions were over.

Atrice didn't look at anyone. She casually opened the list and took a look at it. Then she pointed to a few people on the left. More than a dozen imperial soldiers in full armor walked in and dragged all those people out of the tent like wolves and tigers. , the others didn’t dare to breathe, their eyes looking at Atrice were full of awe, as quiet as a deep valley and forest, Atrice’s power was not scary, But if it was the Imperial Army, that would be another matter. "Swipe" Everyone quickly made a way for Atrice, looking at Atrice who was walking towards the highest position with fearful eyes, and whispered. The sound spread among the crowd, "This idiot of the Hull family is really in an alliance and has a hook." Atrice said nothing, but glanced at everyone with a cold gaze. The lords who caught the eye shuddered and immediately shut up obediently.

"Time is tight, and I'm also very busy. When I'm talking, I don't like anyone to interrupt." Atrice said slowly, her voice full of unquestionable arrogance, murderous, and as sharp as a newly unsheathed knife.

The fiery July has finally passed. This month has been a torment for Baozi. The work unit is undergoing organizational reforms, and Baozi is almost laid off. There are seniors at the top and young at the bottom. Baozi has been extremely worried this month, and his writing has been affected. It has a great impact, and I would like to apologize to you all.