Realm of Power

In the darkness, the sky is filled with war. The desert at night is not hot, but on the contrary, it is extremely cold, making people breathless.

The earthen wall at the mouth of the white sand dune outside the big oasis of Boka is dyed red with blood. Broken sword fragments are lying among the blood-stained earthen walls. Under the flag of Aden fluttering in the wind, the people stationed at Boka big oasis The general of the Aden Army, Rumchi, was wearing bright silver chainmail, facing the fierce cold wind. Behind him were more than a dozen captains of the Aden Army, all of whom had firm faces, and many of them had blood stains on their armors.

Although it was a hasty battle, Rumchi's Aden 15th Corps did not collapse under the fierce attack of the imperial army. On the one hand, this was because the Aden 15th Corps also made great achievements in the Kingdom of Aden, with a number of nine thousand. Five hundred people, of which more than half are heavy armored troops capable of fighting hard and bloody battles. Commander Rumchi is known for his calmness and stability in the Aden Army.

Ever since he was transferred to the Boca Oasis, Rumchi had already foreseen that he would have a battle with the imperial army on the opposite side. He set up more than a dozen guard towers outside the Great Oasis and strengthened defenses at Baishakou, the most important entrance to the Great Oasis. , another important reason is that the imperial army was a surprise attack. Although it was like a sharp knife, it was killed only when it reached Baishakou. It was discovered that the various heavy weapons used by the imperial army to attack fortresses were left behind. They only relied on manpower. Facing the 9,500-strong Aden 15th Corps, they wanted to defeat Baishakou in front of them in one go. There were still difficulties with the earthen wall. After realizing that the Aden army was prepared, the imperial army that launched the assault stopped the attack.

Looking back from the Imperial Army's position opposite to the river of flames in the distance, Lumchi turned around with a slight frown and asked, "The Imperial Army broke straight into the center line and fought fiercely with our army for more than two hours. Why did Jocelyn's 19th Corps still... Not here. The left line they are responsible for is no more than twenty miles away from the big oasis. Even if they climb, they should still see people."

"It must be that bastard Qiao Lins who saw how fierce the fight was and didn't dare to come over at all!" an Aden squadron leader said angrily.

"It's entirely possible. Jocelyn is also famous for being afraid of death. When the Aero Imperial Army invaded the Great Oasis, didn't this guy just run away without a fight!" Someone from the squadron leader agreed.

In order to defend against the imperial army, the Aden Army would bypass the Boca Oasis and divide the troops stationed there into two parts. One part was Rumchi's 15th Corps, which was mainly responsible for the front of the oasis, and the other part was Jocelyn's 10th Corps. The Ninth Corps was stationed on the side of the great oasis, but it was the same as the Fifteenth Corps under Rumchi's command and the same relationship as that of Emperor Erod The 19th Corps was transferred after the Great War, and Jocelyn's 19th Corps was expanded from the original garrison. One was a battle-hardened regular army, and the other was a garrison. For the 19th Corps, Rumchi's subordinates were naturally They didn't like it, and they didn't even allow the 19th Corps to be stationed in the Grand Oasis, but pushed it to the outskirts of the Grand Oasis.

When the Ero Empire army once invaded the Grand Oasis, the Poca Grand Oasis was the first to be defeated. The panicked garrison general Joslin only had 3,000 men under his command, and was completely unable to resist. Joslin simply sent 30,000 oasis to his side. The people of the Doboka Oasis were pushed to the death line, and they barely managed to hold back the invading Eero Empire army for two days.

And Jocelyn fled back to Aden with his men. The Kingdom of Aden was in an uproar. It was the first time in decades that the Boca Oasis was lost. Everyone originally thought that the escaped general would be severely punished. As a result, the Kingdom’s military affairs On the other side, there was heavy thunder and little rain, and they only temporarily detained Jocelyn. However, after the war, the Royal Army The Ministry of Affairs once again sent Jocelin to the Boca Oasis on the grounds that Joslin was familiar with the situation in the Boca Oasis, and expanded the garrison under his command from only 3,000 people to 10,000, forming the 19th Corps. Assist the regular army Rumchi to defend the Boka Oasis. Judging from the distance, Jocelyn's troops should also have arrived.

"Send someone to take another look and tell Jocelyn that if it doesn't happen within an hour, I don't care who is behind him, I will definitely ask your Majesty to execute him."

Lumqi said with a cold expression. He knew who was behind Jocelin because the other party had also greeted him. Under normal circumstances, Jocelin avoided him and turned a blind eye. But now that the war has broken out and the imperial army has raided the Boka Oasis, that's another story.

Don't look at the Boca Grand Oasis, which is not a very good place, but geographically, it is the first gateway to the desert in the eastern part of the Inland Sea. Once it is lost, it will open the door to the desert barrier. The great desert is very important to other countries. It may be an insurmountable chasm, but this is not the case for the empire.

Because the empire has an astonishing number of camels in its hands, which even exceeds the number of camels owned by the Aden people in the great oasis area,

This is all because the Kingdom of Aden has imposed a trade embargo on the big oases, and commercial trade has been cut off. The large number of camels that originally flowed between the big oases have become a burden. The major chambers of commerce have sold the camels at extremely low prices. The camels that were originally extremely popular , suddenly became no one cares about, but that is, among everyone When everyone thought that camels were worthless, the Empire Sunrise Chamber of Commerce suddenly purchased all the camels on the market. It is said that they ate more than 30,000 camels in one go. Then one after another, the Empire Sunrise Chamber of Commerce almost bought all the camels in the area. They were all wiped out. Conservative estimates put the number of camels at more than 80,000.

No one knows what the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce does with so many camels. It raises waste food and kills them for meat. The camel meat is not delicious. The behavior of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce even aroused ridicule from other chambers of commerce. They all said that the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce was born with it. He has the nature of a fool. He made a big joke when he raided the ports of other kingdoms along the Barro coast of Central Europe, and now he is like this again.

What are those camels for? Lumqi now guessed that camels were needed in other places besides entering the desert! The empire has long been preparing to invade the desert. The battle of the Great Oasis is actually a battle of logistics. Rumchi understands this very well. How powerful was the Eero Empire army when they raided Corninia and entered the desert? In the oasis, the military front was pointed directly at the Gulf of Aden. The entire continent was shaken, and the Gulf of Aden was shaken. At that time, Emperor Erod The national army invaded the big oasis. From the beginning, it increased from 100,000 to 200,000 to 300,000. Both sides continued to add troops. You bite me and I bite you. The two sides saw each other all the way from the Rojavit Oasis, many times. Aden even sent hundreds of thousands of slaves to attack, but they still could not stop the attack of the Ero Empire Army.

The Eero Imperial Army finally reached the outskirts of the Posini Oasis, but they only reached the outskirts of the Posini Oasis and were unable to advance.

Because as the desert area deepens, the main force of the Eero Imperial Army is almost out of touch with its logistical supplies. The army cannot be supplied and there is a lack of water. Even the toughest warriors are unable to fight. In the end, the Eero Imperial Army is unable to keep up with the logistics. After suffering a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Posini, with more than 200,000 killed and injured, the battlefield dividends obtained in the early stages of the war were lost at once. The Kingdom of Aden counterattacked and regained the Great Oasis in one fell swoop.

As a witness to the battle that day, Rumchi believes that if the Ero Empire had as many as 40,000 to 50,000 camels as logistics, I am afraid that the outcome of the entire Great Oasis War would have changed. With such a number of camels, the Imperial Army , all that is missing is to open the door to the Poca Grand Oasis, and according to the terrifying logistical support capabilities of the imperial army, , once the door of the Poca Grand Oasis is opened, you can launch attacks on other large oasis areas at will, and the Grand Oasis is of great significance to the Kingdom of Aden. When the Ero army invaded the Grand Oasis, even Aden was shaken. , some people even proposed relocation, which shows the importance of the Great Oasis barrier to the Kingdom of Aden.

"Everyone, don't mess up. All troops, stay still. Lord Rumchi will be here to save us soon!"

The Aden cavalry galloping like a line shouted loudly. The densely packed Aden soldiers lined up in piles had pale faces. Most of them were wearing rough armor, or even a little without armor. The weapons in their hands were also crude and abnormal, with various wooden shields. The long sword, the long spear, it feels like it will be the equipment of Aden and the army of Eero The equipment was mixed together. In fact, more than half of the weapons in the hands of these Aden soldiers were actually the weapons of the Erro army that had been captured at the time. Unbeknownst to Rumchi, just when he was blocking the raid of the imperial army, twenty soldiers on the side were The 15th Corps of Qiaomusi inside and outside was also facing the sudden attack of the imperial army.

"Wuwu" The long and shrill horn sounds are more depressing in the night, "Sir, what should we do!" "

"If Lord Rumchi doesn't come, we will be dead!"

"Why are you panicking? We still have three thousand people!"

Qiaomusi angrily scolded his subordinates, but when he turned around, his face was extremely ugly as he glanced at the black lines of the Imperial Army in front of him. Mountains of sharp spears pressed against the opposite side, and pieces of reflection were the steel of the Imperial Army. Make a shield. The dots of stars in front are the crossbows raised by the imperial archers. The atmosphere of the whole world feels tragic at this moment.

When more than 30,000 people from Boka Oasis were deceived and pushed to the front as cannon fodder, most people thought it was a last resort tactic. However, as the Ero people who captured Boca Oasis, they gave another explanation, that is The Aden general named Qiaomus initially claimed that the number of troops stationed in Aden was 5,000. Later, after escaping back to the Kingdom of Aden, he admitted that his troops were actually only 3,000. In fact, the data obtained by the Ero people was that one One hundred and fifty people!

The dignified Kingdom of Aden only had a shocking 150 troops stationed at the gateway of the Boka Oasis. It is no wonder that Qiaomusi ran away immediately, and the matter of Qiaomusi's empty pay was not revealed in the Boka Oasis. Almost everyone knew about it, and it was true that no one reported this matter to the top management of Aden, but it was all ignored. Hai, empty pay only exists with the regular army of Aden, because only the regular army is responsible for the Kingdom's Ministry of Military Affairs, and the regional lords are responsible for the regional garrison and slave army. The scale is completely determined based on the local lords themselves, so many generals of the regular army will deliberately use A part of the slave army to replace the regular army.

Anyway, it is the practice of the Aden army to first use the slave army in a war. All Aden armies maintain a certain number of slave troops. Even if they can't cause much damage, they can consume some of the opponent's strength. Naturally, the pay of the replaced regular army will be It also flowed into the pockets of the generals themselves, but no one has ever been as bold as Qiaomusi. The regular army of 5,000 people actually only had 150 people.

And this time, Qiaomusi was kind enough to recruit 3,000 people, which was much better than the last time. However, his luck seemed to be very bad. Opposite him was a full 5,000 imperial troops. Qiaomusi My heart was almost broken. I just came here to gain qualifications and help a few adults earn some money. It is said that this is the first portal of the Grand Oasis. When there was no embargo, caravans gathered, and some goods that were not easy to trade could be bought and sold. Although he was the military leader of the Poca Grand Oasis, Qiaomusi was more interested in Consider yourself a businessman, and this is a large oasis thousands of miles away from the Kingdom of Aden

Whether he has 150 or 5,000 men under his command is not always a reported number. In fact, this is also the practice of garrisoning in the Grand Oasis. There are a few real Aden soldiers who are willing to come to the Grand Oasis, and many of them are temporary recruits to fill up the number. , the inspection was completed, and they were immediately disbanded. However, Qiaomusi thought that he was too unlucky to encounter the Eero Imperial Army breaking into the Grand Oasis. Otherwise, who would care about the number of troops stationed in the Grand Oasis?

From the very beginning, the imperial army’s target was not Rumchi’s powerful and well-equipped 15th Corps, but the newly expanded 19th Corps. Of course, the opponent would have to find someone soft, not to mention this Qiaomusi It is so famous that in order to fight against the Grand Oasis, Hayera carefully learned about it from the generals of the former Eero army who broke into the Grand Oasis. Even Eero's side mentioned this Arbor in particular!

"Crossbowman ready!"

After calculating the time, Ramlak, who had the cold face of a Highlander, looked at the Aden army in front, and raised his hand calmly. The frontal attack should have stopped. At this time, the elite army of the Aden people on the other side It is considered to have been nailed in that direction. War has never been stipulated to be won head-on. As Hayela's most trusted general, Lalamak also adheres to Hayela's style in combat style.

Countless imperial crossbowmen stopped in a row about a hundred meters away, raised the crossbow arrows in their hands toward the sky, and slowly pulled out the bowstring.

"Advance!" The imperial infantry captains shouted at the same time. The black line moved forward, the armor was clanking, and they pushed from the front of the Aden people with the momentum of destroying everything. At the front of the impact line, the spears were shining as sharp as snow. It's like a dazzling light belt, and there are thousands of steel-cold spears that make people feel scared. The raging waves rolled, and when the imperial army was fifty meters away from the Aden army, countless crossbow arrows flew into the sky, and the arrow clusters came with a whistling sound in the sky. It was like a torrential rain pouring down the ground, from the frightened Aden army. It penetrated hard from the front, like a red-hot sharp blade inserted into the snow, and the muffled sounds of the Aden people's arrows came one after another.

It was like hundreds of triangular billiard balls that seemed to have been hit. With a snap, the severed finger fragments "pop! pop! pop". The densely packed imperial heavy infantry's spears pushed people to the ground in rows. Horses didn't even need to The movements, relying solely on the strong impact of the queue, pushed the Aden infantry in front of them like pieces of paper, one after another without any hindrance.

"Run away, Mr. Qiaomusi ran away" someone shouted in the chaos.