Realm of Power

In the city of Besad, in front of the Imperial Hundred Ballista, a river of blood flowed. Bright red human blood flowed down the city wall. The corpses of countless Aden heavy armored infantry with arrow clusters were piled upside down. An Aden heavy infantryman The armored infantryman was covered in blood and sat half-reclined on the battlement. With blurred eyes, he tried to see clearly in front of him. He saw the imperial archers on the city wall quickly rushing into these areas, raising their crossbows and shooting fiercely at the Aden soldiers below.

"Speed, take position" "Under the target, shoot!"

These are all veterans of the Central Army for more than five years. They are equipped with leather quivers and hold powerful infantry crossbows in their hands. They have no armor on their bodies. They run light and agile and are extremely fast. The front ends of these imperial crossbow arrows are all used for breaking weapons. first class Triangular arrow cone, this kind of sharp arrow has a range of fifty meters, which is enough to tear through any heavy armor. "Swipe" these crossbow arrows bring out a frightening white cold light in the sun, and the armor-piercing sharp mouth The arrow clusters were firmly nailed to these heavy infantrymen. On the body, the front-end arrow was submerged into the armor, and soon blood seeped out from the gaps in the armor. Some heavy infantrymen suddenly let go of their hands while crawling, and fell from the long ladder. Some gasped for air, and their steps were as slow as Turtle, these arrow clusters cannot kill the heavy infantry with one blow, but they can cause the heavy infantry inside to be injured and bleed. The heavy infantry is a branch that relies heavily on physical strength. A large amount of bleeding will seriously weaken the heavy infantry's combat effectiveness, until in the end because Bleed to death

"Bastard!" Toblas's face was livid. He originally thought that capturing Persad in front of his heavy armored infantry group would not be any more difficult than piercing a piece of tissue paper, but he didn't expect it to be like this. He originally wanted to say The Imperial Army is nothing more than this. This battle is bound to be powerful, but I didn’t expect that the situation would be completely one-sided. This Imperial Army is so difficult to fight. It’s difficult to attack the city wall. Being driven down by the opponent, this has never happened to the Fourth Army of Aden. What happened just now? There were heavy casualties. Tobras took a deep breath and could feel the wavering of the combat troops under his command. The battle is definitely the most brutal battle in the Aden Fourth Army, the royal ace army, in more than ten years, even though the scale of this battle is not that big!

"Woo!" The long horn horn with a solemn and solemn feeling suddenly came from the sky. This was the horn sound of evacuation. The Fourth Army of Aden began to retreat. Even the Fourth Army of Aden, known as Steel, was still beaten by the Empire's Hundred Crossbows. The car's volleys had no confidence. Dozens of steel crossbows fired at short distances, completely ignoring any blockers. They were completely beyond the range of human resistance. One could penetrate them. With a penetration of 20 meters, all the heavy armored infantry of Aden along the line were penetrated. It was simply too violent. The moment the ballistae stopped, short swords and broken spears were inserted into the city wall, and there were broken pieces everywhere. Spears and heavy swords, corpses everywhere on the city road, the chopped-off infantry regiment flag fell to the ground, and the star-and-moon battle flag representing the team's triangle swallowtail made a clattering sound in the silence.

The city wall they had just climbed was recaptured by the Imperial Army again. The Fourth Army of Aden lost more than 800 people in this attack. This siege battle, which had been smooth sailing and was like a hurricane, was completed in just one minute. , causing the Fourth Army of Aden to lose one-twentieth, He was also shocked by the endless defensive methods of the Imperial Army. He originally thought that the Imperial Army had just fought fiercely with Prince Sotorosu for a day and night and had exhausted their energy and fighting spirit. However, he felt that the opponent was not only not tired, but even It can also be said that he is full of energy.

What the hell is going on! Toblas couldn't understand this unreasonable situation.

In the clear blue sky, the white clouds seemed to be shaken by the fighting cries of the earth below, spreading out layer by layer from east to west like fish scales.

Hu Keqili, the Imperial Minister of State and the Commander of the Central Army, stood on a high place on a slope, holding up a telescope and calmly observing the situation of the entire battlefield in Bosad, with a solemn expression like a condensed statue. Behind him, the four flag commanders of the Imperial Central Army had hot eyes. Although this place is five or six miles away from Besad, from a high position, it can be seen that the Aden army attacking this time is different from the one that was defeated two days ago. The Aden army that returned was completely different

This means that this is not the Aden army in front, but a completely different army.

"My lord, this move to seize Persad really hit the weak point where the Aden people had to save themselves. The Aden people changed their previous tactics of relying on accumulating troops and gradually advancing. In just three days, they sent two With a massive army of tens of thousands of people, it is conceivable that Persad, a seemingly inconspicuous point, might actually mobilize most of the Aden army."

A flaxen-haired and muscular Central Army Flag Commander stood behind Hu Keqili. He hesitated and said, "Three thousand people are really a bit small. The number of Aden people gathered in front of Persad now is probably more than three thousand." Ten thousand people, ten to one force ratio, isn't it too risky? Why don't I send another squadron up, which would be safer?'

"The front wall of Persad is only two to three hundred meters wide. No matter how many Aden troops there are, the number of troops that can attack the city wall at one time will not exceed 500, including a hundred hundred ballistae vehicles and two squadrons of imperial heavy armored infantry. There are two squadrons of crossbowmen and two squadrons of reserves. On the surface, there are three thousand people. In fact, they are hiding. There are five or six thousand. Aden No one would have thought that this batch of newly replaced veterans are all battle-hardened veterans, well rested, and in peak physical and willpower condition. If they can't cope with this situation, then Siral's central empire will The title of the Steel Sword Flag Regiment of the Fifth Flag Regiment of the Army can also be taken off! "Hu Keqili snorted coldly and put down the telescope in his hand!

If Toblas hears these words here, he may vomit blood on the spot. It turns out that the Imperial Army in Persad City is not three thousand people, but maybe six thousand people. They are divided into two groups to rest randomly, so It gave people the illusion of three thousand people. From a distance, the dark Aden army formation looked like just a line segment on the desolate land in front of them. Although the Aden army was large in number, after a series of battles during this period, Emperor** roughly up and down It has captured the life of the Aden people. The armor coverage rate of the Aden army is not high. Basically only officers wear armor. As a local garrison, the Aden people do not even have officers wearing armor, but mostly wear light leather armor. Therefore, once they encounter an intense battle, the casualties of the Aden people are like cutting grass, and they will quickly flee. Of course, this is mainly aimed at the local garrison of Aden, while the regular army of the Aden people is still stranded in distant Central Asia. area

This raid by the Imperial Army really caught Aden by surprise. However, as time went on, this raid battle turned from a surprise attack to an open attack half a month later. Aden tried its best to mobilize surrounding forces. Counterattack, but the Imperial Army defeated the garrison all the way and released all levels of Aden There were a large number of slaves in the slave owner's manor. These slaves restrained a large number of Aden's garrison forces. In this raid that affected southern Aden, the empire finally involved more than 20,000 troops in the four southern provinces of Aden. , of course this is not the real goal of the Imperial Army's invasion of the south,

"Guess where the troops arriving later came from?" Hu Keqili curled his lips slightly and raised his hand to the imperial flag commanders behind him.

The imperial flag captains looked at each other,

"It's the troops from the Gulf of Aden, sir!" one of the commanders of the Empire's central flag regiment said suddenly.

Hu Keqili nodded, "Yes, apart from the defenders in the Gulf of Aden, I can't think of where the reinforcements will come from! Most of the main combat forces of the Aden people are still in Central Asia, and they are relatively large and powerful. The Oasis Legion was restrained due to the Great Oasis incident. The only elite troops that the Aden people can mobilize now are probably the troops stationed in the core area of ​​​​the Gulf of Aden, and there are heavy armored infantry in this force, which is completely inconsistent with the general Aden area. military According to the information provided by the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire, the Gulf of Aden, as the area where the Royal Capital of Aden is located, is naturally a top priority. Not only are there 60,000 elite troops stationed there, nearly 40,000 noble private troops, but also at least Four naval fleets and more than 130 Aden warships patrolled and blocked the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. Anyone who wanted to attack the Gulf of Aden had to consider that once the attack stalled, they would have to face the Aden people on both land and sea lines. The vicious strangulation that unfolded "

In the history of the Aden people, such a situation has not happened before. This was the case with the Battle of Falling Star Bay fifty years ago. The Nansi Navy, which had the advantage in the sea area, launched a surprise attack on the Gulf of Aden. At that time, the Nansi Navy was the overlord of the southern sea area. , with more than 170 battleships, moving With more than 30,000 troops, the Nansi navy first tore open the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, and then rushed all the way along the bay in an attempt to break through the Royal Capital of Aden in one go. In the end, it was captured on the sea of ​​Luo Xing Bay, thirty miles away from the Royal Capital. Seventy-four naval warships of the Aden Navy desperately blocked the attack

In that battle, 61 of the 74 warships of the Aden Navy were sunk, 13 were injured, and more than 8,000 sailors were killed. Although the Nansi side won the naval battle, it delayed the time and landed the troops. They were quickly defeated by the troops gathered in the capital of Aden, and finally the scarred One Hundred and Seventy A Nansi naval warship was shut down and beaten with slings by the Adenites from the Gulf coast. The wreckage of the Nansi naval warship blocked the entrance to the bay for a time, causing losses to the army, totaling more than 20,000 people. Nansi's navy sailors who had been trained for many years suffered heavy losses. The tyrannical Nansi Navy era thus entered its decline.

The Battle of Falling Star Bay was also regarded as a turning point in the decades-long war between the Kingdom of Aden and Nansi. Without the support of the naval fleet, the Nansi Army was unable to fight across the sea. In the end, Nansi’s influence around the Gulf of Aden was reduced. It was soon replaced by the expanding Kingdom of Aden. How to avoid the fate of the Nanxi people in Luo Xing Bay has always been the need of the empire. The question of thinking, and according to the emperor's wishes, it is very simple. If the elite navy and army of the Aden people leave the Gulf of Aden, naturally there will be no Luo Xing Bay. The purpose of the imperial army's invasion of the south is only from the beginning to the end. One, a knife was inserted into the most important heart of the Aden people, that was the Gulf of Aden. Before the main force of the Aden people returned, the throat was sealed with a sword!