Realm of Power

The battle array advanced steadily and orderly, and the spears bursting with cold light began to be raised in a row. At the head of the queue, the star-and-moon flags of the Aden captains were raised behind their armors.

In the wilderness under the autumn rain, on both sides of the huge ring-like river, there are spots of iron armor. When you look down, you can see almost a dense crowd of people. You can't see the end at a glance. In the alternation of dimness and light of thunder and lightning, the crowds and intertwining seem to form. It was a crowded sea, a strong attack by the Aden army, and a crazy archery attack by the imperial cavalry. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Every moment, countless arrow clusters flew over the field control, and people fell heavily from their horses and were killed. Rapids wash away undulations

People shouting and horses neighing, the sound shakes the whole country,

"Go forward, close the distance." The Aden infantrymen wearing heavy armor were walking in waist-deep river water. There was a semicircular tower shield inlaid on the armor in their left hand, and a low-hanging spear in their right hand. They were densely packed with people. , it was so dark that everyone wore different clothes. Triangular flags representing unknown meanings were fluttering in the wind. From a distance, they looked like a sea of ​​flags.

"Open the bowstring" was filled with shouts in the wind. A fully stretched Aden bow pointed neatly at the sky. The average archer drew the bowstring to the full, loosened it, drew it to the full again, and released it again. Usually, he drew the bowstring to the full three times in a row. You have to stop for a few seconds to breathe, but the Dongting people obviously have special points. The Dongting shooter’s grassland bow is shorter than the bows of other arms, but it also provides a faster shooting speed.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Hundreds of Aden archers violently released their bowstrings at the same time, and arrows flew into the sky in dense clusters. Those in the air began to fall down like heavy rain, but they were still quite far away from the target. If they did not cross the river, The imperial cavalry cannot be shot. This kind of shooting is more of a boost to the morale of the troops. It is completely a psychological effect. It is like saying that we use bows and arrows to cover you, rush forward!

When the archers had no solution, a large number of Aden cavalry drove into the river.

The fully armored Aden Cavalry came one after another, crossing the river like bulldozers. The sharp arrows of the imperial archers shot into the armor of the Aden Cavalry and hit the shields of the Aden Cavalry. The Aden Cavalry, who had been hit by several arrows, remained unwavering. Driving forward, the cavalry of Aden's Second Army was already at its peak. Compared with the semi-fully armored cavalry, although the arrows of the imperial horse archers can be shot at a distance of 100 meters, the penetration depth is not enough. Many Aden cavalry are full of arrows, and they are still jumping around, and the arrows are sharp and sharp. Come on, the sweep is sharp, blood is splashing everywhere, countless blood explodes at the front of the cavalry's impact line

"Forward! Forward!"

The steel torrent formed by the wolf-like and tiger-like Aden cavalry rushed forward violently, like a sharp Aden scimitar, with crazy fighting spirit, showing an invincible offensive. The river that was already flooded was suddenly overwhelmed by countless war horses. There are countless sounds of fighting, countless flashes of swords, and bursts of metallic sounds of armor leaves striking each other.

The people of Aden have great momentum. They chased all the way from the Gulf of Aden to here and can still maintain such momentum. Not bad, not bad, they are truly the elite team of Aden!

The cold rain hit his face. Brother Shu, the leader of the Imperial Third Guards Banner, said to himself. He licked the rainwater flowing down his cheeks. It was salty, a little lighter than human blood. When he saw the opposite side, it was like a line of rolling waves coming from the river. As the Aden army was about to struggle out, Brother Shu pulled out his saber and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. At this moment, the entire line of imperial horse archers along the line began to turn their horses and not fight with you.

"What's going on?" "Ahhhhhhhhhh" "Escaped, did the Imperial people escape?" Someone made a very shrill voice, as if someone had stabbed him.

The Aden soldiers were stunned. Their bodies were still soaked in the water, which was bone-chilling. What they saw was the butts of the imperial cavalry horses that were turning around. I have to say that the butts of the imperial war horses were really fat. Everyone said that the imperial troops were well treated. It seemed that It's probably true, but it's a bit cool! No, they were stunned. The performance of the Imperial Cavalry left them completely bewildered.

What is this situation? Is there any honor as a warrior? Without looking at the target at all, the ranged arrows hit the opponent's face, and then they swung the arrows full of arrows in a tacit understanding, and they were still dangling in the river. The people from Aden looked astonished and looked like horseshit. If they hadn't known that even if they threw the weapons in their hands, they couldn't hit these fleeing imperial cavalry, the Aden soldiers might have thrown the weapons in their hands to kill these bastards who ran away after touching them. You are so shameless. Ah, I want to run away without giving you money!

Of course, the Imperial Archers made it clear that they were useless and would not care about their feelings. But in the blink of an eye, the Imperial Archers had already turned around and started running. Some of them even deliberately made unknown gestures in the direction of the Aden people.

The mysterious tacit understanding between the imperial archers is like a psychological telepathy. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is entirely a tacit understanding from the Dongting race. The grassland people use hunting to forge tactics. What kind of hunting queue basically represents What tactics, so the prairie cavalry can still achieve tacit cooperation without instructions?

In fact, it is because the combat order has already been issued at the moment the combat formation is issued.

Encirclement, pursuit, strangulation, siege, dragging to death, various formations correspond to various orders,

The moment Brother Shu gave the order to form a formation that could escape at any time, all the horse archers already understood their commander's order.

The target entered eighty meters in front. All the imperial horse archers seemed to have heard the silent order. They neatly put down the grassland compound bows in their hands and turned their horses' heads. They didn't even need an order. They stepped forward and ran wildly. Eighty meters away, it was Aden. At the upper end of the river, the densely packed Aden infantry had reached the middle of the river. At the lower end of the river, an astonishing number of Aden light infantry had even landed ashore.

Encircled by three lines, the military quality of the Aden people is not bad. Even from a distance, Brother Shu can feel the heavy breathing of the Aden people coming towards us.

If you don't run away, are you waiting to be pinned to the ground and rubbed by the Aden people?

One thing that people in Aden don't understand is that nomadic warriors don't pay much attention to the honor of warriors, and they don't have the consciousness to fight an upright fight. If they win, they fight, and if they don't win, they run away. The rise of the Kingdom of Aden in the Gulf of Aden area belongs to code It is a coastal inland zone with a coastline to the south, the waist-long Gulf of Aden to the east, blue sea and sky, and pleasant scenery, and a thousand-mile desert like a natural barrier to the north. The rise of the Kingdom of Aden has never encountered nomadic people.

The five thousand imperial archers were running so fast, but in the blink of an eye they were sparsely reduced by more than half.

What made the people of Aden feel like their heads were going to explode was that these imperial horse archers were firing arrows at this side while running. Puff, puff, puff, the sound of the bow strings trembling, and the arrows falling from the air with the cold rain, it was so... Shameless! Although it didn't cause any great damage, the Imperial Cavalry's behavior was more like a provocation. It was so loud that it almost shouted, "Come after me. I'll give it to you if you catch me!" Why is it so excellent!

"You bastard!" Ramdorek's body on the horse swayed. He was so angry that he almost fell off the horse. If he really fell, he might become the only person in the history of the Kingdom of Aden who has not yet When the war started, it was an example of himself being seriously injured. The battle was promised, the army was promised to fight to the death, why did he run away! Got fooled!

"Damn it, don't run away if you dare!"

Ramdorek's nose was almost crooked with anger, his eyes were bulging, he clenched his fingers fiercely, his nose suddenly became larger and smaller, and shouted orders. No matter how patient he was, the enemy who had no warrior consciousness at all was exploded in the face of this kind of situation. , Ramdorek has imagined various scenarios of bloody battles with the imperial army in his mind, but there is no such thing. I have been running from the capital of Aden for several days, sleepless, with eyes as red as rabbits, just to see your horses. Ass? Didn’t it mean that the imperial soldiers never retreated and they were invincible? Didn’t it mean that the imperial cavalry swept across the 700,000-strong coalition army of South Europe Barrow in the Civil War? It was like a storm and was invincible. In the invasion of South Europe Barrow, Feizer was destroyed and Martin was defeated. Sharp Teeth, who repeatedly abused his opponent with inferior force, and beat the continent's top elite who was feared by all soldiers of this era, so the horse butt who was running away in front of him at this moment, Zhan Wuzhao is What! "Everyone, catch up, don't let the imperial people run away!" The messenger cavalry shouted crazily all the way. The Aden cavalry who had just stepped onto the river bank looked in the direction of the messenger cavalry.

"It seems like a pursuit was ordered?"

‘That’s right, it’s an order to pursue! "The two captains of the Aden Cavalry looked at each other. The Imperial Cavalry actually ran away without a fight. It was like a shot of stimulant hit the Aden Cavalry. The adrenal glands surged. The duck that had reached its mouth must not be allowed to fly away. The Imperial Cavalry only had Five thousand people, do we have ten thousand people? What do we have to fear?

"Everyone has heard it, chase, chase across the board!" the captain of the Aden cavalry said to his subordinates behind him. The soldiers looked tired and did not react much. He was an infantryman, so how could he chase the cavalry? He had just crossed a river. Afterwards, the whole body was soaked and the steps became even heavier. Some soldiers were taking off their shoes. , turn the shoes over and pour water out. It doesn't matter if they are light infantry. They are armored infantry. Although they are not heavy armor, they still weigh more than ten kilograms. After the water is poured out with the inner clothes, the weight reaches two. More than ten kilograms, wet, heavy, cold, as well as the shield and weapons in his hands,

The so-called army charge is that moment. In order to rush across the river as quickly as possible, all the strength has been exhausted, who can still run!

A loud trombone sounded from the side, and a group of Aden cavalry was seen running out of the cavalry queue like an iron tower. These running cavalry made all the Aden cavalry take a breath of cold air. I saw that these cavalrymen had long horse masks attached to their horses. Their thick bodies were like a thick hill. They were extremely strong and strong. They were wearing full body armor. The cavalry above were also wearing full body armor.

The crowd in Aden burst into cheers

"It's Lord Samundiou!"

"Oh my God, Lord Salmondeo has already crossed the river!"

Yes, it is the heavy cavalry team known as the battlefield meat grinder that inspires the entire Aden army. However, this heavy armored cavalry is from Aden. Each heavy armored cavalry has this crescent moon mark on the top of its helmet, and then Long streamers floated up from below the crescent moon, adding a bit of alien beauty to the terrifying appearance of the heavy armored cavalry.

The advance of the heavy armored cavalry, just the orderly formation, is already like a landslide and the earth is shattering, making people completely unable to resist. In front of such a battlefield sweeper, all a normal person can think of is Run away! The combat effectiveness of these Aden heavy-armored cavalry is unknown, but their appearance is absolutely top-notch. Their posture is just like a ferocious beast trampling on the ground, and their uniform movements form a concave inclined surface. , they are the tanks of this era,

At the front of these heavy armored cavalry is a middle-aged officer wearing a red pointed helmet. His figure is as tall as a sharp sword. The armor is even more shining in the rain. A blue ribbon hangs from his head on the horse's back. On the top, the simple and clear lines reveal a shaved look. The knife-like Xiao Sha, his name is Samondeo, the deputy chief of the Aden Royal Guards, and a famous warrior in the Aden Army. He has won the Aden Combat Skills Competition three times in a row and is known as the number one fighter in Aden. , he alone is enough to make the people of Aden burst with confidence

"Lord Samandio's heavy cavalry have all gone up, why are we still hesitating here!

Ever since the Empire demonstrated the power of heavy armored cavalry in the Civil War, the heavy armored cavalry has become a decisive force on the battlefield. The heavy armored cavalry has cost a lot of money. Both the horses and the soldiers are only one in a hundred. Even for the entire empire, The number of heavy armored cavalry is only five thousand. This is because the empire has a large number of nomadic elite cavalry and occupies a large number of excellent horse farms.

The Kingdom of Aden has long been planning to advance to the empire. Naturally, it pays great attention to the heavy armored cavalry, the iconic arm of the empire, and also has secret comparison thoughts. The Kingdom of Aden cannot afford heavy armored cavalry on the scale of the empire. Three to five hundred heavy armored cavalry is still In fact, in the upcoming military parade to promote the empire in the capital of Aden, the Aden military has already determined to show a powerful force that is not weaker than the empire. There will be no heavy armored cavalry in the huge military parade to promote the empire. How! Heavy armored cavalry must be available, and the equipment must not be weaker than the imperial heavy armored cavalry. This represents a display of Aden's force, represents Aden's face, and is a deterrent to surrounding vassal forces.

As the finale of this military parade, a heavy armored cavalry team that has experienced actual combat and defeated the elite cavalry of the empire is definitely more intimidating than a vase with no record! In this way, three hundred Aden heavy armored cavalry accompanied the Aden Second Army southward. Today they will test their swords with the imperial cavalry!

"Advance, kill! The Aden heavy armored cavalry group showed no intention of stopping. The horses' hooves rumbled and the ground trembled violently. The offensive was like a fierce black tide rolling toward the direction of the imperial cavalry's escape.

"Follow Lord Samdeo!" The other armies in Aden saw their heavy cavalry driving across the river, and they immediately boiled. The imperial army was completely unable to fight, and they represented the most powerful heavy armored cavalry in the Kingdom of Aden. , crush, tear into pieces, all that's left is to chase. The eyes of the Aden cavalry flickered, and there were waves of commotion, and all hesitation was gone. Flying on the wings, there are heavy armored cavalry, and they are afraid of how big the waves will be caused by the imperial cavalry. The Aden army swarming forward no longer cares about the formation. The cavalry is undoubtedly the fastest, and then comes the light armored assault. Infantry, and finally armored infantry. Invisibly, the Aden army of 24,000 people had been divided into three parts.

When fighting, what should you do if there are many more people on the other side than you?

It's not shameful to run away!

It can even be said to be an excellent tactic. No one can fight a hundred enemies at once. Human physical strength has its limits. However, the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s famous battle was to challenge a hundred enemies. The essence is to run. As long as you start running, everyone will be on an equal footing. You can drag the opponent away, drag down small groups of enemies, and pick them off one by one when the opponent's energy is exhausted! Miyamoto Musashi called this the Art of War, but it was actually a shameless act! It would take one to hit a hundred, and each one of them would cut Miyamoto Musashi into pieces with just one sword.

Of course Brother Shu doesn't know this, but it does not affect Brother Shu's fighting style. The grassland people's fighting method is guerrilla warfare, and the Dongting Archers are the best among them. In the era of the East and West, the Dongting Archers were also the best. The Xiting cavalry were pressed hard, and the five thousand escaping imperial cavalry seemed to be running away, but in fact they were not using their full power at all.

Two hundred meters! One hundred meters! Fifty meters!

In the rain, the distance between the two armies was getting closer. The white breath of the war horses was so clear. It was so close that you could see the blood marks on the spears of the Aden cavalry. The mud and water splashed, and the scattered arc composed of thousands of armored cavalry had already formed. Expanded to a width of hundreds of meters

"Caught up!" the Aden cavalry shouted, and suddenly countless arrow clusters were shot towards them.

The captain of the Aden cavalry shouted "Attention," as if tearing apart. The cold light had rapidly expanded in the pupils of the Aden cavalry.

puff! puff! puff! Angry arrows are like locusts. Even the armored Aden cavalry still rolled off their horses when encountering the armor-piercing heavy arrows at close range. The specially processed triangular heavy arrows whipped violently like a whip like a violent storm. On the Aden cavalry, they plunged into the weak points of the armor with a whistling sound. "Ah" blood splattered everywhere and screams continued.

An Aden cavalryman raised his shield at a slightly higher angle. An arrow cluster fell from a strange angle and pierced deeply into the scales on his knees. The cavalryman half bent over in pain. Several arrow clusters shot into his weakly armored back when he bent over, poof! puff! "The bloody arrow penetrated from the chest of the cavalryman, and the cavalryman was quickly turned into a bloody hedgehog by the falling arrow clusters.

The corpse with a dull look in its eyes rolled straight off the horse's back and quickly disappeared into the dark night with heavy rain.