Realm of Power

Late at night, the last heavy rain of the early summer rainy season swept away the heat of the day.

On the high hill outside Zhivadin City, the strong wind whipped up large raindrops and hit Du Yu's face, while small drops of rainwater fell from the gaps in the fat man's scales.

The rain soaked Fatty's whole body, but Fatty's eyes were fixed on the north gate of Zhivadin City.

A shining silver snake twisted across the sky

A flash of lightning shone on the faces of 2,000 light cavalrymen in the dense forest on the hill. They were all solemn faces. They let the downpour of raindrops hit their armor, which shattered into pieces and turned into a white spray.

In the silent silence, only the sound of raindrops falling on the ground could be heard.

"Sir, look, our people sent a signal!"

Caesar Zoro next to the fat man pointed at the swaying fire at the north gate of Zhivadin in the distance and shouted

Seeing the swaying trace of firelight at the north gate of Rivadin City, Du Yu, who was standing on the high hill, showed a proud smile.

The circular and swaying torch traces. Although the sky is as dark as ink, the bright firelight is still clearly visible on the distant hills.

"You still want to support the city's independence at this level! You are destined to become synonymous with history tonight."

The fat man secretly despised him, as if he felt the anger in his master's heart, the horse under the fat man's crotch took a few steps back.

In this era when castles were popular

The city's huge defense range and low walls mean that the city's external defense power cannot be compared with that of a strong castle.

Zhivadin City's lax defense was far worse than Fatty expected.

This time to suppress the rebellion, Fatty is ready to cut the knot quickly and uproot all the hostile forces in Zhivadin City with a thunderous force.

“If you cut the weeds without removing the roots, they will grow again when the spring breeze blows!”

In order to gain an absolute advantage, Fatty not only mobilized the light cavalry regiment, but also mobilized the 8th Heavy Infantry Regiment of nearly 5,000 people.

Nearly 7,000 elite Samor troops gathered under the city of Zhivadin. For the city of Zhivadin with a population of only 50,000, it was more than enough to massacre the city.

Many important moments are often simple

This "night of blood and rain", for which later generations of historians have never been able to figure out the truth, kicked off with a gentle wave of Du Yu's hand.

"The whole army assaults! Each team executes according to the pre-planned plan! If there are any resisters in the middle, shoot them without mercy."

Fatty gave an order, and countless black shadows sprang out from the mountains and dense forests.

Under the cover of the heavy rain at night, they rushed toward the north gate of Zhivadin City like a pack of hunting wolves.

"Come out and see, what are those things?"

A city defense soldier who came out to urinate shivered a few times in the cold night, and suddenly found a large group of black shadows approaching Zivadin City not far away from the city. There was a faint thunderous vibration in the sound of raindrops.

"What's it called? I've never seen those smugglers come into the city in the middle of the night. I guess they got a lot of good stuff this time. If Baron Gitsey knows that you saw his smuggled goods, see if he doesn't let Keen Captain skinned you!"

The dozen or so city defense soldiers who were woken up in the city road looked at the shouting soldier with displeased expressions, cursed a few times, and then turned to sleep.

In Zhivadin City, smuggling at night is a common thing, so naturally no one would care about this soldier's surprise.

"These damn smugglers come here in the middle of the night every time, making it difficult for them to sleep peacefully."

When the soldier heard his colleague's scolding, he felt that he was making a fuss. He looked angrily at the black figure approaching the north city gate below, spat on the battlements, picked up his pants and prepared to walk to the wall passage.

Suddenly a dazzling light flashed before his eyes, and then there was a sound of metal collision from the city gate below.

"What's going on? There's no peace in the middle of the night!"

The city guard accidentally glanced at the city gate, and his whole body became cold. The hand holding up his pants unconsciously let go, and his pants fell to the ground.

Under the illumination of the torches at the city gate, cavalry in armor were seen rushing through the spacious gate of the north city gate like black ghosts.

The bright light that flashed past the eyes of the city guard just now was the reflection of the city gate fire on the cavalry armor.

The panicked city guard finally realized that the large group of black figures he saw just now should be the cavalry rushing into the city.

He had the courage to lie down on the battlement with his bare buttocks exposed and took a look. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and his hands and feet became limp.

The black heads at the city gate were like a swarm of ants. These armored cavalrymen clutched a long sword with cold light in their hands, and passed through the city gate silently but with murderous intent.

The chest of the cavalry armor is inlaid with a white thorn flower emblem as big as a fist, which is very dazzling in the light of the torch.

"These are Samos! The Samos have entered the city!"

This idea shocked Chengwei.

Rumors that Zhivadin City is going to be independent from Samoa have already spread among the city guards.

"Beware of the Kugits, but also the Samours! The Kugits will steal our treasures and women, and the Samours will steal our heads!"

This is what the captain of the city guard said during his daily inspection. Although he did not admit the rumors of Zhivadin's independence, it has proved the truth of the rumors in disguise.

For the soldiers at the grassroots level, it does not matter who is the lord. Whoever gives money to eat is the master.

Just as the city guard stared dumbly at the cavalry entering the city, a sudden short-feathered crossbow arrow shot into the city guard's throat from not far away from the city, and the body shook and fell from the city wall.

The archer is Caesar Sauron,

With the strength of his Silver Knight, he can clearly see things within 50 meters at night. The white butt of the city guard is too eye-catching on the city wall.

"People who know the truth generally don't live long!"

Caesar Sauron put the cavalry crossbow back into the weapon slot with a solemn expression, and shouted to the light cavalry who had rushed into the north gate.

"The first detachment goes to capture the arrow tower, the second detachment is responsible for cutting off the passage to the city wall, and the third detachment immediately seizes the suspension bridge."

The light cavalry who rushed into the city gate immediately divided into three teams and rushed up the city wall passage according to the plan.

Du Yu already knew the defense layout of Zhivadin City from the captured nobleman.

The city wall of Zhivadin is not high but is four meters thick, which is enough to deal with all the rams trying to hit the city wall. Especially to defend against the attack of the Samoer Fortress, the Southern Alliance also spent a lot of money.

Not only were thirty large trebuchets arranged on the city wall, but a large number of defensive facilities were also set up.

And in order to make up for the shortcomings of the city wall being not high, an inner-wall passage that is large enough for two horses to pass side by side was specially dug inside the city wall to transport troops. Even if the enemy temporarily attacked the city wall, they would be defeated by the continuous pouring of reinforcements from the passage. eliminate

As long as the passage is not occupied, even if the city wall is occupied, it will not matter. But now this internal passage has become the fatal flaw of Zhivadin City.

The Zivadin garrison, which was taking shelter from the rain in the passage of the city wall, was attacked by the light cavalry without any precautions. Many soldiers were easily beheaded while they were sleeping, and some of the soldiers who woke up were also attacked by the light cavalry. The crossbow arrows turned into hedgehogs,

The inner passages of the city wall flowed with blood, and the 300 garrison on duty were slaughtered with almost no resistance. With the occupation of the drawbridge winch,

The other six suspension bridges outside Zhivadin City slowly lowered in the dark night, and heavy armored infantry all over the mountains and plains poured into the city gate from a distance.

That's Crolisat's 8th Heavy Infantry Regiment, a total of 5,000 fully armed heavy infantry.

There was an accident in occupying the arrow tower at the gate of the city wall. The first detachment that rushed up encountered a stubborn blockage from the archers on the arrow tower.

The city gate arrow tower is an independent existence of the city wall. It is integrated with the thick city wall and has its own independent second-layer defensive wall. No one can enter without breaking the defensive iron gate. It is like a small castle.

Often in siege battles, the arrow tower is the last fortress to fall.

The arrow tower in Zhivadin City is three times the size of the arrow tower in an ordinary castle. The arrow tower that could only accommodate 20 people was replaced by 70 archers in Zhivadin City, which was very difficult for the first detachment that was preparing to attack. A big loss

The light cavalry were not equipped with large shields specially designed for siege. The rain of arrows shot from the arrow tower made the light cavalry helpless. They could only use the light crossbow arrows in their hands to shoot at the arrow tower.

It is not very effective against the Zhivadin Arrow Tower with solid shooting holes. It often shoots dozens of arrows without hitting a single one.

Such embarrassing results made the bows and arrows on the archer tower shoot more happily. Occasionally, curses with foul language could be heard coming from the archer tower.

Although the light cavalry below were full of anger, they could only stare. Suddenly, someone uttered a curse word and got into a group of curses with the archers on the arrow tower.

The exchange of shots was mixed with greetings to each other's female family members. This awkward confrontation continued until the arrival of the 8th Heavy Infantry Regiment led by Crolisate.

A dozen heavy hammer soldiers holding large shields moved to the bottom of the arrow tower with a leisurely look on their faces, holding against the rain of arrows falling on their heads.

Amidst the jingling sound of arrowheads hitting shields, he easily smashed the first line of defense of the arrow tower with the city-breaking awl in his hand. The closed iron door of the arrow tower was knocked into iron holes, with more than a dozen concave holes. The large holes are located near the iron door lock.

The heavy infantry kicked open the tattered iron door, revealing the frightened and pale faces of the archers inside.

What happened next was much simpler. The heavy infantry swarmed in and chopped the Zhivadin archers who only had short swords into pieces. If it weren't for the strict order, the angry light cavalry almost used the torches in their hands to destroy the entire army. Burn the arrow tower

At this time, the mansion of Marquis Hesalitai, the president of the Zivadin Business Alliance, who did not know that the Samoan army had entered the city, was brightly lit.

Hundreds of luxurious carriages were parked on the front lawn outside the Marquis's residence, and a luxurious and grand banquet was being held at the Marquis's residence.

In order to welcome this distinguished guest from the royal capital, Hesarite invited all the prominent figures in the city of Zivadin

Hesalitai knew that if Zivadin wanted to become independent from Samar, he not only had to rely on his own strength, but also had to get the support of the forces in the royal capital, otherwise he would be accused of being a rebel.

Only through joint pressure from the local forces and the forces in the royal capital can the fat man from Samoer have to swallow this bitter cup of wine.

Whether you can please this distinguished guest from Kyoto tonight will be the key to Zhivadin's independence.

"As long as this distinguished guest is willing to say a few words for me in Kyoto, I will become the first governor of Zhivadin City."

Looking at the lively scene of people passing through the hall and thinking of his bright future, Hesalitai's eyes were filled with ecstasy.

"Sir, the servants reported just now that Master Lisa Heben had already entered the gate! However, he met the Marquis Sage who had been waiting there for a long time at the door. Now the two of them are chatting secretly in the back garden! They also asked our servants to leave"

The butler walked in quickly from the side door of the hall with an ugly face and whispered the report in Hesalitai's ear.

"Chat in secret? And drove away the servant"

The slightly drunk Hesalitai's face suddenly changed, and the drunkenness just now turned into cold sweat. Thinking that he had spent so much effort to invite this big shot from Kyoto, but now he was taken advantage of by the Marquis of Saji, he said angrily in his heart.

"Come on, let's go see what this old fox Saji wants to do!"