Realm of Power

In the dim light, Ruidian Military Affairs Minister Plais placed an urgent document in his hand heavily on the table. In the gloomy night, the wind blew outside, and the whining sound of the wind was like the moaning of a dying person. ,

"Papa" a burst of heavy rain hit the frizzy glass windows, sometimes separated by a period of deathly silence. The heavy rain made the entire Fort Bailiang suffer. The trees swayed in pain and lowered their heads sadly.

The heavy rain swept across, covering everything in the world in the violent storm. The candlelight in the crystal lampshade also seemed to waver because of the strong wind that penetrated through the tiny gaps in the window from time to time. From time to time, lightning flashed across the sky, leaving a shocking arc of light on the window, followed by deafening thunder.

The rainwater like spring water washed away the outer walls of the castle. On the old moss-covered roof, among the scattered gravels, and on the smooth stone steps, there were bursts of tireless and monotonous knocking sounds, and white raindrops. Turned into crystal clear water, like a huge white curtain, covering the entire castle

This is an important stronghold in the south-central part of Rebogen. Castle Bailiang was once the residence of the Haster family, a famous family with a hundred years of glory. It was once occupied here during the East Court Cavalry raid on Rebogen, but in the Ruidian Due to the strong counterattack of the army, the place was abandoned on the 10th day, and it is now the headquarters of Plais.

There is a large map on Plais' table. The blue color representing Ruidian and the red color of the East Court Cavalry are intertwined with each other, like a huge irregular arc, but it can be clearly seen that the blue The color is squeezing the red range, like a heavy object, seeming to want to completely crush the red bars,

There is also a black line of sight on the distant border, which is the army of the Falcon Dynasty that is waiting to see what happens. Although there is a secret agreement of non-interference, Plais, who has never believed that the Falcon of Vecia will keep its promise, still I hope that the black line can poke the red from behind,

5 million gold coins in exchange for a promise not to participate in the war, this is really a loss! But there is no other way. If the Falcon Dynasty's army joins forces with the Dongting people to take advantage of the situation, the entire Ruidian will collapse quickly.

"Bang bang" there was a clear knock on the door.

Plais continued to focus on the map, bent down, and used the pen in his hand to draw two diagonal lines along the intersecting boundaries, as if he wanted to figure out something.

"Come in!"

He responded without looking back. The only person who would bother him at this time was the new adjutant Baron Lirac from Kyoto. He was a young man full of energy.

A top student in the Strategy Department of Palavon College, heir to the wealthy Lilac family in Kyoto, any one of them is enough to become the envy of contemporary young people.

But this guy happened to be obsessed with his daughter Pradiale, and actively asked to come to the front line to participate in the war. Through certain channels, he arranged to become his personal adjutant.

"If you can make the girl's father accept you, then you will have won half the battle." This proverb has a high sense of recognition among the young nobles in Ruidian.

In this knightly society that pays attention to military merit and family background, getting a certain recommendation and having the opportunity to become the adjutant of a powerful person is undoubtedly the fastest shortcut.

Women always worship heroes. The young adjutant, handsome appearance, prominent status, and graceful speech and behavior are enough to make those young girls who are still in the early stages of love fall in love.

It's a pity that for some reason, Pradiere, who returned from Rimel, seemed to turn a blind eye to all this. She just often stared at the mangroves outside the window in a daze. This made Prais a little regretful, and she could only attribute it to Pradie. Ailei has no feelings for this young lieutenant

As the door opened, a young man with short, energetic hair and a straight military uniform walked in from the outside. His young face was full of heroic coldness.

Because they are rarely exposed to the scorching sun, their complexions are a little falsely white, which is a characteristic of high-class nobles. In Palawan, such people are called blue-blooded nobles, because blue blood vessels can be seen in the corners of their falsely white mouths.

He first saluted the Minister of Military Affairs who was paying attention to the map, then took out a document from his back and said loudly, "Sir, this is the report we just received. Heavy rains destroyed 4 buildings east of the Pola River. Bridge, Lord Tarui of the Fourth Army and Lord Sadit of the Sixth Army both believe that they can no longer move forward and request to retreat to where they were and standby!"

"Four more bridges have collapsed." Plais frowned when he heard the report. He raised his head in confusion and said to himself, "Counting the two bridges yesterday, six bridges have collapsed!" The local construction in Rebogen shouldn’t be so bad, right? This kind of rainy season happens every year. Does this happen every time?”

"I also find it strange." Regarding Plais' confusion, the young adjutant gave the same answer. "I have been to Rebogen before during the rainy season. The situation was not like this at that time, although there were cases of wooden bridges being washed away. , but there is absolutely no record of stone bridges being washed away. Three of the bridges reported this time are solid stone bridges. This is simply incredible!”

"Oh, you mean there were three stone bridges that collapsed today?" Plais's face was full of surprise. He handed the pen in his hand to the adjutant and asked him to mark the location of the collapsed stone bridge.

As the location was marked, Plais's face became more and more solemn.

With the locations of all the broken bridges marked, it can be clearly seen that this is an irregular half-arc. Behind this half-arc is a wide river channel with no way to retreat, and in front of it is a vast river. In the wide flat land, a place name can be vaguely seen in the middle, Yiyingte Racecourse

"Damn, I've been fooled! Prais jumped up from his seat almost reflexively." The people from Dongting must have done something on the bridge in advance, just to isolate Yi Yingte. The regiment is currently stationed there. ? "

The young adjutant seemed to realize what was going on, and large beads of cold sweat climbed onto his forehead.

Yiyingt is the largest grassland in Rebogen. It is a pasture where war horses were raised in the past. The ground is flat and is most conducive to large-scale movements of cavalry groups. If the Dongting people's goal is really here, it would be terrible. There are heavy troops in front. There is no way out, it is simply a place of death

After recalling for a while, he quickly replied

"It is the First Knights of His Highness the Grand Prince. Because they are the fastest advancing regiment and the vanguard to contain the Dongting Cavalry, they crossed the Pola River five days ago and entered the Yingte Pasture where they can rest their horses. ! It’s raining heavily now, I’m afraid it will be difficult to retreat.”

"Damn it! How could this happen!" Plais said angrily with a pale face. His Highness is the person His Majesty the King has the most hope for. If anything happens to him, all of us will be executed! Order, Tarui and Sadit, to build a bridge on the Pola River at all costs, even if it is filled with people, and march to Yiyingt immediately! "

North-central Rebogen, Yingte Racecourse

White raindrops hit the muddy ground, and the thick meadows all bent down in the heavy rain.

"Your Highness, the rain here is too heavy. Let's go back to the sentry tower first!" A high knight commander following the eldest prince Alsax blocked the raindrops on his head with his hands and shouted in a unique and rough throat. "I don't know when the rain will fall. Now there is no place to block the rain. Once a large area of ​​cold sickness occurs in the army, I am afraid it will cause serious attrition!

In order to appease the morale of the troops, the eldest prince Alsax did not choose to take shelter from the rain in the guard tower, but inspected the camp despite the heavy rain.

The rain came so hard that in less than half a day, it had already washed away the dilapidated straw huts left on the racecourse. The military tents were useless, and the entire ground was covered with large and small pools and mud pits. , not to mention living, it is difficult to find a clean place. Except for the only three-story watchtower, the entire racecourse is a swamp.

The headquarters of the First Knights of Ruidian is located on a slope of the racecourse. There are many collapsed tents and huts on the messy ground. Under the pouring rain, these noble knights are like driven little rabbits. Being extremely condescending to be squeezed into a small stone stable with dirty horses,

Noisy voices filled the rain, and the ground was filled with tiny streams of water, like long silver earthworms, flowing along the grass stems in a winding way.

Because it was too chaotic, the weapons of the knights were scattered against the wall. There were knights' spears, shields, battle axes, flails, and even some saddles of war horses. Because the battle situation was advancing step by step, in the There is a sense of arrogance and complacency in the First Order;

I think that the elite cavalry in the East Courtyard are nothing more than this. In front of the heavily armored Ridian Knights, the famous black-armored archers are nothing more than a group of embroidered pillows that collapse at a rush. They only use their thin bows and arrows to carry out some insignificant tasks. Harassment has almost no effect

"Always ready to fight"

It is the instinct of a knight who has been trained for many years, but these knights in front of me seem very unorganized. It just became like this after a heavy rain, which proves that this emotion has reached a certain level.

"Your Highness" In the distance, a group of cavalry is running here in the rain. The leader is a great knight captain with a red tassel floating on his head. The bright armor is full of mud and water, and the knight's cloak, which represents glory, has also become water. rag,

"It's the Lord Knight of Seth who went to the rear to arrange the defense tents."

Alsax recognized the identity of the great knight captain, and when he saw him coming back empty-handed and embarrassed like this, his eyebrows furrowed together.

"Where are the supplies I asked you to collect?" Alsax asked loudly

"The bridge is broken, all the bridges leading to the back are broken! Before the heavy rain stops, I'm afraid there will be no supplies!" The great knight commander got off his horse with a look of helplessness, and gathered his body into a ball. He took off his cloak and took the towel from an attendant. "Looks like we have to find a way on our own!"

Before he could finish his words, a shrill voice of grace came from the air, and countless black spots mixed with the raindrops and fell,