Realm of Power

685 Battle of the Four Golden Courts (2)

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In the early morning, the sun has not yet come out, and the ground is filled with white mist. Blown by the mountain wind, it surrounds this long and narrow highland like flowing white ribbons. A black goshawk flew across the blue sky. Under its outstretched wings were the twilight mountains. The cold wind blew through the hills in front. A faint rumble came from the other end of the hills. The war horse was heavy. The horse's hooves hit the hard snowy frozen soil, and a black line appeared on the edge of the top of the white hill.

The towering snow-capped mountains on both sides cut off the direction of the northern Ruidian plain. This deep and dignified color contrasts sharply with the vast green coniferous forests in the city, forming a wonderful picture.

The biting wind blew through the spreading mountains, bringing up a burst of cold and cruel breath. The heavy horse hooves lifted up the soil on the ground. Teams of Vekian cavalry wearing heavy armor climbed over the mountain tops, their hands cold. The sword shone with a ferocious light like snowflakes,

The fat man stood on the top of the hill, looking at the vast land under his feet with complicated eyes. The cold mountains and cold areas spreading for hundreds of miles under his feet were like a winding and coiled dragon.

In the center of this giant dragon is this mesmerizing green basin. Vast white snow covers both sides of the basin. The Ruidian people call this beautiful basin area "Emila"

In the Ruildian language, it means beautiful girl, which shows Ruildian's love for this land. This is the only alpine mountainous area in the north of Ruildian, and it is the barrier to the west of Palasi, the capital of Ruildian.

"Tamp" Hu Keqili brought a whistling mountain wind and galloped from the long queue in front. Two Guards Cavalry followed closely behind. The hoofs of the horses raised the soil on the ground, like Crossing the mountains like an arrow

"Your Majesty..." Hu Keqili stopped his horse in front of the fat man, turned over beautifully and got off the horse, took out a letter of information from his arms, knelt down with one knee held high, and said with a respectful expression.

"This is the latest battle report from Ruidian. Dongting's 100,000 forwards have broken through the Lachi Fortress with 15,000 defenders, and are rushing towards Yeruige, the gateway to Palaven.

The Ruidian people request your majesty to rush to Amila to the west of Ye Ruige as soon as possible to establish a defensive line. In three days at most, the Dongting forward will approach Ye Ruige. If the Dongting people Ye Ruige cannot attack by force, they will probably turn around and start from Amila. Entering the Palavon Plains”

"Oh, the Dongting people advanced so fast. The 15,000 defenders of Lachi Fortress only lasted for 3 days." The fat man took the information, glanced over it, and his expression changed.

I didn't realize it before. I thought that the 300,000 Ruidian army actually fought hard against the 60,000 Dongting cavalry. In the end, they had to adopt a step-by-step strategy to gain a slight advantage. I also felt that it might be because there were too many in the army. The temporary recruitment of soldiers resulted in low combat effectiveness. But now, this concept of underestimating the enemy has long been thrown away by Fatty.

"The elite prairie cavalry is indeed the top combat force on this continent."

In Rebogen, Fatty had a thorough experience of the combat power of the East Court Cavalry. The two armies made a sneak attack against a counter-sneak attack. Although the Falcon Dynasty had superior strength and surprise attack bonuses, the brutality and chaos of the Rebogen battle were still far away. Exceeded Fatty’s expectations,

4,000 excellent falcon cavalry stayed on the land of Rebogen forever. More than 5,000 falcon cavalry had to be temporarily left in Rebogen to rest due to various injuries. Vasilion's 12,000 falcon cavalry The battle losses of the Eagle Cavalry reached three-fifths. Although they saved some of their seeds and won the final victory, they could basically be declared disabled and would not be able to compete in the East Court battle in a short time.

9,000 for 14,000. This was despite the temporary withdrawal of Dongting’s most elite black-armored archers. Although they had achieved a brilliant record of killing Dongting’s general Bogor Zamu, the whole continent was once again shocked. A handful,

However, the people within the Falcon Dynasty were not happy about this. Being taken advantage of and having to smile excitedly was really not a very pleasant thing.

In the Battle of Borrigan, although the main force of the East Court Cavalry chose to give up, they actually left unscathed, with almost no loss in combat power. It seemed that the Falcon Dynasty had won.

In fact, both sides knew very well that this was just a warm-up match before the war. As long as the 12,000 black-armored archers were not lost, the outcome of this battle was of no concern to the main force of the East Court. As for Bogor There are too many reasons for Zhamu's death. Anyone who is not blind can see something strange.

"Haha, these Ruidian people are almost beaten to death, and they still want to play such a clever trick."

The fat man handed the information to the adjutant next to him, sneered a few times and said, "They thought I didn't. They gathered 200,000 troops in Yerig, but they only told us that we had 100,000 troops. They were obviously hiding their strength and waiting to take advantage. "

"Getting a bargain? What does your majesty mean?" Hu Keqili's face was stunned for a moment, and he asked curiously, "The Amyla area is a mountainous area, surrounded by towering mountains. If the people of Dongting put Yeruige in the plains Not attacking, but coming to attack the mountainous areas that are not conducive to cavalry, is really a no-no.

"Is it a mountainous area? That depends on the people of Dongting." The fat man smiled disdainfully. Although Yeruige is flat ground, after many reinforcements and repairs by the Ruidian people, in addition to the original strong main fort, there are more A series of large and small defensive auxiliary forts were built on both wings of the main fort. No matter how powerful the Dongting cavalry is, it is impossible to use the cavalry to hit the solid city wall."

The fat man paused, raised the whip in his hand, pointed at the rolling mountains in the distance and said, "The people of Dongting are not blind. Should we choose the 200,000 Ruidian army behind the strong walls and high forts, or only the 60,000 army, walking lightly all the way?" Our troops are rushing forward, but we have no support."

"But our mountainous area should be enough to give the Dongting Cavalry a headache," Hu Keqili said with some reluctance. "What's more, although these dilapidated long walls on the top of the mountain are old, they can be put into good use as long as they are reinforced and repaired." When the time comes, no matter how powerful the Dongting cavalry is, they will only be able to look at the wall and sigh."

"Really? You think so too"

The fat man's face was slightly cold, and his sharp eyes were like two sharp knives, which made Hu Keqili feel a little scared. Hu Keqili, who had followed the fat man for a long time, turned slightly pale. This was a sign that His Majesty was angry.

"Your Majesty, I just made a mistake..." Hu Keqili knelt down quickly. He must have neglected the most important thing. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head.

"Can you tell me how long these dilapidated long walls on the top of the mountain are? One hundred miles? Two hundred miles? It can't go on forever, right?" The fat man looked solemn and silent for a while, and then suddenly asked out loud and was so frightened. Hu Keqili

"My subordinates sent scouts to check. Except for some unimportant places, this broken mountaintop long wall is about 170 miles long," Hu Keqi responded cautiously.

"170 miles." The fat man raised his eyebrows and said, "If I hand over all 60,000 troops to you, can you tell me how you can defend such a long mountainous area?"

"I...I..." Cold sweat rolled down Hu Keqili's head. He lowered his head and his face was full of shame. Yes, I couldn't keep it. I didn't feel it just now, but when I think about it, something is wrong. , it is impossible to concentrate and defend the 170-mile mountainous area. If the troops are divided for defense, once the Dongting cavalry concentrates its forces to attack one point, it will not take long even if it receives a signal for help. It will not take long to deploy defensive forces in such a mountainous area that is hundreds of miles long. There are loopholes everywhere”

"The outcome of the war depends on the preparations made by both sides before the war. Any negligence before the war will cause a fatal failure."

The fat man walked away solemnly, patted his beloved general on the shoulder heavily, and said, "This vast hill seems to be the best line of defense, but it is actually our most fatal weakness. This is the Ruidian people. It's a trap for them. We only have 60,000 people, so we can't completely block all the mountain roads.

Although this seems to be a high ground with some support, in fact, as long as the East Court Cavalry crosses the long wall on the top of the mountain, they can take advantage of the situation and sweep down the entire Amyra. By then, we will be trapped and kill two birds with one stone. It is really a bad deal."

"Is it because your subordinates are too negligent or is your Majesty too bright-sighted?" After hearing the fat man's analysis, Hu Keqili took a deep breath with an ugly face. This plan of the Ruidian people is really too insidious. If the Dongting Cavalry really Changing the direction of attack and temporarily confronting the Falcon King would probably result in the total destruction of the entire army.

"Return this to the Redians"

The fat man found a pen from the civilian adjutant next to him, and hurriedly wrote a reply to Hu Keqili, "Tell the Ruidian people that our army has entered the Amyra area, and now we are still afraid that the Dongting people will not Here we are, the Falcon Dynasty is responsible. Even if we fight to the death, we will not retreat. But it is Yeruige that will be lost. In order not to shake the entire defense line, we can only let them wish for themselves.

"Your Majesty, this..." Hu Keqili took the letter with a surprised expression. Since this is a conspiracy, why would he want to get into the pockets of the Ruidian people? This is not like His Majesty's style of determined not to suffer any loss.

"Haha, just do it. Just like those Ruidian people who think their conspiracy has succeeded, just laugh secretly for a while. We will take it all at once." The fat man waved to him,

"It's your Majesty." Hu Keqili put his right hand respectfully on his chest, saluted, then got on his horse and rode away.

"Order the entire army to speed up and cross the Amyra Mountains today." The fat man reined up his horse and turned to the messenger behind him and shouted. Next to the fat man's horse, the Vecchia phalanx infantry in black armor was like a giant The dragon stretches into the distance,

The thin sunlight in the sky shines on this huge legion that stretches for more than ten miles. The thick infantry armor and shields are dreamy in the sunlight, like layers of fish scales that are constantly turning. The long black line that is slowly accelerating, with a trace of The momentum is unprecedented, crossing the rolling white hills on the top of the stretching Amyra Mountains,

At the foot of the mountain is a lush green land. Dense green pine forests permeate the basin. The large tracts of green are like a huge flowerbed. When the trees and thorns in other parts of the kingdom wither in the bleak autumn wind, the lush green pine forests in this area are like a huge flowerbed. The needle forest is in full swing showing its vitality,

The brilliant wild flowers and red grass are like burning flames, dyeing the entire basin red.

Through the end of the mountain forest in the distance, you can see a row of ancient and tall city walls erected between the rolling mountains, ancient castles full of vicissitudes of life, and dilapidated and dilapidated towns. At the same time, they are printed in the dreamy red glow of the sky and the earth.

Palavon, Plais Mansion

Plais was sitting alone in the inner hall of the mansion, with a gloomy look on his face.

He has rarely felt lonely since he was sensible, but at this moment he indeed felt extremely lonely. He was once known as the elite leader of the Troika among the dark nobles, but now he is an old man in his dying years.

What happened recently has hit him even harder. The hair that used to be gray at the sideburns has covered his forehead, and his energetic eyes now look dull, as if he has aged ten years all of a sudden.

The battle was unfavorable, and the First Knights were wiped out. Such a record was definitely the failure of Plais's life, but it was not enough to break the nerves of Plais, who was as tough as a steel wire. He wrote a letter of political asylum to the fat man. The letter asking for help was actually to test the attitude of Wikiya. If this restless neighbor got involved at this time, the severely damaged Ruidian would fall into a place of eternal destruction.

The reply from the Falcon Dynasty completely ended Plaice's hope of continuing to preside over military affairs. Such a reply was completely beyond Plaice's expectations.

He didn't expect that Wakiya Falcon could see through the mind so easily and show extraordinary, unusual thinking and fierce counterattack.

Prais was stunned on the spot when he received the news of Falcon Dynasty's proposal of marriage, "This move is too poisonous" to propose marriage. . . At this moment, is there any better way to kill people without bloodshed than this? It just so happened that the Wikiya Falcon used it extremely openly.

Plaice burst into tears. He has completely lost touch with military affairs in his life. Regardless of whether the Redian royal family thinks that Plaice was unjustly accused, or this is simply a conspiracy of the Vecians,

It is absolutely impossible for him to have a chance to come out again. The Rui Erdian royal family is not a fool, and they definitely do not have the courage to place a bet. Otherwise, with his prestige and influence in the military world, he will secretly collude with the Falcon Dynasty to overthrow Rui Erdian. The Erdian royal family is as simple as reaching out and turning your palms,

Losing the trust of the royal family, Plais, who had always been maverick, seemed very embarrassed. He was the proposer of the reform bill. Although it was ultimately rejected at the court meeting, it was enough for him to become the majority of Palawans. The enemy in the eyes of the nobles,

Commoners replaced knights as commanders of the army and obtained some rights that only nobles could have. Such a rebellious idea is simply treason. If it weren't for the support and trust of His Majesty the King of Plais, this former noble leader would have long ago He was cast aside by the Palawan nobles,

Now Prais is completely like a miserable abandoned woman abandoned by the royal family, and some bad remarks have also appeared one after another.

"Plais is the sinner of Raedian"

Words such as "Plais should kill himself to apologize for the failure of the Battle of Rebogan" appeared in the streets and alleys of Palavon with the instigation and back-up promotion of many nobles. The eyes of the people have always been blind, and public opinion will always be In the hands of the most powerful people, the Palawan people who had previously praised the former military minister quickly changed their attitude.

"Plais is the greatest source of harm to the kingdom. Even the Dongting people's march south was caused by Plais's resistance." Most people began to agree with this statement.

At the kingdom's court meeting, some radical young upstarts even suggested that the former Minister of Military Affairs was overconfident and self-willed, which resulted in the brave and fearless knights of the First Knights having to fight against the evil Dongting in an isolated and helpless situation. The devil fought bloody battle to the last man,

The heavy rain falling in the previous section was the sky crying for these outstanding young knights. An excited nobleman said this, and in front of all the courtiers, he handed over a letter of ten thousand people with tens of thousands of blood fingerprints. ,

"The kingdom should severely punish those ministers who are disadvantaged in the battle, otherwise the soldiers fighting on the front line will also be uneasy." This young noble looked overly sad and angry. Although this proposal was vetoed by His Majesty the King in the end,

"The blood of the knights cannot be shed in vain, Your Majesty." A voice with a sobbing voice echoed in the court hall. These two young nobles who refused to give up knelt on the hard ground of the court for ten hours to advocate. This made Plais, who was at the center of the whirlpool of the North Korean parliamentary meeting, feel extremely depressed and unhappy.

"The people and soldiers will support me"

With this belief, Prais, who would never admit defeat, got on the carriage back to the mansion in a daze. There were many people on the street. When they saw the carriage of the Prais family, many Palavons looked down upon it. turned his head,

The hero of the past has completely become a street rat that everyone yells at. Plais is silent. He can feel the surging undercurrent getting closer and closer.

Despite the heightened vigilance, unfortunate things still happened. Today’s meeting was about the defense of Ye Rui Pavilion. The new Minister of Military Affairs proudly promoted that Ye Rui Pavilion was an unbreakable fortress and the grave of the Dongting Cavalry. Only Plais did not think so

"The left wing of Ye Ruige is a low-lying area. Even if there is an arrow tower, it is difficult to defend it." As soon as Plais finished speaking, the new Minister of Military Affairs, who had been transferred from the internal affairs officer, said with some displeasure, "This is from the Ministry of Military Affairs." Regarding affairs, some unfavorable idlers should not come out and stand out, otherwise people will think that the Minister of Military Affairs is still like Your Excellency."

"You..." Plais was so angry at this mediocre person that he almost fainted and left the court in shame and anger. From the beginning to the end, King Haraus did not say a word to save him.

"What a sad season!" Prais lowered the curtain of the carriage with some emotion. In front of him was his mansion. The simple gate was engraved with the dim emblem of the Prais family. Prais, who had been the Minister of Military Affairs for half a year and handled tens of millions of resources, could not even take out 1,000 gold coins to repair the mansion.

"People" The noisy sound outside was like a disrupted dish. Just as his carriage was about to enter the gate of the mansion, a wounded Reeldian wrapped in gauze and staggered past the gate of the mansion The soldier suddenly rushed forward, raised his head, and spitted at Prais's carriage with great contempt.

"Sinner, Prais" The voice of the injured soldier spread throughout the street. Although the daring soldier was quickly taken away by the guards, the spit had already been spit deep into Prais's heart

"Why is it like this..." Prais sat quietly on the bench. The dark hall was not lit. He did not eat dinner because he had no appetite. He only wanted to drink. It would be better if there was strong liquor that the Kugit people drank, but he was restraining himself in his heart, knowing that he should never get drunk.

"My lord, someone wants to see you" The old butler's cautious voice sounded outside the door

685 Battle of the Four Golden Courts (II)

685 Battle of the Four Golden Courts (II)