Realm of Power

725 Southern War (3)

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At dusk and sunset, the fleet sailing upstream from Bossane Bay entered the outskirts of Salander Kyoto.

The calm river surface was separated by the bow of a small canoe. The water was so gentle and bright, flowing hurriedly forward. At a glance, there were only the turbulent light boats on the shore, which looked so peaceful and beautiful. The soldiers did not speak, but remained silent. Watching quietly, the legion has a strict order. No one is allowed to talk casually before arriving at the rest position.

The fleet sailed through the exit in front, and a wide three-way fork emerged in front of us. Thousands of trickling water and flickering whirlpools were just like the many mixed images that surged in the wild mind. It turned into a white scene on the broad river surface

"Send scouts ashore to ensure the fleet's confidentiality."

Statunko half-crouched, with a cold expression, turned around and shouted to the messenger standing behind him. As the order was issued, hundreds of ships in the middle of the fleet quickly docked,

The baffle was lowered, and a channel about 3 meters wide was built with the shore. Thousands of Guards Cavalry, all in black armor, landed from the baffle. The baffle was stepped on by heavy horses' hooves, and they were suffocating on the ship. For several days, the war horses were so excited that they neighed loudly from time to time.

"The first team goes to the front, and the second team takes charge of the flanks," the scout captain ordered to his subordinates. Horse hooves flew up and kicked up a cloud of dust. The figures of the Guards Cavalry quickly disappeared into the dark night on both sides.

The sky is getting darker and the sun is setting in the west. In the dusk dream, there is not a single figure. This is a barren tidal flat. Apart from some scattered village ruins, only the whistling night wind blows. The hooves of the scout cavalry are like Slowly passing by these ruins that exude the smell of burning, like a comb,

These are all witnesses of the brutal massacre by the Normans.

The burnt-black ruins everywhere made a whining sound like ghosts weeping in the wind. No one dared to pass by here at night. It was as if the place had been forgotten.

It was only when the fleet sailed here that the place welcomed the breath of life for the first time. After the scout cavalry wandered among the ruins for a while, after confirming that no one was there, the horse hooves also made a rustling moan in the night and continued eastward along the river. Enter,

"Keep going" Statunko waved his hand to the waiting fleet to move. The night was like water, the dark river water was like a large piece of floating bronze, and the white moonlight was like a rippling water flow, flowing with the water in front of him. , frogs swarm on the shore With bursts of loud and short sounds, a huge fleet of 1,300 small warships, like a long dragon floating behind, slowly sailed into a wider river, and the dense sails almost blocked the river. Drenching with light,

Time passed moment by moment. In order to relieve the tension, Statunko, who was standing on the bow of the ship, spread the Salander Kyoto structure diagram he had obtained from the Sky Temple on the ship's board again and examined it carefully.

This was the first such large-scale battle since the Southern Army had been quiet for 2 years. He must not make any mistakes. He had been preparing for this battle for a long time. The troops participating in the battle accounted for three-quarters of the Southern Army. In addition to the 18,000 main force that crossed the sea and attacked, there were also two Southern Army Flag Regiments deployed by His Majesty the Falcon in the four counties along the eastern coast.

These two flag regiments are the key to this raid. As soon as the battle on Salander Kyoto begins, the two flag regiments in the four eastern coastal counties will immediately forcibly break into the flanks of Salander Kyoto Army. , completely cutting off the connection between the enemy's main force and Kyoto, delaying the Southern Army's successful capture of Salander Kyoto, and Nile's Northern Army will also take advantage of this opportunity to launch a massive counterattack, completely trapping Salander Kyoto in Kuronze.

This is a careful joint operation. This battle is so important to the Southern Army, which has always been eager for military success. The soldiers who have been silent for a long time have already become excited. As warriors of the Falcon Dynasty, they can only fight on the battlefield. Only by fulfilling his destiny and establishing unparalleled meritorious deeds can he be worthy of being praised as the most powerful soldier in the mainland.

If Salander Kyoto is captured in one fell swoop, it will not only wash away the slander that the Southern Army is not good at attacking, but will also receive more combat missions from His Majesty Falcon. After all, there are not only Salander Kyoto troops on Salander Island. , in the more vast southern region, the Normans are still entrenched. Once a war begins, the Southern Army will inevitably be the first choice force to attack.

Because there were strict orders not to light fires and to talk loudly, the huge fleet of boats, which were towed for several miles, quietly sailed along the river and entered a bend in front. txt e-book download ** Late at night, the forward scout finally sent a report on the discovery of the target in code words.

Statunko ordered the entire army to disembark and disembark. After resting on the spot for half an hour, the 18,000 Southern troops divided into four groups and hid in a dense forest less than 5 miles away from Salander Kyoto.

The moonlight shines through the gaps between the swaying tree branches,

The black shadow of the night bird flew across the branches quickly, and a cooing call flowed through the air, stirring up the dark stillness all around. The war horses lowered their heads and ate grass, while the soldiers rested sleepily on the tangled tree roots. ,

The night breeze was blowing. Statunko stood on a huge cliff outside the woods, looking at the end of the river in the distance with sharp eyes. Along the moonlit river, the outline of a majestic city vaguely appeared a few meters downstream. The huge bends inside and outside stretch The more than ten miles of solid city wall is like a huge arc, occupying almost half of the river. Inside the outer ring formed by the city wall are four wide platforms that extend to the castles at the four corners of the city. A huge tower stands like a pillar in the city. center,

Based on Statunko's experience as the southern governor of the Falcon Dynasty, this huge city could not help but be shocked. The rushing river seemed to have encountered a dam there, flashing with a floating sparkle.

Three long stone bridges span the river in front of the city gate, turning the river into a vertical waterway. On the right fork of the river is a tall iron gate. The city is like a starry light, surrounded by these trees. around the high platform,

This is a typical Salander style three-dimensional multi-layered defense system. If you want to occupy the city, you must also occupy the huge castles at the four corners. Even if you have all this under control, you still need to constantly send tired soldiers to attack The central tower is tightly defended. The road leading to the central tower is densely covered with arrow towers. It is simply a man-made killing trap. With such a tight defense structure, it is no wonder that it can withstand several Norman offensives.

"Sir, Captain Fesolan is here."

During the impromptu meeting, the adjutant whispered in Statunko's ear,

"Really? So fast"

Statunko looked a little surprised. He put away the Salander Kyoto structure diagram that he had studied many times. After whispering instructions to several other generals for a while, he turned and walked towards a young officer standing on his right. ,

"Fesolan, is everything ready?" Statunko looked at him carefully before asking attentively.

"Yes, sir, as long as we see the signal, we will release five small boats loaded with explosive bombs from the upstream, go down the river and finally collide with the city barrage." The young officer straightened his body quickly, with a serious look on his face. He responded, "I believe that even the hardest refined iron will be blown to pieces on the spot. Then our second batch of 50 boats will enter the city along the inner city river.

Blow up all three castle passages across the river. Even if the enemy reacts and wants to immediately reinforce the city wall, it will be exposed because it is impassable."

After a long silence, Statunko stretched out his hand and patted the young officer's shoulder hard and said, "Your Guards Squadron is the most elite unit in our Southern Army, so the mission is also the most dangerous. Although what you just said It's a good word, but you must remember that war is ever-changing, and you may encounter any situation. A small boat loaded with explosive bombs can blow up the Salander Kyoto defense system into ruins, and it can also blow you into pieces. You must be extremely careful."

"Don't worry, sir. The guys below me are very smart and they will make sure nothing happens." The young officer raised his hand in salute, grinned, showing his white teeth, turned around and disappeared into the night.

Statunko waited until his figure was completely engulfed by darkness before returning to his previous position.

From his position, he could see the whole situation. Not only could he see Salander Kyoto, which was still in peace in the distance, but he could also see the 10,000 southern heavy infantrymen who were crossing the forest and approaching the city wall.

Under the moonlight, these slowly approaching heavy infantry were like several long black lines. Under the cover of dense forests, they arrived at Caiting, 500 meters outside the city wall. Everything was ready. The air was solemn and tense, as if a needle had dropped. There will be a deafening roar on the ground.

"Let's do it"

Statunko took a deep breath and gave the order to attack with a solemn expression.

After a while, five small boats, whose waterline was almost completely submerged under the weight of the heavy hull, sailed out of the river not far away and quickly floated downstream in the northeast direction.

The northeast wind became stronger and stronger, and the sails on the ship were bulging, and the speed was getting faster and faster, rushing down like sharp arrows. The waves splitting by the bow of the boat are like snow-white melody surging,

The water waves even hit the side of the ship directly, spraying Fesolan who was standing on top and getting soaked all over.

\u0026※◇nbsp; “Keep the speed”

Fesolan looked anxiously at the city water mén that appeared in his field of vision. A guard next to him carefully reminded, "Captain, if we hit the water mén at such a speed, if we are not careful, we will be shattered to pieces." …”

"It's not the time yet." Fesolan squatted half-crouched on the bow of the boat, staring at the water in the distance that was like light and shadow. The hull was bumping violently, as if something was scratching the bottom of the boat, and the hull seemed to be shaking at any time. It wants to disperse, but it still rushes forward like a sharp arrow. Like a flying bird

Fesolan said coldly, "A river with such a rapid current will inevitably form huge whirlpools at the entrance of the water. If we jump off the boat now, the boat that is not fast enough will inevitably be caught in the whirlpool. By then, the boat will stay in place and spin around

We only have one chance to blast open the water mén to clear the river, so that the 50 boats from upstream can smoothly enter the inner city and destroy the enemy's defense system.

Otherwise, once the defenders in the city are alerted to reinforce the city wall, we don’t know how many soldiers’ lives will be lost.”

As he spoke, the boat had already crossed the river quickly, like a huge arrow cluster, rushing towards the water gate. Only a few lonely firelights were flashing on the tall city walls.

The shadows of the city's defenders could be vaguely seen walking back and forth. The already sleepy Salander soldiers did not notice the men coming at high speed until a soldier who got up to urinate in the middle of the night passed by the water gate. When I reached the crenel, I undoubtedly turned my head and glanced at the river below before I felt something was wrong.

"What is that?"

Due to the lack of sufficient light, the soldier could only see a series of black objects floating rapidly from the river upstream. Only when he entered the range of 100 meters did he clearly see that they were a series of five small boats, which seemed to be full of The heavy cargo was heaving up and down in the rapidly rolling river, pressing down and turning up like leaves,

Just when the soldier was about to turn his head and call for help, he saw a bright light igniting on the boat almost simultaneously, and then a red line of fire that moved quickly. The Salander soldier's eyes instantly opened to the maximum, because he saw 5 small boats. Instead of getting into the river leading to the stone bridge of the city gate, he rushed straight towards the water gate where he was.

"Enemy attack"

At this moment, the Salander soldier realized what had happened, but it was already too late. A small boat hit the huge iron gate of the water gate like a pile hammer, and after a crisp impact, It was "rumbling" that five huge explosions in a row shattered the tranquility of the entire night sky.

Looking from where Statunko was standing, one could see five huge balls of light like the sun rising in the night sky. The strong light seemed to illuminate the entire vast wilderness, and the entire earth seemed to be intensely intense at this moment. The ground shook. Although the water mén could not be seen, it was conceivable that it must have been blown away long ago.

After receiving the signal, the Southern Army quickly launched a general attack.

"Kill!" The sound of rapid horse hooves came from the woods outside the city. The distance of several hundred meters was less than 30 seconds for the galloping horses. The swift cavalry was like a bandit emerging from the dark night. The Blood Demon God has already rushed into the open city gate like a whirlwind,

"Ah!" There was a terrible scream. A small group of Salander soldiers guarding the city gate were directly rushed over by the galloping horses, and turned into a puddle of broken meat like a torn sack. The bright red fighting of the black-armored cavalry The fluff fluttered in the wind, and the symbol of the white thorn flower glowed in the light of the fire burning at the gate of the city,

Fierce shouts of killing resounded through the night sky,

Countless Vekian heavy infantrymen wearing black armor rushed out of the woods only 400 meters away from the city wall.

The crossbowmen who rushed at the front vomited at 100 meters, knelt down on one knee, and quickly rained down arrows on the suspension bridge at the top of the city. The Salander soldiers who were trying to pull the suspension bridge were exposed and fell in pieces. The heavy suspension bridge, which had been stretched to about 3 meters, shuddered, and then it fell from a high place as if it had lost its center of gravity.

"Woooo!" The trombone sound representing enemy attack sounded particularly sad amidst the bursts of violent explosions. Countless dazzling light balls flashed inside the city of Salander Kyoto.

The high-altitude passages connecting the towers to the surrounding castle walls collapsed in large numbers in the violent explosion.

These passages that traverse the city, and their high platform pillars built on the river channels, directly became the impact targets of a large number of explosive bombs pouring in from the water mén gaps. Huge stones broke and collapsed from high places, pressing down on those below. The houses are in a mess, and there are people running everywhere. No one knows what happened. Whether they are civilians or soldiers, they are all watching in horror as groups of terrifying light balls explode in the river, like the end of the world. generally

The fierce explosion woke up the fourth prince of Salander, Fubailou, who was resting in the palace. This resolute and strategic prince changed his face when he heard the explosions that were like the thunder of hell. It was extremely ugly,

He had seen the scene in which the eldest prince was ambushed by explosive bombs from the Dylans family in Cooper Harbor, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of troops. That tragic scene still flashed in Fubailou's mind from time to time.

"What's going on?" Fubailou ran out of the dormitory wearing a single coat. Behind him, several Mamunuk knights followed closely. The entire palace was now exposed, Shinv and Jinshi They were running around like headless flies, shouting that the enemy had entered the city. The fire that appeared from time to time in the distance almost lit up half of the sky in Kyoto.

"Come here, send someone to your father's palace immediately. Don't let anyone scare your father." Faced with the situation, Fubailou ordered calmly,

At this time, Baron Berntic, who was in charge of the city's defense, ran over with an anxious look, knelt down in front of the Fubai Tower and said, "Your Highness, something bad has happened. The enemy raided Kyoto. First they exploded the water mén and then again. We have captured the city gates and are now pouring into the city in large numbers. Please, Your Highness, please evacuate immediately."

"Why are you panicking? Who are the enemies? How many are there?" Fu Bailou asked angrily. The firelight in the sky shone on his face, dark and ferocious. He saw that Berntic was only wearing a simple armor. , it seemed that he had just woken up, and the empty sleeve on the left was blown up without even noticing.

General Salander, who is famous for his bravery, although he does not have the status of a Mamunuk knight, because he is the assistant of the fourth prince Fubailou, he is now also an important minister in charge of Kyoto city affairs. Unfortunately, his abilities are limited. Although he is Fubailou Lou Yi is a confidant, but it is difficult for him to move up a level.

"I don't know." Baron Berntic knelt half on the ground, shaking his head with his sweaty brain. "The road leading to the north city gate has been cut off by the enemy, and the four garrisoned fort passages also collapsed in the explosion. Now each The army can only fight alone,

"No one knows how many people there are on the other side, or even who they are fighting against, but the opponent's offensive is extremely fierce. The troops I sent to reinforce the city almost collapsed at the first touch. They are definitely the real elites of hundreds of battles. With the current shortage in the city With an army of ten thousand people, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. I would like to ask Your Highness to withdraw from the city first and wait until the army returns to support before making any plans."

"A big army will come back for reinforcements? What a bunch of losers, they still think about a big army coming for reinforcements? Can't they even hear the explosive bombs of the Vekians?" The fourth prince Fubailou raised his head, his eyes full of depression and said, "Do you think I still have a big army for reinforcements?" Is there any chance? I believe that enemies all over the city are searching for me now. As long as I wait until dawn tomorrow, I won’t be able to leave even if I want to."

"Your Highness said that the person leading the attack this time was..."

Baron Berntic's face suddenly turned pale. That man's name was taboo in Salander's army. When his name was mentioned, even the bravest Mamunuk knight would choose to remain silent.

"Crossing Howl and launching such an elusive, thousands-mile attack. Apart from that scary guy with a powerful fleet, could there be anyone else?"

Fubailou smiled bitterly, his eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, as if he had decided something, suddenly turned around with a gloomy face, and strode towards the direction of the Sultan's bedroom.

"Since we have to leave, let's do that thing, otherwise, I'm afraid we will have long nights and dreams," Fubailou said to Berntic.

"Your Highness, if there is anything else you need to deal with, please do it for me. Now that the war is urgent, it is best to evacuate immediately." Baron Berntic stood up quickly to follow.

Fubailou ignored him and hurriedly walked through the exposed corridors in front of him and arrived at the Boles Palace of His Majesty the Sultan.

Waves of the old man's shrill and terrifying shouts came from inside, followed by intermittent crying sounds, mixed with the creepy sound of fingers digging into the wall. A huge iron lock tightly locked the door of the temple. lock

The guards and soldiers around them all had expressionless faces, as if they were used to it.

"Your Majesty, is he sick again?" Fubai Louding stepped forward and asked the guard captain on duty with a dull expression. The captain on duty nodded with an ugly face and said, "Your Majesty has always been like this these past few days. It's hard for him to sleep peacefully. I often wake up from my dreams, and then I cry like this all night, and I won’t slow down until dawn.”

"Thank you, you can go down first." Fu Bailou said with a gloomy face and dismissed all the guards, and then used the key in his hand to open the palace gate that was closed by a huge iron lock.

There are no lights in the dark hall,

Since Sultan Salander became insane, in order to prevent His Majesty from burning down the palace or hitting any sharp objects, all things that could cause injury to people have been removed from the palace.

Apart from a thick blanket spread on the ground, it was almost impossible to see anything else. In the darkness, I could only see a curled shadow in the corner of the hall.

"Father, you're fine," Fubailou squatted down with a smile on his face. At his feet was an old man curled up on the ground, looking at him with a crazy look.

"Rebellion, you rebels." The old man's crazy shouts seemed to spurt out of his throat. He wanted to stand up angrily but fell heavily to the ground. His claw-like fingers wanted to grab Fu Bailou's feet, but he couldn't. He could only half-stretch, with a heavy iron chain locked on his wrists and ankles.

Each section is only 30 centimeters long. At the other end of the chain is a black iron ball as big as a watermelon, weighing at least 50 kilograms. It is this chain that makes the old man unable to stand upright at all. Even if he does stand upright by chance, he will still be unable to stand upright due to the heavy weight. And forced to bend down

His Majesty the Sultan, who has ruled Salander for 34 years, is only an old man in his sixties, bald and white, of medium build. His face is swollen and even a little swollen due to indulgence and excessive drinking. green,

His scalp was blue, his eyelids were red and swollen, and a pair of small slit-like eyes were shining, but with a distinct reddish and crazy color. His clothes were full of stains, and there was only one button on the front, which was half hanging. The clothes barely cover my body

"As a sultan, you are fully responsible for the fact that the Kingdom of Salander has become what it is today."

Fu Bailou sneered at the corner of his mouth and took out a dagger with a cold light from his arms. "Although I have the intention to support it, it's a pity that it can't be done. Seeing that you still have a trace of guilt for my mother, instead of If you are to live in such a life that is worse than death, or fall into the hands of the enemy and suffer humiliation, let me, my son, give you a ride.