Realm of Power

Thousands of tents were emitting thick smoke in the smoky grassland. The red flames shot through the felt roofs of the tents like greedy cats. A section of the burning tent support made a crackling sound in the flames. The sparks were blown away by the wind,

In the burning camp, thousands of headless corpses dressed as Kugit herders lay scattered in the muddy pool of blood, surrounded by scattered supplies, broken scimitars, and war horses lying in groups. Corpses, there are still the sounds of the sheep in the sheepfold, but their owner has become a cold corpse on the ground.

The searching Dongting cavalry galloped by. Every time the horses' hooves hit the ground, bright red human blood splashed on the ground. It was so thick that it made people sick. It splashed onto the sheep's curly hair, which looked so shocking.

The Dongting cavalry around them seemed very accustomed to such tragic scenes of corpses strewn on the ground. They talked and laughed with each other without fear, or threw the heads in their hands in an arc in a running posture, and finally landed in the center of the camp area. They even took pleasure in this, to see who could throw it accurately and who could throw it far. The tumbling heads, the bloody ground, and the frightened and pale faces of the dead made this place like a hellish world.

In the concept of Dongting people, there is never mercy in war. Just like the massacre just completed, there is only killing or being killed. If the enemy cannot be eradicated, then the ensuing revenge will also affect One's own relatives, the so-called cruelty is not the best way to protect themselves!

"Has the body of the traitor Riago been found?". Ruitang Tingna rode a war horse and entered the camp full of corpses under the protection of hundreds of cavalry. The sight in front of her made Ruitang Tingna, the princess of the East Court, who was riding on the horse, frown slightly as she faced the pungent smell of blood that hit her nostrils. Ruitang Tingna is more concerned about the results of this raid than Ruitang Tingna. Generally, the place where the main camp is located has the strongest troops.

But judging from the results in front of us, it is obviously different from what we expected. The enemy corpses in front of us are full of corpses, but there are only about 7,000 or 8,000 people. It is impossible for a large tribe of 80,000 people to have only such a few people, let alone among them. There were also a large number of old, weak, women and children mixed in. It was obviously just a sub-camp to protect the main camp.

According to the herding habits of the Kugit people, in order to ensure the safety of the main camp, small camps with varying numbers of people are often arranged around the main camp. This can not only expand the scope of herding and form a mobile sphere of influence, but also Able to avoid the danger of being annihilated by the enemy in one fell swoop,

Dongting General Wu Mu, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, shook his head and said, "Your Royal Highness, the camp has been cleaned up, but the body of the traitor Arigo has not been found.

"Is there a deviation in the intelligence? Or is someone tipping off the information?"

Ruitang Tingna's delicate and beautiful eyebrows were knitted together, her eyes were coldly staring at the horizon in the distance, and she finally decided that this was just an accidental mistake. This was most likely the location of the main camp a few days ago. It was entirely due to some reason. The reason was that the opponent's main camp accidentally escaped this fatal attack.

Otherwise, the Rialu tribe who got the information would not have to let so many people die here.

"What's the result of the battle?" Ruitang Tingna continued to ask with a gloomy face. Since she couldn't defeat the main force, she could only hope to gain something. If she couldn't hit the key point in one fell swoop, when the tribe recovered, even with the strength dispatched this time, Reaching 40,000 troops, but on the northern border with complex and changeable terrain, it is inevitable to fall into a hard battle, not to mention that behind the opponent, there are also Northlanders who may be reinforced at any time!

When hunting wolves, the first wolf must be killed. This is the strategy that Fatty asked Ruitang Tingna to pay special attention to in the letter. Because the grassland is extremely vast, it is almost impossible to annihilate all the enemies in one fell swoop, so the main camp of the Rialu tribe was chosen. As the goal, it is based on the plan to defeat the power of the Rialu tribe in one fell swoop, and then free up our hands to compete with the Northlanders.

The person in charge of the vanguard was the original Dongting general Wumu. After Dongting surrendered to the Falcon Dynasty, his identity also changed to the leader of Princess Ruitangtingna's escort. He was also an experienced person, and he was unhappy when he saw Ruitangtingna. The maid looked sexy and knew something must have gone wrong, but she didn't dare to hide it. She hesitated for a while and responded.

"In this battle, our army captured a total of 7,231 enemy heads, including those belonging to adult warriors. However, judging from the number of soldiers deployed in the camp, my subordinates believe that even if this place is not the base camp of the Rialu tribe, it should be not far away from the base camp. Yuan, his subordinates deliberately let go of more than a dozen Rialu tribesmen during the battle, and secretly sent the archer cavalry of the Sahan tribe to follow.

Wu Mu's voice stopped, and then he continued, "With their tracking ability on the grassland, they should be able to track the traces of the deserters and help us find the real camp! It's just that by that time, the traitor Riago should have known about me. News of the arrival of the army! If we try to launch such an attack again, it will not work! So please prepare for a head-on attack!

"You mean that instead of retreating, they will actively launch a counterattack?" Ruitang Tingna glanced at Wu Mu unexpectedly.

Although she is the eldest princess of Dongting, she has lived in the palace for many years and does not fully understand the internal affairs of the various tribes in Dongting. But Wumu is different. As the only remaining general of Dongting Khan, she can die in the battle of King Khan. Situation, single-handedly supporting the situation of Dongting, he is an extremely rare talent. He has fought beside the King of Dongting for decades, and he has a good understanding of the situation of the various ethnic groups in the grassland.

Wu Mu's eyes flashed and he said calmly, "Your Highness, may you not know that this Riago is a very famous warrior in the northern part of the grassland. He often claims to be the Lord of the North in front of everyone. The Riago cavalry he leads , has always been known for its strong combat power,

Almost all the people of the 80,000-strong Ryalu tribe are soldiers. The number of archer cavalry alone has reached an extremely impressive 10,000, and the melee cavalry is 20,000. When the Khan surrendered the Ryalu tribe, he could only adopt the method of inducement and alliance. , recognizing Riago's dominance on the northern borders,

But later, as the Khan's court gradually became stronger, he conquered this Riago through two wars, and forced him to send his second son to Motu as a hostage. He always hated the royal court in his heart. But because of the suppression of King Khan, a snail living on the northern border did not dare to make any move.

This time I heard that the Rialu tribe was secretly colluding with the Northerners, and I was not surprised. With Riago's arrogant character, I can be sure that he would not choose to retreat after suffering such a big loss! "

After hearing Wu Mu's judgment, Ruitang Tingna felt relieved. As long as she didn't run away, everything else would be easier. She ordered the troops to set up camp and sent out scouts to guard.

In the evening, the archers who followed the deserters brought back news about the Rialu camp.

Wumu's judgment was proved. After receiving the speech from the deserters, the Rialu tribe's camp not only showed no signs of retreat, but began to order the surrounding small camps to assemble towards the central camp. According to the speech of the archer cavalry, throughout the day , the number of cavalry gathered from other directions reached more than 10,000, and the entire camp was filled with the flames of tribal blacksmiths forging weapons.

"The enemy should choose to attack in the early morning tomorrow!"

"Because they need time to forge enough weapons and let the soldiers rest, marching on the vast grassland at night cannot hide the sound of horse hooves, and the same is true for us.

At the military meeting in the evening, Ruitang Tina spread out the map of Dongting in her hand in front of the tribal leaders, pointed to a point on the map, then moved towards the north, and said

"This is our current location. According to the speech of the cavalry, the distance between the Rialu tribe's camp and us is about 50 miles. In the middle of us is the Podel Hill, and the other side is flat grassland, and we But it is a rugged mountainous land,

"From the terrain point of view, we obviously don't have an advantage. They will stop us here!" Ruitang Tina's finger stopped at the location of Bodell Hill on the map.

"The other party should also have this intention." Ruitang Tingna's voice stopped and continued. "With only a slight adjustment, their cavalry group can easily occupy the commanding heights of Podel Hill, and then wait for us to rush up, and We need to climb over the uneven grass and then slowly climb up the Podell Hill, which is not good for us! "

"Then what should we do"

Some leaders were worried and confused, "If they occupy Podel Hill, they can wait for work. When we climb the mountain, the cavalry will rush down the mountain, and our cavalry will not be able to stop it!"

"So I decided to set the location for the battle here!" Rui Tangtingna moved her finger down decisively, sliding down to the other end of the map.

"Here?" The tribal leaders in Dongting were stunned for a moment at the same time. They stood up from their seats in surprise almost at the same time. They stretched their necks and looked at the place where Ruitang Tingna pointed. The only one who could be considered calm was probably the one sitting on the right. His side was stiff, but there was still a trace of unsurprising praise in his eyes.

In the early morning of May 22, the sky was dark, and the wind blew through the grass, blowing the broken grass to the sky.

Three huge cavalry queues of ten thousand people slowly appeared from the distant horizon. The well-equipped Rialu cavalry, as expected, did not wait for the Dongting cavalry to advance on Podel Mountain, and began to impatiently attack them. Advancing in the direction where the Dongting people are,

They cautiously passed through the concave and convex areas, but did not notice any troops from the Dongting people. The cavalry group advanced neatly and did not stop until the ruins of the camp that was attacked the day before.

"Huhu"

In a neat queue, the whistling of the grassland wind could be heard quietly. All the Yalilu cavalry looked at one place, in the middle of the ruined camp, the mountain of human heads made of Yalilu heads.

"Damn Dongting people!"

Riago, who was standing in front of the queue, also saw the Mountain of Human Heads. He was riding on a tall and thick black horse. His eyes were instantly filled with blood-red threads, and his hands full of veins tightly held the reins of the horse. , the fingertips sunk deeply into the flesh. Due to geographical and historical reasons, Riago never admitted that he was also from Dongting. He preferred to call himself the master of the North Grassland,

If Dongting Khan hadn't been too strong, he wouldn't have chosen to surrender. But now that Dongting Khan is no longer here, the Falcon Dynasty that appears out of nowhere is another existence that doesn't seem to have any deterrent effect.

Riago's ambition that had been dormant for 20 years has sprouted again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The main force of the East Court moved south, and the entire north is almost dominated by his own family. Although there are still some small tribes, they are not able to form. Threatening, although he is 54 years old, in the face of such an excellent opportunity, Riago's ambitions are also expanding rapidly and uncontrollably.

He first united with the Northlanders to eliminate the two most annoying tribes, and then used the banner of the Northlanders to plunder the pastures of nearby tribes. Those tribes wandering in the middle were driven inland,

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, dozens of smaller Qianrui cavalry phalanxes at slightly intervals. As the three-star flag representing the royal court began to appear,

Among them, the most elite main force in the center is composed of 10,000 elite melee cavalry, which has the strongest combat effectiveness. The 20,000 cavalry archers on the two wings seem to protect the center with two protective wings. The ones behind the military formation are relatively more powerful. The weak light cavalry and some scattered close combat cavalry were temporarily combined into a ten thousand troops. Follow the array and wait for orders.

Looking at the Arilu people who had stopped opposite, Wu Mu, who was next to Ruitang Tingna, the eldest princess of the East Court, pointed at an old man opposite who was wearing fine armor and had an old face, but with a dignified and sinister smell, and said

"That's Riago. The princess should be especially careful. The Rialu Tribe's Wind Cavalry is a very sharp assault cavalry. Their weapons are not bows and arrows but javelins. They are somewhat similar to the Ridian's Hurricane Lance Cavalry, but They are faster and have stronger assault capabilities. Each of them has five javelins. After years of training, they can accurately hit targets fifty meters away. They can almost ignore any armor. Even heavy cavalry will be defeated by them. Pierced by a powerful javelin thrown!

While Wumu was still instructing how to deal with Yalilu's surprise cavalry, the Yalilu people on the opposite side launched the attack first, and the three phalanxes began to advance slowly. It seems to put more pressure on the Dongting Cavalry on the opposite side. Their queues were so close together that from a distance it looked like a dark cloud covering the earth.

"Get ready to shoot!" Following the shouts from the East Courtyard, the 20,000 horse archers on both wings began to open the compound bows in their hands, and shot out from the bow strings with countless cold light-dotted arrow clusters at a 30-degree angle, with the sound of wind. The shining arrow clusters were like swarms of locusts rising from the horizon mountains, and they plunged fiercely into the ranks of the Arilu cavalry.

Soldiers kept spraying blood and flying into the air, screaming and falling from their horses into the dust.

The body was instantly pierced, and the arrow shot the second man flying with blood spray;

Some people were even shot immediately and rolled to the ground before being nailed to the ground by falling arrow clusters. Blood flowers bloomed in the air. The Rialu cavalry screamed and evaded, but the panicked horses stepped on their backs, causing their brains to fly.

The cavalry in front kept falling, but the cavalry in the rear continued to accelerate without mercy.

"Changfeng Cavalry, assault!" The counterattack of the Rialu cavalry also followed. I saw a whole team of light cavalry suddenly speeding up, horseshoes flying, and the light cavalry above pulled out the fine iron spears from the crotch of their horses. The javelin on his head was thrown out 80 meters away from the cavalry queue in the East Courtyard, turning into a waterfall of death metal light in the air.

"Papa" The entire row of cavalry twisted into unnatural postures on their horses under this storm-like blow, flipped over and turned into hedgehogs filled with arrows.

Screams, gunshots, blood, death, panicked men and horses trampling each other, the sound of horse hooves, screams, arrows flying like locusts, and the sharp wind sound of arrows breaking through the air filled the entire space that can be heard by human ears, and the lightning and flint Suddenly, as if they were suddenly struck by violent lightning, the Dongting cavalry in the front row fell on their backs.

In just a short period of time, probably less than half a minute, nearly a thousand of the Dongting cavalry in the front row were shot by javelins from the assault. The entire defense line collapsed, and the ground was covered with Dongting. The bodies of the cavalrymen.

At the same time, the melee cavalry on the flanks of the Changfeng Cavalry finally got into position. Holding the scimitar in his hand and shouting loudly, under the cover of the cavalry holding javelins, he launched a charge towards the flank of the Dongting people!

"Papa" is a fierce collision in a short distance, which is completely like a person attacking another and a horse hitting a horse. Nearly 30,000 cavalrymen were crowded in a forest area of ​​less than 2 kilometers. The two sides that collided with each other suddenly dispersed like a rolling wave, and then collided with each other, biting each other with all available weapons. As they stood, blood spattered onto the faces of the cavalry, making them look like ferocious red men.

The two sides were actually so close. From the eyes of both sides, it seemed as if the other side's cavalry was rushing on the backs of their cavalry, slashing and killing them! Both sides had no room to turn their horses. The only thing they could do was to swing their swords, swing their swords, and swing their swords again, until every enemy on horseback was no longer in sight.

With the left and right wings fighting fiercely at the same time, a strange distortion occurred in the Dongting people's battle line. The originally solemn array looked like a distorted shape.

"Retreat! While maintaining the front line, retreat at the same time..."

Ruitang Tingna calmly observed the situation on the battlefield and ordered loudly. Although she already knew the plan, it was still very difficult to execute this order.

The twenty thousand-man queue on the flanks had been crushed by the impact. One of them, the ferocious Rialu cavalry, pounced on them almost like crazy.

The Dongting army, which had the upper hand in the width of the array, was suppressed to the point of being unable to breathe even with its numerical advantage. The two sides strangled each other crazily. Any concession would lead to a ruthless pursuit by the other side. Even the reserve army of 10,000 people, was also ruthlessly thrown in