Realm of Power

"Woo!"

The horn sound representing the battle suddenly sounded from the side of the Gallic army. The Gallic commander Hassan Rimbaud, who was concerned about the battle ahead, unexpectedly turned his head and asked sharply, "What's going on with the troops on the side? This is the most critical moment of the battle. At this time, blowing the trumpet is a shock to the morale of the military, so send people immediately to stop it."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a dazzling cold light swooping down from high altitude with raindrops, like a waterfall. In the cold light, thousands of arrows rained down, and sharp arrows shot into the bodies of the soldiers. Some soldiers were rectifying the troops from the side. The Gallic soldiers were instantly admired The horse turned over, "Pfft!" The sharp crossbow arrows were shot from anywhere it could penetrate the Gauls' head, body, and legs. The entire area covered by the arrow clusters was completely emptied, and both men and horses were stabbed in an instant. The white tail feathers were full of arrow clusters, and the corpse hit the ground heavily.

A bloody Gallic officer struggled to get up, and was immediately hit by several white arrows. His lifeless body trembled under the falling sharp arrows, and his bloody stumps lay on the ground. Dragging out long blood-red marks,

"This is the mounted shooting of the prairie cavalry!"

The well-informed Hassan Rambo suddenly realized what had happened to him, his face turned pale, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

A biting coldness caused his pupils to shrink unconsciously, and the five fingers holding the riding crop made a squeaking and rubbing sound. The steppe cavalry's blow to the Eighth Army's destruction was still fresh in people's minds. It hadn't happened all winter. Seeing these prairie cavalry, seeing them at this moment, Hassan Rimbaud felt helpless to deal with them.

These devils! When did you arrive at the Darasti battlefield? In addition to these devils, the Falcon Empire must have mobilized more troops that were not noticed by itself. This war has long been at an extremely disadvantageous position due to the slowness of the intelligence system. Hassen Rambo felt a deep feeling fear! The falcon army in the river was not running away at all, but acting like a bait. He unknowingly introduced his 100,000 troops into the flat river area. In such an area, no matter how many infantry groups there are, they will never be able to compete with the cavalry attack.

To put it bluntly, this is a dead place! It is a cemetery prepared in advance by the Falcon Army for an army of 100,000 people!

"Boom!" The second wave of arrows struck quickly from the far side of the flank again. A large number of soldiers fell down, and a messenger cavalry fell off the galloping horse with a look of embarrassment. He rolled over and reported, "Sir, a large number of cavalry were spotted on the flanks!"

"It's so convenient! After killing them all, just throw the bodies into the river and save the effort of burying them!" Hassan Rimbaud showed a wry smile with a somewhat sad mouth. He should have thought of such an abnormal arrangement of the Falcon Army. , with only 30,000 people, they attacked the central part where they were heavily concentrated. It was obviously with the intention of being a bait.

However, the collapse of the Seine River defense line on the eastern front in an instant, the stubborn resistance of the important city of Nasezhen, and the huge advantage on the surface made me subconsciously choose a lucky mentality, just hoping to eat this lone falcon army in one bite. But I didn't expect it. On this flat terrain, for the infantry group that encountered a cavalry raid, even escaping was a luxury. This was a decisive blow against our army of 100,000 people! Now the only way is to sacrifice the earliest flank encountered, or there is still a chance for other troops to evacuate.

Hassen Rimbaud ordered with the tone of a strong man breaking his wrist, "order the 7th, 9th, and 11th garrison regiments on the flanks to defend on the spot! The other units will evacuate quickly along the river!"

"Quickly?" The cavalryman was stunned for a moment.

"Just run for your life, run as fast as you can!"

Hassan Rimbaud couldn't care less about the words, and a centralized retreat was no longer possible. On the contrary, in such a dark night, tens of thousands of people were running wildly, or there was still some hope of escaping back. Fortunately, all the 15,000 people belonging to the Sixth Army had not been sent up, otherwise when the enemy's cavalry followed, It would be good if only one-tenth of the people who could make it back alive under the frantic flank sweep

"Woo"

The horns sounding from behind represented an emergency evacuation, and the Gallic troops in front stopped one after another.

The sound of fighting echoed through the sky from behind. Many soldiers were stunned. "What's going on?" The soldiers looked at me and I looked at you. They were completely confused about the situation. Only a group of horses came galloping over and the officer shouted loudly, "Order from the Legion Headquarters. Everyone." Evacuate immediately!”

"Draw the sword"

The war horses galloped, and the distance between them was shortened to 50 meters. Dongting General Wu Mu’s shout resounded across the battlefield, and the sound of 30,000 Dongting cavalrymen drawing out their scimitars in unison was like a brilliant flash of sword light on a rainy night. It even gave the Gauls opposite the illusion that it was a spectacular sight that they had never seen before.

"kill!"

Wumu clamped his legs fiercely and rushed into the Gauls crowd first. The scimitar fell quickly and chopped down two Gaulish soldiers in a row.

Behind him, thousands of black figures of the East Court cavalry surged in like waves at the same time, like countless huge hammers that quickly slammed into the array of spears erected in panic by the flanking infantry queue. "The spears were broken, and the entire row of Gallic infantry was knocked away by the galloping horses or fell to the ground.

In such an open land, the advantage of the cavalry group is very obvious. Just relying on the impact force, the thousands of flying hooves of the Dongting cavalry kicked down from the front of these Gallic soldiers, and countless sharp scimitars were flying in the air. Continuously flashing through the arc of death

, "Kill!" Like lightning, the sword sharply slashed across the armor of the Gallic infantry. Bright red blood shot out from the enemy's neck. The head flew into the sky and splashed onto the pale face of the opposite companion. , the war horses swarmed, and the corpses were scattered in all directions like trampled cloth. The sound was mixed with the impact of metal and flesh. The impact cavalry, like a huge scimitar, broke through the side high ground almost effortlessly with absolute advantage. Two squadrons of the Lu people,

"Steady..." A Gallic officer tried to shout to stop the retreating soldiers in the chaos. A Dongting cavalry split open his head with a knife, and the horse's hooves mercilessly smashed the corpse that had not yet fallen. After being knocked out, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the soldiers around were frightened.

"Oh my god, run for your life!"

The Gaulish soldiers were killed by the attacking Dongting cavalry. The countless flashing swords wielded by the prairie people were like a huge sickle, piercing deeply into the flank of the Gauls. The infantry on the front line of the flank instantly Time disappeared, and orderly resistance was lost. The infantry fighting alone was completely unable to compete with the cavalry group. The heavy horses trampled them under the hooves like heavy tanks. There were crackling sounds of spears being broken and broken everywhere, and the Gaul flanks seemed to be kneaded with paper and mud, like ripe wheat ears swept by the strong wind, falling down row after row!

Because the collapse happened too quickly, Hassan Rambo decisively gave up the hope of delaying the battle and focused on defeating the weak local defense group.

"Line up!" The officer of the Sixth Army pulled out his sword with a serious expression, and the soldiers neatly raised their bayonet in their hands. The long spear points all moved forward, and the heavy gun troops holding shields were at the front.

The Sixth Army is known as the "Imperial Tiger Army". The direct descendants of Hassen Rimbaud stood out like a solid rock in the hasty and chaotic flow of people. The war situation reversed too quickly, but it could not shake the resolve of these elite soldiers of the Sixth Army. belief. One moment they were attacking the Falcon Army's array like a flood. The next moment, they were facing the impact from the Falcon Army's cavalry group. The ground in front of them was shaking violently, and the cold rain hit their faces, making them black. Armored war horses leaping like a tide came from the opposite side accompanied by the rumbling sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking.

"Attention, there is a spear formation ahead." The Dongting cavalry, who were killing happily, suddenly discovered that a huge military formation appeared in the torrent of the Gaul army's defeat, as if a forest of spears suddenly appeared on the ground, and the spear tips flickered. The terrifying light of metal just blocked the front of the cavalry's pursuit.

“Crush them!

A thousand-man troop of the Dongting Cavalry was so furious that they were unable to notice the sudden change in front, and mistook this troop for the local garrison they encountered earlier. Thousands of war horses rushed forward without hesitation, like a hammer suddenly hitting the rock. The two sides collided together like two high-speed steel walls, and the cavalry on the war horses were densely packed. The spears were pulled down, and the horses also crashed into the military formation. After all, the Dongting cavalry was not a heavy cavalry dedicated to attacking formations, although it had high mobility. But it is at a disadvantage in a collision with heavy infantry.

The Dongting Thousand-man Team fought out from the defeated army, like a violently shaking arc. Countless blood rains from soldiers on both sides flew into the air along with their stumps. The bloody rain and the strong smell of blood hit their faces. The blood came from almost at the same time. Bodies from both sides sputtered out, and shields shattered. The sword flashed, and bright red blood spurted from the headless chest into the air. Both sides were so crowded that there was no room for the corpse to fall. The Dongting cavalry, about a thousand people inside, fell on their backs. Because the situation was too chaotic, they rushed in The Dongting cavalry in the array didn't even look at them, and the swords in their hands were swaying randomly with streaks of bright sword light. Seeing his companions in the front row falling off their horses, a Dongting cavalryman in the back row was still sitting on the horse stupidly, staring straight at the countless spears piercing in.

The other Dongting cavalry were so frightened that they all circled around. Compared with the tight military formation in front of them, it was obviously more cost-effective to chase down the other Gauls who had collapsed. You must know that the empire calculated military merits and bounties based on the number of heads. Yes, killing one more person means giving your wife and children one more year of food rations.

In this case, the main target of the East Court Cavalry was still on the defeated local garrison regiments. His Majesty Falcon's order only asked him to defeat the enemy's flanks. In order to survive, many Gauls jumped into the river. In the anxious river , was swept up by the ferocious flood, and disappeared after a few blows. The rolling water carrying countless corpses hit it, the mud rolled, and the water gurgled out. Inside, you could see countless broken human limbs, tumbling. ups and downs,

"Haha, what a surprise, it turned out to be Hassen Rimbaud's Sixth Army!" His eyes swept over the opponent's only military formation that was still holding firm. The battle flag flying on it made the fat man laugh. After this period of understanding, he I still remember the army in front of me, Hassan Rimbaud’s Sixth Army,

The fat man raised his whip and pointed downwards, and said to the generals behind him, "This army is called the Tiger Army by the Gauls. It can still hold its position under such chaos. It seems that the elite combat force is not inferior to our Central Army." , this army is regarded as the core of the 400,000-strong Gallic army in the Rusty region. It seems that Hassen Rimbaud also spent a lot of money this time, and actually brought out part of the Sixth Army. It was really a large army captured by accident. fish"

"It's the Sixth Army of Gaul!" The generals looked a little weird. They had been fighting in the Rusty area for the whole winter, and they were very familiar with this Sixth Army of Gaul. They originally had a trace of disdain and contempt for the Gauls. , after hearing His Majesty Falcon say that the combat strength of this army is not inferior to that of the Central Army, he also secretly retracted the contempt in his eyes,

"Although the Gallic Empire army has been repeatedly defeated by our army, this is mainly due to problems with weapons and strategy. There are also many real elites worthy of attention, such as Murphy's Dragon Armor Army. Hassen Rimbaud's Sixth Army, I just don’t know if Hassan Rimbaud himself is in it!”

The fat man held the whip in his hand and patted his leg lightly. He seemed to be a little unfinished. His voice stopped and he said, "Order the Dongting people to immediately give up chasing the defeated army and use long-range bows and arrows to hold back the tiger army." . Tell Croissant, who performed well tonight, that I will give him another chance to restore the reputation of the Northwest Legion. The warships on the river went down the river and headed straight to NaSe again. The water route was half faster than the land route, so he must occupy NaSe to cut off the retreat of all the defeated troops! The brave local garrison, especially the officers, try to capture them alive! Do you know how useful I am!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Several Central Army generals stood at attention and nodded solemnly. No wonder His Majesty only let the Dongting people rush down. Fifteen thousand central cavalry were stationary in formation. It turned out that this was the intention. I heard that during this period, His Majesty was very interested in some information about the Gallic garrison. Sure enough, he had been eyeing these "fat men" for a long time. I feel sincere condolences for those Gallic garrison, the prey favored by His Majesty the Falcon, that is true. . . . . . Several central generals looked at each other quietly. I shook my head secretly. Poor Gauls!

"Encirclement!"

After receiving the order, the Dongting cavalry reluctantly stopped chasing the defeated army and surrounded the Sixth Army array in the middle. Countless cavalry circled around Hasen Rimbaud's Sixth Army. As long as the two armies were close, the cavalry would He will go far away and keep throwing arrows towards himself.

As the golden morning light illuminates the distant hills rises from the horizon. This tragic battle was coming to an end. The local garrison of more than 60,000 people was blocked by the Northwest Army in Nase, defeated and captured. After a night of hard fighting, Hassan Rimbaud's 15,000 men paid the price of 7,000 casualties before finally leaving the flat land of the river and fighting and retreating to the higher mountains.

Even Hassan Rambo could clearly feel that the other party seemed to want to capture him alive. These wandering prairie cavalry only allowed him to move very slowly. As the sky brightened, the harassment of arrow clusters increased his vigilance. Under the circumstances, the damage that can be caused is not great.

However, the morale of the army and the physical strength of the soldiers are limited. The harassment of the cavalry gave the soldiers no time to rest. It is conceivable that the other party is waiting for the moment when they are exhausted, or there are more behind these prairie cavalry. The Falcon Army is gathering, waiting for the moment to strike a fatal blow.

"The Battle of Rusty has not yet fully begun. I, the general manager of Gaul, have been captured alive. It is undoubtedly a nightmare blow to the morale of the empire." Hassen Rimbaud took his sword with a solemn expression and handed it over. Andalin, a student next to her who was dressed as a knight, said, "If it comes to the last moment, behead me decisively! The empire only has generals who died in battle, not captured generals! I don't want to be a laughing stock like Algernon Katya."

Andalin rarely silently took Hasen Rimbaud's sword. "No, I believe the enemy's main target is the central urban area. They can't get out to deal with us yet, so they just send these light cavalry to harass us. As long as we If you retreat into the mountains, you still have a chance! "

"Opportunity? Haha" Hasen Rimbaud smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth and said nothing. His eyes paused on the prairie cavalry following not far away. He also saw some black-armored cavalry who were not in prairie cavalry uniforms, but they were not at all. He ignored his own intention and quickly passed by the prairie cavalry. These black-armored cavalry often escorted large numbers of prisoners.

The appearance of these Central Army cavalry made any trace of luck in Hasen Rimbaud's heart disappear. After a hard night's fighting, more people were not able to escape in the end. He knew that the one who could command the Central Army directly under the Emperor of the Falcon Empire must be the Falcon Empire. A first-rate general,

Hu Keqili or Salon?

These are all famous generals of the Falcon Empire who have experienced battles for a long time and have outstanding military exploits. No matter which one I encounter, the other party will not let me go easily. He took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I should have thought of it a long time ago." Yes, the opponent’s real target has always been the entire center line. On this night alone, the defense of the center line has completely collapsed.”

"The defeat of an army of 100,000 people is probably within the range that the Rusti region, which has 400,000 Gallic troops, can withstand. What really worries me is that the 100,000 people defeated by the Falcon Army mainly came from the central cities. After this battle, half of the troops in the urban area were knocked out. Now there is no one to command the Rusty area. The Kyoto army and the local garrison have always been at odds, so the urban area must be fighting independently. In this situation, if it is a normal siege battle, even if the Falcon Army has Thors and warships sailing into the inland river, it will take at least half a month to seize those urban areas one by one. If it is supported by our army, it will be even more difficult. But now, it probably won’t even take a week. This is the real reason why the Falcon Army lured our army out. They felt that it was too troublesome to fight one after another, so they just decided to do it all in one go!