Realm of Power

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When the fat man saw the scenery of Nord Kyoto for the first time, he was deeply shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him. The Nord people established their capital here, and they not only valued the topography here, but also the beautiful scenery here. factor,

This is a relatively flat and huge basin. The blue river reflects the bright day. The vein-like river tributaries pass through the fluffy rice fields that have just matured in July in the south. The autumn trees are thin and slender, gray and white. Light yellow leaves hang on the trunk of the tree, with clear outlines, and the graceful torso is covered with clusters of red down.

The peaceful land is like a beautiful landscape painted by a painter. The snow-covered Beas Mountains have become very soft in color. The majestic lines surround the horizon. The shrubs all over the mountain are like pendants of various colors hanging on them.

Dusk falls on this majestic mountain range, and winding paths wind down along the precipitous peaks, sometimes repeating and sometimes intersecting, like the ever-changing beautiful skirt of a Dorok dancer.

In previous years, the Nord Kyoto area in July was a harvest scene, with the jubilant atmosphere of the harvest season everywhere. In the fertile fields, there are busy people everywhere. Farmers harvest the mature rice, dry it in the sun, and store it in warehouses. At the same time, they also gather the rice straw in the field and pile it into tall straw stacks. , every household will have cattle tied under the straw pile, which is the basis for farmers' survival.

It usually rains at this time, but it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t rain. The water source from the river is enough to irrigate the wheat fields in the basin. After the harvested wheat fields have been soaked for more than ten days, they can be cultivated again. The cattle pull the iron plow. The soil was dug out, mixed with farmyard manure accumulated by every household, and stirred again into a flat field, and the day for transplanting rice came again.

As the political, economic, and cultural center of the Kingdom of Rotoku, there is a very developed agricultural civilization outside Kyoto. For the people living here, wheat fields have become a part of their lives as long as they can remember.

No matter the sun rises or sets, the clouds roll or relax, most people living here are busy for the wheat fields, and the wheat fields are everything to them. No matter how unpredictable the wind and rain outside are, for the Nords living in the hinterland of the kingdom, there is no need to pay much attention. Anyway, no enemy has attacked this basin for hundreds of years.

There are densely packed towns here. Although they are not large in scale, they are numerous in number. Countless stone roads in a network connect these towns, which look like a string of broken pearls.

The largest towns probably have tens of thousands of people. Because this is a basin surrounded by mountains, there is not much agriculture except for growing wheat. Most of all commercial trade is related to wheat. The single economy has created the unique agricultural glory of Rotoku Kyoto, and has also made this place a unique place. The foundation of the capital of the country. In the hundreds of years before commerce was developed, the status of Nord Kyoto was more like a heart that provided blood and vitality for the expansion of the Nord people.

As the war approaches, the outskirts of Nord Kyoto in July this year seem a bit special and deserted. Except for a large number of carriages transporting food and supplies outside,

All the fields on both sides look very empty and desolate. Except for the scarecrow standing indifferently, there are also a few poor farmers, most of whom are women, children and the elderly, because the young people have been recruited. The battlefield has caused this once prosperous land to fall into the dilemma of labor shortage.

In order to hinder the falcon army marching south as much as possible, the Nords placed soldiers everywhere in the main outer towns. They built small castles on some highlands and monitored every passerby from a high position. It felt like everyone was a spy for the Falcon Army. The spear in the soldier's hand exuded a frightening cold light under the sunlight, making every passerby feel very uneasy.

Martial law has been implemented in all towns. The grain merchants who were active in the past are now banned from entering due to the promulgation of the Nord Kyoto embargo. Grain trading has been canceled without mercy.

All the wheat produced by farmers was collected and controlled by the military in the name of war taxes. Farmers only left a very small amount of grain according to their population. A large amount of farmland was expropriated for the construction of fortifications, especially the earthen dams along both sides of the river. The farmland that had just been harvested was basically dug into deep winding trenches by the Nord army. I hope to use this to stop the light cavalry with the strongest assault ability in the Falcon Army.

Nord archers are stationed on many of the more prominent and higher mountains. They control the surrounding areas from a high position and are vigilantly waiting for the arrival of the Falcon Army. In fact, the relative height of these highlands is only about 34 meters, but in the flat Nord Kyoto Basin, they are quite eye-catching. Controlling such a small hill is equivalent to controlling the surrounding area of ​​several hundred meters.

This is the continuous fortifications formulated by Duke Ellenbaugh, the Minister of Military Affairs of Nord, and Duke Steinhoff, the Kyoto Defense Officer, to resist the attack of the Falcon Army, which is known as the most powerful army. Later historians once said that half Just kidding, in the second half of Falcon Dynasty calendar year 3, the Nords almost turned their Kyoto into a solid fortress.

Kyoto Defense Officer Duke Steinhoff left his headquarters early in the morning and went to various key points to inspect combat readiness. He rode along the Andens River to inspect the surrounding defenses.

He moved forward slowly, stopping to watch from time to time. Sometimes he stopped to ask nearby soldiers what they had discovered. Because he could not get a satisfactory answer, he even scolded a few people. There was a squadron leader who, because of his laziness, hid in his military camp and slept in during the alert. As a result, Duke Steinhoff happened to see him and ordered his execution on the spot. This bloody head greatly shocked all Nobel laureates. The hearts of the German soldiers knew that the defense officer was serious this time. That is to say, the Falcon Army is getting closer and closer.

As a large basin, Nord Kyoto doesn't have many commanding heights. At a glance, it's all endless plains. Except for bushes on some hills, there aren't even any plants.

Standing on a high point, Duke Steinhoff carefully checked the sturdiness of the small castle on the commanding heights. Because they were built just before the war, most of the small castles were made of temporary materials and were piled on the spot with the soil of dug trenches. After that, he patted the dry soil with his hands to see if the soil above was solid enough.

This is the only way to take advantage of disadvantaged forces to fight against the highly morale Falcon Army. The tragic defeat of Geralance shows that the previous city-based defense method does not work. The Falcon Army has formed an extremely complete siege Strategy, just like Geralance, if the Falcon Army also ignites Nord Kyoto with incendiary bombs, it will be enough to cause chaos for the Nord defenders

Faced with this kind of opponent, Duke Steinhoff's suggestion to the Ministry of Military Affairs and His Majesty the King is to "expand the battle line to the periphery, use a huge defense network of trenches and small castles, and let the sharp arrow clusters of the Falcon Army Just like a bird caught in a net, as the powerful impact is weakened layer by layer, it finally loses all room for development.

If the Falcon Army wants to get closer to the city wall, it must use head-on methods to pull out these small castles one by one. Facing hundreds of such small castles, even if everything goes well, it will take at least more than 2 months. , no matter how powerful the Falcon Dynasty's army is, they will be exhausted. For such a move to storm Nord Kyoto, unless the opposing commander is a fool among fools.

The Falcon Dynasty defeated the main force of Nord in southern Wikiia, which also gave Nord, a traditional army power, a chance to reflect. Not everyone attributes the failure to luck or lack of bravery. Nord soldiers, One of the most elite groups in the Ikadiva continent is also reflecting on its willingness to fail.

Some of the upper echelons of the Nord military are also determined to fully learn from the Falcon Army, which defeated themselves and their old enemies, the Raedians, and try every possible means to use the Falcon Army's combat theories and combat techniques to repair their own weaknesses.

Just like Crimson Rope who launched a cavalry counterattack in Geralance, Duke Steinhoff also did not hesitate to abandon the field spirit that the Nord army was once proud of, abandoning the Nord King's army, which he thought was the best in the world. One's axes and other weapons were completely replaced with spears and heavy shields that were more conducive to group warfare.

The "Spider Web Tactics" in front of us is a variant based on the Falcon Dynasty's original tactics against the Kugit light cavalry.

Just like laying out layers of nooses against the cavalry outside Nord Kyoto, it is difficult for the overwhelmingly superior cavalry units in the Falcon Army to function.

The First Army Corps, which suffered a major defeat in southern Wikiia, also played a considerable role at this time.

The Ministry of Military Affairs requested His Majesty the King to assign most of the officers and experienced soldiers to the rest of the defense forces. Through their own experience and rich war experience, they can use words and deeds to teach those who have not been on the battlefield. The new Nord ※※ soldiers must change from the previous combat method of only charging to learning defensive tactics as soon as possible.

Looking at the endless trenches, Duke Steinhoff finally felt a little more at ease, and seemed to be full of hope for the future of Kyoto's defense war. No matter how powerful the Falcon Army is, it may not be easy to pass through these winding trenches. Their Thors and fuel bombs can't completely level these trenches, can they?

As long as their devilish weapons cannot fully exert their power, the Nord army can still resolutely block the rapid advancement of the Falcon army.