2133 The Great Turning Point (2)
The blue waves float in the port of Yagpur in the Central European Barrow region, two imperial dragon tooth warships with sharp fronts as razors split the sea, escorting this imperial dragon-class battleship slowly into the port area, on the huge hull, a slightly chubby figure is revealed in the bow position, the entire port area has been under martial law, from the platform to the outer wall of the port, the local garrison of the empire is closed by the water, and even a few streets outside the port are in a state of full martial law, Yagpur Port is just a small port, the entire port area is about five miles long and wide, the main economic industry is fishing and a small amount of trade, it is the origin of the silver ribbon fish in Central Europe,
As one of the seventeen ports connected by the Sea of Strands on the mainland, Yagpur ranked eleventh, until the outbreak of the Faisan War, the location of Yagpur Port was inconspicuous, but after the outbreak of the Faisan War, as the closest port from the mainland from the Strant naval base camp, the strategic location of Yagpur Port began to stand out, this town is one of the three major settlements of the Strant migration, in just two months, the town of no more than 1,000 people poured into the town at once, densely packed with new wooden houses, a large area of unclaimed land was reclaimed, and huge windmills were erected on the high mounds, the central area has been excavated around the moat, and it has the atmosphere of a small city.
But with the defeat of the Istan people, the Phisan army counterattacked, the whole situation collapsed, the Phasan army, who hated the Aliens, along the way, launched a massacre of the towns where the Aliens were located, the proud Strangers, tasted the bitter fruit of not having a strong army, without the protection of the army, only the Alien of the navy, could not actually protect the land territory, and the settlements formed a so-called self-defense team, this kind of militia armed in the face of the strong army of the main road countries, is simply a weak person who has no ability to resist。
The Istan army withdrew in a hurry, and even its two ace legions did not hesitate to be outcasts, where there was still room to take care of the Aliens, and it was the Seventh Army of Faisan who was responsible for sweeping the coastal areas, and there was no hindrance, so it burned all the way, and the settlements of the Aliens were broken down in pieces,
The land where the Fishan army passed, a sea of blood, is said to be only in the port of Quart, another large settlement. In just one night, the Phisan army, which broke through the city walls, destroyed the entire city with a brutal massacre, the houses were mercilessly burned, and the corpses of the Strants were lying on the city roads where the black smoke went straight in. More than 17,000 people of the inhabitants of Quart were slaughtered, and less than 100 survived, because the Fessans wanted them to dig pits and bury their bodies.
Just one night. The Quarth settlement, with a total population of nearly 20,000 people, was ruthlessly wiped out in this way, and the news of the catastrophe came, and the whole of Gerbul was shaken. The Aliens in the harbor fled frantically, and the entire harbor was two-thirds empty at once, and they were able to stay. All the merchants, handicraftsmen, and smugglers who invested a lot of money and bought a large number of industries in this new small city, just watched the small city being burned down by the Faysans, and they were not reconciled, and the few interest groups that stayed behind discussed countermeasures, and I don't know who was the first to put forward it." Rather than sit and wait for death like this, it is better to simply hang the banner of the Falcon Empire, although the Faisan army is cruel, but it still has some scruples about the Falcon Empire, an ally on the surface, if you see that the port of Yagpur has been taken by the Falcon Empire, you may be able to bypass it" Although the upper echelons of the Strand Sea Empire have always been at odds with the Empire, and have always claimed that the Falcon Empire is ambitious and an invader from the open sea, and even fought in the southern sea battle of Gangfei, but for ordinary Strand merchants, the image of the empire that focuses on commercial development has brightened a lot.
The Empire has the most powerful armies and the wealthiest regions, but it is the merchants who can make the Empire truly the number one power in the entire Obaro region
The battle of the imperial army is still on the front line of the Central European Barrow, and the tentacles of the imperial commercial alliance have extended to Central Bia at the other end of the continent, and the exciting news comes from the Central European and Baro countries, the empire is building a road in the Central European and Baro countries, a Central European Baro artery from more than ten Central European Barrow countries to guò, which was absolutely impossible in the past, the Central Europe and the Baro countries seem to be united, but in fact, there are many internal contradictions, each has its own intentions, and in such an environment, a road across the entire Central Europe and the Barrow can be built, and the gold trade route that has been accumulated for hundreds of years will be opened。 For any merchant, it is a miracle that the empire is now located, the business alliance of the empire is the common pride of all merchants, and there has never been a country, any era, like the Falcon Empire, that has elevated the status of merchants to a higher level than the nobility,
In the Falcon Empire, no one pays attention to the nobles' carriages, even if you are a century-old famous family, several generations of inheritance, and may even have been the nominal lord of a certain region, there is absolutely no carriage of large wealthy merchants, and it can become the absolute focus of countless banquets, I heard that in the Falcon Empire, it is the representatives of the merchants who manage the city, and this alone is enough to make all the merchants tempted, yearning, and hearing the mention of the Chamber of Commerce, "Yes, this is a good idea!"
Several other forces agreed almost without hesitation, the Qianrui of the Fei Shan army is less than fifty miles away from here, and the remaining troops may be left at any time, and the people who still have a tough style in their real blood have already fled the port, for those who are stubborn in their style, they believe that the sea is where Alien is, and staying on land is to be cursed, in this case, whoever can keep Yagpur is the savior, as for whether he is the Strand Sea Country, or the Falcon Empire, he can't care so much, the meeting was hastily dispersed,
An hour later, a hundred Falcon Empire flags were hung on the outer wall of the harbor, which had been rushed by the Port Crafts Association. Almost less than two hours after the flag was hoisted, the troops of the Fesan army appeared outside the port, enough for a thousand troops, these Fisan soldiers were wearing red armor, and the blood color seemed to be visible on the soldiers' weapons, although they were far away, but they could also faintly see that there was black smoke rising in the direction of the Unai camp ten miles away from Yagpur, and the direction in which the team of thousands of people appeared was the direction of Unai
"Unai is finished!" everyone in the harbor held their breath as they looked at the regular army of Fesan lined up outside the city. Sweat broke out in the palms of all the hands, although the Unai camp was not as big as Yagpur, but there were more than a thousand people, including about three or four hundred young and strong people, equipped with a patrol team armed with ship's weapons, such a camp with a certain combat ability, it was over when it was finished, according to the practice of the Fei Shan army, the Unai camp must be miserable, "Is it okay!" someone in the crowd asked in a low voice. There was some commotion, "How do I know, after all, it is a hundred empty flags, and it is difficult for me to say that it can scare a thousand-person team of the Feishan people!" A middle-aged man shook his head with an ugly face, "What are you afraid of, the Feishan people are really going to fight, and the guy in our hands is not a vegetarian!" A sturdy sailor raised the harpoon in his hand and whispered, "What are you kidding." Do you think this is a fight at sea? Seeing the archers standing at the front of the queue, the other side doesn't need to attack the city at all, just one round of rockets, and it is enough to set the entire port on fire! Don't forget. The entire port is made of wood, and the sea breeze is so strong today that it is not a rocket, even a little Mars. It will also burn most of the streets," said a veteran with a certain amount of experience, with a stern expression, to the archers in Fei Shan's army who had slowly raised their bows and arrows
"What then?
The strong man's face became ugly, and he shivered. At this moment, an officer from the Faisan army came out, and stopped fifty meters away from the port in some confusion, looking at the Falcon Empire flag on the top of the port, the Fissan officer turned around and raised his hand to the commander of the force behind him, I don't know what it meant, but after a few seconds, the Fissan army, which was already about to move, suddenly turned, "Hooray, we don't have to die!" As the first port of the Strandant Sea Kingdom to surrender to the Empire, the people of Yagpur Port did not know that its self-preservation move made the entire battle plan of the Faisan people advance, and even directly affected the final trend of this war, "Exactly? The Falcon Empire has already begun to occupy the coastal ports in advance?" "Are you sure you are not dazzled?" The report from the side of the Seventh Army made the command of the Fei San Army, which had been surrounded in front of the military map for three days and three nights, collectively shut down, how could it be possible, the 100,000 Falcon Imperial Army has been under our surveillance all along, when did it enter the coastal area?
When the Minister of Operations, Faisan's Minister of War, Carmen, received this report, his experienced mind was blank for ten seconds. The first thing that came to mind was the counterattack of my Fei Shan's 400,000 army, and the result of countless soldiers fighting to the death, is this just to make wedding dresses for others!
The bastard of the Falcon Empire finally began to can't help but show his fox tail, from picking up things behind the Istan people at the beginning, and now it has developed to directly snatch the results of the battle! If it can't be effectively contained, in a few days, the entire coastal area will be hung with the military flag of the Falcon Empire, and the Falcon Empire will easily take away this fat land, coupled with the Falcon Empire's terrifying naval cooperation, the powerful soldiers of the Falcon Empire Army can point at the hinterland of Faisan anytime and anywhere, this situation must not happen,
Faisan's Minister of Military Affairs Carmen sat down, picked up the black pen on the table, signed his name on a report, put down the pen heavily, and raised his head, "I didn't expect this preparatory plan to be used so quickly!" Carmen muttered to himself with a solemn face, and shouted to the door, "Someone" "My lord?" The adjutant walked in from the outside, "Report to Your Majesty immediately, and request that the third battle plan be advanced!" Carmen stood up solemnly, handed the report to the adjutant who walked in, the third battle plan, is a secret plan of the Fishan army that is not open to the public, and even the people who know this plan, there are only a few people, and even on whether to sign or approve, it is not determined, this is a contingency plan, the alliance with the Falcon Empire is an expedient measure, whether it is Fishan or the Empire, the two sides are only because of the common enemy Istan people come together, now the main force of the Istan army has collapsed, and the Fishan army has also mobilized the strength of the whole country, to say that the biggest danger of Fishan at present is no longer the Iraqi people, but the Falcon Empire,
The Falcon Empire has established its hegemony in Central Europe Barrow, and this time it has pressed into the battlefield of Fesan with 100,000 troops, and this sharp spear can not only make the Istan people bleed. Reversing the entire battle situation also made Fei Shan's side always vigilant, the so-called third battle plan is a battle plan for such a situation,
In this battle plan, it is mentioned that as long as there is any change in the Falcon Imperial Army, Feshan's Fifth Army and Sixth Army. A total of 100,000 men will break away from the pursuit and drive westward into the Bavaried region, Bavaried. In the Central European Baro language, it means "autumn of the pasture", a series of dark green dense needle pines, like the sky is wild, the green grass seals the territory, as far as the eye can see, it is a natural upturned slope formed by the towering Alpine snowy mountains, the top of the perennial snow-covered mountain is white, but the mountain is full of bright red flowers of various colors blooming all over the mountainside, and the eye-catching layer of emerald green grass. Like an endless green carpet covering the earth, extending to the end of the junction of heaven and earth, there are also the silver mountains of the mountain lake, and the birds flying by the lake. It's like entering a pure land outside the world
As the connecting area between Central Europe and the Kingdom of Fashan, the mountains of Central Europe began to slow down here, gradually connecting with the great plains of the eastern part of the country, and the land area of the Bavarian province was not large. The total population is less than 300,000, and it used to be the pasture of the Hungarians, thirty years ago. The Kingdom of Fesan seized this area from the Hunya, and under the grassland policy that the Huns have adhered to for many years, the environment here is more almost wilderness, and the terrain is condescending, and the 100,000 Fessan troops are stationed, which is like a raised side knife, which can directly pose a threat to the 100,000 Falcon Imperial Army
Of course, this is only the goal of the military, the third operational plan. It was to comprehensively curb the infiltration of the Falcon Empire, and when the two main armies were transferred into the Bavaried region as a military deterrent, the sword that really stabbed the Falcon Empire in the back broke out at the same time, and on August 27, the plenipotentiary of the empire in charge of the Central European Barrow region was assassinated, and this event, in the eyes of later historians, was called the "Great Turning Point!"
"The defense of the Imperial Governor Duo Zhi has always been relatively negligent, the fat man has criticized it before, but the style of Duo Zhi is like this, this old man who was born as the Speaker of Dorok has always adhered to the style of strict law and rest, although he has obtained the control of the two banner regiments of the empire, but because of the shortage of funds, coupled with the full support of the material operation of the 100,000 army of the empire in the rear on the battlefield of Feishan, the protective force left by his side, on the contrary, there is only a team of two hundred people, logically speaking, the strength of two hundred people in a mansion is enough, but if you meet a real person with a heart, it is another matterTo be able to force the Falcon Empire to withdraw from the battlefield of Faisan at a critical moment, Feishan's preparations were far more comprehensive than the Empire had envisioned, but the Feisan people themselves did not expect that their self-righteousness would provoke the scales of a bird of prey!" - excerpt from Chapter 5 of "The Records of the Empire".
The old man's habit is to go to the Governor's Mansion at eight o'clock in the morning, as the plenipotentiary representative of the empire in charge of the Central European Barrow countries, the governor of the empire, the life of the choice is very simple, although it has a richly decorated governor's mansion, but the choice is more accustomed to rest in such a place, the empire's 100,000 troops pressed into the battlefield of Feshan, all the material transfer, all the material transfer, need to be deployed through the choice, the governor's palace was just built, there is a lack of talent, many things need to be done by the choice, even if it is such a person, after all, it is also old, no longer as rigid as when he was young, a month of heavy work has made his spirit worse and worse recently,
Once again, the groggy multi-choice plunged into a swamp of slumber. Late that night, Duo Zhi woke up again. Outside the window was a swarthy wood. The first quarter moon hung in the sky, and the clear moonlight sprinkled all over the room, he got up from his desk, sorted out the scattered texts, and his throat seemed to be burning, and he walked to the table and wanted to pour saliva and drink. "Do you want to drink water?" in the middle of the night. This sudden sound. It was particularly thrilling, and Duo Xue looked stunned for a moment, and saw a swarthy figure standing in the shadow in front of the door. Seeing that Duo Xue didn't answer, he asked again, "Do you want to drink water?"
"Ah, it's Pask!" recognized the man's voice, and Duo Ze breathed a sigh of relief, "When did you come in?"
"Just now, I saw that the adults were asleep just now, so I didn't bother the adults, I came to get a financial statement!" Emerge from the shadows. Snow-white moonlight shone on his long, thin face. It looks very white. Because the Governor's Mansion was first established, there was an extreme shortage of talents, and most of the talents in other parts of the empire liked to go to areas where opportunities and prosperity coexisted such as Putao, such as Central Europe Barrow, where Duoxuan was located, which was originally an area that had not yet been completely stabilized, and the empire was currently heavily assembled in the battle ground, and ordinary people were reluctant to come, so there was no way. Duo Zhi can only be used by some local people, and this Paske is one of them, as a financial officer who is proficient in arithmetic, Pasco is very much appreciated by Duo Zhi, and he carries a water bottle in his hand. Silently poured a glass of water for Duo Zhi, and Duo Zhi rubbed his temples a little dizzy
"Your Excellency, please use it. ”
"Oh, thank you" Duo Ze raised the cup to his lips, and suddenly he noticed that Paske's eyes flickered and stared at his hand holding the cup, and his Adam's apple twitched silently,
Choose more than one thought. Aren't all the financial statements already audited? Even if there is, it shouldn't be taken in your own office, many thoughts flashed through me, and I quietly put down the cup again, "I don't seem to be very thirsty yet, I'll drink it later." ”
"Adults have been too tired lately, drinking more water is good for your body," Paske said with a concerned expression, his voice unusually gentle. Every cold hair of Duoxuan stood up, and the moonlight shone in through the window at this moment. Duoxuan's gaze involuntarily glanced at the other party's waist. The bulging under the other party's uniform: What is that? dagger or dagger?
"Yes, when people are old, they are not as good as when they were young!" Duo chose to quietly move away from the other party. But the body was weak and couldn't exert any strength, so he put the cup on the table with a smile, "You go down first." I'll drink it myself. ”
"It seems that my lord has understood!" Paske's expression changed slightly, staring at the glass of water that Duo Zhi put down, and slowly raised his head, "Actually. I've always respected people like the dà people, and they could have reduced a lot of suffering, but it's a pity that the adults are too stubborn!" he grinned and showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth. The smile has a spooky smack.
"Are you...... Fei Shan!" Duo Zhi stared at him, he was still wondering, who would have thought of killing himself, but at this moment he suddenly understood, it was Fei Shan! 100,000 elites of the empire pressed into the Fei San battlefield, after the Fei Shan people defeated the Istanbuls, the first thing they needed to deal with was the 100,000 Imperial Army, and the logistics and supply of the 100,000 Imperial Army were all responsible for themselves, as long as they got rid of themselves in one fell swoop, the entire logistics would be paralyzed!
"My lord, why are you bothering!"
Paske suddenly turned around and pounced, his hand on his waist quickly touched a sharp light, and without pause, he stabbed straight into Duo Ze's throat! In a hurry, Duo Ze raised his hand and "snap!" A large glass of water splashed on Paske's face. Pasque screamed, covered his eyes with his hands, and shouted "Ahhh
"Bang!"
The door to the room was kicked open at the same time, and three guards from the Doge's Palace rushed in. Seeing the dagger in Pasque's hand, the faces of the three guards of the Governor's Mansion turned white, when did the other party enter the Governor's Office? Bastard, if something goes wrong with Lord Duoxuan, they will have to apologize with death,
"Arrest him first!"
Duo Ze commanded loudly, and as soon as his words fell, a sharp wind swept past his face, and then he heard a scream, and one of the guards was hit by an arrow in the forehead, red blood mixed with white brains exploded from the wound, and his body still maintained the posture of rushing over, and he fell down!
"Enemy attack!" The other two guards hurriedly rushed over, and at this moment, a second arrow flew from the window and pierced the neck of one of the guards.
"Your Excellency, go!" the last guard pulled Duo Zhi up to block him. Before he could finish speaking, his voice suddenly stopped: there was an extra dagger on his chest at some point, and it was Paske! His eyes were swollen and his vision was blurry, and he could only roughly stab at Duozhi, and as a result, he stabbed into the guard's body.
"Rush in!" There was a large sound outside the window, and a dense crowd of people suddenly appeared on the outer wall of the Governor's Palace, numbering as many as three or four hundred people, all dressed in black robes, biting in their mouths or carrying scimitars in their hands, and at the height of the outer wall, there was also an archer wearing light leather armor, standing tall and tall, the silver full moon shone on his body, and every time a silver bow was pulled in his hand, a guard of the Governor's Palace was inevitably shot over, and the three arrows that were shot in from the window just now were his handwriting, he and Pasque were partners for many years, if it weren't for the guards, Duoxuan would have died several times,
Hurried footsteps rang out outside the room, and several guards burst into the room. Several swords pierced Pasque's body at the same time, "Duo Choice, you can't escape, the entire Doge's Mansion will be killed!" Paske's puffy eyes were bloodshot, the corners of his mouth were sinister, and his body fell with a bang
"I didn't expect Paske to be a spy!" came the urgent arrival of the multi-choice adjutant Reb, who came to the window. After looking at the form outside, he anxiously said to Duoxue, "My lord, there are a lot of unknown enemies outside, the back door has been breached, and the guards in front of me are afraid that they won't be able to hold on for long, you must leave immediately!"
"How many people are on the other side?" Duo Xue asked with a grim expression, "At least more than five hundred, it has surrounded the Governor's Mansion on all sides, it looks like it should be a soldier!" The adjutant had a complicated look in his eyes and said with an ugly face, "The guards of the entire Governor's Mansion are only more than two hundred people, and they have been completely suppressed. Even if the nearest garrison reacts, it will take about an hour, but I am afraid that it will be ...... then" The adjutant's voice stopped, but the meaning was already very obvious, I was afraid that it would be too late,
"So, we can't run away!"
Duoxuan's expression was unusually calm, and he looked at the moon in the sky, August was coming to an end. The river in the distance sparkles, the moonlight exudes the unique fresh smell of the lake, and the first stars of the morning are reflected in the red water, twinkling lonely. The river glowed silver in the night, and it was in such a beautiful moonlight that the governor's palace had become a battlefield of battle, for the enemy had attacked suddenly. And the number of people was completely crushed, and the guards of the governor's palace suffered heavy casualties. If it weren't for the crossbowmen located in the corner towers on both sides who gave the opponent a lot of damage, the opponent would have rushed in a long time ago
Is this the day I choose to end up? Not bad, at least there is the moon, isn't it so disgusting! Duo chose to make up his mind, turned around from the window, and said to himself, "Your Excellency, you can't ......!" The adjutant's face changed slightly, "I'm old, I'm always going to die, the only pity is my book! I thought I could see it again!" The corners of his mouth grinned slightly, he came to his desk, took out a stack of manuscripts that had not yet been officially published, picked up the pen and wrote the last line on it, and handed it to the adjutant "Keep this, replace me, and give it to Your Majesty!" "Oh, by the way, and help me tell His Majesty" Duo Ze's voice paused and continued. The counterattack of the Fishan army was very fierce and the results were remarkable, in just a few days it annihilated the main army of the two most elite Iranian troops, especially the Fishan Seventh Army, which was extremely fast in the coastal direction, after taking the control of the coastal area, the whole army took the Fishan light cavalry as the front, day and night, like a sharp sword inserted diagonally, it is likely to break through the flank of the main force of the Istan army in one fell swoop, according to the views of his subordinates, the main force of the Istan army this time is only afraid of being more than lucky, once it is entangled by the Seventh Army of Fishan and the Seventh Army of Fishan is the horn of each other, it is enough to nail the main force of the Istan Army there, as long as the main force of the Fishan Army arrives, in less than half a month, you can eat all the more than 200,000 Iranian troops whose morale has been reduced to the extreme...... The battle of Fesan may end early!" "My lord!" The adjutant's body trembled slightly, and his voice carried a hint of crying, "The other party is here to kill me, only if I die, they will evacuate immediately, and everyone will be able to survive"
Duo Xue calmly walked to the window sill outside, he knew that the terrible archer on the other side must be waiting, sure enough, when his figure appeared at the window, the archer with a silver bow standing on a high place, looking down on the entire balcony, had his pupils shrunk slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a cruel smile, the target, appeared, all the people who participated in the attack this time had seen the portrait of Duo Xue before the action, this thin old man was inconspicuous on the portrait, but at this moment, when his whole body was standing on the window sill, the silver moonlight seemed to be solidifying, and the feeling seemed to be saying, I am here!
"Die!" A swift arrow, in the midst of the lightning, struck Duo Ze in the chest. He snorted, took a few steps back, and with a thud, another arrow pierced through his warm body, slamming into the stone platform behind him with a burst of blood. Blood erupted. In the darkness, Duoxuan's figure shook a few times, and finally fell down heavily
"My lord!" The adjutant who witnessed this scene, along with several guards, knelt on the ground at the same time, and outside the window, a clear whistle sounded, and the black-robed man who pounced on the governor's palace receded like a tide,
"The enemy has retreated, the enemy has retreated!" the guards of the Governor's Mansion raised their weapons happily, there were so many enemies that everyone thought they would not survive tonight, and for some reason, the enemy retreated like this, until a howl broke the cheers, and the adjutant held Duo Zhi's thin body, howling and crying, his cry was intermittent, suppressed and low, more like a choked cry, "Lord Governor, you would rather sacrifice yourself in order to protect us from all being killed!"
"Your Excellency the Governor!" the guards of the Governor's Palace turned pale and their eyes were bloodshot, and all of them laid down their weapons and saluted in unison in the direction of the balcony, and then everyone bowed their heads in silent salute.
On 28 August, the news of Duo Zhi's death reached the headquarters of the Imperial Navy, and the command of the flagship, which had just been busy, was immediately and frighteningly quiet.
All the captains put down what they were doing and their eyes fell on the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Dustrenkay,
The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy shook slightly, and asked again in a low voice, "Are you sure the report is correct?"
"It's confirmed!" the adjutant of the fleet, who came to report, took a deep breath,
"Then, report to Your Majesty!" Dustrengkai's face was cold with a piercing chill, which made all the fleet admirals feel the cold surging up from the bottom of their hearts, and the assassination of an imperial governor was definitely a provocation to the entire imperial army, and it also moved the reverses of the falcon majesty! (To be continued......)