1976 August stormy
In August, when the grass grows and eagles fly, even in winter, it is like a spotless northern wilderness, and at this moment it is full of vibrant weeds, and the dotted wildflowers are like popping up with the raindrops, like a huge carpet spreading outside the city wall, the white raindrops are flying in the wind, and there is a stinging chill on the face, and the August rain in northern Obaro has the taste of early winter,
Murphy Boone stood on the tower in the center of Murphy City, letting the biting rain of laughter fall on his armor, his eyes staring with some satisfaction and pride at the humble settlement behind him that was hazy in the rain, four not wide earthen walls outlining the pattern of five miles in length and width, and the houses were built with the most extensive northern cohesive earth in the vicinity,
The number of houses is only more than 500, but the streets are horizontal and longitudinal, and the figures are dotted, which has shown the scale that a city should have.
This is the settlement of the Murphy family that Murphy Oone spent countless efforts to establish, and it is called "Murphy City" to the outside world, and the distance between Murphy City and the long wall in the north of the empire is one hundred and fifty miles, and it is the northernmost city marked on the map of the empire, in a self-governing city,
The city wall is not wide, but the defense is complete, the arrow tower, the sentry tower, especially the more than a dozen wide trenches at the beginning of the city wall to expand outward, like a huge crack to cut the northwest land, it looks rough and very imposing, the wall sentry tower flutters with the military flag of the Murphy family and a falcon with wings flying, only the long wooden plank that is fixed in the middle can pass guò, the width of the wooden plank determines the number of people who can quickly pass guò, under normal circumstances, the width of the wooden plank is only enough for two transport carriages to travel side by side, which Murphy Oboone learned from the long wall defense in the north of the Falcon Empire,
This means of digging trenches for defense can achieve obvious results at almost no cost, and the trenches are very useful for the effect of large-scale cavalry raids, so that the defense of Murphy City is more than doubled, and the archers on the walls can condescendingly suppress the enemy's advance,
Compared to the calm of the country, the storm of the Sino-Belgian war is almost imperceptible. The feeling here is already a precursor to storm siltation,
The huge dark clouds of war are hanging over the seemingly distant east, and the word Dongting is expanding with the aftermath of the war on the Central and Biyan sides, so that the people who live here no longer feel novel.
The Dongting Grassland Empire was cruel, bloody, and finally powerful, incomparably powerful. Longbow fast horse, arrow horse double essence, once the cluster advances must be the blood sea mountains and rivers of the tragedy, this is a trembling huge beast, this beast is fighting against the Central Beians, and has the momentum of swallowing the entire Central Bea,
This is how all the Central Bibians who fled from the East described it, and most of them migrated because of the war in Central Bia, and the northern part of Central Bia was completely destroyed. The border tribes that originally belonged to Central Bia chose to move westward, although they were separated by thousands of miles, but the tragic war that broke out in the land of Central Bia still made Murphy Boone feel cold from these migrants.
A year ago, Murphy City was just a small fortress where Murphy's Dragonarmed Cavalry were stationed, and Murphy Boone needed to create a new one by himself in a difficult environment, but in this year. More and more people are coming from the east, and Murphy City in Murphy Boone is one of the few major cities with an offensive and defensive combination in the eyes of the nearby displaced people. Becoming the preferred object of attachment for these eastern refugees and small tribes from the east, the Murphy Dragoon's sphere of influence gradually expanded, and gradually became more than 30,000 inhabitants, and with this city as the center, the formation of a control area has encompassed a nearby area of one hundred and fifty miles, of which four small settlements are also voluntarily attached to Murphy City
Wearing carved heavy armor and holding a golden spear flag in his hand, the momentum brought by the full-body armor makes the wandering tribes here respectfully called the "Holy Land Cavalry", for most of the small tribes from the East, the combat power of the Holy Land Cavalry is not ordinarily strong, because many tribes have found that under normal circumstances, the scattered and wandering Eastern Court Rangers will not take the initiative to provoke the Holy Land Cavalry, and the Dongting people also have feared opponents, which makes the prestige of Murphy City push to the peak" Fei Tang, as a Zhongbia general who has fought against the Dongting people, I want to ask you, if we clash with the Dongting cavalry, who do you think will have a greater chance of winning" Murphy Boone withdrew his gaze from the direction of Murphy City with infinite longing, and asked a black-haired young man beside him in a condensed voice, "If it is a battle within a hundred people, the adult's Murphy Dragon Armor will win completely against any enemy, but if it is a general battle of more than 100,000 people......" The young man known as Fei Tang asked with a bit of natural extraordinary momentum in his eyes"But the Dongting people are still fighting in Central Bia, so they shouldn't have come here!"
This young man was dressed in the decoration of Murphy's dragon armor cavalry, his eyes were sharp and bright, his black hair and black eyes, his face was heroic, and he had a sword in the style of the Central Bia Empire pinned to his waist, and the hilt of the sword hung down with a golden spike, which did not look as strong and powerful as Murphy Obon's strong body, but it also gave people a sense of strength and proportionality.
The young man was the leader of a wandering cavalry that Murphy Oone accidentally saved, and he didn't know what caused the Dongting people to drive thousands of miles to the west, and in the end there were less than five people left to faint and die in the wilderness, and they happened to be rescued by Murphy Oone who was patrolling with his subordinates, out of gratitude for Murphy Oone's saving grace, and the Dongting people had cut off the road back to Central Byrne, so the young man stayed with Murphy Oone and changed his name to Fei Tang, and now he is an officer in the Murphy Dragon Army who is responsible for communicating with the displaced people in Central Bea, and his talent is excellent, and Murphy City can expand rapidly, and the young man has made great contributions,
"I don't want to ask, but according to the latest report from the scouts who went to explore the way, I don't know why, the Cang Legion, which was originally in a state of displacement, suddenly began to change its previous wait-and-see attitude, and began to gather in the Gangra River two hundred miles away, with more than 20,000 troops, the total number is not yet clear, but judging from the frequency of scouts that the other party continues to send to this side to investigate, this will be a precursor to a tragic battle" Orfeo Boone smiled bitterly on the corner of his mouth If it was before, I would not hesitate to lead my subordinates to withdraw to the safe imperial longwall defense line, the number of our Murphy dragon armor cavalry has been continuously damaged, and it has been sharply reduced to less than 20,000 people, preserving strength is the best policy, like the main army of the Eastern Court Empire to fight this kind of thing, it is better to leave it to the powerful empire to deal with, but now it is not possible, the eastern refugees who have attached to the Murphy dragon armor have reached 80,000, and they have given up Murphy City, which has poured countless efforts. It was an extremely cruel decision for myself and all the Murphy cavalry who worked hard for it, this is a whole year, brave the cold and snow, and countless soldiers desperately defend something, so I just want to ask, you have fought with the people of Dongting, I need a true evaluation!" "Empire, do you mean the area within the long wall?"
Fei Tang's eyes flashed with curiosity, and his voice trembled a little, he came to Murphy Dragon Armor for half a year. But he has not yet entered the range of the long wall, because the incomparably tall huge wall isolates the eyes of most people, only the Mephiob people can lead fifty guards to enter, and then there is another force, a grassland tribe called the same as the East Garden, although it is also a steppe people, but this East Court tribe is completely different from the East Court in the East, the leader is a middle-aged leader named Valahe, and the settlement established is called "Motu". It is said to be the holy city of this tribe
Fei Tang has seen this Vala, and it is true that the fierce steppe people have nothing to do with the distant East Court, and it seems that it is a small tribe classified by the steppe people. But according to Valahe, he was actually a subordinate of a powerful steppe princess, and he only came here to settle in advance, and Fei Tang was noncommittal about such a statement. Almost all the steppe people have this habit, saying that they are the descendants of the Immortal Heaven and the descendants of the Great Golden Clan. It's a branch of a large tribe or something, and according to the understanding of young people, the steppe people value blood and identity more than Zhongbiya, which values identity
But yesterday, the young man saw with his own eyes a steppe cavalry of about 5,000 men arrived in the city of Vala and Motu, this cavalry was armed with fine black vests, and the weapons were sharp and sharp, and it seemed to be a real combat unit, not Vala and the hundreds of half-grazing and half-living stragglers under his command
Could it be that it was also a cavalry from the Empire? The young man hesitated for a moment, feeling Murphy Boone's infamy feelings, and decided to tell the truth, "The adult's Murphy Dragon Armor is well-equipped and has excellent combat power, but the supply logistics requirements are too high, just armor repair requires professional armor craftsmen, once a big war breaks out, I am afraid that it will greatly limit the continuous combat ability of the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry, in this regard, the Dongting cavalry, which has a longbow and strong horses, can continue to maneuver with only a few supplies, is undoubtedly superior""""? Sure enough, mobility is the weakness of Murphy's dragon armor, what you said is very similar to what someone said, the difference is that that person once fought head-on with a hundred against a hundred, completely crushing my Murphy dragon armor cavalry!" Murphy Oone nodded slightly, his eyes flashed with a hint of memory "Crush!" Fei Tang was taken aback by Murphy Boone's words, how could this be possible!, with a look of disbelief,
He thought that Murphy Boone was joking, but Murphy Boone's face didn't look like a joke, Fei Tang held the reins of the horse tightly, and his heart was slightly shocked again, he came to the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry for half a year, in his eyes, the equipment of the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry under Murphy Boone is absolutely top-notch, the heavy armor can withstand most of the weapons, except for the sharp bayonet spear that can break through, other weapons have no way at all, this is the real top heavy cavalry, on the battlefield is a forcibly advancing killing machine qì, one hundred to one hundred, compared with the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry who is wearing exquisite heavy armor and armed to the teeth, the elite cavalry of Central Belgium led by himself at the beginning was absolutely not even a scum, or absolutely crushed. But such a top-level heavy cavalry was actually crushed one-on-one...... "It's not surprising, the Murphy Dragon Armor Cavalry may be a very powerful cavalry in your eyes, but it is not the strongest cavalry in the empire, and the real strongest cavalry is within the long wall!"
Murphy Boone sighed deeply, in the year of struggling on the border, the former Gallic general has reduced a lot of his original resentment, and the other party can keep his promise and really let himself take the Murphy Dragon Armor cavalry to this empty area to develop, the Falcon Emperor's heart is enough to be admired, the real imperial posture
Although it is far from the core of the Empire, Murphyauun returns to the Border Wall once a month, and is no stranger to the news of the war between the Empire and Gaul, and the news brought back from last month indicates that the Empire has completely annexed Gaul, which can be regarded as helping him to avenge some of his revenge
"When!when!when!" Suddenly there was a rush of bells from the direction of the city wall, "Well, what's going on?"
Murphy Boone's eyes were a little stunned, could it be that the people of Dongting couldn't help but want to make a move? I saw that in the rain curtain in front of me, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and a group of murderous black-armored cavalry galloped from a distance, black-armored fast horses, and there was iron armor on the horse's head and chest reflecting the white light in the rain, and the cold was pressing, and at first glance it was a fierce beast equipped for killing, "It's the Imperial Patrol Cavalry!"
Murphy's pupils constricted, like a cluster of black arrows moving at high speed, and at the city gate, the horses of the patrolling cavalry rushed into the gate of Murphy City like a sharp blade cutting through the rain curtain, and where the horses' hooves passed, the muddy water accumulated on the gray stone slabs spread out like patches of flowers,
The captain of the patrol cavalry who took the lead jumped down from his horse and handed the reins in his hand to the soldiers at the door, and more than a dozen cavalrymen who followed him stopped at the door, their horses' hooves raised high, stopped, and did not dismount and rest as usual, which was a posture that needed to set off at any time. "Let's go, let's take a look!" Seeing the other party coming towards the central tower, Murphy Boone's face became more and more solemn, and he waved his hand to Fei Tang behind him, in the hall, Murphy Boone looked at the patrol captain who walked in with some surprise, "Formona, who are you?" "Lord Murphy!" The captain of the patrol cavalry gave Murphy Oboone a very strict imperial military salute, the rain was flowing down the armor on his body on the ground, the captain of the patrol cavalry knelt down on one knee without hesitation, took out a document sealed in a wooden barrel from his arms, held it up with both hands, and said, "Imperial military order, please Lord Murphy arrive at the Longwall defense line within three days to participate in the Imperial Military Conference" "Imperial Military Conference?"
Murphy Boone was slightly surprised, although he belonged to the empire, but the empire also gave him considerable respect, almost no combat orders were issued, and occasionally patrol cavalry would be sent to send some supplies, but this time it was completely different, in the past, the patrol cavalry were lightly armed, but this time it was indeed a rare fully armed, this is a combat posture!"
Taking the military order paperwork, Murphy Boone asked, "Can you ask who is presiding over the meeting this time?"
The captain of the patrol cavalry hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Since it is Lord Murphy, of course you can, this time the meeting is presided over by Your Majesty! Your Majesty has reached the long wall!" "No wonder ......" Murphy Oone's eyes flashed with a hint of abruptness, I said that there was a bloody and depressing smell in this sudden wind and rain! I guess the people of Dongting also felt this way! (To be continued......)