The Empire of Istanbul, Lubu Province, the gray sky is raining.

The 8,000 highlander infantry of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Eastern Province of the Empire was marching towards the center of the province thirty miles away, and the commander of the infantry regiment, Lemur, looked at the marching queue with great satisfaction, each soldier was wearing iron armor, the weapons in his hands flashed with cold light, the neat footsteps of the queue, the shaking ground splashed, and the majestic army in front of him made Lemur dare not even think about it before

In terms of weapons and equipment, Lemur is confident that it has reached the level of the regular army of the Iranian Empire, if the highlanders had such equipment eighty years ago, they would not have been ruled by the Iraqi Empire, the empire expanded the eastern provinces, and specifically accepted the wilderness tribes on the highlands, and also allocated a large number of weapons and armor, now the highlanders in the eastern provinces have exceeded 40,000 people, with the support of the empire, the highlanders have greatly accelerated the devouring of the borders of the Istanbul Empire, a winter, has swallowed up the area of nearly a province, and the highland tribes have achieved a great victory over the Istanbulites for the first time, AprilDecades of enslavement and massacre, the bitter hatred of the highlanders for the Iranians broke out at this moment, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, the cities of the Istanbuls were destroyed, and a large number of Istanbuls were slaughtered by the Highlanders.

"My lord, fifteen miles ahead, is the capital of Luwu Province, Onard."

The guide on the road ahead pointed to the distance with a flattering face and said, this is an Istan man, with a bald head and a big belly, he looks like he is afraid of death, under the high-pressure and violent policy of the highlanders, there are always some Istan nobles who choose to give in, and the guide in front of him is. He sacrificed all his possessions to the highlanders, and led them to conquer towns and cities.

In front of him was a lake, the surface of the lake was rippled by rain, Lemur was on his horse, and his eyes looked over the lake, it was foggy, not very clear, but it didn't matter, the Empire of Istanbul had been defeated since the defeat of Fessan. The strength has been sharply reduced, and the central government's decree has long been unable to be conveyed to the localities, so that even the military power of the region has been lost, and in the face of the attack of the highlanders, it has been beaten

"Keep going, I'm going to take down Leonard tonight!"

Lemur raised his hand, frowning in disgust at the guide's flattery, not knowing why. Governor Hayallah would agree to the surrender of the maggots-like Isstans, who, according to the guide, were only a remote second-tier province of the Istan Empire, and most of the land was uncultivateable saline wilderness. So it has never been the center of gravity of the defense of the Istanbul Empire, and the strength of 8,000 men can already be said to be crushing for this region, as evidenced by the weak resistance suffered earlier. The regional garrison of dozens of people, and the town garrison of hundreds of people, encountered the most. There were only 300 Iraqi troops, and some of the Iraqi who were gritting their teeth and shouting to charge at their own army, all of whom had their limbs cut off and nailed to their stakes, and what could be the people in front of them? It was the mission of the 4th Infantry Regiment to open up the province of Lumu, to encircle the most important fortress of Chorlenardo in the second line with the main force of the Governor, and to open the gate to the hinterland of Iraq.

"Forward!" the herald cavalry galloped past the infantry marching queue, the infantry began to speed up, and at this moment, the front queue seemed to sense something, an officer raised his head, his eyes swept the horizon in front of him, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and a large shadow appeared on the horizon in front of him in the white rain that flew in the sky.

"Attention!" the officer raised his hand cautiously,

"What's going on?" the Highlanders hesitated and stopped, "It's the Iraqi Army, right?"

"What are you afraid of, the Istans are just a group of rabble" The officer rode on his horse and shouted to the soldiers who were in turmoil around him, a muffled thunderous sound came from the opposite side, the black shadow was rapidly expanding, the earth was shaking slightly, a black cloud covered the front, and a dazzling weapon cold light began to flicker in the distance, and the cold directly penetrated people's hearts

"Oh my God!"

The highland officer looked ahead, shivered, and shouted loudly in his mouth, but he couldn't see it, only to see a huge steel cavalry formation, which broke through the fog and emerged from the white rain, rows of majestic war horses, the knights on it were wearing heavy armor, and in their hands was a cavalry spear like a thorn wall, and the black pressure was rapid, and as the distance approached, the image of the knight above became clearer and clearer, the dignified and cold metal sensitivity, the riding spears raised forward in unison, and the dirt splashed by thousands of horses' hooves, flying all over the sky, the huge and neat steel rush array instantly revealed the sharp teeth that were hideous and blood-devouring,

"Attention, it's heavy cavalry!"

The highland officer's face was terrified to the extreme, and he shouted with all his might, looking at the cold flash of steel, as if a dazzling band of light was rapidly pressing in his direction, and in the rain, the long white streamer of the enemy's cavalry helmet was like a high-speed moving cloud, so fast that every blink of an eye was close to a point, and the cavalry spears were neatly side by side, and the white gas spewed out of the horse's nostrils could be seen

"Bastard, didn't you say that there was no army in Luwu Province, so what is the heavy cavalry in front of you?" Lemur's eyes are bulging, the heavy cavalry is not infantry, you can go to the battlefield with a weapon, the heavy cavalry needs to be trained for a long time, it needs a very tacit cooperation, the queue advancing on the opposite side is uniform, this is simply not the ragtag cavalry that can be hastily put together in a short time, and he was ambushed, this is the first time Lemur thought of it, although the highland wilderness people are fierce, but they are also stupid by the scene in front of them, in the highland wilderness, at most, they can see the Istan assault cavalry in light armor, where can they see such a hideous battlefield killing weapon, the queue was chaotic, and they were frightened one by one"Run, we'll die!" The highland soldiers dropped their weapons one by one and ran out of the queue, they were soldiers who were temporarily trained and pulled, and they were just fighting in front of them, how could they gain an advantage by virtue of their numbers, and now when they encountered this kind of battlefield crusher, just the momentum had already made them collapse, and the officers shouted and stopped them: "Don't run! Whoever runs will kill whom!" "Stop! I order you to stop!" But there are more and more soldiers who are fleeing!

There was an incomprehensible shout from the opposite side, and the front end of the whole cavalry slammed into the chaotic ranks of the highlanders like sharp swords, with a huge impact. Immediately shattered the highlanders, like a swirling spiked flail, smashed on the thin armor, fragments splashed, the first to contact the hundreds of highlanders were directly swept by the galloping war horses, turned into a cloud of flesh on the ground, "Ulastu!" Thousands of riding spears rushed neatly, like a river of light raised in the white rain curtain, the horses' hooves roared, and the earth trembled. The highlanders were completely overwhelmed by the cavalry. These heavy cavalry, who don't know where they came from, slashed wildly in the chaotic ranks of the highlanders, slashing like a hurricane from the side, bringing up a rush of blood, the heavy flail of the big bucket exploded, and the thousands of flying horses' hooves that rolled from the thunder trampled over the corpses of the highlanders, and a puff of blood exploded like fog, and the highlanders had completely collapsed. They cried and wailed, watching the corpses of their companions like leaves rolled up in a storm, trampled and torn apart again and again by galloping horses. What combat power disappeared, the queue immediately collapsed, and the soldiers no longer paid attention to the order and scrambled to drop their weapons. Turning and fleeing, the collapse was like the water that had opened the floodgates, and the crowd was surging. There was a clamor everywhere, "Run, run!" and "Dead!" The highland soldiers scattered and fled, trampling and colliding with each other, throwing their weapons to the ground, and discarded infantry squadron flags everywhere

"What the hell is going on? What has happened to me?" Lemur's face turned pale and stopped his useless shouting, at this time there was no more power to save the rout, groups of routs ran in front of him, and the heavy cavalry of the other side rushed to kill, it was simply impossible to stop, it was only half an hour! Lemur's eyes were glazed, he didn't even have the expected resistance, it was a completely one-sided slaughter

The distant mountains meander, the confusion and drizzle add a bit of hazy summer, the imperial governor of the East Hayala walked up the slope surrounded by several generals, looking at the familiar castle in front, the fortress of Giolenaldo, this huge fortress built a hundred and fifty years ago, is the largest military node in the northern region of Iran, although it has not experienced the baptism of war for a hundred years, the fortress is still strong and formidable, the thick and unshakable city wall is enough to garrison 30,000 troops, the fortress spreads along the line of the central mountain range, winding with the towering terrain rises, like a huge beast standing on the dragon plate, looking at the vast plain below, where the Empire of Istanbul once set up a legion headquarters

"Your Excellency the Governor!" an officer on the slope was looking in the direction of the fortress, and when he saw Hayala, he hurriedly stood in unison and saluted

"How's it going on with the fortress?"

Hayela waved his hand, the black shadow of the castle in the distance was faintly visible, a towering main fortress, outside is the city wall that spreads to the mountains on both sides, constituting the most important defensive core, the huge city wall is gray-white, completely made of solid granite of the nearby mountains, up to twenty meters, the outer ring is the nearby mountain spring water, the city wall is full of sentinels, wearing red cross robes, weapons and shields are neatly placed on the edge of the city wall, although the control of the Istanbul side over the place is reduced, but the invasion of the mountain people, or let several nearby provinces enter a state of combat readiness, Giolenardo as a barrier to ensure their own safety, the provinces did not dare to have a place to hide their smuggling, and cobbled together an army of 40,000 people to defend the fortress

"The assault force is already in place!" said the officer with a respectful expression, as the former god of the army of the Iranian Empire, he has participated in the revision of the military defense of the Iraqi Empire many times, and Hayala knows that there is a path to lean on in this fortress, but it can't be during the day, so Hayala set the attack time at night, at night, there is no starlight after the rain,

Smack" In a woodland below the fortress, the branches of the trees were trampled by iron boots, and a trivial sound of leaves trampling came from behind, breaking the calm on the surface of the woods, and a highland warrior in black armor stepped on the muddy and wet soil that had not yet dried, and came out of the bushes next to him, and above him, the moonlight was blocked by the dense foliage overhead, and a little white afterglow fell on the shoulders of the highland soldier,

"Be careful!" Behind the Highland soldier, more soldiers were revealed, and in rows of black spots, thousands of Highland archers lined up in four teams, raising their bows from the dense woods in the direction of the fortress,

"Let's get started!" Hajela nodded,

The captain of the archers, who stood first on the left side of the line, was the first to let go of the bowstring, and the specially made armor-piercing arrow tore through the air and flew out with a white cold light.

"Whoosh!whoosh!!!" As the first sound sounded, a dense bowstring sounded continuously, and countless clusters of arrows were like swarms of locusts that suddenly burst from the edge of the forest, cutting through the rapid and graceful white lines. Quickly leaping high into the fortress, at five o'clock in the morning, several sentries crouching by the fire were yawning, and other soldiers sat opposite them. The light of the fire shone on their tired faces, and one of the sentries tightened his burlap collar with his ugly face and threw a piece of wood into the fire, "What sound?" A sentry vaguely heard something, stood up curiously, raised his head and looked at the sky, a white light struck, the sentry flew backwards as if it had been hit, a thick cluster of arrows shot through his chest, and the castrated people flew out together, nailed firmly to the wooden post behind, the sentry was covered in blood, and his hands struggled to hold the tail of the arrow that had pierced his throat, trying to pull it out, his face was red with pain. The shot through the chest made a gurgling sound, like a pile of rubble rubbing, and the white tail of the arrow trembled at his throat. His last effort came to an abrupt halt, his hands and feet hung weakly, and his feet hung there from the ground...... Enemy ......" Several other sentries were stunned by the sudden situation, their voices had not yet fully come out, like a void blade attacking in the cold night, countless arrows fell rapidly from the sky at the same moment, the voice of the Istan shouts stopped abruptly, everyone only felt a dense cold star illuminating their eyes, and the terrifying star point was like a starlight that suddenly burst out of the darkness, with a deadly aura, shooting through the body with unbelievable swiftness,

"Begin, attack!" Hayela's voice resounded through the night sky, "Enemy attack!" At the same time, a terrible and miserable cry resounded from the fortress walls, and on the frontal attack line, the steel shield shone silver in the night, like a sparkling river. The dense crowd of human heads wriggled like a swarm of ants, and the Iranian troops on the city wall sounded their trumpets in a panic and hurriedly ran out, "Bell, bell, bell!" The alarm bell ringing in the early morning sounded like a frightened woman, coming from the watchtower of the city wall.

Outside the carriage was the golden sunset, on the road from the imperial capital to the south, Tirnarant withdrew his gaze from a caravan carriage that had just passed by by mistakenly, looked at a person who had just woken up from sleep with a solemn face, and asked in a condensed voice, "Isn't the southern negotiation in two months? Isn't it early for you to go to the south now, if you let the other party know that the Falcon Empire Emperor is so uncomposed, it will not be a good thing for the negotiation!"

"You know about the Southern negotiations, too?"

The corners of the fat man's mouth grinned slightly, tidied up the clothes on his body, looked at the scenery outside, it was time for the sun to set, and the wheel palace he was riding in was a black double-decker carriage, made of shiny oak and gold-trimmed metal, pulled by four horses, and the spacious appearance made the caravans passing by on the road frequently look sideways, but when they saw the mark of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs on the door of the carriage, most of them shrugged their shoulders, this should be a certain imperial administrative officer who had just been ordered to go south, judging from the grade of the carriage, the status is not very high, because the cavalry without escort will not be very low, because the door must have the coat of arms of the Ministry of the Interior, at least a regional-level administrative officer is also required" I heard a little" Tilnarant nodded, and snorted heavily on the side of his nose, "If I guessed correctly, transferring me to Lisbonto should also have something to do with negotiations! I explained in advance that active trade is not something I am good at, and when there is a problem in Lisbonto, it can't be regarded as my dereliction of duty, otherwise, you will order me to be revoked now!" Negotiation has always been a game of chips for both sides, whoever has more chips in his hand is naturally the winner, and the other party has set the time after two months because the other party has already selected the chips!"

The fat man looked at the golden sunset outside the window, yawned, leaned back on the leather sofa, and said in a condensed voice, "I rushed to the south quietly because I didn't know where the other party pressed the chips......!