1648 Horizon III
"The raging fire that ignited in the capital of the southwest did not end for the tragic death of the southwest, on the contrary, as the fire shocked the entire Gallic Empire, and a powerful empire rising on the northwestern horizon of Gaul stepped into the southwest, the death of the southwest, the turmoil of the land, the real collision of the two empires, the war is only human, nature has witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty in this land countless times,
When the slight heat of the tip of the June was like a wild flower, the mountains and fields covered the land, the blue hills became dark green, and the birds pierced the dense riverside woods like arrows, and at the other end of the horizon, the iron hooves of the falcon cavalry stepped into the southwest! This time, the battle flag of the 200,000-strong army was no longer the northwest coast that had been hidden in the early stage, but the empire, the Falcon Empire!" -- excerpt from Tobayfed, a senior battle researcher at the Imperial Military Academy, "Analysis of the Early Battles of the Falcon Empire: The Death of the Southwest!"
The rain outside the tent is hazy, the raindrops are crackling on the top of the tent, the distant mountains are like dais, dragging out a tactful sideline, the camp of 200,000 troops is held horizontally, the mountains are all over the camp of the northwest army, dragging out a huge arc more than ten miles long, and correspondingly, the opposite side is also shrouded in the rain listlessly colorful southwest army flag,
Except for a small number of sentries who are still sticking to their posts, most of the soldiers of the Southwest Army are nested in the barracks, every day, there are soldiers of the Southwest Army fleeing from the front line, and there are more and more empty camps, at first a few people, then dozens of people, hundreds of people, and finally even thousands of people,
In just six days, the more than 100,000 Southwest Army lost 30,000 people, and on average, as many as 5,000 soldiers fled every day, which was comparable to battle damage
At first, the generals also ordered the Overseers to dissuade them, but in the face of the thousands of pairs of eyes of the soldiers who longed to go home, the Overseers looked embarrassed. The hand who raised the bow and arrow couldn't pull the bowstring, and even developed to the point that even the overseers had deserters.
The generals knew that the Southwestern Army's heart was irretrievable
The reason for such a large-scale escape is not only that the commander Murphy Oone ignored the danger that the Northwest Army was close at hand, and brazenly took away the most elite troops in the army, which made the morale of the entire Southwest Army suddenly fall to the freezing point, but also the internal contradictions caused by the high-profile surrender from the Northwest!
The day after Murphy Bryan's hasty return, the famous general of the Northwest Side, Salon, stepped into the promise of the 100,000 Southwest Army alone, this tough guy. The Southwest Army, which once again made people panic, learned what it means to be fierce, and in the face of hundreds of officers of the Southwest Army, they couldn't wait to directly tear their eyes, this guy was still able to use that turbid and fierce one-eyed face without fear, and swept the black pressure in front of him one by one.
In front of hundreds of pairs of angry eyes, the corners of his mouth grinned slightly, and he directly left a sentence: "Your spirit looks good, I come with my lord's wish for peace." I hope you will not let this wish be disappointed."
"Peace, what are you kidding, what you are treading under your feet is now the land of my southwest!" said a high-ranking general in the southwest, mockingly
"Yes, don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, you can fight. There is no one in the Southwest Army who is afraid of death!" The officers below were sneering, this guy who entered the camp alone was so arrogant that he had reached the point of treating the 100,000 Southwest Army as nothing, especially the one-eyed man who was full of murderous intent. Let everyone who has seen it feel a vibration from the soul, "First war, hehe, you guys are so big!" Salonn listened to the voices of the crowd. With just a cold smile in his mouth, he had already noticed that it was those middle and lower-level officers who were clamoring, and the real generals had been silent until this moment, "If you really want to fight, you can do it!"
Salon walked to the table in the middle of the Southwest Army's tent with a proud expression, took out a letter of representation from his arms, and put it on the table, "The 8-day deadline, either surrender, or face the cruel devouring of the 200,000 high-morale Northwest Army under the command of my lord Vekia Falcon, please note that this is not a threat, because you do not have such qualifications yet, you should know that although the Southwest Army has more than 100,000, but for my lord Vekia Falcon, it is just an easy matter to defeat you"
"Nonsense, my southwest is solid, the army is like a cloud, why do you need the northwest to rescue! This guy is too arrogant, is it really bullying my southwest army There are no fierce generals who dare to fight" A young officer of the southwest army who saw this scene turned white, and his shouting voice trembled slightly, there are still many people like him, one by one, their eyes are like they are about to burn, but the hesitating bosses have a gloomy face, so most of them did not move, but if their eyes can be turned into a sharp sword to kill, Salonn has already been cut by a thousand knives
Salon glanced at the young officer with a cold gaze, and then at a few senior generals of the Southwest Army who were still calm, took a deep breath, and the aura of a fierce general who was avoided by thousands of troops gushed out, and shouted loudly
"As a soldier, it is a good thing to have blood, but if you can win by just talking about it, then what do you need the brave fighting of soldiers, I have no doubt about your courage and determination to fight to the death, but it is not terrible to die in battle, what is terrible is that death is worthless, the current situation in the southwest is erosive, except for the Falcon Majesty, who has the ability to protect the safety of the entire southwest in the chaotic battle between the Murphy army and the Praetorian Guard! Whether you want it or not, it is already a foregone conclusion that my lord will enter the southwest" "What do you mean by this?" Finally, a senior general of the Southwest Army couldn't help but ask, "Murphy Oone is bent on revenge, the Praetorian Guard is defending the capital of the southwest, and the two sides are fighting to the death, haven't you ever thought that the civilians of the southwest who are involved in this whirlpool! Under the turmoil of the army's heart, what qualifications do you have to be here to unashamedly shout that you want to fight with our 200,000 troops in the northwest? So, don't mention any jokes like a war!" Salon's face was calm, and his one-eyed eyes were burning and shining across the faces of the hundreds of officers of the Southwest Army on the opposite side, "That's all there is to say, there's no point in going on!You are all smart people, whether to let this civil strife ruin the southwest, or to welcome a responsible new master for the southwest, 8 days, whether to fight or surrender, you decide for yourself!" Salon withdrew his gaze from everyone, pretending to be deep and relaying the fat man's words to himself,
The Southwest Army, which was still excited just now. At this moment, it was like an eggplant beaten by frost, and the collective silence was extinguished, because the number of southwest officers present reached hundreds, and the conditions proposed by the northwest side soon spread throughout the southwest army, which immediately caused a huge turmoil in the whole southwest army "No matter what, as soldiers, we should fight the invaders to the end!" A flaxen-haired young southwest officer was standing on a high platform built in the middle of the camp with an angry expression, shouting to the soldiers of the southwest army lined up below,
But there was little response from him. What are you kidding? The soldiers' faces were numb, and most of the soldiers looked at the officer as if they were watching a farce "My Lord"
Finally, one of the soldiers looked at the officer who was shouting slogans on it, and said unconvinced in the queue, "My relatives are facing the suffering of war, and they may wither like weeds on the side of the road at any time, and our houses are burned down in the fire, and the adults are shouting here to fight to the death with the so-called enemy, is it too ridiculous for the adults? Even if it is a death war, we must know what the meaning of a death war is!" Are you refuting Shangguan?"
The young officer's expression was furious, when would the soldier be able to question the officer in such a tone, and he pointed at the soldier. Angry and dejected, he shouted, "I suspect that you are a spy from the northwest, call the overseer team and immediately arrest this spy and hang him! Why don't you move, do you want to disobey the military order en masse?" none of the soldiers moved, and the officer ran into the queue alone to arrest people. One hand grabbed the frightened soldier by the collar and tried to drag him out of the queue by force, "Can't let him take the cadidus, that's how Anzapi was imprisoned and executed last time"
I don't know who shouted, the soldiers standing still next to him suddenly surrounded him with a very tacit understanding, and the officer looked at the soldiers under his command with a panicked face, and scolded in a trembling tone, "What do you want to do......?" Ahh
"Beat him, beat him to death!" someone in the crowd shouted, this officer has the habit of beating soldiers on weekdays, many people hate him to death, there is such an opportunity for revenge, naturally will not let go, with the first person, there is a second, soon more and more people joined in, ten minutes later, the whole squadron was like a duck that had been dispersed, leaving the officer who was covered in blood and had passed out, that night, the entire squadron of 765 people fled en masse, this incident was like opening a magic box that could not be closed
The tragedy of the southwest capital shocked the entire southwest, in just one day, the two armies lost more than half of the battle, more than 200,000 civilians were swept in, more than 100,000 civilians fell victim to the battle, and the raging fire completely destroyed the southwest capital, which has a history of 300 years.
When the news came, the Southwest Army, which had already broken its morale, finally surrendered to the northwest.
"Your Majesty!" Salon took the letter of allegiance of the Southwest Army, and walked into the tent where the fat man was, and it was the ninth day.
"Picked up a lot of money while walking today, right? So excited, my Grand General Salon!" The fat man did not raise his head from the text that was being reviewed, the report on the battle of the southwest capital was in his hands, and judging from the battle report, the battle of the southwest, the commanders of both sides had their own tricks, and finally a draw came!
"How is that possible!" Salon said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, "This time I came to report the good news to Your Majesty!"
"Good news?" the fat man raised his head, glanced at the somewhat complacent Ssalon, raised the report in his hand, and said slowly. This is a report on the battle of the southwest capital, Murphy Oone stepped on the wall of the southwest capital, the other side sent civilians to block the road, and then launched a heavy cavalry counterattack, Murphy Oone Street ambush, the rapid reaction of both sides, it does make people feel dazzled, it is really quite exciting, excluding those factors that cause a large number of civilian casualties, this offensive and defensive battle in the southwest capital can be described as a classic example, don't you want to take a look?"
"What, I brought news that made His Majesty happy!" Salon saw that the fat man didn't even ask what he meant, and suddenly looked very unhappy, and took out a copy of the text signed with the signatures of all the general-level officers of the Southwest Army from his arms and put it in front of the fat man, "Your Majesty, no matter how wonderful the battle of the southwest capital is, is it more exciting than this text of the collective surrender of the Southwest Army?"
"On the ninth day, your speed is a little slower!" The fat man casually glanced at the allegiance letter on the table, rolled his eyes, and seemed to be in front of him The allegiance letter representing more than 100,000 Southwest Army. It's less than half the weight reported in your hand
"What, Your Majesty, for this, I, Salon, risked being broken into thousands of pieces, and entered the camp of the 100,000 Southwest Army alone!" Salon said with a look of grievance, "Thinking of the scene that day in full view of everyone, my subordinates forced to calm down, and now I am still a little afraid, if there was a person in the Southwest Army at that time who was excited, maybe the more than 100 catties of his subordinates would be explained to the inside." ”
"Nonsense, if not risky. Why do I need you to Salon!" The fat man sneered disapprovingly, and closed the letter of allegiance in his hand, "But you are not a loss, you are alone in the camp of 100,000 Southwest Army, plus more than 100,000 Southwest Army soldiers are bloodlessly attached, your Salon reputation in the southwest will soon be in full swing, if not, you Ssalon wants to become the Southwest Governor appointed by the Empire, I am afraid that you will be able to make the Southwest Army completely convinced of you in a short time!" "Your Majesty means that I am the Southwest Governor......" Salon's eyes were bulging as he listened, and his breathing became rapid. Even his body trembled slightly, and His Majesty was going to appoint himself as the Governor of the Southwest! Salon's body was trembling when he was excited by this great news
He desperately wants to come to the Obaro continent this time, not just to be able to grab more combat exploits, hoping that one day. To be able to achieve the status of the other governors, but he didn't expect that the return of this mission would be so great, as His Majesty Falcon said. On behalf of His Majesty, he subdued more than 100,000 southwest troops, and he is quite suitable for who can defend the southwest. But this opportunity was indeed given by His Majesty. "If you don't have such a plan, do you think that if you want to subdue a group of panicked Southwest Army, you still need to go out on my behalf? Don't think I don't know what you said on the side of the Southwest Army, what 8-day deadline, either surrender, or face the cruel devouring of the 200,000 high-morale Northwest Army under the command of my lord Vekia Falcon" The fat man glanced at Salon, who was already stunned, and the corners of his mouth finally showed a smile, and he stood up with a smile, and patted the shoulder of this henchman who knew his mind best with his thick palm. Can you really say it" The fat man smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his voice stopped before continuing" If the Southwest Army knew that in fact, as long as you face your tens of thousands of people, it is estimated that it will be another thought, I dare not say anything, you have completed the task in time, and you are good on the northwest coast, although you are born in martial arts, congenital deficiencies, but during this period of getting along with multiple choices, you have really learned a lot of things about government affairs, in the imperial military circles, the corps commander is of course a glory, but you must face countless challengers, only by becoming a governor, you can really have the background of an imperial minister!"
"My subordinates thank you for your kindness! Under the banner of your majesty, your subordinates will ......swear to follow you even if you die," Salon knelt down on one knee in front of the fat man with an excited expression, his cloudy one-eyed flickering with water vapor, and he couldn't even speak for a while, after several years of birth and death, how many battles of life and death, he finally won the respect that a martial artist should have, and who would dare to say behind his back that he was a reckless man who only wielded a weapon in the future.
"Okay, if you have any words of gratitude, we still have one more important thing to do!" The fat man waved his hand to the excited Salon, raised his head, looked at the misty drizzle outside the tent, and said slowly, "The southwest gate has been opened, but before entering, we need to establish the status of the northwest!" Establish the status of the northwest?" Salon stood up, his face stunned, didn't he already occupy half of the territory of the northwest? And the other forces also expressed their submission to the northwest coast, what does it mean to establish the northwest in His Majesty's mouth? "I have decided to form the Northwest Province of the Empire! Together with the Southwest Province of the Empire, it will become the territory of the Empire in the Obaro continent!"
The fat man turned his head and said in a firm tone, "In order to avoid a direct war with the Gauls, we also took the title of Northwest Ruler, but this time when we entered the Southwest, our name is the Empire, the Falcon Empire, that is to say, we want to truly establish our own imperial status in the Obaro Continent, not a regional government!"
We would like to tell all the Obaros that on the northwestern horizon of the earth, there is a powerful empire that is not inferior to any empire! Its name is the Falcon Empire! In the same way, the northwest is not the northwest of the original Gauls, but the northwest province of the Falcon Empire! All the northwest forces must have a choice about this! Whether they will be friends or enemies of the empire!" "If the subordinates understand, please give an order! If anyone in the northwest has an opposing opinion, the subordinates will lead the army to eradicate it!" Saron heard the blood boiling and replied loudly
"I hope that a lot of preparations have been made in advance, and it is best to be able to take over peacefully, but we still have to think about it" The fat man nodded, and shouted loudly to the guards outside the door, "Go and inform the adults in the northwest, tonight, we will hold a military meeting!" (to be continued......)