Gangfei Empire in the north, Mopu Plateau

The cold winter is almost forgotten on this semi-grassland plateau, the plateau is dotted with large and small lakes dotted on it, the Mopu Plateau is a hilly land in the north of the Gangfei Empire from west to east, this desolate fertile plain, dense forests, flat terrain, located between the tributaries and the main stream of the Mopu River in the territory of Gangfei, the water flows through, by these two major water systems divide more than 100 rivers to irrigate the fertile soil, the long and short rivers are intertwined like silver lines, the pasture is luxuriant, the land spans the meadow grassland, is the forest steppe and the dry steppe area, stretching straight to the sky, Slowly advancing through the flat terrain that resembles a large turquoise carpet, this area is teeming with cattle, horses and deer. Walking through it, from time to time, you can see them running in groups or wandering and grazing in the distance.

"Bang Bang" The horse's hooves lifted the broken soil on the ground, a team of grassland scout cavalry wearing fur hats and bows on their backs suddenly stopped on a mound, the scout captain strangled the horse's head, his eyes looked into the distance vigilantly like a cold light, as if he was looking at something, the sky had just fallen a light rain, the air was filled with a fresh and cold smell, the horse's hooves stepped on the soft Qinshui grass soil, making a squeaking sound, this was a team of Dongting cavalry responsible for patrolling, the leading cavalry squad leader leisurely looked at the beautiful scenery around,

The wilderness, the wind blows, like a pair of invisible hands gently brushing, the earth is boundless, what a beautiful place, the vast place where people forget their own storage, the team leader Zamuke sighed in his heart, here reminded him of his hometown, Gangfei's sudden repentance, so that many Dongting people hated it in their hearts,

The sacred first snow sacrifice is of great significance to the grassland people, full of the tribe's hope for the coming year, the cruel winter is an extreme test for any tribe, and only the most devout tribe dedicated to the immortal heaven at the first snow festival can be blessed by the immortal heaven. Let the children, women, old people, cattle and sheep of the tribe spend a lot of winter that is not weaker than a war,

I can't go back, I just hope to see the scene of the sacrifice in my dreams!

This is the first time in Zamuk's thirty-one years of life that he has spent a cold winter in a place that is not a grassland

Compared with the remnant winter of the grassland where the wind and snow drift and the earth is frozen for thousands of miles, it seems peaceful here, and there is no cold wind in the north of the desert that sweeps the world. There is no cold night wind that can freeze cattle and horses to death overnight, although this place is so beautiful, but Zamuk still likes his hometown, the sun of the lone wolf should not be so warm, nor should it be this kind of cold ball of light in the thick clouds, like a layer of frizzy leather,

The sun of the immortal sky is the beacon that guides the migration of the tribes, and the wizards of the grassland tribes. It will analyze the climate after a few days according to the changes of the sun, and avoid disasters in time, if it is this kind of frizzy aperture, the loss of the tribe will be great. It may even be due to a mistake in judgment, and in one night, it was involved in a storm with a range of 100 miles, and the people, cattle and sheep were blown so that they could not be found at all, and there were no bones left!

The water here is flowing. It's not the thick ice that makes the war horse step on it and doesn't leave a mark

Reaching out here, you can feel the light emanating from the sky. Shine on the body is warm, open your eyes, see the endless blue sky, in such an environment, even the hardest bones of the lone wolf, will become a shepherd dog that has lost its fighting spirit, in the understanding of the grassland people, the cruel winter, is the test of the immortal heaven for the most powerful warrior on the earth, only after experiencing the cold winter of the grassland, can we understand why the grassland people are so not afraid of death, not afraid of death brave battle. "Cheer up, the enemy may appear at any moment!" Zamuk ordered his listless subordinates behind him, and walked around the patrol perimeter, stopping at the edge of a river beach with abundant water and grass, and the clear water and tender grass made the horses under the crotch of the cavalry stop,

Zamuk looked at it casually, there was no situation, although it was said that the Gangfei army might take the initiative to attack, but eight days had passed, and there was no situation at all, so Zamuk had to wonder if the above was too careful

"Goode, you take ten men and continue to go forward for 5 miles, and then return to join us" Stopping his horses, Zamuk shouted loudly to a shrewd and capable cavalryman behind him, "The others rest on the spot" A group of 10 cavalry continued to advance, while more steppe cavalry cheered and turned over and dismounted, and one by one took out the cowhide bags filled with water and poured them into the cold and clean river water

For them, this kind of coldness is still within the acceptable range, just when the Dongting cavalry was washing their horses with clean water by the river, an Dongting cavalry who bent down to wash his face suddenly stood up, pointed to the distance to the west, and shouted, "Look, what is that?"

Zamuke hurriedly stood up, only glanced at it, and shouted with a big change in his face, "Quick, prepare for battle immediately, it's just not human!" The Dongting cavalry who were resting hurriedly ran in a panic, and put the saddle on the war horse from the new, and some even looked around for the war horse that ran to the distance to graze, which can be described as quite chaotic

"Assault!" "Assault!" In the direction of the grassy hill to the west, dozens of swift black lines were wrapped in the raised soil, and the momentum rushed towards this side, the cavalry on it was wearing light iron armor, wearing a pointed blue helmet on his head, and holding a long cavalry spear in his hand, at a distance of about 100 meters, the compound bow in the hand raised by the cavalry of the East Court bounced off one after another, and a cluster of arrows fell like raindrops, falling with a roar of death,

"Watch out!

Gangfei cavalry shouted, neatly raised the cross shield in his hand, and protected his entire body behind him,

Clusters of arrows shot at these finely forged iron shields, and they were bounced away, making a dull sound like raindrops,

But not all Gangfei cavalry are so lucky, on the left side of the charging queue, several young Gangfei cavalry because of their lack of combat experience, the war horses under their crotches were shot by stray arrows, making a tragic neighing sound, shaking and rolling on the ground, and the cavalry above was also thrown out like toys,

"Assault"

Seeing such a tragic situation, the Gang Fei cavalry who launched the charge was unmoved, and one of the Gang Fei cavalry captains who took the lead shouted with blood-red eyes, and the entire cavalry queue began to accelerate, like a raging wind moving forward rapidly, this was an unexpected encounter.

"Long live Gangfei!"

The Gangfei Ranger cavalry shouted slogans of bravery in unison, like a dark cloud following behind their captain, and the cluster of arrows above their heads fell with a sharp whistling, and people were constantly being hit by the cluster of arrows, but most of the cavalry still quickly crossed this distance of death.

Because the speed was too fast, the Dongting cavalry was a little caught off guard.

"Ready to fight!" Zamuk drew his scimitar with a cold expression, and looked at the rapidly approaching Gangfei cavalry with a hot gaze, and behind him, there was a sound of a scimitar unsheathed, like a snow-white light flickering,

"Kill" the two cavalry collided heavily together, and the cavalry on both sides of the "ah" were like two files. Fiercely inserted from the front of the opponent, and then kept squeezing away, the scimitar was like blood, and the Dongting cavalry dodged the sharpest front end of the opponent's cavalry spear with skilled tactical cooperation and superb riding skills.

Zamuk wielded his scimitar vigorously, and the blade continued to bring flashes of blood-colored light and shadow, and the figure of a non-ranger cavalryman who had staggered past him flickered, and bright red blood shot from his neck. Like a ball of red flowers exploding in high-speed movement, the war horses are staggered, and the figure of the "snap" opponent falls from under the galloping horse's hooves in front of him in an instant, turning into a blurred shadow of flesh and blood. There was a sound of bones shattering, and the horses were like thunder, and the sound of metal striking on this vast open ground was mixed with the shouts of fighting, "Draw your sword!" The Gang Fei cavalry very quickly gave up the spear that was inflexible in close combat. Drew out the thick cavalry sword, the sword light and sword shadow, and the flesh and blood flew sideways. The galloping war horses staggered past each other, the cavalry figures above shook and were thrown off their horses, the slashing of the cavalry on both sides in close combat can be described as tragic, the two cavalry troops collided together like two iron walls, the war horses rolled on the ground in the squeezing, blood splattered out from the staggered war horses, the two sides of the hedge, like two metal monsters squeezing each other entangled, a round of staggered fighting, the two sides were separated like exhausted hungry wolves biting,

Fifty meters away, Zamuk reined in the rushing horse, quickly turned around and regrouped his men, and took the opportunity to count the number of people. His face changed suddenly, and the two teams of cavalry fought in the first round, and more than thirty people fell by themselves. And the other party is only a dozen people, and the huge gap in combat power is almost no suspense.

"How can this be!" Zamuk looked at his subordinates covered in blood with an ugly face, and found that except for himself, everyone else was more or less wounded, although he was very good, and killed 2 Gangfei cavalrymen with one force, but in terms of overall strength, the combat power of the opposite cavalry was still far above his cavalry melee ability,

Zamuk didn't know that it was the side of the Gangfei cavalry who was even more shocked than him

As the vanguard of the imperial army, the lancers directly under the emperor did not put these poorly equipped long-range cavalry in their eyes, although they knew that the cavalry of the Northern Falcon Empire was fierce, but the other party did not expect that in the case of giving up the long-range shooting advantage, the other party would be fierce enough to kill the melee cavalry, which completely subverted the common sense that in the past, on the battlefield, the long-range troops would flee in a swarm as long as they were approached by the melee troops。

These Gang Fei Ranger Lancers are equipped with sophisticated half-breastplate armor, and are not afraid of the penetration of ordinary arrows on a large distance, because they abandon the heavy full-body armor, the lancers have a high mobility impact, the thrill of impact like the wind, and the vertical and horizontal posture on the battlefield, so that many Gangfei young people are obsessed with it, known as the "Emperor's Battle Banner" Before each battle, Emperor Gangfei likes to send these elite lancers to clean up the opponent's scouts, and under normal circumstances, well-equipped and well-armed lancers make the opponent's scout cavalry suffer a lot of losses

War horses are the biggest weakness of these ranger lancers, in order to seek the maximum impact speed, the horses of the skilled ranger cavalry are not equipped with vests, in fact, these game cavalry are well-trained gang non-swordsmen since childhood, even if they lose their horses, they are equipped with high-quality swords with strong half-body plate armor, and can also be used as semi-heavy troops to break through the enemy's defensive line.

The lancers, who had just withdrawn from the southern battlefield, quickly served as the first wave of strikers sent by Emperor Gangfei, and the ten squadrons of Gangfei lancers first entered the Mopu Plateau, which was the decisive battle site like mercury, and behind these lancers was the 260,000 troops of Emperor Gangfei himself. "Kill them all!"

The captain of the Gang Fei cavalry raised his right hand a little annoyed, and the lancers behind him sent out a triangular wedge again, and the sharp impact was activated again, but what made Gang Fei a little dumbfounded was that the amazing enemy who had just appeared was turned around and fled without any chivalry. The speed of the spear is so fast that the spear can only eat the ashes in the back "Bastard, coward!" Gang Fei Lancer captain very reluctantly stopped the horse, spat at the ground disdainfully, and chose to return,

After receiving the news, Salonn quickly issued an order for all Falcon troops outside the defense line to withdraw into the defense line except for the Dongting troops.

Roughly what happened in this place, a massive attack by the Lancers was like hitting a soft net. Before they could penetrate into the defense line of the Falcon Army, they were blocked, and some arrogant squadrons of Gang Fei Lancers tried to force their way into the Falcon Army's defense line on the Mopu Plateau, but they were ambushed by the East Court cavalry that had already gathered.

Although the time is a bit short, the Falcon Army has been in the northwest corner of the stone-rich Mopu Plateau for a month. Three large fortresses were built, and with the 2-meter-high earthen walls that grew from these three fortresses as support points, the Falcon Central Army, the Northern Army, and the Dongting People's army totaled 150,000 people. Like a huge concave, the road from the Mopu Plateau to the northern border of Gangfei was completely blocked, and although the news of the Emperor Gangfei's personal expedition had reached all armies in advance, the Falcon army was still a little nervous.

As the chief general personally appointed by His Majesty Falcon, Saron moved his headquarters to the forefront of the fortress.

6 p.m. on the third day. The golden sunset was fading, Salong stretched his hands and feet, it was another peaceful day, but soon, a blue line in the distance caught his eye, "Someone, get my lookout glasses!" Salon shouted solemnly, and one of the attendants quickly handed him his lookout glasses, and held them up, and through the lenses in his hands, Salong saw that the blue line was actually a team of lancers in half-body armor, and then a puff of smoke and dust was rising, and there was a shock on the distant horizon.

Behind the blue Gangfei cavalry, a blue forest quickly appeared, and the Gangfei crusader flags waving in the wind one after another were like blue cloud bands flying over the plateau, and the outline of this forest was constantly wriggling and expanding.

The wriggling blue silhouette was the surging crowd of countless armies, the light reflected by the metal armor and spears, like the whirring of a banner swept by a cold wind. The aura of slaughter rose to the sky, and behind a blue military flag, a huge phalanx after another was formed, and they were encamped on the spot in a tight and orderly manner.

The scene in front of him made Sallon, a bold general, also take a deep breath of cold air, it is no wonder that His Majesty the Falcon strictly ordered himself to defend, it is really the absolute advantage of the number of non-army members, the head is crowded in the distance, the armor is distinct, and the cold light of a metal is boundless, you can't see your head forward, you can't see your head to the left, you can't see your head to the right, the whole army of more than 200,000 people, like a huge carpet covering the land in front of you, is heavily pressed on the top of the concave defense line, it is likely that under a hammer, the entire defense line will become powder,

It was a rare moment of calm, with an army of nearly 500,000 men on both sides gathered on a plateau less than 50 square kilometers wide.

Both armies were observing each other's military appearances, the soldiers' hearts were beating fiercely, the war horses were neighing in a low voice, desperately spewing out this white smoke, whether it was the falcon army or the gang non-army, looking at the long wall on the opposite side that could not see the edge, the three huge fortresses with concave distribution, and the face of the enemy like the sea, they all felt trembling from the bottom of their hearts.

In order to replenish the nearest place, Salon, as the governor of the southern district, recruited 1,500 craftsmen from the southern district half a month ago, and set up a forge on the spot in an area of one kilometer behind the defensive line, making every effort to build arrow clusters and repair weapons.

The sound of tinkling is like a serenade in the night, and the favorite of this policy is the Dongting people, skilled craftsmen are very precious in the grassland, and a tribe can be established, first of all, it must have its own craftsmen,

The steppe is a strict area of iron deficiency, and under normal circumstances, only those who have status in the tribe are qualified to ask craftsmen to tailor armor, weapons, saddles, and even various ornaments according to their requirements.

But here, as long as you are willing to pay the wages, the iron ore is completely free, and any grassland person can get a set of half-body chain mail, a snow-bright scimitar, in order to maximize the combat power of these Dongting cavalry, Salon has made a bloody investment this time, and transported a large number of iron ore from the southwest region, and the craftsmen are divided into three shifts, rushing to work day and night, so that the cavalry troops of 30,000 Dongting have completed a major transformation in equipment, otherwise, if it is still the thin leather armor like before, the Dongting scouts will definitely not fight with the Gangfei lancers in close combat. "Nice Daqing, what do you think our army is putting on such a majestic posture, what will the Vecchia Falcon on the other side think?" On a dirt slope of the Gangfei Army, riding on a war horse, the Gangfei Emperor, dressed in golden plate armor, asked a middle-aged general next to him with a smile on his face, "Naturally, I think that the main force of our army is exhausted, and Kyoto is weak and undefended!" The majestic-looking middle-aged general bowed his head with admiration and said. As long as all the defending troops on the Lisbonto side are lured out, the 3......0,000-strong army of the Ninth Army, which seems to be stranded in the south to rest, only needs to gently close the retreat of the Falcon Army, and it is enough to settle the battle at a critical moment!