Power and Empire Chapter 1309: The Battle of Dongjin (5)
"This...Is it a personal recommendation!" Presnafa was filled with sweat on his forehead when the young man glanced at it, and said embarrassingly, "If it is a family recommendation, it would not be my turn at all. , The family is not enough to speak for a barbarian! It’s just a personal friendship"
" Oh, is your Excellency connected with the Falcon Kingdom? "The young man's eyes lit up and asked calmly
" To be honest, the Falcon Kingdom is my major customer. Two-thirds of the entire Northwest Sea’s overseas trade comes from the Falcon Kingdom." In two months, the Northwest Sea’s trade quota reached 400,000 gold coins.
" This used to be a one-year trading quota. You also know that foreigners like us must show sufficient ability if they want to have the opportunity to return to Kyoto. If the Falcon Kingdom becomes a new area The consul, then the trade quota will inevitably be expanded,
" Months from now will be the time for the family's annual assessment. If everything goes well, I should be able to transfer back to Kyoto! Otherwise, I will have to wait until the end of the year. Who knows what's going on at that time?"
"That's what you say!" The young man nodded with emotion. They are also rich in Kyoto. No one knows who knows the details. Don't look at Prestige as Finance Minister Presco. A special brother, but as a fiercely competitive son of a wealthy family, unless you are lucky enough to be the heir of the family, you will be sent to the family’s foreign city after the age of 24.
Assessed every three years, talents who can overwhelm other enclaves are eligible to be transferred back. There are countless people who have died of old enclaves in other places. Of course, there are also examples of transferring to places after returning, just like Zhu Li in charge of Northwest Raiders. Fort Elfort, when he left Kyoto again and was transferred to the area, was already the deputy commander of the Fifth Army of the Empire. He represented the family’s interests in the empire and became a powerful figure in actual control of one party. However, after two years, he took over as the Fifth Army. The commander of the army, this is naturally the result of the family’s support,
"Returning to Kyoto is the dream of such a wealthy boy like us. Next year, I will also be transferred to the outer land!" The young man sighed deeply, looking across the sky in the distance, and said
" But there are some problems with your approach. According to the rules of the empire, in addition to being recommended by the Kyoto family, the regional consul must also have sufficient prestige in the region. As a new regional power, the Falcon Kingdom There is no prestige at all. Once recommended, I am afraid that the entire northwest coast will express a strong voice of disobedience! This will also affect the family’s prestige in the northwest region, so I cannot agree to your proposal!"
"The northwest coast is now full of wind and wind, and the war will start soon, I believe there will be a result soon!" Prestige smiled disapprovingly, and muttered to himself in a divine tone. Said something
"Soon? How fast? You are very confident in the final victory of the Falcon Kingdom!" The young man looked at Pres's method in surprise, wondering where the opponent's so strong confidence came from. Of
"It's nothing, just an intuition!"
Presnafa turned around from the window and said, "Judging from the speed of the Normans’ defeat, the Falcon Army’s combat effectiveness is very extraordinary, and what interests me most is that the opponent’s combat weapons are also We have never met before, there should be surprises!
The sun just shined through the clouds, and the milky white mist enveloped the earth. Under the breeze, the mist slowly dissipated, gradually rising from the ground, and finally disappeared, and the world suddenly became refreshed. Much clearer.
On the flat ground in northwestern Normandy, the line of sight is clear and you can almost see the rolling hills several kilometers away. On the edge of the connection between the sky and the earth, you can also vaguely see the rolling clouds, and the calm and peaceful here. The look formed a strong contrast.
The Marquis of Ushuaia, Marshal of the Duchy of Dunkirk, was riding on a horse, with a proud face with obvious arrogance. He looked at the flat area in front of him. There was no cloud, and the visibility was very good, even with the naked eye. I can see the lonely Shirsha Castle in the distance. Since entering the border of Normandy, I have not seen any living people, and it is the same now. Near Shirsha Castle, the Marquis of Ushuaia has not seen any signs of living people.
"Isn't there a Falcon Army here? People?" The Marquis of Ushuaia turned his head and asked dissatisfiedly to the general behind him.
" should be in the castle in front." The general led the army and said with an ugly face. He was called Benisaf, he was burly and powerful, five big and eight thick, and his hòu heavy armor was like a steel. He was carved in Dunk. The Principality is a brave general who is known for his bravery. This time he is solely responsible for the war on the Normandy region. Under the duchy’s marshal’s questioning, he can only say that the Falcons are naturally timid and withdraw immediately after encountering them several times. Go, the army was cautious and adopted the strategy of slowly advancing. It has already crossed the border, and now I don’t know what the Falcon Army looks like.
"The enemy hasn’t seen it, you’re still rubbing here!" As for the general’s explanation, the Marquis Marquis Ushuaia of the Principality turned pale and angrily said, "You should know that the troops sent by the Principality accounted for the Principality. With a quarter of the troops, the Grand Duke hopes that with this battle, the mind of the overlord on the northwest coast is also very eager. You only advanced 10 miles a day, and now you only occupy a border village. This is what you gave the Grand Duke. Explain?
However, the two did not know that at this moment, in the distance that they could not see, they also had a pair of eyes, carefully looking at the road in the distance from the looking glass, and angry with the Marquis of Ushuaia. Is in a different mood, this person’s eyes are full of coldness,
This person is Cleveland, the commander of the Fifth Banner of the Southern Army who is responsible for the defense of this area.
The Duchy of Dunkirk and the Duchy of Romana jointly attacked the northwestern part of Normandy. Statunko ordered the main force of the southern army to shrink the front, and with the core of the Illu Fortress, the front line was moved along the three outside the Illu Fortress It is divided into three areas: Shirsha Castle, Ferrol, and Poole. The main battle flag regiment is lined up along the line, and the cavalry flag regiment stays at Irru and is used as a mobile unit. Among them, the commander of the Fifth Banner Cleveland The person in charge is the Shirsha Castle in front of the Dunkers,
The Cleveland Fifth Banner Regiment has a strength of about 1,000 men, and it is the main force of the Dunkirk people. Under the huge disparity in strength, Cleveland ordered all the external troops to be recovered.
But the Dunkel people’s advancing speed was so slow that it was not until the fourth day that Cleveland saw the late arrival of the Dunkel army in the sight glass,
"Order everyone to prepare!" Cleveland put down the looking glass in his hand and gave the order in a low voice,
In the distance, a group of heavy armored cavalry from the Dunkirk army stopped 200 meters in front of Shirsha Fort. The Van Dunkirk soldiers lined up with their long spears like a forest, and the infantry shields lined up densely along the outside of the fort. , Facing the empty Shirsha Castle, the opponent was very careful to put up a probing formation,
"woo woo"
With the sound of a long bugle, the two infantry queues separated from the main unit and began to advance. The speed of the rush was very slow. They entered the range of 50 meters before they began to increase their speed in strides, and finally began to send out. Furiously rushing on a barrier that no one has, the army outside the castle began to move forward, apparently confirming that it has completed the battle against Shirsha Castle, and finally entered the armored cavalry who arrived first
"What a bunch of idiots!"
Cleveland, who saw this scene in the distance, showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth,
His arms slowly raised, and the cavalry behind him dragged a large number of branches and ran across the wilderness. The branches dragged up the dust in the high-speed running, covering the sky and rolling with the wind, as if at the end of the horizon. Here comes a sandstorm
"Something happened!"
The Dunkirk army, who had just entered the Shalsha Castle, quickly filled the fortress of the castle, putting on a posture of standing guard,
In the smoke and dust rising into the sky in the distance, groups of infantry in black armor slowly emerged from the dust, heavy shields and long spears, especially under the dust of the sky, the black of these mysterious troops The armor gives people a kind of icy solemnity,
" This is the Falcon Army that defeated the Normans? "The Marshal of the Duchy, Marquis Ushuaia, stood on the observation deck of the castle, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes." The visitor immediately dispatched two thousand men outside the city. Team, figure out the opponent’s situation"
At a critical moment, the Marshal of the Principality Marquis of Ushuaia simply gave the order directly. The other party’s pretending to be mysterious made him feel something wrong, but his words have not yet fallen. Numerous red points of light have been like shooting stars from a distance. Rises behind the dust,
"God. What's that?"
In everyone’s stunned mouth, a giant stone sling that burned with raging flames suddenly broke through the barrier of smoke and dust like a beast in everyone’s sight, with howling and long black smoke. , Hit it violently on the wall of the castle, touch! The fire was everywhere, and everyone’s ears roared with a huge explosion, which was regarded as a ring of impact that had collapsed a battlement that had been dry and cracked for many years. The dozen or so Dunkel soldiers who were caught off guard turned into flames of fire. People, the screams resounded across the city. The tragic kind made Marquis Shuaia, the marshal of the duchy, who was from a high nobleman, sat on the ground with fright.
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The sound of horror has not yet fallen, countless red dots have turned into meteor-like slingshots, rumbling, a fireball hit the arrow tower of the castle, and a louder explosion resounded through the castle. The huge vibration caused the foundation of the castle to shake. A huge crack appeared in a section of the city wall that was one hundred meters long, and then collapsed. The countless Dunkel soldiers on it were like small black spots that were submerged. /
Hundreds of crude oil bombs buried in the castle’s arrow tower were ignited by bursts of flames at almost the same time. It was broken into several pieces by this huge power,
The explosion of the soft plain land gene-based distance cracked from the bottom of the castle wall, and then quickly caused a big collapse of the city wall,
The city wall was torn down like a pile of accumulations, and the Van Dunkel army ran wildly inside,
Countless soldiers jumped down from the collapsed area, and they were smashed into pieces by huge rocks. Even if they weren’t dead, they were buried in dust and gravel.
"The whole army advances!"
Cleveland gave an expressionless order. In the dust of the sky, the black army array showed hideous teeth, and countless clusters of arrows shot out from the dust like locusts! (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team@偶氏尊尊] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring @轩潇弄影