Power and Empire Chapter 3630: The Battle of Getayam (7)
Just in the Shengdu area, the two-month stalemate has begun. The imperial team and the Martin Liya army were in the south of the sect country when they were bloodied in the cold wind of the Shengdu wetland. On the Harvey Plateau, it was a silvery season. A team of Harvey Kingdom cavalry wearing thick felt leather armor stopped on a higher hill. The howling wind engulfed the cold and hit his face, The face of the people on the dark red plateau, the sky is full of goose-sized snow flakes. The plateau climate is colder than other regions, but in the cold air, there is a fresh smell, and the horses’ hoofs are on the soft There was a squeaking sound on the snow and mud
A Harvey Kingdom cavalry used his four-cornered eyes to scan the surroundings nervously. The ground was white and the wind was blowing, like a pair of invisible hands gently brushing the pieces of snow rice, neatly facing Rolling forward, the sound of thunder shaking from the top of the uplifted mountain range in the distance, the light traces of lightning can be seen, and the gloomy sky is as if you can reach out and touch it
Majestic, vast and weird, the uplifted Harvey Plateau is like a huge cross in the central part of South Oubaro
Harvey Plateau to the north is a fertile sect country, to the west is the flat Martin Liya prairie, to the south is the densely forested and humid southern wetland, and to the east is another kingdom on the Harvey Plateau. The Carr Kingdom is bordered by the Harvey and the Ikar who are natives on the Harvey Plateau. The two sides have fought fierce and sustained wars for the control of the plateau. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Finally, eighty years ago, Harvey Lu Wu II, the hero of the first generation of the kingdom, is determined to get rid of this consumption, and for the first time in the world, he proposed peace talks with the Ikars.
The world is vast and the plateau is just one of the small areas. The two sides have been fighting for the plateau for so many years, and many people have died. If such energy is devoted to the conquest of areas outside the plateau, I am afraid it would have been long ago. To lay down an area larger than the plateau, there is no need for everyone to fight here. There is still so much land outside the plateau. If you want, you can take it and take it. There is no need to continue to consume it on the plateau. In the end, the Ikals were moved and agreed to negotiate. The two sides signed a secret agreement. The Harvey located in the east of the plateau were responsible for expanding eastward, and the Ikars located in the west of the plateau were responsible for expanding westward. Whether the Harvey or the Ikal are collectively called the plateau people, this state has continued for decades to the present, and it has also created the foundation for the Harvey and Ikal kingdoms to join the ranks of the southern European powers. ,
On the Harvey Plateau, the war has not been seen for decades. Both the Harvey and the Ikar, according to the agreement, only left a small amount of troops on the plateau. The border area between the two sides is in dozens of years. Under the fusion of the year, it is even a little fuzzy. The boundaries that were only drawn on the map decades ago, even the boundary markers that were once buried, have been covered by various weeds
"Captain, what are we supposed to guard against here? There is nothing here except weeds and rocky beaches. Everyone has watched for so many years. What can be more? Not to mention that it’s still a cold winter, even if The wild goats who are not afraid of the cold will not come here," a subordinate in the Harvey Cavalry whispered to the captain Lu Yasu with a weird expression
"Stop talking about nonsense, don’t you know what the situation is now? The kingdom has lost areas other than the plateau. Now the plateau is our last land. Any care should not be overstated. Since there is such a requirement, everyone Endure harder. Do you know that Abia’s team? It’s because they missed one point during the patrol, that is, the military punishment of thirty leather whips. Do you want to taste the cold oil whip? "The cavalry captain Lu Yasu said with a serious face, his eyes retracted from a distance
"Forget it, I'd rather run to death than suffer the crime"
When the captain mentioned military punishment, the other cavalry trembled slightly, and the cavalry shook his head quickly. "This season’s cold oil-soaked whip, the grease on it is all condensed. It hurts on the body, but when the whip is pulled violently along the cold oil, it is not painful, but a piece of flesh is directly pulled off. This cruel military torture has not been executed for many years, but this half In the past month, thirty or forty people have been horrible, and I don’t know what’s going on. Everyone who became the border guard at the beginning is to save a bite of food for the family. If I knew it would be like this, I wouldn’t have killed him. Joined the border guard"
"Yeah, what on earth is it guarding against"
Lu Yasu also sighed inwardly. There are two kinds of people on this plateau, one is the Harvey, the other is the Ikal, is it the Ikal who are on guard? This idea makes Lu Yasu feel funny, guard against the Ikals, isn't this a joke! Everyone and the Ikars have been in harmony with each other for decades. Especially on this border, intermarriage between the two races abounds. Take Luyasu himself as an example. His mother is an Ikar, and he His wife’s mother is also an Ikal, and more than half of his family have Ikal blood. Even if Luyasu is an Ikal, it can be justified
"Forget it, I want to do so much, just follow the above requirements to run all the patrol locations, although it is colder and harder, as long as the above promised military income is a lot."
Lu Yasu shook his head, drove away all the thoughts in his head, raised his hand to his men, and continued to move forward. Under the horseshoe, the snow was like powder. After the tidal flat in front, there will be a The broken small stone rampart standing on half of the wall is the last point of the patrol. The small stone rampart is said to have been a sentry post. Lu Yasu’s memory, when he was seven years old, his father, the previous generation The patrol captain of the border guards has brought him here. Although they are border guards of the Harvey Kingdom, strictly speaking, they are more like militias. They are composed of local people who have lived on the border for decades. Inherited, according to the original procedure, they only came here every week, and they could go back after checking if there were any changes nearby, and they were not as nervous as they are now, just a symbolic tour and they could go back, but Now, they are ordered to patrol the border every day,
It’s more than 20 miles from the place of residence to here. Even if you are a cavalryman, it takes four or five hours to come and go. When you come out in the morning, you will basically go back in the evening. The whole day is spent on this. For the local border guards who are used to patrolling in the morning and plowing in the afternoon, they really have their lives. In such a cold weather, there is a shallow wetland along the way. It is cold and bitter. The above also requires that they must be fully armed, and you must know that they are fully equipped. The concept of armed forces is that they must be armed with all light and heavy weapons. They don’t have any protection against the cold. They can only wrap a few more layers of clothes. They may not be able to stop them. They only need to eat all kinds of self-prepared weapons at home. After eating cold, for half a month, even those old cavalry who are familiar with the road conditions, all of them are miserable, their thighs are swollen by rubbing, and they are blown by the cold wind, there are cold and itchy, every time they return to the place of residence. You need someone’s help even to get off the horse
On such a day as , when will you be heady?
Lu Yasu sighed secretly. The kingdom lost a large area of land in the east, and more than 300,000 soldiers died in battle. Although they were far away on the plateau, they were also affected, although they only I can be regarded as the lowest level sergeant, but I have vaguely heard of the fiasco of the kingdom in the east, and the word empire is often mentioned by the superiors. It is a vast land with a large number of powerful wolves like raging wolves. The kingdom of cavalry like this represents brutality and strength. It is said that the most elite force of the kingdom’s 200,000 people died in the hands of the empire. If this were not the case, the kingdom would not collapse so fast in the east, let alone humiliation. Signed an agreement with the brutal Martin Liya people to cede all land on the east side of the plateau
Half an hour later, Luyasu stopped on the bank of the river below the small stone rampart, raised his head and looked at the small stone rampart above the cliff. Climbing up is a very tiring task, and it freezes in winter. He didn’t think anyone would climb this inconspicuous place. On the contrary, clear mountain streams gush out from under the frozen ice like streamers. There are many such streams here, all from the mountains. There are transparent ice blocks behind the middle part of the mountain range. The locals living near the mountain range from an early age have circulated that the middle part of the mountain range belongs to the devil’s territory. If anyone crosses the middle part and does not know to stop, they will be dragged by the devil. Eat it in the lair. Of course, this is just a legend. Some people have been curious about it. He is still alive and well. The man Lu Yasu has also seen him. He is indeed alive. But the whole person is stupid. Why ask about the situation behind the middle section of the mountain, the fool can't say anything
"His soul has been eaten by the devil"
The elders of the clan said that, when Lu Yasu obviously did not believe it
Looking at these small streams in front of him, Lu Yasu's expression was a little serious. He didn't believe that there were demons in the middle of the mountain, but he knew another thing. As a low-level military officer who had been recommended to study at the Royal School, Lu Yasu knows that this huge mountain range with a thunderstorm hovering at the top, like a long black dragon, is the source of the Yalin channel on the bank of the largest river in the Harvey Plateau. Here it is just a stream like a stream, which will become a thousand miles away. The rushing wide river of more than two hundred meters has become the largest water source for irrigating 60% of the grain-producing areas of the entire Harvey Kingdom, and is the river of life for the Harvey Kingdom
As proof that I have been here, I used the kettle given by the camp to pour a pot of water here, because it is the ice water from the source, the water here has a special light and sweet taste
"Everyone, take a break, look around, and then you can go back" Lu Yasu jumped off the horse, took out the kettle from the horseback package, walked to the stream and began to fetch water. At this moment, a bend The cavalry with his waist and face suddenly pointed to the far west, his face was horrified and shouted, "Look, what is that?"
Lu Yasu quickly turned around, and saw a large piece of black stuff wrapped in something like a white mist in the west direction, rushing toward this side aggressively
"Is it a blizzard?"
"Doesn’t it look like a blizzard? And the blizzard should be on the sky, not on the ground" someone murmured.
" What was it this time? The cavalry craned their necks one by one, staring at the growing blackness
"Everyone gets on the horse, we will go right away, it is the army of the Ikars!" Lu Yasu's hurried and powerful voice rang suddenly, and under everyone's stunned eyes, he saw Lu Yasu running towards him. Warhorse, at this moment, all the Harvey cavalry shivered in unison, with an expression of disbelief, what did the Ikal army appear on the border? The Ikal attacked the Harvey Kingdom!
The cold air was suffocated and solidified at this moment, and the black sky was also shining at this moment. Ikal’s flag was flying, and dozens of long and narrow black dots crossed the boundary line~IndoMTL.com~The front It is one of the few elite cavalry with full light mail. The white smoke and dust is the snow flakes under the horse's hoof that have not yet completely dissipated. Behind is the infantry of the brigade, the spears are like forests, and the metal shines with the breath of killing
A general of the Kingdom of Ikar stared at the land belonging to the Kingdom of Harvey on horseback. The dilapidated stone barrier on the cliff made his pupils shrink slightly
After so many years, there shouldn’t be anyone stationed here anymore. The Harvey people have stepped up border patrols. Only this forgotten corner and this stone fortress may even be forgotten by the Harvey people. Ten years ago, Lu Wu II, the hero of the Harvey Kingdom, went from here to the back of the main force of the Ikal army, cutting off the back of the more than 100,000 troops led by King Ikal, and finally forcing Ikal to sign it. This is an unfair agreement. Although the agreement states that there are different sides, in fact, from this boundary line, the Harvey Kingdom is equivalent to occupying two-thirds of the plateau, while the Ikal Kingdom has only three One of
In the following decades, despite the alliance between the two countries, the Kingdom of Ikar has always been the puppet of the Harvey Kingdom. Martin Liya’s silver fox has begun to move towards the Martin Liya Army plateau, which should be enough Attracting most of the Harvey Kingdom’s attention, Harvey people would never dream that the Kingdom of Ikal would start a war on the plateau. The general of the Kingdom of Ikal flashed his eyes, and the cold wind blew his short hair and head. Wearing a cross-shaped collar helmet, looking at the distance, he raised his hand slightly with dignity and ruthlessness. The situation of the Kingdom of Harvey as the leader and the follower of the Kingdom of Ikar. It’s time to change it. Now Harvey The Kingdom even has problems with self-protection, so what right does it have to continue to act as the leader of this alliance!