Power and Empire Chapter 3837: The death knell of Aden (11)

The corridors of the ancient fortresses are very gloomy, giving people a feeling of depression. Around the corridors, there are many dark holes. It is said that the ambushes are all poisoned bows and arrows. If a foreign enemy enters, the archer can shoot the enemy from these small holes, sealing the corridors and aisles completely. But these are very ancient legends, and only when the Ikham family is alive and dead will they know the truth and falsehood. The current Icham Patriarch’s Fort is more like a depressed old man, Shen invaded in the glory of the past and reluctant to face reality. These facilities have long ceased to function. The glory can only represent the past, not the past. Now

The Ikhams sent to receive Jelos Ferro are their two rising stars, Icaros and Icarto.

Actually, they can’t be called a rising star either, because the pen-style guards captain uniforms on the two of them clearly show the identity of the other party, the captain of the guards, this is already the royal guards. As a middle-level officer, the Iqam family has an extraordinary relationship with the royal family. Two generations of Iqam women became the queen of Aden. Even the blood of the current king of Aden, there are elements of the Iqam family flowing. Many disciples of the Kam family have entered the royal guard system

However, there are not many who can be mixed to the level of squadron leader. The reason is simple. The royal guards rarely have the opportunity to fight. In the absence of military achievements, the situation of seniority ranking in the guards is very serious. There are a lot of people who are still squad leaders at the age of forty, and these two ages are about thirty-four and five, and they can climb to the position of the captain of the guard squadron

The only explanation is that these two men have been on the battlefield and have achieved considerable results.

The only chance for the Imperial Guards to go to the battlefield in the past five years was the battle with the Eero Empire for the Koninia Port. The Eero Empire raided the Koninia Corridor and entered the Oasis. Only three hundred miles away is the Gulf of Aden, the core of the Kingdom of Aden. In an emergency, the Royal Guards of Aden had to enter the Oasis battlefield. The battle between the two major countries totaled one million people, and the final result was the Erot. The vitality of the empire was greatly injured, and the pope of the sect state Pudamia seized the opportunity to enter the country. In the end, the emperor Farouk I of Eero was killed in battle, the capital of Eero fell, the royal family of Eero moved south, and the Eero Empire existed in name only, and Aden The Kingdom completely abandoned the Corninia Corridor to the west and turned its national focus to the Central and Biya area.

"Master Jeros Ferro, I welcome you on behalf of the Icam Family. Although the owner mentioned your Excellency many times, I didn't expect to meet with you under such circumstances, but it's always good to be able to come back. Yes, the eldest lady is okay." Icaroche, who has a cross scar on the corner of his eye, said enthusiastically. He is a generous-looking middle-aged man. The guard uniform on his body is obviously not suitable for him to see. There is a sense of incongruity. Jeros Firo heard from his wife that Icarosh is more like a housekeeper in the family. It is Icarto who really has authority in the family, the son of his wife’s cousin. In the case of no male heirs in the main line of the family, Icarto is the second in line.

Thinking of this, Jeros Ferro couldn’t help but look at Icarto a few more times. He was a silent young man with a cold look and unfriendly eyes. He just said indifferently, "Jerlos Ferro Your Excellency came from afar. I don’t know what good news has brought us to the Icham family?"

"On behalf of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Kingdom, I will come to Ikham's house to handle some affairs..." Jeros Firo felt the aggressive tone of the other party and said politely.

Icarto raised his slender eyebrows, and said coldly: "Is it so simple to do some business?"

Jeros Philo's face changed, and he smiled and said, "Of course, Lord Ragure, the Secretary of Military Affairs, specially asked me to come to Icam’s house. In addition to purchasing a batch of stones for the high platform of your Majesty’s promotion ceremony, he also said with a smile. By the way, let me supervise the repair work of Icham’s castle"

Icarto’s expression remained the same, but he quietly looked at Jeros Firo for more than ten seconds before saying, “A month ago, we had received a letter from the Military Ministry that the stone on the high platform was ready. As for the repair of the Ikham’s castle, Master Jeros Philo knows where the person who said this last time is now?"

"A fortress that is too old also has an impact on housing, so properly repair it..."

Jeros Philo continued to persuade with a smile. Because of the lack of repairs, the entire castle was in a damp state, and there were many cracks between the stones, and some external pendants were crumbling. He has not said anything. After that, Icarto interrupted him coldly, and said in a categorical tone, "The person who said last time to repair the castle is now buried under your feet. If your Excellency hadn’t been with me, Miss Ikham’s Relationship, I won’t see you at all

Icarto snorted heavily in his nose and waved his hand to Gerlos Firo. His voice paused, "The military department Ragure sent you to repair the old fort in Icham just because you have no good intentions, but you I still jumped inside obediently, which made me even more disappointed. It proves that you don't understand the glory of Icham. The stone is in the quarry outside the castle. How to transport it back, you think of a way." He turned and left. Icaroche coughed with an embarrassed face, "I hope Master Jeros Firo doesn't mind, his temper is like this." After saying this, Icarosh hurriedly followed Icarto to leave

In the hall, only Jeros Ferro and the red-haired adjutant Jerome looked at each other. The red-haired adjutant Jerome looked around, raised his right hand and patted his chest, making it loose. An expression of breath, "People are really gone, my lord, it seems you don't have to die! You have already conveyed the news, we just need to go back with the prepared stone"

"You said, can such a castle still defend against the enemy's attack?"

Jeros Philo stood in front of the window of the hall, looked at the scratched city wall through the window, muttered to himself, as the head of the war department, he still knew something about the situation in the southern battlefield. Yes, the imperial army seized the city of Bersad, and it was only about three hundred miles away from the city of Bersad in the south. It was not as far away as imagined. What I saw along the way was a slackness. No one thinks that the war will spread here, but yes, the imperial army’s offensive in the south has been the end of the battle as the front stretches, and the strategy of using land for time by the Aden Ministry of Military Affairs has also achieved its goal

More than one hundred thousand Aden troops are in front of Bethsad. It is a miracle that the mere 20,000 imperial troops have not run away, not to mention breaking through the defense line of more than one hundred thousand Aden troops here. To a certain extent Therefore, Aden has a deadly victory in the south. All that is left is time, three days, or five days. There will be good news of great victory.

In the distance, you can see a black smoke rising straight up

"What's going on?" Jeros Ferro looked surprised and asked curiously

"The fire should have been accidentally caused. Your lord, you see there are many people fighting the fire. Don’t you know, my lord, the south has been in a drought since this summer. The food in the entire south has been affected. Many places There is no harvest, and the dry climate is most likely to cause fires." The red-haired adjutant Jerome glanced at the place where the black smoke was emitting in the distance, and explained disapprovingly. "

The dark green leaves floating in the wind, and the coldness coming from the face, clearly tells everyone that in winter, when the wilderness of the river and the southern mountain borders, the horseshoes of thick arc-shaped iron are nailed to it. Like a sharp razor, the ground was completely torn apart and turned into black patches. These wet mud splashed and slapped mercilessly on the quagmire of the marsh ground, crashing... ... "Countless endless and exciting sounds. The earth seems to be covered by countless black lines. The black lines are getting bigger and bigger. They are getting wider and wider. In this group of oceans, there are meniscus and starlight on the windward side. The flag marked. It is a dense layer of cavalry, appearing in a crowd on this fertile land, between the war horse and the war horse, they are almost connected by horseshoes,

His gaze swept across the vast land ahead, Shu Ge, wearing an imperial general armor, raised up the horse whip in his hand, and read a long list of tribal names "Bai Sa, Korolin, and Zamsu leading the people to the west, Lazoya, Guza, and Slam led the people to the east, and the others followed. "The imperial cavalry who heard the order immediately turned in their two directions.

Like a wave in a tropical storm, and like a flood that bursts a bank

Aggression, sweeping forward like fire

Under the black clouds, the rapidly rolling black clouds have almost no cracks in the ground. The rumbling of horseshoes like thunder makes the wind and clouds between the sky and the earth change color, and countless flying horseshoes rush into the flat beach in front of them, bringing them up Gravels of sand and gravel and withered grasses entangled them into a tornado-like procession. The gravel collided back and forth in the dense horseshoe until it was completely crushed and disappeared in the fierce wind

Two days in a row, I ran three hundred miles and still maintained an amazing forward speed. It was like a fine to extreme machine. It was easy to give people the illusion that if someone fell in the middle, the back The cavalry will continue to move forward without hesitation, crushing the fallen horse to pieces, completely melting on the ground

The imperial cavalry appeared in the safe area behind the Aden army. The little nobles in the Aden area did not expect that the bell ringing from the watchtower, "West, the enemy, a large number of enemies!" The voice of the sentry Appearing to be very flustered, the little nobles in the castle ran up to the outpost with panic expressions,

The gray and dark sky seems to be condensed with a large area of ​​black moving at high speed in the distance. It is a row of leaping horses. The little nobleman of Aden, Meen, also saw the knight above, and his heart jumped out. The knight on horseback wears thin armor. Carrying a bow and arrow on his back, bent over, pressed tightly against his horse's back, with his feet firmly clamped between the horse's belly, the horse's speed was raised to the limit, and it was like a sharp arrow through this vast and desolate land.

"Is the Imperial Cavalry!"

"Asshole, where did these imperial cavalry come from"

The little nobles of Aden feel that they are going crazy. In order to support the Aden army in front of them, the great nobles above have evacuated the surrounding private soldiers and slave armies. At this moment, they are the commanders of polished rods. What can they do to fight the imperial army!

The horses of the imperial cavalry are all northern horses from the Gaul region. They are tall and powerful. They are more than one head taller than horses in other regions. The disadvantage is that they are weak in continuity, so this heavy horse does not care about the weeds and sand on the plain. With the presence of the gravel, they spread their hooves at the fastest speed, and galloped horizontally and horizontally like the wind on this thin earth. The earth was shattered under the splash of horseshoes, or was Stepping deep into the ground, occasionally one or two thicker mud blocks are flying with horseshoes, distributing dazzling light under the eyes. There is no abundant aquatic plants here, it is not worth their nostalgia, and it is not worth slowing down.

Their sight is forward. Behind them, a black plume of smoke and dust rises to the sky. The castle of the little lord is still burning, the corpses of the Aden nobles hung in the trees after being killed, and groups Slave like a locust

The five thousand imperial cavalry may only be regarded as a partial division in a general battle, but now facing the completely defenseless southern Aden, the five thousand imperial cavalry swept all the way, almost no resistance, five thousand The cavalry was scattered into dozens of roads to raid the Aden nobles’ plantations, and a large number of slaves were released. The first thing these slaves ran out was to rush into the nobles’ homes to grab things, especially food

Brother Shu, who came with the emperor’s secret order~IndoMTL.com~, directly avoided large towns with strong defenses,

The people of Aden have been paying attention to Bethad, and they only think of these slave disturbances as small movements, but they have not paid attention to it.

At a critical moment in the southern battlefield, the emperor put these five thousand imperial cavalry into the battlefield, like a sharp sword piercing the Aden people’s defenses for the real purpose. It is food. Throughout this summer, there was no rain in the southern part of Eero. Most of the crops were dried to death, resulting in a severe food shortage in the entire southern part of Aden. In these two months, the number of southern slaves who starved to death due to food shortage alone reached 80,000, and how many slaves did not exist for four to five days. After eating a little bit of food, the bark of some trees along the way was plucked out, revealing the smooth trunks inside. If it weren’t for the poisonous trunks, I’m afraid that even the trunks would be eaten up by the hungry slaves

Now a large number of slaves have been released. These slaves attacked the plantations of the nobles. As the number of people increased, the slaves soon began to target food on the logistics line of the Aden Army. For Aden The attack on the army's logistics line suddenly became extremely fierce, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger. From the beginning of more than a hundred people, to now tens of thousands of people have gathered, and the hungry people do everything.

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