Although it was spring, the Albarkt Corridor area of the wildfire field had not rained for many days, the land was dry, and tens of thousands of troops marched by, stirring up dust.
It was a starry night, starry sky, and at the southern end of the Arbuckt Corridor on the ground, an army was advancing rapidly on the main road.
In the march of tens of thousands of troops, the torches were bright, and the moonlight and starlight in the sky were intertwined.
On a high slope beside the wilderness, more than a dozen horsemen were standing and looking at the army array flowing like a long river under the high slope under their feet, and in the torch forest, at night, it looked like a fire dragon swimming on the plain.
Manninger was on the high slope, his small eyes were full of fine light, and after slowly retracting his eyes looking at the army, he turned his eyes to the south, seeing the fire dragon on the ground swimming towards the south, he suddenly shook his head: "What time is it?"
A strong man beside him who was as strong as a bear immediately replied in a deep voice: "There are still two hours left, and the sky is two." ” Manninger nodded, although he was over fifty years old, in Odin, who was known for his martial bravery, his age had already passed the age of boasting of martial prowess, but at this moment, among the people standing on the high slope, he was still the most burly and tall one, even this bear-like man beside him, although his physique was similar to him, but in fact he was far from his majesty.
"Order, the front army picks up speed, and before dawn, I want to see my clan flag planted in Wildfire Town."
After Manninger gave the order in a deep voice, he immediately galloped down the high slope without looking at his subordinates, and the dozen or so horsemen behind him swept down like a wild cloud.
Manninger rode a horse.
Among Odin, most of the cavalry used reindeer as mounts, and the more advanced berserker beast soul warriors used violent bears as mounts.
The use of horses is extremely rare.
But Manninger's war horse is snow-white, without a single variegated hair, especially the mane from the horse's back to the horse's neck is long and lush, and it is with a spiral curl in circles, looking from a distance, it looks like a curly-haired lion, and its physique is much stronger than that of ordinary horses The Red Snow Army marched in a hurry, although it didn't look like the Black Flag Army of Hasting's skyrocketing momentum like sweeping wild clouds.
But these tens of thousands of troops marched in a hurry at night, and only the dull footsteps and the sound of the soldiers gasping could be heard in the wilderness, but these tens of thousands of troops walked without hearing a single noisy shout It's such a subtle silence, but it makes people feel the sense of oppression brought by this army.
Manninger rode down the high slope and came into the middle of the march, where he was flying in the middle of the running procession, and a high red banner was fluttering with blood This is the battle flag of the Red Snow Legion, and it is also the flag of the Odin Bashak clan to which the Red Snow Legion belongs, and Manninger is also the patriarch of the Bashak clan.
The Bashak are one of the strongest clans in the Odin Empire, and they are also the top three powerful tribes in the Odin Empire.
The Odin Empire has been established for thousands of years, but it has always been different from the Byzantine Empire in the south.
The Byzantine Empire ruled the country in an emperor-feudal and centralized form of government.
Within the Odin Empire, it has always been ridiculed as a barbaric country by the Byzantine Empire and even the Landis.
Because Odin has been established until now, it has always practiced a tribal union system.
Odin is located in the northern part of the continent, and most of the land is covered with ice and snow, and has always pursued a tribal system from ancient times to the present.
Within Odin's territory, there are countless tribes, large and small, ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands.
And the most powerful of them is the six clans.
These six tribes are also the oldest and most legendary strong clans in Odin.
In the legend of Odin, it is natural to revere the god Odin as the supreme god, and at the same time, in the legend of Odin, there are various other gods who are in charge of the nature of the world, but these gods are all honored by the main god Odin.
Legend has it that these six powerful clans are the most descendant people of the gods in the world.
Among the six strong clans, the most powerful one is naturally the Thor clan, where the royal family is located, and the current Odin God Emperor is also the current patriarch of the Thor clan.
Whether it is the size of the territory or the size of the population, the Thor are the crown of all tribes, and even the combined strength of the other five strong clans can only be equal to the Thor tribe.
This phenomenon has existed in Odin for thousands of years, and the Thor have always been the respect of all races, just because in the legend of Odin, only the Thor is the mother of the great Lord God Odin, and in the legend, the ancestors of the Thor tribe have the blood of the Lord God Odin, and according to the ancient tribal records, the Thor people have also been blessed by the Lord God Odin, and as the most descendant of the God of Odin in the world, they are in charge of the land instead of the gods, and the other tribes must obey the leadership of the Thor.
In addition to the Thor, the other five powerful clans are also said to be descendants of other Odin gods.
And because of this tradition, the supreme leader of each generation of Odin: the god-emperor.
Naturally, it can only be born from the Thor tribe, and other tribes are absolutely impossible to covet.
Therefore, the Thor clan is among the Odin, that is, the royal family.
The Bashak tribe is the top three in Odin, with a population of nearly one million and thousands of miles of land, and the current patriarch Manninger is also an outstanding hero among Odin, and is even deeply appreciated by the contemporary Odin Emperor, and is treated as a brother by the Odin Emperor, and must be called "Brother Alliance".
The political system of the Odin Empire has always been much simpler and crude than the other two human powers, and the leader of the tribe has always been the undoubted tribal leader, and each tribe must respect the leadership of the royal family, and must pay a certain amount of worship to the royal family every year, and at the same time, in times of war, must obey the mobilization of the Odin God Emperor, and once there is a war, the warriors of the tribe must be gathered to fight for the Odin God Emperor.
So it can be said that in the Odin Empire, there is no so-called national standing army of the empire.
And the military system of the Odin Empire has always been an important basis for countries to criticize as "barbarians".
The army of the Odin Empire has the corps as the largest unit, and it seems that Odin's corps level should be equal to the Byzantine corps level.
But in fact, a legion of the Odin Empire is often more complicated.
The first is the distribution of military power, and there is no fixed number.
Taking the Byzantine Empire as an example, a corps of the Byzantine Empire generally has a fixed number of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and the numbers will not vary too much.
But this is not the case in Odin.
Odin does not have a fixed army system, every time there is a foreign war, the Odin God Emperor will call on the warriors of several other large tribes to recruit foreign enemies for themselves, and once mobilized, several large tribes in Odin, including the Bashak clan, will have their own legion number, such as the Bashak clan's legion number is "Red Snow".
But it is difficult to generalize about how much combat power this legion can have.
Some tribes are strong, and the legions formed have more warriors, and some tribes are strong, and the number of legions formed is less.
In this way, a strange phenomenon has emerged, and there has been a precedent in history: in large-scale wars between some empires, often after mobilization, the enemy countries have a headache to find that the army of the Odin Empire is too complex and chaotic.
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Some of the Odin troops, known as a legion, actually had a combat strength of only a few thousand.
The Odin Legion can even reach 100,000 people As for the current situation of the Odin Empire, there are more than ten legions with a total number in the empire, and among the six major tribes, except for the Thor royal family, the other five tribes have a legion number.
But the number of people in each regiment ranged from 30,000 to 60,000.
Among them, the Red Snow Legion of the Bashak tribe has more than 50,000 combat strength.
If it is placed in Byzantium, it can already reach two corps.
The royal family of the Thor has three legions, of which the most famous in recent years is naturally the Black Flag Army commanded by Hasting, but the number of the Black Flag Army is actually not much, only 30,000, which is similar to the number of corps of the Byzantine Empire.
The other two legions of the Thor clan, one is the "Divine Punishment" personally commanded by the Odin God Emperor, the number of perennial people remains at about 50,000, and it is recognized as the most legendary and powerful army in the Odin Empire, but this army will only be dispatched if the Odin God Emperor personally conquest, Ping Yuli is only guarding the imperial capital around the Odin God City, and never takes a step lightly, even in the case of the internal clan civil war in the Odin Empire, the Divine Punishment Legion has hardly participated.
In recent years, the Odin God Emperor has rarely taken a step out of the Odin God City, and has not been personally recruited for many years, so the reputation of this army has gradually been overshadowed by the Black Flag Army of Hasting.
The other legion of the Thor tribe, known as the "Thundercloud", has always had more than 100,000 troops, and there was even a peak era in history when the number exceeded 200,000.
The Thundercloud Legion is the standing army of the Thor Clan, which is used in every war, but more often in the domestic war against the rebel tribes.
In addition to this, Emperor Odin also has the power to levy warriors from other small tribes other than the five powerful clans according to the situation of the war, temporarily organize them into legions to fight, and can appoint his own cronies, such as his own prince, as temporary commanders.
But once the war is over, these legions will be disbanded and revert to their respective clans.
In the last war with Byzantium, the mixed army commanded by the prince Kokoran belonged to this type.
However, in order to show respect for the other five powerful clans, the Odin God Emperor will never directly send people to command the legions belonging to the other five powerful clans, and will not deprive the other five powerful clans of the command of their own armies.
And the legions of the other five strong clans are also relatively more readable.
It can be said that within the Odin Empire, the relationship between the Thor royal family and the other five powerful clans has always been delicate and complicated.
Despite the existence of the legendary ancient iron law of Odin, all tribes must be honored by the Thor.
But after all, in history, there will also be some times of decline experienced by the Thor clan, and other powerful clans have become stronger, disrespecting the orders of the Thor clan, and even have records of overthrowing the royal family.
But after all, according to the legend of Odin, even if other strong clans become strong and occasionally oppress the Thor, even in the most declining and weakened era in history, other tribes do not dare to directly attack and destroy the Thor, a royal family blessed by Odin's main god.
And in the same way, there will also be an era when the Thor tribe is extremely powerful, and the other five powerful clans can only rely on it, but even so, the Thor clan will try to weaken them as much as possible, but they will never really wipe out the other tribes directly.
And the contemporary Odin God Emperor is a rare figure of the Thor tribe for hundreds of years, and his own personal strength is known as the strongest and strongest in the world, and under his rule, the Thor tribe is also strong, and the other five clans dare not have the slightest rebellion.
However, Emperor Odin was not an arrogant man, he did not blindly oppress other tribes by force, but showed methods that were admired by both Byzantine and Lantis politicians.
For example, this Manninger, his youngest daughter is married to the eldest prince of the Odin Emperor, and at the same time, he is also known as an ally brother to the Odin Emperor, and the Bashak family has always been the most staunch ally and supporter of the Sol royal family.
And the contemporary Odin God Emperor himself, his own mother was once the daughter of the patriarch of another strong clan, married to the previous generation of Odin God Emperor, after he succeeded to the throne, he naturally took more care of his mother's mother family, and he also flowed half of the blood of his mother's mother family, and the natural mother family also fully supported his rule.
The six strong clans, the Odin God Emperor self-ruled the strongest Thor royal family, and at the same time, the Bashak clan and another strong clan also supported him, how unstable the rule was For a time, under the rule of the contemporary Odin God Emperor, the current Odin Empire can almost be called the most harmonious and united era in the six powerful clans in the Odin Empire in history.
In recent years, in the war with the Odin Empire, nine out of ten battles were defeated, and gradually some of them were overwhelmed.
And in the mobilization of this expedition, Emperor Odin personally made a promise to Manninger, the patriarch of the Bashak tribe, his own ally.
"The Red Snow Legion went south along the corridor of the Arbakt Plains, through the wildfire field and straight into Byzantium, I promise you one thing, you drive straight into all the places captured by the Red Snow Legion, after the war in the future, it will be the territory of your Bashak tribe, my Suor and other tribes, the Byzantine people who do not occupy the land in a village or a city, are all your slaves, and other tribes are not allowed to compete for the wealth taken from them, they are all owned by your Bashak tribe, and you don't have to offer me a single gold coin." made such a big promise, and at the same time Manninger is the brother of Emperor Odin, and the eldest prince married his daughter, now it seems that the eldest prince is very likely to be the successor of the next Emperor Odin, and at that time, his daughter will be the queen, and if he can give birth to the prince and be established as the heir, from now on, at least within three generations, his Bashak family will be tied to the Sol family So no matter what you say, Emperor Odin's promise, he will never break it The land that I occupy when I go south is mine, and the people I occupy are mine, and the wealth I occupy Thinking of the fertile lands of the Byzantine Empire, the abundant wealth, and the weak army, how the Odin warriors were not excited, how not excited This time, Manninger had already exhausted the elite warriors of the Bashak tribe, leaving less than 10,000 soldiers to guard their homeland, and 40,000 troops to form the Red Snow Legion.
Before the war, he received a secret order from the Emperor Odin, and the Byzantines had civil strife, they were too busy to take care of themselves, the border was not prepared, and the army was dragged into the quagmire of civil war.
Therefore, Manninger also abandoned all the material baggage, tens of thousands of troops, only carried less than ten days' rations, and marched south frantically at all costs As long as they rushed into the territory of Byzantium, those undefended Byzantine sheep hummed, and the axes and blades in the hands of the Odin warriors were sharp, afraid of the lack of food and clothing Thinking of this, even the cool night breeze could not extinguish the blood boiling in his heart, Manninger was excited, and he couldn't help but leap his horse and raise his sword, and shouted: "Accelerate and accelerate southbound" With the shouts of the leader, one by one, the small leaders immediately responded, urging their soldiers to stride forward.
But just a moment later, someone suddenly reported that there was an urgent message from their own forward cavalry in front.
Manninger was slightly stunned, and he was also a little curious.
The intelligence before the expedition showed that the Byzantine Empire was unstable at home, and the royal family and the governors of the local military districts were already incompatible, and this expedition, the enemy army's army would not stop itself at the border at all, and it had not yet walked through the wildfire field, where would there be any emergency Then, sure enough, an Odin warrior came on a reindeer, which was the forward cavalry he had sent.
Manninger rode on his silver lion-like horse and looked coldly at the forward cavalry warrior: "How about you have already captured Wildfire Town?"
But the other party's return made Manninger stunned for a moment "Our forward cavalry had already rushed out of the Arbarkt corridor, less than ten miles from Wildfire Town, but suddenly we saw the mountain and the woods planted with flags, which were the number of the Byzantine army.
"Byzantine Army" Manninger frowned, his face gloomy: "Do you see clearly?"
The cavalry replied: "I saw clearly that I sent a few brothers to try to get closer, but before I could get close, I was shot back by random arrows." ” Manninger's expression was grim, he lowered his head and thought for a while, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly raised his head and sneered: "Ha pretended to be a ghost and wanted to block such a stupid plan of my army in this way, do you think I will be fooled?"
He immediately smiled at the many leaders of the retinue tribes around him: "This must be because the small group of Byzantine border rangers discovered the whereabouts of our army, and they did not have the strength to stop us, so they deliberately arranged this crude scheme, wanting to make me suspicious, not daring to march into me, how could Manninger fall for such an inferior trick."
He laughed loudly, and many of the leaders around him laughed out loud.
Manninger shouted proudly: "Order the forward army to step on that mountain forest first, and cut off the heads of those enemy soldiers inside, I am sure that the enemy army will only be more than a hundred or ten people."
This Manninger is indeed powerful, but after a little thought, the result of the judgment is almost the same as the actual situation.
But just as he was giving the order, suddenly the shouts of the Odin warriors who gave the order came from the front: "The leader has sent news from the front that the enemy has sent a messenger to issue a war letter."
The Byzantine military envoy issued a war letter Manninger, who was still confident and slow just now, suddenly had a suspicious face.
When Char slowly approached the Odin army formation alone, the Red Snow Legion in front of him was really a strong army, although the Red Snow Legion had stopped advancing under Manninger's order, but the army of tens of thousands of people suddenly stopped, but it was not chaotic at all, among the army, those fierce Odin warriors looked like they were all elite, and they stood in formation, no one was noisy and noisy.
Char approached slowly single-handedly, seeing a team of majestic Odin warriors in front of him looking at him with eyes full of evil hostility, thousands of eyes shot at him, and some of the Odin people grinned fiercely, and the knives and axes in their hands glowed with cold light.
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There are a lot of people around, although a road has been divided for Char to pass, but the swords are like a series in the forest, and there are hideous expressions all around, even if Char is bold, he can't help but feel a little worried in his heart, but on the surface, he is riding on a horse, holding his head high, not squinting, and making a cold and calm appearance.
In the middle of the military formation, under a large red banner several meters high, Char saw Manninger and immediately confirmed the identity of the other party.
It's really Manninger's figure that is too eye-catching.
Even among the generally tall and majestic Odin, Manninger's body shape can be regarded as extremely strong and majestic, with silver hair quite a bit of wild taste, small eyes, but full of fine light, broad shoulders, at first glance he is a warrior, and even more powerful and mighty, and the others standing next to him seem to be shorter.
If he's not Manninger, who's still Char deliberately sneered on his face, slowly rode his horse to a place ten steps away and stopped, and suddenly a team of Odin warriors in leather armor surrounded him, and used axes to frame Char in the middle, the axe light flickered, as long as Char made any rash moves, hundreds of axes around him would be cut down together.
Char rolled his eyes, looked at Manninger who was riding a horse and stood under the flag, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahahahahahahaha" His laughter deliberately used enough energy, and the laughter drifted far away with the wind in the night, and it was even louder and richer, without fear.
Manninger looked at Char, his small eyes narrowed: "Byzantine envoy, what are you laughing at" Char puffed up his chest and said proudly: "I'm just a single horse, among these ten thousand armies, if you want to kill me, it's like crushing an ant to death, but your army is so nervous and jealous, with swords and axes, like facing a great enemy, hum, it's really not like the fierce enemy Chixue Army that my Rhodrian cavalry preached."
Manninger's eyebrows raised, raised his hand and waved, and suddenly the surrounding axe-wielding warriors retreated, Manninger also rode up a few steps, and the distance from Char was only five or six steps before he stopped, looked at Char levelly, and after a while, he frowned and said: "What are you talking about the Rodria cavalry?"
"Exactly," Char held his head proudly.
Manninger sneered twice: "I heard that you came to write the war book, bring it to me to see." ” Char looked disdainful and sneered: "Our Byzantine Iron Cavalry Army, when we say war, we will fight, where do you want to write those words of nonsense, that is, the war book your army suddenly waved south, aiming to invade the territory of our empire, our army is stationed on the frontier, and I have already found out your whereabouts Hmph, since this is the case, there is no need to talk nonsense Back then, our two armies had a battle, although our army had the upper hand, but afterwards I heard our general say that the Chixue Army deserves to be Odin's strong army, if it weren't for the irreversible situation at that time, our army might not be able to win This time since you are here again, Then everyone will be happy, put on a posture, and fight hard to see if your Red Snow Army is powerful, or my Rhodria cavalry is mighty" At the end, Char took a deep breath and suddenly shouted: "Odin warriors, dare to fight in the light" Dare to fight in the light This sentence was suddenly sent out with the wind, but I was afraid that the surrounding Odin warriors heard it really and saw Char riding in the midst of all armies, majestic and fearless, plus Char's own physique was majestic and upright, coupled with this pride, even if it was a hostile position, but in the eyes of the Odin people who respected the hero, there were also many people who had some respect.
Immediately, before Manninger could speak, some other leaders of the Bashak tribe shouted: "Why don't you dare?"
"Fight for War" "We, the Bashak warriors, are we afraid of you Rodrians?"
"Then let's fight, let's see who is the real hero" There was a lot of shouting for a while, but Char's face was cold, without any fluctuation, and his eyes were staring at Manninger.
Manninger's face was also as heavy as water, and he raised his hand high and made a gesture, and suddenly all the shouts around him disappeared.
Manninger's eyes were like blades, forcing Char's eyes, his eyes changed, and he suddenly smiled: "What a big breath, so make a big speech, this kind of crude trickery, do you want to deceive me?"
He continued to sneer: "Rodria haha joke If it is really the Rodria cavalry who is coming, of course my Red Snow Army is not afraid of a battle, and I will definitely want the Rodria cavalry to be completely convinced after a battle, and then look at the banner of my Red Snow Army and flee from the wind" He said this, but suddenly changed his words, stared at Char, and sneered word by word: "But the Rodria cavalry you said hummed, I'm afraid it's not here at all."
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