Chapter 101, The Fear of Climbing
Soon after, the last batch of young ratmen were brought by the priests.
The Western Expeditionary Force in the Third Divine War of the Skaven has officially set off.
There are not too many ceremonies, and there is no farewell when setting off for the expedition.
The huge army of rat men just filed out of the outpost and poured into the lush forest in front of them.
This is an expeditionary force that not many ratmen are optimistic about, not because of the young ratmen who fill the army, but because of the unknown long claws, and the Sheng Qi who only has rumors of good luck.
But even so, a large number of Big Claw priests set off after the Western Expeditionary Force was launched.
Just like when the Rat War conquered the Wetland Kingdom, the Big Claw Priests would follow the army with young rat men, blood mushrooms, and a large amount of supplies until there was no other way. Until we can keep up with the expeditionary force.
Of course, this team will not be all Big Claw priests. Some rat priests who are eager for merit will also be mixed in this team.
Anyway, the war has begun.
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Just after walking a short distance, this huge army was discovered. Scattered wild boar knights appeared not far from the army, watching the army from a distance and following this huge rat. The human army advanced and retreated.
This was noticed by Sheng Qi.
The rat knight who was still in the running-in period was not called. Under the command of Sheng Qi, the huge group of rats quickly passed through various hidden caves scattered in the forest, facing the wild boar man. The Knight Face disappeared from the face of the earth.
The wild boar knights looked at each other. Obviously, even though all the hidden cave entrances were exposed at this time, they did not dare to go underground to track this huge rat army.
Soon after, the knights brought news of the coming war to all surrounding cities, watchtowers and camps.
A large number of wild boar soldiers began to gather on the city wall.
That night.
Dense eyes appeared outside a core city where the wild boar man was located in the forest.
The wild boars have a very vicious vision in choosing the core city. The reason why it is the core is because of its important location. If you want to attack, then this city must be captured.
This is why Sheng Qi appears here with the rat army.
As for why not pour directly into the city in front of you through the underground tunnel.
Because the road is blocked by the waterway outside the city.
This waterway dug by the wild boars played its role and successfully prevented the rat men from crossing the defense line underground.
The underground tunnel was dug and a large amount of river water was poured into it. Fortunately, the rat people were prepared for this situation.
Thanks to the slave-catching priests who did these things.
The river water only flooded a large area of tunnels near the waterway and did not spread. However, just the flooded underground tunnels also caused great trouble.
But this was not the biggest reason for Sheng Qi to give up traveling underground.
No matter how troublesome this water-filled underground tunnel is, as long as enough ratmen are invested and some time is spent, the problem will not be a problem.
After all, this is not the first time that the rat people digging cities in the mountains have dug underground water.
It just takes some time.
But the Eastern Expeditionary Force has begun to gather. Soon, they will officially set off and rush to the east of the lush forests to continue the war against the lizard people.
Even after delaying here for a period of time, even though this initially well-constructed defense line is very annoying, the two armies can undoubtedly be easily torn open when they join together.
But can Shengqi choose this way?
No!
Sheng Qi must obtain results before the Eastern Expeditionary Force launches. He doesn't have time! Sheng Qi gave up the idea of digging tunnels for surprise attacks without hesitation.
The only thing left is to forcefully cross this waterway that is not wide enough and attack the core city of wild boars in front of them.
The waterway outside the core city is not wide, only about three or four meters wide.
At this time, more than 100,000 rat troops were entrenched outside the city. This waterway was not enough to stop the rat army.
But obviously, this tall city built by the wild boar people did not rely on this narrow waterway to resist the enemy.
The brazier is burning to drive away the darkness, the wild boar archers and spearmen are already waiting on the city wall, and the rolling logs and falling rocks are already ready.
A rack of ferocious crossbow arrows were also pushed onto the city wall.
But even these did not bring much sense of security to the wild boar warriors on the city wall.
A wild boar warrior who nervously manipulated a crossbow couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
In front of him, tiny rays of light and dark light gathered in the darkness, like ears of wheat swaying in the wind, covering almost the entire world in front of him.
But these things are not ears of wheat, nor the fireflies gathering in the forest at night, nor the stars twinkling in the sky!
Those are all eyes! It’s all eyes!
Even though they were far apart, the thin sound still rang in his ears. The crossbow in his hand was held tightly, and the beating speed of his heart continued to accelerate.
Because of the instinctive fear of facing dense things.
The running knight had already brought news. Not long ago, a city suddenly collapsed in the forest, but he didn't take it seriously.
Until these mice appear in front of you, when everything really appears in front of you.
This guy who was arrogantly waving his arms in the tavern yesterday and never paid attention to the weak rat people can experience a different feeling!
That fear of climbing.
I almost yelled out of control!
"Damn it! How many rat men are there!"
In fear, he pulled the trigger, and the thick crossbow arrow streaked across the sky, disappearing into the darkness in the distance with a whistling sound.
But obviously, this does not bring him courage.
The tiny sound suddenly amplified dramatically, harsh and noisy.
This arrow broke the calm between the two parties.
With sharp shouts, the rat people rushed over!
Furious command sounds appeared on the city wall, and the crossbows took the lead in attacking.
There is almost no need to aim. When the black wave appears in front of you, random attacks will definitely cause damage.
Each arrow fired by the powerful crossbow can kill many ratmen like a candied haws on a stick.
But this has no effect. It is difficult to even create a gap in the incoming ratmen.
Almost instantly, the rat crowd arrived in front of the narrow waterway.
The quilboar archers began to attack, and the ratmen had entered their shooting range.
As the bows and arrows were thrown, the narrow waterway was soon dyed with a bright red color.
(End of this chapter)