Chapter 145, the charge of the Rat Knight, the discovery of the coal mine, and Sheng Qi’s decision again.
A group of rat knights are running on the vast grassland.
There are some differences between the Rat Knights belonging to Rat War and the Rat Knights of Shengqi.
If Shengqi’s Skaven Running Knight is more like an all-terrain-adapted monster infantry than a knight.
Then the rat knights under Rat Zhan meet the definition of knights in a broad sense.
Group, line up, and fight with high mobility and powerful impact.
Especially after Rat Zhan exchanged a large number of metal weapons from the barren mountains.
A metal spear and a rough war club are the standard equipment of the rat knights.
They found their target this time.
On the grassland not far away, the camp appeared in front of us, and as we moved forward, it continued to appear in our sight, until it completely filled the sight in front of us.
Then there are the endless giant sheep, the sheepmen busy in the camp, and the sheepman knights riding the big-horned giant sheep and running among the giant sheep.
This is the first time these rat knights have seen so many living creatures.
Well, maybe this is not the first time. The Divine City of the Wetland Kingdom is obviously more prosperous. After two days and three nights of killing, the heads are piled up high, like a hill.
But no matter how prosperous the city of divine enlightenment is, you can only get a glimpse of it if you get close to it.
In the vast plain in front of us, everything appears clearly in our eyes.
The quantitative gap between the two parties can be observed intuitively and clearly.
The rat knights hesitated a little.
No one wants to face a battle that is certain to lose.
There are only five hundred rat knights.
In front of us, there were at least more than 50,000 goatmen gathered in the vast camp. Although only some of the 50,000 were warriors, the gap was still a hundred times higher.
This fertile four-season pasture has nurtured these races that gather here.
Rat Zhan will definitely be very happy if he sees the camp in front of him.
The hesitation did not last long.
The metal spears behind them were all held in their hands, under the action of the rat knight captain who took the lead.
When Rat Zhan was building the Rat Knights, the dull rat warriors came into his sight immediately.
What could be more suitable than these rat people who are born with flaws, dull and slow to become a team destined to charge against the battlefield.
And they have valuable qualities that are extremely difficult for ordinary rat people to possess, such as loyalty and consistent rigidity.
Rat War makes them attack.
The knight captain who took the lead listened.
So at this time, the charge is about to begin.
A rough battle flag was carefully raised by the knight captain.
He recently spent a lot of blood mushrooms to get this, thinking that it would differentiate him from other knight captains.
But in fact, it is said to be a battle flag. In fact, it is just a piece of rough unknown leather covered with a straighter piece of wood.
It can be seen that the guy who made this battle flag is not very skilled in craftsmanship. Only a simple section of the god's lines is engraved on it.
But the Rat Knight Captain liked it very much.
Hold the battle flag tightly in your hand.
Charge without hesitation.
There was no call sign, no mobilization before the charge, only the charge in silence, and the rough war flag that rustled in the wind.
Rigid response orders are the only things that these flawed guys can carry out.
This is also the only reason why they can become the Rat War Guards.
The sheep orcs discovered such a team rushing towards them.
At the same time, a little doubt arose.
How dare these guys?
In the past few days, they found many strange guys in the nearby pasture.
They appear continuously, but they are so weak.
They were easily driven to death, and strangely, many of these weak guys knew the spells that only priests could use.
But why so weak?
Now there is even a team of knights appearing.
But what is the use of such a weak knight?
A group of sheep orc knights ran out of the camp and greeted the oncoming rat knights.
A round of volleys resulted in a large number of arrows falling. On this grassland, there were a large number of light cavalry controlling bows.
The Sheep Orcs are particularly proficient in this, because their mounts, the giant sheep, can not only bring extremely high mobility to their knights, but after being approached, these violent big-horned giant sheep can also Accelerate immediately and hit the opponent without hesitation.
Arrows fell one after another, and rat knights fell down from the giant rats.
Even getting close is difficult.
Compared to the knights riding giant rats, the running giant rats became a greater threat.
After being attacked in large numbers, these giant rats will fall into a dangerous state of rage.
It’s just that these flexible goat knights are also out of reach.
Easily dodge.
The battle will be over soon.
The rat knights without armor simply had no way to face the flexible light cavalry in front of them, and they were rigid and stunned, and they did not carry any long-range means.
He didn't even think about throwing the metal spear in his hand, he just charged.
They all fell on the road to charge.
A weak knight.
This conclusion was easily drawn by the sheep orcs.
Soon, the battlefield began to be cleaned.
These weak knights actually have metal weapons, which must be recycled.
Until a scream suddenly appeared in this area.
It immediately attracted the attention of other sheep orcs.
Among the large number of rat knights who fell to the ground, a rat knight with red eyes stood up, and a sheep orc knight who was cleaning the battlefield was pierced by the spear in his hand.
That scream came from it.
The spear was pulled out.
Blood dripped from the spear tip.
The sheep orc knight fell to the ground, and the red-eyed rat knight charged again with a sharp neigh.
Waving the rough war flag in his hand.
Holding the metal spear in his hand.
This dull guy still lunged forward.
Until an arrow flew from a distance and plunged straight into the chest of the rat knight.
Crazy is fixed on the face.
The Rat Knight Captain fell to the ground lifeless.
After a while, the sheep beast dared to approach again.
The metal spear in his hand was taken away, and the rough battle flag that was tightly held was regarded as useless and left behind.
In the distance, a sheep orc with his bowstring drawn looked at this scene.
Recognized the bravery of the rat knight captain.
"He is a brave guy, but unfortunately, he is too weak."
Shaked his head.
He took over the metal spear from the hands of the rat knights from his subordinate sheep orcs.
Even though this spear is somewhat rough.
The surface of the sharp iron rod is covered with uneven and undulating surfaces. Perhaps this description is more appropriate.
But the cold metallic luster cannot be faked.
But he remembered that only the wolf beasts on this grassland had mastered the technology of metal smelting and could produce metal weapons.
Where do these guys come from?
Do they also master the technology of metal smelting? Some unreasonable thoughts and greed appeared in the mind of this sheep orc.
Who doesn’t love metal.
This news was reported to a small race that seemed to have control over metal.
It caused a stir.
The senior leaders of the Sheep Orcs finally paid more attention to it, but it was not because of the appearance of the foreign land, but because of the possible metal veins.
Start actively looking for the place where the rat people gather.
What they don’t know is that maybe they don’t need to look for it.
A guy came to the door by himself.
The mighty team left the simple fortress in the mountains.
And a huge group of rat knights appeared at the front of this huge team, led by Rat Zhan.
At the same time, a large number of rat priests carrying scattered teams also filed out of the simple fortress.
They are not part of this team.
But there are not many of them, like the wild dogs falling behind them. If the battle goes well, these rat priests will not mind joining the battle at all, or after the war, they will attack those who still exist. Sporadic areas of skirmishing.
Like the humble wild dog that scavenges carrion.
Those rat knights did not come back.
It's like a signal.
The cruel war will be officially launched in the grassland by the rat war.
If those sheep orcs are still so indifferent, then when Rat War arrives near the camp, a painful lesson will appear.
During this time, the size of Rat War's army expanded again.
Twenty thousand rat warriors.
Twenty thousand rat knights.
This is the capital of Rat War to conquer the grassland in front of them.
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Hilly area.
The first encounter between rat and half-elf.
The results were not particularly good.
The hills were originally the home ground of the half-elves. The rat priests who were exploring the mineral veins did not have much strength. Facing the half-elves' pioneering team, they were beaten and fled away with their heads in their hands.
The embarrassing escape from the hills boosted the morale of the half-elves.
Until a coal vein was discovered in the mountains.
The rat priest who fled back in embarrassment brought the news.
In an instant, a decision is made jointly.
A huge expeditionary force was quickly organized.
Take Sheng Qi as the commander-in-chief.
Yes, Sheng Qi is still the commander-in-chief, even though there is no peace in Wasteland City.
The Skaven Priests have inherited their fine traditions.
Intense internal fighting and self-consumption, but Sheng Qi was quite popular and firmly occupied the position of commander-in-chief of the army.
Perhaps it’s because he still only has one divine technique at his disposal. Yes, Sheng Qi still only knows one madness technique.
A priest who only knows the art of madness is also an ordinary leader.
This guy figured out misplaced competition.
Knowing only the madness technique cannot threaten the status of other priests, and knowing only the madness spell ensures that he will always be a member of the rat priests.
But at the same time, he is a commander with experience in commanding large-scale battles.
I am the best priest among the Skaven Commanders, and I am the best Skaven Commander among the priests.
Sheng Qi embarked on a completely different path from Rat Zhan.
It cannot be said that this path has failed.
Because at this time, the army he led was larger than that of Rat War, and the equipment was more elite. There were even two senior priests stationed in the army as support.
His Western Front Expeditionary Force has gathered 400,000 rat warriors, at least 5,000 official rat priests, 50,000 rat warriors, and two senior rat priests.
Most of the 50,000 attacking knights are equipped with thin iron armor.
Although the armor is indeed thin, it is equipped for each of the 50,000 Skaven Knights.
Most of the 20,000 rat knights in the rat war only have a metal spear and a war club in their hands.
This is the difference choice makes.
But there is also a price to bear.
Being restricted, even though he controlled such a huge army, Sheng Qi did not rely on himself to command the army, but relied on the rat priests in the army to command the army.
He is the commander of the rat priests.
Rather than the commander of this huge army of ratmen.
This brings up a problem.
When he stayed in Waste City, he would laugh and run among the rat priests. When he led the army on an expedition, he would also laugh and serve the two senior priests around him.
It brought him a bit of confusion.
Can he really be considered a big shot like this?
In fact, it should count.
Sheng Qi, who already stands tall above tens of thousands of rat men, is able to command such a large army. How come he is not a big shot in the rat man kingdom.
But if you compare it to those really unruly guys, does he really count?
But if it doesn’t count, why is it like this?
Sheng Qi is a talented mouse, but his talents are neither in war nor in wisdom.
It’s about negotiation, it’s about words.
But this cannot support his dream.
The big man he expected should not be like this.
He sensed something was wrong.
But the wisdom that is not deep enough cannot give him the answer.
Confusion is always there.
Looking up at the deep sky in the dark night.
I also thought of the indifferent expression of the white rat at that grand sacrifice.
This is something that cannot be understood, and the confusion that has been entangled for a long time finally brought something to Sheng Qi.
Some thoughts, a little change.
crazy.
Even though this is common among the Skaven.
This young rat priest, this young rat commander, had a bold and crazy idea in his confusion.
He attributed everything to power
If I can become the high priest, if I can also become the high priest like a white mouse.
Then I will definitely be a big shot who will do anything and everything!
This idea spread like a weed in his heart.
At this moment, he was distracted. He vaguely thought of his teacher, the crazy old guy kneeling in front of the Wild Boar Temple.
A choice was placed before him again.
God is still power.
Without too much entanglement, Sheng Qi made a choice.
Power.
Perhaps the white rat was too deep in his memory, or perhaps it was because the indifferent eyes of the white rat were so dazzling.
He wanted to be a high priest like a guinea pig.
The idea was confirmed.
It's just that this lucky guy ignored a problem.
The power of the white mouse never comes from the empty name that is held high in the sky.
The white rat is the high priest, but the high priest may not necessarily become the white rat.
(End of this chapter)