Chapter 271: The road to greatness
The rat men were running in the mountains and forests.
The world has undergone many changes during this time. The withering of plants has changed the appearance of this dangerous but vital mountain forest.
Withered, rotten, and filled with a stale smell, which became more and more intense as time went by.
The world is becoming less and less suitable for survival, but the rat people don't care.
Seven rat armies launched an attack on Lianyan Province neatly within a period of time.
There is no such idea of letting one's colleagues take the lead as a test, because war, plunder and wealth go hand in hand.
Plunder, sacrifice, and finally war.
The rat people came from all directions and appeared in almost all places at the same time. Fierce battles started everywhere in this land. These rat warlords were not the only ones who arrived here.
The ratmen follow the crowd. The ratmen mercenaries are also aware of the opening of this grand event. At the same time, they are also accompanied by the constant influx of ratmen escapees. Of course, these guys will not miss this event. It's a grand event.
And they were all very impatient.
A group of rats climbed onto the dining table and wandered outside the iron cover that protected the delicacies. They were eager and impatient. With their rustling sounds, they kept trying to lift the cover with their sharp claws, hoping to have a good meal.
A fertile basin was attacked everywhere, and rat people roared down from the mountains, fighting with the original residents of the mountains.
It’s not that the human side didn’t respond, it’s just that they exist in scattered gatherings and their connections are not close.
After these rat warlords took action, they took advantage of the wave of rat refugees that kept arriving in the Golden Province and the large number of rat mercenaries wandering in this mountain forest.
This time, they were not repulsed, and each gathering place was quickly destroyed.
At the same time, the large number of plundered slaves attracted the rat caravans.
The rat warlords currently cannot afford a brutal offensive, so there are almost no rat people to provoke in the human cities located in large basins.
But that’s not necessarily the case. The rat warlords, who have gradually reaped rewards from their torture in the mountains and forests, are finally on the fast track.
After all, with all the settlements large and small, this land is really too fertile.
Compared to wandering in the mountains and forests, playing hide and seek with scattered small groups of aliens, the harvest now is really wonderful.
Capturing a large number of slaves and holding sacrifices one after another, one of these two things brought them a large amount of blood mushrooms, and the other brought them gradually rising prestige.
With the blood mushrooms and the arrival of the rat caravan, there is no need to worry about logistics. With prestige, recruiting rat warriors has become a simple matter.
The huge profits support the expansion of the army. The expansion of the army brings stronger strength. Stronger strength allows them to plunder better and bring greater profits.
This is a cycle that fits each other.
The footprints of the rat people appeared everywhere in this province in a very short period of time, in the darkness and in the decaying mountain forests.
Like a big fish eating a small fish, the rat lords are competing against each other, comparing who can eat more human gathering places first, and who can accumulate enough strength first.
Only those who have accumulated enough strength are qualified to enjoy that real feast, to capture those huge cities, to truly capture this province, and to capture the truly important achievements. middle.
Of course, if these guys are willing to unite, then now they can try to capture the province, but it is a pity that they are not united.
The flag also ran wildly during this period, holding the flag high.
Moving forward, his excessive lack of greed brought him huge troubles. In the current fierce competition, he was unable to expand his army as quickly as other rat warlords.
During this period of time, his gains were not small, including several small villages, several large settlements, a wandering alien tribe, and some demi-humans running around in the mountains and forests.
The army in hand expanded from 40,000 to 60,000. Qi purchased some chainmail and a team of giant rats.
There is an extra cavalry in hand, a team of giant rat knights.
Chain armor is for these giant rat knights, and some scimitars are also issued, not the lances provided for the knights.
Qi clearly understands the capabilities of his team of giant rat knights. Even if he spends a lot of blood mushrooms to purchase a batch of lances, these guys will probably not be able to use them well. However, there is actually another option, those short-handled lances. Small hammer, this short-handled hammer is easier to use. You don't even need to practice chopping. As long as it swings up and down, it can already exert its power well.
But Qi finally chose the scimitar.
He knows his opponent's situation very well.
The sharp scimitar is not particularly effective against lightly armored units. For example, the leather armors installed on a large scale by rat warriors can effectively resist hacking, but The impact brought by the giant rat running wildly can solve this problem very well.
At the same time, the scimitar can also create some more bloody scenes, and the impact of simple and direct scenes can cause a serious blow to morale.
On that vast grassland, the wolf knight's massacre of the rat mercenaries started with the roaring charge and the scimitar raised high after getting close.
These are what the flag needs.
Lianyan Province began to rot.
What does the great noble in charge of this province want to do.
After the joint oracle of the gods and the fall of the Golden Province, even the most arrogant and stupid guy had to react.
However, the idea is there, but it is not easy to do something.
The area in this province that he actually controls is not very large, only the area close to the hinterland of the Human Empire. Although this area is already considered the richest area in the province, Because of a big river.
The reason why this province is named after Lian Yan is not because of anything else, but because of the big river that runs through the continuous mountains. All the areas it passes through in this province are controlled by the Lian Yan family. All in one hand.
This is the only land in this province that truly belongs to the human empire.
The arrival of the Skaven made this ancient family uneasy.
What the rat men did can also be seen from the mouths of the mountain people who have been escaping recently.
That kind of extremely tragic and bloody scene.
Although this ancient family does not feel that it has a common enemy with the mountain people in the rolling mountains, in fact, before the rat men appeared, the continuous war between the two sides had been going on for an unknown number of years. years.
But I still felt uneasy.
The Duke named Lian Yan began to ask for help.
The fall of the Golden Province and Mountain Dew City was a very big news. He didn't think his city would be more majestic than Mountain Dew City.
Duke Lianyan was frightened and began to ask for help from everywhere.
But I don’t know why the situations encountered are similar.
No big noble responded to him, and his plea for help was ignored. Getting more and more uneasy.
It wasn't until a golden letter was delivered to him through the winding river that the reason for such an abnormal situation came to light.
The war is imminent, and all the great nobles have begun their preparations. In fact, it is not just preparations. Two provinces fell, one province was eroded, and one was pushed into the war. front.
There is also an ongoing naval battle.
Suddenly, the flames of war have spread throughout the human empire.
This is an unavoidable war, and there must be people who are eager to gain something from this war.
In the tense atmosphere, a big news that shocked everyone spread throughout the human empire and was discussed by all the great nobles.
That prince, that prince, officially accepted the blessing of the Holy See and began to prepare for the holy war.
The golden envelope was placed in front of Duke Lianyan, causing him to think for a long time.
This huge empire has not completely fallen, and no matter how ambitious the nobles are, they have not pierced the last layer of window paper.
Taking sides is a very dangerous thing at this time.
The prince was not honorable and even went too far. He was summoned in his own name. As long as he nodded in agreement, the royal army would arrive at the front line of the war along the sea.
Especially not a few days later, that rude guy, that rude guy directly started to assemble the army, the royal guards began to assemble, and earlier, during a grand banquet, This decision was announced publicly at a banquet where nobles of all sizes gathered. This was the reason why those big nobles ignored Duke Lianyan's plea for help.
This is forcing him to take sides. If he lowers his head, it will be equivalent to giving the power of his family to the crumbling imperial royal family.
But if he doesn’t bow his head and is openly disobedient.
Although the imperial royal family was crumbling, it did not fall completely. It still had the power to start a counter-insurgency war.
Although faced with this bad situation at this time, the imperial royal family may not take action.
But does he dare to bet?
The situation suddenly turned into a dilemma.
Finally, in desperation, this issue was shelved by Duke Lianyan.
Even if you want to place a bet, you still have to see the wind fall completely, and see the real weight being pressed onto the scale.
The imperial family's current display of weight is not enough.
The great nobles have never been keen on providing help in times of need, and are only good at adding icing on the cake.
In Lianyan Province, a rat warlord stood out first and took the lead on the stage.
This is a greedy guy. The distribution strategy he implements is similar to that of Qi. It is also nine and one, but what is different from Qi is that he gives one to his rat warriors. Give yourself nine.
In fact, it is no different from taking it all.
But he was indeed the rat warlord who was the first to cross the line and break the balance.
A dark tide gathered, and the size of the army in hand reached one million in a very short period of time.
And it is very simple to do this, just endless greed is enough.
When the rat warlords all broke into this province, and more and more rat mercenaries and refugees arrived here, he began a crazy campaign to bring all the encounters together. The rat mercenaries and scattered rat men were gathered into the army in their hands. In a very short time, an extremely large rat man army was expanded.
The combat effectiveness and morale can be called vulnerable, but in such a huge scale, quantity has also successfully overwhelmed quality.
There is no need for any strategy or planning. Such a large-scale army only needs to press forward and press forward, and then there will probably be no surprises.
Successfully sweeping one side, the balance of this area was completely broken.
Before this rat warlord successfully gathered such a large rat army, although the intrusion of the rat warlords did bring violent turmoil, those who were more powerful and had a larger population The settlement can still barely support it. Even if a rat warlord launches an attack, the two sides will probably be able to fight back and forth.
But such a huge group of rat men broke such a fragile balance.
Breaking the balance is a precursor to one party overpowering the other, and it is also a premonition of the most brutal fight. No one will sit still and wait to die, not to mention that these mountain people are not good people in the first place. Fights and wars also run through their lives.
Torches were raised high in the dim forest. The priests among these mountain people did not have as flexible magic methods as the military mages in the human empire. Everything seemed so primitive and wild.
But being primitive and barbaric does not mean that there is no fighting power, nor does it mean that there is no courage.
In the wild dance, strange patterns were painted on the chests of each warrior, and they silently drank cups of blood. The mountain people gathered all the warriors together.
This is preparation before war.
They took the initiative to leave the piled low walls and the simple city. These mountain people also owned the city, although the city was simple and looked like some kind of imitation creation.
But after all, it is a place that can provide a sense of security.
But now, these mountain warriors have taken the initiative to leave the cities. It is not just a tribe or a branch, but this area. All the mountain warriors in this continuous mountain started together. Converge in one place.
Countless torches gathered in the mountains and forests, illuminating this ugly world that was heading towards decay.
They are making preparations for war, and they are waiting for the enemy to arrive.
This is a very risky move, but it is worth it.
The rat warlord was equally eager, perhaps too greedy, and wanted to eat everything.
After defeating the mountain warriors gathered in front of them and completely eating them, the situation in this area will be settled smoothly. More resources will lead to more troops, and the situation in this area will be completely settled. He swept this province and took all the achievements.
In this way, only in this way can we declare our existence in the Ratman Kingdom and declare our existence in front of all the Ratmen.
I won’t be regarded as a childish guy who can be poked and poked at will.
This is an important step towards greatness, so he will come, of course he will come.
A pair of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness, and a chaotic sound of various sounds suddenly appeared in the ears, first in the distance, and then suddenly became so clear, pouring into the ears, harsh, messy, noisy.
The Rat People are coming.
The endless rat-men are coming.
(End of this chapter)