Chapter 279, The Rising Intensity of the War
Until the moment when the entire army was annihilated, the Fierce Knights did not even fear or retreat.
Loud noises appeared in the human army, accompanied by angry roars.
That was the last struggle of the deformed giant rat. Great losses occurred, unanticipated losses, both for the human side and for the commander who was hidden in the aristocratic coalition.
The exploding scarlet flesh infected a large number of magic knights and ordinary human warriors. Amidst the aberrations, death was ongoing.
The Dire Knight is like this, too fierce, or too dull.
The Rat Runners began to retreat. At this moment, they were not really fighting for their lives, nor were they prepared to really fight for their lives.
The morale of the rat people has been boosted, and the morale that was on the verge of collapse has been boosted again after witnessing the black flag.
Even many ordinary rat warriors and young rat men are a little more excited and fanatical, admiring the powerful. This is a very common situation among the rat men, but it is a pity. , even if they are enthusiastic, even if they are excited, even if they suppress their fear, what greets them more is death.
Whether they are young ratmen or ratmen warriors, their position has always been that of cannon fodder.
Rat Zhan crossed a long distance, about a quarter of this chaotic battlefield, and ran rampant through the human formations until he came in front of these accompanying mages.
The military mages are not familiar with this situation. Obviously, they have not encountered such a situation.
This is the power of a hero.
Most of the military mages only have time to throw out one round of spells, fireballs, rock spells, ice picks, acid, or other things. These things are thrown onto the chaotic battlefield without much effort. Aim, find a general direction, and throw it out, that's about it. The rat men are too dense, so densely packed that every mage dropped is a rat man who can clear a small area.
It's just that the effect is not big. Soon, the rat people will make up for it again, and no reduction can be seen.
Chaotic sounds echoed in the ears, coming from sharp neighs, cries of fear, desperate wails, excited roars, and pious whispers. These chaotic sounds came together to make up this noisy sound.
Amidst the noise, Rat Zhan rushed in front of the accompanying mage.
Most of the mages accompanying the army did not react. They received the order to retreat, but the transmission of the order seemed much slower.
These military mages were not connected to the command system of the noble coalition.
It was already too late when they got the news.
The violent guy had torn apart the last front line and arrived in front of them.
I was not so frightened that I couldn't do anything. Various spells were thrown at Rat Zhan. The messy and mottled spells suddenly filled the sky.
But it had no particularly big effect, a dark flag waved.
All spells were intercepted.
A brutal killing began.
At the beginning of this war, the Dire Knights and most of the accompanying mages were exhausted like Dui Zi.
The human side was freed up after burying all the ferocious knights. In the large-scale mobilization of the army, a large number of human troops were mobilized, preparing to surround and kill this arrogant guy.
Mouse Zhan can't be as reckless as he was just now, and he is arrogant, but he is not stupid.
The retreat began.
At this time, the role of the Guards was reflected. Although this group of guys who followed Shu Zhan into the depths of the human army did not catch up with Shu Zhan in the end, when Shu Zhan needed to retreat, they It can support the most solid path.
Rat Zhan walked away and retreated into the depths of the rat army.
The first battle between the two sides ended in this situation.
After that, the Eastern Expeditionary Force and the noble coalition fought in this wilderness for three consecutive days, ending in a situation where no one could do anything to anyone.
The rat people retreated, leaving corpses on the ground. The bright light that filled the battlefield nodes dimmed as a magic knight collapsed on the ground.
The rat war must be more serious.
These guys are trickier than you think.
Yanlian Province.
The reason why all the great nobles were so interested was not only the threat presented by the rat men, but also the extraordinary strength of the knights who had arrived along the river at the rear of Lianyan Province not long ago.
The Lianyan family quickly made a decision and bowed down in front of the prince.
This made all the great nobles a little more anxious.
It's time to start fighting for a title. Since the prince wants to make a fuss in this war, let him see which side can represent power better.
More things and resources began to be put into the front line.
Contains a large number of magical instruments.
The prince also broke into Lianyan Province with his knights and began to expel the rat warlords entrenched in this area.
It seemed a bit deflated, but a very embarrassing point emerged.
We have to admit that as a complete and huge empire, the Human Empire is indeed comparable to the entire Skaven Empire to a certain extent, and even faintly surpasses the Skaven Empire.
It can be seen from one of the changes in the rat war.
The rat war has begun to be micromanaged.
It is no longer just waving flags and all the Ratmen swarming forward, but the real start of the layout of the battle line and the planning of the battlefield.
With outposts everywhere, tunnels one after another, and a complex underground network, relying on the two occupied human cities, the Rat War began to set up a defense line.
Head-on conflicts arise every day.
Just the intensity cannot be considered huge. It is controlled by a unit of 10,000. Every day, at least 100,000 ratmen will be thrown into the frontal battlefield to fight with the human team. .
Not all of them are suppressed. Relying on the magic network and huge rituals, the benefits that can be brought by fully suppressing them are limited. It may be difficult to persist if the human side cannot be defeated. The Eastern Expeditionary Force is here A full-scale retreat is about to begin.
Actually, a complete collapse is not a big problem. Soon, within a few days, these guys will be summoned again, and then they will be able to suppress them again.
The key thing is the window period that will appear after the army is defeated.
Various teams were separated, and the defeated rat warlords in Lianyancheng were recalled and joined the gradually lengthening front after replenishing their troops.
Mouse Zhan is worried about a problem.
If the Eastern Expeditionary Force is completely defeated and the window period appears, then the human side will be able to drive the Rat War back to the Golden Province, or be more radical and bypass the regrouping Eastern Expeditionary Force. Eat the gold province.
Then the problem becomes really serious at this time.
The Rat War may be able to run back, but the Eastern Expeditionary Force may once again face a complete annihilation. At this time, we really have to fight hard. It is not that the rat people have no chance of winning, and even the balance of victory is still more in favor of the rat people.
However, the opponents they have to face are not only the aristocratic coalition in front of them, but also the plateau people on the plateau and the royal knights in the Yanxing Province. These are all that Shuzhan needs to deal with.
Mouse Zhan is deliberately avoiding the decisive battle, or he hopes to increase his chances of winning.
Rat War He is indeed an excellent commander. At least he can see these problems quickly and does not always have to be so reckless.
The commander-in-chief of the noble coalition also made the same decision.
Both sides are avoiding a decisive battle to the death.
The Royal Knights that appeared really looked like a catfish.
The defeated rat warlords were used as pawns one by one, and fell beside the noble coalition that broke into this unknown province.
The tunnels, in order to compress their range of activities, present a semi-encircling posture.
The intensity of the war between humans and ratmen suddenly reached the peak of the war.
The two sides are fiercely competing for this piece of withered land, fighting in various tunnels. One side wants to expand its own activity space, and the other side wants to suppress the opponent's activity space.
Both sides are looking for an opportunity.
After the defense line and formation are set up, look for the opportunity that can completely crush the opponent in one fell swoop.
Of course, this doesn't mean becoming a betting dog, although in fact Rat Zhan doesn't mind becoming one.
That opportunity is more of a cumulative concept.
A mistake, a failure, a gap in the defense line, a disparity in logistics operations, and a continued decline in morale.
Various factors accumulate in the accumulation, and that opportunity appears. The last straw that breaks the camel's back appears, and the outcome is completely decided in one fell swoop.
This is the safest kind of competition.
It is also a choice that has no other choice. If possible, Rat War would definitely prefer to swarm up and tear the enemy to pieces. It is a pity that this vision is currently difficult to achieve.
The rat people are not without their advantages.
The young ratmen who are constantly being sent from afar, the various equipment being transported, and the blood mushrooms that are constantly sprouting in the blood pool are all advantages.
The deformed and twisted Skaven Empire devoted everything to war.
In terms of support for the war, this is unmatched by the human empire.
There is a prerequisite for these advantages to be brought into play smoothly.
That’s a smooth logistical route.
This is why the Rat War has completely laid out the front line, and the Eastern Expeditionary Force's retreat cannot be cut off.
But now there is a problem, a very serious problem.
The Eastern Expeditionary Force tightly restrained the noble coalition at the border of this unknown province, but their logistics route was not stable.
The rat warlords are currently in a state of retreat in Lianyan Province.
He looked so embarrassed that he could no longer hold on.
In fact, these rat warlords cannot be completely blamed for playing like this. After all, it is not that they do not work hard, but that their opponents are too heroic.
This group of royal knights are like little suns when they charge forward, with bright light and powerful impact, and the dangerous terrain is as smooth as walking on the ground.
No, they are little suns. In this dim world, these guys covered in golden light are no different from little suns.
Not to mention the second-rate rat army like the rat warlord, whose troops mostly have poor morale, even if they challenge the Eastern Expeditionary Force in the hands of rat war, there is no pressure to charge back and forth several times.
Not to mention that there were a total of 20,000 such golden knights appearing in front of them. They were originally abusing Lianyan Province, but the rat warlords on the corrupt side were dumbfounded and were beaten repeatedly. After retreating, an unlucky guy was sent to meet the great god.
Even if the remaining few were not kicked out immediately, they would still be in a difficult situation.
If the current trend continues, it won’t be long before all the rat warlords are gone from Lianyan Province. It doesn’t matter if they lose, but Lianyan will be occupied by this royal knight. If we go to the province, then the Ratmen's rear area on the main continent will be in danger.
The worst case scenario is that the Golden Province falls, and the Eastern Expeditionary Force is beaten into pieces and defeated thousands of miles away in the siege.
No doubt, this is a very bad situation.
But simply, in this situation, there will always be someone who stands up for themselves.
Yes, not for the Rat Empire, not for more Rat People, maybe for the great gods, but more for myself.
Qi is one of the last surviving Skaven warlords in this province.
It is very easy to defeat the Ratmen, but it is quite difficult to completely wipe out the Ratmen.
Often in a charge, these royal knights can defeat an army of ratmen and send the ratmen away in all directions.
But as long as these rat men are not completely killed, you will see these guys gathering together again before long, and popping up in this area again.
The rat people were hiding in Tibet and were constantly defeated in this province, but as long as the leading rat warlord was not killed, these guys would always show up again soon.
This is the reason why the rat warlords are still able to survive in this huge disparity.
These guys don’t want to retreat so easily, and are desperately seeking more.
Not because of anything else, but because I don’t want to bear the name of failure, I am still working hard to clean up various small mountain settlements in this province.
Guys who want to climb higher always want to do better and do more.
Prestige is a precious thing to these young Skaven warlords.
It’s just that this thing is too easy to gain, and the advantage lost is too simple.
Don't talk about them. Even the rat war has to take this into consideration. If you don't fight with the noble coalition for the first time, aren't you also worrying about your own reputation? If you lose, you will lose the army in your hand. Ruining them all is a price that is hard to accept.
Not to mention these young rat warlords.
Qi is ready to do something. He must do something for himself, and he cannot run away in despair.
(End of this chapter)