Chapter 289, Decision and the Outflanked Eastern Expeditionary Force
The long candle burned out, and the turbid wax oil condensed into ugly wax marks on the table.
The collapse of the rat people on the main continent was an expected thing, and no party had any doubts about it.
No matter how these guys wail and struggle, it cannot change the fact that they exist as consumables.
Even the temple of the great god collapsed under the attack of humans. At that last moment, the poor guy was still dreaming and dancing in front of the temple. The poor guy came from the Lord. The mainland ratman, the poor ratman priest chosen by the rat war.
The temple collapsed in the desolation at the junction of this province, and all the Rat Man Supervisory Team that came here also fell in this desolate place.
In the final stage of the collapse, Rat War did not give these guys an order to retreat, so they still stayed here.
This temple collapsed in the desolation, and no one cared about it. The most loyal guards of the great god failed to rush to defend it. They did not even know the existence of this temple.
If we talk about fault, this must be Rat Zhan’s fault.
This arrogant guy puts the outcome above the gods, which is a big taboo.
But no one can judge him for the time being.
After the royal knights took this deserted area where provinces meet into their arms, they did not watch from a distance. The prince stood on the hill, with endless corpses piled up behind him.
His body should have a different kind of light at this time.
Be a hero.
The royal knights now have the initiative. Whether they wait and see, or rely on the unsatisfactory battle situation of the noble coalition to force the big nobles to make some concessions, these are all feasible.
They represent the interests of the royal family of this decadent empire. They are not the real guards who defend this decadent and bloated empire.
But the final choice was unexpected.
Without coercion, without waiting and watching, or even without delay, under the leadership of the leading prince, the wind-like knights rushed down from the desolate mountains and launched an impact towards the rear of the Eastern Expeditionary Force.
The outcome of the war is determined by decisions and victories, especially on such a huge battlefield where two empires compete with each other.
The decision of the leading prince will change the situation of the war, but it is hard to say what the final result will be.
Shu Zhan was not qualified to make a complete and accurate judgment on what happened on the battlefield. If he could do this, there would be no way for him to be blocked by the coalition of nobles.
But as an excellent general, there is only one thing he is very good at: making decisions, implementing them, waiting for opportunities, and seizing that opportunities.
The Rat War waited for an opportunity. Amidst the flames and light, a powerful team launched an attack on the unsuspecting Ratmen from behind.
The moment of collision doomed the Eastern Expeditionary Force to suffer heavy losses.
In the huge positions spread out along the front line, not all places are so alert.
A large amount of supplies were piled at the rear of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, the exchange office necessary for the transfer of merit system, and the rat caravans that kept coming here one after another.
The supplies and commodities were ignited by fire almost instantly. The rat-man supervisor team who was recording and exchanging meticulously and the frightened rat-man supervisor team were all killed in a single encounter.
Spears, armor, and a batch of brand new chain armor have been sent to the Eastern Expeditionary Force. The workmanship appears to be very rough. You can see a large number of burrs and sharp protrusions on these chain armors. , it is foreseeable that the experience of wearing these chain armors may not be very comfortable, and they are obviously rushed products, but in any case, these chain armors are real metal armors.
The words of the council gentlemen are not empty talk. After all, no matter what it is, when the required number and all the rat warriors are linked to such a thing, the situation will inevitably become a little small. Small changes have been made.
Too much is needed, too much is needed.
But now the first batch has been sent to the rear of the Eastern Expeditionary Force. Unfortunately, before they could be used, flames and killings came first.
Of course, flames cannot shake steel, but these brand-new chain armors are far from the only ones in this batch of goods and supplies.
Dried meat, dried cave mushrooms, leather armor, spears, wood, the vertical pupils of the Nether-Eyed Human Race, some messy trophies, and blood mushrooms.
Here, wood is the main force of burning. The construction of positions and tunnels allows the rat people to continuously cut down trees from everywhere. These things are finally brought to the rear of the battlefield by the rat caravans. .
Well, it’s not just wood. Those dried cave mushrooms are also a very good fuel. They explode into a ball of flames when the flames lick them.
There are also blood mushrooms. The burning of blood mushrooms does not bring much special effects. These evil things that absorb flesh and blood and are born from death behave like ordinary mushrooms in the flames. They are ignited and then transformed. Become a ball of charred ashes.
Of course, it is not that the rat people are unable to respond to the attack by the royal knights. In fact, there are indeed some ruthless characters in the rear.
The rat trolls also fell behind the rear. They exist as items that can be exchanged for merit. Like the giant rats, they are locked in thick iron cages, just here. Place it randomly in the place.
The docile and stable character may be a good advantage for the rat people, but for the rat troll itself, or for the giant rat people behind the rat troll, is it really a good thing? It's hard to say what the advantages are.
These deformed flesh and blood weapons tore apart the cage that bound themselves in chaos and flames.
The tall rat troll was enough to withstand the charge of these royal knights, but there was just one problem. The environment on the scene was obviously too chaotic at this time.
Mouse Zhan noticed the chaos at the rear, but he was not so flustered or angry, as the flag was waving.
A large number of rat troops were mobilized.
It was a more violent attack, like blowing a horn. All the rat warriors in the forward positions began to charge. These sneaky guys emerged from ravines and hidden tunnels. Gritting their teeth, they ran forward with fear and excitement on their faces, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, but the ground that was bombarded by rounds of elemental chaos cannons really became pitted.
In order to deal with the rat men who suddenly became radical and dangerous, as well as those dangerous aberrations mixed in the ordinary army, the noble coalition opened a buffer zone in front of the front line with the rat men. In order to keep the distance, it is also to activate and eliminate the rat trolls mixed in the ordinary rat warriors in advance.
The effect is not bad. It's just that the rat people obviously won't let them clear this isolation zone as they wish. In order to save the disadvantage of weapons, close combat is a helpless choice, but it is also effective.
With enough distance, the two sides are crowded together, and there is no such big gap in many things.
The struggle between the two sides left behind a battlefield full of potholes and depressions.
The noble coalition forces still pulled out the isolation zone, but the price was the never-ending sound of artillery fire on the battlefield. The roar of artillery fire did not mean that nothing had to be paid. The elemental disorder cannon of the Youyan tribe was also not that mature. .
Excessive use brings about terrible speed of damage.
These are not spears that can be cast at will. Every bit of damage requires tedious and complicated inspection and repair by spell masters and inscription craftsmen.
During this period of time, almost half of the magic chaos cannons in the noble coalition have been deployed, and the firepower density on the battlefield has obviously dropped greatly. At the cost of this, this isolation zone is The hard ones were carved out.
The Gloomy Eye Human Race is not the iron man or undead with a cold mind. Their soldiers have a higher morale threshold, but collapse will also not be absent.
Especially after more and more soldiers who were forcibly recruited into the army came to this battlefield in confusion.
The great nobles are not stingy. As some smart people, they also know what to give under what circumstances. The opportunity to become a noble is also given to them in the war.
It seems that as long as you work hard, as long as you are brave, then the things that never seem to come to your hands will become more hopeful.
This is very effective, but how to say, it is effective on the first day, it is effective on the second day, the third day, the fourth day, this war stretches and seems to have no end.
Morale has begun to decline uncontrollably.
Every day there are crazy rat men who charge desperately, and cruel battles are going on every day. Even if they try their best, death is still inevitable.
Rat people die more, those noble knights always emphasize this, yes! Nothing wrong! It is true that the rat people died more. In the indescribable miracle, in the charge of the nobles, and in the weapons they wielded, so many rat people died every day.
But damn! Damn it! Why does this damn war seem to have no end?
This isolation zone was opened for ordinary human soldiers, for those farmers who were farmers not long ago, but suddenly became soldiers and began to wield weapons.
In order to reduce casualties, it is also to leave some space for the human soldiers on the front line to relieve the unbearable pressure, and to save the morale that continues to decline.
But how should I put it, although the commander of the noble alliance seems to be completely different from the rat war in every aspect, there is only one thing in common.
Of course he did not do this for the unlucky ones who were forced to step onto the battlefield, not really for them. If he really had such good intentions, then the forced recruitment would not have happened at all, and the provinces behind the front would not have It won't be almost half empty in such a fast time.
Saving morale is for this war, and the same is true for forced recruitment. You can clearly see this superior perspective in the Rat War, although compared to the commander of the noble coalition, the Rat War is even more incompetent. Cover up and show more nakedness.
Not long after this breath of relief, the rat people once again began a desperate attack.
Things got bad.
It’s just the same, the decision needs to be made.
While the frontline troops were charging desperately, more rat troops were mobilizing to surround the intruding team from the rear.
It is like abandoning the troops and defenses in the front in panic and desperately dealing with the situation in the rear. The situation seems to be like this.
Of course, it doesn’t matter what the situation is, it’s time to make a decision.
The safest choice is to completely swallow up the forward troops of the Rat Men's frenzied charge, and then start to push forward. Soon, the defense line that the Rat War has finally captured, and the progress promoted in the war, will These will be pushed back almost instantly, and may even be pushed back for a long time, all of which will be in vain.
This is the safest option.
After all, the commander of the noble coalition, the somewhat ordinary middle-aged knight standing in front of the sand table, did not expect the appearance of the royal knight.
Or to be more radical, there is no doubt that now is an opportunity. His arm crossed on the sand table, and the black color representing the Skaven Eastern Expeditionary Force was split into two in an instant.
How to choose, whether to sell the royal knights that suddenly appeared, no matter what, the weakening of the imperial royal family is not a disadvantage for him.
At this moment, the ordinary middle-aged knight, the commander of the noble coalition who had been stuck in the rat battle for a long time, fell into thinking.
Obviously, the Rat War ignored a big issue, that is, the conflicts between the various parties in the Human Empire were the same as those in the Rat Kingdom.
If he is going to be killed one day, there happens to be an army led by rat priests not far away. It is most likely that those guys will watch the rat battle and be killed indifferently.
His plan may fail, and there is no way around it. After all, apart from the military collision, the two sides are in a situation of half-understanding in all other aspects.
Whether it’s the Rat People’s understanding of the Nether-Eyed People, or the Nether-Eyed People’s understanding of the Rat People.
One sees the other as a weakling who will be defeated and sent to the altar, while the other sees the other as a dangerous beast from a wild land.
It’s all a superficial impression.
The commander-in-chief of the aristocratic alliance has made a decision. Should we say that the Nether-Eye humans and the rat people are indeed different? If this happens, then the rat war will almost definitely happen when the rat warrior is killed by the rat priest. of.
But the commander of the noble coalition issued an order to march.
After a long period of retreat and defense, the noble coalition finally began to take the initiative to march again.
Finally, a crack appeared in this difficult-to-gnaw turtle shell.
(End of this chapter)