Chapter 101, Fear of Climbing
Soon after, the last group 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 were not too many ceremonies, and there was 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 they could no longer keep up with the expedition. until.
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 started.
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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 followed the huge rat man army forward and backward.
This was noticed by Sheng Qi.
Without calling the rat knight who was still in the running-in period, under the command of Sheng Qi, the huge group of rats quickly passed through various hidden caves scattered in the forest and disappeared from the surface in front of the wild boar knight. superior.
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 boar people 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 was blocked by the waterway outside the city.
This waterway dug by the wild boar people played its role and successfully prevented the rat people from crossing the defense line from underground.
Underground tunnels were dug and a large amount of river water was poured into them. Fortunately, the rat people were prepared for this situation.
Thanks to the slave-catching priests who did these things.
The river 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 why Sheng Qi gave 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, and soon they will officially set off to the lush forested east to continue the war against the lizardmen.
Even after delaying here for a period of time, even if this initially well-constructed defense line is very annoying, the two armies can undoubtedly be easily torn apart if 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.
Then the only thing left is to forcefully cross this waterway that is not wide enough and attack the core city of wild boar people in front of them.
The waterways outside the core city are not wide, only about three or four meters wide.
However, more than 100,000 rat troops were entrenched outside the city at this time. This waterway was not enough to stop the pace of 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 burned to drive away the darkness, the quilboar archers and spearmen were already waiting on the city wall, and the rolling logs and falling rocks were already ready.
A rack of ferocious crossbows 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 was nervously manipulating 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 sounded 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 appeared in front of them, when everything really appeared in front of them.
Only yesterday, this guy who was arrogantly waving his arms in the tavern and had never paid attention to the weak rat people, could experience a different feeling!
That fear of climbing.
He almost yelled out of control!
"Damn it! How many ratmen 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 did not give him courage.
The tiny sound suddenly became extremely amplified, harsh and noisy.
This arrow broke the calm between the two parties.
With sharp shouts, the rat people came rushing over!
Panic command sounds appeared on the city wall, and 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, and it is difficult to even create a gap in the incoming rat men.
Almost instantly, the rat crowd arrived in front of the narrow waterway.
The quilboar archers began to attack, and the ratmen were already within their range.
As the bows and arrows were thrown, the narrow waterway was soon dyed a bright red.