Chapter 269, the alliance of rat warlords

Chapter 269, the alliance of rat warlords

The situation is not good for the Youyan people. Two of the fourteen land provinces have been taken into the hands of the Eastern Expeditionary Force.

At the same time, there is another place that is crumbling under the attack of the Skaven.

There are four provinces in this area, three of which have extremely similar environments and situations.

The rat warlords who were thrown out by the rat war didn't do nothing. After a crazy round of slave hunting, they finally collected enough capital.

The reason why rat warlords can be called rat warlords instead of being lumped into the same category as rat mercenaries is because of their different statuses.

The leader of the rat-man mercenary team could only choose to crawl when facing the senior rat-man priests, but the rat-man warlord was different.

In this deformed country, a widely recognized person is something extremely unusual.

After enough capital was collected, a huge army was naturally raised.

The running ratmen who keep coming here have become an excellent source of soldiers for them, a free and large source of soldiers.

It was very simple. A huge army was pulled up. Naturally, these guys were unwilling to run around in the mountains and forests every day, hunting down the scattered heretics day and night.

Power is the backbone of greed.

One after another, many rat warlords launched attacks on human territory alone.

Most of the places to attack are the last of the three productive provinces in this area, Lianyan Province.

This is the most unworthy place among the three grain-producing provinces.

Even though it has a large amount of excellent arable land, most of these arable lands are surrounded by mountains, or in other words, embedded in three continuous veins.

This province is composed of basins embedded in mountains.

Large and small basins are dotted around, rich and fertile, but each is independent.

The rat warlords invaded this place in waves, not because of any other reason, but just because it was the closest to their slave-catching site.

This province is run by a great nobleman, or in other words, by a powerful family, the Lianyan family. The name is enough to explain it.

However, due to environmental restrictions, the Lianyan family has never completely brought this province under its control.

As the rulers of this area, the war has been going on for a long time. They have interacted with the foreign races in this province, other small nobles, some demi-humans who have lived in the mountains for generations, and strange guys. .

The scope of control has not been effectively expanded, and there is only one of the largest basins in the province close to the territory of the human empire behind it.

The people who live in this place are extremely moral.

Even the brazen invasion by the rat warlords did not cause much of a stir at the beginning.

A swarm of rat-men were running across the strange mountains, and were attacked by various races and fierce human militias. Most of them were defeated.

Perhaps because of the long-term civil war, the Nether-Eye Human Race here is really quite ferocious and has a lot of magic power. However, there is a big difference between the Nether-Eye Human Race mages here and those who follow the army.

The roles they assume are more similar to priests than mages. Colorful patterns are painted on their faces, their bodies dance to the weird music, and the spells they call are even more powerful than ordinary military mages.

The earth shook, the mountains thundered, and there were even animated trees.

These messy things made the rat warlords a little confused.

Even an intrusive rat warlord was killed in the war and died under the crushing of boulders rolling down from the top of the mountain.

It became a puddle of rat mud embedded in the rocky mountains, well, that's how it should be described.

These rat warlords carry a lot of troops, and they can completely submerge these human settlements entrenched in basins.

In fact, they did exactly that. The rat warlord, who had just defeated an exiled race, led his army to launch an attack on a discovered human settlement with great satisfaction.

This human settlement is not large, with a population of only tens of thousands, but the number of rat people who came here reached one hundred thousand.

After passing through the initial difficult years and gaining a certain amount of accumulation, the expansion of the army's size was not a problem at all for a qualified guy like the Skaven Warlord.

They only need to invest a little blood mushroom, or no blood mushroom at all. In short, as long as they are willing, the size of the army in their hands can continue to expand, and there will basically be no restrictions.

Not long ago, this rat warlord relied on his terrifying recruitment speed to kill a troll settlement deep in the forest in an almost tragic exchange.

The huge rat-man army clung to the settlement of fifteen forest trolls. For twenty days, they carried out endless attacks and used their spears to forcefully consume the astonishingly powerful trolls. To the point where I no longer even have the power to heal myself.

Countless rat men waved the spears in their hands excitedly. The huge troll was tied up and fell to the ground. He was exhausted and could not make any movement except gasping for air.

These trolls were sold at a good price, which brought more weapons and recruited more troops, which also made the rat warlord more and more powerful.

At first, everything went smoothly.

The rat men whizzing down collided with the low wall built by the mountain people of the Dark Eye tribe outside the gathering place. Torches were lit one after another. As the flames were waved, the rat men's sharp and harsh excited murmurs were accompanied by panicked cries. Shouts rang out together.

These rat warriors are very fanatical about war.

Because as long as this settlement is captured, a large part of what they rob will actually fall into their hands.

After spending the initial stage of capturing strong men, these rat warlords soon encountered the same old problems.

The rat warriors under his command will run away, and the rat warriors under his command have little combat effectiveness.

These guys, these humble guys, humble rat men, they can naturally bow to power, and they can also easily accept the fact that they have been raped.

But similarly, when they encountered powerful enemies, they ran without any hesitation.

As long as there is a chance, it is to run, especially the group of rat-men mercenaries who were captured. They are the best among them. Not to mention encountering powerful enemies, even if they do not encounter powerful enemies, these guys will run without any trace of fear. hesitantly.

Not surprisingly, many of the Skaven mercenaries are Skaven freedmen who have escaped from slavery. Obviously, they do not quite accept the ending of being cannon fodder.

This made these rat warlords very distressed.

After all, they are not a rat war. Even if they learn to form a war team, it is usually okay to say that when the advantages are obvious, these wild war teams can still be more presentable. But the problem is that once the situation changes, these guys will run away. There was no hesitation in starting the journey.

These guys are nothing like these immature rat warlords.

Even though the furious rat warlord has repeatedly stated that if he catches the escaped guy, he will be executed on the spot, but the situation now is no different than before.

In the past, there were only a few rat cities, and the area of ​​​​activity was also limited. After escaping, you would either wander outside. As long as you go back, you will be caught by the rat warlords, and the rat priests at that time were very concerned about catching deserters. Being a slave rat is also quite serious.

Now, the equipment on his body is better. Even ordinary beasts have nothing to do against these lone ratmen holding iron spears in their hands and wearing leather armor. They can run further away, as long as they can run back to the city. , then what happened to him is written off.

The rat priests had already fallen out with the rat warlords, and no one would be idle to help the rat warlords catch deserters.

As for the Supervisory Team, we can only say that not every rat man can be recognized by those dumb guys. It can even be said that only Rat Zhan has been recognized by those dumb guys, or that Rat Zhan recognized those dumb guys. rat man.

It’s okay if you recruit one or two people. If you recruit on a large scale, let’s not mention that you can’t afford the same price as Rat War. Just your behavior alone, what are you doing? Soon, it may be A grumpy guy will come to your door.

Without the full scale, the war team would be an empty shell with no deterrent effect at all.

As a result, more and more, the rat warlords also want to pay attention to interests and make promises to their rat warriors.

It was difficult to lead the army, and the rat warlords sighed.

The merit system of the Rat War was not adopted. Most of the rat warlords themselves were poor and could not even raise a team of light armored cavalry. Just don't expect them to be able to support the merit system.

But the simpler one is that two-thirds of the loot captured will be taken out and returned to the rat warlords.

It can only be said that what these guys lamented was not about other things, but that after they truly became a rat warlord, the slave rat brigade was no longer useful.

Even they are rat warriors who have to give up one-third of their profits to their subordinates.

One-third of the investment provides a certain morale foundation for the rat warriors under these rat warlords. At least they will not collapse at the first touch. Even when things go well, it will make these guys a little more excited and fanatical.

Just like this time.

Obviously, the rat people who came roaring felt that this small village could not make any waves, and they were extremely excited. The rat warlord also thought the same.

After all, not long ago, the trolls who could easily knock down trees and lift boulders were stabbed to death by spears that were no different from toothpicks to forest trolls.

Not to mention these humans who are not strong enough.

Soon, before the mountain warriors in the settlement could react, the rat people captured the low wall. On the simple sentry tower, a few mountain warriors were still throwing arrows.

Haha, joke!

What kind of lethality can such a weak short bow have!

Even if the arrows hit the rat-men, most of them would only be able to penetrate a short length, and would not have any particularly lethal effect at all.

Then, thinking this way, the Arrow Rat Man foamed at the mouth and fell down with twitching.

Due to the harsh environment in which they grew up, rat people seem to have good resistance to pollution and plague, but this resistance does not seem to include toxins.

And these mountain people seem to be particularly good at using toxins.

Mountain warriors waving torches gathered from all over the settlement, and most of them were strong men from each family.

Many of them are excellent hunters.

The two sides collided together, and the sturdy mountain warriors could almost fight one against three. It was a pity that the number of ratmen who appeared in front of them this time was more than three times as many as them.

And the equipment is better.

With the development of industry, the equipment of the ratmen has begun to become better and better. Even these vampire-like ratmen warlords, most of the warriors under their command have leather armor and an iron spear.

This is not because these rat warlords are kind-hearted, but when you are qualified to formally negotiate with the rat priests for these goods, you will suddenly find that these weapons cannot be cheaper.

Even recently, the Great Claw Priests have been preparing to start forging chain armor on a large scale to replace the leather armor supplied to ordinary rat warriors. This represents a situation where iron is becoming less and less valuable in the rat empire, and even requires It's cheaper than the skins that can be stripped from heretics.

The collision between the two sides was in full swing, and soon the support of the mountain warriors became difficult. Excellent hunting skills, good archery, and even strong physiques were all incomparable in this chaotic battlefield. One thing that works is a set of leather armor.

Most of the mountain warriors are still unarmored. Killing them is just as simple as just pointing a spear at the body. That's it. It's a simple matter.

Capturing this camp doesn't seem to be a difficult task.

Until a guy with bright designs all over his body stepped onto the battlefield.

In the weird dance, the rat warlord felt something bad and began to shout loudly. The rat warriors were unable to break through the defense of the mountain warriors.

Two questions arise.

The morale of the rat army was declining rapidly with the passage of time.

The rat warlord only gave one-third of the motivation, and the enthusiasm of these guys obviously did not exceed one-third. It was okay to fight with the wind. Once the situation changed, although they would not run away, they obviously would not. Will be so brave.

Also, that weird guy's dance is almost over.

Until the time of his death, this rat warlord did not provide any more incentives to his rat men. He was very stingy. Perhaps he felt that he would not die.

After all, a mountain suddenly shook, and a huge boulder came roaring away. Such a scene was really hard for him to imagine.

He is a rat warlord, not one of those rat-man priests who talks about the gods. How could he be able to detect and respond to this situation and the fluctuations of the elements in advance?

When the whistling sound reached my ears, it was already too late.

He was turned into a piece of rat cake.

The rat army under him also made a very common sense decision at the moment of the sudden death of the commander. The rat army that had the upper hand scattered in all directions in a very short period of time. No trace.

This kind of thing happened to many rat warlords who broke into this province. These guys suffered a lot, but no unlucky guy lost his life.

The rat warlords began to gather together. It was obvious that they were not ready to give up so quickly in the face of such a situation.

It's just that the experience of breaking in alone is not that good.

Then it becomes a natural thing to join forces.