Chapter 371, Patience and Pain

Chapter 371, Patience and Pain

This province, this land was also changed by the new emperor.

But war is still the first problem they have to face.

The war not far away has not stopped, and their labor is full of risks, but this area always needs people to stay, cultivate this land, and stop the rats who break in.

Amid shouts, men walked up to the city wall, and torches were lit on the city wall built by the wizards.

The figures of the rats have appeared outside the town, in the darkness in the distance, and pairs of red eyes are shadowy in the darkness.

In the frenzy, such noisy sounds, all kinds of sounds, appeared in the ears.

There are many rats with flags gathered, and the chances of winning this town are not great.

Although these militias, these farmers, and these men standing on the city wall are very motivated, it is a pity that the chances of winning are still too small.

The running rats emerged from the darkness amid shouts, and ran wildly in excitement against the falling magic beams. The gun-carrying team began to fight back, but in the transition of excitement, the attacks were mostly hit in the sky, on the ground, and on the buttocks of the running rats.

These guys are so excited.

But it is true that after all, an exciting looting and carnival is about to begin.

The rats rushed to the not-so-tall city wall outside the town, and climbed up excitedly. The densely packed rats continued to pour into the town.

The gun-carrying team even gave up shooting and began to run wildly with the long guns dragged.

Everything was a mess, and the town began to fall in such a mess.

The rat warriors had already climbed up the city wall outside the town. After mixing together, no one pulled the trigger again, and began close combat. These militiamen waved their war hammers. Their equipment was not bad, and fierce fighting began.

Everything was becoming chaotic and disorderly.

But no matter what, it is too extravagant to send out a rat warlord just for a small town.

The two sides are not standing on the same starting line at all.

In the chaos, fighting figures fell one by one under the siege of the rats, the city wall was completely occupied by the rat warriors, the gate was pushed open, and the rats began to revel.

Dense rats poured into the town, without slaughter, no more unnecessary killing.

Living sacrifices are the most valuable things for rats.

Not long after, the town was completely alarmed. This time, it was not the rat knights who had no siege ability who arrived here, but a serious rat warlord and part of his army.

Amid the cries, the sacrifices were tied up with long ropes and dragged out of the house.

Of course, there were also fish that slipped through the net.

In an ordinary house, in the long cabinet, a woman with red eyes was holding two chubby boys tightly.

Outside the house, messy sounds rang out.

Not all ratmen can capture sacrifices. At this time, it is necessary to find something that you like as trophies.

Unfortunately, a group of ratmen came to this room.

If this goes on, when these guys come in, they will all be discovered in the room.

That will not be a good result.

The woman with red eyes made a decision. She hugged the two half-grown boys and said to the older boy.

"Don't make a sound, Nova!

Protect your brother!"

After saying these two sentences, the woman with red eyes pushed open the cabinet, pushed the wooden bed to block the cabinet, grabbed the rolling pin on the table, and rushed out hysterically.

"You damn rats, damn rats, damn rats!"

Outside, a chaotic voice sounded.

The woman was never able to come back.

At the same time.

The mother also successfully saved her two children.

A sacrificial ceremony was being held in the center of the town. There was no excessive killing. The sacrifices were all the militiamen who had fought against the rats on the city wall.

The bodies of these militiamen were piled together.

The rats who had been chattering and noisy were rarely quiet at this moment. They gathered together and stood outside the simple altar, trying to raise their heads, wanting to stand higher and see the sacrifice more clearly.

The ceremony was not complicated, and the finale was the loud shouting.

"Great God! Great God!"

The loud and pious shouting, after doing all this, the plundering was temporarily over, and the next thing to do was not complicated.

Escape.

The human army is coming.

The rats fled in tacit understanding, carrying the large and small bags of things they had looted, dragging one slave after another, and disappeared in all directions, leaving behind a ruin, a ruin burning with flames.

Soon after, a human army rode on war horses and rushed over. Judging from their equipment and demeanor, this was a very elite army. Unfortunately, they could not save anything.

All this happened too quickly. They could not save the town. The sound of the flames was mixed with some terrified shouts from time to time. The angry commander had to roar in anger.

"Damn it!"

Half of the army was left to put out the fire and save those who survived.

The other side was dispersed. They had dealt with the flag several times and knew what the flag would do. This was the best time to chase the fleeing ratmen.

Those greedy guys dragging too many things simply couldn't run far.

This way, more ratmen could be killed and some people who were looted by the ratmen could be saved.

But the commander also knew very well that even if they spared no effort to chase those guys, they could not catch the leader of the invading ratmen, that damn cunning guy. He was much more cunning than ordinary ratmen and could restrain his greed.

The troops that arrived dispersed to chase the fleeing ratmen.

Those who stayed began to put out the blazing fire.

Even though the mages left many early warning methods and set up one set of response networks after another, they could not withstand the fact that there were too few response troops left in the buffer zone behind the front line.

The moment he received the news, the commander did not pause at all and almost immediately began to run with his army, but he still could not save everything.

Listening to the faint wailing coming from the flames, the commander gritted his teeth and left with his army.

He had tried his best.

It was too much for them to maintain those main fronts. Perhaps they really had to push for a large-scale conscription. They needed more warriors to fight the ratmen and could not shrink for a long time.

In any case, he did not want to roar so incompetently.

Under the huge pressure of maintaining the front line, the generals of the army participating in the battle on the front line recently jointly launched a petition.

They wanted a large-scale conscription and a real counterattack.

However, this proposal paused at Caesar and did not get the final nod.

Everyone knows that such retreat will not bring victory, but now the human empire is no longer qualified to gamble. It is very embarrassing to be stuck in these key places, constantly consumed and bleeding, but at least it provides a stable space and rear. If a counterattack is launched.

The worst case scenario is that the battle line is stretched and collapsed, and then the rats can advance without hindrance.

The empire cannot take such a risk. It is not that they have no chance. The magic industry has not reached its limit in the empire, and the node of the decisive battle is far from coming. Even if the rotten and pus-filled wounds are painful at this time, they must and can only endure.

Dawn.

The flame ignited by the flag finally went out completely.

One by one, the gray figures climbed out of the ruins and gathered at the gate of the town, waiting with hope and looking forward to the country roads connecting the four directions.

Soon, another cavalry came back. They brought back some people captured by the rats. In the turmoil of this night, everyone was in a state of panic.

Maybe this description is not appropriate, but some people are indeed luckier.

At least when they come back, they can still see the people waiting for them, hug each other and cry bitterly in front of this town that has turned into ruins.

But not everyone is so lucky.

This is the last batch of human knights to come back.

The two gray-faced boys looked at the commander with a big beard with hope.

"Uncle Kuli, will there be uncles coming back? Will they bring mom back!"

Faced with such an expression and such words, the commander was really unable to resist. He was silent for a long time, opening and closing his mouth, not knowing what to say, nor what he should say.

This happened several times in a row, and in the end he didn't say a word.

It was also difficult for him. He was obviously a fierce guy on the battlefield who was so fierce that he had the title of 100-man slayer and could fight with ratmen from morning to night on the city wall, but at this time he didn't even know what to say.

The two chubby boys seemed to understand something and lowered their heads.

Then a pair of big hands covered with calluses and scars fell on the heads of the two boys.

"Don't be depressed, you are all men!"

"We can be like you, Uncle Kuli!"

"You are still too young, but you can go to military school for a few years."

"What is a military school?"

"It was founded by His Highness Caesar. Although I don't know what it is, you will become very powerful guys after a few years."

"Can you go to the battlefield?"

"Yes!"

………….

Another ratman council was held in the underground rat city of the Desolate Mountains.

As expected, this council was also accompanied by quarrels, accusations, abuses, and stepping on each other, without a trace of decency.

Fortunately, Sheng Qi has gradually adapted to such scenes, or he is like a fish in water in such situations.

The ratman lords routinely ridiculed the temple guards, and the scene became tense at the beginning of the meeting.

Next came the captain of the temple guards from Prairie City, a rare debate master among the temple guards, who started to curse each other without any hesitation.

Then the two loyalist rat priests accused each other. From the meetings, it can be seen that the conflict between the two loyalist rat priests has gradually intensified.

Because of some disputes over power areas.

Sheng Qi did not intend to act as a peacemaker. After all, although the two loyalists nominally belonged to the Rat Council and were under the control of Sheng Qi, the actual situation was that they maintained the Rat Council but did not necessarily care about Sheng Qi's existence.

Sheng Qi was happy to see the conflict between the two guys. No matter which side lost in the dispute in the end, it would be an opportunity for Sheng Qi.

While the two guys were accusing each other, the rat assassin hidden in the shadows threw out a piece of intelligence about the front line and the movements of the human empire.

The rat assassins, a highly independent organization hidden in the dark, have never given up on infiltrating the human empire, or they have not given up on infiltrating anything.

It's chilling, but they can't do without them.

This information was circulated among the rat council members present.

It is rare that Qi's name appears in this intelligence, including the strategy Qi used in the buffer zone of the Ghost Eye Human Race.

This is a mixed blessing for Qi. The good thing is that his name is mentioned and he may get more support. The bad thing is that he has entered the sight of the Rat Assassin.

Regarding the decision of war, the attitude of the thirteen Rat Councillors present is surprisingly consistent. The war cannot stop and must continue.

No one is so ignorant that he opposes this matter in such an occasion. Even the most insignificant Gray Stone, this stunned guy, knows to raise his hand at this time.

War is the absolute right in the Rat Empire, and no one can violate it.

Of course, even with a firm attitude, these Rat Councillors have no better way to deal with the stalemate.

After shouting a few slogans, they sat down again.

In this way, the quarrel ended, and some more practical things were put on the table.

The Great Claw Priest asked for more blood mushrooms to maintain and expand the underground Rat City.

The representative of the Gear Church asked for more blood mushrooms to update the Rat Warships.

The seventh generation of steam tanks has entered the research and development stage, and more blood mushrooms and graystones are needed.

The dominance of the Ratman University needs to be defined, whether it should be returned to the Ratman Council or let all the Great Claw Priests establish it on their own.

The expansion of the main trade routes, whether steam engines should be put into road transportation.

The allocation of shares for the next batch of young ratmen and storm rats.

Unknown changes have occurred in the soul skeleton, whether more careful observation and experiments should be carried out.

These issues were raised on this long table, and the thirteen ratmen and Sheng Qi participated and voted to make decisions.

After Sheng Qi, the ratman high priest who was not strong enough, took office, the framework of the Ratman Council was gradually falling.