Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 232 The era under the tide of beasts
Under the Golden Tower City, the Ofier people suffered an unprecedented defeat.

The army besieging the city completely collapsed in front of the sudden arrival of Nilfgaardian cavalry. Emperor Torres carried out an extremely risky strategy, that is, heading to the capital with only cavalry to surprise the Ophelites' rear.

Judging from the final result, Emperor Torres won the bet.

The Ophel people never expected that such a magical force would descend from the sky behind them. Even the Nilfgaardian cavalry rushed into their camp. Many Ofel people did not react and behaved extremely slowly.

After a long siege, many soldiers had become numb, and their vigilance was almost at a minimum, which gave Torres an opportunity.

After defeating the negligible number of defenders at the entrance of the camp, the Nilfgaardians immediately set fire to the camp.

Soon, flames swept through the entire camp.

The Ophel people were extremely panicked because of the running black cavalry and the spreading flames. The war elephants were also frightened by the flames behind their backs. Then they bumped and stomped around the camp like headless flies. Many Ofel soldiers They died like this under the war beasts brought by their king.

Next, of course, they collapsed, and the Ophir people fled towards the coast in a panic, with the Nilfgaardians chasing after them.

The Alba River next to the City of Golden Towers was filled with corpses. The corpses covered the land that had been trampled by the southern cavalry. The heavy casualties were evident.

From the Ophir people, the Nilfgaardians seized a large amount of livestock, supplies and equipment, as well as a large number of royal ceremonials and jewelry belonging to the Ophir royal family.

As these trophies were displayed in the capital, Torres gained great prestige and support.

After all, Nilfgaard's throne was based on military power. After Torres' victory, people no longer questioned his succession.

What's more, he completely defeated the rival emperor in the north and became the only monarch of the empire.

As losers, the Opel people need to pay the price.

Although Nicholas and his son successfully escaped from the battlefield, they must face the subsequent changes in Ofel's country.

After all, Ofel is only a country that has been unified for more than ten years. It is still very unstable internally, and the desert is still full of nomadic raiders with tough temperaments.

After the Ofeier royal family suffered such a tragic defeat, a backlash within the country was inevitable. The former king, the current princes, and the desert nomadic tribes would all attack.

In the foreseeable future, Ofel must be caught in the flames of war in the next few years and cannot become a threat to Nilfgaard.

If Nilfgaard were strong, they would definitely use this opportunity to intervene in the south, but now in Nilfgaard, Emperor Torres sitting on the throne is facing a huge problem.

Not long after he took the throne, he learned about Toussaint's change of flag from the vampires.

As one of Nilfgaard's original allies, Toussaint's change of flag was a fatal blow to the empire's reputation.

If it happened in normal times, this might even lead to another coup in the Golden Tower City.

However, no one has those thoughts about the golden tower city that has just escaped the siege of Ofel's army.

But the situation faced by Torres is still extremely difficult.

The scarlet curse naturally spread to the south, causing monsters to swarm in the Nilfgaard Empire.

Although the number cannot be compared with that in the north, for the south where monsters have not appeared in everyone's eyes for a long time, this is already very scary.

The production and life of various provinces were temporarily chaotic as a result, but the good news is that rebels and opposition forces in various places were forced to stop their actions because of these scenes.

This is an opportunity for Torres. If these monsters can be eliminated as soon as possible, then he can further establish his authority over all parts of the empire.

At this point, Torres has two cards in his hand, one is Vampire and the other is Demon Hunter, both of which can quickly clear out monsters.

The current state of the various empire provinces is really bad. The civil war destroyed too many things, including some of Nilfgaard's foundations in various provinces - after all, many ancient families and merchant associations were uprooted by Torres this time. .

Moreover, the empire is still in an embarrassing period where it has defeated the old system but the new system has not been established.

During the civil war, in order to gain more power, Torres naturally wanted to free slaves and recruit troops from among the liberated people.

As the number of former slave soldiers grew, Torres was forced to adopt increasingly aggressive policies toward slavery.

In Torres's original plan, a complete showdown on slavery would come after the war ended, but due to formalities, he had to declare a full-scale war on slavery in advance.

As a result, the ancient families and merchant associations rebounded even more fiercely. The power drawn by these forces posed a great threat to Torres's unification war and greatly delayed the time of unification.

Now the slave owners have been defeated, but the economic transformation of the empire is still a huge problem, and many places have even stopped production due to the collapse of the original form of production.

In many places, the original production form is still continued, but with a new skin.

Torres used liberated slaves as the backbone to gradually take over the territory of the empire, but this took a lot of time. There were far from enough clerks, and it took a lot of time to train qualified clerks.

And because of this round of civil war, the rebels in each province are ready to move. Both sides of the civil war have greatly squeezed the residents of the province, and there is great anger brewing among the people of the province.

If it weren't for the large number of monsters that emerged due to the Scarlet Curse, rebels would have been everywhere in every province of the empire by now, and after the Scarlet Curse temporarily ended, this problem would still have exploded.

In short, the empire Torres now faces still has huge internal and external problems.

But thankfully, the original imperial elite were almost wiped out, and those who survived all knelt before him.

Now that Nilfgaard had no opposition, Torres was free to scribble on the empire's political blueprint.

This is an experience and treatment that he did not have even when he was in power last time.

However, although the future is bright, Nilfgaard still needs time after all, and the Protector of the North sees all this in his eyes.

Torres is also aware of this, but what he can do is to clean up the empire's mess as soon as possible and prepare for the inevitable northerners' march south.

As for how much he can change the empire at that time, it is a question that needs to be discussed. Torres only hopes that Hermed will give himself more time to do more things.

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As the Southern Empire was putting its house in order, the North was also putting its house in order.

However, the main problem Hemei faces is sweeping away monsters from various places, as well as monster clusters wandering in various areas.

Before the Scarlet Curse, the north was already known to be full of monsters, even though this was an era with few monsters for northerners.

So after the Scarlet Curse, the situation in the north was very scary.

But as mentioned before, most of them can be polished slowly, but some can't.That's the monster swarm.

For example, in Kaedwen, a tribe of giants appeared, and there were more and more giants in it. They continued to absorb giants scattered around into the tribe.

So far, there have been examples of people conquering towns and then eating up entire cities.

Like this, they must be eliminated. If they are allowed to snowball, then it will be okay.

"Fire!"

In the wilds of Kaedwen, with the powerful orders of the northern artillery, the artillery roared immediately, and the shells roared towards the giants' queue.

The giants wore simple armor. Most of them tied carriages or gates to their chests, and wore helmets made of roofs on their heads.

And their armor is not enough in front of the artillery.

The cannonballs tore apart the somewhat comical armor on the giants, and the flesh behind them was also bloody.

However, this bloodshed aroused the bloodiness of the giants, and they rushed towards the human queue faster.

While the artillery was being loaded, the human musketeers fired projectiles, and the crossbowmen also fired continuously. After a roar, several giants fell to the ground, and many giants were injured, but their powerful bodies were still strong. He won't fall down because of these small wounds.

Next, the giant stepped into the trench without hesitation. The trench was full of spikes, but due to the giant's size, only a few corpses paved a path.

Next, the giant pounced on the human military formation.

Some people were constantly being beaten away, and some were eaten directly by the giants on the battlefield. The solid military formation could not last more than a second in front of the giants before being torn to pieces.

Facing giants, human beings are so weak.

But even so, people still persisted in the battle line, and they used cooperation to kill these huge hunks.

The demon hunters distributed among them also greatly stabilized the battle line. These professionals were very good at dealing with giants.

Moreover, shooters and artillery are constantly dumping firepower. The height of the giant makes it very easy to release firepower on it. Giants often have their heads smashed by artillery suddenly.

Therefore, although giants are killing humans rapidly, humans are also killing giants in the same way.

"It would be great if this kind of beast could be driven on the battlefield."

On the flank of the battlefield, looking at the white smoke rising from the muzzle of the musketeer in front of him when he fired, and the giants who were killing everyone in the distance, Herme sighed.

But he could only think about it. The existence of intelligent creatures like giants in this world is a threat to human beings.

Northern humans spent hundreds of years killing the giant chiefs and kings, turning them into atomized beings scattered in the wilderness.

Therefore, this giant tribe is absolutely not allowed to exist now.

A race that possesses intelligence and can establish civilization can threaten the survival of mankind, so it absolutely cannot survive.

Therefore, although it was a pity that Herme could not use these beasts for her own use, she did not have any thoughts of sparing these beasts. For the future of mankind, they must die.

In the past few months, Hemei has been encircling and suppressing monsters in various places in the north. It can be said that he has been fighting in the north and south, traveling all over the north.

These monsters seemed to be running around without hiding at all due to the scarlet curse, which made it very convenient for Herme and the Northern Army to destroy them.

At the same time, it also appeases the people. When they see the Lord Protector appear, many people feel more at ease.

The battle on the front line is also going very fast. Although the giants are fierce, they are too stubborn and will only rush forward. No matter how heavy the losses are, they will only rush forward.

In this way, under the crossfire of humans, the losses of the giants increased.

In fact, it was not the fighting of the human soldiers that caused the giant's greatest casualties, but the firepower output. After all, target shooting was too easy for such a big man.

The giants should be more or less aware of this, so they armed themselves as much as possible, but the little protection they had was still a drop in the bucket.

Finally, the giant's constant casualties made the giant leader hiding in the forest unable to sit still.

Soon, a giant that was much larger than the average giant rushed out surrounded by a group of giants whose equipment was obviously much better than that of ordinary giants.

Seeing this monster appear, a smile appeared on Hemei's face. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Then, in the next second, the long-awaited artillery roared.

These artillery pieces have been hidden in the nearby forests, and their firepower is more powerful than those that bombarded the giants.

And the reason why Hemei is like this is because his goal in this battle is to kill this giant leader.

The key to maintaining the giant tribe is the leader. As long as he is eliminated, the giant tribe will be wiped out.

With so many artillery now, the leader of the giants was naturally beaten to pieces very quickly.

Its powerful body does not give him any advantage in front of artillery, and it is still beaten to pieces like ordinary giants.

In this way, the giant leader who came to this world through the celestial sphere died before he could wreak havoc on the entire kingdom.

As the leader was beaten to pieces, the giants fled in all directions. The battle was now completely over.

"Clean up the battlefield, take away all useful things, and remember to chop off the heads of giants. This is a good thing to appease the people."

Hemei said with some lack of interest. Although it was exciting to see so many giants, these giants fell into the trap completely according to his plan, and they were a little boring.

The soldiers kept cheering over the giant's corpse, congratulating themselves on defeating such a monster.

"Valentin, what's the next target?"

Herme asked about their next target, and the attendant quickly responded.

"It's the insect swarm in Redania. There is an extremely large group of Kikimo over there. Redania's defense team cannot deal with them. After cleaning them up, the larger monster group has been basically eliminated."

"After cleaning the battlefield, we will set off. It just so happens that I will meet Dijkstra by then. I haven't seen him for a while. Then I will send a letter to Lechitzky and tell him that it is time to prepare to go south."

(End of this chapter)