Warhammer in a box

Chapter 158 The People's War
A total of 8,000 troops crossed the river on the border between Sylvania and Avy and entered the territory of the vampires.

Desolate, gloomy, and with the smell of decay and corpses lingering in the nose, these are the impressions that Sylvania brings to people.

It was broad daylight and the sun was still out, but I always felt that the sun could not give me any warmth.

Zhang Heng only knew about Sylvania through the game. He knew that the troops in the game would be affected by the vampire corruption and start to lose people as soon as they set foot in Sylvania, but in the box, the influence of Sylvania would be even greater.

The extreme vampire corruption coupled with the chaotic influence of the warpstone has almost made it meaningless to reoccupy this land.

It takes many rounds to reduce corruption in the game, and rebels will continue to spawn.

If you let any normal human being live here, they probably wouldn't survive for more than a month.

The food here is inedible to normal humans.

The Empire also had a map of Sylvania, and the troops began to advance towards the nearest village.

A large number of living people walked in the kingdom of the dead. Scattered zombies pounced on the team, but they were easily killed. The priests set the corpses on fire to prevent them from being resurrected again.

Walking on the land of Sylvania, the soldiers obviously no longer had the enthusiasm they had just when they left the city. The air here made people feel uncomfortable.

"The first village, Verger, is ahead. Unfortunately, the map is from many years ago and I don't know if it still exists. Gurman, I can't wait any longer. I want to take my knights there first.

Soldiers, follow your great Elector and charge! Kill and burn everything inside! For Sigmar!"

Rudolf rode on a warhorse and led an entire group of Black Bear Knights and Ivy's musketeers and rushed out of the team.

"This Elector is too reckless..."

However, Gulman did not lead his troops to charge forward. If one were to count, Gulman was definitely a radical in Terra. The development of Terra had begun to be restricted by the surrounding Elector territories.

If Rudolf really died in this war, then perhaps Terra would have a chance to intervene in Ivy's territory.

The death of such a powerful Elector would definitely lead to a serious power struggle in the territory, and Terra would then have the possibility to operate.

"Lord Gurman, should we follow?"

"No, let the team advance steadily and don't leave the baggage behind!"

When Gulman's team arrived at Verger, the scene was unexpected to Gulman, and also frightened Zhang Heng, who had been observing the battlefield.

The village was made up of houses built of black stones placed together in a random pattern, which made the internal road conditions very complicated. The knights could not move effectively inside and even had to dismount to fight.

The Sylvanians who have lived here for countless years have also mastered the method of guiding the zombies, and the undead are attacking the Empire's troops from all directions.

Zhang Heng knew that vampires imposed a blood tax on the people under their rule. He thought that these people would cheer and wait to be liberated when they saw the imperial army. However, who knew that they would become invaders instead and fall into the vast ocean of "people's" war.

But don't underestimate the fighting power of these living people. They have been corroded and mutated by chaos, but they have also become stronger. The poor rely on mutation, and the rich rely on technology.

Look at the mutant with an extra arm. The tendon muscles on that arm are particularly strong.

The knights' armors made a clanging sound as their hammers banged. The temptation to be exempted from the blood tax was too great.

Everywhere there are scenes of mutants fighting with Imperial Knights.

The soldiers of Ivy had already rushed to help their Elector, and the soldier next to Gulman asked, "Sir, shall we help?"

"let's go!"

"Yes!"

With the addition of thousands of soldiers, 90% of the living people in the village were soon killed, and the remaining mutants began to be tortured by soldiers and priests, while the undead were completely burned to death.

The Empire needs the latest intelligence from Sylvania. After the first battle, everyone realized how difficult this war would be. There is no popular support here at all!
Gulman and Rudolf sat in front of the fire, and they could hear the sound of whips and screams. Soon, the soldiers brought bad news. These Sylvanian civilians didn't know but didn't want to say it. It was impossible for ordinary people to withstand such torture. They really didn't know. Extreme ignorance was their synonym. It was extremely difficult for the priest to get some useful information from them.

They only knew that vampires or ghouls would come to collect taxes regularly, and they knew nothing else. They were not allowed to leave this land, and the information was so blocked that it was unimaginable.

"Useless, you are all fucking useless! What are we doing with you?" Redolph continued to lose his temper.

"Sir, should we continue to go deeper? We can't get any supplies from here."

"Nothing to eat? Don't these mutants eat?!"

But looking at the things the soldiers presented, were they all food for humans? Mutated fish, mutated beasts, and mushrooms with strange colors?
And a piece of fresh meat caught Redolf's attention.

"Isn't there fresh meat? Where did you find it?"

"My Lord, this is sweet meat."

"Sweet meat? What kind of meat is sweet meat?"

"Sweet meat. Sweet meat is"

"Hmm? You mean these guys?!"

"That's right, sir. These hungry guys will kill their weak companions."

"Kill them all! Such people are not worthy of being called human beings!"

Soon all the remaining Sylvanians in the village were killed.

And this was just the beginning of the war. All night long, the necromancers kept summoning zombies to harass the troops.

This prevented everyone from resting in peace, and the bats that fell from the sky could unexpectedly attack the soldiers on guard.

In the second half of the night, the original lord here, Carstein's ally, a Stryker Ghoul Lord, also led his tomb ghouls to attack the Empire and Terra's troops.

Fortunately, Terra's firepower was strong enough to repel them directly.

The fighting in the next few days turned into a stalemate.

Gurman and Rudolf advanced the front line with difficulty, but were afraid that their retreat would be cut off.

It doesn't hurt to consume the armies of the dead summoned by these vampires and necromancers.

However, the empire's troop logistics were increasingly unable to keep up.

For a time, we were caught in a people's war against vampires.

The vampires were not in a hurry, they were thinking about wearing out the empire's troops. Gulman was not in a hurry either, only Redolf ​​was anxious, his soldiers were dying, every day of fighting meant he earned golden coins, he longed for war but did not like this kind of battle that made no progress.

Terra's weapons are powerful, but they lack the power to advance the front.

Gurman happily watched his soldiers grow stronger day by day, and the new recruits happily gained experience while reaping the undead troops.

After a few days, a group of soldiers with bronze bars had been upgraded to gold bars, and their combat effectiveness had been visibly enhanced.

Gurman immediately contacted Terra with the help of communication equipment and asked Terra to prepare the soldiers for rotation.

They even started to have engineers build a permanent base, preparing to turn this place into an experience point.

(End of this chapter)