Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 225 Confident [Blood Oath Covenant]

Let’s put it this way, it really didn’t take long for everyone to reach this conclusion, and it saved a lot of unnecessary arguments.

This is one of the roles of Karen's existence. Even if he does not appear directly, he can still have a huge impact on the situation.

If Karen hadn't been there, the Blood Oath Covenant, with its complex structure, would never have been able to achieve such efficiency.

Of course, having said that, if Karen hadn't been there, the [Blood Oath Covenant] would have been impossible to form, and the Lizardmen, High Elves, and Humans would have been unable to unite.

"Let the Lizardmen hold out first. Let them try to delay the attack and hold the city. We will immediately organize troops to support them and fight against the Lizardmen Empire's troops!"

Uther slammed the table and looked at everyone present. Everyone's expression was very serious. There was nothing they could do. Although the decision had been made, it was an army of tens of thousands of lizardmen after all. The total number of people in all the cities was only a few tens of thousands.

Faced with this army of tens of thousands of lizardmen, the [Blood Oath Alliance] really needs to mobilize everyone. They must gather all their strength, otherwise it will be really difficult to resist the iron torrent of the lizardmen.

This time was different from the last attack on "Hellrank City". Last time they were the ones who took the initiative to attack, and it was a surprise attack without any intention.

This time, they were the defending side, and they had no advantage in numbers. The enemy was obviously well prepared.

"This battle is crucial for us, the Blood Oath Alliance. We must win. We must teach those lizardmen a lesson, let them know that we are not something they can easily control, and make them afraid to act rashly in the future."

Florian Silverleaf expressed his support for Uther, saying that "Silverleaf Port" would send 7,000 troops to support "Hellrank City".

This means that more than half of the population has been armed. Only the high elves can have this confidence, because the militia they organize are truly combat-ready and are not there to serve as cannon fodder.

For places like "Wangbo Port" and "Shengxia Port", if they organize a bunch of militia to go to the battlefield at once, it would be useless and even counterproductive, because once those militias who have not received any training are sent to the battlefield, it will only disrupt the rhythm of their own people.

The human forces represented by "Shengxia Port" and "Wangbo Port" fought hard and only managed to gather 3,000 people. Many of them were new recruits who had only been trained for a period of time. However, at least they had followed them into the forest and done the work of clearing wild beasts, which was better than pure recruits.

During this period, "Wangbo Port" and "Shengxia Port" were actually intentionally training more professional soldiers, and even invited coaches from the high elves to train these soldiers.

But there is no way, the time is still too short and there are too few people who can really become masters.

The high elves and humans together make up 10,000 people. The rest are naturally the undead troops, which are also an important part of the army of the [Blood Oath Covenant]. Including human undead, lizardman undead, elites and cannon fodder, it is no problem to gather more than 8,000 people.

Among these eight thousand, there are at least two thousand cannon fodders, and the rest are mostly Lizardmen Undead, which are the spoils of the previous battle. The human Undead side mainly consists of the Death Knight Battalion. This Death Knight Battalion of thousands of people is a powerful team, and it is definitely a killer weapon on the battlefield.

Including the cold lizard cavalry of the lizardmen and the lizardmen undead, the silver-helmeted knights of the high elves, and the living human knights, the entire cavalry strength of the [Blood Covenant] is about three thousand.

Such a cavalry team also has many individuals with strong combat capabilities. If used well, it can definitely play the role of more than 30,000 people.

"Okay! Let's get started!"

Uther was very satisfied with the result. They had already gathered 18,000 people, nearly 20,000 troops. On the Lizardman side, the combined number of people in "Helank City" and "Obsidian City" had reached 20,000 to 30,000.

Although most of them may be at the level of "militia", and the number of real warriors may be less than half, even so, they are not at a numerical disadvantage.

According to intelligence, the attacking Lizardmen probably numbered only about 30,000. Although they might all be combat soldiers, professional soldiers, even if only combat soldiers were counted, the [Blood Oath Alliance] would not suffer any loss, and everyone's confidence was boosted.

Thirty-five thousand versus thirty thousand, the advantage is on my side!
Of course, no one lost confidence at the beginning. After all, Karen had just given them a boost of confidence not long ago.

Karen, who had just defeated the spirit of the "God of Hunting" Maral, is now their strongest support!
With Master Karen here, what are they, just some lizardmen? What is the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit" behind these lizardmen?
As long as that "Demon Toad Holy Spirit" dares to show up, he will definitely be dealt with by their "Blood King", there is no doubt about it.

Everyone in the [Blood Oath Covenant] now has such confidence in Karen.

In fact, this is normal. After all, compared with the "God of Hunting" Maral, the so-called "Holy Spirit of the Magic Toad" has never been heard of at all.

In everyone's opinion, this "Magic Toad Holy Spirit" is just a local strongman in the New World. He is not even a god, so how can he have the qualifications to offend Lord Karen?
Karen is very supportive of this kind of self-confidence. It is a very good state, and believers should have this kind of confidence in God.

Of course, this mentality can easily backfire. After all, if one operation is not done well, the god's reputation may plummet, leading to a large-scale loss of believers.

Apart from anything else, if Karen fought with that "Magic Toad Holy Spirit" and was defeated by the other party, there is no doubt that everyone in the entire [Blood Oath Covenant] would lose faith in him.

However, Karen was not worried about this, because his injuries were recovering slowly, the "curse" was being gradually dissipated, and his strength had recovered more and more. At this time, facing the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit", Karen was still very confident.

Especially after truly feeling what the lizard people's "faith" was like, Karen was no longer afraid of the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit". Even if he worked hard for thousands of years, the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit" probably would not be able to accumulate much "divine power".

To put it bluntly, the Lizardmen are not civilized enough and are not good candidates for believers. The effective faith they can provide is too little.

If you can't become a god, you will always be an ant. Among these ants, Karen feels that he is definitely the one standing in the forefront.

The army of the [Blood Oath Alliance] was organized very quickly. After all, they had the "Skull Phone" for communication. Basically, as soon as they discovered the enemy, the reinforcements from various cities had already begun to prepare to set off.

Therefore, when the army arrived at "Helank City", the army of the Lizardman Empire had actually just begun to attack the city not long ago.

"Go, go, go!"

"Give them a hard time!"

Facing the Lizardman Empire's army that was attacking the city, the reinforcements of the [Blood Oath Alliance] launched a direct charge. A cavalry assault team consisting of 3,000 cavalrymen of various types took the lead and rushed towards the defenseless Lizardman Empire army.

It must be said that these Lizardmen troops could hardly be called an army. They clearly had basic roles, such as warriors, archers, scouts, cavalry, flying troops, monster infantry, beast troops, etc., but their tactics were quite primitive, relying only on the most basic coordination and F2A.

Even when they were attacking the city, they did not consider the possibility of reinforcements. They set up very few outposts and they were not spread out far apart. Basically, by the time they discovered that reinforcements were coming, it was already too late.

Three thousand shock cavalrymen rushed forward with a roar. The experience gained from defending "Obsidian City" last time was still used this time when defending "Hellrank City". The large amount of flat land outside the city was a special terrain prepared for the cavalry's charge.

"boom!"

The cavalry brigade crashed into the Lizardman army, and under the leadership of many powerful men, they cut a bloody path like a whirlwind.

Seeing the arrival of the reinforcements, the lizardmen in the city of "Hellrank City" were not afraid. They directly sent troops out of the city to attack the enemy together with the reinforcements, and beat the lizardmen troops who were attacking the city into a mess. They were quickly defeated and were hunted down by the people of the [Blood Oath Covenant].

Until the troops behind the Lizardman Empire came to support them, the people of the [Blood Oath Alliance] retreated, and the reinforcements successfully joined forces with the defenders of "Helank City".

"Hiss! Friends, you've arrived at the perfect time. These bastards have just begun their assault on the city. These are probably the vanguard. If we kill most of them, we'll definitely be able to dampen their morale."

Slaco was very excited and obviously very satisfied with the big victory he just had.

Although this was only the enemy's vanguard, the Lizardman Empire's troops left behind more than a thousand corpses in the first battle, which was definitely a huge blow to them.

"Warfare is all about morale. If you can dampen their fighting spirit right from the start, the rest of the battle will be much easier."

Hellion agreed with this. After all, it was definitely a good sign to have won a victory right at the beginning of the battle.

After being attacked for a while, the army of the Lizardman Empire seemed a little confused. They did not attack the city again, but began to wait for the army to gather. These 30,000 lizardmen looked a little confused, no, it should be said that they looked quite confused.

"These guys look like a coalition army."

On the wall of "Hellrank City", Hellion looked at the scene happening in front of him and came to a conclusion, which was agreed by everyone. Anyone with a little military experience could see that those lizardmen were in chaos as if they had no unified command.

"No wonder the vanguard attacked the city on their own, completely unaware of the reinforcements. Perhaps they arrived first and acted on their own, right?"

Lyle spoke up and said that he came on behalf of the people from "Midsummer Harbor".

"This should be."

Okanina nodded in approval.

"It looks like this time it will be much easier. It should be easier than the last time we faced Kuzan."

Hellion smiled. Although these 30,000 lizardmen were numerous, this kind of command mode meant that they were destined to be just a mob.

To put it bluntly, the threat is not even as great as the last time when Kuzan almost completely controlled the troops. Of course, now Kuzan is their undead warrior and an important member of the cavalry brigade, leading the cold lizard knights to attack.

"Do you want to rush them again?"

Kevin suggested from the side, feeling a little eager to try it out.

"It's not a bad idea to strike them while they're still struggling, but those lizardmen are numerous, and their individual combat capabilities are quite impressive. Even if they fight on their own, their numbers are still quite formidable."

Hellion shook his head and chose to be rational. Three thousand charging against thirty thousand was still a bit exaggerated. It was not that they could not charge, but it was unnecessary. They would be the ones who would feel sad if they sacrificed too much. Hellion felt that it was a loss to exchange one knight for three lizardmen.

"But we can't let them camp too comfortably. We can let those newly resurrected cannon fodders harass them a bit."

Werner, who looked gloomy, spoke up and said that the lizardmen who had just been killed were resurrected by Lord Karen and handed over to his management. Werner was used to it. Although Lord Karen did not show up, the undead who kept standing up to fight for them proved that Lord Karen was always there.

“Isn’t that a bit wasteful?”

Hellion looked at Werner. He felt that it would be a good idea for the Undead Lizardman to hold the line. It would be a bit of a waste to give him away directly.

"as you like."

Werner did not continue speaking. He just made a suggestion. Whether to adopt it or not depended on what Hellion thought.

In fact, their [Blood Oath Alliance] is also in the form of a coalition, but their coalition has a marshal who is elected uniformly.

As a marshal who has led several wars to victory, Hellion is naturally the right person to take the lead. As long as he does not make any major mistakes, he will probably be the marshal of the coalition forces in the future.

There is no other way. Showing off achievements is the best means of persuasion. Although it is meaningless to focus on scores and it will alienate people's efforts, sometimes this thing is the most intuitive, unless the scoring system is really too outrageous.

But fortunately, the evaluation of victory in a war is still very intuitive. Whether it is a big win or a small win, a real win or a fake win, it can be clearly seen. At least at this stage, there is no water in Hellion's record, and every win is beautiful.

"Don't act rashly. Let's set up camp and build a defensive line. We'll help each other from above and below the city walls."

In the end, Hellion chose a safe approach. They didn't need to take the initiative to attack. After all, they were the defending side and also the side with the advantage. Now they just had to show off their strengths and weaknesses to see what they could do.

(End of this chapter)