Warhammer

Second, Garen will lead the team.

On the first day he entered the military camp, he severely punished dozens of veterans who had not notified the troops to disband, but had stayed outside the city for rest and recuperation, and who had sneaked out to have fun out of boredom.

In front of more than 3,000 people, he stripped these guys naked and beat them on stools. After the beating, he could use the money from his own pocket to help his soldiers update and purchase weapons and armor.

He took the initiative to visit and comfort the soldiers' relatives. He was strict with officers but very good to his soldiers. He was even willing to help the soldiers at his own expense. He was able to win people's hearts. In addition to his ability and financial resources, he has always been the most popular among generals.

Of course, the most important thing is that he can win battles. This alone has eliminated most of the commanders who have performed poorly since the outbreak of the war.

After all, it is easier to survive if you follow a commander who can win.

Although Galen Kirchis received a new and completely unfamiliar force this time when he went south, the latter had received sufficient training and coordination during the training and reorganization in Bilbali. What they lacked was only real combat experience. After today's battle, this shortcoming would be almost eliminated in the future.

Under Galen's organization, the Northern Legion, with a number difference of less than half, managed to withstand the enemy's frontal attack and stabilize its own front line on mostly plain terrain.

If that group of knights didn't come, Garen would be confident that he could slowly strangle the enemy's center army and then push forward.

Chapter 2: Samael

Most of the non-commissioned officers and staff in Garen's army are his old team members. They followed Garen in the famous "Northern Fire" Legion and could only serve and fight in the war.

Others are Kirchis's retainers and subordinates, and are die-hard loyalists.

It was also with the help of these equally capable people who assisted him sincerely that Garen was able to quickly control the army. In a situation where "the general did not know the soldiers and the soldiers did not know the general", he not only completed the succession of command power, but also, after a period of training, he was able to bring out the combat effectiveness of the troops beyond expectations.

The battle situation turned in favor of the Northerners. The main force of the Greenskins' central army suffered huge casualties and was unable to make a breakthrough on the front line. They were blocked outside the inner line by the halberds and spears that were deployed in a high position and defended tightly. After their flanks were defeated and the knights continued to charge at their backs, and the Estalia began to actively counterattack, failure was inevitable for the Greenskins.

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The rangers and knights scattered out, chasing down the fleeing greenskins, trying to reduce the enemy's manpower as much as possible to prevent them from regrouping and causing trouble.

The problem of the greenskins is very obvious at this point: if they are truly defeated, and not a feigned defeat or an ambush, it will be difficult for the greenskins, who are in a state of panic and see enemies everywhere, to regroup their forces. The typical examples of the Order side, such as the three imperial dwarf families, can do well in this regard. Unless they encounter a war of annihilation, even if they are defeated, the troops will not completely collapse and scatter. As long as there is still someone in command, the defeated soldiers can spontaneously regroup.

You need to run far enough and be safe for a while before you can get out of the panic-stricken state of escaping, and under the guidance of some unknown force, move towards a large force in a certain direction, and then return to the greenskin tribe.

Or some greenskins might gather together and turn into a small, miniature greenskin gang, engaging in banditry and bullying, harassing villages and attacking passers-by.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of the greenskins that the tasks of chasing, driving away, and expanding the results of the battle are relatively safe for them. In addition, the same is true for the Skaven. When the Skaven are brave, even the humblest slave rat can be fearless, but when they are defeated, they are defeated like a mountain. The problem lies in their pheromones. For example, pheromones secreted under psychological states such as courage, confidence, and bellicosity can influence and inspire their companions; and pheromones secreted under negative emotions such as losing, dying, and escaping can also infect companions, causing a chain collapse of morale.

The Red-Striped Knight beheaded the last big guy who was still resisting with one sword. The ugly head flew up and down with blood, rolled around on the ground, and finally fell into the arms of a human warrior who had died in the battle.

The knight named Samael took off his helmet, revealing his weather-beaten face, which looked like a classical statue that had been polished by a long time, and looked up at the hills.

Galen took the initiative to meet them, walking down the hillside, with several personal guards and confidential staff.

"Thank you for your assistance, allies of Estalia, noble and chivalrous knights."

"Your bravery reminds me of the twelve 'Grail Knights', the most sacred incarnations of virtue walking in the mortal world."

"This is a testimony to the friendship between the Kingdom and Bretonnia! It is the iron-clad friendship forged in blood and fire over thousands of years between the two countries!"

Garen was excited and loudly praised the knights' achievements, saying that half of the credit for the victory in this war should be attributed to their assistance. He would transcribe this experience into a book and send it to the Northern Council in Bilbarri to express gratitude for the knights' assistance in the name of the Kingdom of Estalia.

The knights remained silent.

Only the Red Knight Samael, who was the leader, shook his head slightly and said:

"We have completed our mission. Next we have to return east to Sahagen. You will have to walk the rest of the way on your own."

Garen's eyes flashed with a trace of melancholy, but his face was still full of emotion. He waved his hand and said, "You have helped me a lot. Don't worry. After this enemy is defeated, the greenskin bastards' forces on this road will be basically wiped out."

"A few scattered enemies will not pose a threat to us. It will take another three days to reach the 'Fortress of Santa Mona'."

"We will set up camp today. I hope you can stay one more night to celebrate this victory with us. What do you think?"

Samael shook his head and declined, then put on his helmet and arranged the wounded separately with his fellow knights. Then the entire team of knights left the camp in silence. There was no cheering nor a grand farewell. They came and left silently.

Flower, Sword and Grail Knight.

In the hearts of the Estalia people, it is still a complex symbol.

Even in front of El, apart from the fanatical prayers for "World of Virtue", there was almost no other emotion on their faces. Even when they were injured on the battlefield, most of the knights gritted their teeth and endured it in silence while waiting for treatment.

For example, when they destroyed the Skaven dungeon before, many knights were infected with the plague. The most serious ones even had large areas of decay and suppuration on their bodies, which made people panic. In such a situation, the knights said nothing and accepted the shaman's treatment without making a sound. They only couldn't help groaning when they were cutting and digging out the rotten flesh and pus.

It even made Al wonder for a moment whether these guys might be the Holy Grail (Interstellar) warriors created by Lilith?

After all, the Four Mothers were able to give him the power of their bloodlines to cultivate blessed beastmen. Lilith already had a precedent of cultivating powerful warriors as thugs, so it was normal for her to create some super warriors after the great war.

Astarte Medieval Skin Bretonnian Edition.

They are also very powerful. In a one-on-one situation, not counting the monster army and only considering the regular troops, among the beastmen, only El's heavy-armored guards can barely fight the mounted knights on equal terms in a one-on-one situation. The latter are just as dangerous when they dismount.

The situation of stepping onto the battlefield and fighting for life and death is another matter.

It was for this reason that El had always arranged the knights' base in a good place outside the headquarters, with mountains, water, and plains, and two gathering points located nearby, implying surveillance.

There are only about twenty knights stationed at the headquarters, participating in meetings and various tasks.

The leader was naturally Samael.

This is a taciturn big guy, but no matter what, he is still a very capable person, not only in combat, but also has unique experience and understanding in management, deployment, and governing the people.

At the very least, he could understand Al's instructions very well and carry them out faithfully. Being able to do this was enough for the tribe.

The Knight Commander was assigned the hard labor, and Al assigned him the duties of more than a dozen settlements, and the taciturn Knight completed the work faithfully and willingly, and he would never come to check on his young father like Misha did.

He is a qualified talent.

Chapter 3: Six Hundred Thousand Troops

After Ai'er did something that was not very kind, at least from the perspective of the northerners.

For some reason, he seemed to really believe what the tribe said. Without any substantial guarantee, El would never, ever let this matter survive and have the chance to spread out and shake his image in the hearts of the Estalia people.

The so-called messenger sent was actually the incarnation of spells that Al had mastered after exploring the treasure house of knowledge bestowed by the Omniscient One and learning for a long time. He personally controlled the fake puppet to enter the greenskin's tent and meet the special greenskin, the warlord who was full of mystery. He had the first, and possibly the only, communication between kings with the other party.

Al couldn't be sure of the thoughts of the warlord, who looked no different from a greenskin, but whose behavior was a little odd, yet strangely gave him a sense of familiarity and a sense of getting along with others, but the other party did indeed do so.

Less than half a month after that meeting, thousands of pirate ships of all sizes and green, tattered but unexpectedly able to float and move junk ships were reported on the ocean; a large army gathered on land, roughly two hundred thousand strong, and claimed to be six hundred thousand (I don't know where they learned this from). The army either took ships or went north along the highway, as if they could cut off the flow of the river and annihilate the northern country.

Only a force of less than tens of thousands of people was left, and a fortress was built on the site of the old city of Weiling in order to monitor the movements of the Pina Forest.

At the same time, the members of the Council of Scholars who tried to sneak to the south and enter Margarita also brought a piece of information to Ai'er: the greenskins extorted a lot of civilian laborers in various places to transport supplies to Marus and Viling and build forward bases. After the army set out, some of these unfortunate people followed the army, some were able to return, but some were assembled and trained on the spot. The greenskins distributed weapons to them, armed them, and stationed them in various places as vassal troops.

Now the regular puppet army has arrived...

However, he had no intention of leaving the forest to fight the green-skinned ASS for the time being. It was fine to just stay in the forest and develop his machine, and wait for the fight to the death outside.

Nearly three months have passed since the negotiations to the greenskins' march north, and to now. Al is busy with various official duties during the day. The boy forces himself to change his past attitude of getting angry when encountering problems and lying down when nothing happens.

He is forcing himself to work harder. He will open his own bank in the future. He is taking it easy now, but in the future, someone else might open his bank.

No matter how big or small the matter was, even if it was a resolution from below to expand the hunting range, apply for tools, or open up a planting area for a certain base, he would personally review it and give his approval before making the final decision on its implementation.

Misha was very happy that her little father suddenly became diligent and energetic. Every day she would bring her clerical and bureaucratic assistants to El's palace to handle government affairs, and she enjoyed it.

After the triumphal ceremony, Barbatos returned to her daily life as a fun-loving person. It can only be said that she is a little more reliable than before. Her legion as a whole is still a harmonious and happy legion of fun-loving people, with the best atmosphere and inclusiveness.

The strategy of taking the descendants as the core, assigning military and civilians, and going out to explore was very successful. El simply opened up the restrictions on population flow between the headquarters and the strongholds, and sent 500 beastmen and 4,000 refugees to each of the four legions of descendants, and handed them over to the four legions to accept and absorb.

Of course, if possible, most people would rather squeeze in and stay in the headquarters. After all, during the previous famine crisis, many people remembered that the farther away from Ai'er the place was, the more "difficult to influence" the place would be and the more serious the situation was. It was better to cultivate in remote areas than to stay in the bustling headquarters.

Not to mention the Beastmen. If they could directly follow and serve under the Everchosen and be directly governed by El himself, naturally few of them would follow the Sons of El.

In this regard, only Barbatos and Misha are slightly better. With their unique personal charm, they can more or less attract some beastmen and refugees to join them.

The fog shrouds the entire Pina Forest, but people in it cannot feel it. Only by leaving the place where the tribe is active and going deep into it can one intuitively feel the thickness of the fog.

Today, Pina is isolated from the outside world. Without the guidance of the northern outpost scouts, the four delegations sent by the northerners would all be lost in the fog that suddenly descended and covered the Pina forest like a miracle.

Their purpose of coming was naturally to ask the tribe to send troops.

The news that the greenskins invaded the Pina Forest and were defeated, with 50,000 of the vanguard troops being annihilated, was passed back to the north, which really encouraged the Estalia people. They sent three delegations to express their congratulations and give gifts and supplies, which El naturally accepted with a smile.

They also awarded medals and rewards to the members of the advance corps, but did not bring them back.

As a result, half a month later, the Estalia people were shocked again by the news that the greenskin army ignored the Aiel tribe that threatened their flank, treated the Pina Forest as nothing, and marched straight north.

The pirate fleet kept harassing the northern coast, forcing the Estalia to close the sea and relocate people in the disaster-stricken areas. The direct consequence was that a group of pirates, greenskins, and driven human slaves landed in a hidden harbor. After a week of building simple infrastructure, they were discovered by Daimontrey's patrol rangers. By then, there were more than 20,000 greenskins gathered here, sharpening their knives.

The greenskins' might frightened the northerners!

Mao Liang learned what humans do: using power to suppress others.

Shouting loudly before doing something doesn't matter whether it will succeed or not, because your voice is scary anyway.

They raised many flags, paraded through the streets, and came with great momentum, claiming to have an army of 600,000.

It also deliberately let some slaves escape, and at the same time, through the pirates' intelligence network, spread the news in the north that "the big warlord in the south is leading 600,000 terrible green-skinned guys to the north! They have conquered Margarita, and the entire Pearl of the South China Sea has surrendered to the warlord!" to spread panic and undermine morale.

After all, even the warlords themselves find it difficult to have an exact number of the troops under their command, and under the propaganda, even the greenskins themselves believe that we have 600,000 stick boys.

So how can outsiders know their exact military strength?

Of course, a force of 600,000, which has never appeared in the Southern Kingdom, is definitely an exaggeration, but even if it is cut in half to 300,000, it is still a very scary scale.

Marus-Viring is the dividing line. To the north, the remaining Estalia territory that has not yet fallen is the traditional "Northern Region". At present, including the refugees who have fled, the population is about two million, and there are 300,000 greenskins, which is almost a ten to one military strength ratio.

This is a terrifying number for the Estalia people, who, after continuous mobilization and recruitment, only have a little over 100,000 soldiers capable of fighting, most of whom can only be considered militia.

Chapter 4: You're right, but...

Before the Battle of Daimontre began, the Northern Council sent a grand delegation, which not only brought a large amount of gold, silver, weapons and supplies to the tribe, but also congratulated the tribe on its victory in the defense of the sacred forest and encouraged the tribe to send troops. When the greenskin army was heading north, it was just like the mission of the advance corps when they first entered the Pina Forest and came to the tribe:

The mission was to send troops out of the forest, harass as much as possible, and recapture the lost areas in the south.

El said you are right, but [El's Sims] (also known as "Sun in Warhammer") is a new open world simulation business strategy game independently developed by the Eternal God's Choice War Gang under the guidance of the Four Mothers' thoughts. The game takes place in a fantasy world called [Pina Forest], where the [little boy] chosen by the [four goddesses] will be awarded the [eternal position of God's Choice] to guide the [rise of the tribe]. I will play a mysterious character named [a rebellious son or a fart traveler], and under the drive of free sexual habits, I will encounter [he, she, it, and them] with different personalities and unique abilities, and defeat the [greenskin army] and [Seven Star Entertainment] together with [he, she, it, and them], while gradually discovering the truth of [the end of the moment and the four gods of chaos].

He accepted everything, but looked worried when talking about sending troops.

"The siege was extremely fierce. From the eighty-year-old to the fourteen-year-old men in my tribe, everyone went to the battlefield. We suffered heavy losses, blah blah blah..."

"Every family is in mourning, and the people are very resentful. We cannot send troops under such circumstances, otherwise it will lead to civil strife like the previous confrontation between the North and the South..."

"The tribe is now a rotten building. If it is kicked by an external force, the whole building will collapse..."

"Why else do you think the greenskins left the forest alone? Although we won, it was a pyrrhic victory. The greenskins were sure that the tribe was no longer a threat to them, so they dared to go north! The tribe's blood was shed for the Estalia people! Otherwise, if the greenskin orcs occupied the forest and bypassed the front line to go straight to Bilbarri, the entire north would be in danger in an instant!"

"I have to preside over more than a hundred funeral ceremonies every day. The bodies of the warriors who died in the Sacred Grove Battle have not yet been buried! Do you want me to take you to see it? The bodies of our warriors and the enemies are piled up like mountains, and the blood is flowing like a river..."

In a word.

You can send money, but you can’t send troops.

In the end, the first group of envoys returned with regret, leaving behind dozens of carts of supplies.

It has to be said that the Estalia people are still rich. The profits from the colonization of the New World, the huge trade volume in the Southern World, and the various handicrafts and specialties obtained from trade with the elves, dwarves and even the kings of the Tomb of Nehekara are fine goods that are sold all over the world. With the unique geographical advantages and the traditional accumulation of emphasis on commerce, the Estalia people have enormous wealth.

Unfortunately, the Estalia people who possessed a large amount of wealth did not pay much attention to the innovation and pursuit of technology. They transformed the gold and silver that filled the warehouses and the bank deposit notes into factories and shipyards that sprang up from the ground. They accumulated a lot of capital by acting as trade transit and actively traveling for business. However, as the Imperials took the lead and the Southerners had no demand for innovative technology, a large amount of wealth was finally confined in the cellars and spent on personal and family extravagance and enjoyment.

In Marienburg, the nobles of Estalia are a symbol of the rich and powerful. With a lot of wealth and family support, the nobles are happy to spend lavishly in the Empire, the big brother of mankind, to show off their financial strength and enhance the prestige of their families.

These situations made Al think of another world, the concept of "oil tycoons" that once existed widely in reality and on the Internet, and the Spaniards after discovering the New World.

So for the Estalia people, gold and silver are not rare.

They sent twenty boxes of property to the tribe at one time. Half of them were originally gifts to the tribe, and the other half were intended to be used as military expenses to support the tribe in exchange for sending troops.

But it is obvious that the people of Estalia are used to spending money lavishly. They spend money when something happens, whether it is during a war or when they compete for wealth. They just buy, buy, and spend money.

He completely ignored the fact that a group of beastmen from the Aiel tribe were squatting in the woods. The south was now an occupied area, and a war was about to break out in the north. Where could he spend the money?

Make a deal with the greenskins?

Or play marbles with gold coins?

However, Al took into consideration that there would definitely be a need for money in the future, and money was of little use to the Beastmen and could not be used as military pay. The Beastmen did not need him to pay for their upkeep, and they usually brought their own dry food to fight for the Four Mothers and Al's little father. Al only needed to take care of the supply of materials.

But for the Estalia people, wealth is status, a symbol of everything.

Although WAAAAGH has proven that having money does not necessarily mean you can outrun the greenskins' butcher knife, having money is better than having no money. With money, you can hire hired soldiers to protect yourself, escape on a ship, or even build a teleportation array to escape. You can also have various relationships to rely on, which greatly increases your chances of survival.

The remaining supplies and weapons are just swords, helmets, leather armor and the like. They are not high-quality goods. The Estalia people keep the good stuff for themselves. They are probably moved from the reserves. But it is better to have them than nothing. Although they are blessed by faith, the same blessing on steel swords and wooden spears will definitely produce better results on the former.

The envoys from the north did not stay long, because the parliament has not yet come up with a clear solution for how to deal with the more than 200,000 refugees in the Pina Forest, who have almost all converted to the Four Mothers and are sheltered under the wings of the tribe, which is tantamount to the double crimes of "treason" and "apostasy". Therefore, the envoys were very wise and did not go to the refugee area, as if those people did not exist at all. At most, they met with some celebrities and gentry refugee representatives under the control of Ai'er.

Then I walked around the headquarters and saw that most of the beastmen's families had a pole at the door with cloth hung on it. When I asked, I learned that this was a tradition of the beastmen in the tribe. If someone in the family died, they would erect a flagpole and hang a piece of cloth on it to mourn the deceased. People around would come to express their condolences when they saw it.

The atmosphere in the entire tribe, especially in the beastman families, is rather dull, and it is rare to see cubs going out to play.

I went to visit the place specifically, from morning to night, and found that the number of adult male beastmen was indeed much smaller than that of females and cubs. I began to believe what the tribe said.