Warhammer

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Al held the reins in one hand and raised the other hand, gently moving it down.

"Dong dong!"

More than a dozen heads fell cleanly to the ground, rolling and spinning.

The blood soaked into their dreadlocks and headbands, making the captives' already hateful faces even more disgusting.

But this was far from enough. Soon, the next batch was pushed up and knelt in front of the altar made of the remains of the soldiers who once guarded the city. With a wave of their hands, dozens or hundreds of heads simply broke free from the restraints of their bodies and rushed into the eternal, rotten freedom.

Seeing this bloody yet heart-gratifying scene, the residents of Sahagen who had walked out of the basements and ruins and had survived the disaster burst into tears, crying, roaring and wailing.

Mixed with the captives' screams and pleas for mercy, it turned into a unique, triumphant elegy in the square.

Soon, nearly a thousand prisoners were executed, and the remaining ones were also frightened. Seeing that the situation was almost the same, Al began to make arrangements for the next step.

He first gave a speech to the people, saying that he had completely defeated the enemy and driven out all the barbaric invaders who had brought suffering to the kingdom and the people! His next goal was to lead the army northward, continue the Northern Expedition, and eradicate the invaders! Bring peace and prosperity back to the southern world! This was the unshirkable responsibility of Ai'er as the regent chosen by the gods and unanimously recommended by the southern city-states.

The people expressed their gratitude and praise.

Then Al announced on the spot the treatment of the remaining captives: as invaders who had caused great harm to the southern world and the people of Sahagen, their remaining lives would be used to serve the southern people who had suffered losses due to the war. The first task assigned to these slaves was to rebuild the city defenses of Sahagen.

All Sahaguns will serve as their overseers, supervising their work and having the right to submit to the Representative Council any reports of slaves being slacking off or shirking their duties. If a slave resists or escapes, he can be killed or captured. In the latter case, ownership of the slave will automatically be transferred to the person who captured him.

Ai'er did not carry out the large-scale "moving all the people south" campaign in Sahagen because the city was too far north and close to the battlefield.

The time spent going back and forth was precious. He couldn't use the earth veins to teleport outside the forest. He couldn't use every fist and every sword, which were crucial chips in the decisive battle, to escort the refugees.

It would be better to boost the morale of the residents, make them full of confidence in the decisive battle, speed up the recovery of their physical strength, and contribute to the Regent's cause.

In my darkest thoughts...

If the battle is lost and Elnan retreats, he will need a wall like this that can barely hold off the greenskins for a few times and help him buy time.

If the Sahagans ran away, Alco would not be willing to use his precious warriors to guard the rear.

At a critical moment, even one more reserve team could determine the outcome of a major battle.

......

"Roar!"

A roar was heard from the distant sky, and another reinforcement force rushed over.

Leading the way was a gigantic two-legged flying dragon. The smoke had not yet dissipated and the strong smell of blood was evident in the sight of Sahagen getting a little excited. Al took off his helmet and looked into the distance. The dragon, which had been baring its fangs and claws, suddenly clenched its teeth and stopped making any sound. It flew obediently into the city and landed on the ground.

"Father!"

A swift figure quickly jumped down from the dragon's back and rushed in front of Al like a ball of red and black wind.

El stretched out his hand, and the wolf girl immediately put her face close to him without any hesitation. Hera El, the beautiful, ferocious, fourth daughter of the tribe, famous for her bellicosity and bravery, and the leader of the Fourth Legion, the "Dark Iron Warriors", was docile and clingy in front of her father like a large pet dog.

She is beautiful, but what leaves the greatest impression on people is her face, which shows her aggressiveness and combativeness even towards her brothers and sisters. When the boy's hand strokes her face, it can perhaps be described as "adorable and naive".

"I got here before two or three!"

The big wolf girl took credit for it to her young father.

Al chuckled. Not far from him was an altar made of piled-up skulls. Next to it was a river of blood and hundreds of hideous heads with their eyes open. The background was a ruined city filled with smoke.

But he and his wolf girl perform a deep father-daughter love here.

The "two and three" Hera mentioned were naturally her two "nominally" and "temporarily recognized" brothers and sisters.

The Lord of the Second Legion "Mortal Watch" is Kael'thas Ai'er, and the Lord of the Third Legion, the Glorious Legion known as the "Son of Ai'er", is Barbatos Wind Ai'er.

At this time, they had put aside all other matters in their hands and led the tribal army to rush over to reinforce their father.

"so fast."

Al ruffled the wolf girl's hair and rubbed her wolf ears. There was one thing about Hera that Al liked very much—when she stayed with her father for a while without changing positions, she would squat.

You can simply imagine it as a big dog sitting on the ground.

In this way, Al can touch her head directly without standing on tiptoe, and Hera does this without making people feel stupid, foolish or flattering at all.

Instead, there is a sense of unexpected appropriateness.

Maybe... it's racial nature?

After all, a wolf...can also be a dog.

Of course, Al would not think so. Although the wolf girl squatted in front of Al, enjoying her father's touch with a cute face, and her tail was swinging wildly behind her butt, it was indeed quite sexy from a purely erotic point of view, with a kind of Fu Rui, mentally retarded, and large-bodied beauty.

But Al still retains this bit of moral integrity.

His attitude towards the wolf girl and Barbatos is really like that of a father towards his daughter (with a little bit of attitude towards his pets).

There is no ghost father complex.

Chapter 5: The descendants gather and the army rises [-in- K chapter~]

After Al captured Sahagen, he rested here for a while. The soldiers of the Northern Expedition also temporarily started civil engineering work to repair and strengthen Sahagen's defenses in preparation for the future.

Of course it's best not to use it when it's needed.

At the same time, it is also to wait for subsequent reinforcements from the north.

In the southern regions under the control of the coalition forces, the representative parliament and the military court focused their main efforts on conscription and supply of the army. Al's claim of "one hundred thousand brave men marching north" was not an exaggeration. If we count the militiamen whose combat effectiveness still needs to be verified through blood and fire and whose average training time is less than three months, it would not be a problem for Al to raise an "army" of one hundred thousand or even a larger scale for the Northern Expedition.

But whether those soldiers in the south whose spines had been "broken" by the greenskins can play due role when facing the main force of the vicious enemy is a question that Al needs to consider.

Neither missionary work nor training can be accomplished overnight. It requires the accumulation of time, the supply of materials and most importantly, continuous victories to boost the morale of the troops, increase their experience, and eventually, just like the "Silver Shield Soldiers", the veterans who followed Alexander on the Eastern Expedition, who were almost invincible on the battlefield with their rich experience from years of fighting.

But obviously, there is no such opportunity now.

......

The six-pointed star flag flutters on the walls of Sahagen, and the legions loyal to the Eternal Chosen (Regent King) are gathering here.

The Southern warriors, with the flame of revenge and the belief in defending their homeland, are taking up arms again and returning to the battlefield at the call of their motherland, honor and duty. Under the command of the Regent, the Southerners will continue to complete the unfinished business that they should have done!

The army marched north, and no matter they were commoners or nobles, priests or farmers, and even those powerful people who were in a panic because of Aiel's crackdown and the anti-counterrevolutionary movement, most of them sincerely hoped that this Northern Expedition would be a complete success, and that all the greenskins and pirates would be killed or expelled from the country, so that peace would return to the southern world.

Of course, there are also many people who may still hold the view that "the enemies have been defeated, the kingdom has been restored, and that little foreign king who likes widows (mature women) should also return to his own forest, right?"

"As long as they stop interfering in the kingdom's affairs, or just give them Mount Inala, we can develop it together. Can a group of tribesmen beat us?"

There are even more dark ones who hope that the Legion will win, but also curse that he, the "alien king who likes human widows", will die in Bilbarri.

Of course, those soldiers who truly knew what El would do next after gathering the essence of the south and marching north, and who were "temporarily" united under the banner of the Regent Coalition and accepted unified command to deal with the war, would eventually become the old kingdom legion that they had been thinking about, or would they be loyal to the Regent and become the invincible army of the new kingdom.

In short, they all believe in the goddess.

It depends on who you trust...

Misha came with her guards to greet Kael'thas who had arrived with the reinforcements. Among his four sons, Kael'thas left Margarita to take charge of handling the affairs in the south after he went north and maintain the situation. Barbatos had previously stayed in the southwest. As one of the four most important sons of Aiur, he maintained the "Southwest Alliance", a regional and political entity that was semi-independent from the southern system under the old Margarita's rule.

Relying on Barbatos' affinity and charm to both men and women, young and old, the third daughter made great contributions to the tribe's image building among the people and the powerful in the southwest region.

She likes banquets or other group activities with many people, which she often does in the southwest. She often holds banquets for the "upper class" to give full play to her charm and expertise. Among the people, Barbatos often organizes various sports, competitive and entertainment activities, and she often joins in to have fun with the people.

Whether they are from the upper or lower classes, the people of the southwest all unanimously love and respect Barbatos, the third son of Ai'er, this beautiful boy (girl) whose gender is indistinguishable, and who is as free and amiable as the warm breeze.

Even after Al went to Margarita and Barbatos guarded the southwest, she quickly replaced her young father and became the dream lover of many men and women in the southwest.

The girls and women regarded Barbatos as a beautiful boy like her father, with androgynous appearance, cheerful and generous, and very friendly personality. Compared with El, who was the lord of all armies, the king of the tribe, and the son of God, they were easier to approach and did not have excessive awe or worry about him.

So the daughter has taken away the idol status (busi) of her father.

For men it is even simpler.

Before this, Al was in high spirits at the banquet. After he took off his mask, there was a brief silence in the audience. Then, all the guests, big and small, came to him and tried to find all kinds of topics to talk about. Finally, Al had a dirty mind (crossed out). Al's sympathy for comforting the widow and taking care of the orphans and widows was aroused, and he took Mrs. Christina to find a small room.

The brief glimpse did not leave much "good reputation". Among those who had seen Al's true face at the banquet that day, few of them were desperate to see him, except for those who could not forget him in their hearts, and some even had some reversals of their sexual preferences. There were actually a few powerful gay men who tried to "win favor" in various ways, just like Al wrote to Lady Christina, with the intention of getting close to her.

If Al's adoptive mother, Alina, knew about this, that a gay man wanted to poke the butt of her son, whom she had never touched, or that she wanted to use her son's lance, which she enjoyed, to poke a man's private parts, she would immediately be furious and bring the Angry Horned Beast Guards to destroy the whole clan.

For this kind of thing, Al had Kael'thas go and give these gay men a warning and a warning, letting their families take care of themselves.

After that, Aiur went on an expedition to the east, so naturally he did not leave much "fame" behind, but only reputation for power and proper fame.

But Barbatos was different, she was a fun-loving person, she would stroll around the streets when she had nothing to do, she was very friendly and had no airs at all, she treated everyone equally regardless of gender, age, wealth or status, she could have long conversations with the nobles in the magnificent halls and banquets, she could sing loudly in the taverns and squares, she could exchange cups with the nobles, she could walk around the bonfire arm in arm with the villagers.

Perhaps more people have seen Barbatos than have since the beginning of the Aiur Eastward Expedition.

It is no wonder that the third brother can have such a great influence in the southwest.

Barbatos had the most suitors, or rather, the only person who openly and publicly pursued a member of the tribe - the coalition core - was Barbatos, forcing Al to talk to his third brother about the matter.

He was not worried about the cabbage being eaten away.

All of his descendants are born with "nobility", and regard their identity as sons of El and descendants of the Four Mothers as the honor and responsibility to protect and lead their people in the name of their father. They love the people they rule, some of them, like Barbatos, are happy to see the people and have fun together, while others, like Misha, are like a real, El-cosplayed incarnation of a glorious ruler; but without exception, they are not moved by the word "love".

The descendants have brotherhood, comradeship, loyalty, honor, faith and responsibility...

Perhaps the only thing that can touch the word "love" is fatherly love?

.........

Kael'thas was the last of the four scions to arrive.

The matters he had to deal with were the most numerous and the most complicated. Even with the innate talents and abilities of the Son of Ai, the burden was still too heavy for the Lord of the Second Legion, who had no experience with such a large population and territory.

Fortunately, the descendants, especially the first generation of Sons of El, have a strong ability to learn. With a little familiarity, they can get a glimpse of the skills of weapons such as swords, spears and sticks. After training for a period of time, they can reach the level of veterans who have been immersed in this field for many years in terms of skills alone.

The same is true for some other matters, but the emphasis is different according to different personalities and hobbies. Only the talent in war and military affairs is common to all offspring.

Kael'thas took over the foundation left by his father and steadily developed and filled in the existing framework.

Many matters, such as resuming production and reorganizing local administrative agencies, were handled as well as if they were handled by Al himself.

This is also the main reason why El left Kael'thas in Margarita. In terms of talent in internal affairs, Kael'thas' ability is the best among all the sons.

The eldest daughter, Misha, is more like an outstanding commander, a balanced, omnipotent ruler who can take power on behalf of Aiur, while Kael'thas's abilities are more inclined towards internal affairs, and she can become an excellent adjutant or prime minister.

Including the expansion and reorganization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was also continued by Kael'thas after he took over El's plan. In order to prevent this very important internal steel knife from corroding and rusting, El originally planned to split the Ministry of Internal Affairs and reorganize it into multiple departments with detailed divisions. The departments would not interfere with each other and would be responsible to El. For example, the internal anti-counterrevolutionary and anti-espionage affairs would be handled by a separate anti-counterrevolutionary department.

Others include border defense, civil defense agencies, anti-corruption supervision of local administrative agencies, and archives agencies that collect and organize domestic intelligence from all aspects, update it frequently, and provide intelligence support for the central government to make decisions.

But all of this was mostly just a perfect plan on paper. Before it was actually implemented, Aiel was forced by the war in the north to put his reforms on hold and leave Kael'thas to guard the rear. However, the second brother did not have enough power and prestige to complete these plans. With Kael'thas's character, it was impossible for him to take radical actions without Aiel's presence.

Finally, Kael'thas carried out limited expansion based on the internal affairs forces left by El, and at the same time temporarily finalized the departmental framework for internal purges, defined the scope of authority and responsibilities, and formulated an original version of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Code of Conduct in the name of El and the framework he left behind. According to this regulation, behavior and direction are regulated, and ideals and beliefs are established.

Also, at the instruction of Ai'er, the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign led by the Ministry of the Interior was temporarily suspended in the coalition-controlled area. The coalition forces lay dormant and sharpened their claws in order to avoid further provoking various forces. After all, the tribes and the Kingdom of Estalia, the coalition forces and the southern nobles still have a common enemy, and that is the greenskin army entrenched in the northwest region.

The top priority remains to defeat this vicious invading beast.

With the arrival of the last of the four sons, the legions under Ai'er's command have also gathered. All the essence that the entire tribe can gather is now gathered inside and outside the city of Sahagen.

There are more than 33,000 warriors in the beast-sequence races such as the Wrathhorn Beast Regiment, the Monster Army, and the Troll Army.

Al returned to his hometown and gathered the troops left behind to guard the home to join the Northern Expedition.

Although this is very risky, with the risk of being attacked or having no soldiers left after the army is annihilated due to failure in the decisive battle, Al has decided to make a final effort to defeat the enemy in this battle. In addition, the Pina Forest is now protected by the Mist of Lilith, so even if they are beaten to the gate and hold out for a while, there will be no problem. That's why he decided to send all his troops north.

The adult beastman population of the tribe broke through the 100,000 mark not long after El swallowed the South. If this exaggerated ratio of military to civilian were placed on the original Earth, even in the face of a catastrophe that threatened the destruction of the nation and the extinction of the race, it would be almost impossible to mobilize to this extent.

However, in this world where examples of everyone becoming a soldier are everywhere, this is not particularly exaggerated.

Those beasts who believed in chaos in the past were the real "everyone is a soldier".

The first batch of Estalia converts who had previously moved to the Pina Forest for refuge have now been almost completely integrated into the tribe. Most of them have converted to the Four Mothers and the Chosen Ones. With their productivity and production resources greatly satisfied and their living standards greatly improved compared to before, they have contributed nearly 10,000 soldiers to El. El had almost forgotten these human soldiers who were being trained as garrison troops in the Pina Forest.

They may be slightly less experienced than the "old new army" of Storm's Revenge and the Fearless who followed Aiel to fight in the South, but they are much more reliable than the militiamen who were recruited in the South and had an average training time of less than three months.

Now that Al has the "old and new troops" available, the number of human legions has reached 50,000.

The three old new armies, which expanded to a size of 10,000 after taking over Margarita, also continuously absorbed some outstanding fighters in the process of El's preparation for the Northern Expedition, and integrated and "entrusted" the family private soldiers and mercenaries under the command of the southern tyrants. Those who were too domineering and slick would be kicked back to the so-called "Restoration Alliance", and those who could be used would be left behind.

As for the others, there were as many as 30,000 militia forces, which were simply divided into 30 groups of 1,000 people each.

They are all "standing militia" with at least three months of training time. After all, it took only about half a year for Al to go south, liberate Margarita, and then march north. To reach this level means that he has given up production and focused on military affairs.

They cannot be called militia, it would be more appropriate to call them "recruits".

With this calculation, it can be said that Al now has an army of "one hundred thousand" under his command. According to convention, he can even claim to have an army of "two hundred thousand" or "three hundred thousand" for the Northern Expedition.

However, 30,000 of them were just to make up the numbers. Al did not have high expectations for them. In order to play the best possible role in the decisive battle, they underwent special tactical training.

The real main force is the human and beastman legion with a size of more than 80,000, as well as 30,000 quasi-regular army recruits.

As for the rest, oh yes, there is also the so-called "Estalia Restoration Alliance". These guys are well-equipped and well-trained, but because of the special system adopted by El to encourage the southern warlords to contribute manpower, the so-called "Military Council" has hundreds of military leaders, mercenaries, and family members, big and small, in it, under the euphemism of "discussing major issues together."

In fact, it has no effect at all. The main mobilization, tasks, and issuance of orders are still done by the coalition center of Ai'er. What the military council does most every day is to quarrel, simulate battles around the sand table, and seriously discuss strategic directions; or they just imagine how to defeat the enemy, what strategies to use, and talk a lot. There is nothing else to do.