Warhammer

At their feet, the crazy, mumbling green-skinned prophets, wearing tattered cloth and skull decorations, brought good news to the green-skinned people around them! War order!

Fuck the Colossus!

The greenskin's weapon of destruction!

They walk the land, a blasphemous sign of the greenskins' cruel, heretical gods - and often! They are accompanied by an extremely large greenskin warband!

Under their feet was a moving "green carpet" that rushed towards Everlook Castle with the momentum to engulf everything!

There was a whistling sound from the sky, and dozens of small black dots quickly moved closer and closer, rapidly enlarging in the eyes of the soldiers on the city wall.

"Bombardment!" someone shouted in surprise!

"Eehah!!!" Those shells turned out to be some ugly goblins with hideous faces, who were still shouting and fighting wildly even when they were about to die!

"boom!"

The city walls shook!

The goblin meat shells smashed the city walls, leaving bloody marks. Such a rapid attack made the city seem to be on the verge of collapse!

Barely ten minutes after the enemy appeared, this greenskin warband that suddenly emerged from the badlands, gathered such a large number of enemies that even the defenders were terrified, and had already rushed to the foot of Everlook Castle. They began to attack and climbed the city walls despite the long-range attacks of the defenders.

On the watchtower, an officer looked at the green carpet outside the city that suddenly appeared in the blink of an eye, and said with a trembling voice: "Immediately, go to Haimen Pass immediately!"

His mind was already somewhat confused by the enemy's fierce attack. As soon as the enemy attack occurred, Yongwang Fort notified Haimen Pass of the news. After discovering that the enemy troops were huge in number and that a giant statue of Goma had appeared, he quickly issued a second warning.

He issued a meaningless military order, but no one cared about it anymore. The whole city was now in a state of great fear, trembling in the approaching green tide. The soldiers on the front line could only grit their teeth and hold their weapons, and everyone prayed in their hearts to the gods they believed in, hoping that the gods high above would bless the believers who were about to face a cruel trial.

However, unless the gods return to the mortal world at this moment, nothing will prevent the butcher's knife from coming.

......

Among the greenskin army outside the city, a group of silent orc guards wearing black iron armor were surrounding a warlord leader who was two times bigger than the average big guy.

It stood on the hill, silently gazing at the city wall not far away. Around the warlord, there was no other sound except the breathing, heartbeat, and blowing sand. It was as quiet as a group of statues standing solemnly there.

This is very unusual for the greenskins.

Warlords are often surrounded by their big, strong, and good-looking generals who always like to make noise; chattering goblins who like to steal and murder; and jesters who serve as clowns and pets, who always like to report goblin gossip to the warlord or spread rumors among the warband.

But among the greenskin army outside the city, this rarely happened, at least around the warlord.

The "big" warlord likes greenskin subordinates who are silent and steady, which are very abnormal characteristics for greenskins. But after it failed once, its former warriors and guards were severely damaged, and only a very few greenskins escaped and continued to follow it.

Mao Liang Feilong.

The "legendary greenskin of the current era" who launched a great expedition against the Southern Kingdom and almost took over all of Estalia in a quick battle, was only one step away from completing his extremely weird plan of "establishing a normal country where greenskins and humans live in harmony - surrendering to the greenskin butcher's knife and paying tribute."

After Bilbarry's defeat, his warband was wiped out and he barely escaped. Al felt sorry for not being able to kill this guy, but he didn't waste too much time on a loser because there was no point.

But for some reason, it actually appeared in the badlands and gathered such a huge Waaaaagh again... There must be some legendary experience and secrets behind this.

The warlord wore a mask that looked like it was welded with black iron, and his voice sounded muffled after this treatment: "After the city is captured, let the little ones plunder for half the mixed training time, and then withdraw. The remaining people are still useful."

A mixed exercise lasts about one to two hours, and here in Maoliang's place, it takes one and a half hours.

It continued to look at the city wall, expressionless behind the mask, neither excited nor high-spirited, not like a greenskin, and as if it had never issued this bloody order.

141: Warlord's Order

Everlook Castle fell so quickly that while Haimen Pass was still discussing how many troops to send, the Legion received bad news from the front during its initial mobilization.

"How many enemies are there?" someone asked angrily at the meeting.

But no one could answer his question accurately.

Someone said in a heavy tone, "Fifty thousand? One hundred thousand? It's impossible to count. The south failed too quickly. The last message they sent back said, 'We haven't seen the end of the enemy on the ground yet.'"

The scene was plunged into an extremely depressing atmosphere.

"No matter what... immediately, mobilize on all fronts and prepare to face the war!" A human congressman made a deep voice, proposing a proposal that was in line with the wishes of everyone present.

It has been many years, which is not a short time even for the dwarves. Haimen Pass has not encountered such a situation since the Great War. They were caught off guard - a large-scale enemy army suddenly raided under their noses. Everlook Fort, a fortress city under the jurisdiction of Haimen Pass, could not even hold out for two days before it was breached.

The enemy used numbers and their fearless brutality to overwhelm this fortress that had resisted many greenskin attacks, leaving the southern gate of Haimen Pass wide open.

This sense of crisis of "something bad is going to happen" and the "accident" that happened without any warning has put Haimen Pass into a depressing atmosphere. The news from the south made many residents who were celebrating the "rapid progress and victory" on the front line turn around and find that:

Unexpectedly, an enemy group suddenly approached them! They captured Everlook Castle in the south in just two days, which undoubtedly dampened people's enthusiasm.

All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors were flying around the city. Some said that this group of greenskins came from the wilderness of northern Nehekhara in the south, some said that the situation at Black Rock Castle had changed, and the main force of the greenskins came to attack the Sea Gate... There were even rumors claiming:

The King of the Southern Confederacy, which is now regarded as the "Glorious Ally" in the Dwarf propaganda, is actually in league with the Greenskins!

When the greenskins invaded Estalia and Tyrell, they severely damaged their national strength. In the end, Aiur successively seized the thrones of the two countries. Now he came under the banner of supporting the dwarves. Obviously, the front line was known as a "great victory", but suddenly such a greenskin army came to seize Everlook Fort and pointed directly at the Sea Gate...

In fact, it is a collaboration between the Alliance and the Greenskins!

The battle report is real! But it is essentially an act!

The greenskins deliberately gave up the Iron Rock, letting the dwarves lose their vigilance in the joy of victory, and Aiel turned a blind eye to the greenskins' mobilization! Then the greenskins went north to attack the Sea Gate Pass, Aiel went east and joined the main force of the greenskins in Black Rock Castle to attack the main force led by the High King! Finally, the dwarves were eliminated, and they joined the greenskins to go north to seize the border princes and even the Silver Road, and divide it equally with the greenskins!

......

Anyone with a little common sense would not believe this rumor:

The Aiel Legion's marching route is all the way east to Iron Rock, and then south, out of the inland hinterland, while Everlook Fort is close to the periphery, in the northwest, and the directions are very different. The greenskins attacking Everlook Fort are coming from the south, it could be any direction - even if the Alliance has clairvoyance, it cannot see the situation at Everlook Fort from Iron Rock.

But the disaster of war suddenly befell the people, and they were in a panic. With the spread of incitement by some people, many people actually began to believe these rumors and proposed to immediately expel or imprison the Alliance members and naturalized Beastmen in Haimen Pass. In the eyes of many people, the country of Aiur is a country where Beastmen and humans rule together. It can also be said to be the only "Beastmen Country". There is a natural centripetal force for this ethnic group. Many of the rapidly growing population of the Alliance are Orc immigrants from places such as the Empire and Kislev.

In addition, there are still many chaotic beasts active in the badlands. Unlike the old world, people here are still more wary of the "hoofed tribe", so it is necessary to guard against beastmen.

Although there are many dwarves who are as hot-tempered as fire and as stubborn as rocks, there are not many fools.

For this rumor that was well-organized but had stupid logic, they immediately knew who was responsible given the precedent. The fact that someone was engaged in infighting during the war made the dwarves very angry. Unlike last time when they just ordered human institutions to restrain and suppress them, the dwarf guards wearing heavy rune armor went straight to the streets and started arresting people with arrest warrants, and detained some leaders of exiles and immigrant patriots from the South in the fortress's prison.

To declare to the outside world is to directly create rumors and disrupt the war.

The "well-deserved" hat that was put on them immediately made many people behave themselves, and the dwarves immediately carried out a full mobilization to prepare for the upcoming war!

And this prosperous and great city, with a glimmer of gloom about the future, immediately began to prepare to face the war that seemed to "come suddenly" upon them.

......

Looking at the smoke-filled Everlook Fort from the outside, the only way to describe it is as "covered in scars".

After the greenskins captured the city, it was naturally impossible for them to follow the iron discipline and not harm the civilians except the enemies like the army under the command of a certain kid who was always jumping back and forth between the two images of judgment and despise.

Greenskin?

Iron discipline?

Not harming even a hair?

No matter how much Bergmann beer I drink, I still can't connect these things together.

They set fire, destroyed, looted and killed people in the city...Except for some things that they couldn't do without genitals, the greenskins destroyed the city with complete violence!

The temple was desecrated, the statues were toppled, and the holy objects and murals were smeared with feces and urine by the greenskins as a sign of humiliation.

After the greenskins broke into the city, the population of Everlook Castle dropped sharply to less than half. This was actually due to the "retreat" order issued by the warlord Mao Liang, who forced the greenskins to leave the city. It has to be said that this is a bloody irony.

This is already better than the "massacre" that many people had expected. At least half of the city was chopped off, and the other half is left?

But the subsequent actions of the enemy with the butcher knife were difficult for the survivors of Everlook Castle to understand.

"All women and children should stay in the city, and men should immediately follow the war gang army northward to attack Haimen Pass!"

A sinister-looking man and his followers, wearing black robes and protected by greenskins, gathered representatives of the survivors in Everlook and issued an order that they were extremely resistant to.

"The great warlord is kind and willing to give you a way out! When the time comes, you will join the army to attack the city, and after one attack, I will let you return home!"

Seeing that the survivors did not "appreciate his kindness", the sinister man waved his hand, and the greenskin guards immediately raised their butcher knives and slaughtered a group of captured defenders who were detained in the square!

The bloody scene immediately shocked everyone present, and they no longer dared to show any dissatisfaction on their faces or in any way.

The man gave a cruel smile when he saw this situation.

"We will march immediately today. The warlord will leave a troop to garrison in Everlook Fort. If anyone escapes, five women and children will be killed for every one person who escapes!"

Chapter 5: The Holy War [-in- K Chapter]

The news of the fall of Everlook Castle soon spread to all parties, followed by bad news that a large greenskin army of at least 120,000 soldiers surrounded Haimen Pass and looted the surrounding areas.

It is said that there are a large number of catapults, bombers, and a total of 17 Gogo Colossi in this greenskin frenzy. This ugly and blasphemous weapon of war of the greenskins has not appeared since the defeat of Gogo Gogo's Great Waaaagh. Now it has suddenly appeared among the enemies besieging the city, causing a great blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Their heads were taller than the walls of the outer city of Haimen Pass. On the second day of the Battle of Haimen Pass, these war giants, which symbolized the might of Gomao, broke through the defense of the outer city, and almost caused the new city area, which had gradually developed to its current magnificent extent since the Great War, to fall completely. Fortunately, the dwarves acted decisively, pushed the cannons onto the streets, fired at close range, and knocked down two Gomao colossi in succession, thus curbing the greenskins' offensive...

Upon hearing the news, the mountains shook. Eternal Peak mobilized the troops that were originally planning to reinforce Iron Rock and Black Rock Castle and headed to Sea Gate Pass urgently to support this fortress, which was no less important to the dwarves than Eight Peaks Mountain.

Through the two major passes of Blackfire and Thor, as well as the mountain tunnels, the mountains are connected to the empire; and through the Sea Gate Pass, the mountain kingdom is connected to the world!

This fortress is of vital importance to the dwarves. The city of Haimenguan alone provides one-third of the annual fiscal revenue of the Mountain Kingdom. The resources and manpower from all over the world here are things that the dwarves cannot lose.

They would rather temporarily give up the strategy to recapture Bafeng Mountain than bear the losses brought about by the fall of Haimen Pass.

Al, who was leading the main force running around deep in the badlands and defeating all the greenskin gangs, chaos beasts and other enemies he met along the way, sighed after receiving the news. He didn't know that the greenskin besieging Haimen Pass was his "old acquaintance", the "greenskin warlord appointed by the heaven and earth and the moon".

He just felt that war was unpredictable. He originally thought the same as the dwarves. He thought that as long as he continued to attract firepower to Black Rock Castle and share the pressure, and then waited for the right time to launch a decisive battle, he would definitely be able to inflict heavy damage in one fell swoop and then move south to attack Eight Peaks Mountain.

But the greenskins who suddenly appeared from nowhere and surrounded Haimen Pass immediately disrupted his plan. Haimen Pass must not be lost, otherwise the loss would be too great. He led his troops to support the Badlands with the intention of preserving the dwarves' victory and vitality as much as possible, so that this race that has proven itself to be reliable can play a greater role in the future end of the world.

We would rather give up an opportunity to achieve major results than lose Haimen Pass.

After knowing that something happened in the rear, he simply modified his battle plan. He wrote to the main force of the Supreme King at the front line of Black Rock Castle, saying that he could lead his troops back to rescue Haimen Pass at any time. At the same time, he accelerated the march and decided not to go to the Land of Sorrow for the time being, but to return to Iron Rock to rest.

If we march at full speed from Gangtie Rock, it would only take ten days or half a month to reach Haimen Pass.

Haimen Pass is an important city that has been developed by the dwarves for thousands of years. It is impossible for it to fall so easily into the hands of some "unknown" greenskins.

Even if legendary greenskins like Gogomaoggo and Gorbad Ironclaw appeared, it would be impossible.

At most they could abandon the outer city area and withdraw their troops and population to the old Sea Gate Pass. They could rely on the geographical advantage of the steep cliffs to protect themselves, just like when they faced the army of Gorbad Ironclaw on Eternal Peak in the past. The greenskins lacked the means to break through the enemy lines, and a strong attack was useless.

But the prosperous, high-density outer city area is the foundation of Haimenguan's economic prosperity and cannot be easily abandoned...so the dwarves decided to defend both the old and the new.

However, his request to return to fight was not approved by the High King. The main commander of the army to recover the lost land sent a letter to Ai'er, hoping that he could continue to stay in the badlands and return to Iron Rock to rest first, but there was no need to rush back to defend Haimen.

The High King believed that Haimen Pass had 30,000 standing troops, half of whom were heavily armed dwarf warriors. In addition, there was an armored fleet, complete defensive facilities, and sufficient manpower reserves. As long as war mobilization began, several times more militia forces could be armed at any time. Even 200,000 greenskins would not be able to break through this place.

A mere green-skinned detachment is not enough to serve as evidence!

If Ai'er led his troops to defend, what if the enemy calculated the ambush and the Eastern Expedition Army suffered heavy losses? It is better to remain unchanged in the face of change.

"Trust the people of Barak Val, trust the descendants of Granni, Grimnir, and Valaya! Seagate will not fall!" The High King vowed to Aiur, making a promise that seemed a bit unreasonable to the latter.

However, considering that the dwarfs were very proud, it was somewhat unnecessary for him to do something contrary to the other party's attitude. So he replied that he agreed with the High King's arrangement and led his troops to withdraw to Iron Rock just in case.

Of course, there was another reason that prompted Al to make this decision.

He, as the ruler of a country, led the army into battle personally.

Of course it is impossible to say that we can bring only 30,000 people.

Except for the necessary defense and public security, and the 10,000 and 8,000 mobile combat troops stationed in Margarita and Remas respectively, all the troops that the Alliance can mobilize have been mobilized. Subsequent support will be divided into three batches to reach the badlands through Haimen Pass, with 10,000, 20,000 and 20,000 troops respectively.

After several rounds of streamlining and reorganization, the standing army of the entire alliance has just maintained a level of 120,000 ground forces.

Including the 30,000 most elite troops in Ai'er's hands, it means that the Alliance intends to use almost 80% of its forces to support the dwarves in the war.

Ai'er has already sent a message to the country, asking the next two groups of reinforcements to be combined together and follow the route he took, first going to the Giant Tower and then asking for the dwarf fleet to escort them all the way from Blackwater Bay into the Sea Gate Pass.

He just didn't believe that the greenskins could be so cheating that they could take down this fortress which was considered a "giant city" in the southern world?

And just as the situation in the Badlands, which seemed to be "settled", had some twists and turns because of the sudden appearance of the greenskin army, a future that was great and glorious for the dwarves and had positive significance for the order side was once again shrouded in some fog.

In Achendorf, north of Haimen Pass.

There is also an army that is about to enter the grand chess game of the Badlands and Mountains, and is considering the threat posed by the greenskins in the south.

That is the chivalrous expedition vanguard army led by Celestine Julius, a "living saint" recognized by both churches.

The total number of this army is only over 10,000 people, but the proportion of cavalry is very high, and nearly two-thirds of them are well-trained knights who are equipped with their own weapons.

The factional disputes and confused thoughts within the state religion have not only had a great impact on priests, monks and other clergy, but also countless devout Sigmars, whose status has been infinitely elevated since the Great Crusade. If the Grand Council passes a resolution calling on believers to form a crusade army, then millions of believers will soon be mobilized throughout the empire.

Even if this is not the case, the Church of Sigmar, the state religion of the Empire, usually has a corps of hundreds of thousands of defenders.

Many of them have received high-quality education or are elite children from middle- and upper-class families and are "holy warriors" and knights of the religion.

These people have a lot of knowledge and have received a good education. Although they are pious, they are also capable of self-thinking. The increasingly fierce factional struggles in the church, although not yet evolved into all-out violence, life-and-death struggles, and the pursuit of the physical elimination of heretics, have already reached a point where they are difficult to reconcile.

It also affected the "church-protecting warriors" who were the armed forces directly under the church.