Warhammer

矮。

Just slightly taller than the average dwarf.

To most dwarves who have only heard of him but never seen him, a human ruler who defeated the Great Waaaaagh on the battlefield, merged two kingdoms, demonstrated superb skills in governing the country, and defeated the greenskins in the badlands should be, if not very mature, at least a middle-aged man with a beard.

After all, they are humans, not elves with whiskerless bunny ears.

They didn't know Al's age, but they had a preconceived notion that he must be at least an adult.

Now, when the dwarves saw each other's appearance for the first time, they were shocked.

Behind the golden mask, Al's face turned dark and he felt dizzy.

The flag he set at the beginning and the COSplay he played, after several years, were now only aimed at him.

What wild dwarves and beast dwarves.

Now he is really regarded as a "dwarf".

It is still an official certification from an authentic dwarf.

But soon the High King's deputy, Salam Ironhammer, arrived. He calmly ordered his men to stop the tribe's discussion, while at the same time welcoming Ai'er with open arms.

"Greetings, Lord of the Alliance, noble friend of the dwarves."

He had seen the influence shown in the photo stone that Ai'er gave to the High King, and knew that the King of the Alliance was very young, or perhaps because of the blessing or some other reason, at least his body shape was solidified at the teenage stage, so he looked very "immature" in appearance.

If Al was in a dwarf's house, he wouldn't even be allowed to leave the house and might even have to be fed.

"I am here on behalf of His Majesty Aladdin to greet you and convey his apologies to you. Please understand that this is a time of war and he cannot come in person."

Al walked forward, hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to understand, and simply opened his arms to Salaam Hammer. The latter was stunned for a moment, then hugged him with a big laugh.

The man and the dwarf hugged each other, and the dwarves around them immediately cheered.

Nothing could be more important to the Dwarves than a powerful ally in this holy war!

The scales of victory once again tilt towards the descendants of our ancestors!

It was obvious that the dwarves had been prepared for Ai'er's arrival. They even had time to hold a brief welcome ceremony. The guard of honor that Ai'er "inspected" was dressed in bright armor and looked extremely elite. Perhaps it was because of the battlefield, and some of them had just retreated from the battlefield to fill in the numbers, looking murderous.

A poet led a battlefield band to sing for Al:

"Gods bless Al!"

"May he live forever!"

"God save my king~"

"Always win, always be glorious!"

"Believe in the people's expectations and be happy!"

"Governing the country, Wang Yunchang!"

"God Save the King," the official national anthem of the Confederacy.

Hearing the dwarf singing this song, Al felt a little shameless, and after quickly completing the etiquette process, he did not delay any longer. He flew to Black Rock Castle with him to inspect the front line and meet with the dwarves together with his second and fourth brothers and several generals. They soon began to connect with the affairs officer on the dwarf side, and as the ruler of a country, Al was obviously going to meet with the current dwarf High King, Aladdin Whitebeard.

Funny to think about…two “dwarf” kings.

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Chapter 177: The first battle is the decisive battle!

The meeting between the High King and the King of the Alliance at Black Rock Castle represents the meeting of the two "mountains" most respected by the people of the Alliance and the Mountain Kingdom!

This marks a great milestone for the Southern Order! The holy war against the greenskins has entered a new phase!

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It is worth mentioning that.

The author of this report, published in the Southern Daily, was later investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the anti-alliance tendencies contained in his remarks and was eventually expelled from the country.

The reason for this is probably because the article begins with a strong hint of irony:

The "two 'high mountains'" aroused the thinking and attention of relevant personnel. Finally, through the various indirect sarcasms in the text, it was determined that the writer of this scholar, who was quite famous in Tyrell, was a hidden anti-Alliance element...

The meeting between Ai'er and the High King was simpler and more direct than expected.

After all, they had a spiritual connection for a long time.

After a few simple greetings, Al was not used to this kind of occasion, because it had been a long time since he had experienced such an occasion with people of equal or slightly higher status, which required considering all aspects and diplomatic etiquette.

He himself didn't quite understand any of this. Ever since the Pina Forest, Al had always been the emperor who had the final say, could act arbitrarily, and rule the world.

Besides, whether it was the early tribal stage, or the later United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, strictly speaking...

He has never been involved in diplomacy.

So although the meeting between the two was not as good as advertised as "meeting a soulmate in the mountains and rivers" or "it's a pity that we didn't meet earlier", it was indeed very harmonious. Al knew that he was not good at these things so he simply skipped the politeness and directly put his energy into the most crucial battlefield.

The High King himself, as Al had judged before, is not a traditional dwarf who "sticks to the rules". This can be seen from the fact that many of the "new policies for observation and trial" implemented by the Mountain Kingdom were strongly advocated by Aladdin Whitebeard.

They chatted briefly, and the High King expressed his sincere gratitude for Al's arrival. However, because the siege had reached a critical moment, the Dwarf King did not want to be too polite, and Al did the same. The two quickly focused their attention on military affairs.

The Supreme King’s giant mobile chariot—to be honest, Al was very, very envious of it and really wanted to get one back home.

After all, the things that can make men jealous are nothing more than the same few things, cars, guns, balls, and plastic guys also need to add a model.

He has played too much ball, and now there is a very cool "giant figure" in front of him, it is hard for Al not to be eager.

Above, a group of generals surrounded the two men. The High King's deputy Salam introduced the current situation to Ai'er, and the High King interjected from time to time.

"We have gained a huge advantage in the west. We have basically eliminated the enemy forces and have taken control of the old city wall section... In the south and north, our troops are advancing steadily. The greenskins are hiding in caves. We have to clear them out one tunnel at a time."

Salam first introduced the general situation, and then said angrily: "The remnants of Nagash have desecrated this battlefield! The undead and the barbarians are in collusion. They use the huge number of greenskins to awaken many undead to consume our ammunition reserves. Judging from the current offensive strength, the ammunition reserves may only last for another three days."

In order to save the precious lives of their tribe members as much as possible, the dwarves made full use of their superior firepower. When clearing the tunnels, they directly used flamethrowers, and then threw engineering bombs after burning them. They would try not to exchange their lives for the enemy if they could burn money to kill them.

It can be said that the equipment of a fully armed dwarf veteran is worth hundreds of acres of land in the empire, which is equivalent to two elite Reik Guards.

Before Ai'er's arrival, their attack had lasted for a week and had made great progress. At least 150,000 to 180,000 enemies were killed. The underground dungeon system that the greenskins had dug out was blown to pieces. Many enemies might be unaware in the previous second and be swallowed up by the explosion in the next second, or be directly buried in the collapsed tunnel and eventually die of suffocation.

But clearing out such dungeons was no less difficult than fighting in urban streets, and the price the dwarves paid was also extremely high. Nearly one-fifth of the 104,700 mercenaries were killed or wounded, and these people were doomed to miss the frontal battlefield in the following battles.

As for the casualties of the dwarves themselves, they were only in the hundreds, which seemed insignificant compared to their numbers. But everyone knew that the huge casualties in the early stage were in exchange for the free ammunition. The pressure of supplies later made it impossible for them to maintain this intensity of artillery fire. After the attack entered the close combat of fists and flesh, it was bound to be a very tragic tug-of-war.

In pursuit of power, the dwarves began to pursue "thick and big" in many new engineering equipment. For example, they blindly expanded the caliber and explosive power of artillery. Although it was refreshing to fire, it would not "destroy thousands of miles with one shot", but it could still cause destructive damage within a radius of dozens of meters.

But this situation brings huge logistical pressure.

The tunnel from Thunder Castle to Black Rock Castle was only dredged two years ago, and its utilization rate is still relatively low.

In order to supply the High King's army, the Dwarves deployed tens of thousands of warriors along the route just to clear the passage and maintain safe passage along the way. However, after a year of accumulation, by the time the formal attack began, in order to clear out the disgusting tunnels of the Greenskins, the reserves could only last for half a month even with a saturation attack.

However, since the greenskin positions in the west have been breached, there is no need to carry out such a saturation attack. The dwarves' goal is to capture Black Crag. As long as they successfully capture this greenskin base and defeat the greenskin main force jointly commanded by the "great warlord and goblin general", the remaining greenskins will naturally flee in all directions like monkeys when a tree falls. To put it another way, as long as they successfully capture Black Crag and establish a stable circulation channel with the Dwarf Kingdom, they will have plenty of time and energy to clean up these greenskins who are scattered all over the ground like maggots.

So after Ai'er's arrival, the dwarfs' offensive will change.

Ai'er was mentally prepared for this. The dwarves were kind and had not yet said that the Alliance's Eastern Expedition Army should be disbanded. They only said that they could rest for a while. But Ai'er knew that this was not the time to worry about casualties. Sacrifices were inevitable in war, and it was impossible to make a large contribution to the war without paying any price.

He himself specifically proposed:

"Now we can turn our attack to defeat or drive out the main force of the greenskins."

"Those goblins can use ghostly means to forcibly bridge the loose greenskins and make up for the shortcomings of the enemy's leadership ability and authority; but they can never change the nature of the greenskin race."

"Losing the frontal battlefield means losing everything... My idea is that we can save the ammunition. Next, we need to seek a decisive battle with the enemy and use the artillery fire to suppress and kill the enemy on the battlefield." After Al finished speaking his thoughts, he looked around and saw that everyone was thinking about his suggestion. The Supreme King also nodded slightly to show his agreement, and then he slammed the table and said loudly:

"The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle!"

The words were sonorous and powerful.

"Good!" The High King clapped his fist and agreed loudly.

Everyone said yes.

178: Holy Trinity

Green-skinned creature.

Brutal, stupid, mean, cunning, dirty, vulgar...

But everything must give way to the nature of "warlikeness".

Fighting is an innate talent and an indispensable way of life for them, just like eating and drinking for humans.

Whether from a tactical or strategic point of view, it is too easy to fight a decisive battle with such an enemy. Most of the time, even the greenskins themselves can't wait to rush up. They never consider winning or losing, or the difference in power. As long as they think it's fun and they can have fun, and they are "Waaaagh", it is enough reason for a war.

People like Gao Maoliang who care about gains and losses are always weird among the greenskins. Even the situation that the greenskins of Black Rock Castle have been on the defensive for nearly two years is very rare. However, the inability to break through the dwarves' defensive positions is also a point that restricts the greenskins' reckless offensive.

But everything changed when the trumpet sounded and the blood flowed.

The greenskins' long-pent-up desire for war has been awakened. As long as the coalition forces make a challenge, they will definitely respond. This is not something that the goblins can suppress by relying on tricks in the shadows or murdering a few orc generals. The key point of the war between the two sides is around Black Rock Castle. Now the gates of Black Rock Castle are wide open, and the fortress is there and will not move. If the coalition forces advance and the greenskins retreat and refuse to fight, it will be no different from admitting defeat.

"I want to use my soldiers from the Eastern Expedition as sharp blades, like hot knives piercing butter, straight to where the enemy chief is!"

When it came time to deploy combat plans, Al volunteered to take on the responsibility.

At this point, all the previous plans of preserving strength can be put aside for the time being. His losses will eventually be compensated by the friendship of the dwarves.

This touched the dwarves, as they hadn't encountered such a powerful ally in many years. Compared with such kind-hearted southerners, those pointy-eared imperial people were nothing... Of course, the dwarves were also kind and would not deliberately pull others down, but some things could be explained with just a slight comparison.

After the Lizardmen left the stage, the Dwarves were definitely the most trustworthy and reliable allies in the Old World in the fight against Chaos.

Even outside of the Chaos threat, the value of friendship is immeasurable when it comes to these stubborn donkeys, as long as you go along with them, as long as you don't make some major principled mistakes, such as shaving the beard of the Dwarf Messenger?

When making combat arrangements, in order to help the Alliance Legion, which is the main force of the assault, to open up the situation as soon as possible, the dwarves will provide more than half of their firepower to support the Eastern Expedition Legion, and Ai'er also took the initiative to say for the first time:

This time, I will be on the front line of the attack!

Lead the way! Lead by example!

Only half a body length behind Alina!

Such an important decision made all the descendants who participated in the deliberation extremely excited.

As an "invincible extraordinary warrior", although Ai'er is not famous for his military prowess, his personal strength should not be underestimated. After all, he is the son of the Mother Goddess. The tribe still tells the "myth" that when Ai'er was just born, he defeated the evil beast king Zaken who wanted to devour him, and competed with the unparalleled God-chosen Centaur in strength, wisdom, and martial arts, and finally conquered the opponent with his own strength, making him work for Ai'er from then on.

It is indeed a "myth".

There are many such mythological stories along the way of El's conquest. For example, there is one story that is widely spread among humans, which is the legendary "Green Knight", the founding father of Bretonnia. He once proposed a trial to El according to the oracle of the goddess Lilith, and El finally successfully completed it. Therefore, a group of knights from Bretonnia came from afar to surrender to El and express their loyalty to him. They respected El as the "King of Virtue" and "Model of Law".

......

Although the above may have some exaggeration and deification, it is certain that Al's strength is definitely not as "beautiful and fragile" as his appearance.

He is blessed by four mothers: Blood Mother provides him with strength, courage, and faith; Joy ​​grants him agility, skill, and the ability to detect the enemy's weaknesses;

The broad love of a loving mother is bestowed on everyone in the world, but this does not prevent some loyal and outstanding offspring from being more favored by the Earth Mother. It is no exaggeration to say that Aiur's vigorous vitality is far stronger than that of the trolls, except when he suffers damage caused by some special abilities, such as the Holy Fire of Asuryan.

As for the treasure house opened for him by the Omniscient, it gave Aiel the ability to use all known and unknown magic in the world through prayer and sacrifice. The gift of the Four Gods allowed him to directly connect to the Chaos Realm and bring the sacred and terrifying power of the high-dimensional realm directly to the mortal world. As long as he was willing to pay enough, if there were not 600,000 greenskins in Black Rock Castle, but 600,000 humans who were easily corrupted by Chaos, Aiel's power alone would be enough to conquer - or destroy the city.

If he could use his power well...

The Middle Ages was different from the world that El came from. There had always been a tradition of commanders leading troops into battle and leading by example. Although El liked to complain that this kind of heroism was too threatening, if he were to fight against someone, and the opposing leader dared to charge into the battle in person, he would definitely ambush hundreds of archers to specifically target the hedgehogs on the opposite side.

But it must be said that in the mortal world where supernatural forces interfere, the heroic performance of leaders can indeed greatly boost the morale and combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, his children would not worry about the saying "a son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall" and would strongly oppose Al's personal presence on the front line. After all, no matter from which aspect (except for his dedication to work?), their father might be more powerful than all of them combined. Instead, they felt that they were extremely honored to be able to go to the battlefield with their father.

In order to achieve his goal in one fell swoop, Ai'er decided to take certain risks to defeat the greenskins as quickly as possible and at the lowest cost, to help the dwarves recapture Black Rock Castle, and to end this war that would be meaningless if it dragged on...

He wasn't really worried.

If there is a ruthless greenskin like Grimgor Ironhide on the opposite side, he will make sure that he either stays safely in the rear or hides in the encirclement of elite troops and looks for an opportunity to sneakily kill the opponent.

But obviously, they don't have that role.

Otherwise, Ironhide would have led the battle-hungry greenskins in a fight to the death with the High King.

So Al is very confident about this battle.

Very stable.

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Located in Haimen Pass.