Warhammer

At first, out of caution, the fleet carrying the exiles and the Alliance's regular army did not choose to land directly in Myrmidon, but landed at a hidden fjord stronghold that had not been discovered by the greenskins, and only after establishing a solid forward base did they begin to march towards Myrmidon.

But what was unexpected was that Gao Maoliang probably didn't want to waste troops on this fortress, which was very important to the human side, at least in the border area, whoever could possess it would have a great advantage, but it was irrelevant to the greenskins, and was no different from the countless cities destroyed by them.

There were less than two thousand greenskins entrenched inside and outside the fallen city of Mirmidon. The vanguard organized two exploratory attacks and quickly found out their approximate strength.

At the request of the Exile faction, the Legion launched a formal "siege" campaign and announced the recapture of Mirmidon.

In fact, the battle was resolved outside the city. The greenskins did not consider the gap in strength between the enemy and us. They could not wait to Waaaagh when they saw the enemy. Needless to say, they soon suffered heavy losses under the attack of muskets and arrows. When they rushed to the front of the Alliance Legion, they were faced with an impenetrable wall of spears and shields. Soon their morale collapsed and they fled in all directions.

The well-trained riders didn't even have a chance to fight in the battle formation before they turned to the finishing stage and began to hunt down the fleeing soldiers, trying their best to kill them all and burn their bodies, so that the escaped greenskins would not soon leave behind an inconspicuous patch of spores somewhere, followed by mushrooms, and then continue to grow. The first to come out are the fart spirits, which will spontaneously take care of the greenskin mushrooms, waiting for the greenskin boys, goblins, and big guys to be born one after another, and then it will be another miniature greenskin war gang.

"Mirmidon Recovered!"

On the ninth day after the alliance army led by Misha stepped out of the border and officially headed north, the news quickly spread throughout the prince's territory on the western border.

Instigated by the Alliance agents, the Vidanos decisively organized their elite troops in the city and launched a surprise attack on the greenskins outside the city after hearing the news of the liberation of Mirmidon, trying to recapture the hostages.

Unfortunately, the guy who stayed in Vidanos to monitor the hostages was too cunning. He had already anticipated that the humans would take action. He killed the hostages and set a fire in advance, then fled straight to the east.

Most of the greenskins are incapable of such despicable and cunning behavior. Their brains do not support such operations. It must be a vicious plot by the human lackeys who work for the greenskins and serve Mao Liang.

The Vidanos had previously handed over nearly three thousand hostages, and Gao Maoliang left four hundred people to guard them, half of whom were human vassal troops recruited by the greenskins from other places.

The original intention was to take advantage of the scattered and disunited nature of the border territories, with southerners ruling the north and easterners ruling the west, and to guard the hostages separately. The Matoka hostages would be guarded by Vidanos' vassal army, and if the Matoka hostages escaped, Vidanos would be punished, in order to create suspicion and monitor each other.

But when the tide began to turn in favor of the "just" Order Coalition, these methods were no longer effective. After all, the imperial army in the north was attacking cities and territories, and the allied rebel army in the south was coming to punish the criminals. Only a fool would resist at this time, and not only would he fail to save his family, he might also lose himself.

So when the greenskins raised their butcher knives, although these vassal armies did not dare to rebel directly and "act bravely for justice", they did not follow the greenskins to attack the women, children, the elderly and the young of Vidanos. Instead, they closed the door to protect themselves and at the same time sheltered some of the elderly and the weak who asked them for help. Soon the greenskins' atrocities ended and they fled eastward in panic. Many human vassal armies did not decide to follow them, but simply stayed and surrendered to the angry Vidanos.

The latter did not make things difficult for them. After all, the Vidanos also had their vassal troops conscripted away, and they might have done the same thing in other places, so they just sent the human captives to the cell for the time being.

Nearly a thousand hostages handed over by Vidanos were killed or injured by the greenskins' brutality. Although the hostages were not far from the city, Vidanos' army rushed over after hearing the news, leaving little time for the greenskins. But after all, they were all old, young, women and children, and they had been "safe and sound" under the supervision of the greenskins for a long time, so they never expected that these ferocious beasts would suddenly attack.

The bloody tragedy cast a gloomy gray over the hearts of the Vidanos, even though they had "broken off the shackles of barbarism."

Fortunately, the vanguard of the alliance arrived in Vidanos very quickly. The arrival of the strong reinforcements temporarily wiped out the worries of the Vidanos. The representatives sent by the alliance and Myrmidon formally proposed to Vidanos to invite the other party to join the "Border Defender Front", which naturally got their unanimous approval. The seats of the Judgment Hundred were allocated to the other party by the Myrmidons and Vidanos after "internal consultation" 15.

But in the future, the newly liberated Vidanos will have to assume part of the responsibility and form a coalition force to move eastward to "protect the unified border territory from violation."

Although Mirmiden has just "restored its country", in fact its current strength is not weak. During the period of exile alone, it selected elite soldiers to form a standing professional team of 20,000. Moreover, most of the men in the exiled Mirmiden have combat experience and are quasi-reserve forces. They receive military training regularly. If they just want to restore their country, they have enough strength to do it easily.

If we ignore the fact that after the two reorganizations of the Mirmidian army, the influence of the alliance is everywhere, and a large number of officers and soldiers have even publicly "turned" to seek guidance from another mother of bravery before the silent Mirmidian, it does seem like a border bully...

132: Alina! Where is Alina!

After Vidanos' "rebellion", the road to the north for the Southern Allied Forces was declared unobstructed.

The Regent Legion led by Misha and the troops of the "Defender Front" marched northward, and Kalundborg in the northeast of Vidanos followed suit and also announced an "uprising". They were more prepared than the Vidanos people. They secretly hired several elite mercenary troops in the Araby area and hid them in the city. When the good news came from the south, they launched an attack in one go and directly killed the puppets and greenskins who were monitoring the hostages.

Then, after a brief contact with the defense coalition, it decisively announced that it had joined the "Defense Front" and sent troops to participate in the "Anti-Green War", and also obtained fifteen seats in the Judgment Group of 100.

At this time, the number of troops heading north from the south had swelled to 120,000, of which 54,000, or nearly half, were border troops.

If this military force had been deployed in the Battle of Myrmidon, even if they did not defeat Mao Liang, they would at least have been able to defend the city and make the greenskins suffer heavy casualties.

But it is not too late to go north now.

While resting in Matoka, Al, who was in charge of the overall situation, became more confident about the next plan when he received the news that Niu Niu was leading his troops north with a strong momentum.

When he and his eldest daughter's armies joined forces, their strength reached 150,000. Even if the unreliable border city-state armies were eliminated, the alliance's standing army would still number nearly 100,000.

This force will naturally be able to defeat the greenskins and defend the border without any problem...

Who would still fight the greenskins when Mao Liang has already decided to run away?!

Of course, it is used to backstab (cross out) and intimidate allies!

Yes.

Ai'er led his troops across the river, and Misha's army headed north. Their original purpose was not to really fight a battle with the greenskins on "other people's territory".

There is no way to ask the Blood Mother Kingdom to interfere this time. If we really want to fight with the warlords, even if we have a good chance of winning, there are still risks. Besides, what's the point of winning for Al?

The Border Princely Territory is a loose region that has never formed a unified consciousness. It is even looser than the numerous German states. It is not like Korea during the Ming Dynasty, where a thousand people have a thousand ideas, and a thousand "countries".

It is impossible to expect these people to be grateful for their help in a war, and to "still feel grateful to the wise king for saving our country" and "willing to offer their land and submit to the country."

Otherwise, the empire would have taken over this territory long ago, without having to wait until today.

The birth of the Border Princely Territory was because a group of immigrants from IE left the empire and established a number of free states that "did not submit to the king" in the border, a wild land adjacent to the badlands, a paradise for adventurers.

If you hope to take over this piece of land, you can't just rely on "appeasement" and "favor", and of course you can't just use the big stick. You must combine the two, with both kindness and power, with Prussia's abundant martial arts and glorious military achievements, and the old Qin's harsh laws and harsh punishments, and severely punish the scholars. Only by injecting the genes of the alliance into the border territories and shaping them into its own image can you fully integrate them and own this vast land.

This will be a long process.

It is sufficient for the alliance to achieve some results in battle, and it is not necessary to seek a resounding victory to establish its prestige in the border territories.

The Elbi Empire has an additional advantage in the battle for the border territory:

As an "alliance" that can straddle two camps and switch between the evil villains and the alliance of order at any time, and as its "brain", the Church of the Five Seals has greater advantages than the "great, glorious and correct" state religion in terms of influence, infiltration, corruption, winning over and control.

After all, no matter how corrupt the Anglican Church is, it is impossible for it to send agents to use chanting and magic to turn those dignitaries and parliamentarians into its own people.

Therefore, even without a major military victory to consolidate his prestige, Al can still control the border areas by influencing the "brain" and controlling the upper class.

Next there will be a war between the greenskins and the Empire, and then there may be another war between the Empire and... If the Empire wins the first war, then he can at least seize "a quarter of the border", and even use various means to support the border city-states to oppose the entry of the Empire and gain more; if the greenskins win, then it's just right, the Empire is defeated and weak, and he can take the opportunity to seize more territory;

He believed that Gao Maoliang was determined to leave and would definitely leave after fighting with the Empire. Then Ai'er could even ask Gao Maoliang to "cooperate" with him to strengthen the prestige of the alliance.

If it was a green-skinned guy, he would definitely not be able to make this judgment, but if the opponent is a green-skinned guy, then it is reasonable.

Warlords who can weigh the pros and cons and consider gains and losses are often more formidable opponents than those who are simply brutal and brutish, but in some aspects, they are indeed not as threatening as their "simple" and "traditional" counterparts.

As long as it thought about it for a moment, it would know without the need for El to send someone to "remind" it that even if it captured Matoka, defeated the Empire's army, killed the Empire's chief warrior, and repelled the Alliance Legion to wash away its previous shame, what would it matter?

Defeated by the greenskins, the turbulent empire will inevitably gather its army again and head to the border; the dwarves who have freed up their hands will not sit idly by and watch a "barbarian kingdom" rise beside them; the southern alliance will also not allow its land neighbor to be a group of beasts that have had blood feuds in the Patriotic War and have been constantly attacked by order and barbarism for countless years...

We have fought, but the enemy is back!

As long as the Dwarf fleet locks Blackwater Bay, the Greenskins will not be able to get reinforcements from the Badlands. In addition, with the strong city and natural moat at the Sea Gate, even a million-strong Greenskin army will not be able to defeat them after they are well prepared. They can block the main route from the south to the north for the Greenskins.

Even if the warlord is possessed by [Gorbad Ironclaw], [Grimgor Ironhide], and [Gollum the Gatling], and [Gogo Maogo Maogo God's Chosen] comes again, and his military capabilities are superb and unparalleled in the world, his truly reliable greenskin troops are dying one by one and cannot be replenished.

Ai'er has imagined a terrible future of "greenskins establishing a nation", owning a stable territory, being able to continuously provide materials to the greenskins, and using advanced productivity to arm the greenskin army. The Empire and the Mountains are not fools. Just think about it, if Gao Maoliang succeeds by their side and is "governed" in the way of Estalia, there are two major factors that have limited the upper limit of greenskins in the past:

food;

technology;

Collectively speaking, productivity can give you an idea of ​​how terrifying the greenskins are when they start to churn out troops.

They will not sit idly by and watch it rise, but will definitely attack it in unison.

If it were another general, not only would he not think of these things, even if he did realize them, he would probably just scream with excitement, wishing that the enemies would come in larger numbers and be as strong as possible. Which greenskin doesn't desire a earth-shattering melee?

Only Mao Liang, this special greenskin with "great ambitions", this legendary greenskin warlord, would consider these things and worry about the most regrettable thing for an ambitious and "great man":

He died before his ambition was fulfilled.

Weigh the pros and cons and choose the one that is more beneficial to you.

But this choice definitely does not include dragging the alliance, which has already secretly colluded with the Empire and the Dwarves and has decided to stand aside and watch, and even has many potential for cooperation in the future, into the battlefield when the Empire and the Dwarves are mortal enemies with no room for maneuver.

That's what greenskins would do.

It's not something Mao Liang would do.

After Misha went north, Al had enough bargaining chips in his hand and was very confident. Now he just had to sit back and wait for the "planned war" to start. Then the news came.

It’s embarrassing to say.

Al knew that Gao Maoliang was trying to gain prestige and make a last-ditch effort. After being defeated at the border, the seemingly huge army of 200,000 under his command would fall apart anyway, and only the Feilong headquarters that was truly controlled by the warlord could continue to follow Gao Maoliang intact.

So it is better to bring these "Martian soldiers" who are destined to "disappear" to give it a try.

Given the greenskins' undisciplined and lax nature, if Gao Maoliang chose to withdraw his troops directly after the siege failed, it is estimated that one third of the troops would disperse by the time they reach Haimen Pass. It is necessary to find a target for the greenskins so that they feel there is a chance to fight.

But for the sake of his own interests and the interests of the alliance, he could only remain silent, even...

I prefer the greenskins to win.

How much is this harming teammates...

Every time he thought of this, Al felt that his remaining conscience was in pain and twitching. As the ruler of a country and the Knight of the End who carried the banner of salvation, he had to do such a bad thing in the process of dealing with a greater disaster. This is the so-called...

.........

"Necessary sacrifice (no mercy)."

Al looked towards the north. He couldn't see what was happening there, but he vaguely felt that there must be a war, and he felt a little depressed.

Suddenly a guard came to report that someone from the city wanted to see him.

Inside the city, it is naturally Matoka.

During the time he stayed in Matoka, many local dignitaries and people from various forces came to visit him, which was normal. He nodded as he did in the past and asked who the visitors were. The guard replied that it was a man and a woman.

The man was the deputy commander of the Imperial Crusade Vanguard and the temporary highest military officer of Matoka. The woman didn't have any position, she was just an ordinary female knight, carrying a hammer, and her last name was Julius...

"Oh... huh???"

Al nodded slightly at first, then looked shocked.

Damn... No, “my mom” called me?!

Alina!

Alina!

133: Al and his "mother"

Of course, if a fight really comes, it won’t require just two people.

Although Al was a little surprised when he first heard the news, he was not too panicked. He quickly asked someone to invite Alina just to be on the safe side. After all, his combat power was limited. Although theoretically, his upper limit could reach the ceiling of the mortal world, "theoretically" was just like competing in combat power across works or a large group of writers creating a huge system across time and space. It was unpredictable and could be pulled in to "fill in" at any time.

From a realistic perspective, after all, the medieval world was not divided into any categories:

First order, second order, third order;

The earth and sky are white, silver and gold...

It is difficult to estimate the strength of both sides before the official fight because they can reach a consensus on the level of the two sides.

Although Alina has never met an opponent in her battles, it doesn't mean that she will definitely defeat Celestine. However, it is always more reassuring to have the horse girl by her side.

Besides, the Centaur Girl had just been jealous of her "biological mother", and meeting Celestine itself carried certain risks, so there was no reason not to bring Alina with her.

So after quickly arranging sentries and guards, and calling Alina as a military guarantee, Al personally hosted a banquet at the headquarters, waiting for the "Julius siblings" from the empire to come and meet him.

When Alina heard that the woman who was "responsible" for giving birth to the Son of God, El, had come to her on her own initiative, she was very excited. She carefully selected the woman who was "responsible" for giving birth to the Son of God, El, before she was ready for the meeting. Of course, Alina was definitely not a woman who would pay attention to the details of jewelry and makeup.

She chose for a long time, and finally she thought that if a fight broke out, with her own people around her, the long-handled warhammer "Thunder", which was also the heavy warhammer that Alina had used at the beginning, would inevitably not be able to be used. So she chose the most convenient "Slayer of All Armies" halberd and a long-handled scimitar given by the dwarf and put them behind her. When she heard that Celestine came to see her in casual clothes and without armor, she excitedly pulled Al to take the initiative to "greet the old acquaintance".

Obviously, Alina was more likely to want to duel with Celestine.

After El comforted her, she calmed down, but she was unwilling to put down her weapon, "holding a long spear, standing by her side", just like Lu Bu behind Ding Yuan...

Alina's hostility towards Celestine was not only because she was a woman competing for a spouse and offspring - although the latter certainly did not want to compete with her for a Son of Darkness, but it was more of a competitive attitude between warriors.

Alina used to be a legendary warrior who ran around the world, challenging powerful enemies, and getting confused with chaos. She became stronger and stronger before being killed. Challenging powerful enemies was her innate desire, and it was also an indispensable pursuit for every K-party member.

In recent years, Alina has not encountered any decent opponents. Killing greenskins is just like killing rats in the deep pit of hell in the north. After a long time, the Ironhide will get tired of it. Although the environment has recovered after the holy war, the extraordinary power has disappeared. It is difficult to find a real strong man. Therefore, Alina has not had a hearty fight with others for a long time.

There is also the reason why Al doesn't want Alina to put herself in danger.

The only "strong enemy" that has appeared in the surrounding area in recent years is the green-skinned warlord Gao Maoliang, but this guy is very stable and timid, and the Alliance army has no chance to encounter him. At the moment, Celestine, who is chosen by the two gods, is an "opportunity" for Alina.

To be honest, Al was actually quite "afraid" of meeting Celestine.

The relationship between the two is so awkward that, for the rest of their lives, before Aiur wins the Final Battle, this pair of "mother and son" will probably be in an awkward state, neither enemies nor friends.

And given Al's character, he couldn't ignore Celestine's bond with him unless there was a direct conflict. If the Imperial Alliance had already declared war and the State Church had publicly declared him a heretic and they were in the mortal enemy camp, then it would be easy for him to deal with her. Meeting on the battlefield would only be a matter of deciding the winner. If Al won, he would be merciless and die in battle or be captured alive. He would always be able to "deal with" her.

But it is the current situation of being neither up nor down, neither advancing nor retreating that is the most embarrassing.

If we want to face it with "friendliness", how about "mother-son relationship"? When reminiscing about the past, the female knight might recall the dark days in Pina Forest; if we want to talk about rejection, El is very powerful in military affairs, but he is still very indecisive and sentimental in personal and emotional matters.

When he was in the Human Union, he had never seen what his biological mother looked like. He was pregnant and gave birth to a child, but that "couple" seemed to have come together simply to complete a natural pregnancy. The first time Ai'er was born, he never saw what his "biological mother" looked like. The female teacher and intelligent AI in the foster institution were the source of his concept of the image of "mother" in his mind.

He desired it but could not get it, and what's more, because it was a common phenomenon in society, his obsession with pursuing the so-called "maternal love" and "mother-child affection" made him seem minority and unique. In the eyes of his peers, he had negative characteristics such as being childish and immature. Therefore, he suppressed his emotions in this regard in the past, and only dared to look for the so-called "mother" and "maternal love" in private, on the Internet and in the spiritual realm.

After all, among the one hundred children in foster institutions, among the "Sons of Humanity", it is estimated that ninety-five will not have much interaction with their biological parents in this lifetime. At most, they may have some contact after adulthood, but they will also interact equally as independent "citizens" and will not establish deep ties. The old family concepts and systems have collapsed in the great changes. In this regard, Al is already considered half a "conservative" and "old man" who is "conservative and conservative".

His feelings towards the image of "mother" are a combination of long-standing fantasies and yearnings, a beautiful filter for something he has never really touched, and a mixture of "immoral" emotions due to his precocity in some aspects, which eventually formed a complex image in Al's heart.