Warhammer

However, they win because of the absolute advantages of monsters and spells, as well as the individual Wrathhorns. If Aiur personally goes to the battlefield, the enemy and us start a bloody fight, and the Blessing of the Blood River is activated, coupled with the encouragement of the Warlords and Vanguards, and the auxiliary spells of the Shaman Corps, there will be a huge gap between them and even the Waaaaagh greenskins.

With such military strength, coupled with the sudden attack of the earth vein transmission, as long as the strength of the greenskins does not greatly exceed his estimate from afar: a scale of about 50,000.

And the frequent and common unexpected things that happened in the medieval world...

There's no problem defeating the greenskins!

Al made arrangements for the general direction, but the detailed and practical planning was left to his descendants and military officers.

Representatives of the advance corps attended the entire meeting, after which they would bring back the decision made by the tribe and hand over some intelligence to the diplomatic team stationed in the forest, who would then feed back to the Northern Parliament.

The middle and upper-level commanders of the advance army had been corrupted in the same brutal way as the first mortal officers who were forcibly corrupted by the Wind of Chaos that Aiur obtained in exchange for sacrifices, and had been transformed into latent believers of Chaos (the Four Mothers).

However, this transformation is rough, extreme and very dangerous.

If there are priests of the gods of order, mages, or witch hunters who are sensitive to chaos corruption, it will be easy to discover their abnormalities.

Being blown directly by the wind of chaos is a relatively stable transformation under the control of Ai'er. However, if it leaves the supervision of the tribe and leaves the influence of the Four Mothers faith and goes to human society, it is easy to become radicalized. Either take a big step to the right and become believers of the old four gods, truly dangerous and corrupt elements, or self-destruct on the spot and become a chaotic thing that cannot distinguish between friend and foe.

El was already considering how to deal with this 5,000-strong advance force. Previously, due to the turmoil caused by the large-scale conversion of refugees to join the tribe, a series of weird operations carried out by the kingdom under El's manipulation behind the scenes resulted in this advance force, as the first formal regular army in Pina Forest with the appointment and authorization of the kingdom, not only failing to receive enthusiastic support from local refugees, but instead being generally coldly received.

The kingdom's orders were not completed, but instead a large number of refugees were forced to rebel and join the tribes. In addition, the quartermaster officers and refugee representatives - the dignitaries and parliamentarians - were doing things that the soldiers of the advance legion, who also belonged to the lower class, naturally could not stand, but had to obey orders. They did not know why they were fighting, and they had tried but ended up in failure.

Also because of a series of unpopular operations, their own internal thinking is very confused and the overall morale is low.

There are roughly two ways for Al to deal with this visiting team in the future:

Annex, or release a part of it to the north to Birbari.

The corrupted leadership must not be allowed back. If they are allowed back, they will most likely be discovered by the Estalia. Moreover, once they are out of El's control, every one of these brutally converted "True Chaos" and "False Four Mothers" believers will be a dangerous element.

This is easy to solve.

Because of improper handling and the forced suppression of refugees' dissatisfaction, not only did the plan of recruiting soldiers to harass the greenskins' rear fail, but a large number of refugees were forced to join the tribe. So in order to prevent being punished when they returned, the commanders, both big and small, used excuses such as "A general is not bound by the orders of the king when he is away from the court" and "Don't worry, the kingdom. I am on the front line with my tribal allies and will resolutely resist the greenskins!" The Northern Parliament could not get angry or deal with such excuses.

In the future, there will be reports of deaths in battle... It shouldn't come to that. If everything goes well, when the greenskins are at the gates of Bilbarri and the first peak of the North, Aiel will lead his army out of Pina, cut off the retreat to the west, and march south to "recover" the lost land for the allies. The allies' center will be surrounded and cut off from both inside and outside. After the recovery, the tribe will naturally take over, and then select loyal and reliable people from the converted Pina refugees to complete the annexation and takeover of the management systems in various places...

After the battle in Pina Forest is over, we can let some soldiers go back north, and at the same time get rid of those corrupt nobles who are greedy and only know how to rack their brains to gain credit from the kingdom and curry favor with El... Well, maybe we can keep them for a while, pack them up and kick them out of Pina and send them to the Northern Parliament.

The Greenskins have invaded the Pina Forest en masse, intent on eliminating the nominal "Kingdom ally" before heading north. Intelligence has been sent to the North to remove this nail in their flank.

The news that a large number of refugees had "abandoned the teachings of the goddess and accepted the rule of barbarians" had caused the Northern Parliament to be noisy and in chaos.

Many people therefore have conflicting views on the tribe. On the one hand, they want to use its power to deal with the greenskins, but on the other hand, they feel that this tribe... has ulterior motives.

Not only would they have to cede the Inara Mountains and the Pina Forest, but they would also have to annex a population of over 200,000.

No matter how exaggerated the treason was, it would not be to the extent of selling off nearly half of the kingdom's land (forests and mountains) and one-tenth or one-twentieth of the population at once.

However, as El hinted and manipulated the leaked intelligence, the Northern Parliament turned its attention internally, toward the military tribune faction whose power was growing due to the state of war.

"The refugees are fleeing to the ally's territory to avoid the war. How many people can a group of tribesmen and a large forest support? Not only do you not allocate supplies for relief, but you also make such a tough conscription requirement. Aren't you forcing them to die?"

"Someone must be held accountable for this shameful and disgraceful situation!"

Influenced by the almighty omniscient being, their thinking was manipulated, and they made two stupid moves in dealing with the Pina refugees. However, the supporters of the Grand Military Tribune, who were hardliners at heart, naturally would not be outdone, and the two sides had a verbal battle on this topic. Although the attention to the front line was not affected, it was still a cause for regret.

When the country is in crisis and there are party struggles, it has to be said that it is the same everywhere.

In the end, the news that the greenskins were invading—but only to invade their allies—briefly eased the growing tension in the Northern Parliament.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Hi!

You greenskins, listen up! You can hit me, but!

tribe!

ally!

Best buddies!

The friendship between the Estalia and the Beastmen is indestructible and unbreakable!

The Horde is absolutely resolute and firm. It will always stand on the side of the Kingdom and will never compromise or tolerate the greenskins.

If you want to attack the north, you should go through the Pina Forest first if you have the guts!

Then we will work hard to intensify the reinforcement of the Fortress of Santa Mona and recruit troops from all over the country.

The Northern Parliament's current consideration is to consolidate and deepen the defense on the front line during this window period when the greenskins attack Pina and temporarily stop advancing northward, and to seize the time to recruit and train troops to make full preparations for the greenskins' subsequent attack.

As for whether the tribe can hold out, or whether the greenskins will be beaten badly by the tribesmen... this possibility is absolutely, absolutely, to the point of being blasphemous, even if the goddess herself were to come and direct the war, it might not necessarily happen.

As for the tribe being unable to handle this problem...

When we succeed in our counterattack and restoration of our country, we will leave a piece for the Beastmen on the monument!

Even the 200,000 refugees from the country were tacitly used as pawns, using their lives to share the strength of the greenskins, not to mention a group of "Pina tribe" who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and vowed to form an alliance with the kingdom.

Chapter 145: Mortal Auxiliary Army

However, the Northern Council, which hoped that the tribe could hold the fort for the North and share the firepower of the greenskins, temporarily shelved discussions on the large-scale conversion and escape from the tribe by the Estalia refugees in the Pina Forest to resist conscription.

At present, the main task is still to fight against greening, and everything else is secondary and a minor contradiction.

It was heard that there were at least 50,000 greenskins planning to confront the tribe first, and the Northern Parliament praised the goddess's protection again and again.

In order to strengthen their allies and prevent the tribe from being quickly attacked by the green olives, the Bilbari people also sent a supply team into the Pina Forest to deliver some excess and less needed supplies and weapons to the tribe.

Although the quality is not very good, it is already very good equipment for the tribe with low smelting level.

The blessed armor is not available to everyone. The weapons and armor equipped by a large number of angry-horned beasts are only slightly better than the greenskins defeated under the city of Viling. After rescuing the Marus refugees and cleansing Cheborio, Aiel only has a surplus of weapons on hand.

Al wanted to open a few more beacons and ask the Blood Mother for food, but the anchor point that communicated the mortal world and chaos had entered a cooling state, and he didn't know when he would be able to draw a card next time.

Ai'er accepted all the support sent by the northerners. He was in no condition to be picky or disgusted. Although there were some minor flaws between the two sides due to the refugee issue, they were still standing together in the general direction. Although they each had their own ulterior motives and wanted the greenskins to weaken their allies more, no matter what, both sides recognized the issue of allies.

......

Because he must win this battle, Al has been extremely self-restrained during this period. Not to mention doing anything with the harem, even his bedtime routine is simple, he just hugs his foster mother or the sheep mother and falls asleep.

Claudia, the holy warrior who was developing into a nymphomaniac, was also strictly restrained by El, who forbade her to attack boys at night or bite them in the morning.

The holy knight, who was somewhat dissatisfied with this, vented his excess energy on his teammate, the red-haired female swordsman, Ann, who still had most of her limbs bound, resulting in the palace being often filled with the latter's insults and gasps.

Al ordered him to stop several times.

The boy deeply realized that he could not lose this battle, he had to win, and he had to win cleanly, with an epic advantage and a great victory.

Devouring the greenskins' vanguard and inflicting heavy damage on the enemy would not only give an explanation to the allies, but the blood sacrifice of 30,000 enemies would also be a prerequisite for Lilith to bestow her blessing, cover the Pina Forest with mist, and protect it.

This was not the situation before when he led his troops to attack quickly to rescue and plunder the population. At that time, Al expected the worst case scenario to be that he would run into the main force of the greenskins, and win a miserable victory or suffer a narrow defeat. However, he still had enough reserve troops on hand, and it should be no problem to rely on the forest terrain and fight guerrilla warfare against the greenskins.

But if this battle fails, Ai'er will have only two options: drag his family to the north and live under someone else's roof. Not only will he have to vomit out all the food he has eaten with great difficulty, but he will most likely be used as mercenary cannon fodder and continue to fight the greenskins to the death.

Or they could move eastwards and hide in the Inara Mountains. The greenskins would probably chase them for a while and then retreat. Their main target would still be the north.

But if this happens, all the development and progress over the past year will be wasted.

The greenskins will definitely destroy everything that can be destroyed, leaving behind ruins filled with stench and greenskin spores. By then, even if Aiur fights back into the forest, he will have to face the ever-growing number of forest greenskins.

"I hope you will fight hard to kill the enemy, to comfort the compatriots who have sacrificed since the disaster! Live up to the teachings of the four mothers!"

Al inspected the auxiliary legion several times. He still had high hopes for these mortal legions whose morale was acceptable but whose training was seriously inadequate and whose equipment was not that good.

In the military meeting, the tribe passed the strategy of defending key points and attracting the main force of the greenskins to besiege, and the troops responsible for the defense of the key points would dampen the greenskins' edge and attract enemy firepower at the same time.

Al plans to send all the mortal auxiliary troops forward.

The old establishment of 6,000 people and the newly expanded 2,100 people, a total of 8,000 people, and 5,000 angry-horned beast soldiers who serve as the backbone.

The vanguard corps, whose morale is worrying, is stepping up training and boosting morale under El's suggestion and manipulation, and joining the war as the first support troops.

There is also a huge number of monster legions to support.

Ai'er believed that although it might be a little difficult for the mortal auxiliary army to cooperate in launching an attack with their current strength, they should still be able to complete the defense and hold their ground well.

There are four reasons why the old phalanx legions of the Kingdom of Estalia were beaten up by the greenskins one after another:

First, it is true that weapons were put into storage and horses were released into the mountains for 150 years. The country has enjoyed peace for a long time, and the people are content and the military is relaxed. Military development has stagnated to a great extent, with the only war being the one against the indigenous peoples of the New World.

The second is that the goddess Myrmidia disappeared and did not respond to the mortal world. The most terrifying thing is that the priests lost the ability to use divine magic, resulting in the greenskins with the blessing of shamans and big Waaaaagh being able to fearlessly destroy the Estalia's spear formation, while the Estalia lacked the means to counterattack.

Third, Margarita was surrounded, cut off from both inside and outside, and lost unified and efficient command. The royalist troops formed by self-defense forces in various places in the early stage were wasted. Later, political and correct forces forced the military to launch a rash attack for a decisive battle.

And finally, the various assists from the rats.

After learning what happened from the knights, Al is still unclear about the purpose of the Skaven in starting and joining this war, but it is definitely not a good thing.

He had always been on guard against the insidious, vicious and despicable "beastman branch" who might cause trouble. However, after the Foil Holy Grail Knights launched an expedition, killed many people in and out, and burned down the rats' dungeon, the rats seemed to have kept a much lower profile. Even though the Council of Scholars had been secretly investigating for Al, they had not obtained much useful information.

These were the four reasons for the defeat that El summarized for the Estalia people. The mortal auxiliary troops under his command had basically completely abandoned the old phalanx tactics - they lacked the support of long-range firepower and could not be used at all.

Instead, after discussions and improvements among the Blood Oath Brotherhood's officers, they first implemented the ordinary infantry regiment tactics that were widely practiced in the Old World.

The sword and shield are the core, and the spear is auxiliary.

The primary goal is to be able to resist and delay an equal-sized greenskin attack in the woodland defense.

And because of the long-term need to hunt and gather supplies, the mortal army has developed a hunter force that can adapt to the forest terrain and is proficient in bows, crossbows, swords and spears.

Ai'er believes that the mortal army is capable of fighting.

At least completing the minimum goal - fighting against a greenskin attack of the same scale - should not be a problem.

With several advantages such as spell assistance, terrain, and the quality of comrades.

If you take a step back, your family and home will be directly exposed to the green butcher's knife.

Al believed that this army of 8,000 mortals would not let him down.

At the same time, the greenskins' massive infiltration and attack had already begun.

Chapter 146: Steel, Gunpowder, and Faith

"Waaaaaagh!!!"

When the first big guy rushed out of the forest obstacles, roaring and eager to fight, his feet slipped and fell into the trap that had been prepared long ago, his life began to count down.

The crossbowman pulled the trigger, and a short arrow accurately penetrated its head, most of it being buried.

This is a fatal injury that even the greenskins' powerful vitality cannot resist.

The hunters hid in the woods, using the cover of the trees to conceal their figures.

A team of militiamen with a slightly loose formation, using swords and shields and spears respectively, stood with their backs to the dense forest and prepared for a long time in an accidental open area in the forest.

Except for a few greenskins who rushed too fast and didn't have time to turn the corner and fell into the pit dug by the first big guy, the other greenskins, no matter how eager they were to fight, would not continue to wait in the pit.

They spotted the enemy, bypassed the trap, and rushed forward impatiently.

Loose, instead of the hard phalanx in front like the Fanged Beast, the Greenskins would not use them again. There were not many of them. Most of the Greenskins only had the brain capacity to think about "Cut Waaaagh" in their entire lives. Instead, they simply and roughly, literally "Waaaagh" all at once.

Even when their own numbers are in the minority, they still act recklessly. However, this situation is very normal, whether among the greenskins or in the entire medieval world.

It’s just that the greenskins are particularly reckless.

The soldiers were divided into two or three teams in a loose formation, with one or two people holding swords and shields in front, engaging the enemy in close combat, while one person stood behind and defended against the enemy with a spear.

The loose formation coupled with the numerical advantage, as well as the tacit understanding and coordination developed during this period of time, including the hunting morale, can ensure that we can defeat the enemy with more people in a local area.

An inadequately trained militiaman whose physical fitness is not even up to par is no match for an ordinary greenskin boy or big guy rushing out of the wilderness, but two such militiamen often have no problem fighting against a ferocious greenskin.

The soldiers holding swords and shields are on the front line, dodging, and sometimes having to use shields and weapons to withstand the greenskins' powerful swings and smashes. They are all specially selected people with relatively stronger physical fitness. They have to withstand the enemy's most fiercest first wave of attacks as much as possible, and also look for opportunities to counterattack, cooperating with their teammates' spears to kill the enemies in front of them.

Half a squad of angry-horned beasts served as the commander-in-chief, flag, and guarantee of morale. They were located in the center of the entire battlefield, behind the loose array of the first line.

This is also the place where the greenskins attack most fiercely. There are four big red guys who look very capable of fighting. They are simply the best challenging opponents for the greenskins who are eager to chop and chop.

In the mandatory orders issued by Aiel, he even personally emphasized many times in his speeches to the angry-horned beasts who were mixed into the mortal auxiliary army:

You, the semi-frontline commanders who are the symbol of the tribe's military strength and morale! Don't just start fighting without thinking about anything once the war starts!

In a battle, if both sides are evenly matched, you must wait until the first wave of the greenskins' charge is finished and their momentum has subsided before stepping onto the battlefield!

Otherwise, if they were killed in one fell swoop by the powerful greenskins and overturned, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the mortal militia, leading to a further reduction in their already low combat effectiveness and desire to fight.

Al is a young man with slightly retro interests and hobbies for his time.

I have studied a lot of relevant information and materials such as "European Kingdom Iron Stars: My Ambition: The Secret of Yehenala 3", "Total Peace: Hoe", "Mount and Reap 2", "Savage 6", and "The Black Beast: The Proud Saint Stained by White Turbidity: The Sinister King's Capital". I have my own unique understanding of military affairs and war strategies.

When it comes to war, the first thing he pays attention to is our losses and the exchange ratio with the enemy.