lizard lord

Chapter 160 Offensive
A week later, several teams of goblins were digging holes underground more than [-] meters in front of the city wall.

The practical experience of the goblins during this period shows that digging a cave is a technical job, and if you are not careful, the entire cave may be dug down, and the digger will be directly buried alive.

In other words, ordinary untrained goblins are not competent for this kind of work, only those who have received relevant training can barely do it.

Hobgoblins are prepared for siege warfare, and some goblins have been trained for this purpose, and they are in charge of it.

It's a slow and patient job, so far.They have already dug forward dozens of meters, gradually approaching the city wall.

However, when they were struggling to dig the soil, the soil wall behind them loosened. Not long after, a claw pierced through the wall, followed by an arm and a head with reptile characteristics.

The kobold quietly observed the surrounding environment, glanced cautiously at the group of goblins in front of them who were concentrating on digging, and silently retracted their heads.

They haven't noticed yet, but as long as the other party is not blind, the goblins who move the soil will find them in a few minutes.

Of course, it doesn't matter how long it takes for them to find out.

【Work hard, leave the rest to me. 】

The shrunken Tang Zhao entered the goblin's tunnel along the hole dug by the kobolds. The height of the tunnel was not high, only about 1.3 meters, and the width was barely [-] centimeters. Handle weapons, nor armor that hinders digging too much.

In other words, the goblins couldn't stop Tang Chao in this environment.

The body quickly grew a little bit, Tang Zhao's body was over one meter long, and his sharp claws popped out. He took a deep breath, aimed at the back of a goblin in front, and suddenly started to accelerate.

Hitting the body of the goblin in front of him from behind, Tang Zhao's claws quickly slashed across the goblin's throat, and then nailed the claws into the opponent's body, pushing the dying goblin aside. Another goblin...

Unprepared, the goblin with only a shovel and a self-defense dagger met the well-prepared Tang Zhao, and the result would only be a one-sided massacre. In a few seconds, he successfully dealt with the goblin in the tunnel.

The tunnel led to the back of the goblins, but Tang Zhao didn't rush to do anything, and waited quietly for a minute or two. The heavily armored dwarf warriors poked their heads out of the kobold tunnel.

What he was equipped with was not the common dwarven weapons such as round shield and battle axe, but a shield that was several times smaller, and a special short sword was equipped in his left hand.

The adjustments made specifically for this narrow tunnel, under the premise that hobgoblins can't get in, these heavy warriors are unshakable existence.

[Follow me, stand a little more spread out, so as to avoid any accidents. 】

After greeting the soldier twice, Tang Zhao continued to advance along the tunnel, and he saw the sun's rays not long after.

After spitting out the letter, the smell on it was very complicated. It was foreseeable that there were a lot of enemies, and he was weighing the pros and cons.

【Where we are now, judge. 】

Tang Zhao's sense of direction is not bad, as long as he can see the sky and have an obvious reference. After drilling underground for a while, he no longer knows where he is.

The dwarf warrior took two steps closer, lowered his voice and said, "It's about 300 meters southwest of the city wall, that piece of birch forest. I'm not a professional miner, so I can only judge the location to this extent."

[The way to retreat is unimpeded. The soldiers on the city wall can support me. The high-ranking soldiers of the enemy should not come to the front line so early. I can take care of those guys on the ground myself.Now we urgently need a passable active attack to boost morale, so suppressing it all the time is not an answer. 】

Thinking about it in his heart, Tang Zhao was ready to do it.

[You go back first, collapse the entire tunnel, and notify the other teams by the way, don't chase too deep, as long as the original plan is achieved.Now I'm going up to deal with some things.]

The dwarf warrior nodded slightly. Under the cover of the mask, he couldn't see his expression clearly, but he thought it was very serious.

Stretching his limbs, Tang Zhao rushed out of the tunnel all the way, and immediately increased his body size and returned to the maximum size when he rushed out of the tunnel.

His eyes are very good and adapt to light very well, and he quickly adapted to direct sunlight.

Locking on the nearest goblin with a dazed face, he subconsciously swung his claws and entered a fighting state.

The ground also fell into chaos. While killing the goblins quickly, Tang Zhao was also observing the surrounding environment.

It is estimated that the hobgoblins didn't want to get much results, so they chose a more secure plan-put the entrance of the tunnel outside the camp, so that it would not be centered by dwarves and kobolds.

Tang Zhao raised his head to observe the situation deep in the forest.

A large number of goblins are pouring out of it. It seems that the commander on the opposite side does not want to confront Tang Zhao so early, but chooses to use a war of attrition to fight off Tang Zhao's physical strength first.

Considering that Tang Zhao doesn't have the exaggerated stamina of the dwarves, this trick is indeed quite useful, provided that he is willing to send cannon fodder to the front line, which is of course not a problem for the hobgoblins.

【No matter how much there is, it is not endless. Next, it depends on whose endurance is better and can persist until the final victory of the war. 】

After taking a few breaths, Tang Zhao suddenly accelerated and crashed into the crowd of goblins, killing them one-sidedly with all four limbs.
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The boring and bloody consumption lasted another 10 minutes. In the end, Tang Zhao's physical strength could not keep up. He was also worried that the enemy's elite troops would try to behead him, so he began to retreat gradually, leaving goblin corpses all over the ground .

The defenders on the city wall lowered a rope, and the shrunken Tang Zhao consciously bit one end of the rope, and he was pulled up smoothly and entered a safe range.

While adjusting his breath, he was also asking Bourne with his psychic power.

[How about those caves? 】

Bourne pointed to some depressions on the ground: "I think it's not bad. They were all collapsed by our soldiers. By the way, they probably won't be able to continue digging holes on a large scale in the short term. Trained tunnel soldiers Not much, especially for a weak clan like the Green Spear."

[That's best, let the soldiers continue to be vigilant, I will retreat to the city wall to rest first.I'll be there when the alarm bell rings. 】

"Of course, keep your combat state, they are capable of launching the next round of attack at any time."

After retreating under the city wall, several goblins immediately brought a plate of elf bread. Tang Zhao glanced at it, and opened his mouth to eat without being polite.

There is still no shortage of this thing for the time being, and the elves have sent a lot. Considering that it can provide a lot of energy, it is naturally not the time to save food.

It is actually a very extravagant thing for a monster of Tang Zhao's size to continue fighting, because their actions require a lot of energy, which is difficult for ordinary forces to supply.

After resting on the spot for a while, Tang Zhao went to look for Sass. He wanted to see the situation, and where was the preparation of the weapon he had been thinking about.

The answer he got was actually not very optimistic, saying that "it will take some time", Tang Zhao had nothing to do about it, after a few routine urgings, he returned to his own venue and began to bask in the sun.

Everyone around was busy, but Tang Zhao didn't feel guilty about it.

After all, he is still a reptile, and he needs to rely on the sun to warm his blood to move quickly and powerfully, otherwise his hands and feet will be as uncomfortable as if they were filled with lead. In theory, this state is no problem against cannon fodder goblins. Chao also didn't want to go to the battlefield with insufficient preparation, it was a place of fighting for one's life, and one could not be careless.

Cynthia came up in time to report various statistics to Tang Zhao.

"The effect of the elf bread is better than expected. A piece of bread can keep two soldiers active for two days. With them, we can save a lot of food and meat, and the appetites of those beasts should be satisfied."

Speaking of this, Tang Zhao is also a little fortunate, fortunately he did not choose to adopt more wild beasts at the beginning, otherwise he would have to use them to tell the enemy, and his own settlement would have to be eaten up by them first.

"The issue of food can be ignored for the time being. The status of weapons and equipment is still not very optimistic."

Needless to say, the Lizardman produced weapons that would definitely not be able to fill the holes. In addition, there was a shortage of arrows, javelins, and even smooth stones for slings, and they were always approaching the red line.

【I understand, let Elena and the others push forward, and send people back to the vicinity of the Roncevas pass. If there is a situation with the hobgoblin train, let me know immediately.I don't have the ability to conjure arrows for the soldiers, but it's not difficult to find a way to grab some. 】

Cynthia was not interested in these parts about the war, so Tang Zhao didn't say much.

【By the way, what happened to the rotation?I have been busy with some things underground before, and I don't know the specific situation. 】

Cynthia had a helpless expression: "You probably know what they look like, and you don't think there is any need to replace them and rest."

[Understood, please inform Lilith for me later, let her supervise this matter, it must be done according to the plan, not discussing with the soldiers on the city wall. 】

After carefully explaining the pros and cons to everyone, they all agreed to use rotation, changing a group of people to guard the city wall every three days, and the original soldiers went down to rest and adjust their state.

Now their situation is not optimistic. Bloody battles break out under the city walls every day, and they don’t know when the bloody battles will spread to the city walls. Seeing the death and injury of the enemy, or seeing the death and injury of allies or even themselves, will cause extremely serious psychological damage pressure.

Fortunately, the willpower of the three main races on the field are relatively tenacious - the dwarves are like rocks in the mountains when they fight, and they can hardly be shaken by casualties, while the kobolds and lizardmen are used to the survival of the fittest in nature. At the same time, the entire race is more rational, and the feeling of death and injury is relatively indifferent, so it is no big problem to survive until now.

Being able to withstand and resist does not mean that the pressure does not exist. The elves and pickles who rescued the wounded under the city wall are under great mental pressure.Tang Zhao didn't doubt that if he let it go on like this, even a warrior with a strong will would not be able to bear it.

It is always safer to nip the danger in the bud.

Cynthia nodded emphatically, then flew away from Tang Zhao's head, and went to do what Tang Zhao ordered her to do.
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After that, the goblins did not give up on the tunnel battle with Tang Zhao and the others, trying to repair the damaged tunnel and continue to move forward.

The experienced dwarf fighters caused heavy losses to the goblins even without Tang Zhao's action. The underground is the home field of the dwarves. With the cooperation of two dwarf warriors, the goblins in the entire tunnel can be easily killed.

The experienced tunnel soldiers lost several waves one after another, and the hobgoblins couldn't bear it anymore. After all, these creatures were considered technical arms, not pure cannon fodder, and their underground offensive gradually slowed down.

However, their ground offensive has not diminished at all, and there is even a growing trend. The number of goblins successfully climbing the city wall is increasing. Although they still cannot pose any threat to the city wall, they will soon be defeated by the strong lizardmen Fighters kill, but it's a disturbing sign.

After so many days of stalemate, the situation changed again, but it was not on Karak Solma's side, but on the human side.

Maybe it was because they had gathered their manpower, or maybe they had made some other preparations. In short, the hobgoblins of the Bloodfist clan finally dispatched.

They rushed out of the Kubango swamp, easily broke through the almost undefended city wall, ignored the possible secondary legion, and went straight to the core hub of Luford City alone.

The humans over there have also been prepared for a long time. The Earl actually has some skills. He basically restored the defense of Luford City in a short period of time. The strong and tall city walls are now full of fully armed human soldiers. Many warships are in action, and it is impossible for the hobgoblins to break through the city in a short time.

Luford is not a small city like Karak Solmar, but a large city with a population of 10. Counting the population of the surrounding manors/villages, the potential for war is very strong.

Perhaps because of some scruples, the Bloodfist hobgoblin didn't ignore Luford and go straight to the heart of Oran as expected. Instead, he began to besiege Luford, trying to capture the city.

Tang Chao reminded in advance that the black lizard men lurking in the water had caused Lu Fude a lot of trouble, and some even successfully infiltrated into the city, but the situation did not deteriorate any further. Captain Bok led the knights all over the city Patrols, in cooperation with the Cyclops gang, the defense work inside the city was done very well.

The situation on their side is much better than Tang Zhao's. As long as they don't die, Lu Fude will not have a big risk of falling. When the royal family is relieved and reinforcements arrive, the blood fist hobgoblin will have no choice but to retreat.

Now, Tang Zhao should be more concerned about his own affairs. It seems that in order to respond to the attack from the blood fist side, the second day after the blood fist was launched, the hobgoblins under the city of Karak Solma launched another wave of unprecedented scale. offensive.

(End of this chapter)