Blood Dragon

Chapter 340 Sneak Attack

Defeat on the battlefield is an unmitigated disaster.

Many people have the experience of chatting with veterans in taverns. When those veterans talk about their defeat on the battlefield, they are rarely unafraid.That kind of chaos, that kind of one-sided chasing and killing, that kind of scene where everyone uses all means to escape, and even comrades-in-arms fight each other in order to fight for the escape route, can make the most ruthless people feel intimidated.

Lord Bloodfang had just experienced such a defeat.

Many people (including followers of other evil gods) have often seen a warrior of Khorne continue to fight to the last moment when he was defeated.Therefore, in common people's minds, when a Blood God Chaos Lord faces failure, he should fight desperately to the end and donate his blood to the Blood God.If a Khorne lord chooses to flee when he finds himself defeated, this kind of action is tantamount to a direct betrayal of the blood god.There is no doubt that such a person cannot become a Chaos Lord of Khorne.

But in fact, those who ascend to the position of Chaos Lord come from various sources, and so do the Lords of Khorne.Some people finally won their status on the battlefield, some people won the favor of the blood god through fighting alone, and some people did it because of some inexplicable reasons-such as making those oaths to please the blood god And put it into practice - recognized by Khorne as Lord of Chaos.

For example, if a Chaos Warrior wins the favor of the Blood God by fighting alone (this is very common), and is promoted to the Chaos Lord in a short period of time, then when this person loses in the battlefield, he will embrace death. Determined to fight to the last moment for the glory of the blood god.However, if a Chaos Warrior has achieved this status through countless battle victories, he may not adopt this strategy.

Because it is an obvious fact that even if he is the No. 1 general in the world throughout the ages, he is not [-]% sure of winning the battle.Even if he has a [-]% winning rate, in theory, as long as he fights enough battles, he will always meet the remaining [-]%.

There are always many trials and small battles in the early stage of a large-scale war.The so-called "experienced in hundreds of battles without a single defeat" refers to the overall battle. To say that a general can win every battle—including those small battles that are too numerous to count—is purely empty talk .

Maybe it was just a mistake in planning before the battle, maybe it was a slack in the execution of orders by his subordinates, maybe it was an accident that could not be calculated by manpower, or it was simply the opponent's luck.As long as there are more battles, such accidents are always inevitable.In fact, it is impossible for a general to spend his precious energy on those worthless small battles. No one dares to say that he can win every battle he has experienced-as long as he can win a big battle, he will be a generation of famous generals.

Even Baylor is no exception.Although Baylor has the nickname of "Vampire Slayer", he does have actual achievements in eliminating vampires.No one could ever say that Beler was defeated by a vampire—but in fact, in the confrontation in the desert outside Kalean, Belel suffered a lot of times.He himself did not deny that he had been defeated by the vampires more than once, and even escaped alone.But Rao is so, since he achieved the final victory, then he is the winner.People don't see (and don't care about) his previous failures.

Lord Bloodfang is the kind of person who ascended to the throne of Lord of Chaos through countless battles.Among other things, just to control White Castle, he has gone through no less than five battles.Of course, he had the last laugh.In fact, before he became the Chaos Lord, he had experienced enough battles and battles - and suffered more than one defeat.

That's why after the defeat, the Khorne lord's reaction was not to call out the name of the blood god to fight to the death, but to fight to the death with the warlord, and to win was to tear a gap in the enemy's front and lead thousands of troops to break out.

But the defeat on the battlefield is by no means an easy end.

Those subordinates who fought to the death delayed enough time for Lord Bloodfang, even so, he was still pursued mercilessly.From the moment the enemy's line of defense was torn apart, the pursuers have been in hot pursuit.Although it was necessary to gather troops to encircle and annihilate the stubborn enemies on the battlefield, Ashuruffat still sent a large number of cavalry to chase down the defeated Lord Bloodfang.

Every time the cavalry came up from the rear, they would cut off part of the Bloodfang Lord's army-not too many to eat, and not too few to be indifferent.In military books, this tactic is called "cutting the tail": when chasing, instead of turning around and intercepting the front, it is copied from the rear.Cut off a small amount of troops to eat each time, then repeat.This method can achieve the greatest results with fewer troops, and at the same time will not encounter too stubborn resistance.

Lord Bloodfang had his tail cut off for half a day, and his troops suffered heavy losses.Fortunately, it was getting dark, and he was lucky enough to escape into a jungle with more complex terrain, temporarily escaping from the pursuit.

But the southerners caught up again the next day.The frontal battlefield is over, and Ashuruffat has sent a large number of troops this time, intending to wipe out this chaotic remnant army in one fell swoop.A brutal chase and dogfight ensued.It is by no means a fluke that Lord Bloodfang became the ruler of White Castle, and the army of Chaos God's Chosen soldiers led by him is even more brave and skilled in combat.Under such severe circumstances, the subordinates still maintained a relatively high fighting spirit.Relying on this, after three days of bloody fighting, after a series of ruthless blocking and melee, although Lord Bloodfang's remaining troops were only a thousand or so, he finally led his troops to get rid of the pursuit.

Lord Bloodfang could finally stop for a while to catch his breath.Then he discovered a very sad problem - he got lost.

This is impossible.In the fierce battle between the enemy's front and rear interception, you don't have time to pay attention to the direction of the problem.One battle followed another.What you can do is to judge which side of the enemy is weaker and break out, instead of choosing the right direction-the enemy is not a fool, and the main force of the enemy is often gathered in the right direction.

In fact, this is not a particularly serious problem - after all, the terrain in the northeast of Gruney is dominated by plains, and it will be a matter of time to find a way.The other problem he faced was far more serious: his troops were running out of food and grass.

The ability of the Chaos Legion to collect supplies is much better than that of the southerners. In fact, because they have the blessings of the evil gods (or they think they have the blessings of the evil gods), their food range is much wider—even if it is the corpses of the dead, Chaos warriors can also eat their stomachs without any psychological burden.As for bugs, beasts, fish, etc., they would have no problem eating them raw.

But unfortunately, relying on these extra things, it is impossible to meet the needs of a thousand-man army.It's okay to spread the troops over a large area, but the problem is-they are now deep into the enemy's area.They are defeated soldiers, only a thousand in number, and the enemy's tens of thousands of troops do not know where they are, waiting to pounce on them.In this case, Lord Bloodfang's food and grass problem became very serious.

Lord Bloodfang received his spies in a hollow.

After continuous brutal fighting, marching and hiding, Lord Bloodfang has long lost his previous arrogance.There was a not deep and shallow scar on his face - it was a mark left by a spear, of course the owner of the spear has completely disappeared from this world - plus black blood stains on the armor and cloak (These bloodstains are not the blood fang lord's own), which makes his expression look extraordinarily ferocious, as if he would choose someone to devour at any time.

Of course, Lord Bloodfang wasn't the only one who looked like this.In fact, the entire Chaos army has been without food for several days.Chaos warriors, although they have not yet suffered from starvation (thanks to the fact that Chaos believers have far stronger physical fitness than southerners), it is impossible for human beings to go without food for a long time. will appear in large numbers.

"Is there a big city there? Moreover, the number of city defenders is very small, and the defense is lax?"

"Yes!" The spy replied unequivocally.Lord Bloodfang has a bad temper, and this defeat has greatly strengthened this reading. He can no longer tolerate any off-line behavior of his subordinates.

"A big city... how big is it?"

"It won't be smaller than Gaohua City."

"Gaohua City..." Lord Bloodfang recalled his own maps in his mind - of course, because these maps were placed in the camp, they might have become the spoils of war for the southerners.Is there a city this big near here?Such a big city, but only a few defenders?

After a few seconds, he opened his eyes. "Nusteria City." The Bloodfang Lord spat out the place name decisively.

"Newstria City?" a subordinate asked.

"Well, the base camp of the enemy." Lord Bloodfang linked several pieces of evidence together. "There is only one huge city not smaller than Gaohua City..." He believed the spies when he read this.Because even an idiot would not mistake a small city for a big city. "The number of city defenders is small - this is normal. They must have been dispatched in full force, leaving a very limited garrison force. As for the slack defense, this is also normal, because they may have received the battle report of the front line victory, so they will inevitably relax. .”

"Where's their main force? Could it be nearby?"

"Impossible." Lord Bloodfang immediately vetoed his subordinates' questions. "If they had withdrawn, they would have been in the city by now. They didn't... This means that they must have taken advantage of the victory to march. They should do the same..." He said coldly. "Below Gaohua City, there is our camp and the remaining troops... and the White Castle... my White Castle!"

Now that they have won a key victory, the southerners are indeed entitled to want more.But Lord Bloodfang is not worried about White Castle, he is well aware of the strength of that castle.As long as some of the defeated Chaos Warriors—it doesn't need to be too many, ten or twenty thousand will do—retreat to White Castle, then the southerners will have no chance of taking back the city.

"This is a great opportunity." Lord Bloodfang said coldly. "The city's defenses are empty, but there is no doubt that there is food and grass in the city that we need. And they will definitely not mention our surprise attack!"