From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 149: The brewing rat plague, the developing civilization, and the sheep beastmen struggling to hold on

Shu Zhan raised his head, the indifference on his face was clearly visible, but the high priest of the sheep orcs frowned.

The size of the ratmen army is simply too large.

Even though he had summoned the warriors from the remaining three tribes, he could only gather 50,000 sheep-orc knights.

However, the number of the ratmen army in front of them, which was endless as far as the eye could see, was difficult to estimate.

But without much hesitation, he charged forward.

Even if the enemy is strong, you must not forget your courage.

Although he is old, he is still leading the way.

In that trumpet that blows.

The sheep-orc knights also began to charge, following his footsteps.

The battle is about to begin.

The rat people also responded.

"Whoever kills that old guy will be the new Skaven warlord!"

The reward was handed down by Shu Zhan.

Works great as always, such a reward.

The commotion began to spread.

Even the young rats mixed in with the rat warriors showed a little more desire.

He held the wooden spear tightly in his hand.

In their desire, the morale of the ratmen grew high.

The brutal fight did not begin with the sheep orcs' charge.

Rounds of arrows were shot at him.

It fell into the huge army of ratmen, but without causing even the slightest ripple.

It didn't even cause much of a blow to the morale of the ratmen.

Even though arrows continued to fall, even though ratmen continued to fall and die.

But it did not cause much damage to the morale of the ratmen warriors.

The death of their companion did not cause much impact to these rat warriors, only when they faced the brutal battle and the terrifying enemy.

The shaking will occur quickly.

The supervision team did not even intervene.

Amid the waving battle flags and the sharp roars, the rat army began its march.

Or perhaps it was because the power displayed by the arrow was too small.

If it was the soaring dragon spraying flames from the sky, then even if the supervision team intervened in the battlefield, the morale of the ratmen warriors would probably be difficult to maintain.

The old Feng led a commando team to attack the rats on the front battlefield.

Just a charge.

This commando team almost broke up the front formation of the rat army.

The trampling giant deer were devastating to the infantry.

But it only broke the front formation of the rat army.

Soon, more rat warriors came over to become a rat warlord.

For this reason, these veteran rat warriors are even crazier and more fearless than those reckless young rats.

Just an old guy who has been galloping on the grassland all his life.

The high priest of the sheep orcs certainly knew how cavalry should fight.

In just a moment, the sheep-orc commando team that had completed the assault mission began to disengage.

With this decisive retreat, the ratmen warriors simply couldn't hold on to this old guy.

But this huge army includes not only ratmen warriors.

The rat knights rushed out from the rear of the army with a clear goal, which was to keep the old guy who charged fearlessly.

Even though the sheep-orc knights are far more flexible and agile than the rat-orc knights, the timing is just right now.

Used to prevent the enemy knight from escaping.

Facing the sheep orcs, the rat knights under Shuzhan were far behind both in quantity and quality.

So, its position was changed by Shuzhan.

The rat knights held on to the sheep-orc commandos tightly, giving the subsequent rat warriors the opportunity to get close to the enemy.

But this is exactly what the old guy meant.

The large group of sheep orcs that were shooting arrows changed their targets almost instantly.

The short bow in his hand was put down.

The scimitar at the waist was drawn out.

Amid the shouting, he came running forward.

Charge towards the arriving rat knights.

That old guy, that cunning and bold old guy, his target has always been the rat knights who were placed behind the huge army by Rat Zhan.

He wanted to eat all the Rat Knights in front of Rat Zhan and in front of this huge army.

This is a very suitable strategy.

The protagonists on the grassland have always been the galloping knights.

This vast land does not have complex terrain or many dangerous passes.

There are even very few places suitable for building cities.

Just eat all the ratmen knights.

So no matter how difficult this huge army is, we can rely on mobility to deal with it slowly in the future.

This is a very smart approach.

At the same time, he was bold enough to throw himself out as bait when the two sides fought for the first time to achieve this goal.

So did he succeed?
To some extent, he succeeded.

The rat knights who arrived were trapped on both sides by the sheep orcs and were quickly killed.

If this bold old guy was facing any other commander.

Then his adventure this time would be a complete victory.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the importance of the knight team on the grassland.

Even if they didn't understand, the rapid loss of knights would force them to react quickly.

The Cavaliers have never been some cheap guys.

This is true even among the ratmen.

The value and resources spent on training an ordinary ratman knight are equivalent to those of twenty ratman warriors.

At this time, in order to stop loss in time.

So what would be the order given?

That is undoubtedly a transfer.

He tried to move the trapped knight team away from the battlefield, and then the adventurous old guy would be able to leave the battlefield leisurely.

Originally, this strategy was quite feasible.

Unfortunately, the commander of the rat army at this time was Rat Zhan.

Facing the formed millstone.

Instead of withdrawing the rat knights, Shu Zhan chose to increase the bet without hesitation.

The remaining rat knights were also suppressed by him.

The rat knights faithfully carried out the orders of Rat War, charging fearlessly, abandoning all other goals and rushing straight into the battlefield where the meat had already been minced, in order to kill the old sheep orc who was being dragged and could not leave the battlefield. The knights on the periphery kept pulling away and repeatedly charging, and fell into the depths of the battlefield. The knights had no room to move and fought cruelly in the small space.

The rat knights dropped their spears and used short and sleek war clubs, which were prepared for fighting in this narrow environment.

In fact, it is called a war stick, which is an iron stick with irregular bumps on the top.

Well, you say that the ratmen’s industry is lame, but that’s not the case. The industrial zone in the Desolate Mountains that works day and night produces a huge amount of metal every day.

But you said they have a developed industry.

The weapons given were mostly rough and cold iron rods.

These guys are only able to work tirelessly and strive for perfection when casting sacrificial instruments and things related to the gods.

The huge bell brought to this simple fortress by the Knights Templar was extremely exquisite.

However, despite this, the effect of the rough iron rod was not affected at all.

The solid materials provide a good striking feel, and the concave and convex spikes on the top give it a good armor-piercing ability.

Of course, this would not be of much use against the sheep orcs who also could not afford to wear metal armor, but those tall giant sheep were particularly suitable for dealing with the sheep orcs' mounts.

It was easy to break the giant sheep's thick leg bones.

The sheep orcs riding on the giant sheep are half a head taller than the rat knights riding on the giant rats.

The two faced each other, and in this narrow and chaotic battlefield, loud roars and sharp hisses mixed together.

But overall, the sheep-orc knights did have the upper hand.

The knights from both sides who were constantly fighting on the periphery were the first to decide the outcome.

The Rat Knight was defeated in the collision.

But they did what they were supposed to do.

He bit the sheep-orc leader, the old high priest Feng, tightly.

With the flags flying high, it was impossible for the sheep beastmen to retreat and they rushed forward like crazy.

But the rat knights are even more reckless.

With sharp roars, this group of guys with red eyes ignored everything else and rushed straight towards the flag not far away.

Then it slammed heavily into the sheep-orc commandos who were waiting for the battle, and died quickly like a moth.

No need to doubt.

This commando team is composed of the most elite warriors among the sheep orcs.

The only ones who can compete with them in the Ratman Kingdom are the temple guards who defend the temple, or the elite Ratman warriors who have followed the Rat War through one war after another.

Even the temple guards might be at a disadvantage when facing these guys.

The rat knights were no match for this group of sheep-orc commandos.

But at this moment, this group of dull guys were charging forward without hesitation.

In the sharp scream is the life that is rapidly disappearing.

Just because of an order from Rat War.

Shu Zhan never showed mercy to his soldiers.

But he was able to bring victory.

The rushing ratmen warriors have arrived.

In a very short time, this tentative attack was directly upgraded into a life-and-death fight in the crazy escalation of the rat war.

The goal of the sheep-orc high priest was achieved, and after this battle, there might not be even half of the rat knights under Shu Zhan left.

But at the same time, the sheep orcs' strategy was a complete failure.

This army of sheep-loving orcs was dragged into a brutal war of attrition by the Rat War.

Rat War can care less about the losses suffered by his own troops.

But can the old guy not care about the tribal warriors who follow him?

Standing in the center of the battlefield, the rat looked down at everything in front of it with cold eyes.

The brutal battle ended after the old man escaped.

The sheep-orc knights escaped from this cruel battlefield in a panic, disappearing into the depths of the lush grassland, leaving behind a large number of corpses.

The rat people suffered even greater casualties.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack was the ratman knight who was attacked from both sides.

Only 8,000 of the 20,000 rat knights were left.

The ratmen warriors suffered even more serious losses, although most of the losses were young and inexperienced ratmen.

Thirty thousand ratmen warriors were left on this grassland.

This resulted in the deaths of 10,000 sheep orcs on the opposite side.

The most elite commando team was almost wiped out.

The sheep orcs still had 40,000 troops left, but there were only 40,000 left.

Even though the rat people lost 40,000 troops, they only lost 40,000 troops.

There is a huge gap between them.

Soon, the bodies of those on this battlefield will be sent to the Blood Lake in a ritual sacrifice, both those of the Skaven and the Goatmen.

Among the sprouting blood mushrooms, more ratmen will come here. For the blood mushrooms, for achievements, for honor, for everything they have, and for the insatiable desire, they will become a member of the huge army under Rat Zhan, and a member of the chaotic team running around on the battlefield.

Become a bargaining chip in Rat Zhan's hands.

This is undoubtedly a disaster in the making, a disaster that all intelligent races on the grassland will face.

But at this time, only the sheep-beastmen who had declined and lost their former glory were struggling to hold on, and only the old and aged sheep-beastmen high priest was struggling to hold on.

The unruly Rat Zhan did not stop, and the sheep beastmen settled down again in the camp that they had destroyed.

Then the end point of this expedition will still be there.

In that waving battle flag.

This huge army, which had just experienced a brutal battle, began to march again.

The strange thing is that they didn't show any fatigue or trance left by the brutal battle.

Some are just excited.

Even those stiff and dazed rat knights had bloody tails hanging around their necks.

To be honest, they actually prefer the lizard man's tail.

The lizardman's tail, covered with layers of scales and with a unique luster, was much more beautiful and eye-catching than the tails of these sheep orcs.

But they don't despise it, because it is their achievement and their desire to fight.

The recent appearance of the noisy ruins has given the blood mushrooms in the hands of these rat warriors other uses besides being eaten.

This made the blood mushrooms in their hands consumed faster and made them more thirsty for blood mushrooms.

The tails of these sheep orcs are their credentials for exchanging for blood mushrooms.

Of course, before that, maybe it would be a good choice to hang a sheep orc's tail around your neck and sit in some noisy ruins for a while.

Comparison has never been exclusive to the ratmen priests, but most of the time, most ratmen have no channels to compare even if they want to.

Until recently, with the outflow of more blood mushrooms, the noisy ruins where the lower-level rat people gathered came into being.

Of course, comparison is not a particularly good thing.

It will give rise to jealousy, resentment, hatred, and all kinds of violent and despicable behavior.

But in the end, it did give a little more comfort to the ratmen who made up the majority of the ratmen in the ratman kingdom, those ratmen at the bottom of the society, and made them a little more like humans.

The ratmen's civilization progress increased by one again, and their kingdom became more prosperous.

Although it has not yet been discovered that this has brought any particularly big changes to the rat people.

　Yesterday's chapter has been made up, and the missing words in the previous few days' chapter have also been made up. There will be another larger chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)