From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 354: Unfinished Development

But if we retreat further, how far can we retreat to?

Even though the city of Jilang is a devastated ruin, the towering city walls are still relatively intact.

Once given up, the door to the human empire will be wide open again.

Three human provinces in the rear.

Let’s not talk about the plateau where there are few people and the rat war has been put at a disadvantage.

A plain province similar to the Golden Province and a rock province covered with mountains of varying sizes.

These two places are not prepared at all to face war again.

From afar, there was the invasion of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, and from nearby, there was a group of barbarians coming down the mountain to commit atrocities.

The long night has just ended, and a new round of farming is about to begin. At this time, you tell them that the rats are coming again and ask them to raise an army to fight the rats.

Is this realistic? This is not realistic. There is no way to fight.

But what can we do if we have no way to fight? The rats are indeed coming again.

It can only be said that for the residents of these two provinces, suffering always comes one after another.

The three Skaven warlords marked out their respective goals.

Well, actually it was said that the three rat warlords were discussing something, but Qi had no right to interrupt in this matter. It was just a quarrel between those two guys.

The flat plain province was assigned to the private army leader.

Lianyan Province was given to the war priests.

The agents introduced by the rat lords have been replaced twice. After the death of the burnt guy, another unlucky guy died in the chaotic attack on the fortress, and he was killed by the human warriors in the fortress.

Instead, he was smashed into a pile of rat cakes on the city wall by the terrifying catapult behind him.

It is basically certain that this incident was not premeditated, but a coincidence, a mistake. As for why we are so sure..., we can only say that even if those war priests wanted to do something dirty, those big claw priests did not have the ability to accurately use catapults to hit the second-generation private army leader standing on the city wall in the chaotic battle.

Definitely.

It is undoubtedly a coincidence.

But after this incident happened, regardless of whether it was a coincidence or not, the unlucky guy who was beaten into a rat cake was undoubtedly written all over by the rat lords.

So this concession took place, and the plain province was given to the rat lord.

The temple guards did not hesitate much on this point.

To be precise, what they valued more was different from the rat lords. They valued the land plundered in the war more than the spoils that could be exchanged for a lot of blood mushrooms.

Even though the two sides seem to be competing with each other now, they are more of a struggle for the right to speak.

As long as the rat lords do not resort to things like competing with the temple guards for the right to distribute land, they don't mind making concessions on such matters.

The two flags led their respective armies and marched in two directions with huge deviations.

Qi stopped and did not follow either of the two guys. In principle, he should have followed the war priests and continued running wildly in the mountains.

In fact, Qi is quite familiar with Lianyan Province.

But he didn't do that.

Compared with the option of going up and becoming cannon fodder, he decided to stop for the time being.

The weakening support of the temple guards made the relationship between the two sides no longer so stable, but unfortunately, the rat lords did not extend an olive branch to him. No one paid attention to him as a small character for the time being, so he decided to do something that a small character would do.

This place doesn't just have main dishes like those in those two provinces. There are also some not-so-delicious desserts in those more remote areas.

Qi decided to do his old job, capture slaves, and go over mountains and across rivers to cause trouble for those defeated races.

They also went through a period of rest and recuperation.

Maybe the quantity is not enough.

But Sheng Qi doesn't mind doing something more outrageous.

Clean up the marginal areas that those two guys missed, or pick up some property left behind by the ratman caravan.

It's normal that the ratman caravan suffers losses.

Whether it is being attacked by the enemy on the trading route or losing track after getting lost, this is a very normal thing.

Of course, there were even cases where an entire army was wiped out due to attacks by rat mercenaries hired by the enemy.

These are all possible situations that may happen. Naturally, when this situation occurs, as a rat warlord who happens to pass by, it is natural for him to pick up some things. This is normal.

Qi made a decision after thinking about it.

In fact, attacking a ratman caravan is a very risky thing, because if you anger the ratman lords, they may really mobilize their army to beat you.

And that’s not all.

If you anger multiple rat warlords and force them to unite to resist, then even if you gain a lot through robbery for a while, subsequent replenishment will become a problem.

This is the time to weigh the pros and cons and make your own judgment.

If there was no other solution, the idea of ​​raising the flag would not have come up.

He couldn't always be out there, scraping the land in those remote places and picking up garbage on the outskirts that the other two guys missed.

If he wants to have a really good harvest, then he must have enough siege equipment. These heretics like to hide in the city, and only by capturing the city can he really get considerable gains.

Of course, having siege equipment is not enough, mobility is also essential. In order to make the rat army in one's hands have better mobility, even if it is to be able to clean up the battlefield faster, giant rats are indispensable.

These are just the minimum, not to mention the full body armor, rat trolls, big claw priest engineering teams, lightning cannons, and the mobile fortresses that have recently appeared on the battlefield.

These are all he needs now.

Those rat-man caravans had these things, things he desperately needed.

But unfortunately, he couldn't give out so many blood mushrooms.

Then you have to put some thought into it.

But I won't be so anxious. It is not a wise choice to rashly confront these rat caravans, as it will bring me big trouble.

Now, let’s go and cause some trouble for those old friends.

After the other two teams had gone far away, Qi finally waved his flag. He led his slightly shabby army and marched in a direction that had nothing to do with the two rat warlords.

After the three rat warlords left, the city, with only its majestic walls left, fell silent.

Of course, it will not be abandoned. Soon, the Knights Templar will take over the city. Subsequently, a steady stream of ratmen will arrive in the city to continue the unsuccessful development.

(End of this chapter)