Warhammer 40 A New Hope

While observing the movements of the Skaven, Loken and Zhang Yi successfully contacted the Unknown Hope in orbit one day, briefly introduced the current situation, and rejected the proposal to let the Imperial Fists' Space Marines airborne to participate in the battle.

Zhang Yi, who knew the nature of the Space Marines, could not guarantee whether the four evil gods who were currently attracted by the Bear God would turn their attention here because of the arrival of the Space Marines.

Safety first!

In addition, the Skaven, perhaps in order to build something or for the upcoming war, basically cut down all the vegetation around the city, and there is no big tree around the city.

Most of the people in the city are slave rats and clan rats with crude weapons. The more noticeable long-range weapons are a few tattered ordinary catapults (without dimensional stones).

During one of his reconnaissance missions, Doklo discovered a rat that was as big as three ordinary rats, as well as a rat wearing armor that looked like scrap metal.

Later, Zhang Yi judged based on the pictures he took that one should be a rat troll, and the other should be the leader of this group of ratmen, a rat warlord.

It can be basically confirmed that the ratmen troops should mainly be composed of a large number of slave rats, slinging slave rats, clan rats, etc. There may also be a small batch of storm rats serving as warlord guards, and there is a high probability that an unknown number of rat trolls were bought from other clans.

On the other side, Doklo also discovered traces of dark elves, probably a vanguard reconnaissance force, but the specific type of force was unknown.

The problem now for Zhang Yi and others is to determine when and how to enter this city controlled by the ratmen and find the mentioned stone slabs.

Zhang Yi knew that the ratmen were good at ambushes, which meant they might go out of the city to ambush the dark elf troops.

Dense groups of slave rats hide in the dark, waiting for the right time to rush forward and defeat the opponent with numbers.

Even though the Skaven's individual combat power is weak, if they are successfully ambushed, it will still be a big trouble.

But the ratmen are also notoriously cowardly, and they may also retreat into the city, relying on the walls of this temple city to hold out.

The actions of the rat people determined the action plan of Zhang Yi and others, but now they cannot be sure what the enemy will do.

If the ratmen choose to leave the city to ambush, then Zhang Yi and others will need to observe the movements of the ratmen troops at all times, be flexible, sneak in when their large forces attack, and retreat before they come back.

If the ratmen choose to hold their ground, they will need to make more preparations and find a suitable entrance and retreat route in advance to avoid being surrounded by the dark elves.

In theory, the hope is that this group of ratmen can take the initiative to attack, so that Zhang Yi's team can take advantage of the opportunity and sneak in. They need to make much less preparations and the danger is also lower.

"I don't know this rat warlord, so I can't judge his possible actions." Zhang Yi had a headache. "With so few people, it's not realistic to attack by force."

"Since their actions are uncertain, let us help them determine it." Captain Locke suddenly said. "Let's blow up the city wall."

"If those so-called Skaven are really as cowardly as you said, then the damage to the city wall will force them to either take the initiative to attack and ambush the incoming dark elves, or they can only abandon the surface of the city."

"Do we have enough explosives? The walls of these cities built by the Lizardmen are extremely strong."

"The supplies we brought this time are sufficient. We can directly detonate a portion of the fuel cells remotely. The power will be enough to collapse a section of the wall at a weak point."

"We can let this little guy do the deployment of the explosives." Loken looked at the skin lizard Kumama next to the stationmaster. "The natural jungle camouflage makes it difficult for them to be discovered by the group of rats. At the same time, compared to us humans, they are more flexible."

Kumama gave a small cry of approval at what Loken said.

"I didn't expect you to let Kumama complete the task of burying the explosives." Zhang Yi said. "Have you changed your opinion of the alien race?"

"No." Locke said without hesitation. "I still don't like all alien races."

"But, as I said, if this is for the sake of the human empire, I will try to change my mind."

"Besides, we have to admit that we received a lot of help from them along the way."

"It was the same when we ambushed the group of pointy ears, on the way here, and when we camped in this hidden cave."

"I will try to get used to fighting with them and try to have my back protected by them."

And just like that, the plan was set.

Loken and others will blow down a section of the wall of the [Typok Mirror Pool] at an appropriate time, forcing the ratman army to actively attack the incoming dark elf troops. They can then take this opportunity to enter the city and look for the [Prophecy Slate] they need.

DeKalil began to prepare explosives, Mino began to make a remote detonation device, Locke and Zhang Yi began to explain to the spirit lizard Kumama the upcoming mission and how to prevent the explosives from exploding in their hands.

It’s been a long time since humans and non-human races have cooperated. This should be the first time for Locke and others.

But anyway, it's a good start.

But will their plan really go as smoothly as they imagined?

8. Multiple battlefields

A few days later

Taking advantage of the night, Kumama held a large amount of explosives and carefully placed it next to the city wall and covered it with leaves.

boom!

After he ran back to the jungle, with a loud bang, a section of the wall of the Taibok Mirror Pool collapsed, and some patrolling clan rats on it fell down with large pieces of rocks and were smashed into meat paste.

The whole city was in chaos in an instant. The huge explosion scared the already timid slave rats, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

It was not until dawn that the chaos was quelled by the rat warlord. The rat warlord was so angry about a section of the city wall that was blown down that he chopped down several slave rats to vent his anger.

But it was meaningless. The dark elves' troops were approaching. This section of the city wall, which could not be repaired in a short time, undoubtedly made all the city's defenses that had been prepared previously useless.

In the end, the helpless ratman warlord could only lead almost all the ratman troops to ambush the dark elf troops in the jungle.

An unexpectedly large number of ratmen marched out of the city and into the jungle.

After the last few tattered catapults were pushed out of the city gate, the heavy gate was closed.

Now, the defenses of this city occupied by the ratmen are extremely weak.

"Commander, the large group of rats has left the observation range. We can now take action." Doklo reported to Locke on the communicator.

"Got it. Keep monitoring. Report to me if anything happens." Locke's voice came from the communication. "We're going in."

Roar!

Along with the roar of the giant lizard, the obsidian club directly smashed the head of a remaining rat cub, and then Locke and others rushed out of the dense woods.

"Mino! Suppress the city walls! Da Zhuang and Lao De (De Kalil) are responsible for the rats on the ground." Locke ordered. "Don't hurt friendly forces."

Biubiubiu!

The scorching beams of light killed the remaining clan rats on the city wall one by one. The giant lizards, Kurus and Ogryn, Dazhuang, who were much taller than ordinary people, beat these timid ratmen and made them run away everywhere.

After a while, when the only ratman commander nearby was killed by a hell gun, the remaining ratmen left behind dozens of corpses and fled.

"Don't fight! Go to those buildings! Once you find what we need, evacuate immediately."

In Dorok's sight, Locke and others entered a relatively intact temple building and disappeared.

"I hope everything goes well." Zhang Yi, who did not get it with Loken and others, said while lying on the top of the mountain with Dorok. "Although this sentence is full of flags..."

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The dense jungle is such that even the lizardman hunter who has lived in it for the longest time may not be able to tell what every object in the jungle is.

The Dark Elves - Druki, before they followed Malekith to defect, they all lived in Ulthuan where it was spring all year round. After their defection, they mainly lived in Naggarond in the north of the world. They rarely saw tropical rainforests like Lustria.

In order to march on a large scale here, they had to cut down trees for the army to move forward. However, many slaves or soldiers who cleared the way for the army were killed in this dense rainforest.

This pre-war loss made the lord of the dark elf army very angry, especially when the march was still slow after so many people died.

He was eager to expand his influence by expanding his territory and capturing more slaves, but he had inexplicably lost nearly half of his cold lizard cavalry on the way to the expedition, and now he was being delayed by these damn trees.

"Let the troops send more slaves! Speed ​​up the march!" the dark elf lord angrily ordered his men. "I will capture that city today!"

At his urging, the troops began to march faster, completely disregarding the possible danger.

From poisonous mosquitoes, or wild dinosaurs, or...

An unexpected enemy that takes the initiative

"Well!"

A [Dark Swordsman] (the basic dark elf soldier) who was left alone at the front suddenly had his mouth covered by something, and then the slave rats lying in ambush nearby rushed over and knocked him down.

Broken swords, iron pieces, stones and even claws kept falling on his armor, making a clanging sound.

The not-so-strong metal armor protected her body very well, and the slave rat's weapons were very inferior, so he suffered almost no injuries.

Because of the sudden attack, the weapon was swung around and scratched a slave rat, causing it to jump away.

With her upper body no longer suppressed, the dark elf soldier immediately stood up and swung the sword in her hand, killing several slave rats that were still attacking her.

Seeing several of their compatriots being killed, the remaining slave rats that were still attacking frantically immediately scattered and fled into the jungle.

The dark elf soldier who escaped from the trap blew the warning horn he carried with him to alert the large force in the rear that the enemy had appeared.

As the long horn sounded in the jungle, the earth began to tremble.

The moment the horn sounded, the ratman warlord knew that he had been exposed, and immediately ordered all his troops to charge towards the large dark elf army that was not far from them.

Under the coercion of the warlords and supervisors, slave rats and clan rats rushed out of the jungle like a tide, throwing countless stones and other garbage and debris forward, hitting the dark elf troops.

The dark elf troops were caught off guard. The soldiers on the strongest side were directly knocked down and overwhelmed by the rats, and many unlucky guys who didn't wear helmets had their heads smashed by flying stones.

"Enemy attack! Everyone, get close and form a battle array!"

Although the sudden attack of the rats caused the dark elf troops to fall into chaos for a while, they quickly calmed down. The [Dread Spearmen] put up their shields and stood in the front row, holding up their spears. The crossbowmen immediately stood behind them and raised their crossbows.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A large number of crossbow arrows with blood grooves and barbs flew towards the charging rats, killing and wounding a large number of them at once.

"Dark, dark elf thing, die! Die!" the unknown rat warlord shouted. "No, don't retreat! Charge, keep charging!"

"Catapults! Get the trebuchets ready! Kill, kill these black elves!"

The crude and ordinary catapults hidden in the jungle were pushed out by the slave rats. Under the command of the engineer, they began to load ammunition in a hurry, and then the first wave of stone attacks was fired.

Even though they were just ordinary stones and could not compare to the Skaven's unique [Plague Catapult], those large stones smashed into the Dark Elf line, causing quite a bit of chaos.

"Hold your shields, you fools! Push up the ballistae!"

Three Reaper crossbows appeared at the rear of the battlefield. Several scatter arrows were loaded into them, and the next moment, the crossbow arrows were fired.

A large number of long crossbow arrows covered the rats' trebuchets' positions. The slave rats responsible for loading the arrows immediately ran away with their heads in their hands. One trebuchet, which was already shaky, collapsed into a pile of wood.

"Come back! Everyone, come back! Don't run away!" The Ratman warlord killed a slave rat who escaped from him with a knife, and said angrily. "Attack! Keep attacking!"

The slave rats that were stopped continued to load the catapults and started the next attack.

However, these crudely made machines were no match for the sophisticated crossbows of the Dark Elves. The stones they threw could only hit the melee formations at the front at best, and more often they hit the heads of their own people who were still charging.

After surviving the first wave of ambush by the ratmen, the dark elves had fully reacted. The first layer of shield wall had been erected and the second layer of shield wall had begun to be constructed.

Although the number of ratmen troops is far greater than that of dark elves, most of the former are slave rats with basically no equipment, which is completely incomparable to the latter with complete equipment.

Moreover, the crossbow arrows shot by a large number of crossbowmen can directly nail the basically unprotected slave rats and clan rats to death on the way to the charge.

As more and more of their own kind died, the other already timid ratmen began to get scared and showed signs of running away.

"Damn slave! No, you are not allowed to retreat! Die! Die!"

The rat warlord once again killed the slave rats who tried to escape, but he knew that if he did not find a way to reverse the unfavorable situation of the battle, it would only be a matter of time before all these cowardly slaves would escape.

"Rat, rat trolls! Send out the rat trolls!"

"Follow them! Charge!"

The hidden big rats (rat trolls) were finally released. They suddenly appeared very close to the dark elf shield wall and then crashed into it fiercely.

The rat trolls, which were half a body taller than ordinary dark elf soldiers, directly crashed through the shield wall and knocked away several crossbowmen. Afterwards, the rat trolls followed suit and rushed into the enemy's position.

This undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to the originally unstable morale of the ratmen troops. The slave rats and clan rats became "brave" again and rushed back to the enemy camp together with the rat trolls.

"Kill, kill! Kill these pointy ears!"

Surrounded by several armored Storm Rats, the warlord of this ratman unit also led a large group of ratmen and launched a charge towards the enemy troops from another position.

The inspired slave rats, shrieking, rushed to the shield wall despite the dark elves' crossbow arrows, and hit the shields in front of them with their bodies.

The first batch was immediately cleared out with spears, but more ratmen were pouring towards them.

Another shield wall was broken, and the unprepared crossbowmen appeared in front of the crazy ratmen.

"Die! die! kll·the·all!" the rat warlord shouted.

At this moment, several slave rats were knocked out and flew over the warlord's head.

A dozen Dark Elf Cold Lizard Cavalry appeared in front of them, led by the lord of this Dark Elf army.

The moment the two sides looked at each other, they had the same idea.

Kill him and end this fight!

9. Unplanned