The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 108 The Gnoll Army
"Why do you say we came at the wrong time?"

Warrior Ward asked.

Birol pointed to the temple in front of everyone.

"As you can see, the Holy White Temple is almost completed, but it is precisely because of this that the gods do not allow us to stop halfway. Most of the male men must devote themselves to the last and most difficult project."

A group of highland gnolls looked towards the top of the pyramid, where countless gnoll slaves were dragging huge stones under the whip.

These stones have to be sent to the top of the pyramid, the difficulty can be imagined.

"The construction of the Holy White Temple has lasted for 30 years. In 30 years, the energetic Sang La also became an old woman."

Priest Birol continued.

"It's not that the Forest Kingdom doesn't want to help our companions. It's because the significance of the temple is too great. At a critical moment, all the high priest's mind is to speed up the construction."

Before the words were finished, an accident happened on the pyramid in the distance.

A boulder transported to the top of the tower slid down from above, crushing a large group of Gnoll slave labor into meat paste along the way, and then crashed several houses.

"As you can see, this is our current situation. We are unable to launch a war abroad, and we can only send a small number of people to help you."

Birol said helplessly, that's why he said that the spectacle was detrimental to the country, otherwise the forest kingdom would have a chance to expand further.

Ward also hurriedly asked about the number of reinforcements.

"Please come with me."

Priest Birol led the crowd to a stone camp. The camp was very large, but now it seemed very deserted.

"These are warriors recruited by the kingdom from various cities. Now we can only take a part of them to help you eradicate the common threat. The rest of the warriors must stay in the capital."

"So how much reinforcements can we get at most?"

Ward looked at the soldiers in the camp and asked, although these soldiers were dressed primitively, they had uniform attire.

All warriors wear colorful painted masks, with different numbers and qualities of feathers inserted according to different positions, and they can also wear shiny wooden armor on their bodies.

The wooden armor was polished shiny by lacquer, and hung on the chests of the soldiers like a big chopping board.

"500 people."

Birol replied that in his opinion, this amount is very limited for the kingdom.

But in the eyes of Ward and others, the five hundred elite fighters have exceeded their expectations.

"500 people is enough! Thank you, our dear compatriots."

"Is it?"

Priest Birol was also a little surprised by their reaction. Due to the obstruction of the Vanvna River, the wolf men on both sides rarely communicated.

From this point of view, the wolves on the other side of the river were also having a miserable life.

"Don't be too happy, my friends. Although we are willing to send five hundred warriors to help you, the forest kingdom can only afford their food for three days at most. We cannot afford the supplies across the river.
Think about it, you can't gather an army without food. "

"You can leave this to us with confidence. Samir Shaman already has countermeasures. The army cannot gather in advance. We just need to agree to attack during the autumn harvest.

The war won't last long, and we'll have enough food. "

Ward told Priest Birol about Samir's plan. The harvest day is when humans are most in a hurry, and the jackals also need time to prepare for war.

That's when the odds of winning the offense are greatest.

"So much the better."

Birol stroked the beard on his chin. Since these fellow highlanders had plans and made good profits afterwards, the kingdom can still contribute some strength.

The original plan of the high priest was just to let him lead the troops to paddle, and if he won, he would rob them, and if he lost, he would recruit the remaining tribesmen and capture them to the kingdom as slave labor.

Anyway, the kingdom will never lose money.

The big alliance that the Jackals had dreamed of was finally taking shape.

Ickert knew that there was a high probability that they would choose to unite, but he never thought that there would be such a powerful enemy on the other side of the river.

But even if the enemy uses thousands of tricks, he just needs to fight according to his own rhythm.

The first thing to do is to train the Ratmen into a qualified combat force.

The clan rats who have been broken up can only act as unqualified officers. If they want to truly unite the forces in the territory, the rat people must be arranged for various training.

But this time, Ickert, who had enough time, could finally let them learn some techniques.

War is dirty. If you can play disgusting games, don't engage in fair ones. As long as you can continue to accumulate advantages, even the weaker side can consume the stronger one.

Even for extraordinary people, tactics are very important.

So the ratmen in the territory, the first thing they have to learn is to dig trenches.

"Jenil, remember, although we are on the defensive side, I don't want to see my land being ruined. Retreating to the castle can only be the last solution.
Our defense area must be as narrow as possible, but we cannot let them surround us. "

Ickert said seriously, in addition to teaching the Ratmen to dig trenches, they must also arrange defensive positions well.

As the saying goes, the position is used to lose defense, no matter whether the defense is successful or not, the layout of the position must pay attention to a certain depth.

"The first trench is set on the periphery of the farmland. It is enough to widen and deepen the diversion channel directly. You can insert sharpened bamboos under it as traps.

The enemy is most likely to attack during the autumn harvest season. They are short of food and need time to prepare, but other opportunities are not ruled out. "

What Ickert is most afraid of is actually the enemy attacking before the autumn harvest, so he has to give up his illusions, and fight hard to win the battle.

"We have to harvest food in advance, then fill the fields with water, and then use long-range troops to stop and consume them, and then the troops will retreat to the second line of defense,

For this reason, we also need to fortify the village into a fortress, and the third line of defense is naturally the castle.

Whether defending the fields or defending the village, our army always has a weak left wing, but directly defending the castle is a dead end.
Therefore, we must pay attention to the trenches on the flanks, dig more, and dig deeper to buy enough time for the frontal consumption war. "

Ickert arranged that Windsor has an absolute advantage in long-range firepower, and he is still very confident in this.

As long as you have enough fortifications and consume the enemy's time, you can't worry about not being able to drive the enemy out.

"Jenil, do you understand?"

"Understood the clan leader, your order is multiple defenses, strengthen the left wing."

After all, Genier still learned some culture in the education class, and he has learned a lot of military knowledge after leading the team for so long.

Seeing the growth of the mice, Ickert is also very happy, and only hopes that the mice can grow up to the point where he can squeeze them wantonly.

"Then you are very familiar with the next procedure. Train the brigade well, and at the same time add the wooden sword confrontation, trench digging, bamboo javelin throwing and other skill items I mentioned.
Also, don't forget to ask them to find their own combat partners. "

"No problem, leave it to me, clan chief."

(End of this chapter)