"Use a catapult..." Giles the Rat Man's voice was still calm.
"Yes, Master Clawhead." The speared ratman Clawhead quickly ran down the city.
Soon, 40 rough catapults were pushed out of the city gate. The rat men pulled down the net and put green stones into it one by one.
Suddenly, thumb-sized bullets crashed into the catapult formation, and with loud explosions, the catapults and the rat men around them were blown to pieces.
"No..." The speared ratman on the side opened his eyes wide. These catapults are very precious and occupy an important strategic position in Keji City. Who would have expected that they would all be blown up.
"How is it possible? How can a bow and arrow be so powerful?" The spear-rat man turned his head and looked at the human phalanx, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
In the front row of the human cavalry, a group of human cavalry were holding tubular weapons and firing blazing white light bullets towards them.
"Is this a crystal gun? Did the dwarves hand over this technology to humans?" The Spear Rat Man was shocked. It worriedly thought about whether humans had an alliance with the dwarves. Otherwise, how could we explain that there are dwarf weapons among humans.
The speared rat-man Finger Claw did not dare to delay and immediately ran to the city wall to report to Giles.
At the end of the bridge, Qin Feng watched the giant rat monsters in front of him fall down one by one in the explosion of the magic gun, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
If we use the frontier cavalry to stop the attack, can we stop all the tens of thousands of rat men at the bridge?... The answer is no... We will soon use troops against the Sanforth Federation. If we use the frontier army to fight, can we stop them all?
It's hard to say whether we will win, but the army will definitely suffer heavy losses...
It is better to use all the Wuzi Battalion next. Although the number is smaller, the combat effectiveness is very strong. Not only is it survivable on the battlefield, but it also has enough lethality against the enemy. The disadvantage is that there is not enough military power to occupy the territory.
Compared with defeat, occupying less territory does not matter... Qin Feng quickly made up his mind.
Opening the light mirror with his right hand, Chang Yuchun's head appeared in front of Qin Feng. "How many newly recruited border soldiers do we have now?"
"There are 20,000, Commander." Although Chang Yuchun was surprised that Qin Feng suddenly asked, he still answered immediately.
"Well, next, let's recruit all the soldiers of the Wuzi Battalion... I want an invincible army."
"Yes." Chang Yuchun answered and then fell into deep thought.
Qin Feng turned off the light mirror casually, understanding that Chang Yuchun would have to revise his next plan because of this incident.
First of all, there are the garrison personnel, the troops that need to be stationed after the territory is conquered, the troops that need to suppress bandits, and the troops that maintain the border. These all need to be re-planned.
Especially after recruiting soldiers from the Wuzi Battalion, the number of troops will be greatly reduced, and the shortage of troops will only become more obvious.
"Commander, look, these rat men actually have musketeers..."
Qin Feng's deep thought was interrupted by the guards around him. When he looked up, a large group of rat men came out from the gate of Keji City carrying long spears. In front of them, there were rat men holding shields to protect them.
"That's that?" In the middle of the team of rat men, there was a group of rat men holding Gatling, which made Qin Feng stunned.
It’s really black technology. I don’t even have this thing... The corner of Qin Feng’s mouth twitched, and then he immediately ordered:
"Kill them..."
All the guards began to take aim. Due to the height of the rat men, and the fact that the guards were riding on war horses, they could clearly see the rat men's rear troops from a commanding view.
On the contrary, the Skaven Musketeers must have a wide field of vision, but there are densely packed Skaven in front of them, making it difficult to evacuate. In the end, they had to use slave rats to temporarily build a high platform for them.
While they were busy, a large beam of blazing white light shot towards them, and a violent series of explosions suddenly erupted.
A large group of rat men were killed in an instant. Under the eagle eyes of the imperial guards, there was no way to escape. Even if they were hiding among the rats, they would be found immediately, and then they would be covered with firepower.
On top of the city, Giles the ratman's face no longer looked plain, but turned ashen. He did not expect that a large number of elite troops would be beaten to pieces before they even launched an attack, resulting in heavy losses.
He spit out two words from between his teeth, "Retreat..."
The tide of rat-men immediately retreated into the city, leaving only a large number of rat-men corpses near the stone bridge.
A breeze blew by, Qin Feng's nose twitched slightly, and there was a strong smell of blood everywhere.
"We will stay here...wait for them to come out..." Qin Feng ordered.
In less than half a day, a camp was set up on the edge of the stone bridge, blocking the only exit from Keji City.
After a while, groups of three thousand battalions of soldiers sprang out from the walled city and killed all the rat men who were delivering food in the distance.
In the city of Keji, Giles the ratman stayed in a cave in the mountains, where there was a warm nest made of animal skins.
It was lying in its small nest, feeling very bad at this time. In its ears were female rats wailing because of hunger.
A Ratman Fingerpaw came to the side of Giles Ratman and knelt down like a human knight, "Master Clawhead, our food is insufficient...and...our army just lost 3 people."
Ten thousand...there are currently 30,000 left..."
Giles Ratman slowly opened his eyes, and an indignant voice came, "Damn humans, damn dwarves, they have actually united. I will notify the council and let our army invade the dwarves' territory."
"Yes, Master Clawhead, but what should we do now...those humans are still surrounding us, and we have no supplies now..." Ratman Fingerhead replied anxiously.
Giles Rat Man said without hesitation: "Then use all those slaves as food, leaving no one behind..."
"Yes, Lord Clawhead, I'll do it right now..." Ratman Fingerpaw immediately stood up and ran outside.
After a while, sounds of begging for mercy could be heard outside, and soon everything calmed down.
Giles closed his eyes again and frowned deeply, "Killing slaves can only meet temporary needs. What should we do in the future? We will starve to death before long..."
Night slowly came, and under the hard soil, the rat men began to move one by one. They were working underground with a drill-like machine, and a large number of rat warriors followed them, forming a long queue.
The tunnel was dug from the city to the river, then went down, bypassed the river, and led directly to the human camp.
"For the God of the Great Horned Rat, we will definitely win..." The rat men in the tunnel roared without any scruples. Their voices would not penetrate the thick rock and soil to reach the ground.
But when they were about to break out of the ground, black tentacles sprang out from the shadows near them, then penetrated into their bodies and took away some special substance.
Then their bodies completely stiffened.
The other ratmen were immediately frightened, screaming in panic, and then fled backwards crazily.
However, the tentacles that emerged from the shadows around them were faster, and soon, the originally bustling tunnel finally became quiet.
Gilespaw in the cave had a headache on his face. He had just received his reward when the Tunnel Rats had been completely wiped out.
"How could this happen? Can we find out how they died?"
The rat-man next to it thought for a while and then said uncertainly: "Maybe he died of suffocation..."
"Bang……"
The rat man covered his head with his fingers and groaned in pain. Seeing Giles the rat man raising the staff in his hand again, it was so frightened that it subconsciously took a step back.
"How could we suffocate to death while digging tunnels... Think about it with your walnut-sized brain, this is completely impossible..."
"This must be the enemy's spell, but this spell is really terrifying..." Giles Ratman Clawhead was also frightened. What if this silent spell fell on its head? What would it do?
response……
While it was deep in thought, the rat-man Fingerpaw next to it screamed, "Master Clawhead, by your side, by your side..."
Black tentacles appeared from the shadows, unknowingly shrouding the sky above the Giles Rat Man...
Giles the rat-man glanced at the rat-man's fingers and paws dissatisfied, "What are you doing, making such a fuss..."
Suddenly, its eyes widened, and several black tentacles appeared behind Rat Man Finger Claw, and then quickly penetrated its body. As the tentacles retracted, Rat Man Finger Claw's body immediately fell to the ground stiffly.
Giles was shocked. Is this a human spell?
Before it could react, its body suddenly lost consciousness, and several black tentacles appeared on its chest. They retracted, as if they had taken something away.
Giles' eyes darkened, and then he didn't know anything else.
In less than three minutes, Qin Feng walked in from the entrance of the cave. Behind him were groups of soldiers, some of whom were holding rat-man ground drilling equipment in their hands.
"It's still very useful...much faster than when the rat man digs a hole by himself..." Qin Feng held it casually with his left hand, and the female rats that had already suffered heavy losses were all killed by the shadow tentacles.
After passing a corner, he found that the place was full of mouse people waiting for milk. Qin Feng said casually: "I'll leave it to you..."
The soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion took off their maces from their waists and walked inside. The squeaking sounds of the mousemen finally disappeared as time went by.
At this time, there are countless rat men in the city who are resting, but they don't know that death has come.
Qin Feng walked out of the big cave, and through visual detection on the battlefield, he came to the place where the rat warriors were the densest.
A place built like a slum, which was dirty and messy, and had a strong smell, turned out to be the Rat Man's military camp.
Qin Feng covered his nose, stepped on the white clouds and came to the sky above the rat barracks. The palm of his left hand faced downwards and slowly clenched it.
Countless rat men were killed in their sleep, and they never woke up until dawn.
In the early morning, the sun shines from the east. The rat men on the city wall are lying on the ground sleepily. They complain, "Why haven't those rat men on shift come yet? We are all sleepy... I really want to go back to our grass."