The business princes of Marienburg did indeed judge the Eight Peaks expedition with malice and contempt, but there is no doubt that they were not wrong about one thing.
The Bafeng Mountain Expeditionary Force has indeed reached its most difficult and weak time.
At the end of October, after three weeks of rest and recuperation, the Bafeng Mountain Expeditionary Force was reduced to more than 19,000 people. It opened a passage to Bafeng Mountain from the leyline network, rushed out in one fell swoop, and suddenly appeared from deep in the mountain, completely defeating them.
The greenskin defenders who arrived at the stream outpost quickly captured the outpost, and more than a thousand greenskin defenders were wiped out.
The capture of the stream outpost gave Skarsnik a great stimulus. The warlord of the Evil Moon Clan almost immediately summoned all the troops to prepare for war. It initially tried to send troops to recapture the stream outpost, but after losing several
The cunning Goblin warlord behind the Thousand Men immediately realized that retaking the stream outpost might have to pay a huge price, and the price might be the inability to defend the Eight Peaks Mountain, so it began to completely shrink its troops.
At this time, the Titan Gate in Bafeng Mountain had appeared in front of the expeditionary force.
It was a majestic gate made of huge rocks. Although it had been damaged many times, the strength of the Titan Gate still made it difficult for the expeditionary force. Skarsnik occupied the Titan Gate and directly used the Goge Stone Statue and the Mao Ge Stone Statue.
They firmly blocked the Titan Gate, concentrated their superior forces, and prepared to deal with this army coming from afar.
In front of the Titan's Gate, the sixty-meter-tall giant stone statues of the two dwarf gods, Granny and Grimnir, were watching everything silently.
Even in the Battle of Wallaya Gate, Skarsnik's army suffered heavy losses, but the number of greenskin troops entrenched in the Eight Peaks Mountain was still close to 100,000, and Skarsnik allocated 50,000 troops.
To defend against the Skaven, the remaining 50,000 troops set up positions in front of the Eight Peaks Mountains, surrounding the stream outposts. They did not attack, but only monitored every move of the expeditionary force.
The two sides formed a confrontation in front of the Eight Peaks Mountain. Both Ryan and Belega tried to take the initiative to attack, but the number of greenskins was too much. They were beaten back as soon as they approached the Titan Gate. Belega wanted to try.
Use the Leyline Network to enter the Eight Peaks
Mountain, but there are Skaven everywhere under the Eight Peaks Mountain, and there are several important passages. How could Skarsnik give Belega a chance? The two sides fought several times in the earth network. Although Belega was proficient in
Fighting in the tunnel, but still forced back by the endless greenskins.
In this way, the two sides began to confront each other and continue to test.
The confrontation lasted until early November, when reinforcements led by Francois had arrived at Haimen Pass.
At this time, the climate in Bafeng Mountain was getting colder and colder. The altitude here was more than a thousand meters high. The climate at Titan's Gate and Stream Outpost was already freezing to the bone. The cold climate troubled the Bafeng Mountain expeditionary force and also made Ryan
The others gradually became anxious.
Old World, Roof Mountains of the World, Eight Peaks Mountain, in front of Titan's Gate, Stream Outpost.
This is a medium-sized outpost, built against a mountain peak, stretching for several miles like a small city, with a three-story building structure from low to high. Although it has been in disrepair and many of the city walls were damaged by the green skin,
However, the expeditionary force repaired part of it and stationed it here.
This outpost was once a witness to the glorious era of the dwarves, but when Eight Peaks Mountain was attacked, this outpost was one of the first few strongholds to be abandoned. The Titan Gate was once open, with countless caravans and
Dwarf armies keep coming out of it, and now Titan's Gate is full of greenskins and Skaven.
In the afternoon, Ryan woke up from his nap. He looked at Veronica, who was sleeping soundly beside him, gently kissed the Witch of Gloria on her forehead, and then stood up.
There was nothing in the simple house, and the fire was still burning. The dark elf Orica was still wearing a standard black and white maid outfit, but added a thick bearskin cloak to the outside. When she saw Ryan, she got up.
, Olica immediately stood up and changed clothes for Ryan: "Master?"
"It's still snowing outside?" Ryan opened the door slightly, but the oncoming wind and snow made him frown. He was afraid of waking up Veronica, so he quickly closed the door.
"It's been snowing for a few days. I heard from King Beleja that it will keep snowing in Bafeng Mountain during this period, and it won't stop until almost January next year." Orika gently helped Ryan change into a king's dress and helped him
Putting on his robe and heavy coat: "Master, do you want to go out?"
"You don't have to follow me, just keep an eye on Veronica for me." Ryan waved his hand to indicate that Orica didn't have to follow him.
"Okay, Master." The dark elf rolled his eyes and responded sweetly.
"My king!"
"My king!"
"Your Majesty Ryan!"
The streets built by the dwarves are always very orderly and neat. The expeditionary army is stationed here. When they see Ryan appear, everyone pays respect to him. Ryan nods in response quite easily. He takes one step at a time and arrives.
On the city wall facing the Titan Gate of Bafeng Mountain.
In the distance, the Eight Peaks Mountain, which is the dream of Belegar and the dwarves of the Angrond clan, can be vaguely seen.
After opening the treasure house of Valaya's main temple and using the dwarf ancestors' forge workshop, the armor and weapons of the expeditionary force have been repaired. Through modification, all Holy Grail knights, expeditionary knights, and hundreds of kingdom knights have also been restored.
Some of the old guards have already
They had put on the dwarves' finely crafted rune full-body plate armor, and some even used rune weapons. They killed countless enemies in the battle to conquer the stream outpost, and it was precisely because of these that they wore new rune armor and
Weapons and the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force have been fully strengthened.
But the number is still too small. There are only 19,000 people left in the expeditionary force, and there are at least 80,000 to 90,000 greenskins and 70,000 to 80,000 ratmen in Bafeng Mountain. Thinking of this, Ryan feels a headache.
What a difficult task.
The king just stood directly in the white snow, standing on the city wall, looking at the Eight Peaks Mountain in the distance, looking at a dream that was within reach, looking at countless powerful enemies and greenskin camps one after another.
Ryan reached out and touched the city wall of the stream outpost. The ancient stone city wall had been abandoned for thousands of years. The Knight King caressed the snow on the city wall, feeling the cold and the heavy history of the dwarves.
"I have seen this scene many times in my dreams, Brother Ryan." Belega appeared behind Ryan. The King of Eight Peaks Mountain slowly walked to the edge of the city wall. He looked from the battlements: "I dreamed
, the glorious age of the dwarves is back, I dreamed, just like
Just like thousands of years ago, the Titan Gate of Bafeng Mountain opened again. Countless caravans and travelers loaded with gold and goods came in and out. I dreamed that the heroic spirits of my ancestors whispered in my ears about the glory of the past, Ange.
The Lande clan is once again glorious and great."
"Now, this is the last step." Ryan nodded slightly: "But this step is the most difficult."
"We will win." Belegar also knew that words were of little use. The King of Eight Peaks looked at the Titan Gate: "Skarsnik is very cunning, and it will not give us a chance to fight in the field."
"Skarsnik is still cautious and cannot find any chance to lure it out to fight." Ryan grabbed a handful of snow and threw it out with force: "If it still can't be lured out, then we will do what we planned before. The supplies will be there soon.
It’s over, we can’t wait any longer.”
"Your Excellency François's army has arrived at Haimen Pass, right?" Bellega also said, Bafeng Mountain is like this, easy to defend and difficult to attack. This fortress that the dwarves once boasted would never fall has now become a dwarf.
The more difficult a place is to conquer, the more fatal it is that the expeditionary army lacks artillery shells and bullets and can only rely on bows, arrows and crossbows.
"Yes, we have arrived at Junku Castle, but there are not many people. We can't expect Francois and his army to teleport directly to the front line." Ryan frowned. It took them a long time to reach Bafeng Mountain from Haimen Pass.
For several months, even though they had cleared out the greenskins, allowing Francois to have relatively no worries, it was impossible to get Francois' support here immediately.
Speaking of this matter, Ryan got very interesting news from the fairy in the lake.
"Francois's army arrived, and he began his performance." Ryan swept away the snow, and the snowflakes fell on his hair. The knight looked at Bellega and said: "He only has three thousand people, but Skars
The information Nick received indicates that thousands of troops must have arrived at Haimen Pass, and the troops are still arriving in a steady stream."
"How did you do it, magic?" Belegar was a little curious. He waved his hammer and asked: "Brother Ryan, the greenskins only believe what they see with their own eyes, especially the cunning Skarsnik. What do you think?
It is impossible to deceive it through this method."
"We didn't lie to him." Ryan smiled very strangely: "Francois and Byrnov colluded. After the knight army arrived at Haimen Pass, they marched into Castle Castle with great fanfare. Three thousand knights hung a large number of flags.
The various Duke family coats of arms and the Holy Grail coat of arms are astonishing, and Francois even soared in the air on a Pegasus himself, discovering that any enemy would always land to attack, showing his power."
"After arriving at Junku Castle, the army left the city through the secret passage built by the dwarves. One day later, the knight army that returned to Haimen Pass immediately left Haimen Pass again openly and headed for Junku Castle in a mighty manner." Ryan
He smiled and said, "It's been like this for several days. Guess what news Skarsnik received?"
"Ho ho ho~ It must have heard the scout's report, saying that there are thousands of people with canned shrimps!" Belega immediately understood what Ryan meant, and he laughed: "There are so many of them that I can't even count them.
reinforcements, and they are still arriving at the front line, it must be restless now! Hesitating on how to solve it, I know Skarsnik, even as cunning as it is, it must be in a dilemma now! Fighting on two fronts,
Insufficient troops!"
"Obviously our plan worked. Skarsnik must not be sure how many reinforcements there are now." Ryan stood on the city wall and said to Belega: "In the past few days, the greenskins have been harassing the outpost.
, In fact, Skarsnik is afraid, it is afraid, it is afraid of us escaping, and wants us to stay here and not move, so that it can divide its troops to deal with Francois and his reinforcements."
"Oh haha, is this the reason why you have taken the initiative these days?" Belega heard and praised again and again: "Brother Ryan, I have to say that you are really responsible for killing and injuring those green bastards! You seized the opportunity.
"
"This is just one of them. The main purpose is to prevent Skarsnik from actually dividing his troops to deal with Francois and his reinforcements." Ryan smiled and said: "After all, even if François has the Army Castle in his hands,
The army only has five to six thousand people."
"Hey, after fighting like this a few times, that bastard Skarsnik and his army will definitely not dare to act rashly!" Belega nodded repeatedly: "Well done, Brother Lane, now we have to consider how to fight decisively."
"The plan is perfect." Ryan nodded. He looked back at the black smoke rising from the outpost with some worry, which was the wood pile and fire for heating: "The premise is that there is no accident."
"We must capture the Eight Peaks Mountain within two weeks. The supplies have been exhausted." Bellega sighed lowly: "Walaya has prepared everything for us, but there is no food. The only way to capture the Eight Peaks Mountain is to capture the Eight Peaks Mountain."
, we can get food support from Iron Peak Castle or...Eternal Peak from the Earthline Network, this is what Valaya told me."
"She should prepare an army for you." Ryan knew that Belega was joking, so he also joked: "There should also be several bearded veterans and iron-breaking warriors and hammer warriors sleeping in the temple to help you recover
Bafeng Mountain.”
"Hahaha~Brother Ryan, don't make fun of Valaya." Belega stroked his white beard, and the King of Eight Peaks said meaningfully: "Also, never underestimate Valaya's power, her power.
No weaker than your lady, your lady can give her followers the Holy Grail, and Valaya also has something to give me."
"Very good." Ryan and Belega fist bumped: "Let me get ready!"
The king walked down the city wall, and he inspected a circle of camps. The side of the stream outpost facing Bafeng Mountain was covered with heavy soldiers, and the other exit was the exit leading to Tiefengbao that had been abandoned for many years. Here
Theoretically there would be no enemies, so Ryan arranged for Durant and his independent group to be on guard here. There was indeed no movement for more than ten days.
After a round of inspection, Ryan returned to his house. At this time, Veronica had already gotten up. The Witch of Gloria was a little depressed. She had been raiding the greenskin camp with Ryan in the past few days and used a lot of magic power. Now...
It was snowing, affecting her mana reserves and spell-casting environment. After Ryan opened the door, he quickly closed it to prevent the wind and snow from coming in. He saw Veronica leaning on the bedside to warm up and drink coffee, and took the initiative to hold her hand and sit next to her.
: "You're up, don't you want to rest for a while?"
"I'm getting up now that I've slept enough." Veronica rolled her eyes at Ryan charmingly, and she leaned on Ryan's shoulder: "My great knight, great king, have you decided how to fight? You should still follow the original plan.
Have you made a plan?"
"Now it depends on whether Skarsnik plans to fight with us." Ryan nodded, and he put his arm around Veronica's shoulders: "At that time, we will still have to rely on the strength of you and Orika."
"I'm ready at any time, Master." The dark elf stood aside. She smiled sweetly and said, "I'll leave the magic power to you, Master."
"By the way, Ryan, Durant came here just now and left when he saw you weren't there." Veronica and Ryan were gentle for a few minutes, and then suddenly said: "I think he seems to have something to say, do you want it?"
Come over and take a look?"
"Okay, I'll go there now."
Ten minutes later, inside the military camp on the city wall to the east of the stream outpost, there was the camp where the independent regiment was stationed.
"My King, we need more medicine and winter clothes." Durant accompanied Ryan to inspect the camp of the Independent Regiment. The acting commander complained: "Also, the food reserves have also bottomed out.
, If this continues, we won't be able to survive this winter. Your Majesty, you can't let the soldiers fight hungry, can we get supplies from other places?"
"Do your best, Durant." Ryan inspected the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were gathering in the dwarf building to keep warm and cook: "The war is coming soon."
"Okay." Durant had no choice but to express his understanding.
Following the complex building structure, Ryan walked towards the outside of the building. Outside was the entire east wall of the stream outpost.
The doors made by dwarves are not short. They are usually very high, but often narrow. Ryan can just pass through by himself. He turned to Durant and said: "Is there any movement here recently?"
"There's nothing moving or worth reporting, my king." Durant said with some pride, and he followed Ryan: "I and my independent group are guarding this place, and no one can come in."
Ryan had just walked out of the gate. Before he could speak, the sight in front of him made his words stuck in his throat. The King of Knights looked at the spectacular military formation in front of him and nodded calmly: "Yes, what?"