Chapter 327, Skarni Raises an Army, Bellegar Cuts His Beard and Abandons His Robe

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The Eight Peaks Mountain, which the Angrund clan has always dreamed of, is now close at hand, but Bellegar feels that the burden on his shoulders is getting heavier.

He was born in the sanctuary of the Black Mountains three hundred years ago. He is a direct descendant of the first king of Angrund, Luen. At that time, the Angrund clan was already in decline. Apart from inheriting the artifact of Angrund's Hammer from his ancestors, Bellegar only inherited an endless legacy of hatred, a book of hatred that couldn't fit, and a man who was almost crushed by the weight of the years. Restoring the desperate dwarf clan of Mount Bafeng.

Belgar knew very well that if this continues, the Angrund clan is doomed to decline, and the dwarves are not a race that can exist as a nomadic tribe. Only by recovering the Eight Peaks Mountain from the hands of the green skins can the Angrund clan be rejuvenated.

About eighty-five years ago, Bellegar made the first attempt to retake Mount Eight Peaks.

He lost this battle very badly. Under his carelessness, the entire expeditionary army was defeated, and Bellegar was almost spared. After two weeks of defeat, King Angrond, who was living in the wilderness, gathered together. Hundreds of defeated soldiers set foot on the return journey.

Afterwards, he spent thirty years preparing again. He personally went to the Eternal Peak to ask the Dwarf High King for help, borrowed a powerful army, and once approached the main castle, but in the end he was still defeated by the tide of green skins. The next rout.

Because it is too difficult to attack Bafeng Mountain.

Bafeng Mountain is located inside the bowl-shaped mountain range, surrounded by eight peaks, each of which has a unique name. Because the peaks are too high, no army in the surface world has the ability to climb the peaks, so this place was chosen as Ange The kingdom capital of the Land clan, the fortresses and city walls made by the dwarves in the past have become a lingering nightmare for the dwarves. The majestic and majestic main castle, Bellegar's army needs to break through more than a dozen lines of defense, and the green plague in Eight Peaks Mountain will not let Bellegar and his army succeed easily.

Most urban areas are deep into the mountains. The vast majority of the city is carved out of rocks, and there are gorgeous and magnificent squares and royal halls inside, and countless leyline network roads, and in the dark leyline network roads, a large group of Skaven squirrels are entrenched there. .

The second expedition failed, and Bellegar learned his lesson again. He spent decades rearranging his armaments, accommodating broken soldiers, and raising funds. He learned almost all the siege methods he could learn. The elite will surrender or collapse under his attack.

Now the king of Angrund, who proclaimed himself King of Eight Peaks, returned again with his army,

A third expedition was launched towards his homeland.

This time, Bellegar made the most elaborate preparations.

He didn't directly attack the gate of Bafeng Mountain, because Bellega, who was familiar with the geographical environment of Bafeng Mountain, knew that even if his army could break through the gate, there were still more than a dozen checkpoints waiting for him.

Bellega first led the 8,000 expeditionary army to attack everywhere, and successively wiped out several small green-skinned tribes entrenched near the Eight Peaks Mountain.

A piece of good news was learned by the dwarves, that is, the leader of the Green Goblin Xieyue Clan who proclaimed himself the warrior of Bafeng Mountain, Skarsnik had something to lead his elite troops out, and he was not in Bafeng Mountain now.

Seeing this, Bellegar immediately started his own plan.

First of all, Bellegar ordered not to kill all the greenskin tribes that were wiped out, but to leave a few smart goblins, let them go back one by one to report the failure and the appearance of the dwarf expeditionary army to the remaining army on Eight Peaks Mountain .

When these survivors poured into the gate of Bafeng Mountain and reported the news of the defeat, the goblin warlords who were stationed in Bafeng Mountain were very angry on the one hand, and felt extremely scared on the other hand. They kept shouting The bearded enemy came, and the scene was very chaotic. For several days, survivors kept coming to the gate to ask for reinforcements, so the morale of the goblin defenders gradually weakened.

Bellegar waited patiently for three days, and the Dwarven Expeditionary Army finally launched an attack.

Siege vehicles, siege towers, battering rams, tunnels, artillery, Bellegar can easily find the weakest point of the enemy's defense as long as he inspects the enemy's city walls, and the dwarf miners will dig trenches and tunnels to slowly approach the fortress , and then poured into the fortress under the cover of artillery and detonators. At the same time, dwarf miners will also use soil to build high platforms and protective walls. Dwarf thunder gunners and rangers can effectively suppress the fire attack on the city wall. The goblins in command quickly collapsed, and Bellega successfully broke through the gate of Eight Peaks Mountain.

After winning the first battle, Bellega was not dazzled by the victory. He knew the difficulty of retaking the Eight Peaks Mountain. Under his command, the dwarves built a large number of fortifications and advanced steadily, defeating the Xieyue clan.

It took more than half a month for Belega's army to defeat the Xieyue clan's counterattacks several times, break through five lines of defense in a row, and also established a base in the mining town at the foot of Bafeng Mountain, aiming at the sentry tower halfway up the mountain.

Everything seems to be going very well.

But when Bellegar was in the midst of a fierce battle in Eight Peaks Mountain, the leader of the Xieyue clan, the self-proclaimed "Eight Peaks Mountain Warrior" Skarsnik returned.

Skarsnik is a cunning goblin warlord. He is one of the very few goblins who can ascend to the leadership position in the orc-goblin-fart third-class system in the green skins. The cunning and malevolent nature of Skarsnik is the capital of success, relying on the help of a giant cave Squig "Gobra", within the evil moon clan, orcs can only become the minions of goblins.

Many orcs have tried to resist the rule of Skarsnik, and without exception, they have become the food in the belly of Squig "Gobula". lead.

But now, Skarsnik, who returned from the expedition, heard the news from the boys that the bearded enemy is coming!

"Hey, those who can fight, those who can shoot, I came back this time and caught a lot of Squigs~ Since such a bearded enemy is here, wouldn't it be more fun?" Skarsnik laughed presumptuously. : "Hee hee hahaha~ here we come! Life is always full of surprises!"

"Boys! Come with me! Let's compete with the bearded enemies!" Skarsnik raised his sword: "We will make these short guys pay the price, and the legs of the short guys Stubby and short, it might take them a long time to catch up to us!"

"Waaaaaaaaaagh!" Skarsnik raised his sword, breathing out the power to fuck Second Brother Mao.

Behind it were thousands of Night Goblin fanatics, as many as tens of thousands of Orcs and Goblin Boys, more than 800 Squig riders, and a giant forest spider!

"waaagh!"

"waaaaaaaaaagh!"

"waaaaaaaaaagh!"

The green tide finally spread again under Skarsnik's call.

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When Bellegar tried to attack the watchtower on the mountainside, he keenly felt that the greenskin's attack was a little different.

After laying down five lines of defense in half a month, the Dwarf Expeditionary Army once saw the hope of recovering Bafeng Mountain.

But the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.

The Greenskins no longer used Orcs or a large group of Goblins to charge forward, but used segmented detours and repeated harassment by a large number of Goblin Squig riders and Goblin Warg Riders to block the dwarves' advance.

At this time, the dwarves exposed their biggest weakness - slow speed and very low mobility. When the green skin troops gave up the frontal onslaught and resorted to repeated harassment and outflanking methods, the dwarves had no way to chase and eliminate them. Greenskin mobile unit.

Because even the lowest-level grit among the green skins can run at the same speed as the fastest ranger among the dwarves, let alone other troops. With the repeated harassment of the green skins, Bellegar and his expeditionary army can fight again and again. Retreat them, but they can't be annihilated, and they can't catch up. Once the dwarves blindly pursue and meet the counterattack of the green skins, they are very easy to be outflanked and wiped out by the green skins in turn, and they can't escape.

After fighting like this for a day, the Dwarf Expeditionary Army suffered a lot of losses.

It would be great if we could have a powerful cavalry to help us, Bellegar thought distressedly, he had already thought of countermeasures, but the dwarves have no cavalry, and it is inevitable that they will be at a disadvantage when facing the green-skinned cavalry.

"Don't chase after the enemy blindly! Pay attention to the protection of the flanks, use artillery and muskets to attack the invading enemy! Tighten your position!" Bellega immediately issued his command: "Slow down, advance layer by layer!"

"Roar!"

According to Bellegar's command, the Dwarf Expeditionary Army tightened their positions, continuously building fortifications and advancing layer by layer, stabilizing the situation.

However, the fatal problem of the dwarf army has not been solved. If they can't catch up, they can't catch up. The too slow speed makes Belegar's army lose the initiative, and the initiative to fight is transferred from the dwarves to the greenskins.

Such was Skarsnik's plan, that the dwarven armies dared not leave the protection of their musketeers, rangers, and cannons, harassed by Goblin Squig riders and Goblin Warg riders.

Now, the dwarves have begun to become passive in the battle situation.

The goblin wolf cavalry harassed the outside, the dwarf expeditionary army was crushed and beaten in the fortifications, and the front and rear response was poor. The goblin dive bomber installed those farts on the catapult, and let them adjust themselves in the air by adding simple canvas wings direction, holding gunpowder and using suicide attacks to destroy the dwarven fortifications.

This move was beyond the expectations of the dwarves. The dwarves, who dared not leave the fortifications, were completely unaware of the situation outside. After several days of fierce fighting, the morale of the dwarf expeditionary army gradually declined, the advancing speed became slower and slower, and the reserves of shells began to decrease. few.

To make matters worse, many dwarf armies began to have opinions. They believed that the glory of the dwarves was not to hide behind the fortifications, but to bravely go out and fight the greenskins one-on-one. This kind of voice became more and more popular in the dwarf army. At this time, the weakness of the expeditionary army formed by Bellegar was finally exposed to Skarsnik.

That is discord.

Belgar's expeditionary force is mainly composed of refugees from the Angrund clan and warriors from other kingdoms. For the refugees from the Angrund clan, they have a blood feud with the green skins. They can't stand behind the fortifications for a long time dodge.

The warriors of other dwarf kingdoms were hired by Belega through speeches and large sums of money, and even verbally promised to share the wealth after recovering the Eight Peaks Mountain.

Now that these are all gone, how can they bear it?

After continuing to fight for a few more days, Bellegar began to feel the heavy pressure. The shells of the artillery, the crossbow bolts of the dwarf rangers, and the bullets of the musketeers were running out. Goblins harassed endlessly. Bollinger Catapult attack destroyed.

The morale of the dwarves began to falter, and in this case, Bellegar was forced to agree to leave the fortifications and come out to fight with Skarsnik and his Luna Horde.

This was exactly in the hands of Skarsnik. The Goblin warlord finally got what he wanted. Under his orders, thousands of greenskin troops surrounded the Dwarf Expeditionary Army from all directions.

Days of hard work, lack of ammunition, and the low morale of the dwarf expeditionary force were submerged by the green tide. Although the dwarves were good at resisting and fought bravely, they still couldn't withstand the onslaught of the green skins. They were defeated and forced to abandon the defense at the foot of the mountain. Fortifications, retreat towards the gate.

However, the speed of the dwarves was too slow, and they were quickly overtaken by the greenskin army.

In order to cover the retreat of the expeditionary army, part of the dwarf army launched a desperate countercharge towards the greenskin army.

"My king, we're covering you! Run away!" A group of hammer warriors from the Angrund clan charged the greenskin tribe wave after wave, trying to delay the greenskin army's attack.

Seeing that his expeditionary army was being defeated, Bellegar's heart was pierced, so he had to run wildly for his life. The king of Anglund looked up and saw that a large group of night goblin fanatics had blocked the way of the dwarven expeditionary army's retreat.

On the left, hundreds of Orc Boys and Goblin Squig Riders.

On the right, there are hundreds of goblin warg cavalry.

Right behind him, there were at least 20,000 goblin boys and a large group of orcs, and Skarsnik even sent his two personal guards, "Bafengshan Warrior General's Boy" and "Bafengshan Madman" On the battlefield.

"We are surrounded!" A dwarf cried out loudly: "Grannie! Please give strength to your descendants!"

"We can't escape!"

"Fight! Fight to the last man!"

The dwarven expeditionary army fell into deep turmoil, and the green skin tide in all directions gradually eroded and submerged the dwarf expeditionary army.

Belegar fled in a panic under the cover of the personal guards, and the king of Angrund couldn't help crying. He made very detailed preparations for this expedition, but in the end it was so easy to lose, and the power of the clan had already declined. Well, if things go on like this, how long will it take to recover Bafeng Mountain?

Thinking of this, Bellegar's tears couldn't stop streaming down. He saw many dwarf warriors using their own flesh and blood to stop the greenskin army. The hammer warriors were launching wave after wave of desperate charges to cover the retreat of their compatriots. Both the Dwarf Ranger and the Dwarf Ranger were forced to fight in close quarters, and then were massacred by the Greenskins. In order to prevent the Greenskins from getting the dwarves' siege weapons, the Cannon Team detonated the powder kegs and killed countless Greenskins rushing up.

On the high platform not far away, Skarsnik was directing the battle, and it immediately spotted Belgar with sharp eyes. The cunning goblin warlord immediately shouted: "The one in the blue cloak ! The short mound with the red hammer on it is Belgar!"

Bellegar's heart sank when he heard it. He knew exactly what the end would be in Skarsnik's hands. All the dwarves captured by the green skins would have their beards and hair shaved off, and a green skin tattoo would be branded on their foreheads. It was worse for the dwarves than killing them, and the dwarves who were done so would become mentally abnormal and could never recover.

The king of the Angrund clan quickly threw his cloak on the ground, and led his personal guards to continue fleeing for his life.

"Ahhh!" Skarsnik shouted angrily when he saw that the greenskins rushed towards the cloak and let Belegar escape, "That bearded one is Belegar!!!"

Hearing Skarsnick's order, the greenskins dropped their cloaks and began searching for the bearded dwarf in the chaotic battlefield.

When Bellegar heard this, he quickly pulled out his short knife and cut off his beard, keeping it about the same length as a normal dwarf. The king of the Angrund clan couldn't control it anymore.

Cutting off the beard is a disgrace that cannot be washed away, but living is the most important thing! Otherwise, the mission of recovering Bafeng Mountain will never be realized!

The target was lost again, and the greenskins couldn't find the dwarf with a particularly long beard, and they fought on their own again.

"Ahhh! Idiot!" Skarsnik jumped angrily: "The one with the medium-length beard is Bellegar!"

"???" The green skins were stunned, and the movements of their hands stopped just like that.

The battlefield is full of dwarves with medium-length beards.

The greenskins' attack stopped instantly, and all the greenskins didn't understand what the boss meant, so relying on this opportunity, Bellega led two thousand remnants out of the encirclement, and fled towards the gate of Bafeng Mountain.

"Idiot! Idiot!" Skarsnik was about to lead his troops to pursue, when a mine collapsed suddenly on the mountainside.

"boom!"

Everyone was stunned by this turn of events.

Groups of Ratman troops rushed out of the big hole like a tsunami, they tore the Greenskin army into two pieces on the spot, and the Xieyue clan was defeated by the Ratmen by surprise.

In the dark green mine, a red-headed ratman warlord was chattering endlessly.

"Yesyes! The beard thing, already die, die! Small, small green leather thing, will be torn and shredded by our big, big, big devil mouse empire, yesyes! Attack!"

Thousands of ratman troops joined the battlefield and attacked the greenskin army from the side. The Xieyue clan was attacked by surprise and suffered heavy losses.

"No, it's not good! Boss! It's the rat, the rat man!" The goblin shaman shouted at Skarsnik: "The rat, the rat man is coming to attack us!"

"Quick! It's Quick! Tell the boys to stop chasing the dwarf! Come back and hunt the mice!" Skarsnik was extremely angry, and it shouted: "Shoot the mice first!"

"yes!"

At this time, Bellega gathered the remaining 3,000 remnants of the expeditionary army and had fled for a short distance. In the distance, the Xieyue clan and the Ratman army were fighting fiercely.

"My king! It's the Ratmen, they have attacked the Xieyue clan! The green skins have no time to control us for the time being!" A Iron Breaker warrior shouted at Bellegar: "Take advantage of this opportunity, retreat quickly! "

"Retreat! Retreat!"