Chapter 998, the Hunter Is Finally the Prey

Chapter 997, hunter, finally prey

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The "Wise Daughters" haunted the camp of François' Second Army. They skillfully brewed herbs and took out ointments to smear the sick people's bodies.

Sick Breton soldiers said they were feeling better.

But the group is also terrified by the three "Wise Daughters."

These wise women are also witches who master magic, but what they master is different from ice magic, but a kind of magic similar to shaman. The ability to master a small portion of magic while corrupted.

Of course, there is a price to be paid, and it is impossible for wise women to be completely immune to the corruption of chaos. They have paid their own youth and appearance as the price. As long as every wise woman embarks on this path, it will not take a few days Turning into an old, ugly, feeble crone was the only way to make Chaos uninterested in them.

For example, this wise woman who is stewing medicine for a soldier, her wrinkled skin sets off strands of rotten white hair, her mouth is full of black teeth, her limbs are twisted like branches, and the corners of her eyes are wrinkled one after another. The white of the middle eye occupies the majority, and the eyeballs are even scarlet, which made the Breton soldier tremble endlessly in fright.

"Drink it, drink it, drink this, and you won't feel bad." The wise woman held a bowl of bubbling medicine with her withered hands like a branch, and the inside of the bowl exuded a stench and a strange purple color. light.

The sick Lord Knight's face turned green. He took the bowl and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't finish it.

"Drink, this is your destiny." The wise girl laughed endlessly, she opened her mouth, and strong bad breath came out from her black teeth: "In our land, you outsiders must learn to respect The earth, only in awe of it can survive here, hehehehe~"

In the end, Master Knight could only curse inwardly, Ma'am, he gritted his teeth, pinched his nose, picked up the bowl, and drank it all. To his surprise, the potion was not only not bitter in his mouth, but also There is also a scent of licorice.

After taking a bowl of medicine, I couldn't help but feel better, and even my body temperature dropped.

Similarly, on the other side, a group of Kislevkesa warriors were wolfing down together, eating fat chicken and delicious soft barley bread. Right in front of them was a large pot with corn and vegetable soup.

Now the gang is starving,

Francois managed to take some of the army rations and provided them to Mrs. Kesler. In order to avoid the search and looting of the Chaos army, this group of people had been hiding in the camp deep in the forest for two or three months. They ate dry food and drank ice and snow water to survive, and rarely dared to light a fire. Occasionally, if they were lucky, they would catch a little game.

Francois asked Vladimir: "God, I really can't imagine how you hid."

"The Chaos army didn't search carefully, they just passed by most of the time." Vladimir was riding on the giant bear. The Ursun priest was very strong, and he said calmly but full of hatred: "We know now .”

Francois nodded slightly when he heard the words. The father-in-law knew that Motkin hated the Oster people to the bone, but he had no feeling for Mrs. Kisler. The Chaos army ran over the entire border of Kislev, and After spending too much time burning, killing and looting, Motkin continued to urge the army to advance. In fact, many Kislev refugees should have taken the opportunity to hide in the depths of the forest and mountains and survived.

At first, the group actually had no intention of leaving their hidden camp.

Especially this one named Vladimir, his attitude is very tough, he thinks Mrs. Kisler does not need anyone's help, he will lead Mrs. Kisler back to her homeland.

At first, Francois thought that this young Priest Ursun, who was only in his thirties, was kidding himself.

But after seeing the troops assembled by this man, Francois quickly realized that the other party was not simple.

This Ursun priest named Vladimir has established a military organization in the forest. This military organization is composed of these people: veterans, Ugor tribesmen, Kislev southern mountain people and forest hunter organizations, Brother Ursun, the bear god, a small number of Kerim guards, and a small group of Keza warriors.

Under the call of this Priest Esun, the leaders and tribal elders in several nearby camps gradually united to protect themselves, and gradually unified under the command of this guy. He already has several Hundreds of soldiers.

To put it simply, what this Priest Esun means is: We appreciate your kindness, thank you, but we don’t need it, we can restore our homeland by ourselves.

But the cunning François asked two questions very simply.

Well said, how many years are you going to take to recover the entire territory of Kislev? Also, you are now letting the army disperse to solve the food problem individually, what will happen when you grow larger?

Then, Francois went on to say: "You don't have to come out now, you can hide in your comfortable little nest and enjoy the rare peace and freedom, and we Bretons, in order to recover Kislev and fight to drive Chaos out of the Old World."

"At that time, when others ask about you, how will you answer?"

"What were you doing when Motkin's army swept Kislev? You were hiding in the forest."

"When the Imperial and Britannian armies defeated the Chaos army in Wolfenburg and drove the Chaos Eternal Chosen to commit suicide, what were you people doing? You were hiding in the forest."

"When the Britannian knights started the Northern Expedition, planning to help Mrs. Keesler regain her homeland and drive out the evil, what were you doing? You were still hiding in the forest."

"When our army enters Erengrad..." At this point, Vladimir's face was already livid: "That's enough, you don't need to say any more, I just need to ask you, Britannians Are you really going to help us rebuild the country?"

"I swear in the name of the lady, we really intend to do so. Although our strength is limited, at least we plan to recover Erlengrad. As for the others, we will talk about it later."

The Ursun priest immediately decided to send troops.

With the help of the local residents, François's second army was relieved to a great extent. His army immediately found a better camping position under the guidance of the hunters. At the same time, the path in the forest And shortcuts were provided to the Bretons, which made the troublesome logistical transportation smoother, and the medicines and indigenous methods of the locals also helped the sick in the army.

Similarly, the logistics and equipment brought by the Britannian army were also provided to the group of Mrs. Kisler in a small amount. Vladimir obtained a batch of weapons and equipment as he wished. A friendship was formed.

And Francois had just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he was about to move his camp, the Kislev hunter, who was familiar with the forest, brought the most precious news—a chaotic army was heading towards the interior of the forest. .

Something happened to the patrol! Francois immediately judged that the Duke immediately ordered the entire Brotherhood of Champion Knights of Quinalis to gather to discuss how to deal with this chaotic army that came.

The natives of Kislev also hated Chaos madly, Vladimir thought twice and decided to join Francois' army.

At this time, the Chaos Vanguard Army was less than 20 kilometers away from Francois' camp.

A day later, the barbarian chieftain and champion warrior from Norsca, Winne, led a Norscan warband to approach the camp of François first, and the closest distance to other Chaos warbands and warbands was here. five kilometers away.

Now Tzeentch's chosen Hal-Eternal Eye overestimated his commanding ability and prestige. Without Motkin, he had to spend a lot of energy to gather an army of more than 13,000 people, and It was just a gathering. When the champions of chaos and the barbarian chiefs learned where François's camp was, not many people were willing to listen to the command of Hal-Eye of Eternity. They were chaotic, disorderly, and competed Speed, scrambling to rush into the forest.

Chief Winne and his battle group were already tired, hungry and thirsty after the rapid march. Yes, Chaos Warriors and those Chaos Demons theoretically do not need logistics, but some barbarians still desire and need delicious food and sweets. A mellow wine, which pleases the barbarians.

Chief Winne was soon in front of François' camp, and hordes of Norscan marauders, led by a handful of Chaos warriors, were pounding excitedly at the camp gates.

It looks like the cowardly Southerners have all escaped! The supplies they left behind are everywhere in the camp, and what makes everyone even more excited is that they found wine in many places!

liquor! Cowardly southerners brew fine wine! wow~

It's right to rush over!

The barbarian war group immediately relaxed their vigilance, and they began to rush for all kinds of supplies. Every barbarian frantically loaded things on themselves, while the most elite barbarian champion warriors began to drink wine, Bretta Many of Nia's red wines froze under the ice and snow, and Chief Winner even broke open the glass bottles with his hands, frantically licking the frozen wine with his tongue.

Now, these barbarians are like beasts that have lost their minds.

The hunter becomes the prey.

Crazier beasts followed. In the forest, in all directions, the Britannian army and a small number of Mrs. Keesler appeared with endless anger.

Francois rode his beloved Pegasus himself. The Duke descended from the sky and announced the judgment from the fairy of the lake. The Norsca chief came down in a hurry and subconsciously picked up a spear from his hand and stabbed the Pegasus in the abdomen. Francois just raised his unicorn sword.

An extremely dazzling bright light burst out from the blade of the sword, burning the eyes of Chief Wennei instantly paralyzed and blind. When the chief stretched out his hands to cover his eyes, his head and hands had been cut off by Ryan's father-in-law.

The champion knights of Quinaris then rushed into the camp, chopping melons and vegetables,

In addition to being surrounded by enemies and losing the chief in an instant when the battle started, coupled with the absolute numerical disadvantage, the Norsca war group immediately became a mob. They were trapped in the camp and then slaughtered.

Vladimir rode a giant bear, and with the half-moon battle ax in his hand, he slashed a Chaos warrior and six barbarian warriors. Priest Ursun watched as the Brotherhood of Champion Knights of Quinalis relied on only two dozen foot knights After slaughtering two hundred barbarians, his expression was complicated: "Today I really understand the strength of the Britannia."

"There is no time to talk, we must clean up the battlefield immediately." Francois put away his sword: "This is the first Chaos warband, and this is by no means the end."

An hour later, another Chaos warband was wiped out here, and the Chaos Champion Egg, the Voyager, had his head and chest split open by Gerald.

Two and a half hours later, the third wave of Chaos army was wiped out here, and two Norsca battle gangs were blown into the sky by the explosives planted in advance. Radimir sliced ​​into pieces with a big axe.

Five hours later, when Tzeentch's Chosen Hal-Eye of Eternity approached with the thousands of Chaos troops he could control, what he saw was a terrifying and extremely disturbing scene. They were all the corpses of the barbarians. The crows and vultures greedily pecked at the corpses of the Chaos vanguard army. Hal didn't know how many Chaos troops were lost in this camp, but he knew that the situation was not good, Hal immediately ordered the rear troops Change the front team and retreat out of the forest.

Hal's reaction was quick, but the wise and resourceful Francois, with the help of Mrs. Kisler, had already set up an ambush on Hal's retreating path and stormed the rearguard of the Chaos remnant army.

A few hours later, the rear guard arranged by Hal was almost defeated. It was not until several Chaos Warlocks sacrificed their lives to summon a Chaos demon army that they forced François to retreat temporarily and rescued the rear guard.

Now there are only more than 8,000 people left when the chaotic remnant army of more than 13,000 people escaped from the forest.

Tzeentch Godchosen ordered the army to retreat to the city of Zorn, located on the south bank of the Linsk River and upstream of Erengrad.

Hal's prestige is a huge problem, the Chaos army is in disarray as soon as they leave the forest, many small warbands and skirmishers refuse to follow this Motkin's lieutenant, they scatter to find supplies or go as they please .

Most of the small groups of barbarians encountered the chasing cavaliers and the army under Vladimir's command. The scattered barbarians were quickly caught up and slaughtered by the pursuers. Some of them were cut down or stabbed. Bleeding and abandoned in the ice and snow waiting to be frozen to death, some were simply arrested and handed over to Mrs. Keesler. The angry Mrs. Keesler chopped them into pieces to comfort the dead compatriots and the victims. Homeland destroyed.

Four days later, Hal-Eye of Eternity and his army finally arrived at the ruins of Zorn City. Although there were only more than 6,000 troops left, the Eye of Eternity still spent a lot of money to gather this army and preserve the establishment. With so much energy, he thought he could stay here for a while, but bad news came one by one, so the Eye of Eternity had to order to continue retreating.

The Bretanians are attacking everywhere. In the east, Behemond's Third Army has defeated the Slaanesh champion Stiga army in the upper reaches of Zorn City, and in the west, Lawn's First Army has also recovered Schofield Castle. Khorne's Chosen Scar-Bloodfury was seriously injured again, and his army fled directly to the sea to Norsca. The situation is getting worse and worse.

The encirclement is gradually tightening, and what's more terrible is that the guards of Knight King Ryan and Imperial Lady Emilia are also coming quickly.

However, Tzeentch God's Choice had a thorough understanding of the situation but lacked decisiveness. He hesitated and stayed in Zorn City for five days, and did not make up his mind to retreat until he confirmed that he could not get any reinforcements.

How could Francois miss this opportunity?

While the Chaos army was still in a daze in the ruins of Zorn City, the old man's army had already marched along the path quickly with the help of Kislev's locals, and even more so in Kislev, who was familiar with the local geographical environment. With the help of the fishermen, they found an ice-covered shoal strong enough to go around in front of Hal.

When the Chaos army set out to continue trying to retreat to the north bank of the Linsk River, François' 15,000-strong army was already on the opposite bank.

Thus began the Battle of Linsk River.

The two sides fought for three days and three nights in the knee-deep snow. In order to cover the retreat of the God Chosen, two teams of Tzeentch warriors who believed in the falcon god, three teams of barbarian marauder champion warriors, a total of more than 400 Chaos Knights and More than six hundred barbarian marauder elite riders and three wolf warbands, including the notorious "Maw of the Wild" warband, launched a suicidal charge against the solid Breton line, and almost all of them were killed. off.

After three days and three nights, a gap was opened in François' solid front, and the remnants of Chaos rushed through the blockade desperately and fled northwestward. Francois gave up chasing at the last moment, because he He and his army have been extremely exhausted and suffering from heavy snow, low temperature and continuous fighting.

Deep down in his heart, the old man was unwilling to fight to the death, he did not want the Britannian army to suffer too much loss.

Both sides in the Battle of Linsk River suffered a lot of casualties. François's army lost more than 2,000 people, most of whom died not in battle, but from disease and severe cold.

The loss of the Chaos Army was even greater. When Tzeentch's Chosen finally broke through the blockade and fled into the Greenwald Forest, there were only more than 800 people left in the team of more than 6,000 people, and all the cavalry were lost. and most monster troops.

Francois finally got his own glory as he wished.

In early April, François' Second Corps and Vladimir's Army arrived in the deserted Ohrengrad, officially announcing the city's recapture from Chaos!

The heraldic banners of lions, unicorns and irises are flying above Erengrad!