Chapter 156, the Pervasive Plague, the Determination of the Sheep Orc High Priest, the Roar of the Rat War

On the vast grassland, the war did not lead to a long stalemate.

Even though the gap in strength between the two has reached a considerable degree.

Unexpectedly, the sheep beastman is seeking a decisive battle.

They can no longer endure a stalemate.

The sheep beastman faces many problems.

Plague, winter, and the army that is gradually becoming exhausted in the uninterrupted harassment.

Winter is coming, even if this four-season pasture has the towering mountains to resist part of the cold current, only sparse snow will fall.

Not even enough to completely submerge and cover the grassland.

But the cold that comes with it will also stop the grass from growing.

This period of time is the busiest time for all races on the grassland.

A large number of people must stockpile fodder day and night to deal with possible accidents, and the place to spend the winter must be selected.

Semi-permanent camps must be built on the most fertile grassland.

In order to cope with the cold winter.

However, the war with the rat people has greatly delayed the sheep beastman's winter preparations.

Even though the rat war had been suspended for a while, the small groups of ratmen that kept appearing were like locusts, constantly swarming into the depths of the grassland.

The sheep orcs were exhausted.

Running wildly on the grassland day and night, these wandering ratmen were too despicable.

Even if only one team was let go, it would easily lead to great disasters.

Some small tribes that had voluntarily gathered on the edge of the battlefield because of the prestige of the sheep orc high priest had begun to suffer casualties in the attacks of these ratmen.

Those cunning and despicable guys would quietly lurk and wait for the night to fall after discovering the sheep orc tribe.

The ratmen troops that could pass through the sheep orc knights' sweep were generally not large.

They were also unable to attack the sheep orc tribe head-on, even if these tribes were not large.

But you can give up the main thing and pursue the minor.

In the dark night, sneak into the tent or the sheepfold, set a fire, and in the flames, chaos was everywhere.

That was the opportunity.

Either they attack the old and young sheep orcs, and run all the way into the darkness after they succeed, or they scare the giant sheep and run around on them, attacking and pulling the lone giant sheep.

They won't get much. After the sweep of the sheep orc knights, these resisting rats will not be much of a threat compared to the tribes they attack.

But it is disgusting, and it keeps coming.

They appear in every possible and impossible corner like rats.

A little commotion and chaos began to spread behind the sheep orc army.

But these are just minor problems.

Even the urgent winter reserves are the same.

As long as they are ruthless and slaughter a large number of giant sheep, they can survive this winter even without reserves.

Sheep orcs are not pure vegetarians. To be precise, all orcs are omnivorous, and even in terms of preference, they are more carnivorous.

The same is true for sheep orcs.

Even though they cherish their giant sheep, it is because of the continuous production of goat milk. If a giant sheep is so old that it can no longer produce goat milk, it is reasonable to slaughter it.

This is the treatment of female giant sheep.

Male giant sheep have other functions, such as breeding, riding and eating.

Even Feng, the most honorable high priest among the sheep beastmen, may not be as good as the male giant sheep used for breeding.

Winter is the breeding season for giant sheep.

Large-scale slaughter of giant sheep at this time will bring great problems.

Next year's food will be extremely scarce, and even cause famine.

But for the high priest of the sheep beastmen, this is a problem that can be ignored for the time being.

The not-so-rich grasslands do not allow them to look far ahead, and they can only deal with the imminent crisis in front of them.

As for how to face the devastated world after defeating the ratmen with all their might.

It's nothing more than another war.

On the grassland, the old high priest Feng of the sheep beastmen looked far away at the Rat War surrounded by the Rat Army.

The two sides faced each other again.

Rat War's face still had the contempt and ridicule that was not concealed at all.

In fact, Rat War was indeed qualified to show such an expression.

It was not too long since the last battle between the two.

The army gathered by Rat War was even more exaggerated.

And the team under the sheep beastmen high priest was inevitably bleak.

Because of a sudden plague.

Winter has not really come yet, and the plague has already shown that it is difficult to suppress.

The sheep beastmen have no good way to deal with the plague.

This is a terrible disaster, but it will be suppressed and eliminated by another disaster.

Every major epidemic on the grassland will subside in the biting winter.

Winter is about to arrive, but it has not arrived after all.

But this unknown plague has begun to spread.

Diarrhea, vomiting, and when the condition becomes more serious, clusters of milky white mycelium will appear on the body, and eventually mushrooms will begin to grow all over the body.

This is an extremely terrifying scene.

It is also the only reason why the sheep orc high priest is so anxious.

Unknowingly, most of the sheep orc knights have been infected.

When this strange plague was discovered, it was already a little too late.

Too many plans had to be abandoned.

He didn't have many options left.

Persist until the arrival of winter, and pray for the plague to fade away in the cold.

While most of the warriors are still able to fight, fight a decisive battle with the rats.

If he was younger, Feng would not hesitate much.

He would choose the second option without hesitation.

But he is no longer young.

So he still chose the second option.

But he is no longer as confident and arrogant as when he was young.

Not daring to make a decision easily, the old sheep man summoned his warriors.

In the spacious tent.

Hesitantly expressed his thoughts, waiting for the thoughts of these young juniors in front of him.

The failure of the last battle against the rats made the old sheep man more hesitant.

But the trust and even encouragement were still cast on him.

So, he stood on the grassland again, facing the rat war from a distance.

The flag was raised.

This time, he was still so decisive.

He still led the charge.

The only difference was that this time, all the sheep orc knights followed him.

They all took down their scimitars.

There was no need for orders. When the flag started to move, the charge had already begun.

Forty thousand sheep orc knights rushed towards the enemy that was ten times their number.

This was a war that was almost impossible to win.

Yes, it was almost impossible to win, almost, not absolutely impossible.

Forty thousand sheep orc knights suddenly began to split into two troops, and thirty thousand sheep orc knights left the team and ran in another direction.

But the flag was left behind.

The high priest of the sheep orcs was gambling, gambling on a possibility, and also gambling on the only possibility that could be caught in a hurry.

He was betting on the rear of the rat army. Compared with his defense of the rear, the rats were the ones who really guarded the rear.

As long as the sheep orc army had the intention to advance to the rear of the rat camp, or even as long as the sheep orc army appeared near the rat camp, a large number of rat troops would be mobilized soon.

There seemed to be something crucial to the rats behind the camp.

That was enough.

The 30,000 sheep orc army bypassed the rat army and rushed straight to the rear of the rat army.

And 10,000 sheep orc knights gathered under the flag of the wind and charged towards the rat war.

The old Feng no longer lived up to his former pride and confidence.

This was an attempt, an attempt at the cost of his own life.

If he made a wrong bet, and the things behind the camp were not so important to the rats, then he would die on the way to charge, in the process of rushing towards the opposite leader.

The 30,000 sheep orc knights will also flee far away, immediately retreating into the grassland behind, and begin to migrate with the sheep orc tribes of all sizes on this grassland.

He has also chosen the place of migration.

Leaving this four-season grassland, heading to the center of the vast grassland, to the place where the wolf orcs are entrenched.

This is not a good choice.

Even if the sheep orcs who abandoned the grassland were accepted by the wolf orcs, they were destined to become slaves. Once, Feng knelt down before the young wolf king in servitude, just to prevent this scene from really happening.

He did it.

Feng used his pride and dignity to preserve the freedom and possibility for the sheep orcs. At least after that war, on this four-season pasture, the sheep orcs still competed with the argali tribe.

And now, Feng is still resisting the emergence of this possibility.

Even if the opponent is ten times more than himself, even if the hope is slim.

For a very ethereal concept, an illusory thing, a resolute charge.

Dignity and freedom?

He is indeed a true hero, a hero of the sheep orcs. The king cares about power, the warlord is nostalgic for war and conquest, and the hero is the purest.

But he is also the most stupid.

However, these guys can sometimes create miracles.

As long as the things behind the camp are important to the rats, as long as the things behind the camp make the rats unable to give up.

Then for the rat generals on the opposite side, there will only be one choice.

Return to help, send troops to intercept the sheep orc knights who are running towards the rear.

And the team sent out does not have many choices.

Because the infantry can't catch up with the running sheep knights.

Those who can only be sent out are the rat knights.

And what Feng has to do is also very simple. No matter what is in the rear that makes the rats so important, it is not his goal.

He needs to win this war, not in a way of mutual destruction, sacrificing himself, making the generals on the opposite side angry and incompetent.

The rat knights who were transferred away will bring him an opportunity, an opportunity that is slim but has a little possibility.

Kill the generals on the opposite side.

His vision was indeed very vicious. As long as he could kill Shu Zhan, no matter how large the number of the Eastern Expeditionary Force of the Ratman was, the defeat would happen almost instantly.

There was only one question.

Can he do it?

Feng, the high priest of the sheep orcs, was indeed a hero, but so was Shu Zhan.

Although Shu Zhan was a negative example compared to him, he was irritable, crazy, and cruel.

But Shu Zhan was still a hero, a hero who was loyal to his own desires, a despicable hero.

Did the high priest of the sheep orcs make the right bet?

He made the right bet.

When Shu Zhan saw the direction of the sheep orcs who were divided into troops, his face turned green.

Especially when he saw that the 30,000 sheep orc knights easily broke through the rat scavengers who were following the rat army like a dark cloud and left.

This group of chaotic and disunited guys had no other use except to be cannon fodder.

Shu Zhan's face suddenly became ugly.

Even though he was quite bold, he didn't dare to leave everything to the temple guards.

If there was really a problem.

The white rat would definitely not let him go.

And if the great god also cast his eyes on the white rat.

That would be the end.

Shu Zhan really didn't dare to gamble.

In the waving flag.

The rat knight was transferred by Shu Zhan.

Just as the wind expected, Shu Zhan didn't have many choices, so did Shu Zhan understand his intentions?

It's not difficult to guess.

He was not the first guy who blocked everything and rushed towards Shu Zhan.

Shu Zhan had only one comment on such a move.

Stupid!

Just like the red lizard, he just thought it was right to make sacrifices. If the damn red lizard didn't turn back before the furnace city.

Instead, he chose to ride the dragon away and ignored those lizardmen and snakemen, then now, he might still give Shu Zhan a headache.

The fire that was free of worries and controlled by the dragon was something that was quite difficult for Rat Zhan to deal with even if he mobilized more troops.

But the stupid red lizard chose to turn back.

And this damn old sheep man chose to charge at him resolutely.

This similar behavior made Rat Zhan feel disgusted, nauseous, and also aroused unreasonable anger.

Because he recalled some things he didn't want to remember, Rat Zhan's expression unconsciously took on a hint of hideousness and distortion.

"This look is really disgusting!

Who do you think you are!"

Rat Zhan gritted his teeth and said word by word.

He wanted to kill that guy and then peel off his skin to use as a cushion.

At this moment, a blood-red picture appeared behind Rat Zhan. It was his own phantom and the blessing of the gods.

Apart from the blessing of the white rat, which was like a joke, Rat Zhan was the only guy in the Rat Kingdom who really received the blessing of Du Yuan War.

Compared with the blessings of the Western Expeditionary Force and the Central Expeditionary Force gathered on the battle flag, Rat Zhan's blessing fell directly on him.

This is a huge difference.

The blood-red shadow looked down at everything in front of it, roaring angrily, and the ratmen warriors surrounding him became a little more restless for no reason.

Their eyes were red.