Volume 2 Spread Wings Chapter 227 Reiner's Plan
"So to sum up, the situation is a bit unfavorable for us at the moment."
After listening to Reiner's words and looking at the map on the wall, Master almost had the urge to roll his eyes. This was not just a disadvantage, it was simply being chased and beaten by the opponent!
There are more than two hundred God-chosen heroes in Beast Blood. Even if each of them has only 100 troops under his command, that is an army of 20,000, not to mention the even larger number of green-skinned natives.
Unfortunately, the high elves currently only have about two thousand low-level troops here, and they have to defend multiple villages separately. They have no way to launch any counterattack.
If it weren't for another important military stronghold, Fort Worrag, which was only a dozen or twenty miles away from this village, the greenskins would be somewhat fearful. There also seemed to be a deep abyss rift there, so they distracted their attention a little. I'm afraid they would have almost reached Ashridge Town by now?
But despite this, Reiner always has to bring his Dragon Prince and Silver Helmet Knights with him every time he travels, otherwise they might be attacked by the greenskins at any time.
Under such circumstances, he actually dared to lead his troops to participate in the battle of Black Castle. It can only be said that he was really brave.
Reiner sighed again: "Although I have ordered the villagers to evacuate many times and concentrate on defense, those half-elves are very reluctant to give up their land."
In the colony, except for three important strongholds, other villages are mostly inhabited by half-elves, occasionally mixed with some humans who have come to seek refuge. Because the high elves hardly rely on taxes from ordinary small villages, these humans can often live better in their own territories.
But compared to pure-blooded elves, their talents and lifespans are much worse. Even after years of development and reproduction, many half-elves have become pure farmers, regarding the land as their second life, which he cannot completely reverse.
"What about the reinforcements?"
Reiner shook his head slightly. "We just captured the Black Castle. We can't send too many reinforcements in a short period of time. Even if some came, they would basically assist in defending the village, and..."
He then changed the subject: "If our reinforcements are responsible for all the enemies, then what is the meaning of our existence? Is it just defense?"
Master and the Lightforged were both stunned. They saw the light flashing in each other's eyes, like a flame, which represented unwillingness, anger, and even ambition.
It's not just these God-chosen heroes who are looking for opportunities to become stronger, so are the indigenous people.
Levi also saw something: "Reiner, if you have any ideas, just tell me, they are all my friends."
Master and the Lightforged naturally nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, then I'll be frank. The greenskins have been using some sinister tricks recently, such as cutting off their food supplies and besieging their defenses. Originally, my troops were insufficient, but now I want to take the initiative and use these tricks on them."
Although it is a magical world, the daily rations, arrows and other consumables of the thousands of troops stationed in the village, as well as weapons and armor that are worn out daily, and even the wood and stone used to repair buildings, etc., of course, cannot all be transported through the space ring.
Therefore, even the High Elves, whose magic was highly developed, had their teams transporting supplies intercepted and robbed by the Greenskins.
But after studying for so many days, Reiner began to have a new idea. Since the greenskins dared to do this, could he also use the same method?
At least the number of space rings of the greenskins is definitely not as many as that of the high elves, and they will rely more on normal transportation!
Levi and others were immediately tempted. In fact, they didn't have any detailed ideas originally, but the idea proposed by Reiner was very feasible. What's more important was that if they plundered the enemy's supply team, the spoils would definitely be very rich!
However, this mission is also very dangerous, after all, it requires going deep into the enemy's territory.
Although each village is basically more than ten miles apart, Beast Blood Boiling has more than two hundred God-chosen heroes, and you may encounter each other even if you walk a few miles, not to mention the many green-skinned natives.
Therefore, what Reiner proposed now should only be a general idea, rather than asking them to do it immediately, otherwise that would be just suicide.
After a brief pause, Levi continued, "So what do we need to do now?"
Reiner said without hesitation: "First, attack two or three frontline villages to find the enemy's weaknesses, and then concentrate our forces to launch a fierce attack. It would be best if we can capture them, but if the enemy's resistance is too strong, then we will pretend to retreat and lure them out. I will lead the troops to launch a surprise attack from the side."
It can be seen that he had been thinking about this plan for a long time.
Levi and the others nodded. That was fine. No matter what , they needed to weaken the enemy's strength first. Otherwise, the God-chosen hero alone would have tens of thousands of troops under his command. If they fought a head-on battle, they would not be able to win with their existing strength.
Although the longer it takes, the more indigenous people and God-chosen heroes will come to help, but as Reiner just said, the credit will not be theirs by then!
After finalizing some details, they left behind a few chosen heroes to assist in the defense and then started their journey. The Lightforged went northwest, Master went northeast, and Levi went due north, just enough to attack three villages at the same time.
The number of his troops is much smaller than that of the other two directions, but the average strength of his troops is undoubtedly the first. Even if he encounters three or five ordinary green-skinned God-chosen heroes, he is not afraid at all, and can even defeat the opponent in turn.
Of course, the most important thing is that Reiner is following him.
The troops he brought this time were relatively small, but there were 2 squads of 5th-level Dragon Prince Cavalry and 5 squads of 4th-level Silver Helmet Knights, plus a hundred Elion Cavalry. It was very easy to defeat hundreds or thousands of enemies with one charge.
Reiner has become a hero now, and he is a member of the Caledo nobility. It is very normal for him to have some battle treasures and learn some battle skills to enhance the strength of his cavalry.
The combat effectiveness gap between the cavalry under his command and the cavalry led by Simon will be very obvious. During the previous battle in Black Castle, Levi paid special attention to the other side. He had to admit that Simon was still very far away from him.
As they moved forward, Levi humbly asked Reiner about many aspects of the greenskins, especially those related to their gods.
Up to now, he has directly or indirectly known that many gods have taken actions. It doesn't make sense that the green-skinned gods are completely silent, especially when it comes to elves.
After all, it is well known that the reason why the greenskin god Gruumsh became one-eyed was because he was blinded by the current elven god-king Corellon, so they are always trying their best to take revenge on the elves, now mainly the high elves, in every possible way.
Reiner naturally would not refuse Levi's request, so he quickly explained to Levi a lot of secret knowledge that is difficult to access in normal times.
It is said that before the high elves built colonies overseas on a large scale and before humans rose, the greenskins had enjoyed a glorious long period of time.
In the beginning, the forging techniques of various races were not well developed, and magic was not perfect, so they mostly relied on their own strength and skills.
At that time, the greenskins who advocated chaos and the law of the jungle formed small tribes and fought each other intensively, quickly eliminating the weak. This made their average combat effectiveness very strong, so they could continue to capture cities and expand their territory.
Under its influence, the green-skinned gods at that time also became very powerful. They even once attacked a certain human pantheon and successfully defeated it, with many human gods dying in the battle.
Although the human race has more than one pantheon, Cathay, Kislev, Nebon, Inda, the Sigmar Empire, and even Donna and her Amazons all have their own gods and pantheons, the fighting power of the green-skinned gods at that time can also be seen.
Even though during this process, there were evil gods from other pantheons lurking in the dark and taking advantage of the situation to reap some benefits, the many spoils of war, such as priesthood, divine domain, divine power, etc., still made the greenskin gods stronger. At that time, there was not even any weak or inferior divine power in the entire greenskin pantheon, and their lowest divine power was medium.
But this also made the gods of other pantheons see the threat, and the original oppression of various races by the greenskins caused many races such as elves and dwarves to begin to fight back.
Coupled with the increasing maturity of forging technology and the gradual prosperity of magic, the lives of the greenskins have become increasingly difficult.
It was not until after a certain war that the second-generation elven god-king Corellon defeated the greenskin god Gruumsh. The other elven gods also relied on their absolute advantage in numbers and strength to defeat the greenskin gods at once, causing their strength to drop significantly.
At the same time, the armies of elves, dwarves, and humans also acted in unison, and in a very short time they drove the greenskins from the fertile plains to the barren badlands.
During this process, the greenskin gods were also continuously affected. For example, the greenskin god of war Inavr, the god of strength and foolishness Bagchu, etc., were originally of medium power, but under the attack of the elves, they all turned into weak power.
Now among the greenskin gods, only Gork and Maork are of medium power. Although the two of them are classified as greenskin gods, they are actually incompatible with other gods and have never fought side by side.
They also don't pay attention to their own beliefs at all, and are almost selfless. It is only because their style of doing things is very much to the taste of the greenskins that they spontaneously worship them.
After that, although the greenskins were greatly weakened, other races did not relax their vigilance. So after many years, mortals may no longer know the reason for the initial war, but as long as they saw the orcs, they would just kill them.
At the same time, the gods are also trying their best to prevent the greenskin gods from making a comeback. The most obvious thing is that after so many years, no god with magical powers has ever been born among the greenskins.
You should know that except for the dwarves who are naturally resistant to magic and therefore cannot learn magic, almost all other larger and more culturally advanced races have magic gods, the most typical of which are elves and humans.
But the greenskins have no magic god, which results in there being only wizards and shamans among them. There is no systematic inheritance and knowledge at all. In a head-on magic duel, they will basically be beaten by mages of the same level.
Then, for similar reasons, except for the priests under the greenskin goddess of life Rusek who can heal, the priests or priests of other greenskin gods basically mobilize earth, fire, water and wind, or cast some buff or debuff magic, and have almost no healing ability.
Coupled with the chaotic nature of the greenskins, this led to the fact that in many subsequent wars, when the number of armies on both sides was equal, the greenskins almost never won unless a powerful leader emerged who could determine the outcome of the battle.
The gods such as elves and humans grew rapidly and became stronger. Even now, both sides have completely crushed the green-skinned gods in terms of the number of gods.
Excluding Brother Gomao, the greenskins have only one powerful god and five weaker gods. Even though the elven gods have experienced a split and many gods were taken away by the Spider Queen Rose, there are still more than thirty gods now.
Of course, this cannot fully represent the true strength of the gods of both sides. Except for the goddess of life, Rusay, the rest of the greenskin gods are all combat-oriented and are closely united under the command of their main god, Gruumsh.
On the contrary, among the elven gods, there are many gods of history, illusion, pleasure, etc. Their actual combat effectiveness is very poor, and they are divided into several different camps internally.
For example, Khaine, the Bloody-Handed God, is chaotic evil through and through, and in recent years he has become more and more inclined towards the dark elves.
People like Illinir, the god of disaster, and Estris, the god of flood, are only concerned with spreading their own beliefs and showing their divine power to both enemies and friends, regardless of race.
There are more than thirty gods in total, covering eight major camps, but there is no lawful evil. Although the overall combat effectiveness seems very strong, in fact, it is difficult for such elven gods to truly unite as one.
The situation became increasingly serious, especially after the three powerful gods, Asuryan, the Emperor of Heaven, Aisha, the Mother of All Things, and Ers-Hai, the Goddess of Death, disappeared almost at the same time.
The current God-King Corellon is in the chaotic good camp. Whether in terms of strength, qualifications, or control over other gods, he is far inferior to the first God-Emperor Asuryan.
The reason why the High Elves can defeat the Greenskins almost everywhere is more because they have developed on their own and no longer rely on the protection of the gods.
But in recent times, Reiner has observed that these greenskins no longer fight in a rush, but have become methodical and use strategies. This makes him a little worried. Could it be the instruction of the greenskin god of war, or even their main god?
If that were the case, the problem would become many times more serious, and it might lead to huge changes in the entire main world, because greenskins exist in almost all continents.
However, since the greenskins often use several times the number of troops to attack the weak with the strong, it is difficult for him to have the energy to find the special existence among them. This is just his temporary suspicion.
He did report the matter to the acting lord and others, but the war was urgent and all the elves were busy dealing with the demons in the Black Castle, so they had no time or energy to investigate the matter carefully.
Levi also secretly kept it in mind. If all the gods were betting, there would probably be a guy in the Boiling Blood of Beasts who was valued by the Greenskin God. After all, the Boiling Blood of Beasts had already captured many villages in succession, which was something that even the Red Cloud Tribe had not been able to do in the past.
At the same time, he also learned very important information. The pantheon that was destroyed by the green-skinned gods was coincidentally the Mulhorand pantheon, which was also the pantheon where the giant crocodile Sobek he had just seen belonged to...
The hatred between the two sides is probably much stronger than the hatred between the elves and the greenskin pantheon.
This made him feel very interesting. Sobek must be unwilling to be excluded by other members of the pantheon. He must be trying to change the status quo. What could be better than inflicting a heavy blow to the greenskins?
Although he has no idea what the greenskins are busy with, and it will take several days to meet Sobek, this is at least a direction to work towards.
If he can really succeed, Sobek will not let him work in vain. Evil order is also order, and what matters is that those who have made contributions must be rewarded.
Even the elven gods might take the opportunity to show goodwill to Sobek. The elven gods are either mages, archers or agile warriors, and they really lack meat shields and cannon fodder. The crocodile man and the crocodile god are obviously excellent meat shields!
Well, speaking of which, last night, Elegy secretly found him again and said that the rainforest where they were going to meet Sobek was almost exactly the same as the environment where she had been with Goddess Diana before.
It's not just the trees around, but the special energy and atmosphere that is almost everywhere in the entire space.
As living people, they might not be able to feel it for a while, but as someone who had died once and was only a spirit at the time, she would definitely not remember it wrong.
This made Levi have more associations. Was it that the territories of the two pantheons were so close to each other, or was it that Sobek had lost his patience and even took the initiative to leave the plane where his pantheon was located? So he had an intersection with the shepherd god Pan by coincidence?
After a long talk, Levi learned a lot. In order to express his gratitude, he returned the favor and told the other party in detail about the copy. Reiner left too early that day and missed the opportunity to enter the copy.
Reiner was also very interested after listening to it. He was not interested in the rewards of the copy, he just wanted to participate in the battles that had taken place in the Black Castle in the past. It would be even better if he could fight against the enemy heroes.
After hearing this, Levi couldn't help but be moved. If you really think so, how about going with me to play the difficult dungeon?
But after thinking about it, he finally didn't say anything. Although Reiner said so, if he could really get some spoils while fighting, he probably wouldn't refuse. Why should he work for him for nothing?
At this time, Inspector Yakong also sent him a warning, saying that a large group of greenskins were spotted ahead, numbering more than a thousand, including several God-chosen heroes.
Although the Inspectors didn't quite understand at first, after Levi emphasized it several times, they finally learned to distinguish between the natives and the God's Chosen Heroes. In fact, the most important thing is that the costumes of the God's Chosen Heroes are often very conspicuous. They use whatever has good attributes, so the style of a set of equipment may be completely inconsistent.
This contrast is especially obvious for the ordinary and poor greenskins who have nothing but animal skins or rags besides their weapons.
Levi immediately shared this information with Reiner and let him command the cavalry unit on his own. He believed that with his experience and strength, he would definitely give the greenskins a big surprise.
Reiner didn't say anything and rode away excitedly. He had been on passive defense for such a long time and had endured so much harassment from the enemy, and he had accumulated a lot of anger. Now was the perfect time to vent it a little!
