Warhammer: Dark Elf

Meeting room on the second floor of the Lord's Manor.

All officers at the military command level were present.

Helmer hung the map of the Lustria province on the wall, picked up a red pen, and cleared his throat to signal everyone present to be quiet.

"As you all know, I intend to lead the army south to expand the kingdom's territory in the Lustria Mountains. Planning and preparations for this began long before the Battle of Anaheim. Now that everything is ready, we can start our troops as soon as winter passes."

"But you have to drink wine one sip at a time, and you have to walk step by step. If you take too big a step, it will easily break your balls."

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, especially Eladen who laughed the loudest.

"quiet!"

Helmer tapped with his pen, "The same principle applies to war. It is about planning before taking action. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Let me give you a brief explanation of the current situation in Lustria."

"The forces currently entrenched in the Lustria region are nothing more than four forces, the lizard people, humans, rat people, and the Norscan tribe."

"The Lizardmen occupy the rainforest area in the middle of the Isthmus of Lustria. Their leader is the strongest Slann Demon Priest, Mazdamudi. Both his personal strength and military power cannot be underestimated; the Skaven's The Eclipse Clan is entrenched in the Lost Gate in the north, and its leader is the engineer warlock Toxir. The Eclipse Clan is attached to the Skrei Clan, one of the four major clans of the Skaven, and it is very likely that they have mastered various skills of the Skree Clan. Equipment and modified beasts; the human colonists who came across the ocean came from the southern kingdom of the old world. The leader of the faction was Count Helmut. The troops under his command were mostly professional mercenaries who licked blood at the tip of their swords, adapting to various situations. Fighting on various terrains, the morale is very good; finally there is the Skogi tribe of the Norscans, whose leader is a raider named Tal Straborg. This group of barbarians believes in chaos and is extremely brave. They are fighting against The Lizardmen tribe is fighting fiercely.”

"Judging from the current situation, the Lizardman tribe of the Mazdamudi faction has a hostile relationship with the other three racial forces. However, he can fight on three fronts at the same time without losing. His strength is undoubtedly the highest among the Lustria provinces. The strongest."

"The second is the Eclipse tribe supported by the Skry clan. These rats are very good at digging tunnels and carrying out destruction behind enemy lines. They have various dimensional stone black technologies on the frontal battlefield, and their strength ranks second."

"The army is complex, but the colonists of the Southern Kingdom, who have experienced veterans per capita, occupy the Marauder Port and Swamp Town. They have an alliance with the Imperial Hunter Marshal Expeditionary Force in the Creeping Forest further south, and are ranked third in strength."

"Finally, there is the younger brother among younger brothers, the Skogi Marauder tribe that occupies the eastern peninsula. They are a group of barbarians with brains no bigger than fists. They have no weapons and impressive intelligence. They are nothing to worry about. Their strength ranks last in the province of Lustria. .”

"The Creeping Forest in the south of Lustria is also intricately organized, but currently only two factions have been discovered by our scouts. One is the Imperial Expeditionary Force, commanded by Hunter Marshal Marcus Wolfat, and the other is the Wild Orc Tribe Blue. Viper, the warmaster’s name is Goribaz. We know very little information about these two factions, but fortunately they are not our primary target, so we can ignore them for now.”

While marking the map with a signal pen, Helmer asked everyone for their opinions, "The above is the general situation of the province of Lustria. Which one should be attacked first? What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other. Seeing that no one was speaking, Kesir took the lead and said, "Sir, I suggest that we attack the Corruption Tribe first. The Lost Gate where they are located is closest to our army. As long as the Lost Gate is conquered, we will be at Ruth's Colony." Now that ADB has gained a foothold, it can threaten Hesiota if attacked, and if it retreats, it can cooperate with Shilazo-Thar to hold on to the fallen gate and wait for the changes."

"Well, that makes sense." Eladen thought about it and thought it was a good strategic plan.

"Same for me." Anzarez has never been responsible for thinking, and whatever everyone says is what he says.

After some discussion, everyone decided that Keshir's method was feasible.

Helmer also nodded, affirming Xir's idea, and then said: "I thought so too at first. Attack the Eclipse Tribe, occupy the Lost Gate, gain a view of Shu, and further plot the province of Lustria. But then I thought about it more carefully. After thinking about it, I feel that this strategy has too many disadvantages."

"First of all, it's not certain whether we can defeat the Eclipse tribe with our military strength. Secondly, even if we win, there are only two results. One, a big victory, but we will be exhausted by their sabotage operations behind enemy lines."

"Two, a tragic victory. This result has the highest probability, but it also faces the worst situation. Not only do we have to deal with the rats that continuously emerge from the ground to cause trouble, but we also have no strength to march further and devour the province of Lustria."

"To sum up, the Eclipse Tribe can only become allies and cannot attack him first."

"In addition, as for the strategic rear issue, even if we don't take down the Fallen Gate, we can still rely on Shirazo Tal for support. Lord Calvesish is stationed there. With her help, we can also advance and retreat."

Hemmer held a signal pen in his hand and walked around the conference room talking. After everyone listened to his analysis, they realized the problems with the previous strategy.

"My idea is to make friends from far away and attack close by. Military strategists say that the first step is to attack the enemy with troops, then the second is to attack friends, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city."

Seeing everyone's confused expressions, Hemo couldn't help but smile and said: "I know you don't understand what I'm talking about. Don't worry, I'll translate for you the meaning of my last sentence. The original meaning is, the best way to use soldiers is To achieve victory through strategy, the second is to defeat the enemy through diplomacy, the third is to defeat the enemy's army by force, and the last resort is to attack the enemy's city."

"According to this idea, our first goal is to kill the strongest force in Lustria, the lizardman Slan Mazdamudi faction that occupies Hesiota in the Sun City. His strength and military power are superior, and he is the strongest. He is our biggest enemy.”

"If we want to get rid of him, we will definitely not be able to do it with our strength. Fortunately, this guy is hostile to all three local factions, which is extremely beneficial to us."

"The so-called enemy of my enemy is my friend. The one who has the deepest hatred for Mazdamudi is the Skaven. As it happens, the Skaven are second only to the former in strength. My plan is to unite with the Skaven to kill Maz first. Damudi, if you don’t beat him to death, at least cripple him.”

"We will look at the situation later and choose whether to continue to join forces with the Ratmen to destroy the third most powerful colonists of the Southern Kingdom. If the Ratmen are weakened in the confrontation with Mazdamudi, we will stab the Ratmen in the back. "

"Overview, the Skaven and the Southern Kingdom, these two factions are our second and third targets."

"The Skogi tribe that finally occupied the eastern peninsula is just a group of stragglers. There are bones in the graves. I will capture them sooner or later."

Hemo spoke eloquently, and everyone listened attentively, and finally came up with a strategic plan: the current primary goal is to unite the Eclipse Clan and win over the strongest lizardman tribe, and then wait for an opportunity to eliminate rats, or the Southern Kingdom , and finally the Skogi tribe.

After clarifying the grand strategic goal, everyone's originally confused strategic vision instantly opened up, and they began to excitedly discuss the details of the battle.

After some intensive discussions, a series of combat plans were finally finalized.

At this moment, everyone's eyes towards Hemo changed again. In the past, in their eyes, Hemo was incompatible with his behavior, but he was still a rare benevolent person in the Druzi world. As a result, Hemo's views and plans on war also impressed them. His eyes lit up, and he acted like a hero again.

Perhaps, by following Hemmer, we can really kill him in a big circle on the map and make a name for himself.

"The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city..." Eladen thought about these four sentences carefully, and the more he thought about them, the more amazing he became.

"As expected of Sir Helmer, he has summed up such a profound concept of war."

"Indeed, by following you, I feel that I will be able to achieve a great career in the future."

Unable to hold back a wave of random blows from his hand, Hemer suddenly felt in a state of ecstasy, and then showed an embarrassed smile. This was not something he came up with at all. He just borrowed it from someone else's Soldier Sage's words.

But just such a concise four-sentence experience is still a dimensionality-reducing thinking blow to many people in the Warhammer world.

"Then, the plan is set. We only need to send three scouts to open up all the roads, and then wait for the next spring to mobilize troops to march into the Lustria Province." Hemo waved his hand and said with high spirits.

The general is equally heroic and can't wait to lead the army out tomorrow.

On the day the meeting ended, three scouts riding dark horses set off from Iron Thorn Town at the same time and ran in three different directions.

One person went straight south to the Lost Gate to establish diplomatic relations with the Eclipse Clan.

One person galloped towards the ancient city of Quintex in the northeast and handed Helmer's letter of request for battle to Morathi.

One person headed towards the city of Shirazo-Thar in the southeast. With Hemo's thoughts in mind, he first communicated with the local guard, the high-level sorceress Calvesish.

During this period, Helmer continued to prepare for war, striving to train a group of qualified soldiers among the two thousand high elf slaves. At the same time, he ordered the blacksmith shop in the town to work hard to create standard equipment for the new soldiers to assemble.

For food and other issues, he directly spent a lot of money to buy it from the ancient city of Quintex. Anyway, the treasury was sufficient, enough to support Hemo for a period of time.

More than ten days later, a scout returned to Ironthorn Town with Morathi's orders. Helmer opened the envelope and saw that there was only one meaning between the densely packed words. Feel free to type.

Helmer had long expected that Aunt Mo would say this, after all, he had thought about this matter from Aunt Mo's perspective.

If she wins, Aunt Mo will be able to expand the Joy Sect's influence without spending a single soldier.

If her army is defeated, Aunt Mo can replace her at any time and send someone to take over Iron Thorn Town.

Anyway, no matter what the situation is, Morathi sits firmly on the Diaoyutai.

With her order in mind, the high-ranking sorceress Calvaisish of Shiladra-Tar quickly gave Hemmer a reply. Excluding those polite words, the meaning was just the same, hit him casually.

What these two people meant was very close to Hemmer's guess.

The most difficult thing to deal with is the Skaven in the south. What matters is whether they are willing to communicate with you.

After a restless wait, the last scout finally returned to Ironthorn.

Rat people mean, fuck.

In the letter, Toxir said: "You are a capable lizardman. As long as you are not a dwarf, they can all join forces."

So Helmer immediately sent a messenger to further communicate with the Eclipse Tribe, and the two parties agreed to hold talks with the Titan Mountain Pass in the middle of the Lost Gate in Iron Thorn Town in a few days.

It was very dangerous to deal with the Skaven. In order to ensure safety, Helmer led a force of 500 people to accompany him for negotiations.

Likewise, Toxir thought the same. After all, the credibility of the Dark Elves and the Skaven are famous in the Warhammer world. One is notorious and the other is notorious. No one is better than the other. face.

So he personally led nearly 800 rats to the Mountain Alliance.

On this day, purple Pegasus flags and inverted triangle flags fluttered in the wind on both sides of the wide mountain road.

The two famous sixth races, the Dark Elves and the Skaven, got together in a similar manner.

The white-haired Toxir carried a heavy magic instrument on his back, rode a crazy destructive skinning machine, and led several clan rats to the conference table in the formation of the two armies.

Hemer, Eliden, and Anzarez waited for a long time. As for Kesir, Hemer was left behind to hold the formation in case of any eventuality.

When Toxir got out of the car, Helmer could see clearly the engineer warlock of the Eclipse Tribe. He stood upright and seemed to be less than 1.6 meters tall. He had brown fur and was covered with tubes connected to his back. Warpstone equipment, and two modified external vision instruments in front of his eyeballs. He is holding a mechanical long knife that is taller than himself. He looks like a will-o'-the-wisp boy, but also has a wasteland industrial punk style.

Toxir sat down opposite Hemer in a familiar manner and knocked on the table impatiently, "You're here to seek help from Skaven, yes, yes?"

He sniffed forward with his long hairy nose, "You have a disgusting, disgusting stench, a very strong stench!"

Homer: ....

"Really? Did I take a shower before coming here?" Hemo just smelled it and felt it, no problem, it's the smell of a smelly man.

Eladen next to him couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

"Disgusting elves, do you plan to use slaves for trade?" Tokshir picked up the water glass he brought, took a deep breath and continued to ask.

"No." Helmer directly spread his hands.

"What do you want from us? Unless you bring the dimension stone, I'm not interested. Talk, talk! Don't stab me in the back!"

Hemo was shocked, how did he know that I was going to stab him.

Ahem, of course not now.

"None of them. I want to join forces with you to attack the Lizard Lord Mazdamudi."

"I know, I know, yes, yes, I beat cold-blooded lizard things. But why should I join forces with you, you pointy-eared things?" Tokshir asked.

"Because Mazdamudi is our common enemy. And we have the strength to unite with you. In the province of Lustria, we are the only ones we can rely on."

Hemo pointed at the majestic army of dark elves behind him, and then pointed closer at himself and Toxir, "Me, us."

Tokshir thought for a while, "You are indeed powerful."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of refusing, Helmer continued to talk: Not long ago in Nagaris and Anaheim, the Shadow King was beaten by us and fled back to Osuun Island.

"N-Nagarith's pointed ears, those ear things were defeated by you."

"Let's click a few of our brothers."

"Yes Yes."

"After killing the Shadow King's troops, my brothers are still here, scattered in various places. Calvesish is in Tal City, and the Supreme Queen of the ancient city of Quintex has been taken care of. I'm waiting for you to eat them. The tribe "clicked" and raised the banner of counterattack.

Toxir's tail swept around on the ground like a mop, obviously being persuaded by Hemmer. He raised his head and saw Helmer lifting the quilt and placing it over the table, and raised his eyebrows at himself.

He also raised his glass and clinked it with Hemo. Seeing the other person grinning, he said: "Capture Hesiota, kill Mazdamudi, and divide the slaves. Big business!"

Hemo was talking so energetically, but Eladen, Anzares and others behind him understood that there was no such thing as the Queen's support, and they were the only one.

"Slaves, countless slaves, let's defeat the lizards and lizard people together."

It was purely Hemo who was deceiving Tokshir. The key was that he really believed it.

The two sides immediately signed an allied treaty and formed an unbreakable alliance, agreeing to jointly attack Hesiota in the coming spring.

The meeting ended in a pleasant atmosphere, and everyone went home to actively prepare for war.

Now, everything is truly ready, all we need is the east wind.