Your war hammer is too fake

"Let him in." Atum waved his hand, which was also shriveled and withered, but at least there was a layer of skin covering the bones.

After getting permission, the thick curtain of the tent was opened, and a big skeleton man with a bronze helmet tucked under his armpit strode in. The visitor was about to kneel down according to etiquette, but was stopped by his master.

"Get up," Atum said, "are those losers coming?"

Suseb had long been accustomed to the strange words that came out of his boss's mouth from time to time, and had given up correcting him long ago: "As you expected, your majesty, the greenskins are pouring towards us."

"It's almost time for the warm-up exercises," Atum said, standing up from his stool. "Come on, bring up my big slasher! Tell my boys to grab their weapons and get ready for a fight!"

The champion was silent for about two seconds. "Yes," he could only say, "I will obey your wishes."

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Note 1: A veil used to prevent those of lower status from looking directly at the face of the priest-king.

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Chapter 382: Enemy Movements

The Zhendan Celestial Empire, the Weixi provinces, and a place somewhere in the wilderness of the gentry.

A Zhendan army set out from Shangwu, marching across a barren and desolate land. This was a very typical Jade Heavenly Army, with the main force consisting of Jade Warriors and Servants, and the ratio of the two was close to one to one; Fire Gun Soldiers and Artillery joined as indispensable support forces; above the army, a mixed formation of Sky Lanterns and Sky Boats slowly moved forward.

Half a dozen war drums and two five-element war compasses were guarded in the middle by the Heavenly Court Dragon Guards and Dragon Crossbowmen, totaling more than a thousand people. The Weijing Yi Lancers transferred from the capital swept over their heads, and the air currents caused the helmets and ribbons of the infantry to dance wildly. At the end of the marching column, ten towering terracotta warrior guards holding giant Guandao followed closely behind the fifty guardian lions, and their heavy bodies made them shake the earth with every step forward.

When the army reached the border between the Central Province and the Weixi Province, a small unit belonging to the Weixi Heavenly Army appeared in front of the army. They brought greetings from Binlong to his brothers and would serve as guides for the friendly forces in the next operation. It was not known whether it was intentional, deliberate, or simply intentional, but in this small unit of only a thousand people, there were not only alchemists from the Shangyang Secret Sect, but also several spellcasters wearing Aurora costumes, but they looked like people from the Old World.

Yuan Bo did not comment on this, as if he knew nothing. It is said that in the entire Zhendan Dynasty, only the Monkey King could anger Yuan Bo, and the little provocation from his younger brother could not cause any emotional fluctuations in the Lord of the Jade Court. Of course, if the two were sitting face to face, that would be another matter.

Yulong met with the commanders of the Weixi Army, accepted Zhaoming's kindness and thanked him politely. Afterwards, the entire army camped there and waited for several days until the support units from another faction arrived.

——The small fleet that brought An Jiyue to Zhendan did not follow the Jiedushi to Weijing before, but stayed in Shangwu. When An Jiyue and Yuanbo reached a preliminary verbal cooperation intention on behalf of their respective forces, the small fleet immediately took off and returned to Xuanshui. When they returned again, there were two more grasshopper water supply boats in the fleet.

This special derivative model was specially prepared for the ongoing operation to save the Primarch. It was transformed from a Grasshopper transport boat, and the cargo hold was equipped with a set of water vapor collection equipment designed specifically for it. A single water supply boat could meet the basic drinking water needs of 40,000 people, and was now temporarily transferred to support the purification operation of the new weapon.

The road to Xinwu is not safe. The aftermath of the Great Gout God's arrival destroyed this once prosperous city named after an ancient hero. Now only ghosts and demons are wandering in the ruins. In addition, going from Shangwu to Xinwu requires crossing the Jinshen Wasteland, which is full of dangerous beasts and various guys who are not tolerated by mainstream society. It would not be surprising if a large group of Chaos Warriors suddenly appeared.

Although An Jiyue suggested that they could fly directly there on her flying battleship without mobilizing a large army, Yuanbo declined for political reasons: the operation to purify Xinwu was the first cooperation between the two sides, and An Jiyue needed to demonstrate her irreplaceable role in certain aspects, while Yuanbo also needed to demonstrate the power of the Heavenly Court. Only in this way could the alliance between the two sides be solid.

Of course, Yulong's apparent reason was that the Chaos Evil God would not sit idly by and watch them purify the corruption of Xinwu. To this end, they must have a fully equipped and adequately manned army in order to withstand the counterattack of Chaos.

An Jiyue did not comment on this, but only said that they could provide logistical assistance. The Jinshen Wasteland next to the Dimensional Stone Desert has a harsh environment, with few clean water sources, and even fewer that can supply the drinking water needs of 50,000 troops. From a military perspective, this means that the army's route is highly predictable.

The enemy would most likely set traps and ambushes based on this. For example, after the army advances deep enough, they would try to pollute the water source to cut off the army's drinking water supply, and then use non-stop harassment to trap the army to death in Xinwu - if An Jiyue was the enemy commander, she would definitely do this.

In fact, Yuan Bo originally planned to send out only 20,000 troops, which was the minimum number of troops he had calculated to complete the mission. As the main grain producing area in Zhendan, the central provinces had sufficient military strength, but if the logistics could not be supplied, no matter how many soldiers there were, it would be meaningless and would become a burden and a drag.

An Jiyue promised to solve the drinking water problem, and the skeptical Yuan Bo increased the number of troops to 50,000. Fortunately, the Jiedushi did not break his promise. On the day when the two grasshopper water supply boats joined the army, the Zhendan bumpkins in this world saw the ability of this thing and had more trust in the so-called "Jiedushi of Anxi Army".

Without the restriction of drinking water supply, the army was able to take the shortest route to Xinwu. During the period, the cavalry responsible for covering the flanks of the army discovered more than once that some sneaky guys appeared nearby, ranging from inferior horned beasts to simple human bandits. For this reason, the Agate Crows went out one night and captured a group of prisoners.

Through interrogation of the captives, the people of China learned that about three weeks ago, the various beastman tribes and mutant gangs entrenched in the Disaster Hills received an oracle from the dark gods at the same time. Under the will of the gods, an army of beastmen and various mutant creatures was quickly formed. They rampaged across the Jinshen Wasteland, killing all those who refused to obey, and then took those who surrendered and tried to ambush the people of China.

Although Jinshen Wasteland is the territory of the Zhendan Celestial Empire, the Zhendan people do not have much control over this place. To be precise, there are not many Zhendan people in this place. Jinshen Wasteland used to be dotted with a large number of towns and villages, but unfortunately most of the settlements have been abandoned now, and the only residents are "simple folk customs" in various senses.

If people don't occupy the living space, then naturally there will be other things to fill the gap. Even the most senior and experienced household officials in Weixi Province don't know how many messy things are occupying the Jinshen Wasteland, and now these existences that are not people are being forcibly brought together by external forces, ready to test the quality of the Emerald Heaven Army.

The good news is that the enemy's ambush plan failed from the beginning. This mob tried to use the few water sources in the Jinshen Wasteland as bait to lure Yulong's army into the ambush circle; however, the arrival of two grasshopper water supply boats caused their calculations to fail, and the Zhendan army did not take the route they predicted. Of course, even without these two ships, An Jiyue did not think that their lame plan would succeed. You know, Yuanbo is the spy chief of the Zhendan Dynasty. As long as he doesn't encounter foul existences like the changeling, he has always been the only one who can bully others with his intelligence advantage.

The bad news is that the enemy has realized that something is wrong and has called for reinforcements.

"Reinforcements?" Jing Yi Bo asked in surprise, "Where did the demon get reinforcements?"

"General," the officer who came to report replied, "these evil spirits lured the barbarians into their service by offering them plenty of fresh meat."

No one asked where the enemy got so much meat to feed the ogres. After using violence to gather more than half of the "locals" in the Jinshen Wasteland, this Chaos army composed mainly of Beastmen now has the most in abundance of fresh meat.

"The enemy may have more reinforcements than these," An Jiyue, who was attending the meeting, suddenly said, "Although the enemy has a large number of troops, they are not strong enough to fight. If the Taixu Demon really wants to stop us, it must have a backup plan."

Beastmen are the true offspring of Chaos, but they are also the most shameful of Chaos' many minions. Throughout Warhammer, Beastmen have the worst record of all Chaos factions, bar none. Take the Empire as an example. In the 2,500-year history of the Empire, the Beastmen's greatest achievement was almost destroying Hawkeland, the smallest of all the Empire's provinces, and that was when the Empire was busy fighting the Arabs who invaded the Old World and most of its elite forces were not in the homeland.

In terms of combat power, the Beastmen are a group of particularly powerful bandits. Their ambush tactics should not be underestimated, but in any head-on confrontation, the Beastmen are always the ones who get beaten, and only the "Shadow" Morgul's record is acceptable.

Although Morgul's achievements against the wood elves were purely due to its ridiculously strong pollution ability.

"What advice do you have for An Jiedu?" Yuan Bo asked. Upon hearing his voice, the crowded tent instantly became quiet.

"According to the information I have, ghosts and demons are lurking in the ruins of Xinwu. I think this is the key point. My point of view is that the beastmen and their cannon fodder, as well as those fat guys, are just a trick to attract attention. The Taixu Demon Army is the real killer," An Jiyue said, looking around at everyone in the tent. "I am very sure of one thing, that is, the enemy will definitely destroy our cooperation at any cost."

Hearing this, Yuan Bo fell into deep thought.

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Chapter 383 Appetizers (Part 1)

The province of Weixi has not been peaceful recently.

Since some time ago, the followers of Khorne have become more active than ever before. The whole world can see the figures of these red cleavers chopping heads with double efforts, and the Zhendan Dynasty is no exception. News from the Weibei Province shows that the followers of Khorne have not only increased their offensive against Changyuan and the various strongholds outside the Great Wall, but also indiscriminately chopped down any opponent they can find who looks worthy of a fight. Huns, Kurgans, hobgoblins, dragon demons, the servants of the blood god chopped down anyone they saw, and the entire eastern steppe was in a mess.

In the province of Wesile, a Chosen of Khorne named Huang Hu gathered a large army of Chaos Warriors and rushed towards Shangyang with great momentum, and publicly shouted that he would chop off Zhaoming's head and present the head of the Dragon God to Axe Father. In response, Binlong personally led an army with a very complex composition and took the initiative to fight.

This also led to the fact that when Yuanbo sent an official document to the Bintie Palace in the name of the Heavenly Court, requesting the Weixi Heavenly Army to send troops to help purify Xinwu, Zhaoming himself was not in Shangyang at all and had no ability to respond to Yuanbo's request. Then Yuanbo mobilized troops from the central provinces and led 50,000 troops and new allies all the way deep into the Jinshen Wasteland.

So far, Zhaoming and Huang Hu are still in the stage of dealing with each other and looking for opportunities to fight. Neither side has rashly played all the cards in their hands. Although Huang Hu was originally a Zhendan, and it is said that he was born in the Weibei Tianjun, the main range of activities of this Khorne Chosen God is not in Zhendan, but on the eastern steppe. After receiving the full-band public oracle from the Blood God, Huang Hu first visited a well-known Hun shaman, and then took his warband on a long journey to Weixi.

Huang Hu's Khorne warband penetrated almost half of the Mountains of Sorrow from north to south, defeating and enslaving many ogres and giants. Under Huang Hu's strict orders, his men did not slaughter the captured prisoners, but restrained their bloodthirsty desires and incorporated the prisoners into their vassal army. When Huang Hu's army arrived at the famous Ashish Tower, a border fortress guarding the Sky Pass in western Cathay, the local beastman tribes came to join the champion warriors of the Blood God.

Under Huang Hu's command, the beastmen and the warband's ogre slaves launched an attack together, but it was just a feint: while the vassal army was entangled with the defenders of the Tower of Ashsha, Huang Hu took his main force and rushed into the province of Weixilie, allowing the cannon fodder to be defeated by the Zhendan army. The Blood God did not blame his chosen one -

From the beginning to the end, Huang Hu's target has always been Zhao Ming, and only Long Zi's head can satisfy Fu Fu's requirements. Shortly after Huang Hu led his army into the province of Weixi, a group of Chaos Warriors who believed in Tzeentch took the initiative to come and ask to join. Although he hated witchcraft, Huang Hu knew that his warband alone could not fight against Zhao Ming, so he chose to accept this group of new allies.

With the help of Tzeentch's followers, Huang Hu defeated several Weixi troops that came to attack him, and then cut off their heads to please Khorne. When Zhao Ming decided to lead his troops to meet this Chosen God of Khorne, Huang Hu had already summoned a group of Khorne demons through a sacrificial ceremony. Thanks to the high magic wind environment of the Dimension Stone Desert itself, even with the suppression of the Great Five Elements Compass, it is still much easier to summon demons here than in ordinary areas.

A lot of victories, a lot of killing, a lot of violence and bloodshed, everything that Huang Hu did on his way to Shangyang greatly pleased Khorne. The Blood God generously gave him many blessings and sent his army to Huang Hu's disposal. As the situation developed to this point, Huang Hu, who originally had a small number of troops, had already launched a true Chaos invasion.

At present, except for the necessary garrison troops, most of the mobile forces of the Wei Xitian Army are following Binlong to deal with this chaotic invasion. They really have no spare energy to care about any new weapons.

Yuan Bo also didn't have the time to care about his rebellious brother. With the joint efforts of the active peasant horse army, the agate crows, and the spies, and after paying a certain price, Yulong, who was very good at intelligence work, found the main force of the beastmen. Not surprisingly, when they found that the Emerald Sky Army was rushing straight towards them, the beastmen's nature made them choose to avoid the attack and try every means to drag the battle into the area they were most familiar with.

Unfortunately, Yuan Bo did not give the beastmen any chance at all. As the son of a dragon, Yuan Bo had thousands of years of experience in battle and on the battlefield. He had fought hundreds of times more battles than An Jiyue, or even a thousand times more. After accumulating so much experience, Yuan Bo seemed to have activated a full-map cheat. No matter how the beastmen pretended, they could not fool the eyes of the Jade Dragon. The ambush tactics used by the split-toed people were always discovered and then used by the Jade Sky Army.

What's worse is that the beastmen found that they couldn't even use the trick of harassing the food supply route. The baggage trains of the central provinces could only deliver supplies to the fortress on the edge of the Jinshen Wasteland, and then a military horse-class transport ship would fly over to receive the supplies. The baggage train would have to travel for several weeks at the fastest, while the transport ship could make a round trip in one day.

In the absence of large-scale fighting, the supplies needed by the Zhendan army are nothing more than food and fuel for heating. The latter can be obtained locally, while drinking water is provided by two grasshopper water supply boats. Even if the consumption of large livestock such as war horses and cattle is taken into account, two flights of a military horse-class boat can meet the food and fodder needs of the entire army for three days.

There was no shortage of food or water, and they did not need to rely on water sources when marching. They took whichever route was closer. The 50,000 Jade Sky Army held on to the enemy, which was several times their number. No matter how the beastmen ran, they could only watch in despair as the Zhendan people got closer and closer to them. Many of the cannon fodders who were forcibly recruited did not need to fight, and they ran away during the pursuit, either kneeling down to surrender or being stabbed to death by the Zhendan cavalry with spears.

Realizing that this was not going to work, and more importantly, that the ogre allies were about to arrive, the beastmen were forced to fight. In a place near the Broken Road in the north of the Jinshen Wasteland, after more than a week of pursuit, the battle began.

Although the enemy is large in number, except for the beastmen, they are all low-class stuff: homeless vagrants, strange mutants, criminals trying to escape punishment, gang members who commit crimes, bandits who robbed houses... All kinds of scum gathered together, waiting for their own doomsday in a daze.

The battle was first fought by the cavalry and the equivalent of cavalry on both sides. The two armies deployed their battle formations three miles apart, which was just beyond the effective range of field artillery. Naturally, the Aurora army completed the deployment as smoothly as flowing water, while the enemy on the opposite side was still arguing over who should stand in the front row.

In the Zhendan army, huge war drums were struck, and the rumbling drumbeats announced the arrival of the battle. The Jade Warrior Lancers took the lead in attacking, and they spread out from the two wings of the Zhendan army, followed by the lack of protection and the lack of horses. Noticing the actions of the Zhendan people, the Beastmen also sent out their own highly mobile units to fight. The drunken Centaur (Note 1) marched with four hooves while going crazy, and went straight to meet the Zhendan cavalry.

The two sides collided without giving in, and hundreds of people fell down the moment they came into contact. When the Jade Warrior Lancers forcibly stopped the Centaurs' charge, the Yi Nong Ma Army that had been following them accelerated forward and surrounded the Centaurs from both wings. Although the Fuda soldiers did not have the sophisticated equipment and rigorous training of the Jade Steel soldiers, their weapons could still kill people, especially when the opponents were the Beastmen who generally lacked protection.

Before the artillery of the Cathay brought the enemy into range, the duel between the Cathay cavalry and the centaurs had already decided the outcome. The appropriate tactics allowed the peasant horse army, a not-so-powerful type of soldier, to play a decisive role in the battle. The centaurs were surrounded, divided, and finally defeated. When the last group of centaurs was also defeated, the two wings of the beastmen suddenly lost their cover.

After a simple reorganization, the Zhendan cavalry flanked the enemy, posing as if they were about to charge, forcing the beastmen to send out the harpies to try to entangle the Zhendan cavalry. This was exactly what Yuan Bo wanted. The agate crows screamed and fluttered up. When the flying units of both sides were entangled in a ball, the Zhendan cavalry continued to wander around the enemy's two wings, neither retreating nor charging.

Some of the cannon fodders could not bear the pressure, and they or they roared and broke away from the army formation and rushed towards the Aurora cavalry. Seeing this, the Aurora cavalry immediately retreated. Some of the cannon fodders then retreated back to the army formation, but some of the iron-headed kids continued to charge, trying to use their own two legs - of course, there might be more than two - to outrun the four legs of the warhorse.

After running for a distance, the Zhendan cavalry suddenly turned around without warning, and with a swift charge, they defeated the fools who dared to pursue them, and then approached the enemy's army again. In this way, the Zhendan cavalry, with a total of less than 3,000, managed to pin down more than 60,000 troops on both wings of the enemy, forcing them to stay where they were and do nothing.

While the cavalry was bullying the enemy by relying on its mobility, the artillery of the Zhendan army was finally in place.

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Note 1: All Beastmen are drunkards, and Centaurs are the worst of the drunkards, so much so that in the tabletop rules, Centaurs have a special rule called "Drunkenness", and you can decide what buff this Centaur unit can get by rolling the dice.

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Author's words: Answer to the reader "Hyperion Guard":

The official has never said the ratio of Yugang soldiers to Fengtian soldiers. As for the book, the high ratio of Yuyong is specially mobilized by Yuanbo. After all, you don't even look at what mission they are going to perform.

Chapter 384 Appetizers (Part 2)

Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, the infantry lines of both sides began to approach each other.

Rockets roared and fell into the surging crowd, and the flames that exploded devoured the dirty lives of the Chaos Beasts in pieces. The short and thick cannons spewed out flames, smoke and thunder after they were in place. The cast iron shells crossed the entire battlefield, rolling into the enemy's ranks, bouncing and wading through a bloody alley. When the artillery on the ground opened fire, a dozen sky boats accelerated forward under the cover of dozens of sky lanterns, and the Weijingyi Lancers deliberately slowed down and moved with them.

The Emerald Sky Army was like a precision machine, executing Yuan Bo's battle plan step by step under the command of officers at all levels. The strong rhythm of war echoed in the sky. In order to get rid of the passive situation of being hit by artillery shells unilaterally, the beastmen were forced to confront the Zhendan people head-on after a series of chases, and roared for the entire army to launch a charge.

This was not a wise decision, but it was better than doing nothing. The winds of magic drew bizarre colors in the realm invisible to mortals, and the screaming shamans chanted spells as if they were on drugs, and the corrupt syllables wove vicious sorcery, fully arousing the primitive rage in the hearts of the split-toed people.

As for those messy cannon fodder, it was obvious that neither the Cathaysians nor the Beastmen cared about their lives. If it were the "homeland" of the Lords of the Holy Scriptures, this unorganized mob would collapse on the spot after the first person was killed by the shell, and run all over the mountains and plains; however, in the Warhammer world full of martial virtues, even though these scums could not really be called warriors, they still roared and charged, using their cheap lives to consume the ammunition of the Emerald Sky Army.

The crane gunners opened fire first. These female soldiers, in groups of two, one holding a large shield with an arc-shaped notch on the top and the other holding a heavy musket with a dragon head carved on the muzzle, occupied several small hills on the battlefield under the command of trumpets, drums and flags. They set up their weapons and fired freely at any target that looked valuable within range.

Yuan Bo crossed his arms and glanced at the drum team with only the whites of his eyes. The next moment, the drum beats suddenly became rapid, and then stopped abruptly. The tens of thousands of advancing Zhendan infantry stepped hard, and then stopped at the same time. The steel square formation with a front width of about two kilometers went from moving to still, standing solemnly in place like an ancient city wall.

After a deep breath, the war drums sounded again, playing a dense drumbeat like urging. The Jade Warrior Crossbowmen and Yi Nong Archers standing in the front row of the square array took out their weapons in unison. The heavy armored crossbowmen and the cloth-clad archers were connected to form a dotted line in teams. The jade steel soldiers in green robes and silver armor were clearly separated from the Fengtian soldiers in messy uniforms, but this did not hinder the close cooperation between the two.

When the enemy army surged into the front of the Zhendan army two hundred meters away, the crossbowmen of each team successively pulled down their swords, and the crossbow arrows as dense as locusts splashed into the enemy's ranks. Many enemies fell down without a word, while the rest continued to rush towards the Zhendan army regardless, as if the dead were just some irrelevant guys. Some people with visible mutations in their appearance roared and accelerated towards the Zhendan people, wanting to vent their resentment of being driven out of their homes to these former compatriots.

When the enemy was still a hundred meters away from the Zhendan army, the Yi Nong archers drew their bows and arrows, and shot arrows after a brief aim. Compared with the powerful crossbows used by the Yu Yong crossbowmen, the weapons prepared by the Yi Nong archers were far inferior in power and accuracy, but they made up for this with their hard training from childhood to adulthood and a much higher firing rate than the crossbows.

In the Zhendan Dynasty, long-range weapons are usually exclusive to women, while men focus on close combat. In the Dragon Emperor's army, only the firearms unit stationed in Changyuan has a large number of male soldiers. Whether it is the Yuyong crossbowmen in helmets and armor or the Yinong archers in light armor, the female soldiers calmly and quickly poured deadly arrows at the approaching enemy, until the enemy is too close to them, and the war drums and horns sound the order to change the formation. The female soldiers then put away their weapons and trotted away from the front of the army, revealing the iron hail gunners who have been waiting for a long time behind them.

After a round of dull gunfire, the enemy's vanguard fell down in unison like wheat being cut down by an invisible blade, and the flying shotgun shells penetrated their flesh and shattered their bones, tearing apart the non-mutated and mutated enemies alike. Then, the Iron Hail Gunners also retreated into the formation, and Yu Yong, who was equipped with a mixture of halberds and spears, had already laid down his weapons.

After being bombarded by the long-range firepower of the Zhendan people for a long time, it seemed that it was finally the enemy's turn to vent their anger - both the beastmen and the cannon fodder thought so, until the drum sound in the Zhendan army formation suddenly changed, and the Jade Warriors who had already taken up a fighting stance suddenly gathered their ranks, and fifty passages were divided in the neat steel square formation. Guardian lions in emerald green and ink-black colors rushed out of the formation with heavy steps.

After the guardian lions passed, Yu Yong restored the original formation, shouted and charged behind the guardian lions with his long weapons in hand. In the sky, the sky boat and sky lantern finally arrived at the designated position. The crane gunners on the latter aimed and fired from a high position, while the former, after a moment of aiming, poured destructive artillery fire at a certain position.

That was where the enemy's reserve troops were. Amid the whistling sound of the Yanlin rocket launchers, the beastmen, who had never seen this new weapon (Note 1), were blown to pieces. Even though they deliberately squatted behind a small hill to avoid the artillery fire of the Emerald Sky Army when the battle started, the attack from above was obviously beyond the imagination of these chaotic beasts.

The chariots that were ready to be used at the critical moment were set on fire by rockets that fell from the sky. The tusks and razors that were responsible for pulling the chariots were either knocked down by shrapnel or went completely crazy in the pain of being burned by the flames. They dragged the simple chariots tied with thick hemp ropes and rushed forward, knocking over, trampling and running over the beastmen who had no time to dodge. The riot was forcibly stopped until the bighorns and minotaurs angrily swung their axes and chopped down all the out-of-control war beasts.

At this time, the Chaos formation was pulled into a strange shape: the two wings dared not act rashly under the control of the Aurora Cavalry, and the center formation protruded forward alone, with the left wing, right wing, and center formation completely disconnected. The Emerald Sky Army's arrangement was like this: Yuan Bo only placed 9,000 people on his left wing and center formation, and the remaining more than 20,000 infantry were all concentrated on the right wing, and all the guardian lions were reinforced to the left wing and center formation with relatively fewer troops.

With the support of the Guardian Lion, the left wing and the center formation, which had been holding their ground, suddenly launched a counterattack and fought a stalemate with the enemy despite the huge disadvantage in manpower. At the same time, ten terracotta warriors appeared on the right wing of the Jade Sky Army. These magic puppets invented by the Dragon Emperor did not even swing the giant Guandao. They just stepped straight through the enemy with their three-story-high bodies, and more than 20,000 Zhendan infantry followed closely behind.

When the Beastmen's command realized what was about to happen on their left wing, the only thing they could do was to lead the remaining reserve troops to rush forward. However, they did not rush towards the left wing that was about to be hit hard, but went straight to the center, trying to cooperate with the friendly forces who were fighting hard there, and break through the Emerald Sky Army's center before their own left wing was defeated.

This was a huge gamble, and the Beastmen lost. The General, who was riding on the sky lantern, observed the Beastmen's movements from the sky, and then informed Jing Yibo on the ground with colored smoke and flags. Xiugenqing, who was fighting as Yuanbo's deputy, acted decisively. He did not follow the rules and inform Yuanbo, who was personally commanding his right-wing troops, of the latest military situation, and then wait for the Blood Father to make a decision, but directly ordered the deployment of the reserve troops in his own name.

Thousands of Tianting dragon guards and dragon crossbowmen, wearing bright yellow battle robes and fine steel mountain pattern armor, formed a small square formation behind their own central formation. When the last Gur beast fell in the crossfire of the giant cannon, knocking over a group of peasants who were not in a hurry to dodge, the bloody minotaurs and bighorns roared and tore through the defense line of the Zhendan people, preparing to expand the breakthrough, they were greeted by the cold edge of the guards in front of the two saints.

The breakthrough was immediately closed, and the Second Saint Guards not only withstood the enemy's dying counterattack, but also pushed the front line back. The beastmen no longer had any more troops to fight. When the right wing of the Emerald Sky Army broke the enemy's left wing and then swept to the back of the enemy's center, everything was a foregone conclusion.

...Late that night, the beastmen's ogre allies hurriedly arrived near the battlefield. Not knowing what had happened, the ogres, who only knew that they would soon have endless fresh meat to enjoy, stepped into the ambush of the Emerald Army. Although they had just experienced a fierce battle during the day, the Emerald Army overcame this with perseverance.

When the sun rose the next day, the exhausted soldiers forced themselves to return to the camp to rest, and the task of cleaning the battlefield was handed over to the Dragon Guards: the Dragon Guards' unique Heavenly Fire Body Forging Secret Method gave them physical strength far beyond that of ordinary people. After two consecutive high-intensity battles in one day, even the strictly trained Yu Yong was on the verge of death from exhaustion, and only these Zhendan version of corn spirits still had the strength to carry out the mission.

The firemen prepared a sumptuous meal for the soldiers who returned victoriously. Many of them fell down while eating and soon began to snore loudly. The firemen could only wake them up one by one, asking them to at least finish their meal before going to sleep.

Another day passed, and a giant dragon horseman flew from the west and landed in the military camp.

"Report to the commander!" After being brought before Yuan Bo, the dusty Dragonborn rider knelt on one knee and presented the official document with both hands: "I will report back immediately according to the order of An Jiedu." After taking a deep breath, the Dragonborn rider said: "The great thing has been accomplished!"

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Note 1: GW did not give the exact time of Tianzhou's invention, but considering that the inventor Shi Hong was a contemporary during the time period of the plot, this thing should be the same as the Empire's Hellstorm Rocket Launcher, a new weapon that was invented not long ago.

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Chapter 385: Turning the World Upside Down (Part 1)

Weixi Province, Xinwu.

The whip with barbs was raised high and lashed at the back of the hunched mutant slave, blowing out countless eyes on the slave's back and leaving a new blood mark on the rough skin. The slave sank down and almost fell to the ground; however, under the cold gaze of the supervisor, the mutant with eyes and ears on his back silently lowered his head and used his three legs, one thick and two thin, to support his shaky body.

"It is an honor for you inferior bastards to serve the warriors of the gods!" The Chaos Warrior, wearing heavy blue Chaos Armor with an eye-shaped gem inlaid in the center of the breastplate, shouted: "You can only rest after you finish the work!"

"Yes, sir." The slave pushed the wheelbarrow full of dimensional stones and said in an unclear voice. When the overseer looked away, the slave immediately joined the silent queue.

In the ruins of Xinwu, thousands of mutant slaves have been working day and night for nearly a month under the supervision of hundreds of Chaos Warriors. They can only get very little food every day, and drink dirty muddy water or urine. Even this kind of "drinking water" is very little. Many slaves often die of thirst before dying of exhaustion or starvation. Every time someone dies, the slaves are very happy because it means they can get extra meals and drink more "water".

From the day they arrived at Xinwu, the slaves were forced to work endlessly. When they first arrived here, there were tens of thousands of slaves in the warband, but after a month of high-intensity work, there were only less than 3,000 of the toughest mutants left, who could force their bodies to continue standing.

With the hasty work at all costs, a Chaos Altar dedicated to Chi Anchi (Note 1) gradually took shape, and the sacrifices needed for the sacrificial ceremony were in place: a full 999 kilograms of refined dimensional stone, and a group of dragon descendants who were exactly 99 years old, nine of each of the nine dragon sons. In order to collect these precious sacrifices, many Tzeentch sects in Zhendan paid a terrible price, countless believers and followers were killed by the Black Jade Wuhou, and even entire sects were uprooted.