"You're doing a great job. ”

Famine patted the jackal Hogg on the shoulder with praise, although for the management of internal affairs, several of their knights did not have those talents, but at this time to give some praise to their capable subordinates, some rewards, they still know.

"This battle, if victorious, defeat these Scandinavians, then the land will be handed over to you gnolls. ”

Famine casually promised that if they could defeat the Scandinavians here and gain a foothold in Scandinavia, then it would not be a big deal to promise this place to the gnolls.

Unlike the war guy who had violence in his head, and unlike the guy who had nothing in his head of death, there was still something in the famine brain.

He knew that their army looked very strong on the surface, and the data on paper was several times that of the Scandinavian army, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

However, everything is fearful but

If the next battle had not been fought without centaurs and gnolls as cannon fodder, the war would not have been able to continue, and now the Scandinavians occupied the advantageous position, with tall walls, and many of them, and the walls were densely packed with equipment.

There are three kinds of ballistas, catapults, and bed crossbows that he knows just by famine, and there are some other instruments that he doesn't know or have never seen, but he doesn't underestimate these things, and the previous battles, especially the failure of the Second Western Expedition with Alice's intervention, made him realize that these are just simple things made of wood, and they are not inferior to the magic of the caster in terms of destructive power.

What's more, these things only need ordinary warriors to be able to operate after a period of time, and they don't need to have the same talent requirements as spellcasters, and they need to spend a lot of time and materials to cultivate, and there are all kinds of risks in the training.

In the face of such a city that has been armed to the teeth, famine is also a headache, if it is attacked, it can be encountered, the Attila army will suffer huge losses, after all, the destructive power of those machines can already threaten creatures like giants and dragons.

But, on the other hand, the Attila army came here and chose the city of Upland, which was also determined to be a breakthrough point for the Third Western Expedition.

This is the closest piece of land to Finland and to the territory of the Attila Empire, and if a solid city fortress can be built here, the logistical pressure on the entire Attila army will be greatly reduced.

And if this place cannot be captured and other places are chosen to attack, then even if the city is established, the long logistics line will still be unable to solve the problem.

The previous battles, especially the two defeats, had already made Famine realize the fighting power of the Scandinavians, and he did not think that it would be just a winter time to defeat the Scandinavians and take the peninsula.

Therefore, after the transportation, whether they want to or not, after the ice on the sea surface thaws, they need to use ships to transport, and at that time they need to face not only the problem of insufficient ships and crews.

They also need to face the attack of the Baltic Empire, the empire that rules the entire ocean and has merfolk, kraken, whale people, and other powerful sea tribes underneath.

On land, the plague believed in the fighting power of the Atila army, and even those powerful berserkers were defeated head-on by their gnolls, but in the sea, in an environment full of sea water on all sides, the situation was very different in the face of the sea tribes who could move in the sea.

The sea tribes did not need to fight against the army of Atira, they only had to attack the bottom of the fragile ships in the sea, and when the ships entered the water and the people of the Attila army fell into the water, the landlubbers who could not swim would suffocate to death.

It doesn't matter if you can swim, not everyone is like Alice in an environment like the sea, and not everyone has spells that can trigger those that allow people to move freely in the water.

In such an environment, the Sea Clan does not need to work much, and even as long as they are kept close to the coast from a distance, the fierce sun, depleted water and food can also make them fall into a place of no return.

In such a situation, the Atila army had no choice but to choose the city of Upland, the former royal city of the Yaats, which had experienced fire and Scandinavian repairs, and was a city with a higher level of defense.

Therefore, at this time, it is normal for him to make such a promise to the gnolls, he needs the gnolls, the most numerous gnolls in the entire army, as the main force of the charge, as the protagonist of the siege.

They need to use their flesh and blood to consume the enemy's ammunition, and Famine thinks that the city, when surrounded by them, has no way to replenish it, that is, no matter how many equipment the other side has, the amount of their ammunition is fixed, and every little bit is used is a little less, and over time, those things become useless targets.

The same is true for the caster, after a long time, the other party will not be replenished, and after the spellcasting materials in their hands are used up, as long as the strength does not reach the legendary level, and the casters who cannot use the spellcasting materials for the casters, their combat effectiveness will drop sharply, and they can only use some insignificant magic.

In addition, the corpses of these gnolls can also be used, whether it is as a staircase that can climb the city wall, or as a spell casting material for [Corpse Explosion], which is a very good thing.

Famine believes that if the corpses of 10,000 gnolls were used as materials to perform the [Corpse Explosion], then the seemingly very strong wall would be blasted into a large hole.

Besides, even if you don't use the [Corpse Blast] and leave those corpses alone, those corpses will become the plague's best weapon against the Scandinavians.

As mentioned before, the plague famine, like war, has the ability of one person to change a war and fight against a country, and the ability of the plague is the plague, and he can make the plague pass before the living beings.

With enough corpses, no matter how attentive the enemy is, these corpses will become the best breeding ground for the plague, even if those spellcasters and druids in Upland City can use herbs to suppress the spread of the plague, but when the plague accumulates to a certain extent, when those herbs are used up, the entire city will be turned into a city of death by the plague.

Moreover, the Scandinavians in Uppland now need to face not only a plague, but also a famine, and the ability of famine can also create famine on a large scale, and under his influence, creatures will feel hungry without warning and without reason.

It is difficult to understand the maddening feeling of hunger without someone who has not eaten for a few days, and only the strongest of wills can withstand such torture.

However, if you are strong-willed, even if you think you are strong-willed, how many people can meet the whole city of Uppland for a long time to come, there will be famine and plague rampant in the whole city.

The preparations they had made before were only enough for them to hold out long enough, and as long as the Atila army adopted a steady and attritional tactic and collided with the Scandinavian Empire in terms of heritage, then Upland City would one day not be able to hold out.

But the biggest problem now is that in terms of time, if no one in the army wants to play the role of cannon fodder and become the protagonist of a war of attrition, then what plague and famine envisage will not be realized.

After all, a protracted war was not good for the Scandinavians, and it was the same for the Attila army, on the one hand, on the supply side, on the Baltic Empire side, and on the other hand, on the other hand, on the strange pattern of composition of the Attila Empire.

If it was before, Hogg did not lead the gnolls to defeat the berserkers of the Yeats, and was not favored by Attila to elevate his status, then letting the gnolls be cannon fodder is a matter of one sentence.

But now it was different, the gnolls had shown their worth, Hogg had a position second only to them, and in the sight of Attila, and the rough orders seemed out of place, so they instead used the land of Upplan to make promises.

Upland is a fertile land, both geographically and resourcefully, and the Yaats would not have chosen this place as the center of their country, as their capital.

For Hogg, the promise of famine was really a promise that was difficult to refuse, even if he didn't expect that for the success of this western expedition, famine would give such a bargaining chip that was difficult to refuse.

You must know that in the Attila Empire, until now, no race has been able to have a territory to survive independently, for example, Karelia, there are millions of people living in that land, but the race among them is more than three digits.

The gnoll is a race that needs a lot of resources, only a huge number of resource jackals can survive, no way, the fertility of the gnoll is too terrible, if you don't want the children to starve to death, then keep getting more resources, is a problem that every gnoll family needs to consider.

At this time, he was really moved, this promise of famine is equivalent to making the gnolls the only masters of Upland, and this place will become the home of all the northern gnolls, and become a country ruled by the gnolls.

And he, Hogg the Gnoll, was originally just an ordinary gnoll, and he will be inscribed in the annals of the Gnoll race, becoming the first king of the Gnoll race, unlike the previous Great Chief, who was just the leader of the Alliance.

Not only that, but it can be met that after obtaining this fertile land, the power of the gnolls will grow explosively, and maybe in the near future, the gnolls will become the most relied on force of Attila and the backbone of the Attila empire.

The gnolls who follow Hogg on his expedition are less important than what he has gained, not for his own benefit, but for the good of the race, for the good of the gnolls.

Even if it is to sacrifice all the gnolls present, or even to pay Hogg's own life, he will not hesitate, as long as the gnolls are finally allowed to grow and grow, and their lives are exchanged for the future of the gnolls, it is enough.

Of course, he was not without suspicion that the promise of famine was a lie, and that he would treat it as if it didn't exist when the status of the gnolls was less important after his death.

However, such thoughts only passed through his mind, and in the Attila Empire, there had been no such thing as lies and broken covenants in Attila and several knights so far.

This was true for the orcs at the beginning, and the same was true for the cruel treatment of the rebels, as long as the promises were made, no matter what the cost, they would fulfill the promises.

"Lord Famine, I see, leave the rest of the battle to us gnolls. ”

"This city, the city called Upland, will surely fall to us gnolls, and it will be our gift to His Majesty Attila, a gift of testimony to the loyalty of our gnolls. ”

The jackal Hogg nodded respectfully, even if it was really for the sake of interests, for the sake of the race, for the sake of this land, he agreed to the conditions of famine, at least on the surface, he still needed to make such a gesture.

"But, Lord Famine, I hope ......"

Hogg made his demand, which was also part of a deal with Famine that was not on the table, but the promise was not enough, and the cooperation of the rest of Attila's army was also needed.

Although the gnolls will fight for that promise, the rest of the army will still need to attack, because taking the city is something that the entire Attila army will have to face.

"Well, don't worry, the rest of the army will cooperate with you. ”

Famine only thought about it for a few minutes, and then agreed to Hogg's request, since they needed the gnolls, and they needed a large number of gnolls as cannon fodder, as the main force, then he was still willing to agree to these simple things.

Of course, the dragons and Beamon, these special guys, even if there is a famine, there is no way to command, only Attila has the ability to command them, especially the latter, who is in the same status as the knights.