Chapter 244: The Shrimp and Greenskin's Eye Thorn
Throughout the history of the medieval Warhammer, every once in a while, a character from among the combative Greenskins would emerge who was either particularly capable of fighting or particularly insidious, and became recognized as a "Greenskinned Warlord".
When these green-skinned bosses who are qualified to be called warlords conquer all the tribes they can see, they will set their sights on the more prosperous old world, and take their younger brothers to the territory of the shrimp to brush up their presence and do things.
Of course, their final ending is the same, they will always withdraw from the stage of history for various reasons, some of them become the background board for the rise of a certain child of destiny, and some of them make their own deaths, anyway, there is no good end, this is the green-skinned aaagh! It is also the long-standing fate of the green skins......
This is true of the orc warlord "Ironclaw" Gobard more than 700 years ago, and the same is true of the "Misty Mountain Potbelly King" Gollum a few years ago, and some people have discovered that these two legendary warlords in the history of the greenskin have one thing in common, that is, they aaagh! routes.
Although the two have been active for hundreds of years, they both coincidentally chose to use the "Steel Rock" as their lair, first sweeping the entire border prince's territory, and then going north through the famous "Black Fire Pass" of the Black Mountains, and finally entering the hinterland of the empire, killing and killing.
With the precedent of these two predecessors, there is now a vague saying among the major greenskinned tribes that if you want to become the greatest greenskin warlord in history, you have to take this most dangerous route like the two of them and dry through the entire empire, so that you can become the most aaagh of all the greenskins! Existence!
This is also why last year, more than 100,000 greenskin tribes from the Badlands went north, not only not wanting to see the legendary fortress of "Steel Rock" occupied by shrimp, but also wanting to see if there was a chance to get it into their own hands.
Unexpectedly, they were first beaten by the knight legion from Bretonnia, and then let another little-known small tribe pick up the cheap.
Thinking of this, the black orc lord of a certain "small tribe" turned his gaze to the northwest.
You can faintly see that in the far endless wasteland, there is a black shadow, looming, there is the "Arsenal Fort".
This town, known as the first line of defense for humanity in the Old World, is also the only way for all the Badlands Greenskins to go north, and it was there that last year's Great War between the Northern Frontier Alliance and the Badlands Greenskins began.
The outcome of the battle is well known, the newly formed human coalition was victorious, but due to the sudden attack of some towns in the north by the beastmen, they did not take advantage of the victory, and the stone that had just captured the "Iron Rock" was also spared.
The Greenskin Tribe, which suffered heavy losses, returned to the Badlands with a belly of fire, and by the way, brought back the news that the "Iron Rock" had changed hands, and the "Broken Claw Tribe" suddenly became famous in the Badlands.
Fame has always been a double-edged sword, and the same is true for stones, both good and bad.
The benefit is visible, and that is the increase in prestige in the system.
After the war, the stone collected thousands of fleeing orcs and goblins, and it was considered to have saved their lives, and as soon as these greenskins returned to the tribe to proclaim, the name of the "Broken Claw Tribe" became even louder, and the prestige of the system also increased.
The most obvious benefit of rising reputation is that it will attract some wandering greenskins to join the clan, and it will also increase the ceiling of the quality of recruitable heroes.
With the stone now having more than 2,000 prestige, if you have a good face, you can brush out a hero of golden fine quality, but since he is now a serious non-chief, the result of refreshing heroes in the tavern at the beginning of this year can be imagined......
As for the disadvantage of being famous, that is, in the future, there will be more and more ambitious greenskins who know that "Steel Rock" has changed to a less powerful owner, can we also do it?
It is conceivable that when this reputation spreads, or after the damaged tribes recover last year, there will definitely be no peace here.
In addition to the internal worries from the green skin, there are also external troubles, and the human shrimp on the other side have been thinking about getting rid of the thorn in the side of the "steel rock".
Fortunately, the lords of the "Frontier Prince's Domain" have not had time to deal with this side recently, and their attention has been drawn to the battle between Fetanburg and Zareis, and they are still digesting the impact of this battle.
No one would have guessed that this battle would end like this, that the well-prepared and powerful Zareth would be defeated.
According to the information after the incident, the people of Zares opened the gates of "Fetamanburg" almost without a single soldier, and an army of tens of thousands of people directly entered the city.
When the fortress was about to fall, a large number of green skins suddenly appeared in the city and began to attack the invaders, including the lord of Zareth, the "Iron Blooded Falcon" Levarian, thousands of people were killed on the spot, and even the most famous "Black Iron Falcon Heavy Cavalry Regiment" was completely wiped out, this result was simply shocking.
But soon the lords didn't have the heart to care about it, and as soon as the self-made Levarian died, there was an immediate vacuum in Zareth's power.
In the vast "Valleka Hills" to the west of the Howling River and the Skull River, more than a dozen towns under his control fell into chaos one after another, some wanted to take the opportunity to restore independence, some wanted to fish in troubled waters, and some took the opportunity to solve their long-cherished wishes.
In short, according to the information sent back by Rip, these lords have been fighting until now, but there is no result.
This is the aristocracy, always polite and courteous on the surface, but as long as he smells the smell of interests, it is definitely more ferocious and bloodthirsty than the wolves of the goblin wolf riders.
Not only Zareis, but also Rep said that there were also people who paid attention to Fetanburg, and it was currently the most powerful city in the "Frontier Princedom", Akendorf.
Just last month, Count Durant, lord of Akendorf, sent an army of tens of thousands of men to attack Fetanburg under the pretext of avenging Levarian.
Although the war with Zareth was won, the unprepared Fetanburg suffered heavy losses this time, and after the original standing army of 5,000 people was regrouped, only 1,000 people were left to fight, and it was difficult to maintain law and order.
At this time, he was attacked by traitors, and the city lord Matthew, who had been bedridden, finally couldn't hold on and died, and he passed the position of city lord to Fitandila before he died.
Surrounded by strong enemies outside, outnumbered by the enemy, and with the change of city lords inside, and people's hearts are unstable, in this stormy time, Rip led the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" to play the role of "God Teammates" again.
The mercenary captain who performed well in the last city defense battle is now almost second only to the new city lord Fitandila in status and prestige in "Fetenburg", and he is also deeply trusted by the latter, but unfortunately the mercenary group also suffered heavy casualties this time, and can only provide her with a little support in terms of intelligence.
Thanks to his intelligence network, which knew about the movements of "Akendorf" in advance, Fitandila had time to think of countermeasures and sent people to "Fort Arsenal" for help.
I don't know what price I paid, but the new city lord actually said that the lord of the "Arsenal Fort", Mir Harvark, who was born in the empire's "Sigma Church", personally sent troops to the rescue, and did not hesitate to tear his face with Durant, and finally forced the other party away.
Anyway, in the last few months, the situation has changed dramatically for Fetanburg and Zareth, the other lords of the Frontier Princes, or the Broken Claw Tribe.
When Levarian died, a new strong man emerged, and this was the Land of Chaos, a place of opportunity and danger.