Chapter 199: Expedition (2)
There is no clear racial division in the dwarven kingdom, most of them live in underground pits, engaged in forging and smelting, the amount of minerals in the pits, the quality of the mines, determines the size of a dwarven tribe, as large as the Mandu Mine, an ancient mine, inhabited by 100,000 dwarves, as small as some newly dug small mines, but only a few dozen people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Qi Meng arrived at the dwarf kingdom with four thousand alliance beast troops, he had already obtained a lot of information about the dwarves from other orc clans, and Qi Meng spent 10,000 gold coins to buy such a map of the dwarf kingdom from a clan, because of the perennial invasion of the dwarf kingdom, the orcs not only have the map of the dwarf kingdom, but also understand the weaknesses of the dwarves, of course, this weakness purely refers to the weakness of the battle, not the weakness of alcohol, and the love of dragon blood, which are not weaknesses.
In fact, the territorial division of the countries of the Forest of Chaos is very vague, not as delicate as that of humans, and in the area bordering the orc empire and the dwarven kingdom, there are dwarves and orcs living in it.
This ambiguous area is the most prone to war, and it is also the place most frequented by orcs to enslave dwarves, and of course, in order to prevent the territory from shrinking, the dwarven elders will still relocate some dwarves here.
However, what Qi Meng wants this time is the forging elite among the dwarves, not these small fish and shrimp, and the only way to get the elite is to pass through this vague border and go deep into the interior of the dwarf kingdom.
The four thousand alliance beast army may not be enough to accomplish this task, but it can be done by creating chaos here and dragging some orc clans into the water.
Several small mines were attacked by orcs, in the past, orcs would only come to snatch some of the dwarves who were proficient in forging, but this time, with a clear human style of slaughter, several mines were slaughtered, which made many dwarven tribes angry.
The orc bullying they had endured for many years all broke out for a while, and they took the initiative to attack several nearby orc clans, and the arrogant orcs naturally would not give up, and immediately returned the color.
Taking advantage of their inextricable fight, Qi Meng led the alliance orc army to quietly bypass several mines, avoid the surveillance of the dwarves, and infiltrated the interior of the dwarf kingdom.
Within the kingdom of the dwarves, there is a mine that is older than the Mandu Mine, but due to the depletion of minerals, a large number of dwarves have left the tribe and scattered to other tribes, and Bacdyne is also one of the dwarves who left.
But to this day, it is still a place where pure forging skills are preserved, and some of the dwarves who remain in the pit and barely maintain their inheritance by relying on the few remaining minerals are still the elite of the forging world.
The Dwarven Kingdom is best known for its underground dwarves, skilled in blacksmithing. And the hill dwarves who live and surface, and help the dwarves in their daily lives are not weak.
In a sense, the hill dwarves are even a little higher than the underground dwarves in the dwarven kingdom.
They are also proficient in blacksmithing, but they are not as skilled as the dwarves, but their combat ability is much stronger than that of the dwarves. On the borders of the Orc Empire, there are no hill dwarves, and life and forging are basically done by dwarves in a mine, and the reason why there are no hill dwarves is very funny, because there are no mountains.
Mountains in the beliefs of the hill dwarves mean that the gods of the earth, and only by dwelling within the mountains can they conform to the beliefs of the hill dwarves.
The Cabareton Mine, located between the mountains, has swallowed up several mountains by a huge cavern, which used to be a fiery place, but now only sporadic fires can be seen in the darkness, and the sparse sound of hammering can be seen, and the land around the pit is bare, and the mine cavern where a small stream flows is silent.
Not far away, the hill dwarves still exist, but most of their people have moved away, and only a few have remembered their old friendship with the dwarves of Cabareton and stayed here to defend the mines and the necessities of the life of the underground elves.
Because the mountain was hollowed out by the dwarves of the hills, it could not store water, and the whole mountain was bare, only some tenacious cracked rock grasses survived, and one by one obvious portals were opened on the mountain, arranged in a regular and orderly manner, and this whole mountain was a castle.
Because of the previous massacre, the orcs have lost four or five hundred people, although the slaughter was successful, but the tenacity of the dwarves and their various weapons made Zimon have to be careful with the dwarves in this Cabareton mine, and the remaining three thousand five hundred people are temporarily stationed in a forest outside the three hills of Cabareton Rhapsody.
However, because of the need for food, during the hunt, two orcs were discovered by a dwarf who was also hunting the hills, and Qi Meng also came to find out the situation of the dwarves in the hills and the dwarves underground, and six or seven hundred dwarves attacked in the night.
Dwarves' hatred of orcs stems from their wanton attacks and capture their compatriots for many years, dwarves are not like the orc empire, the whole country is extremely united, even if different tribes, if dwarves are willing to go to other tribes, other tribes will be quite welcome, and because of this unity, the dwarves are united in their attitude towards the outside, deep inside the kingdom, they have not been disturbed by orcs much, and their hatred for orcs will not be shallow.
Of course, the dwarves who are bent on the forging cause lack some self-motivation like the elves, and in addition to the tireless pursuit of breakthroughs in the forge, they do not have much desire to expand and expand the race, which leads to their unity and can only passively wait for the orcs to invade.
The dwarves of the hills are almost a block, they are about a meter tall, but their arms are thicker than some adult men, expanding their muscles, making their bodies almost the same length and width, but their strength is very strong, and the dwarves, like the elves, have learned the fighting spirit and magic of human warriors, and have strong attack capabilities.
A sledgehammer swung through the forest, and although the orcs had rough skin and thick flesh, there were still many casualties.
However, it was impossible for these five or six hundred dwarves to defeat the army of three thousand five hundred orcs, and when a dwarf swung a sledgehammer and rushed in front of Qi Meng, he was immediately sent flying out by two ancient trolls.
Under the attack of this hill dwarf, which is far better equipped than those dwarves in the border underground, the balance of one orc against several dwarves is gone, and one orc can only suppress one hill dwarf, and once besieged, it will soon be killed. Fortunately, there are 3,500 orcs, and most of the besieged targets are dwarves.
After a wave of attacks with pebbles, more than 300 hill dwarves fled, more than 200 hill dwarves remained in the forest, and more than 100 orcs fell, and these dwarves were able to escape because Zimon let him go, and he wanted to determine how many hill dwarves lived in the high mountains next to the Cabareton pits.
A dwarf who had been implanted with his consciousness was mixed in with the group of dwarves of the hills who had fled back to the mountains.
Through his report, Zimon can get general information about all the dwarves inside and outside the Cabarretton mine.
There are more than 6,000 dwarves in total, but there are only 2,000 warriors, and there are 1,000 warriors among the hill dwarves, but after the failure of these more than 600 hill dwarves, the hill dwarves immediately chose to move and temporarily moved from their hometown to the Cabarretton mine, where a mine cave was the cornerstone of the fortress and an underground fortress was built, after all, Cabarretton was also glorious, and there were more than 100,000 dwarves living here, which was more than enough to accommodate 6,000 dwarves.
Looking down from the upper end of the mine, the lower end of the mine is like a fierce black monster lurking, and the iron ladders around the mine have disappeared, replaced by a little cold light on the cave wall, which is definitely a killing weapon designed by dwarven craftsmen.
Although the dwarves no longer have the ambition to conquer the land, their perennial war with the dragons has kept these mysterious weapons used to slaughter dragons in the past, and Cabareton has the most complete heritage.
When Qi Meng first inspected, he had to get a little closer, and more than a dozen silver flashes shot out from the pit, and with Qi Meng's strength, when he grabbed one of the silver lights, he was also carried to a height of 100 meters before stopping. A three-meter-long huge steel spear, judging from its power, requires at least a twelfth-level martial artist to concentrate all his fighting energy to throw it, and there is no trace of fighting energy on this steel spear, or other forces remain, it is purely pushed out by a mechanical force.
With such a steel spear, even the dragon's defenses can pierce it, let alone the orcs?
Staring down into the darkness below, like a dormant beast, how much was there that had not yet been revealed?
His soul energy probed into the pit, and all energy fluctuations were sucked away, and the dwarf was much more prepared than he expected.
However, a nation that only knows how to raise a shield, no matter how hard the shield is, will be broken, not to mention that the spear used by Qi Meng is always invisible.
He made a startling decision, and several leaders of the Alliance Orcs were adamantly opposed.
He's going to go to the pit alone and drink with the dwarves?
It's a plan that the orcs can't figure out.
But Qi Meng was determined to do so, and they didn't dare to persuade him again, but several leaders insisted that a few ancient trolls follow Qi Meng, and pushed the incoming alliance warriors forward and stationed them not far from the mine, so that they could support them at any time in case of an emergency.
The orcs were still very likable to Zimon in some ways, such as loyalty, and he agreed to the requests of several chiefs, after which he sent the orcs to communicate with the dwarves in the Cabarretton mines.
However, the degree of hatred of the dwarves against the orcs, beyond Qi Meng's expectations, the orcs sent did not have time to transmit the message and were smashed into meat on the spot, so when several leaders were furious, they immediately mobilized all the warriors and prepared to rush into the Cabareton mine, but they were stopped by Zi Meng in time, of course, Qi Meng would not say anything about the heavy machinery in the Cabaret Don mine, and a rash attack would only wipe out the whole army, because after saying that, these brainless orcs will immediately be enthusiastic again, and they will have a 'what to fear of death', and they will go to death without hesitation.
Without any explanation, he went to the Cabarretton mine alone. (To be continued.) )