On the banks of the Twin River in late autumn, the first batch of river crossers were ushered in. Two thousand soldiers of the Northern Coalition Army and eight hundred Ugor cavalry assembled on the bank and prepared to cross the river.

However, the greenskins are not far behind. Having witnessed the devastation in the valley with his own eyes, Grimug Ironhide was furious and hurried with his troops through the night. They ran for almost two days and two nights in a row, and they did not eat for half a minute, except for drinking a little water on the way. In this way, finally, the Greenskin Vanguard caught up with the pace of the Northern Coalition Army.

Rod knew that he would finally have to face the Iron Sheet head-on. The soldiers stepped up to build fortifications for the coming fierce battle. Caroline's ice magic can create an ice bridge to cross the river, but it is only a narrow passage, and it cannot create a large area of ice for the army to accompany them, as it did in the decisive battle of the Bloody Hand mercenary group that day. After all, in Rod's troops, there was only one Frost Witch, Caroline, and that day, the Kislev coalition fought the Bloody Hand Mercenary, and it was the entire Kislev Frost Witch who went out together and cast spells at the same time. The scene was completely different from that day.

In the face of the fierce iron army, Rod was worried. The concern is not only how long Caroline's ice magic can last the ice bridge, but also the iron ...... According to Lawrence's reconnaissance information, Grimg Ironhide himself was in the vanguard, and his roar gathered a large number of deadly Greenskins with only one goal, to pursue the White Bear Lord. Rod knew that today's battle between himself and Iron Sheet might be inevitable.

Rhodes felt a lot of pressure against the most powerful opponents in the Old World, and although Grimug Ironhide was only a black orc, it would undoubtedly be more difficult to fight him than to meet a giant beast. You know, the most powerful giant doesn't survive more than three seconds in front of Ironhide. The rampaging king of the black orcs will jump on top of the beast's head and split open the beast's skull with an axe. If the legend is true, I'm afraid even the mammoth giant elephant will tremble in front of him.

Rod held the Thunder Tomahawk and wiped it repeatedly. Like Ironhide's weapon, Gisnik, the Thunder Battle Ax is a weapon that never dulls, and both weapons come from the hands of the Dwarves. The difference is that Grimg's axe was forged by the Chaos Dwarves, while Rod's axe was forged by the Dwarves of the Dulong City. Both weapons were forged by the best dwarven forgers.

Grimg Ironhide is arguably the strongest melee fighter in the Old World by far, and as for the eternal Chosen One, Archaun, I don't know where he is still fooling around. There is always no escape from what should come, and in the face of such a tough opponent, Rod felt the pressure on his shoulders. A sense of emptiness that I had never felt before came to my heart.

Behind them, eighteen warriors of the Knights of the Sons of Ersun followed closely behind their Grand Lord, armed with a large shield of war hammers. Ready to fight to the death.

The sky was dark, and Caroline rode to the fortifications.

The Frost Witch's face was gloomy, and she caressed Rod's face with her cold hand, an unspeakable emotion spreading through her fingertips.

"Honey, let's go now, it's still too late. My spells will last for at least an hour, enough for you to cross the river. ”

"Don't say it, there is no choice, I can only stay, and I must stay. The Iron Sheet is coming, and if I go by this time, the whole army will tremble under the butcher's knife of the enemy, and the panic caused by this will be fatal. Order is most needed when retreating, and retreating without order will only become the soul of the orc. ”

Rod sighed that it was the worst he had ever imagined, and that it was happening. Then, you can only face it head-on. Thunder rolled in the clouds, but it wasn't Thor's wrath, it was just that winter was coming.

"Alright, now, go back to the shore and focus on casting spells, and the lives of the three thousand northern warriors will be handed over to you. Dear Caroline, my wife, brought these soldiers safely across the Twin Rivers. I will rendezvous with you on the other side. ”

With that, Rod raised his tomahawk and walked towards the canyon without hesitation. Behind him, eighteen bear riders set off closely. Like Rod, there was no trace of fear on their faces, on the contrary, it was an honor and a great honor for them to be able to stand at the forefront and fight side by side with the son of the bear god when danger came. Even if you die on the battlefield, it's worth it.

Oxon gives them courage and strength, and the eighteen bear knights are the eighteen Chosen Ones.

In the back, Caroline, the Frost Witch, began to cast a spell, standing on the shore and chanting a powerful incantation, like a cold wind from the north that swept across the land and across the twin rivers of late autumn. The surface of the river began to freeze slowly under the influence of magic, which was a very common frost spell, not very profound, but it required too much mana. Rhodes had told Caroline to rest along the way and not to go to war, which was the purpose. 88

Ten minutes later, the river began to freeze, and Lawrence the Ranger was the first to set foot on the frozen river. Soon, a squad of soldiers followed, and the army began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Under Caroline's frost spell, the river formed a long bridge of ice, not too strong, but enough to move the legion.

Just as the large army was retreating in an orderly manner, a wild roar sounded in the valley. The roar was heard, and people couldn't help but shudder. Rhodes knew that Ironhide was coming.

"Brothers, hold on to your weapons and shields, for today we are no longer facing an unprepared army of greenskins, but a terrifying army of the elite of the Black Orcs. Grimug Ironskin, who has been hunting us down all along, is here. ”

"However, we have no choice, we have no way out. When the people of this country are threatened and harmed, if we don't stand up, who will stand up?"

Standing in front of the formation, Rod raised his arms and shouted. The sound echoed through the canyon, reverberating.

Soon, on the other side of the valley, a large number of black orcs appeared. At the head was the black orc armed with a great axe and wearing blood-forged armor, Grimg Ironskin.

"Ready!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Ready!"

"Fire!"

Cadets and crossbowmen stood in the fortifications, pouring bolts and bullets.

A dense barrage of bullets and arrows suddenly formed in the air. Even when he stood in front of his position, there was only the dense sound of bullets and feathered arrows whistling by.

"Come on, you bastards!"

The dwarven musketeers roared as they reloaded.

However, when the first rain of arrows and barrage poured down, people saw the Black Orc army almost intact. That's the iron-clad undead guard......