Annan resisted the urge to hide behind the Black Watch Legion.

Now that the Empire knew about the rat tides, they thought the coalition would be able to eat them.

Annan looked at Fermi and gave the choice to the Hellfire Legion: "We have two choices: prepare a line of defense to meet the nezumi, earn battle merits, and maybe even fight with the Black Watch, but there will be danger. Or retreat back to the Great Wall, looking for an opportunity to wait for an opportunity, there is no danger, no war merits. ”

Fermi straightened his back: "Lord Annan, my father, mother, younger brother, and sister all died by the nezumi, so I firmly believe in one thing......"

"Cure the plague, one bullet at a time."

Annan was not surprised by Fermi's decision. He raised his head and looked around at the crowd, if he wanted to maximize the benefits......

"Blom, leave the three white dragons behind, and you take the other ten to disperse and inform the other coalition forces to move closer to us. Gard, tell the goblins who are following your ass to quickly find a fortified area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to be our station. Elder take the Sketchpad Man on another trip to the north and estimate how long it will take them to reach the prairie. ”

As Annan quickly completed the assignment, everyone was mobilized and quickly busy with the upcoming big war.

The captain of the elves, the elven mage Ymir, approached Annan in the hope of harassing the rat tide in the north.

Annan rejected her offer. There are so many rat people, the mouse ears can't be brought back, and it will be even more troublesome if they are used as the main force to attract a bunch of rat people.

Before the Sketcher returned, the goblins had found several suitable locations to set up their defenses.

The first is on the edge of a lake about 500 meters in diameter. There is a line of defense here, but the deepest part of the lake is only six or seven meters, and there is no terrain difference, so if a rainstorm falls, the lake will inevitably be flooded......

The second is a hill about a few tens of meters high, with terrain differences, but all soft soil. It doesn't take much effort to dig a dirt pit easily, and for the rat people who are good at burrowing, they are simply invited.

The third one is in a forest, which looks like an ordinary low hill, but after turning over dozens of centimeters of shallow soil, the ground is a solid layer of rock. The forest can both hinder the nezumi and, if necessary, ignite and burn all the nezumi who rush into the forest.

The location is chosen, and everyone is on the move.

Trees 100 meters around the station were cut down, and branches were cut off and piled aside in preparation for the construction of a canopy.

The goblins dug a ravine every ten meters along the station, slowing down the nezumi.

Carrying the dragon boy Elder and the white dragon with his sketchpad flew back, it was estimated that the nezumi would arrive here in about two days.

It was too late to build a fortress, and Annan held the magic potion and continued to open the portal, bringing cement from Liberty City, pouring cement on the garrison without money, and forcibly creating a terrain difference.

It's a must-have for fighting the rat tide.

Except for newcomers who have never fought with the rat people before, no soldier will not want to fight the rat tide on the plains. With the number of rat tides, once surrounded by rat people, the rat people stacked on top of each other will in turn form a terrain difference and fall from the sky.

Fifty magic cannons were brought in stock, and only five Orichals were brought to the warehouse to be set up at the station.

While the forest is busy with the coming of the rat people, other forces are receiving warnings from Annam.

……

Whew-

The white dragon waved its wings and carried Annan's messenger away.

The Earl of Fire looked at the back of the sky and sneered: "After all, he is a new nobleman with no background, but some rat people scared him out. ”

The staff next to him reminded: "But the relationship between China and Annan is good......

"What does this have to do with me?"

The Earl of Flame retracted his gaze, "It's just that they don't have the guts, we have one less opponent to steal military merit." Tell the troops, full speed ahead! ”

"Full speed ahead!"

"Full speed ahead!"

"Full speed ahead!"

The heralds rode up and told the troops the news of the Earl of Fire. With confidence and pride, these elite soldiers of the kingdom rushed to the rat tide that could not be seen in the distance.

……

"Tell your master, I know."

The fat lord sat on the broad back of the Thunder Lion and replied condescendingly.

Swayne felt the arrogance of the fat lord and hesitated, "The rat tide is all over the mountains, we must unite-"

"I said, I see."

The fat lord's deep voice turned cold.

The surrounding guards immediately clutched their weapons and approached Svien.

The white dragon, who was left outside, let out a low roar of anxiety.

“…… Let's leave. ”

Since they refused to accept the kindness, Sween gave up saying anything more.

They'll regret it......

Sween stepped back to the white dragon, mounted on the dragon's back and spread his wings and left.

……

"Brothers, the time has come to establish meritorious deeds!"

The fanatical warband leader raised his tomahawk, and a roar and howl echoed around him.

"We offer the Emperor with rat blood!"

"To the Emperor !!"

"Sacrifice the Rat Skull to the King of Bones!"

"To the King of Bones!!

The elite captain who fell between them couldn't interject at all, and even vaguely wanted to join in.

"Your Excellency, I need to remind you that there are more nezumi than you think, and we need to unite—"

The stout warlord looked down at him and grinned with extreme conceit: "If you can't hold on, we'll support you for the sake of our allies." ”

It's arrogant, but it's also kind.

The elite captain had no choice but to go back, and he had said everything he had to say anyway.

……

In the evening, the afterglow spills into the forest.

The station in the distance was still in full swing, and Annan stood at the edge of the forest, smelling the dampness from the wind blowing into the forest.

The clouds hadn't yet arrived, but as Blom had said, the storm was coming.

As the last rays of light vanished into the woods, Blom and the others returned.

"How?"

Annan knew part of the result from their faces in advance.

"We've found other coalition forces, but most of them don't care, except for Blackwatch, who sent scouts to the north to investigate...... Blom replied.

Of the twenty-nine forces, only two were willing to move closer to Annan. And they don't necessarily think that the rat tide is dangerous, they just want to take this opportunity to make friends with Annan.

"How long will it take for them to arrive?"

"The two forces are not close to us, one should be able to arrive tomorrow, and the other is probably the day after tomorrow...... What's wrong? ”

Annan sighed: "At most, the rat people will come." ”

They simply treated it as if they had no allies, and continued to build their stronghold into a concrete mountain rising from the ground and high above the forest.

In the afternoon of the next day, the first force came slowly without a sense of urgency.

Annan understood why the empire was recruiting them...... Unwoken up by the harsh reality and immersed in safety, the aristocracy will continue to erode in Middle-earth.

(End of chapter)