A raging cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew over and over again the Norscan camp. For several days, they marched incessantly, and there was almost no grass along the way. Fortunately, I had enough food before setting off, so that I would not encounter famine on the way south.

It stands to reason that the quickest way to attack Blackhammer is by sea. But the Hague clans did not have so many ships. After the tyrannical Grand Chief Gretil killed the chief of the Hague Clan, Barosh, on the spot, he reorganized his fleet. However, it is said that it is a fleet, but there are only about twenty small boats, and each ship can do about twenty people, and the total number of people walking from the sea does not exceed five hundred. This is simply a hilarious existence for a large legion. So, Gretil loaded all the Hague warriors who could go to war into the ship, and the rest, following the large army, marched by land. In a month at most, they could walk from southern Norscar to the dark forest north of Blackhammer.

It's his plan, and, can't wait.

Wherever they went, they encamped. The camp was disorganized, there were as many tents as there were, there were no wooden fences, and all of them, like Gretil, were thinking only of fighting, of killing the enemy in blood, and of cutting off more heads.

There were also frequent fights in the camp, and those Blood God believers always couldn't control their inner desire to fight, and when there were no enemies, they would find their own people to vent. Sometimes one second they were good brothers who set up a tent together, and the next second they had a big fight, and blood splattered. It wasn't over until one person chopped off another person's head, drenched in blood.

Gretil didn't care, he followed the god of blood, his father followed the god of blood, and they both knew one truth - the god of blood likes pictures of blood dripping and gushing blood. At the same time, it loves the skull...... If this kind of killing is forbidden, it is disrespectful to the God of faith. Usually Gretill's method of dealing with it is to collect the head and sacrifice it to the god of blood. The carcasses were fed to the wolves. That's how they fed the beasts along the way.

Although the number was decreasing, the morale of the fighters was getting higher and higher. And those who survived were all warriors.

......

For a week, Rhodes has been stepping up his march. Originally, he could have waited for reinforcements from other places to arrive and then marched north together to stop the Norscans. However, this time was different, and in the army of Blackhammer Fort, there were two more heavy weapons - the Wadrin Repeater.

This is a firearm that was previously purchased with a lot of money from the warlords of Tyrell, and after repeated processing by dwarven craftsmen, it was formed into a new heavy artillery. This guy is very strong in terms of accuracy and artillery power. There is one drawback - it is very bulky. It was enough to drag down a large army, but to defeat the Norsca, these two guns were crucial. Therefore, Rhodes had to move ahead of schedule, take his troops, and deliver artillery to the front.

It was a race against time, and Rhodes knew that with the speed of the Norsca coalition, they would not be able to reach beyond the Dark Forest in a short period of time. The large army looks mighty and powerful, but the mobility is actually not good, and the overall mobility is weaker than that of the individual. If you have to improve mobility, you can only send a squad to act, and if it is a squad action, Rhodes is not afraid. The forces of Blackhammer Castle alone would be enough to break up any Norscan's guerrilla force.

A gust of cold wind blew a chill into his hair, and within a radius of several miles, the warriors of Blackhammer Fort were busy. In the training time and time, these soldiers have already mastered the basic skills of camping. They are not just fighters, they are builders, road builders. In Rhodes's army, soldiers can get a high salary, but at the same time, they also have a heavy workload, and in addition to the necessary training, they are involved in various engineering construction.

They have a part in the paving of the roads in the new town, they were involved in the construction of the Blackwater Dam in the upper reaches of the Winter Spring River, and they were also busy with the military road from Blackhammer to Heidelberg. After a few years of construction, the first laborers were gone, replaced by the local workers of Blackhammer and the battle-hardened Blackhammer veterans. All right

The soldiers in the camp camping in the wild are busy, and unlike ordinary military camps, the military camps required by Rhodes must have three elements: housing, defense, and hygiene, all of which are indispensable. At least two layers of wooden fences, complete with trench traps, will allow the camp to be completed. Then it's about making a fire and cooking.

In the evening, columns of smoke rose from countless campfires like the pale fingers of old women reaching into the sky, and they set up tents, mostly of coarse cloth and of various colors, along the edge of the woods. Some officers' tents were covered with a layer of animal skins over coarse cloth for better warmth.

Some of the Norsca Guards even built a simple long hall out of logs and tree branches to serve as the commander-in-chief's tent. After a busy time, I was about to sit down to eat a hot meal, when the familiar sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance. Rhodes listened carefully in the direction from which the voice came, and soon, a smile of relief appeared on his face - Palunbel and his Ugor cavalry had arrived.

This is one of the best light cavalry in the Old World, they can shoot and run, harass with a wave of bows and arrows from a long distance, and then retreat, and the speed is so fast that ordinary troops simply cannot catch up. It can be used for both harassment and investigation. There is a theory that the Empire prefers to believe that the Ugor are the natives of the land, and that the current Lady of Kithrie is just another people who have migrated.

Rhodes knew that with Palunbel and his Ugor cavalry on board, the battle would be much easier. Although Lawrence had also detected the movements of the enemy army before, he was unable to observe them closely, so he did not know much about the specific situation of the Norsca army. Unlike the Ugol cavalry, they can hunt their opponents at close range, even if the enemy counterattacks with a bow and arrow, they can dodge the arrows on the move. It is an excellent scout cavalry.

"I knew you were coming, brother. ”

Rhodes walked out of the tent and personally greeted the Ugor comrades who had come from afar. They were indeed comrades-in-arms, and when Errengrad rebelled, Palenbel fought alongside Rhodes. Together, they have slain the Greenskins who have taken advantage of the chaos to invade, and they have defended the borders of Kislev together. Now, they're standing together again.

"You're the busiest in the whole of the North. Either take in refugees, or fight with the northern barbarians, my God, Rod, when can you stop for a while and let us rest easy for a while?"

Palunbel put his arm around Rod's shoulder and joked boldly.

"It's impossible to stop when you're on the border. Rod laughed at himself, "Anyone else?"

"Yes, both the Ice Castle and the Overwatch Castle have arrived, Lord Edmund himself has led the team, and Cyril has sent a knight to lead the team. They will arrive in about two days. I'm here first, I'm afraid there will be some accidents on your side. Palunbel said, looking around again, "But it doesn't look like you have any surprises here for the time being." ”

He saw that the whole camp was surrounded by fences and ditches, and that a simple watchtower had been erected at intervals, and that a camp looked like a makeshift fortress......