Chapter 125: Breaking the Ice
As Caroline chanted intently, frost energy began to surge beneath the ground, revealing a cold light in countless cracks, as if thousands of icy warriors were about to move. In the densest area of the battle line between the two armies, the solid ice broke through the ground, and with a huge earth-breaking sound, it instantly pierced the bodies of hundreds of green-skinned orcs.
The cold ice even froze the blood, and a cold wind appeared on the battlefield of bloody fighting. With a powerful frost energy, countless ice blocks converged to form a wall of ice that stretched for miles, completely isolating the green-skinned orcs and the reinforcements from the north!
"Retreat!"
On the bear's back, Rhodes shouted loudly.
The Northern Coalition began to retreat in an orderly manner. According to the pre-war tactical arrangement, this was a guerrilla war, not a decisive battle. Even if the whole of Kislev tried his best, he would not be able to resist the army of Ironskin, not to mention that it was only half of the northern army now. The disparity in numbers made the battle winnable. Even after being attacked, when the Greenskins turned their heads to deal with the human troops, the human reinforcements still felt endless pressure. The number of orcs is almost twenty times more than that of human reinforcements.
Densely packed with endless orc goblin alliances swarming, and continuing to fight will only wipe out the entire army. When Rhodes gave the order, all the officers and men of the army carried out the order as soon as possible. Even the dwarven army, which hated the greenskins the most, gritted their teeth and chose to retreat. They know that if they continue to fight, they will only die here meaninglessly.
On the front line, there are constantly retreating northern reinforcements, and in the backfield, Caroline continues to release frost magic, and layers of cold ice freeze patches of green skin, covering the retreat of the northern coalition forces.
Roar...... Roar...... Roar......
Grimg Ironhide roared loudly and angrily, and the heavens and the earth seemed to echo with the furious roar of this orc, wielding a huge Gisnik battle axe, and Ironhide shattered the solid ice in front of him again and again, and the ice slag flew in front of him. However, with each piece of ice shattered, more ice stood in his way, and he roared, anger surging within him, watching the only worthy opponent, the King of the White Bear, grow farther and farther away from him, but he couldn't catch up. Grimg Ironhide has never been so angry.
The Undead Guards followed him, smashing through the annoying walls of ice.
However, Caroline chanted incantations as snowflakes and broken ice drifted between the sky and the sky, reminiscent of the blizzard he had encountered on the outskirts of Kislev. Is this country all about snow and ice? Grimgue roared, his anger like a punch to cotton, very unpleasant, unpleasant......
Roar......
He roared again, Gisnik was lifted high, at this moment, the bloody battle axe reflected the red light of the sun, and in a rage, Gisnik slashed at the ice wall with an axe, this blow, with the endless anger of the black orc leader, smashed the entire frost wall into a deep crack!
The power was transmitted throughout the ice wall, and in an instant, the tall ice wall collapsed in front of the black orc king Iron Skin!
Like an avalanche, shattered ice fell in front of the greenskinned army.
Roar...... Roar...... Roar......
At this moment, all the orcs were boiling. They collectively roared in rage and ran towards this human reinforcement. However, the evacuation of the large forces of Blackhammer and Heidelberg has been completed. The dwarven forces of Ironforge and Dulong City also completed the great retreat. Before the war, Rhodes had worried about the speed of these dwarves more than once, but now it seems that they are only a little slower than humans. Listen to the school bag
"Stop casting, dear, withdraw!"
Covered in blood, Rhodes rode up to Caroline's side on a war bear and said hurriedly.
Soon, the Frost Witch Lord rode her horse and retreated together.
The tide of greenskins withdrew from the Watchfort and roared into the distance. The people of the Watchtower were boiling, and they finally held the castle and held this last line of defense.
"Rhodes, King of Thunder and Lightning, Son of the Bear God!"
The crowd and soldiers chanted the name of Rhodes, and for the people of the Watchfort, the name of Rhodes deserves to be remembered forever. It was the White Bear Lord who saved them. It was the White Bear Lord who rushed into the battlefield with reinforcements and saved them despite the danger. And what exactly happened on the periphery, no one knows. They had no flying machines, no giant eagles, no griffins, and no way to see the outside world. The entire outer city of Watchfort was reduced to rubble.
When the tide of greenskins withdrew from the castle, people saw corpses strewn everywhere and houses burned to the ground down to the frames. The towers were scorched black by fire, and the streets were covered with collapsed houses.
There is no doubt that the watchtower has been saved, but there is still a long way to go in the future to rebuild, and it will not be possible to restore it to its original state without five or six years, and it is estimated that it will take at least ten years to recover. After all, half of the people died in this greenskin invasion.
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"Lead them to the forest!"
On the outskirts of the Watch Fort, Rhodes rode a giant bear and commanded the march of his troops in a loud voice. Although the equipment and clothing were different, under the leadership of their respective lords and leaders, the troops still retreated in an orderly manner.
Rhodes knew that the longer the battle line was stretched, the better it would be for the human coalition. It is the nature of their race that the greenskins only want to fight, and just as humans are obsessed with power and wealth, orcs have a natural obsession and fanaticism for war and destruction. They have come from thousands of miles to the dark lands of the south, and the purpose is to find an opponent worthy of fighting for the sake of war.
They were fanatical, and the charge was bound to be scattered and unorganized. Strong orcs will rush ahead, while weak goblins will fall behind. Taking advantage of this time gap, you can concentrate your superior forces, annihilate a small group of greenskins, and wait for the arrival of the large army before continuing the retreat. All the way back, all the way to fight. to be able to hold back this huge legion.
As difficult as the process will be, Rhodes is determined to lure Greenskins out of the North. Otherwise, Ironhide won't be able to move south to Kislev City, and it won't be long before he makes a comeback.
The troops of 3,000 men marched in an orderly manner, and at the same time, in the forest, the "Black Hammer Fort Engineering Team" had dug fortifications and traps in advance, waiting for the enemy to follow.
Without superiority in numbers and equipment, they can only deal with the enemy through careful arrangement. In the pre-war meeting, a series of deployments and several sets of options were worked out, and now it seems that they are really prepared.
When the large army withdrew to the forest, Rod breathed a sigh of relief. The only thing that did not meet expectations was that a lot of time was consumed on the frontal battlefield, so that it was close to night when the troops withdrew to the forest. This was a disadvantage for ambush warfare, as Rhodes did not dare to guarantee that there would be no night goblins in Ironskin's army. Once these little things appear as scouts, then every move of the Northern Coalition will be exposed under the nose of the ironskin.