The key point of the Skaven Ratmen's Blitzkrieg was not to catch the enemy off guard, or rather, not entirely.
The most powerful part of the Skaven Blitzkrieg was to make full use of the Skaven Ratmen's numbers, technology, and powerful artillery. They relied on the various modified creatures of the Mord clan and the various powerful plagues of the Pestillon clan to defeat the enemy with a surprise attack.
First, there was the assassination of the Isin clan. Before the war began, the assassins of the Isin clan would first assassinate the enemy's headquarters and paralyze their leader. Then, the various heavy firepower of the Skuri clan would concentrate on the barracks and important war facilities.
The Blitzkrieg was a combination of surprise and quick attacks, striking the enemy like lightning! It could make the enemy lose morale under the sudden threat, so that they would immediately collapse under the first huge blow!
After careful analysis, Forgen found that the Skaven Ratmen's tactics were almost all like this. Under the attack of the Blitzkrieg, they were almost always successful.
But who was Forgen? The Emperor's Sons was one of the very few legions that specialized in how to cooperate with the Empire's guards. He was also a master of strategy and tactics, and had fought alongside Horus for many years. Forgen's research quickly found that the Blitzkrieg also had its weaknesses.
First, although the Skaven Ratmen's numbers were an advantage, it was also a disadvantage. When the Ratmen swarmed forward, their morale was high and they were not afraid of death. With the bonus of the plague, the Skaven Ratmen also fought to the death without retreating. But as time passed, the fanaticism would gradually dissipate, and the bonus of the plague would weaken. If the Ratmen's offensive could not be defeated in one wave at the peak, they would be headed towards failure.
For example, the Black Death war in the old world, the long invasion of Luscia, and the several sieges on the dwarven fortresses were the same.
Furthermore, the Blitzkrieg was afraid of a stronger counterattack from the flanks.
Now, the Skaven Ratmen encountered such a situation. When they consecutively broke through eight lizardmen's defensive lines and pushed the battle line to the Great Pyramid of Moon City, they were met with the Phoenix Guards led by Forgen. The Phoenix Guards led by Pilazo and Julius charged into the Plague Monks like tigers in a flock of sheep. The short and crazy plague monks were first killed by them with pure fanaticism. The plague incense burner was smashed to pieces, the plague flag was stepped on, and the rat trolls and storm trolls were lifted up by the Phoenix Guards with their spears and chopped down with their swords.
A row of people, hundreds of meters, the Phoenix Guards stopped the demon rat vanguard with their own strength. Under the command of the Original, no matter what came, whether it was the slave rats, clan rats, storm rats, plague monks, or even the Skaven beasts, they were all destroyed!
In an instant, flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and dismembered corpses filled the air. The Skaven Ratmen's offensive was quickly suppressed.
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Storm trolls and lizardmen warriors.
Kill! Kill!
The rat trolls waved their fists and smashed the cold lizard knights into the ground.
Kill! Kill! Kill!
The silver-bullet musketeers fired in unison, tearing apart the Poison Mortar team from the side.
Mage Jin chanted an ancient contract, and the Great Elemental Lord Flame Demon King and the Pit Abomination crashed into each other. The Dimension Stone Impact Drill drilled through the Flame Demon King's chest armor, and the Flame Giant Hammer smashed the Plague Incense Burner, causing the poison to flow out.
Kill!
The tall warriors of the Phoenix Guards were knocked away by the mutant rats. The Dimension Stone Blades coated with plague poison cut open their plate armor. The Phoenix Guards immediately returned the favor and used their halberds to split open the mutant rats' chests.
A storm of flesh and blood intertwined. The lizardmen army of the City of the Moon received this powerful reinforcement and began to recover from the surprise of the lightning battle. The Spirit Lizard Priests could not seek enlightenment from the Demon Toad, but they still had their own role to play. Although they were very distressed about the city's buildings, the Spirit Lizard Priests still summoned meteorites to smash the rat-men's siege towers. Dimension Stone Lightning Cannons and Plague Catapults were blown up, along with the buildings left behind by the ancient sages.
The Skaven's Blitzkrieg was in trouble.
But in any case, the Phoenix Guards only had a little more than a hundred people, while the ratmen numbered in the thousands. These powerful warriors could not fight against a hundred rats with two fists. When the number of ratmen was so great that the Phoenix Guards could not kill them in time and covered all their sights, Fu Gen could only order them to retreat while fighting.
The Emperor's Son had been looking for the leader of the Skaven ratmen.
They had to kill the leader of the Skaven army, or they would be killed by the enemy.
In fact, the Ashes Corps was also a little confused. The main force was still landing on the north coast. Fu Gen personally wielded the Spear of Sotigo and the Blade of the Phoenix, sweeping the battlefield. The entire Skaven plague monk army was wiped out by Fu Gen's lightning flames, but the enemy leader was still nowhere to be seen.
At this time, Fu Gen received the call of a spirit lizard priest.
"Son of the ancient saints, hurry, we need your help!"
"What help?"
"The Great Pyramid of Queti is under attack by the enemy! All the Slann priests are fighting against the arrival of Dark Moon. We can't lose all the venerables in the Great Pyramid, or everything will fail! "
Fu Gen's face changed slightly. As the Emperor's Son, of course, he saw the extremely dangerous Dark Moon descending from the sky. He followed the coordinates given by the spirit lizard priest and looked at the distant Great Pyramid of Queti in the City of the Moon.
All the magic toad priests were gathered there, and with them as the center, the surrounding pyramids all shot out rays of light into the sky, bombarding the surface of Dark Moon. The Ancient Saint Shield that was supposed to protect the Great Pyramid was now in a closed state because of the lack of maintenance from the magic toads.
In the City of the Moon, there were bloody battles everywhere.
On the wide avenue and the square between the pyramids, there were fierce battles between the ratmen and the lizardmen everywhere. There were also teams of support troops rushing to the front line to fill in the gaps in the defense line.
The one talking to Fu Gen was the legendary hero of the lizardmen, the chief priest of the spirit lizard, Teto Ike. The appearance of this spirit lizard priest on the battlefield indicated the importance of the battle. In the trajectory of the stars, he saw the choice that was beneficial to Lucia. He sensed the wisps of luck leaking from the trajectory of fate and turned them into incredible power to reverse fate.
With her prophecy, Lucia had already avoided many of the terrible calamities created by the Rat-Men. She used her precognitive ability to know the direction of the enemy before they even had a plan. She was also the only non-Silan priestess who was allowed to ride on the Golden Throne.
Teto Ike was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan because there would be no magic toad priests to help them in this battle. The most powerful second-generation magic toad in the City of the Moon, Lord Tehuga, focused all his energy on fighting against Dark Moon.
The lizardmen had to rely on themselves. It was naturally Teto Ike's responsibility to guard the countless heritage remains. In addition, he also needed to protect the spawning pool that could not be replaced by anything else. There was also a primary goal: to protect the living magic toad priests. Because he could not foresee the future and determine the next step of the plan, it was almost impossible for Teto Ike to escape. He could only defend as much as possible.
Teto Ike ordered the temple guard army and the elite Holy Incubation Corps to support various places. He also ordered the triceratops and ankylosaurus to support the spirit lizard residential area and the western temple that had been ravaged by the ratmen. After a few hours of fierce fighting, the endless ratmen army had flooded half of the city. Teto Ike could not awaken and support Slann in the war, but he could at least call Fu Gen.
The battle line was close to the Great Pyramid. If the Skaven ratmen rushed in, everything would be over!
Amidst the loud roars of the beasts and the loud and passionate chanting of the ratmen, Fu Gen still keenly captured Teto Ike's communication. The original body of the Emperor's son roared, "When will the magic toads end?"
"It's not that easy!" Teto Ike shouted, "Son of the Ancient Saint, let your people withdraw immediately and retreat to the Great Pyramid!"
"In that case, we will be passively defending and will be defeated sooner or later!"
"I need you to help me buy some time!"
Fu Gen hesitated for a moment and immediately agreed, "Okay!"
The Phoenix Guards retreated under Fu Gen's order. On the other side, Mage Kim also ordered a retreat.
The surprise attack of the Ashes Corps had bought a lot of time for the defense of the Moon City. When they retreated, more lizardmen and spirit lizards replaced their previous positions.
After killing a bloody path, Fu Gen took the Phoenix Guards and retreated to the altar of Sotigo in front of the Great Pyramid. The surroundings were full of blood sacrifices. Fu Gen could feel the bloodthirsty killing intent of Sotigo's spear. He saw Teto Ike sitting on the golden throne. "Can you help me find the location of the ratmen leader?"
"Yes, but it will take some time," Teto Ike said calmly. Teto Aik said calmly. The chief priest of Spirit Lizard raised his Stellar Staff, which had a mysterious Solar System Instrument at the tip. "Before that, guard the pyramid!"
"No problem."
At present, Fu Gen had no other way to quickly contact the other temple cities. The pterosaur messengers had been sent out long ago, but there was no way to know if they had reached their destination. As for whether the other cities had been attacked by the ratmen or destroyed by the Evil Moon fragments, none of these were known. As time passed, the battle became worse and worse.
However, the attacks of the Skaven Ratmen were also blocked. Forgen stood in front of the Gate of Heaven alone, while the Emperor's son, Yukari, seemed to have gone mad as he single-handedly defeated the attacks of three Plague Monk legions. Seeing Yukari's bravery, the morale of the Phoenix Guards soared. Pilazzo single-handedly cut down six Skaven captains, while Julius cut two Plague Priests carrying Plague Incense Burners in half.
"How is it? Do I feel a little like St. Giles now? " Fu Gen did not forget to stroke his brilliant silver hair and show off to Julius as he stabbed Sotigo's spear into the back of a storm troll.
"Much worse," Julius said with a dark face. "Why don't you first defeat a red sand angel to liven things up?"
"…" Fu Gen immediately turned around, seemingly angry.
On the other side, Jinn's troops were also firmly guarding the hatching pool. Under the protection of Yenicheli, Jinn chanted a taboo spell in Araby's history. Behind him, the Elemental King, the Lord of the Wildlands, Kalimos, successfully descended into the mortal world.
The fusion of wind, fire, water, and earth elements was the strongest Elemental King that Jinn could summon! Even Jinn himself did not expect that he would be able to summon it successfully one day.
"Elements, fuse into one!" Kalimos's body was dozens of meters tall, and it responded to Jinn's call.
"Earth Praying Spell!" A hundred strong earth elemental colossi rose from the ground, firmly blocking the road.
"Water Praying Spell!" The healing rain washed over the mortals, washing away the plague.
"Fire Praying Spell!" Six flaming meteors fell, and a flaming storm burned through the Skaven ratmen's army in the City of the Moon.
"Wind Praying Spell!" The lightning storm exploded in the ranks of the Skaven engineers, the ratmen, and the Poison Ball Throwers, blowing the war machines made by the Skuri family into pieces.
Colchis the Glutton, the Skaven's chief of the Moon's marching road, and the youngest and most radical assistant of the Plague Clan's clan master, began to feel that something was wrong.
The battle had lasted for nearly eighteen hours, and they still did not break into the City of the Moon, slaughter the Skylans in the pyramid, and conquer the hatching pool to let the ratmen have a good meal. Instead, they were in a stalemate. He had noticed that the slave ratmen and clan ratmen were beginning to show signs of fatigue, and many of them were already foaming at the mouth. No matter how strong and crazy the ratmen were, even if they were blessed with the strongest plague, they could not fight forever.
The Plague Monks, on the other hand, were still strong. Their skin had become as tough as leather due to the power of decay, and their fanatical worship of the plague was even more powerful. When the violent energy flowed through the Plague Monks, they gained a stronger protective power. They could no longer care about the various fatal attacks of the lizardmen. Even when they were pierced, their hands and feet were cut off, and their internal organs were pulled out, the Plague Monks still maintained their violent attacks.
They were only one step away from breaking into the Great Pyramid, and even the Divine Guards were no match for the Plague Monks. But that human, Colchis did not know if he was a human, but he was too abnormal. After fighting for a few hours, Colchis had lost a total of eight plague legions under his hands. Colchis the Glutton was very clear that if he could not complete his goal of destroying the City of the Moon, then this would be his last battle. Lord Negary would let him know what it meant to live a life worse than death.
Colchis intended to join the battle. He waved the three-headed plague incense burner chain hammer and prayed to the horned rat for blessings.
On the other side, the Spirit Lizard Priest Tetoik communicated with the huge magic wind, looking for something in the sky that his spiritual power could lock onto.
A series of syllables came out of his mouth. This was the ancient saint language that even the Spirit Lizard Priest could not understand. Through this recitation, he completed some kind of mysterious ritual.
The power of the Spirit Lizard Priest was now wandering in the universe until it found the target of its prophecy.
A starlight rushed out from the clouds, aimed at Colchis the Glutton hiding in a large group of Plague Monks, and illuminated it.
Ko~ko~da~yo~
"I have marked the enemy, the son of the ancient saint!" The Spirit Lizard Priest immediately signaled to Fulgen.
"Very good." Fulgen grinned. He lowered his body, held Sotigo's spear with one hand, and stared at the target.
Full power! The body of the original body shot out like a cannonball!
The distance of five hundred meters was covered in an instant. A light wave of energy gathered and tore a huge crack in the Skaven Ratmen army. Fulgen's scream followed. The scream of the original body penetrating the brain membrane made the Phoenix Guards a hundred times more energetic, and all the Skaven Ratmen who heard his demonic voice only felt a splitting headache. They could not help but bleed from their mouths and noses on the spot. Those who were slightly closer had their heads burst open, and their brains splattered everywhere.
The power released by the original body of the Son of the Emperor continued to explode. A golden flash passed through five hundred meters in a straight line from the center of the pyramid, melting everything it touched. The burning and roaring flames destroyed every Skaven Ratman. Mud and filth peeled off from the cracks of the rocks and then turned into nothingness. The cursed ratman flag exploded, and the war machine soaked in plague turned into dust and drifted away with the wind. Only a melted straight line of cracks was left on the ground.
"Hmm?" Colchis had just noticed that something was coming, and just as he thought "the big one is coming", Sotigo's spear had already pierced through his body, from his chest to his back.
"?" At this moment, Colchis still did not understand what had happened.
"Found ~ you ~" Fulgen's handsome face appeared in front of Colchis. The original body clenched the spear shaft, kicked off with both legs, and flew into the sky with the Skaven Moon City's General Manager, turning into light spots that rose into the sky.
Everyone, including the rat, was dumbfounded when they saw this.
Five seconds later, a dazzling light filled the horizon. A powerful shock wave smashed down, blowing away all the Skaven Ratmen near the landing point. Fulgen stepped on Colchis' body, and Sotigo's spear deeply penetrated the body of the Skaven Warlord and the Greater Plague Lord, penetrating into the ground.
Colchis' body trembled violently. The Greater Plague Lord reached out and grabbed the shaft of Sotigo's spear, thinking that he could still be saved.
Fulgen's expression was ugly. He was not completely dead?
Forget it.
The Emperor's son, the original body, screamed again, and the shock wave swept across. The Plague Monks and Storm Rats who tried to come to rescue him either had their heads explode on the spot or were bleeding from their mouths and noses. The original body burned with Phoenix Fire, and six burning flying swords separated from the flames under Fulgen's exquisite control.
"Slash ~"
With an order, the six Psionic Fire Swords fell together and pierced the Greater Plague Lord's heart. Its filthy body was burned into white smoke in a few seconds in the Phoenix Fire.
The Skaven Moon City's General Manager, Warlord, and Greater Plague Lord, Colchis, died in battle.
Seeing that their leader was killed by an existence of this level, the morale of the Skaven Ratmen army immediately collapsed. The more the rats charged before, the more they fled now.
The Moon City was defended.
The final battle between the Lizardmen and the Skaven Ratmen also fully unfolded with the victory of the Moon City's defense.
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