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Eight Peaks Mountain, the dream of the Angerande clan, was just around the corner, but Belegar felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.
He was born in the sanctuary of the Black Mountains 300 years ago. He was a direct descendant of the first Angerande king, Luhn. At that time, the Angerande clan was already in decline. From 100,000 people in its heyday, it had declined to 30,000 people. In addition to inheriting the Hammer of Angerande from his ancestors, Belegar only inherited an endless legacy of hatred, a book full of hatred, and a dwarf clan that was almost crushed by the weight of time and had given up on recovering Eight Peaks Mountain.
Belegar knew that if this continued, the Angerande clan was doomed to decline. The dwarves were not a race that could survive as a nomadic tribe. Only by recovering Eight Peaks Mountain from the hands of the Green Dwarfs could the Angerande clan be rejuvenated.
About eighty-five years ago, Belle Jia made his first attempt to recover the Eight Peaks Mountain.
He lost the battle miserably. Due to his carelessness, the entire expeditionary army was defeated. Two weeks after the defeat, the Angerande king, who was stranded in the wilderness, gathered hundreds of soldiers and embarked on the return journey.
After that, he spent another 30 years preparing. He personally went to the Eternity Peak to seek help from the Supreme Dwarf King and borrowed a powerful army. At one point, they were close to the main castle, but in the end, they were defeated by the tide of attacks from the Green Dwarfs.
That was because it was too difficult to attack Eight Peaks Mountain.
Eight Peaks Mountain was located in the bowl-shaped mountain range. It was surrounded by eight peaks, each with a unique name. Because the peaks were too high, no army in the surface world could climb over them. That was why it was chosen as the capital of the Angerande clan. The strong fortress and city walls built by the dwarves in the past had now become a nightmare for the dwarves. From the mining town at the foot of the mountain to the watchtower on the mountainside, from the majestic fortress to the magnificent main castle, Belegar's army had to break through more than a dozen lines of defense. The green plague in Eight Peaks Mountain would not let Belegar and his army succeed easily.
Most of the city was deep in the mountains. Most of the areas in the city were carved out of rocks. Inside, there were grand and magnificent plazas and halls, as well as countless underground tunnels. In the dark underground tunnels, large groups of Skaven Ratmen were entrenched.
The second expedition failed, and Bellegar learned his lesson again. He spent a few decades reorganizing his army, taking in the defeated soldiers, raising funds, and learning all the siege techniques he could. No matter how elite the defenders were, they would all surrender or collapse under his attacks.
Now, the King of Angerland had proclaimed himself the King of Eight Peaks Mountain. He led his army back and launched a third expedition to his homeland.
This time, Belle Jia had made the most detailed preparations.
He didn't directly attack the gate of Ba Feng Mountain because he was familiar with the geography of Ba Feng Mountain. Even if his army could break through the gate, there were still a dozen checkpoints waiting for him behind.
First, Bellegar led the expeditionary army of 8,000 to attack everywhere. They continuously destroyed several small green tribes that were entrenched in the vicinity of Ba Feng Mountain.
A piece of good news was received by the dwarves. The self-proclaimed General of Ba Feng Mountain, the leader of the Evil Moon clan, Skarnik, had something to do with his elite troops. He was currently not in Ba Feng Mountain.
Seeing this, Bellegar immediately began his plan.
First, Bellegar ordered that every tribe that was destroyed not be exterminated. Instead, he ordered a few clever goblins to return to Ba Feng Mountain one by one to report the outcome of their defeat and the appearance of the dwarven expeditionary army.
When the survivors continuously poured into the gate of Ba Feng Mountain and reported the news of their defeat, the goblin warlords in charge of Ba Feng Mountain were very angry. On the other hand, they also felt extreme fear. They constantly shouted that their enemies had arrived. The situation was very chaotic. For a few days, survivors continuously came to the gate to ask for support. As a result, the morale of the goblins gradually declined.
Bellegar patiently waited for three days before the dwarven expeditionary army finally launched their attack.
Siege chariots, siege towers, siege hammers, tunnels, and cannons. As long as Bellegar patrolled the enemy's walls, he could easily find the weakest point of the enemy's defense. The dwarven miners would dig trenches and tunnels to slowly approach the fortress. Then, under the cover of the cannons and detonators, they would flood into the fortress. At the same time, the dwarven miners would use earth to build high platforms and defensive walls. The dwarven thunder gunners and rangers would be able to effectively suppress the firepower on the walls. Without Skarnik's command, the goblins quickly collapsed and Bellegar smoothly broke through the gate of Ba Feng Mountain.
After the first battle, Bellegar did not let the victory go to his head. He knew how difficult it would be to take back Ba Feng Mountain. Under his command, the dwarves built a large number of fortifications and pushed forward step by step. They continuously defeated the Evil Moon clan.
After spending more than half a month, Bellegar's army had already defeated the Evil Moon clan's counterattacks several times. They continuously broke through five lines of defense and even established a base at the mining town at the foot of Ba Feng Mountain. Their target was the sentry tower halfway up the mountain.
Everything seemed to be going very smoothly.
But just as Bellegar was in the midst of a fierce battle in Ba Feng Mountain, the leader of the Evil Moon clan, the self-proclaimed "Ba Feng Mountain Warrior", Skarnik, returned.
Skarnik was a cunning Goblin Warlord. He was one of the few Goblins who could become the leader of the Oker Orcs, Goblins, and Fart Goblins. Skarnik's extraordinary cunning and vicious nature was the capital of Skarnik's success. With the help of a huge Cave Skarnik, the Oker Orcs could only be the subordinates of the Goblins in the Demonic Moon Clan.
Many Oker Orcs had tried to rebel against Skarnik's rule, and without exception, they all became food in Skarnik's belly. Skarnik had established his iron fist and absolute leadership over the Dark Moon Tribe time and time again.
And now, Skarnik, who had returned from an expedition, heard the news from the little ones. The bearded enemy was here!
"Hehe, those who can fight, those who can shoot. I've caught a lot of Skuigs when I came back this time. Since the bearded enemy is here, won't it be even more fun?" Skarsnick laughed wantonly. "Hehe, hahahaha! They're here! Life is always full of surprises! "
"Boys! Follow me! Let's fight the bearded enemy! " Skarnik raised his sword. "We're going to make these dwarfs pay the price. Their legs are thick and short. It may take them a long time to catch up with us!"
"WAAAAAGH!" Skarnik raised his sword, spewing out the power of the Second Brother.
Behind him were thousands of Dark Night Goblin fanatics, tens of thousands of Orcs and Goblin boys, more than 800 Skarnik horsemen, and a giant forest spider!
“waaagh！”
“waaaaagh！”
“waaaaagh！”
The green tide finally spread again under Skarnik's call.
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When Belegar tried to attack the sentry tower on the mountainside, he keenly felt that the Green Skin's attack was a little different.
In half a month, they had taken down five lines of defense. The Dwarf Expeditionary Army once saw the hope of recovering Eight Peaks Mountain.
But the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.
The Green Skin no longer used the Orcs or large groups of Goblins to charge. Instead, they used a roundabout way. A large number of Goblin Skarnik horsemen and Goblin Wolf Riders repeatedly harassed to stop the advance of the Dwarves.
At this time, the Dwarves exposed their biggest weakness — slow speed and very low mobility. When the Green Skin troops gave up on frontal attacks and used repeated harassment and roundabout ways to outflank them, the Dwarves had no way to catch up and destroy these mobile troops of the Green Skin.
This was because even the lowest level of green skin could run as fast as the fastest dwarf ranger, not to mention the other troops. Bellegar and his expeditionary army could repel the green skin's repeated harassment, but they could not eliminate them and could not catch up. Once the dwarves blindly chased and encountered the green skin's counterattack, it was very easy for the green skin to surround them and eliminate them, not to mention the other troops.
After fighting like this for a day, the Dwarf Expeditionary Army's losses were not small.
If only we had a powerful cavalry to help us, Belegar thought in distress. He had already thought of a countermeasure, but the Dwarves didn't have cavalry. Facing the Green Skin cavalry, it was inevitable that they would be at a disadvantage.
"Don't blindly chase after the enemy when you encounter them! Pay attention to the protection of the flanks. Use the cannons and muskets to attack the enemy! Tighten the formation! "Belegar immediately gave out his command," Slow down and push forward layer by layer! "
"Roar!"
The Dwarf Expeditionary Army followed Belegar's command and tightened the formation. They constantly built fortifications and pushed forward layer by layer, stabilizing the situation.
However, the fatal problem of the Dwarf army was never solved. They couldn't catch up to the Green Dwarfs. Their slow speed caused Belegar's army to lose the initiative. The initiative of the battle shifted from the Dwarfs to the Green Dwarfs.
This was Skarnik's plan. Under the harassment of the Goblin Skarnik horsemen and Goblin Wolf Riders, the Dwarf Army didn't dare to leave the protection of their musketeers, rangers, and cannons.
Now, the Dwarves had already started to become passive in the battle.
The Goblin Wolf Riders harassed them from the outside, and the Dwarf Expeditionary Army was being suppressed within the fortifications. The coordination between the front and the back was getting worse. The Goblin Dive Bombers loaded their bullshit onto the trebuchets, and by adding simple canvas wings, they allowed the trebuchets to automatically adjust their direction in the air. They carried gunpowder and used a suicide attack to destroy the Dwarf fortifications.
This move was completely out of the Dwarves' expectations. The Dwarves who didn't dare to leave the fortifications were completely unaware of the situation outside. After a few days of fierce fighting, the Dwarf Expeditionary Army's morale gradually dropped. The speed of their advance became slower and slower, and the amount of ammunition began to decrease.
What was worse was that many Dwarves began to have opinions. They thought that the glory of the Dwarves was not to hide behind the fortifications, but to bravely go out and fight the Green Skin troops head-on. As the battle went on, these kinds of voices became more and more common in the Dwarf Army. At this time, the weakness of Belegar's Expeditionary Army was finally exposed in front of Skarnik.
That was, the hearts of the people were not united.
Belegar's Expeditionary Army was mainly made up of refugees from the Angran clan and warriors from other kingdoms. The Angran clan's refugees had a blood feud with the Green Skin troops, so they couldn't bear to hide behind the fortifications for a long time.
The other Dwarven Kingdom's warriors were invited by Belegar through speeches and large sums of money. They were even promised a share of the wealth after the recovery of Eight Peaks Mountain.
Now that they didn't have any of these, how could they bear it?
After fighting for a few more days, Belegar began to feel heavy pressure. The ammunition of the cannons, the crossbows of the Dwarven Rangers, and the bullets of the musketeers were running out. The Goblins' harassment was endless, and the fortifications that were built with great difficulty were destroyed by the attacks of the Goblin Glider Catapults.
The Dwarves' morale began to waver. Under these circumstances, Belegar was forced to agree to leave the fortifications and come out to fight with Skarnik and his Darkmoon tribe.
This was exactly what Skarnik wanted. The Goblin Warlord finally got the ending he wanted. Under his orders, thousands of Green Skin troops surrounded the Dwarven Expeditionary Army from all directions.
After days of hard fighting, the Dwarven Expeditionary Army's morale was low. Although the Dwarves were good at resistance and fought bravely, they still couldn't withstand the onslaught of the Green Skin troops. They were defeated and were forced to give up the fortifications at the foot of the mountain and retreat towards the gate.
However, the Dwarves were too slow, and they were quickly caught up by the Green Skin troops.
In order to cover the Expeditionary Army's retreat, a part of the Dwarven army launched a desperate counterattack against the Green Skin troops.
"My King, we'll cover you! Run! " A team of Hammer Warriors from the Angran clan launched wave after wave of attacks against the Green Skin troops, trying to delay the attack of the Green Skin troops.
Seeing his expeditionary army crumbling, Belegar felt as if a knife had pierced his heart. He had no choice but to run for his life. The King of Angerond looked up and saw a large group of Night Goblin Zealots blocking the path of the Dwarven expeditionary army.
On the left, there were hundreds of Oker Orcs and Goblin Skarkers.
On the right, there were hundreds of Goblin Wolf Riders.
Behind him, there were at least 20,000 Goblins and a large group of Oker Orcs. Skarnik even sent two of his personal guards, the Eight Peaks Mountain Warrior's Personal Guards and the Eight Peaks Mountain Berserkers, to the battlefield.
"We're surrounded!" a Dwarf cried out loudly. "Glanny! Please bestow strength upon your descendants! "
"We can't escape!"
"Fight! Fight to the last man! "
The Dwarven Expeditionary Army was deeply shaken. The Green Skin troops from all directions gradually swallowed and drowned the Dwarven Expeditionary Army.
Belegar fled in panic under the protection of his personal guards. The Angran King couldn't help but cry. He had made detailed preparations for this expedition, but it was still defeated so easily. The power of the clan was already very weak. If this continued, when would they be able to recover Eight Peaks Mountain?
Thinking of this, Belega's tears couldn't stop flowing. He saw many Dwarven warriors using their own flesh and blood to stop the Green Dwarfs. The Hammer Warriors were launching wave after wave of suicidal attacks to cover their comrades' retreat. The Thunder Gunners and Dwarven Rangers were forced into close combat and were slaughtered by the Green Dwarfs. In order to prevent the Green Dwarfs from obtaining the siege weapons of the Dwarfs, the Cannons detonated the barrels of gunpowder and perished together with the Green Dwarfs.
On a platform not far away, Skarnik was commanding the battle. With his sharp eyes, he immediately saw Belegar's figure. The cunning Goblin Warlord immediately shouted, "The one with the blue cloak! The one with the red hammer on it is Belegar! "
After hearing this, Belega's heart went cold. He knew what would happen if he fell into Skarnik's hands. All the dwarves who were captured by the green skin would have their hair shaved off and a green skin tattoo on their forehead. For the dwarves, this was worse than death. The dwarves who were tortured like this would become mentally unstable and would never be able to recover.
The Angran King hurriedly threw his cloak on the ground and led his personal guards to continue fleeing.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Skarnik saw the Green Skin rushing towards the cloak and letting Belegar escape. He shouted angrily, "The one with the long beard is Belegar!"
The Green Skin troops heard Skarnik's order and gave up on the cloak. They started searching for the bearded Dwarf in the chaotic battlefield.
Belegar quickly took out a short knife and cut off a section of his beard to maintain the length of a normal Dwarf. The Angran King couldn't care less.
Cutting off his beard was a disgrace that couldn't be washed away, but staying alive was the most important thing! Otherwise, the mission of recovering Eight Peaks Mountain would never be realized!
The Green Skin troops lost their target again. They couldn't find the bearded Dwarf and started fighting on their own again.
"Ah, ah, ah! Idiot! "Skarnik was so angry that he stomped his feet." The one with the medium beard is Belegar! "
"???" The Green Skin troops were dumbfounded and stopped what they were doing.
All the Dwarves on the battlefield had medium beards.
The Green Skin troops stopped attacking instantly. All the Green Skin troops didn't understand what their boss meant. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Belegar led 2,000 soldiers to break out of the encirclement and escaped towards the gate of Eight Peaks Mountain.
"Idiot! Idiot! " Skarnik was about to lead his troops to chase after them when a mine suddenly collapsed halfway up the mountain.
"Boom!"
Everyone was stunned by this turn of events.
Groups of Rat Men rushed out of the big hole like a tsunami. They tore the Green Skin troops into two on the spot. The Evil Moon troops were caught off guard and were defeated by the Rat Men.
In the dark green mine, a red Rat Man warlord was chattering.
“yesyes！ That thing with the beard is already dead! Little, little green-skinned playthings will be torn to shreds by our Great, Great, Great Devil Rat Empire, yesyes! Attack! "
Thousands of Rat Men joined the battlefield and attacked the Green Skin troops from the side. The Evil Moon troops were ambushed and suffered heavy losses.
"Not, not good! Boss! It's the Rat, the Rat Men! "The Goblin Shaman shouted at Skarnik," The Rat, the Rat Men are ambushing us! "
"Quake! It's Quake! Send the order, tell the boys not to chase after the Dwarf! Come back and kill the Rat! "Skarnik was extremely angry. He shouted," Kill the Rat first! "
"Yes!"
At this moment, Belegar gathered the remaining 3,000 soldiers of the expeditionary army and escaped a short distance away. In the distance, the Evil Moon troops and the Rat Men army were fighting fiercely.
"My king! It's the Rat Men. They ambushed the Evil Moon troops! The Green Skin troops don't have time to care about us for the time being! "A warrior shouted at Belegar," Take this opportunity to retreat! "
"Retreat! Retreat! "
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