Chapter 432: Shadow Assassin

When the cute lord of the Flame Alliance and Queen Anne of the Flame Kingdom was riding her little toy, Chromie, flying around the world and wandering around the world, in the north of Lordaeron, a group of huge people came here. naval fleet!

Their tall and large warships are so neatly lined up on the sea, with white sails, masts like forests, and layers of decks and gun ports. The ship is strong and the cannon is sharp, and it gives people a deep sense of shock when you look at it!

And this is the only and most powerful deep-sea fleet left in the world of Azeroth, the Kul Tiras Navy, the Seventh Fleet of Admiral Daelin Proudmoore Alliance!

"Daelin Proudmoore, Your Excellency the Admiral of the Alliance of Lordaeron forever!"

"I, Calia Menethil, now represent the Flame Alliance, our Kingdom of New Lordaeron, the royal family of Menethil and myself, welcome you to set foot on our land of Lordaeron again! Please believe me, Your Excellency, you and your kingdom of Kul Tiras will always be our friends of Lordaeron and the Flame Alliance!"

On the Whispering Shores in the northwest corner of Tirisfal Glades, in the port town that the Kingdom of New Lordaeron built here, Kalia, Queen of the Kingdom of New Lordaeron, is standing on a red carpet, flanked by Rows of guards of honor from Lordaeron, accompanied by several generals of the Knights of the Silver Hand, greeted Admiral Dai Lin and others who came off the Admiral from the pier.

After a battle with the orcs' large fleet, and then resting in the Shadow Isles, the Seventh Fleet of the Kul Tiras Navy, flying the flags of the Alliance of Lordaeron, finally arrived at their destination. destination.

But at this time, on the outside of the outside, more warships were docked and anchored.

After all, this port has only been repaired for a few years, and it is not a large seaport. It cannot park too many large warships, so except for a few ships that docked, other ships continue to stay on the distant sea , Waiting for the arrangements for repairing by taking turns to dock.

Originally, the Kingdom of New Lordaeron had a large seaport, and it was the town of South China Sea! However, that city is still in the hands of the Crusade forces of the Stormwind Alliance

"Callia"

"I never expected that the world would be so unpredictable. Six years later, when we meet again, you will have grown from a little girl to a mature king! I think, if Terenas knows If you not only conquered the country and rebuilt the Kingdom of Lordaeron, but also nearly doubled the size of the entire kingdom, he must be very pleased, right?"

Seeing the radiant and beautiful queen in front of him, Dai Lin was filled with emotion

Think back then,

The prince of Alsace that Terenas was most optimistic about, the other party not only failed to shoulder the important task of protecting the people and leading the kingdom to grow and develop, but was directly tempted and corrupted by the devil, and finally killed his father and teacher. A Kingdom of Lordaeron was directly buried, and even turned the entire northern Lordaeron continent into a ghost on earth

But now, instead, it was the incompetent royal princess who was the least favored at the beginning and didn't even have much impression in the minds of the world. She was originally thought to be only used for marriage, but in the end she turned the tide and saved Lordaeron from fire and water. Jianguo also took advantage of the trend to develop Lordaeron into such a state, allowing a huge new kingdom of Lordaeron to stand on the northern continent again. Although this achievement is not entirely due to her, but in any case, throughout the history of Luo Danlun royal family, no king can compare to her!

"Uncle Dai Lin, you've praised me, how can I be as good as you said?"

"All of this is actually due to the help of the countries in the Flame Alliance and Her Majesty the Flame Queen. I am just a nominal queen!"

Hearing the other party say such words, Kalia hurried forward, just like before, carefully holding the other party's arm, leading the veteran with gray temples to the red carpet she specially laid out to welcome the other party. carpet.

Today, there are really not many elders whom Kalia knows and who can talk to her on an equal footing.

Back then, Kalia had studied swordsmanship with this admiral for a short period of time, so she could be regarded as half of her teacher? However, it is a pity that apart from her little achievements in practicing the Way of Holy Light, she is obviously not very good at understanding other things, and she is basically the type of scumbag who can't learn anything. .

"Hey Kalia, Terenas is really blessed to have a daughter like you, and he can rest in peace after death. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said this!"

If you compare people, you will die, if you compare goods, you will throw them away!

Looking at the daughter of Terenas, and thinking about Jaina who does things without thinking and only knows to fool around with orcs, Daelin's expression that was a little emotional at first became even more lonely.

Of course, he came to his senses when he saw the other person's face darken. It seemed that he realized that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, so he hurriedly tried to comfort and explain it.

"It's okay, Uncle Dai Lin, after all these years, I've actually seen it off!"

Seeing the bewildered look of this rare old man who could talk to her freely, Kalia suddenly laughed.

"By the way! I forgot to mention it!"

"Uncle Daelin, we are very grateful for what you have done for our Kingdom of Lordaeron! If it weren't for you, once those orc fleets landed on the coast of Tirisfal Glades, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

But from this point of view, the opponent's Kul Tiras navy is their Lordaeron, and even their benefactor of the Flame Alliance! It was precisely because of this that she had this grand welcome ceremony today.

"I don't want to mention this! In fact, I didn't help much. Now that the coalition forces in Stormwind City have retreated, it seems that I won't be able to help you here again."

"Also, strictly speaking, I should be the one to thank you all! If you hadn't sent those Naga to meet us at that time, the Seventh Fleet might not be here now."

Whenever he thought of the information about the Seventh Fleet's voyage route that Jaina sent to the orc warchief, Daelin almost spit out a mouthful of old blood! He couldn't imagine how his daughter, his Jaina, would dare to do such outrageous things. Could it be that she was crazy? !

"Did something happen?"

Reminiscent of the information that Naga gave her after returning, Kalia actually only knew that they had attacked the tribe's fleet. As for more, she didn't know much.

However, with a delicate mind, she still saw something wrong from the other party's expression.

"Nothing! Forget it, don't mention this!"

"Didn't you say that you want to invite me to Lordaeron to rest for a while? Where is the horse, show me the way quickly, and let me take a good look. I haven't been here for a few years. Your Kingdom of Lordaeron, recently What has it become during this time?"

Daelin will never mention Jaina's matter to anyone. He has already issued strict orders to all those in the know, so this matter should never have happened! And those orc captives had already been beheaded by him before being thrown into the sea to feed the fish, so no more people would know about it.

"War horse? But"

"Uncle Daelin, I have been traveling around for so long for you, and I have specially prepared for you a magic carriage transported from Quel'Thalas. It will float on the ground and guarantee that there will be no bumps. feel"

Kalia looked at the row of luxurious and exquisite Quel'Thalas magic vehicles in the distance with a bit of embarrassment, which she bought specially with money from her private treasury.

"Callia! You have to remember that I am not a pampered king, but a general and an admiral at the same time!"

"As long as I am not dead, as long as I am not too old to walk, then I will never ride in those carriages, I will only drive a battleship to face the waves on the endless sea, or gallop on a horse Vertical and horizontal! That is what a general should do!"

""

"Uncle Dailin, I really envy sister Jaina for having such a good father like you"

For some reason, seeing the other party's appearance, tears suddenly flashed in Kalia's eyes. Once upon a time, she also had a happy family with a wise and powerful father and a handsome younger brother. However, now, she is the only one left alone in the entire royal family of Menethil.

"Hi! Don't mention it! I'm even more envious of Terenas having such a good daughter as you."

""

Soon, as Queen Kalia stepped into the carriage and Admiral Daelin snatched a paladin's horse and turned on his feet, the Lordaeron guards guarding Queen Kalia and some of Kul Tiras also The sailors who rode their horses rode their horses together to the King City of Lordaeron, which is southeast of the king of the road.

On the west side of Elwynn Forest, the Western Spring Fortress, which is crucial to the defense of Stormwind from the western wilderness and is crucial to defending the capital, is located in the middle of the Elwynn River and the tributaries of Mirror Lake. It firmly guards the western wilderness The gateway to Elwynn Forest!

With such a large castle fortress, no matter what kind of enemy, if they want to enter Elwynn Forest from Westfall or go north to Stormwind City, they must pass this level first! Of course, these armies of the Defias Republic are no exception!

At this time, although Defias's army had begun to send some elite troops eastward along the main road under the order of Queen Vanessa, and began to frequently scout and harass Gold Flash Town, but the main force of the Republic is still Besieging the Xiquan Fortress with only a few thousand people stationed there.

Although I really don't want to, but if the mixed army under Vanessa wants to enter Elwynn Forest and go north to besiege Stormwind City, then this hard bone guarding a key position, this West Springs Fortress, must be removed first. !

Otherwise, the other party will seriously threaten the back road of their Defias Republic Legion and the safety of the supply channel!

"The defenders of Stormwind City inside, you listen to me, of course, there is also the commander Paladin Bovar Fortagen!"

"You all heard me clearly: your Xiquan Fortress is now surrounded by more than 50,000 of our large army. With the thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled in you, you will definitely not be able to defend this fortress. So, I advise you to hurry up and surrender!"

"I am Vanessa VanCleef, Queen of the Defias Republic! I use my honor as a king to solemnly assure you: as long as you come out and surrender unconditionally, we will treat the prisoners preferentially and guarantee the safety of all of you !"

In front of Xiquan Fortress, the original white granite parapet walls outside the fortress are full of large and small arrows, spears, or scorched pits made by trebuchets and various magic spells of mages. One of the two giant rock lions in front of the gate of Xiquan Fortress was also blown off half of its head.

But obviously, this fortress is still very strong so far, and there may be some protection against magic inside, so during the few days of besieging the fortress, Vanessa's cannon fodder army left a few Except for the dead troop corpses of gnolls, trolls, goblins, or ogres, who don't feel sorry for them, they haven't made much progress.

So, as a last resort, Vanessa had no choice but to come forward, planning to try, can she directly persuade the enemy to surrender? Because, she couldn't wait to run to the main entrance of Stormwind City to show off her might, even if she couldn't break into Stormwind City, at least she would have to shoot some cannons inside to vent her anger?

At that time, the nobles of Stormwind City and that King Varian will definitely be terrified when they see her Vanessa Van Cleef leading the army to the gate of Stormwind City, right?

"Cousin, we don't seem to have an army of 50,000, do we? I think there should be no more than 30,000 at most?"

At this time, it was the thin goblin again, who was just behind his cousin Blake, muttering softly after hearing Vanessa's words.

Snapped! !

"Idiot! Shut up!"

"Later, it's your turn to lead the charge! If you survive, I will tell you why!"

Blake couldn't stand this idiot cousin. Last time, when he attacked Yuexi Town, he should have hacked the opponent to death with a single knife instead of the back of the knife!

"oh"

The little goblin clutched his head a little aggrieved, he didn't know why his cousin liked beating him so much recently? Moreover, why should he take the lead in the charge? Didn't I say before that those hired guys should be put to death first, and then they can earn more bounties and less commissions?

Soon, as Vanessa shouted loudly, above the huge rock gate with the steel gate in Xiquan Fortress, at the crenel of the parapet of the city wall, there appeared a man wearing golden paladin plate armor all over, On the left and right shoulders are Grand Marshal's eagle shoulder pads, a blue ribbon, and a middle-aged man with reddish-brown hair and beard wearing a golden lion battle robe with a blue background in Stormwind.

This person is the Grand Duke Bolvar Fortagen, the commander-in-chief of the West Spring Fortress!

"Hmph! Queen? This is really ridiculous!"

"In this huge land of the Stormwind Kingdom, I, Bolvar Fordragon, have only known and recognized the only one most noble king from the beginning to the end, and that is King Varian Wrynn! At the same time, he is also The Supreme King recognized by all countries in the Stormwind City Alliance!"

"And you"

"You just said your name was Vanessa VanCleef, didn't you? Huh, that's ridiculous!"

"Fools are fools! If I remember correctly, you are nothing more than the remnants of that despicable stonemason of Stormwind, that thug and exile Edwin Van Cleef, the daughter of a criminal, wanted by Stormwind Criminal, what qualifications and prestige do you have to call yourself a queen?!"

"As for the Defias Republic you mentioned, it's even more ridiculous!"

"You are just a group of thugs, taking advantage of the opportunity of our Stormwind Kingdom to use troops abroad, taking advantage of the time when our troops are weak, opportunistically using sneak attacks to seize the weakest defense of our Stormwind Kingdom, the Western Wilderness! That's it, You dare to call yourself a king, you are simply ignorant and ignorant!"

"So, I advise you people, it's best to stay away from the remnants of this thug Van Cleef's family, put down your weapons and armor and go to the house as soon as possible! Maybe, we in Stormwind City can still let the past go? Otherwise, wait until our Stormwind Kingdom and our alliance The day the army turns around, that's when you idiots will go to the guillotine!"

Looking at the extremely conspicuous red flags in the opponent's formation, those plate armor soldiers whose combat effectiveness is not known for the time being, but they are neatly arranged, as the commander-in-chief of Xiquan Fortress, Bolvar, he really has a heart. Also a little uneasy, the opponent is indeed stronger than them now.

After all, apart from the enemy soldiers who are besieging the Xiquan Fortress, there will be at least 20,000 to 30,000 people in the formation here in front of the main gate and in the simple camp in the distance. The so-called 50,000 army is definitely not something that they can easily shake by the miscellaneous soldiers with less than 5,000 people in the Xiquan Fortress!

Because, Bolvar knew that in Xiquan Fortress, except for the 2,000 elite defense troops that were originally stationed in the fortress under the direct control of Stormwind City, the rest were all the security militias supported by Jinshi Town, as well as those who had been there before. The Westfall People's Army, local security forces, and guards left by some nobles who fled from the Westfall, etc.

Just relying on these people, it is already very difficult for them to stick to the Xiquan Fortress. If they insist on rushing out, they will just seek their own death.

"Our Stormwind Kingdom is benevolent, I advise you to think clearly!"

"Especially that Defias mob leader, Vanessa VanCleef! Listen carefully to me: I advise you on behalf of Stormwind Kingdom, you'd better give up your ridiculous queen dream as soon as possible, drop everything and run for your life." Now, this is your last chance!"

"Otherwise, in a matter of days, you are likely to be like your thug father Edwin Van Cleef a few years ago, that stupid and ridiculous head on your neck will be chopped off, and then you will be killed." Hang the high ground on the flagpole at the gate of Stormwind!"

As the saying goes, if you lose, you don't lose. Even if the enemy is very strong now, at least it is much stronger than their Xiquan Fortress at present. However, it is absolutely impossible for him, Bolvar, to admit to the opponent easily!

Furthermore, as far as he knew, the elite troops of the Northern Expedition had already sailed south from Nanhai Town a month ago, presumably in a short period of time, they should be able to reach Stormwind City soon? Therefore, they only need to guard against death in this strong West Springs Fortress. They may only need to defend for about ten or eight days, and the opponent will definitely withdraw their troops, or they will be completely defeated by the elite Northern Expeditionary Army of their Stormwind Alliance. of!

"Hahaha! Good! Very good!"

"Now, even if you want to surrender, it's too late! I solemnly declare now: Our Defias Republic will not accept the surrender of any soldier in West Spring Fortress! I think, those ogres and Stranglethorn Vale trolls we hired must definitely I will really like those delicious flesh and blood on your body!"

Hearing that the other party dared to bring up her most unforgettable and hated memory in the same year, Vanessa's originally calm face immediately became ferocious and distorted.

"Little John Misrael, and Brack!"

"Both of you, push up all of your goblin naval guns immediately, knock out half of the shells, and bombard this fortress fiercely! I want you to blow it up in the shortest possible time!"

"Then, you let those ogres, trolls, and wolves rush in first, as long as they are soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons, let them deal with them. However, the head of the Grand Duke of Bolvar Fortagan must be Keep it for me! I swear, I must first hang the heads of those Stormwind nobles on the gate poles of Stormwind City one by one! Definitely!!"

Originally, Vanessa thought that this fortress was easier to attack, so she just used simple catapults and cannon fodder troops to press it up, intending to use the advantage of the crowd to win, just like what they did in the western wilderness. Everywhere is beneficial!

But how could they think that in the past few days, they had a bloody encounter here, wasting more than 3,000 mercenaries and gnoll troops in vain! In addition, the opponent now refuses to surrender and slanders her with rude words, which has completely angered her, so Vanessa decided: no matter what the cost, she must first bombard this fortress and get the head of that hateful duke before saying goodbye plan!

"Of order, Her Majesty Queen Vanessa, just watch it! The cannons of our venture capital company are the most powerful near the entire west coast, none of them!"

"You're farting! Those naval guns of mine are the most powerful around here!"

"Oh? Little John, don't you know that those naval guns of yours have not been updated for a long time, are they already out of date? And mine are dismantled from the latest steamship of a venture capital company. It is the most elite cannon!"

"Maybe you are right, but the caliber of my outdated artillery is much larger than your new artillery!"

"But your outdated gadgets are definitely not as far and accurate as my cannons!"

"Haha! Look, Blake, that fortress is so big, it just stays there and won't move. What's the use of shooting far and accurately? Let me tell you, siege cannons need to use large caliber , those small cannons of yours are really too thin. So I doubt whether your small cannonballs can penetrate the boulders that form the walls of the city and the outer walls of the fortress?"

"Hmph! Then let's compare. I attack the left and you bomb the right. Whoever destroys the castle first can go in and grab it first. What do you think of my suggestion?"

"It's a good idea, then it's settled!"

"Time is money, let's hurry up my friend!"

After receiving the order, the goblins of the two different factions who didn't see each other contemptuously suppressed each other's artillery, and then took the time to trot towards their respective artillery positions.

Bombarding a castle fortress that serves as a fixed target is not easy for the naval guns of the two groups of goblins! Besides, Queen Vanessa reimbursed for shells and gunpowder! There's no better idea than spending someone else's money and shooting yourself up!

You know, the two goblins, this little John Misril, is a well-known big pirate on the west side of Northern Stranglethorn Vale and near the west coast of West Wilderness. But he is good at it! Now, attacking an immovable fortress is not easy for their pirate elite gunners!

And for Blake, the goblin director of the former venture capital company, going out to sea to transport goods, and by the way, playing a pirate role when the opportunity is right is also one of his specialties. Therefore, shooting or something, for his gunners In fact, it is not too strange?

"Report! Your Excellency the Duke! Received an urgent magic message from Stormwind City!"

Just as the Grand Duke of Bolvar Fortagan and the remnant of Van Cleef, who claimed to be the queen, had just finished exchanging harsh words, before he could continue to observe the enemy's situation and arrange to check the defense affairs, a Stormwind communications officer quickly took a A piece of parchment ran towards him at a fast pace.

Then, the other party reported so out of breath.

"Just read it directly!"

Without even looking at it, Bovar waved his hand behind him to signal the other party to read it directly. Because, he probably already guessed what the letter would say, and didn't have too many expectations.

For Duke Bolvar, no one knows those guys in Stormwind better than him!

"yes!"

"This is a personal letter from His Majesty King Varian to you. It says: After several discussions, the upper echelons of the kingdom and members of the parliament still refuse to send any reinforcements to our West Spring Fortress! Moreover, the elite soldiers of the Northern Expedition going south , it will take about eight days to reach Stormwind City. If the West Spring Fortress wants to get reinforcements, it will take at least ten days to half a month."

"His Majesty King Varian also conveyed to you: If there is really no way to hold it for such a long time, please retreat in time and return directly to Stormwind City to take charge of the defense! His Majesty the King said that the fortifications of Stormwind City are strong enough to last until the return of the Northern Expeditionary Army." ! Or, if you have any difficulties now, His Majesty the King will try his best to solve them for you!"

After reading the parchment letter again, the communications officer didn't find any omissions, so he stood up straight again, standing upright behind Bolvar, waiting for the other party's reply, so that he could let the other party go. A military mage delivered a timely message to His Majesty King Varian.

"At least ten days, or half a month."

"Forget it, go and report to His Majesty the King, and tell him that I, Varian, will live up to my mission and will stick to the Westspring Fortress until the reinforcements return. Please rest assured!"

Although Bovar himself was not sure that he would be able to hold on for ten days and a half months, or even three or five days, he still pretended to be confident and said to the communications officer with a smile.

"It's not good! Everyone get down quickly!!!"

However, when he was still about to say something, he suddenly heard bursts of roaring sounds from a distance and the sharp and piercing sound of some objects piercing the air at high speed. Afterwards, when he realized something, he immediately At the same time as he shouted loudly, he immediately squatted down on the battlement mouth against the stone wall.

boom! boom! boom!

In the next moment, violent collisions and explosions exploded

Countless solid lead bullets, almost half the size of a human head, or solid iron shells, ruthlessly bombarded towards the Xiquan Fortress!

And the communications officer who was standing at attention was caught off guard by a shell that hit his body head-on on the spot. The moment the armor was torn, it turned into a big pool of scarlet rotten meat. direction, hung an entire castle wall and splashed Bolvar's scarlet face

Boom! Boom! Boom!

However, when the wall of Xiquan Fortress was bombarded by shells, the protective wall with magic protection began to shake slightly, and roared, while the goblin artillerymen of the Defias Republic outside, the opponent's attack It didn't stop, and the opponent continued to bombard the huge Xiquan Fortress with rounds of steel or lead shells.

"Damn it, it's the Goblin Cannon!"

Seeing the tragic death of the communication officer, Bovar cursed subconsciously.

"Quick! Everyone, pay attention to avoiding shells, and pay attention to concealment! Yes, just hide under the crenel of the city wall like that, don't show your head easily, and don't stand up directly!"

While squatting halfway under a protective wall, Bovar yelled loudly at the soldiers who were running around or still standing still.

However, to his surprise, the enemy's artillery was strangely powerful, and it seemed that their caliber was far greater than those of their Stormwind Kingdom's own defensive artillery? Because, he saw several soldiers who were hiding under the wall like himself, were directly hit by a shell and smashed the wall and flew straight up.

boom! boom! boom!

Countless shells were still whistling and flying over, violently bombarding the outer city wall and the parapet of the Xiquan Fortress castle, directly hitting the outer wall of the white rock fortress castle, making unsightly pits and cracks, and even some It also directly shattered the outer walls made of stones on the outer wall of the castle, so that the boulder and the shells collapsed into the fortress castle together, and created a huge gap in the shells.

"Be careful! Get out of there!"

Facing the bouncing stones, splashing stones and clouds of dust and smoke blown up by the shells, the Grand Duke of Bolvar Fortagen just ran into the hall of the fortress at the risk of being hit by the shells. At that time, he was horrified to see: one of the walls was directly bombarded by shells and collapsed, and then countless stones, turning heads and rock fragments, etc., collapsed directly from the thick inner wall of the castle, and Strictly submerged a bunch of soldiers lined up there waiting for orders.

Fortunately, the main load-bearing structure of the castle seems to be very strong, and it was not hit by the shelling. Therefore, Boval thinks that the castle may not be able to collapse temporarily?

"Quick, dig out the wounded immediately!"

"Others, stay away from the southern wall immediately and go further inside! Where is our priest? Hurry up, let them rescue those wounded!"

However, Bolvar's voice was quickly muffled.

A round of shells, still bombarded in violently like no money! Some of them can directly penetrate the wall, slamming in hard and leaving a big hole; some of them just hit the outer wall of the castle, leaving cracks and crackling sounds when they hit the wall; Some of them hit those reserved archery openings by luck, or flew in directly from the big gap left by the bombardment before!

And those shells that bombarded in directly without being blocked were also the greatest threat! They can often blast flesh and blood trails directly in the hall of the castle, various rooms and certain places, or knock an important place into a mess

However, this level of bombardment is only the beginning!

The artillery outside was still bombarding, as if they really wouldn't stop until they flattened the huge fortress with nearly 5,000 Stormwind Kingdom soldiers stationed there? Or, will the goblins obey their Queen Vanessa's order and just blow up half of the ammunition?

Anyway, no matter what, two or three hundred goblin cannons, countless hot shells, just dragging a trajectory that is almost visible to the naked eye, constantly heading towards the Xiquan Fortress, like a meteorite rain, continuously bombarding down

boom! boom!

The violent shock and explosions are still going on. This level of bombardment is more shocking to the defenders of Xiquan Fortress than the endless army of monsters swarming directly over the past few days, or the impact of boulders from trebuchets. Much more!

Some soldiers have never even seen so many artillery shelling at the same time in their entire lives! Of course, this actually includes the Duke of Bolvar.

"Damn it, why do they have so many cannons?!"

In the battles in the world of Azeroth, due to the existence of professionals with extraordinary powers, such as paladins or mages, even warriors can charge and slash with anger, so it is very inconvenient to move like artillery. Gunpowder weapons, which cost a lot of money and steel, are generally only used on warships. After all, steel is military supplies, but money!

Therefore, in offensive warfare, few people would use these bulky and expensive guys, otherwise, once the enemy sends out elite troops to attack, the expensive firearms troops will really be gone!

But now, what Bovar doesn't understand is, these damned Defias traitors, why can they concentrate so many artillery here? This kind of terrifying quantity, I am afraid that there are not so many in the city of Stormwind, right? Where did they get so much money to get these artillery?

""

Just standing in the middle of the castle hall, with a dark face, feeling the trembling castle walls and ground, the violent explosion and impact, and the continuous bombardment of the shells, hitting the thick wall of the castle fiercely. On the rocky walls, one or two walls were broken from time to time, or they got in again at some point, creating hot and smoking shells that were murderous again and again.

For some reason, for the first time, Bolvar, as the commander-in-chief, was shaken in his belief in whether he could hold on to the West Spring Fortress and whether he could survive today.

Those famous recruits were covering their ears and shrinking aside in fear. Even the elite guards holding shields stood in a daze, just watching the loud noises inside and outside the castle in such a daze. The sound, the incoming shells, and the wailing of the wounded

Almost all the priests are working hard with the peasants carrying stretchers to dig out the dead or wounded soldiers from the collapsed ruins one after another, and then take them to other places for treatment as soon as possible. No one dares to approach the southern wall casually. , and no one dared to rush out to enter the combat position. Now, before the enemy has launched an attack with soldiers, the entire castle of Xiquan Fortress has already become chaotic inside.

"His Excellency, Duke Bolvar!"

"The soldiers on the posts can't stand it anymore, Xiquan Fortress will soon be unable to hold it! The outer wall on the west side has collapsed with a big gap, and the inner wall is also crumbling. If the enemy rushes in again, we must be I can't hold it! Now, why don't you order a retreat quickly?!"

At this time, a general of Stormwind City ran in from the outside at a risk, and saw Duke Bolvar standing in the middle of the castle hall like a statue at a glance, so he risked flying stones Block, ran directly to the Duke's side and reported loudly.

A good fortress has been bombed by the enemy in just over ten minutes. In addition, after the city wall has lost its protective effect, with less than 5,000 troops, they will definitely not be able to resist the outsiders. Defias traitors!

So now, retreat has become their only way out!

"No! Can't retreat!"

"Without Westspring Fortress, our Stormwind City will be directly besieged by the enemy! I will never let the enemy pass through here, never! We must persist in the bloody battle to the last man!"

After ruthlessly pushing away the general who asked to retreat, Bolvar pulled out the long sword at his waist and the shield behind him. Obviously, although the enemy's attack is very fierce now, he still has not retreated. plan!

"Let the sharpshooter go to the top of the castle and see if you can attack the enemy's artillery positions with heavy bows and arrows! Then, let our artillery not save ammunition, and fight back immediately!"

"Soldiers! Get ready, when the enemy's shelling is over, we will all go to our posts outside!"

After giving the order, Bolvar, who was about to go out and plan to go all out to command the remaining troops to defend against the enemy's attack, was stopped again by the general who came to persuade him to withdraw his troops.

"Your Excellency the Duke!"

"Listen! With the enemy's attack now, it is estimated that our castle fortress will be blown up by the enemy in a short time! At that time, we will all be buried inside without the enemy from outside attacking in!"

"We lack the means to fight back now, and we have no way to rush out to counter the enemy. It is absolutely impossible to stay in this castle like this! I believe it will not take long, maybe we don't have to wait until tomorrow, we are all finished!"

If there were enough artillery here, if they had enough troops, then none of them would be so passive! Unfortunately, they have nothing now!

Xiquan Fortress has been at peace for a long time, and there has been no war for almost 20 years. Except for the ordinary city security soldiers, the artillery is so backward, and the bow and arrow troops are even rarer. It was all done by relying on the tough inner and outer walls of the fortress.

But now, not long after the tough fortress was bombarded, a large piece of it has collapsed. What's the point of continuing to hold on?

boom! ! !

At this time, another shell hit a crumbling inner wall of the castle and shattered a small load-bearing stone pillar, and then, the wall and one or two rooms above the load-bearing pillar were shot towards The castle hall collapsed, directly submerging the elite city defense soldiers who had just lined up under the Duke's order and were about to go out to fight

""

up! Your Excellency the Duke! "

"Without the enemy coming in, our castle is about to be destroyed! Rather than this, it's better than Stormwind City, where we have enough mages, enough artillery, catapults, and various fortifications, just tens of thousands of enemies. Bing, you can't even break through the outer gate in front of the Valley of Heroes!"

"Let's retreat! Lord Duke, we are not in failure! When our reinforcements arrive, we will kill them again!"

After the entire wall and a small part of the castle area collapsed, seeing the duke's face seemed to be a little disturbed, not as resolute as before, the general advised loudly again.

This kind of situation where there is no defense, or even no soldiers to defend, is a dead end for their side of Stormwind City! So, instead of doing this, it is better to temporarily withdraw troops and go back to defend Stormwind City! When the reinforcements return south, it's time for them to fight back!

boom! ! !

Suddenly, there was another burst of violent bangs, and when the two of them hurriedly looked towards the place of the shock, they were surprised to find that the entire inner and outer walls had been blown down again. Those outer walls built on slopes , after a burst of shelling, it collapsed halfway outward, and then, when the dust and smoke gradually dissipated, they even saw groups of ferocious and cruel ogres, Stranglethorn Vale trolls, and goblins in the distance outside. , and a large number of jackals are cheering and getting ready.

Obviously, it won't be too long before the opponent's next attack of soldiers.

"well"

"Perhaps you are right, then, order to retreat from the secret passage, let those refugees and wounded go first, and we will be in the rear!"

Seeing that the enemy was still bombing and the walls in other directions were also a little crumbling, Bovar finally recognized the reality. All the helplessness and resentment could only be turned into a sigh, and he nodded reluctantly, agreeing to the other party's request.

I don't know how long the bombing took, and I don't know how many shells were fired. Anyway, when the excited goblins finally overloaded because of the redness of the barrel, they even blew up one of the gun barrels, resulting in the death or injury of many goblin gunners. , the Defias Republic's saturation bombing of Xiquan Fortress finally stopped.

"Wow!!"

"Aww!!!"

"Hula la! Hula la!!!"

At this time, the sound of the guns from the rear gradually subsided, and the smoke and dust from the castle fortress in the distance gradually dissipated. The opponent's castle had become completely dilapidated, and the countless walls and the surrounding parapets had become a pool of dilapidated pieces. In the sloping brick ruins, you can even see the corpses lying on the ground and the soldiers of Stormwind running in a hurry, and the countless ogres, trolls, and gnolls who watched the bombing dumbfounded. The monsters all cheered loudly!

They believe that without the protection of the walls and walls that are in the way in the distance, when they rush in, they will definitely be able to teach those iron guys in Stormwind a profound lesson!

"That's right, that's how it should be!"

Seeing the effect of the bombardment, which instantly blew up a magnificent defensive fortress into this appearance, Vanessa finally knew why her father, Edwin Van Cleef, was so determined to build that iron-clad dreadnought. up.

That ship is full of ferocious muzzles, plus those ultra-long-range large-caliber cannons. Once it really sails to the sea outside Stormwind City and bombards it recklessly, she believes that the entire Stormwind City, the half near the port and the sea, Surely it will fall into the flames, right?

And this is the power of the giant ship cannon! Although they are not as gorgeous as magic, nor as mysterious as magic, and they are not as capable of burning cities and seas as magic, but as long as there are enough cannons, the caliber is big enough, and they hit far enough, they may not be much worse than magic!

At this time, the prototype of a steel kingdom began to germinate in Vanessa's heart

Since their Defias Republic does not have the background of Lordaeron, the magic of Quel'Thalas, the elite air force and forging technology of Eagle's Nest Mountain, and the strong individual strength of the Flame Kingdom, then their Defias The Republic will take the route of giant ship cannons and steel troops, and reduce the role of personal force to the minimum!

Only in this way can her new country stand tall in this dangerous world of Azeroth! Anyway, what they have now is money, and they are still very rich, aren't they?

"Hmph! The vanguard troops obey the order and attack! Let me rush in!!"

"Remember, whoever can give me that Bolvar's head intact will be rewarded with a thousand coins! When we besiege Stormwind City, I must hang it on the gate of Stormwind City, so that those Stormwind City The aristocrats and kings of the world should also feel the pain that I suffered back then!"

With a wave of Vanessa's hand, the countless monster armies standing beside her cheered loudly, and rushed towards the distant West Spring Fortress in a swarm!

Soon, besides the two hundred-man Defias guards, all the ogres, trolls, and gnolls were gone! Of course, farther away, there are countless of her in neat formations, wearing red battle robes, and holding high the golden stone hammer curved blade flag with a red background.

"No one wants to grab that head from me, it belongs to us trolls!"

"Stupid troll, you can't beat us!"

"Hogg also wants the thousand gold coins, you all go away! Whoever grabs me will kill him!"

""

Seeing the countless miscellaneous cannon fodder troops under her, seeing those gnolls, trolls and ogres rushing into the dilapidated West Springs Fortress first, the corner of Vanessa's mouth revealed a hint of complacency. Smile.

"I suddenly felt that before the gate of Stormwind City, your head should be hung first."

At this time, an old and penetrating voice suddenly rang in Vanessa's ear!

And then, a poisonous sharp blade was attached to Vanessa's sensitive skin without any warning? !

Oops there are assassins? !

Vanessa, who was full of ambition, suddenly flashed this idea when she had a clever mind! However, in this case, with the sharp blade firmly attached to the skin of her neck, she seemed to be unable to escape

Then, when Vanessa, who is also an assassin, grabbed her two black daggers with both hands, the poisonous sharp blade that was close to her neck was violently shaken back.

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The moment she was about to be decapitated by the owl, Vanessa's figure suddenly changed in a special way. She turned into a strange cloud of black smoke directly from the opponent's neck-cutting knife. After the owl's head, he just ran forward at a high speed, and then soon appeared in the distance again. "Ha! It's really dangerous! Just now, you shouldn't be so confident to say those nonsense! Moreover, you can hide from me and quietly appear behind me, this is really a powerful killer! At this time, Will come to assassinate me, maybe, only your SI7 in Stormwind City? And, if I’m not wrong, you must still be a senior figure in MI7?” From the other party’s just The voice, as well as the slightly bent body and the superb assassination skills, Vanessa, who is also a killer, unconsciously shed a cold sweat. Just now, it was really too dangerous! If she hadn't received Anne's gift when she was a child, obtained pure shadow energy and promptly transformed into a pure shadow form and dissipated, she would be dead now! "There are assassins! Protect the queen!!!" After someone shouted, countless soldiers of the Defias Republic and high-level generals surrounded them one after another!