Chapter 341 33. Destruction (Part 1)

East Valley, the town at the junction of Elwynn Forest and Red Ridge Mountains, is famous throughout the eastern continent for its rich timber resources. Cutting wood and selling it is also the main source of income for the East Valley people. In addition, East Valley also has It is rich in mineral resources, but because it is deep in the dense forest, it is somewhat difficult to mine the Fargodi mine vein, and recently there are dog heads and murlocs here.

During the First War of the Orcs, the battle between humans and orcs broke out in the East Valley. After the reconstruction of Stormwind City, a monument to the fallen heroes was also erected in the woodland lake in the East Valley.

Remembering the past can make rulers wise and brave, and worshiping heroes can also make people more tenacious.

The disasters at Redridge Mountain and Nightshade Town have been known to the people of the entire kingdom. Whether the people are willing or not, a new war is imminent. Adult men in Redridge Mountain were sent directly to the camp in East Valley by Draenei's spaceship. There are also soldiers who escaped from the battle in Night Town, and they regrouped here under the call of the king.

The East Valley, which has always been famous for its quietness, is now full of male hormones and the restlessness of the coming war. In addition to the army that continues to suppress the Defias rebellion in the western wilderness, 40,000 soldiers cobbled together from the entire kingdom are stationed here. The empty and long-historic Donggu lumberyard was already full of tents and simple military camps. The fort left over from the first orc war was quickly repaired by tens of thousands of people, trenches were dug, and many wooden shelters were built by felling wood. horse.

Cannons exuding icy aura were placed on the emplacements, and dozens of steam tanks were parked in the open space in front of the positions. Griffin knights kept rising and falling, sending messages between several positions, and the fully armed The knights also walked up and down the battlefield, maintaining order.

The commander of these soldiers is Bolvar Fordragon, the Duke of Stormwind, the most famous dignitary in the entire kingdom, and a powerful and loyal paladin. The soldiers under his command are very diverse. There are also veterans who have just been recruited, and there are also some militiamen who voluntarily took up arms to defend their hometown, and private soldiers who had to be used by the nobles under pressure.

It can be said that this is the largest military operation launched by the Stormwind Kingdom after the end of the Orc War. On the road of classics, start a difficult tug-of-war with the undead.

Ironically speaking, although the Stormwind Kingdom has lost two core towns and control of two provinces, they are still not clear about the overall strength of the undead, and from the mouth of the black dragon serving Countess Katerina Hearing about the undead attacking Blackrock Tower made the hearts of the commanders even heavier. If what the black dragons said was true, it would be difficult to stop the undead who came in full force by relying on the 40,000 soldiers on hand.

For the generals and marshals of Stormwind City, what they felt at this moment was like facing a monster hidden in the darkness. Before it came out of the shadows, no one knew how powerful it was.

But in the face of the battle of life and death, fear is only a choice, and the loser may lose everything, but this is definitely not a reason to be afraid and dare not fight.

In the area where Elwynn Forest, Redridge Mountains, and Duskwood meet, the brave Griffon scouts saw the tide of undead crossing Redridge Mountains. The black gauze on the foot of the mountain, the black army rolling forward is like a surging tide, with no end in sight.

After several days of silence, the undead finally seemed unable to hold back their spirits.

And above the sky, the Necromancer flapped their wings and flew outward from a height close to the clouds. Among the dense black spots, there were some huge and terrifying skeleton dragons.

"The undead are coming!"

The scouts quickly grabbed the reins of the griffin, and rushed back towards the human position behind them. In the past few days of scouting, the scouts of the extremely fast, cruel, and extremely aggressive necromancer arakkoa gave The human scouts have brought a lot of trouble. Once they are entangled by these air bandits who like to bully the few, even the ferocious griffins, which can fight dragons, will find it difficult to escape.

"The undead are coming!"

Ten minutes later, after receiving the news from the scouts, the entire human position became chilled, as if a huge war machine had been activated, and every gear began to rotate, shining courage in the collision The sparks, the veterans picked up their weapons and handed the jugs in their hands to the nervous recruits, while the generals rode on their horses and galloped back and forth in front of their positions. Their weapons collided with those of the soldiers again and again, and the generals The roar and the sound of weapons colliding made the knights in the front row breathless.

Marshal Windsor took his own guards to stay behind the infantry phalanx. After the battle began, he will take over the command of the battlefield, while Duke Bolvar put on a lion-patterned helmet and led Stormwind The 800 paladins are standing at the forefront of the battle line. The power of the holy light is extremely harmful to the undead creatures. This legion of paladins will also become the most important mobile force in this battle.

"The artillery is in place!"

"Tanks in place!"

"Archers in place!"

"Infantry in position!"

Accompanied by the hoarse roar of the herald, the blue and golden lion battle flags representing the Stormwind Kingdom and the Wrynn royal family were slowly raised all over the battle line. In such a great battle, raising the glorious battle flag has only one meaning. .. In one's own post, fight to the death without retreating!

The East Valley is the last strategic stronghold in the Elwynn Forest. Any soldier with tactical experience knows that if this place is lost, the entire vast Elvinson will be defenseless. Once they fail, the citizens of the kingdom will have to Hiding in his own home and shivering, the land he loves will be completely swallowed by the power of darkness.

They will lose it...these warriors who love their country and are willing to shed their lives and blood for it, will lose it forever.

Enemies always underestimate the strength of warriors and their brothers and sisters, especially when it comes to protecting their loved ones and everything they hold dear...

"Gah!"

A hissing sound belonging to the dead arakkoa resounded in the sky of the East Valley. The commander of the Screamer Legion, the assassin crow standing on the head of a giant skeleton dragon, these 600 young men followed the glorious king of the arakkoa, Terokk. He looked down at the human position like a giant beast entrenched in the forest with his calm eyes. In the small world of Draenor, it is rare to see such a frightening and blood-boiling monster. war.

He examined those human soldiers who were ready to fight with critical eyes. He wanted to see a trace of weakness in the posture of those soldiers, and saw the fear he wanted to see...but no, under the unity of the will, the individual His cowardice was concealed by the strength of the collective, he could only see the warriors who swore to the death, he could only see the steely determination of these human beings.

"In fear that falls from the sky, even the brave will become cowards! Steel will be snapped! Victory...is at hand!"

"swish"

The dark golden wing blade was lifted high by the crow, and the black robe he was wearing was fluttering in the wind. At the moment when the first strand of black feathers were blown into the scorching sky by the wind, the sharp wing blade in the crow's hand suddenly swung Down.

"Screamers! Destroy them!"

"quack quack quack"

The noisy screams of the crows rang out in the air, just like when they raided the battlefield under Tongtian Peak. The dead crows mustered the death energy in their bodies and condensed into a cold storm around them. The demons folded their wings, dozens of people as a group, roaring and smashing towards the human legions waiting in formation below, the moment they landed, the wing blades and the biting cold storm in the hands of the arakkoa would bring the first wave of blood to their masters feast.

But after experiencing the war in the Red Ridge Mountains, humans will not be passively beaten.

"Priest! Hold up the barrier!"

The priests of the Holy Light who were arranged on the outskirts of the legion chanted the holy scriptures of the Holy Light in unison. The power of a single person is weak, but when the priests gathered together, the gushing energy of the Holy Light quickly spread across the sky. A barrier of shining golden flames gathered in the air, enveloping every army formation.

"bang bang bang"

The cunning arakkoa crashed into those scorching barriers unexpectedly, the divine energy counteracted the iciness wrapped around them, slowing down their impact speed, and the next moment, the archers and musketeers who were already ready in the army grinned Raising their weapons, the thousands of arakkoa who attacked the position in the first wave were almost wiped out in the furious shooting.

"cunning!"

There was a cruel light in the eyes of the crow, and he let out a hasty scream, commanding the arakkos behind him to gather into a larger group, while the giant skeleton dragons hidden in the crows flapped their wings and descended slowly. The behemoths didn't directly join the attack on the ground, but they opened their ferocious sharp teeth, spraying cold, huge amounts of death energy on the army formation below, like a blizzard falling from the sky.

The barrier on the ground was rapidly weakened. While the priests were chanting, the regrouped arakkoa attacked the ground again. This time, the barrier between the two army formations was broken, and the arakkoa descended from the sky brought madness. But at the same time, the human air force that has been waiting for an opportunity, those heroic Griffin Riders roared into the sky, and some of the Wildhammer dwarves who stayed in the Kingdom of Stormwind, the thunder light brought by the Storm Hammer , the gathered Arakkoa were forcibly separated.

The machine guns of the steam tanks on the ground also fired suddenly. In the dense and scorching barrage, the shattered corpses of the arakkoa who were entangled and unable to lift into the air fell on the front of the position like black raindrops. on the ground.

There was no temptation, no communication, and the battle situation became intense from the very beginning, and this was just the beginning. Amidst the vibrations of the ground, the ground troops of the undead also appeared in front of the severely harassed human positions. The undead infantry in armor will not feel tired, and under the orders of the lower knights, while seeing the human position, these rolling dark minions began to charge.

"Knights! Follow me to meet the enemy!"

Bolvar buckled his helmet and pulled out the golden epee behind his backhand. The scorching holy light shone on his body like a golden battle flag. Under the charge led by the Duke himself, The paladins followed closely behind, and then the roaring heavy cavalry. The ground of the entire East Valley shook with the roars of the good men, and the dust brought up by the galloping horses turned into a storm.

Facing the menacing human heavy cavalry, if the undead still have emotions, they should also feel fear... A few years ago, human beings relied on these heavy cavalry that would directly kill through the enemy's formation once they started to charge. After a long battle, they defeated the mighty orcs abruptly.

But no, the undead will not be afraid. Facing the human knights who are stabbing straight like sharp arrows, the charging speed of the undead infantry has not weakened in the slightest. Under the command of the high-ranking knight leader Al, the lower-level knights launched a counter-charge against humans.

"boom"

The war horse under Bovar's crotch was shrouded in the light of the holy light. It was as brave and fearless as its owner. It was like a ferocious war hammer, hammering hard at the front of the undead phalanx. The undead infantry of the knife did not even touch Bolvar's body, and was directly burned to ashes by the scorching holy light. Bolvar was like the sharpest arrow of a sharp arrow. A charging rift opened.

Seen from above, the human knights were like a sharp hot knife, piercing into the dark undead army without difficulty, just like dividing cheese.

But the undead are not the living, even after such devastating blows, they still did not flee in all directions, but flocked to the road where the knights were charging from all directions, using their own bodies to forcefully hold back the knights The pace of charging made their speed slower and slower. Only then did the proud knights realize that what they were facing was not an orc...

A single undead is far worse than an orc, but when they gather together and are twisted into a rope by hands, the power they erupt is more than a hundred times stronger than the once terrifying tribe!

Bolvar glanced back, and the knights who were supposed to follow him fell behind, which made the paladin feel a little ominous, and the next moment, the undead phalanx in front of him suddenly split, and those who charged died The knights were just like them just now. After the human knights lost their speed, they were like a silent hammer, hammering hard on the heads of the knights surrounded by undead.

"boom"

The sound of the collision was not eye-catching on the noisy battlefield, but it was like a roar declaring the failure of an invincible strategy. In the hearts of the proud knights, it burst into silence.