Chapter 499 Stormwind City's Decision

The armies of both sides confronted each other. The Stormwind Alliance wanted to defeat Quel'Danas and the Lordaeron Alliance in one fell swoop, and then withdraw part of the army to suppress the Western Wasteland.

"Lord Velen, how is your Draenei army prepared?"

Looking at the huge army of 50,000 in front of him, Marshal Reginald was in high spirits. He felt that this time he would definitely defeat Lordaeron and the long-eared man.

After seeing that the army was fine, he looked at the prophet Velen next to him.

"Marshal, don't worry, our Draenei elite troops are still very powerful."

Looking at the fortress in front of him, Velen actually didn't want to attack it. In this mountainous area, the opponent is a fortress, which naturally has a huge advantage. The army attacks from above and the road is narrow. The opponent only needs to use magic or catapults to cause them heavy losses.

As for using spaceships to directly airlift the army to the enemy's rear, Velen also considered this idea, but the spaceship is their tool to escape the pursuit of the Burning Legion, and there can be no risk of damage.

So Velen finally gave up the idea.

The people on the other side not only have dragon eagle knights, but also griffin knights. With the addition of magic, he cannot guarantee the absolute safety of the spaceship.

"That's good!"

"Since the unrest in the Western Wasteland, the kingdom has lost an important grain production area, and time is no longer on our side."

"If we continue to confront each other, our strength will only become weaker and weaker. We must now use our strongest strength to force them back, and then we will have time to clean up the Western Wasteland."

"The longer the time drags on, the greater the variables! This is the only way now!"

Looking at the fortress built by the elven wizards in the distance using the mud-to-stone spell, Reginald knew very well what a painful price it would take to attack such a fortress.

But war is like this, and he had to do this for victory.

Now there is only one way for Stormwind City. If you don't want to fail, you must succeed at all costs.

"Start!" Reginald ordered.

"The vanguard begins the attack, siege vehicles are ready, archers and musketeers provide cover, suppress the city head!"

"Sword and shield small formation advance!"

"Tank troops are ready, follow those vanguards, close shooting!"

As Marshal Reginald's order was issued, the messengers soon began to convey orders to each camp. Three hundred soldiers were divided into thirty small squares and began to slowly approach.

Attacking in front of such a fortress, dense formations are seeking death, the terrain here is not large to begin with. The dense formations are the target of the defenders.

Small squares approached quickly, and behind them were the dwarf musketeers and those roaring steam chariots. There were even twos and threes of mortar gunners behind the tank troops.

After several years of fighting, both armies were familiar with the enemy's offensive methods. Seeing the opponent's behavior, Lordaeron's Marshal Garithos sneered: "It's the same old trick again."

"The old fox Reginald has no new tricks!"

"Let the rangers of Quel'Thalas prepare, and greet them with bows and arrows when they get close!"

Seeing the opponent's heavy plate armor legion approaching, Garithos issued an order. Looking at the thousands of obsidian golems in the fortress, Garithos was not worried that the enemy would attack.

Soon, the dwarf artillery began to show its power, and the artillery on the steam tank fired close, but these shells hitting the city wall could not cause any serious consequences.

Only direct hits will cause casualties, and the accuracy of these artillery is completely a matter of luck.

As the enemy approached, the high elf rangers began to shoot with bows and arrows. Almost all high elves are archers, not only can they shoot far, but they can also bless magic on arrows, even heavy armored troops have to be careful to deal with them.

"Raise your shield!"

The front-line commander shouted directly, and then everyone raised their shields.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Bang!"

A sharp arrow came through the air and nailed down fiercely. Most of the arrows were blocked by Stormwind's heavy armor shields, but there were still many arrows that could get into the gaps and directly pass through the gaps in the armor and hit the target.

Some people in the team of 300 people screamed immediately, and some arrows even carried magical power and exploded directly, burning with high temperature, instantly turning them into fireballs.

"Mage troops, get ready, cast fossils into mud, and prepare to stop those tanks and tin cans!" After seeing that the bows and arrows were generally ineffective, Lor'themar Theron gave the order directly.

The mountain road was originally narrow, and the use of fossils into mud could immediately close a large amount of space. As long as it was well grasped, the army in front of them would be a target.

Soon after several rounds of trial attacks, the army of the Kingdom of Stormwind left behind some corpses and tanks and began to launch a general attack.

A large number of dwarf musketeers rushed up in formation, and then the musket formation fired in unison, the sound of musket explosions was endless, and the steam tanks began to charge quickly. Various shells continued to pour down.

Both sides used all kinds of long-range attack methods, and threw out powerful artillery, bows and arrows, mortars, magic fireballs, catapults, etc. as if they were free.

The battle soon entered a white-hot stage.

After a large number of soldiers were killed and injured, the army of the Kingdom of Stormwind finally advanced to the city wall, and at this time the high elf golem army and the soldiers of Lordaeron were already ready.

The high elf golem army directly stood at the forefront. These golem armies that were not afraid of life and death, had no sense of pain, and had strong attacks were the best forwards.

The three-meter-tall rock golems are extremely powerful, and one punch can flatten a heavily armored warrior. The heavy-armored legions of Stormwind Kingdom did not dare to fight them head-on.

Behind these golem legions is the army of Lordaeron. The rock golems destroyed the front of the Stormwind Alliance, and the army of Lordaeron took the opportunity to rush forward.

The Stormwind army suffered heavy casualties in the counterattack launched by the golem legion.

The sound of steel colliding and magic explosions was endless. Countless sparks flew out from the collision of the long sword and the golem.

Many soldiers of Stormwind Kingdom launched fierce attacks on the joints of the rock golems, cutting off their joints to paralyze the golems.

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Although this method can defeat the golem legion, the golem legion is not fighting alone. The Lordaeron soldiers behind them will not give them a chance at all, and will just rush up and chop them.

Surrounding this fortress, the two sides fought a desperate battle.

Soldiers were shot by long arrows one by one, and fireballs, boulders, frost, lightning, and arcane missiles kept whistling. Soldiers without heavy armor would die if they encountered these.

Soldiers died one by one, and the blood had dyed the ground red. The original tanks were basically scrapped. These slow-moving and unstable tanks often exploded as long as a fireball was fired.

Because the width of the battlefield was limited, both sides could only deploy troops little by little, and the entire battlefield was like a refueling tactic.

All legions took turns to fight, and only when the number of casualties reached a certain number would new legions take over.

Under the banner of the legion marshal in the distance, Reginald looked at the battlefield in the distance expressionlessly, and was estimating the casualties of both sides in his heart.

He knew very well that both Lordaeron and the High Elf Kingdom had suffered a large number of deaths after experiencing the Scourge of the Undead. If they really fought for casualties, they would definitely not be able to win.

As long as they persisted, Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas would definitely not be able to hold on. Even if the casualties of the Kingdom of Stormwind were greater, it would be acceptable.

The battle had lasted for a whole morning, and there was still no sign of stopping. Reginald's face became more and more solemn, and the enemy's will to resist was somewhat beyond his expectations.

But Reginald still did not stop. In his opinion, the enemy was more like a trapped beast fighting to the bitter end. As long as it continued, the enemy would definitely not be able to hold on.

As for those rock golems, almost all of them were destroyed at this time. He had seen similar golems in Stormwind City, but they were not so powerful, and the cost was high, so they could not form a scale at all.

She was surprised that the high elves could create so many golems. He did not believe that the high elves had more golem armies to consume.

Reginald did not understand the power of magic industrialization at all, and did not know the production capacity of the magic assembly line. With the current output of the Quel'Danas Golem Factory, it only takes one month to produce thousands of rock golems of various models.

And over the years, tens of thousands of rock golems have been stored in the High Elf Kingdom.

As for the construction cost, the High Elf Kingdom has always been famous for its wealth. With endless energy such as the Sunwell, the production cost of rock golems has been greatly reduced.

So if they want to use up the rock golems, they may not be able to do it even if all the 50,000 troops in Reginald's hands die.

At this time, Reginald was still commanding the next army to enter the battlefield, and a general next to him finally couldn't help it, and came directly to Marshal Reginald and said loudly:

"Marshal, the battle has lasted for four hours now, and the soldiers of the Sixth Legion have all been put into battle. Should we continue to put the reserve troops into battle?"

It sounded like he was asking for instructions, but in fact the deputy general was reminding him that six consecutive legions had been put into battle, which meant that 12,000 people had fought.

And each army rotated after the casualties reached one-third, which meant that they lost at least 4,000 people.

The losses here do not count the injured, after all, there are a large number of paladins and priests, and they will be treated immediately if they are injured. The 4,000 people here have already died.

Such a high loss rate has exceeded the psychology of many people. This means that the Kingdom of Stormwind has consumed at least 4,000 elite troops.

Even though these casualties were shared by the dwarves, night elves, and draenei, Stormwind still suffered more than 80%.

How long had the battle started? Nearly one-tenth of them had already died. If it continued, their casualties would probably exceed half.