Chapter 32: The Trumpet of Winter (I)
"Hurry up, boys, we're approaching the Lich King's lair, with a thousand dangers ahead and a thousand snowy fields ahead. But we firmly believe that victory belongs to us, victory belongs to the Alliance, and belongs to Lordaeron! ”
After a long journey through the dense forests of Grizzly Bear Hills, the Lordaeron Expeditionary Force stepped into the Dragonbone Wilderness. When they saw the scene of the dragon bone wilderness for the first time, everyone was shocked by its vast magnificence, different from the small white plains in the game, the dragon bone wilderness here was even more shocking, the perennial cold wind swept across the earth, making a huge sound like a tiger roaring and a dragon's groan, the sky and the earth were vast, and several abrupt hills stood like giants in this desolate land.
The green color is almost lost here, and only the most tenacious plants survive here.
"Ares, are you sure this is the right path?"
Standing on a high place, overlooking the vast and desolate wilderness, Drum couldn't help but ask worriedly. Even the well-informed Windranger looked worried. But Ares was confident.
"I'm sure, judging from the information from the griffin knights, this is indeed the closest path to Icecrown Fortress. Brothers, cheer up very much, the road will be tortuous and difficult. The road to Icecrown Citadel will become more and more difficult. Cold and danger will always come with you. Grizzly Hills is our last resting spot. Passing through this plain, there will be endless cold winter and darkness. We need to be ready. ”
Standing in front of everyone, Ares said calmly. As far as the eye can see, there is snow and wilderness.
The road to Icecrown was so winding that Ares was prepared. Although with the knowledge of crossing dogs, it is known that there is a tunnel that leads to the Icecrown Fortress. It was the underground passage of the Nibru Worms. With the help of this secret passage, the speed of the march can be much faster, but where this secret passage is, Ares has no way of knowing. In addition, even if they knew, no one would want to go down. Although the underground passage can avoid the threat of wind, snow and cold, and there is no need to climb over the mountains, the march speed will be at least twice as fast. However, the secret passage of the Zerg is full of dangers, and it is bleak inside, and you must always be wary of those giant insects that are more than one person tall, and no one wants to take this risk.
Many of the Alliance veterans who fought in the Battle of Angela Zerg later contracted the disease. Severe psychiatric illness. Ancient giant insects, for humans, are simply nightmares. They cause no less fear to humanity than the undead scourges.
Five days later, the legion reached the heart of the Dragonbone Wilderness, and in the distance, the towering spires of the Temple of Dragon's Sleep could be seen. Over the course of five days, the soldiers found no less than three corpses and remains of the dragon. The muscles and internal organs were rotten, and only a massive skeleton stood in the furious wind and snow. Even though it was only a corpse, from the huge skeleton, you could still feel the majesty and demeanor of the dragon back then. The Alliance soldiers stood beneath the massive remains, looking up at the massive skeleton of a giant dragon, the height of an ordinary human soldier not even the claws of a dragon.
The crowd cautiously navigated the vast land, however, three days later, they encountered a formidable enemy, the Lich King's army of Death Knights.
Patches of undead soldiers, led by the Death Knight, formed blue billowing waves and surged towards the Union army.
On the side of the Lordaeron coalition army, they formed a silver-white phalanx of heavy infantry to defend against the enemy. The sky was still overcast, and the trumpets were like a tsunami, echoing in the sky.
On the Alliance's side, a cavalry team of paladins and hoplites protected the legion's flanks in a trident-like formation to face the Lich King's army of Death Knights. The Scourge Legion, on the other hand, had almost no formation to speak of, with a large number of ghouls, zombies, and crypt demons mixed together, roaring forward. Raise snowflakes in droves. The Death Knights roam the flanks to protect the large forces from the Alliance cavalry.
In the vast world, one blue and one white, the two armies launched a head-to-head duel.
Abomination and Crypt Demons are at the forefront of the Scourge Legion.
Since the ascension to Northrend, there have been many sporadic battles, but this is the second time that a large corps has been fought. Ares unsheathed his sword and stood in front of the Knights, leading the pace of the battle.
On the front line, the overwhelming rain of arrows has fallen, whether it is the Scourge Legion or the Alliance Army, they all have their own archers, and the rain of arrows sprinkled is like snowflakes for countless people. Soon chaos was created in the army.
But compared to the scattered charges of the Scourge Legion, the casualties on the Lordaeron Alliance's side were much smaller, and most of the soldiers raised their shields above their heads to fend off arrows falling from the sky.
Subsequently, the vanguard of the Scourge descended headlong into the positions of the Lordaeron coalition forces. Like a blue ocean, it slammed into the Alliance's silver-white defensive line. The line of flesh and steel trembled for a moment, but quickly stabilized with the encouragement of the paladins and Alliance soldiers.
In the air, the Blackebon Fortress began to appear in the eye.
Once again, Vorstad led the Griffin Knights in their swoop down on the Scourge Legion's floating fortress. Air supremacy is not easy to obtain, and every time you fight, the dwarves need to show two hundred percent of their spirit and fighting spirit to restrain the air force of the undead of the natural disaster. Because, they are much more numerous than the griffon knights of the Alliance.
As the battle line on the ground was in full swing, a large number of gargoyles emerged from the Blackblade Fortress like a swarm in the air. The hordes of gargoyles let out a terrible scream. Filling the sky, it is reminiscent of the horrific scene of the day of the Massacre of Stratholme.
This time, however, humans are no longer defenseless lambs to the slaughter. They drew their weapons and armed themselves with heavy shields and armor.
On the front line, the fat abomination wielded a heavy hammer and struck the Alliance warrior in front of him with a hammer, smashing the warrior's helmet, blood splattered out, and the soldier was knocked away and fell to the ground more than ten meters away, convulsing, and a large amount of blood and water came out of the deformed armor. Before he could finish his struggle, the other abomination stomped on his body......
On the other side, Drumm led the Lordaeron hoplites to cut off the forelimbs of a crypt demon with a single sword, splattering green blood all over the ground, and then, while the giant insect was unsteady on its feet, the Lordaeron veteran leaped bravely, raised his two-handed sword, and stabbed the compound eye of the crypt demon with a sword. When the greatsword pierced its head, the beetle fell to its knees.
Tomahawks and swords, spears and arrows, the main theme of the battlefield is always cold weapons. Mages unleash fire spells, but their numbers are too small, and the flames slaughter the undead efficiently, but at the same time, mages always need a whole squad of human soldiers around them to protect them.