Chapter 123: The Orc Army
Shocking news!
In the Forest of Dawn, the human garrison stationed in Nightshade has been attacked by the orcs!
The leader of the garrison, Baron Raddymore, immediately attached great importance to the appearance of the orcs and sent sentries to Stormwind in time to report the news.
But the layers of defense of Night Town fell within an hour......
At the very beginning of the war, Baron Raddymore was assassinated by a mysterious orc assassin; After that, the orcs, under the cover of the warlocks, launched a terrifying offensive, and the defenders of as many as 3,000 people were almost crushed by the orcs with a single blow!
This unfortunate news quickly spread to Stormwind City......
The orcs, who had not always been strong, but only somewhat difficult, suddenly showed such terrifying strength, and then their main forces all marched towards Stormwind.
This orc army numbered nearly 30,000, and the body of each orc warrior was stronger than they imagined! And there are many more warlocks they can't imagine, enough to unleash evil magic.
Obviously, the garrison of Nightshade Town suffered a big loss because of this.
Anduin-Lothar, as the "Hand of the King", was quick to react to this time:
On the one hand, the rapid evacuation of civilians from the Elwyn Forest;
On the other hand, a large number of cavalry were dispatched to harass the advance of the orcs and destroy the supply lines of the orcs.
Lothar was a little glad, thanks to her old friend Medivan who brought such important news as "Orc Raid on Stormwind City" in advance...... Let him quickly gather the armies of the Western Plains and the Northern County, and at the same time send a large number of scouts, otherwise he is likely to be caught off guard by the orcs.
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Because of the invasion of the orcs, the death of the archmage Hamlin and the existence of that demon became unimportant.
King Ryan-Ureon personally ordered the matter to be suppressed...... The news did not spread, and everyone in the know was given a stern warning!
Obviously, if the news of the mysterious death of the court mage of Stormwind Fortress spreads at the critical moment of the orc invasion, it is likely to cause panic in the entire Stormwind City.
For ordinary civilians, this orc invasion is not a big deal like the previous gnoll invasion and jungle troll invasion......
However, the nobles of Stormwind City faintly heard some complaints.
And not for anything else, but for the battle plan of Anduin-Lothar.
Large swaths of the Elwyn Forest were systematically abandoned as a buffer against the orcs...... This will undoubtedly harm the interests of many nobles!
However, due to the strong support of King Lane and the strong hand of Marshal Lothar; This kind of complaint only stays in the ordinary voice, and no one dares to openly oppose it!
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However, the war plan did not achieve enough results as expected.
The first is the evacuation of ordinary civilians......
The speed of the orc's march is beyond the imagination of many human commanders. Those orc warlocks can unleash a strange magic that will make ordinary orc warriors no longer afraid of fatigue and go forward day and night, which is undoubtedly terrifying.
Many human towns were drowned in orc fire before they could evacuate.
The harassment of the cavalry did not achieve much either......
Many orcs have wolves as mounts, and these orcs are called wolf cavalry...... When the horses of human knights smell the smell of wolves, many of them will involuntarily have a sense of fear, which has a great impact on combat effectiveness.
Several cavalry raids organized by Lothar himself, the losses were not small...... And it didn't do any qualitative damage to the orcs.
Even the Griffin Knights, who were invincible before, suffered a small loss this time...... The orc crossbowmen are blessed by the magic of the warlock, and the range of the crossbow arrows is very long; The Griffin Knights' aerial assault resulted in a lot of damage.
The orcs marched quickly, and after five days, most of the strongholds of the Elwyn Forest except for Shining Gold were occupied by them......
There was also a time of panic in Stormwind, but thanks to the high prestige of King Ryan and Lothar, the morale of the humans had not yet been completely overwhelmed by the orc attack.
For five days, Lothar had been on the walls of Stormwind, monitoring the construction of the fortifications...... Obviously, under this wall, this is the place where they will fight the army of those orcs.
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For Carlin, Medivan fainted again.
Neither King Lane nor Lothar would obviously not allow him to leave with Medivan at this time.
Medivan returned to his bed in the cabin he had had before...... This time, he was in a coma for a bit of a long time, and it lasted for several days!
Even the ale that Carlin had deliberately placed next to his bed had tasted several glasses.
King Lane and Lothar were busy with business, and they didn't come to visit Medivan very often; Bishop Benedictas of Stormwind Cathedral also inspected Medivan's body with his own eyes:
"The Astral Mage's body is very healthy, and under normal circumstances, he will wake up in a short time!"
At this time, Benedictas's original words, but unfortunately Medivin never woke up.
Carlin sometimes wondered if there would be a way to wake up Medivan if Moros was here...... Unfortunately, just thinking about it, the Elwyn Forest was full of orcs now, and he didn't have the courage to set foot there, and then go to Karazan and call for Moros.
The only thing that made sense was that while Medivan was unconscious, Carlin wrote several letters to Dalaran.
After all, it is almost impossible for Medivin to monitor himself now; However, the content of the letter, written by Carlin is also relatively tactful, and does not directly reveal the true face of Medivan.
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And in Stormwind, "Karin Sunrage", Madison's "assistant", quickly spread in Stormwind.
Countless nobles came to visit, and it was obvious that they could have a relationship with the legendary astral mage Medivan, which was undoubtedly an honor for these nobles.
There are so many nobles, many of them who are famous in Stormwind, including: Duke Christine, Duke Robin, Baron Love, Countess Doroshi, Lady Caterina, Lady Koira, and many more!
Because Medivan was in a coma, Carlin didn't have the confidence to give these nobles a bad look, so he had to wait for Medivan to wake up.
In addition, there are several handsome and plump aristocratic ladies, who seem to be deliberately approaching them......
Is it using a "beauty trick"? Carlin couldn't stop crying.
Fortunately, he is a high elf, and the use of the "beauty trick" is of little significance.