Chapter 34: The Death Knight's Edge
The decisive battle began a quarter of an hour later, and the Scourge took the lead in attacking, and after the necromancer used the evil fanaticism, countless zombies, skeletons, ghouls, and abominations rushed towards the elven army one after another with a strange red light, and then the necromancers began to bless the cannon fodder for the next wave of charge.
In the face of the tide of undead creatures, the elven army not only did not move, silent, and not even a single person's face made waves.
Until the Scourge Legion reached the range of 100 meters, with Sylvanas's order, in an instant, the soldiers in the first row raised their weapons on alert, and the rangers in the back row raised their longbows with arrows, and each row of soldiers moved neatly and abnormally, as if they were one person. The mages and the sacrificial party remained silent, the elves' iron discipline in stark contrast to the chaos of the Scourge Legion.
Ninety meters, eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters, the elven army still maintained its state just now.
Finally, at the age of fifty, Sylvanas gave the order again, and a row of arrows shot out, and the zombie skeleton soldier ghoul who rushed to the front row in an instant fell to the ground and could not get up again, and the feathered arrows accurately pierced their heads, and the abomination did not have a single feathered arrow, and no ranger paid attention to this huge monster, they still acted in unison, drew their feather arrows in unison, raised their bows and shot again.
The incantations of the two teams of mages and priests began to sound, and a huge amount of magic energy gathered in the air, and then the flames and holy light fell with a bang in the center of abomination.
An abomination roared in pain, his arm was broken, his body was like a broken can after the attack, countless black-green juices and pieces of flesh flowed down the wound, and it still smelled of roasted meat, but it charged faster while wailing, and then it charged another twenty meters, and two waves of spells bombarded its body, and it was completely incapacitated.
This scene played out on many abominations at the same time, and even though this monster was designed to absorb damage, it quickly reached the limit of what it could withstand, but the Scourge Legion was getting closer to the elves.
The first two teams of mage sacrifices who released spells were already silent and regained their energy, and the two teams of mage sacrifices began to chant. In fact, the mages who have cast their magic before are far from the time when they need to recover, but according to the training they have had, they will be divided into five batches to release spells one after another under low pressure, so that their ability to sustain combat will be greatly enhanced.
The Scourge Legion's vanguard had approached enough distance for the ghouls to leap high and pounce on the elven soldiers, many of whom were shot down in mid-air, but many of them were still close to their targets.
The warriors in the front row of the Elven Legion quickly drew their swords and rushed forward, the scattered monsters were basically no threat to them, while the Ranger Mages still took turns covering the middle of the battlefield with bows and magic to ensure that not too many monsters would approach the warriors of the Sunfury Legion.
Wave after wave of undead armies pounced on the elven legions, and under the baptism of magic and bows and arrows, they approached the elven warriors in small numbers, but they still managed to disrupt the formation of the warriors.
Arthas looked coldly at his own legion with heavy casualties, his face was expressionless, as long as he could achieve victory, he would never be stingy with the "lives" of his soldiers, as long as their deaths were worth enough.
The striker has successfully tested the combat effectiveness of the elven legion, and it is true that the military discipline is strict and the elite is abnormal, but it is still expected.
One by one, new orders were given to the rest of the troops, and more Abomination began to line up, followed by more than a thousand soldiers and dwarves still wearing the uniforms of the Lordaeron Guard, and the spider demons on the left flank and a group of necromancers in a cold sweat followed, these mages who had taken refuge in the Lich King for eternal life were the most afraid of death, but they were even more afraid of their masters.
Another wave of onslaught followed the ghouls and zombies that had preceded them, this time completely different from the previous ones, and in the face of two full rows of onslaught of abomination, Sylvanas gave a new order.
"Inform Bi Luohua that all mages are firing in a volley, there is no need to save mana, and we can't let the abomination approach our position."
Under the full bombardment of the mages, the two rows of abomination still did not reach the elven army, but they could not continue to cover the other troops in the midfield with magic.
However, the formed Lordaeron Undead Guards had approached the Elven Legion under the cover of Abomination, and these warriors who had risen from the dead were heavily armoured, and they were also professional-level warriors who were no weaker than the elite warriors of the Sunfury Legion in close combat, and even more numerous.
"Let Clea and Marla lead the melee battle and help the Sunfury Legion withstand the attack."
At Sylvanas' command, the two teams of rangers lowered their longbows, drew their swords and rushed forward.
The sound of the spell sounded, and the rain of shadow arrows, corpse explosions, and fire rain were released one after another in a large area of damage magic, and the spider demons and necromancers did not care about their teammates who were entangled with the rangers and warriors, and the vitality of the undead was much stronger than that of the living.
The elves began to suffer casualties quickly, and the soldiers in heavy armor were fine, mainly the rangers with double knives, originally what they were good at was squad combat, slashing with swords, and there were teammates on the left and right, how could they dodge, not to mention that under the range attack, they had no room to escape.
Sylvanas had also noticed the Windranger Guard's casualties, but she had no time to grieve for her sisters' deaths. She was thinking about the intentions of the opposing commander, and although she successfully dragged down her Sunfury Legion and a part of the Windrunner Guard, her powerful Magister Legion was still intact and would soon be able to re-bombard the middle of the battlefield, so that the elite of the Scourge Army, which was getting less and less supportive, would be completely annihilated sooner or later.
But soon she understood, the earth was trembling violently, like an earthquake, and rows of long walls of steel appeared in her eyes, like Lordaeron's ironclad heavy cavalry, although they did not carry spears, but they were also covered in heavy armor from men to horses. At this moment, they were aiming at the flanks of the elven army, and farther behind them, all the remaining elites of the Scourge Legion, including the undead guards, the other half of the spider demons, and a large number of necromancers.
Having fought in the last war, Sylvanas is no stranger to Lordaeron's Iron Cavalry, the impact of this steel monster is a nightmare for infantry and low-level rangers, and only the Guardian Warriors can temporarily block their onslaught. She had imagined how the elves would face the onslaught of the Iron Knights, and in the end she concluded that there was not much of a threat with enough mages, after all, although they were extremely fast, the impact was still long enough for the Wizard Legion to release two or three waves of spells, enough to completely render the Heavy Knights ineffective.
Sylvanas didn't panic, but quickly gave orders to the left and right: "Quick, inform Bilohua, gather fire to that cavalry, let Vorel and Cynthia lead their team prepare for melee combat, and never let them rush to the mage." ”
A large amount of magic brewed in the air, and fireballs, arcane missiles, arcane blasts, and sacred fires flew out of the hands of mages and priests one after another, and flew towards the death knights who were getting closer and closer.
The black knight who led the charge showed a cruel smile on his face, and all the death knights flashed green anti-magic shields in an instant, in the training of the death knights, the most imaginary enemies were mages, anti-magic shields, blasphemy, mental ice, bone shields, suffocation, death grips, and strangulation were all gifts for the mages, they had been waiting for this for too long, and it was finally time to show their edge.
Under the horrified gaze of Sylvanas and the mages, the spell was absorbed by the green shield, and then the color of the green shield faded a little, but the death knights were already not far from the fragile flanks of the elven army.
"You go and tell Veronara to lead the rest of the sisters behind Cyntia and them, and if the front row is breached, they will be on top immediately."
"Yes."
As another military order came out, Sylvanas's last reserve, the remaining rangers of the Windranger Guard, had blocked the flanks, and the High Ranger began to unleash all kinds of magic arrows.
"What kind of cavalry is this, how can it not be afraid of magic, and if the salvo is ineffective, it will be at the distance of hand-to-hand combat, it must be effective." Sylvanas looked anxiously into the distance, clenching the bow in her hand, she had begun to discover the horror of the Death Knights.
Another wave of magic bombardment flashed, mixed with a large number of black arrows and flaming arrows, the anti-magic shield was still not broken, but the shooting of the high-level ranger had a small effect, and the anti-magic cover absorbed the magic energy and shot through the bone shield of the death knight, some were finally blocked by the plate armor, and fell to the ground weakly, and some still had the strength to shoot through the body of the death knight, but most of the death knights had already approached the first row of rangers.
This is the disadvantage of not having enough warriors and ordinary soldiers, and in the most critical moments, only the rangers with weak armor can withstand the impact of heavy iron horses.
Sylvanas's face was grim, she had foreseen the fate of the sisters who stood in front of the Death Knights, their fragile bodies and slender scimitars were no longer able to withstand the charging Iron Knights, but she had no choice, and behind her were the mages and priests in cloth clothes, and someone had to buy them time.
She gave the last military order, and her originally strong voice was sad at this time: "Inform the priests and mages that they have scattered among the warriors and rangers on the front line, and now the command of the army has been transferred to the Magister Bilohua. ”
The herald was puzzled: "My lord? ”
Sylvanas's tone was resolute, "I want the sisters to see that their generals will always be at the forefront and be with them!" ”
Sylvanas greeted the Death Knight from a distance, and Segrina sighed softly and followed behind Sylvanas, who had been one of Aurelia's most confidants, and although she had complaints against many of her compatriots, she still couldn't let go of her former bonds with the Windrangers.