Although I came back from a serious injury, what really pained me was that Thrall was still alive, and after this encounter I had come to realize that Thrall was definitely a serious threat, and that not being killed would only cause us endless trouble, and of course not only that, but we also killed Taressa, the human who guided Thrall to grow, and her death only made Thrall hate me and humanity immensely... That unquenchable and unforgivable pain has already determined that we will be eternal mortal enemies.

"Taresa!" "Thinking about that human makes me so angry that I once did not hesitate to fight him in his territory so that she could get rid of Blackmore. I knew that now I was giving it to me when Blackmore gave it to me...

I feel even more depressed, but I can't be too angry, after all, Gianna now feels very guilty for not completing the task, and she has also made great sacrifices and forbearance in order to be able to successfully fight this wave. I went to comfort Gianna. She pretended to be firm and nodded her head to indicate that she was calm, yes, Talesa used to be the person I arranged to go to Gianna, and they also had a very deep friendship, but now...

"Anyway, she sacrificed everything for the people she loved, and she did it at the last moment, that's it. As an outsider, Luo Ning first stated that he did not define her traitor status, on the contrary, he still admired her approach. But that's not the point, Ronin still wants us to get back to the point. "We still have to look at the present. Now the tribe is not attacking much, they are still trying to cause us problems with chemical weapons such as smoke grenades. ”

"What about the casualties of the soldiers?"

I just came back and asked Ronin about the current situation.

"I have Muradin still garrisoning the outer city with the very resistant dwarves, and the others are all preparing, waiting for the enemy to advance, they will definitely dissipate the smoke, so we will go to support when the time comes. Ronin explained his dispatch. "The tribe has a lot less gas smoke bombs than it did at the beginning, and now it doesn't affect our high-lying inner city here."

Seeing Luo Ning's tired appearance, I realized that he had indeed exhausted a lot of physical strength now, maybe this was the intention of the tribe, not only to consume our energy, but also to consume the strength of our mage, for this I think Luo Ning's arrangement is still more reasonable, but if the defense of the outer city is handed over to the dwarves, it seems that we humans seem to be very selfish, for this I think it is best for me to step into the front line, but at this time, I found myself very difficult to move. Yes, the battle just now left me scarred, and I tried to heal myself as much as I could while talking. But the unsolicited intervention of another sailor interrupted my treatment of myself. And my body felt more and more pain.

"The Horde's navy is not as weak as we thought, they are very strong, Lord Garithar's fleet was late to cover the arrival of civilians in Theramore, but I think he will definitely have to face the main fleet of the Horde now, and may not be able to reach our side on time, because we found a lot of artificial wave ripples on the way here, which means that there should be a large number of warships nearby, and this is only possible for the tribe. ”

"Where did the Horde get so many warships, could it be that he was ready to form a navy when we fought against the Burning Legion?"

I almost jumped in front of the sailor and confronted him, yes, I strongly did not accept this outcome, but his firmness made me realize that I had overlooked something.

"It is said that the troll leader Zurkin went to the Echo Islands after his defeat in the Second War, and by that time he had already assembled a powerful navy ready to threaten our alliance with the power of the sea. And there are many goblin warships on the Tribal ships near Okaz Island. All we can count on is the powerful tonnage and guns of the Kurtilas warship, and the sturdy decks of the dwarven warships, and perhaps we may be able to overcome the Horde's vast fleet. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but show a cold sweat, I really didn't expect this to be the case, I thought that the navy that was superior to the tribe might be just a joke in the end, if the enemy's naval ships far exceeded ours, then our alliance fled to the two islands of Okaz and Seramos and could only carry out fixed-point defense, and also lost the power of the sea. Without the power of the sea, there is no way to harass the coastline of the tribe, and then it is not qualified to engage in a war of attrition with the tribe. Of course, if Garissus hadn't arrived, we wouldn't have been able to escape.

I became more and more nervous about this, and the surrounding area became quiet, which meant that everyone recognized the seriousness of the problem, and to be honest, Zulkin had not appeared as the leader of the Tribal Trolls, perhaps as the sailor had said, and I was curious about how the Horde could move their entire race from Azeroth to Kalimdor, relying on the huge fleet they had built.

Hearing this, I don't think I can waste any more time, after all, Thrall's strength and command ability have dropped a notch without them, because Thrall definitely didn't expect that he would be almost murdered, and no one in the orcs could use teleportation, so even if he wanted to get here, it would take him a few days.

That meant that his plans would be disrupted, and I would have to do something to make up for my shortcomings. It's impossible to fight their army, after all, the latter is more suitable for us than hand-to-hand combat, so I must destroy the others.

With that in mind, I would like to take the floor again to state the current situation and how I understand and how I am coping with it.

"Anyway, we have to destroy their navy at this time, and I think their navy will definitely be more, their previous plan is very likely to paralyze Garithars and drain the energy of our navy, so only a part of the fleet is sent to draw the energy of our main fleet first, and then their main naval force is eating our navy. ”

"It's very likely, after all, they know that our navy is moving to pick us up, so they will definitely prepare this strategy. ”

My guess is the same as Ronin's, but there is another reality in front of me.

"What then?"

"The griffons are all there to support them, find the enemy's main naval force, and work with Garithar's navy to defeat it, and then come to our aid. As for the northern fortress at this stage ... Even if the enemy launches a general offensive, we must take the lead in ensuring the safety of the main forces of our navy, which is our greatest capital. ”

My words were echoed by all, and Froude was here to listen to me. I'm ready to go again, and before that, I told this friend a few things.

"It's advisable to bring more musketeers in the air to deal with the threat of the Horde bats, and I think the main naval force of the Horde should be close to us, and they must be waiting for us to come to our aid. Of course, it is also possible to raid our island after Garitsus leaves, and in any case they must completely destroy their main force, by all means. ”

With a nod, Froude led his griffin knights south to follow.

After seeing the last griffin knight, I also vaguely worried about how strong the Horde's fleet really was, and whether it would be impossible for Flod's air force to resist? In this regard, I can only choose to treat myself as soon as possible and recover my body. At the same time, I am also lamenting our current situation, I don't even have a powerful paladin or priest by my side, if Mavi is here, maybe I can continue to fly and fight with Flode now, of course, as an elder, Mavi must have a lot of other help for us, such as intelligence and analysis of the battle situation, but...

While I was thinking about these things, Gianna observed something strange and reported the situation.

"Arthas we must prepare for it, the Horde has launched an all-out charge against us!"

Hearing this, I wanted to recover my body first, and then I jumped up suddenly, left the command post and walked quickly towards the rooftop, that is, the highest platform of the castle.

"Hurry up and support Muradin, all artillery fire will attack the orcs within range!" I ordered, and soon the heralds were arranged. And I wanted to turn down the platform and turn into a dragon, but my reason soon told me that it was unrealistic, because I had just come over and felt that I could no longer be turned into a dragon to fight.

But to be honest, I'm not too bad myself, because it may reflect a problem with the tribe, which is that their command is disjointed, or the tribe mistakenly thinks that Thrall is dead, and they have lost the way to fight the fortress with a lethal blow, so we are going to have a fortress defense battle.

But this is only on our behalf, and it is the number of tribes that is not good for us. Seeing the phalanx of the enemy's neat and endless soldiers, I realized that this war was still not as simple as I thought, and that we now lacked an air force, and on the contrary, the Horde was not the same, they still had a large number of Batriders and a portion of the Wyvern Knights. What's more, Thrall's prestige in their tribe is very high, and Thrall's death will definitely allow them to form a powerful mourning army.

Almost all of them went to their respective posts to meet the horde charge, except for Gianna on the rooftop, who helped me back to the rest room of the command post. She'd been ready to deal with Thrall since the beginning of the war, and maybe she could go with Ronin against the orcs now, but she still had something to say to me, and so did I.

"Gianna, we seriously underestimated the Horde at the beginning, I didn't expect them to be so strong, maybe not only their navy and air force, but also the army might be stronger than we thought. ”

I said with some remorse, and Gianna just shook her head at my attitude.

"But we are not wrong, the Horde is indeed stronger than we thought, but the course of the war is enough to show that they have planned their deployment against us from the beginning, and even if we can hold out for a few years of peace. They will definitely be stronger, and when the time comes, our alliance will encounter an even more terrible tribe, and instead of a decisive battle, it is better to settle it now, but instead of killing Thrall, I killed Taressa, so Thrall will definitely break with us completely because of her death, which means that we should not have any illusions of peace in return no matter what. ”

"You're right. We're all going to do our best!" I said, just as a violent explosion occurred in the vicinity, near several long-range artillery fire near our platform, and it was evident through the window that it was the result of a suicide attack by the Horde's Batrider. Yes, the protection of the Air Force was practically not taken into account at the beginning of the design of the construction of the Northern Fortress, and now it seems to be a huge mistake.

"Gianna, you go to support the front line first, if our batteries are destroyed by their suicide attacks, then we will have to rely on you and Ronin's spells. ”

"I know, I'm going to the outer city now, and we can't be missing at the front. ”

"I'll find you soon. ”

As I spoke, I continued to heal myself as fast as I could, and since there were no strong priests and paladins, I could only try to come on my own. In the same way, Gianna arrived at Muradin, and used her spells to deal with the horde's assault on the outer city along with the dwarves and the humans who came to her aid.

The battlefield was full of flames, and the afternoon sun had long been dyed red by the flames of war and gunsmoke. The tribe charged us with ladders, as well as their catapults, as well as highly protected chapels and counterparts, etc., and there were also many giant catapults with long levers behind their positions, bombarding our castle at will, although the efficiency and crosshairs of this kind of catapults with long levers were very poor, but the range was indeed very good.

But these are really not any threats to us, and the real threat to us is the enemy suicide Batrider. They rely on smoke grenades to get close to us at close range and launch a surprise attack, and our batteries often do not have anti-aircraft installations, and nearly half of the turrets, ballista turrets, and artillery positions are destroyed soon after the Horde charges, and even if they are not destroyed, nearly half of the remaining artillery is not functional, not only that, but the Horde's Batriders are still attacking, and the result is of course that more long-range artillery fire cannot be used...

The Horde took advantage of the weakening of our long-range artillery fire to advance on our side, and after withstanding our artillery fire, they also set up catapults within the range of their catapults, and continued to fire artillery at our side, smashing into our outer cities.

By the time Gianna arrived, the fire had already been exchanged, and the situation was getting worse and worse as the enemy's main catapults were erected one by one, and our artillery was destroyed one by one by Batrider's suicide attacks. And Gianna was also in this place full of artillery bombardment, and finally found Muradin hiding in the bunker. And he was not very happy about the arrival of Gianna and the reinforcements. Because he thought he had received the order to retreat.

"The outer city is not easy to defend, the enemy's firepower is too strong, perhaps we should abandon the outer city and return to the inner city stationed on the cliff. ”

Gianna shook her head and disagreed.

"Our artillery was mostly destroyed and simply could not suppress the onslaught of the enemy. Now that they have set up their artillery fire here, if they want to counterattack the enemy, they will have to defend it to buy time for our artillery positions to be repaired. ”

"In other words, when the enemy's artillery fire dissipates and the siege is over, we will have to defend the walls here, right? ”

"Yes, if this place is lost, we must take it back, otherwise we will not be able to transfer the people above the fortress on a large scale, and there will be no possibility of escaping the northern fortress. ”

Gianna's words made Muradin's helpless, but also helpless, because as a commander, he understood what this kind of support meant, that is, the people around him, including himself, were likely to die here. And it was at this time that Muradin thought of something.

"What about Flod, why didn't his air force attack the enemy?" said Muradin, a dwarf like Muradin, who spoke casually, had long since lost the tone he used to have, that is, he knew very well that the current situation was already very tense.

"He went to support Garissus, and the enemy's navy was not as weak as we thought, so to make sure we could defeat the enemy, Flot went there anyway. ”

"Is our navy in a more difficult situation than we are?" said Muradin, with disdain, but looking at Gianna's reluctant face, he himself felt even more shocked and nervous. "What? Our navy is also in trouble. ”

Muradin's incredulous hearing this, he knew what this meant, after all, if there is no navy, it means that we have no way to retreat, let alone retreat, and on land, our current alliance is not an opponent of the tribe at all. Therefore, we can only rely on the navy to gain an advantage for us, but now the truth is very cruel. Even the main forces of the Navy, which we are proud of, are no match for the enemy. This is a fact that is hard to accept.

"Well, if you think it's necessary to have a hand-to-hand fight with the orcs here, then come, but you shouldn't be here. This is not the place for mages. ”

"Maybe it shouldn't be, but I've got to come here in place of Artace, but he's injured now..."

"No need, it's not the first time we've been born and died like this, you don't have to stand at the front, he was brought up by me, and I never treated him as an outsider. ”

Muradin said calmly, he knew that he could not ask for anything more, for the sake of the collective good, they dwarves must pay this, otherwise everyone would die, and for this calmness, Gianna obviously did not approve.

"Then I'll go back and prepare, I promise, before you fall, unleash a powerful magic to change the tide of battle and save you. ”

It was at this time that Muradin seemed to have thought of something important to explain.

"By the way, I asked Ronin to tell my brother about the possibility of us going to war with the Horde, and he may be on the road with the Ironforge Navy to support him, although our warships are not as good as your Kurtilas, but they can also contribute some strength to our alliance. ”

"Thank you, my old friend, for the power you dwarves have contributed to our Alliance. ”

"If I die, tell my brother to avenge me!"

"I promise you, I'll get you back before then!" ”

Gianna said and left, she just left a clone here, and there were also some water elements left behind, to cooperate with the reinforcements and dwarves to fight against the siege army of the tribe that had already arrived in the city...

On the other side, on a high point of the fortress, or an abandoned turret that had been smashed by Batknight, Gianna teleported herself there, where Ronin was already preparing to unleash her powers. Ronin was not surprised by Gianna's appearance, because he knew that they all thought the same, that is, to unleash a powerful force at the right time to inflict a devastating blow on all the orc stormtroopers in front of him. It's just that compared to the fire magic that Ronin has begun to charge, the difference is the frost magic released by Gianna. And all they need is time, and an opportunity, that is, when all the outer cities are about to fall, and the tribal soldiers unconsciously gather in the outer cities. As for Muradin's life, Gianna knew that there was someone who would care very much, and that was the existence that Muradin trusted the most...

I... Watching everything happen from the top of this fortress, I knew that the soldiers who supported the outer city and the dwarves stationed below would definitely be unlucky, but there was no way to win this war, I had to do it, because the navy was still alive and dead, so I had to do everything I could to defeat the seemingly invincible tribal army. Because only in this way can I guarantee that our soldiers and civilians trapped here will be spared, but I also know that Muradin and Gianna are defending the outer city, and I will not allow her to die here even if I fight for my life, never!

My body is also speeding up its recovery in a special way, even though this recovery speed may give me more trauma later on...

(To be continued in this chapter)