Kel'thugad?

Orgrim Hammer of Doom?

When he first heard the news, Jiang Zheng was really taken aback.

He never imagined that Kel'thugad would actually run to the town of Falling Hammer in the east and resurrect Orgrim Doomhammer!

That's a hero on the same level as Lothar, and even killed Lothar in the decisive battle of Blackstone Mountain. Although it is said that he won by sneak attack, no matter what, he is a legendary-level powerhouse, and his strength, Jiang Zai has seen it in the chess world!

Although it is not as good as Grom, in the case of a head-on battle, Jiang Zheng has to work hard to take him down, and it is not so easy. Of all the fighters Jiang Zai has fought against, only Grom is stronger than him, and no one else is as good as him.

Death knights are no ordinary undead, and after being resurrected, they have been given the power to manipulate death, and are often more powerful and difficult to deal with than they were before they were alive.

Now that Kel'thugad has resurrected him, he must have brought him with him, resurrected other dead orcs and humans, and the entire eastern part of Hammerfall Town and even the entire eastern part of the Arathi Heights, all the dead who were buried and had bones will be awakened by him, and then the orcs of Falling Hammer Town must have also been killed by him and resurrected as undead.

According to the death report of the Arathas cavalryman, the Valley of Refuge had fallen, and none of the Arathas cavalry survived until the last moment. And these dead Arathas cavalry will also be resurrected as undead knights.

As a rough estimate, Kel'thugad has at least more than five thousand undead, many of whom are elite, and the number will increase over time.

It was definitely premeditated.

There is no doubt that Kel'thugad wanted to turn the entire Arathi Heights into the territory of the Scourge Legion by resurrecting King Solas and Orgrim, and if it wasn't for Jiang Zheng to stop it in time, he would have succeeded.

Even if Jiang Zheng stopped him, he only kept Riptide Fort.

He never imagined that after Kel'thugad left Riptide Castle, he would actually go to Falling Hammer Town.

"Habitual thinking...... Otherwise! ”

The reason why it is unexpected is mainly because in Jiang Zheng's impression, King Solas was resurrected as a death knight, but among the four knights of the apocalypse, there is no Orgrim.

So he took it for granted that after the defeat of Kel'thugad, he had left the Arathi Heights and gone somewhere else, forgetting that there was another hero buried in this land besides King Soras.

The army of the undead is difficult to deal with, let alone Kel'thugad.

Now that Fort Riptide has lost its Valley of Refuge and lost its Araso cavalry, how can it fight against the undead who are sweeping in?

In the palace, Jiang Zai and King Solas meet again to discuss countermeasures.

"Assuming that after the undead troops broke through the Valley of Refuge, they kept coming to Fort Riptide, considering the movement speed of the undead, as well as the movement speed of the Arathas cavalry, the undead troops will come to Fort Riptide in two days at the latest."

Jiang Zheng looked at King Soras: "Your Majesty, please tell me, are there other troops in the Arathi Heights that can help us fight against the undead troops?" ”

"Nope."

Solas shook his head: "After World War II, we lost two-thirds of our troops and never recovered. The only troops you can call on now are the Riptide Guards...... There were only no more than three hundred people. ”

In fact, there were more than 300 people, but in the battle a week ago, the guards suffered heavy casualties, and there were not many people left.

This little bit of strength is far inferior to even the Fenris People's Army and the Earth Spirit Army, how can the huge Riptide Fort be protected?

On top of that, Jiang Zai is almost certain:

Kel'thugad definitely didn't come alone.

Even if he originally came alone, then after the failure to resurrect King Solas, after seeing him Jiang Zheng, he would definitely realize that Riptide Castle was a difficult bone to gnaw, and he would definitely mobilize more undead from Northrend, and only a large portal would be needed.

Since Kel'thugad is moving towards the Valley of Refuge, the next step is to move towards Fort Riptide. Since he wants to do it, he must be ready to break through Riptide Fort, and the strength he mobilized will definitely be enough to break Rapids Fort.

Jiang Zheng can be sure of this.

"In the past few days, quite a few people have left Riptide Castle. Combined with the dead and wounded a week ago, the total population of Fort Riptide is less than 20,000. ”

Jiang Zheng frowned and said: "And now the people are flustered, even if they are temporarily recruited, they can't recruit many people." Even if one or two thousand people are enlisted, what use can it be? Ten ordinary people are not as good as a veteran who has been on the battlefield! Fort Riptide, can't be defended. ”

King Solas frowned.

Faced with this situation, he obviously has no choice.

Fort Riptide is so big, with a total strength of less than a thousand people, there is no way to hold it.

Abandoning Fort Riptide Retreat?

Nearly 20,000 people retreated together, the speed must be very slow, or it will not be long before they will be overtaken, and when there is no high wall to stop it, it will only be worse!

"You can't abandon the city, you must defend it."

Jiang Zai thought for a while and took a deep breath: "In addition, you can't expect to defend Torrent Fort alone!" Help! Lordaeron's troops can't be counted on, the Ash Army is too far away, the two great knights Gavin Rad and Sage are clearing the undead in Gilneis, and the five thousand soldiers of Baron Maxwell are in the Alterac Mountains, and they can't be drawn! The only thing in all of Lordaeron that can help us is the Scarlet Crusaders stationed in Southsea Town! ”

After the establishment of the Scarlet Crusade by Mograine the Elder, the Abbey of Tirisfa was renamed the "Scarlet Abbey" and became the base camp of the Scarlet Crusaders, while the Hand of Tyr became the Scarlet Crusader's boot camp and recruit delivery base.

Also, the town of Southsea is the only port in the Hillsbrad Hills, which is very important. Fearing that the Scourge would land in Southsea again, a portion of the Scarlet Crusade had been stationed in Southsea, commanded by the High Priest Sally Whitemane.

"I'll have Darien ask for support from the Scarlet Crusade. If you ride a griffon, you can get there in one day. But even if it went well, it would take at least five days for the Scarlet Crusaders to come over, and the distant water would not be able to save the near fire. ”

Jiang Zai thought for a while, looked at the map, and moved his hand from Nanhai Town to Eagle's Nest Mountain in the north: "The one who can come over the fastest is the Hammer Griffin Knight Force of Eagle's Nest Mountain." If the undead break through Riptide Castle and then come the Hills Bled Hills and Eagle's Nest Mountain, I think Lord Furstad will definitely help us, right? ”

"Yes!"

King Solas propped his hands on the table and affirmed, "I know Furstad, and he will!" ”