Chapter 305: Battle Plan
Perhaps it was because they had been suppressed by the undead for too long, and after learning that there was a chance to fight back, everyone seemed very excited.
"I can lead my paladins as a vanguard force." Mograini said excitedly.
"I'd like to be a pioneer." The burly Da Sohan hurriedly scrambled to say.
At present, the number of undead outside the city is estimated to be less than 500,000, and in order to surround Andohar, they are scattered around, and if all the human forces are concentrated to raid the undead in one direction, they can even outnumber the undead in a local number.
Not to mention that there are more than 20,000 troops outside the city to respond, and there are a large number of cavalry and mages, whose combat effectiveness is far stronger than ordinary troops.
However, due to the large number of civilians in the city, it is necessary to make thorough preparations to avoid a large number of civilian casualties in the process of breaking out, and to assess the consequences of abandoning Andohar.
"At present, there are several bases in the Alterac Mountains, all of which were built by that cavalry unit, and the materials stored can accommodate thirty or forty thousand people to live for more than half a month, and if they are used sparingly, they are enough to cross the Alterac Mountains, and when the time comes, they can go to Dalaran or the area around Nanhai Town." Song Zheng said.
"Thirty or forty thousand...... That's still too little, there are still more than 300,000 civilians in the city, and that little material is completely insufficient. Uther sighed.
Although there is still some food in the city, there is not much that can be carried with you when breaking out, otherwise once the undead from other directions chase after them, there will be no chance to escape.
"It's still too difficult to evacuate all the civilians from Andohar at once, and the consequences will be unimaginable once they are entangled by the undead natural disaster, I think maybe we can send some of the old and weak and wounded out first, and the rest of the people can be armed to help the troops continue to hold on to Andohar." It was Gianna who spoke, she was still beautiful and pure, but her face was a little more tired.
"Well, Gianna's suggestion is good, if you rashly abandon Andohar and break through the siege, it is easy to cause unpredictable consequences, it is better to send away the old and weak women and children while ensuring that you continue to hold the city." Arthas spoken, seemingly agreeing with Gianna.
The rest of the people naturally did not object to the words of the two men, and the meeting immediately decided on a general plan for the breakout, that is, to launch an attack, as Gianna said, to destroy the undead camp south of Andorhar, and try to send out tens of thousands of old and weak and wounded in the city, and then escort the outside troops to the base in the Alterac Mountains.
"In order to ensure that the civilians are less attacked when breaking out, it is best for us to use the method of attacking the east and west, first send a force to attack the undead camp in the north, and make it look like a northeast breakthrough, so that they mistakenly think that we want to break through from the northeast to the royal capital, and wait for the undead troops in other directions to be mobilized before the main force attacks from the south of the city." Redpass, from Talon County, suggested that he would prefer to use some stratagem over a paladin who advocated fairness and integrity.
"Okay, that's a good suggestion, Mograine, I'll leave the task of attacking the northern undead camp to you, but we can't give you many troops, at most five thousand, plus 10,000 militia troops, so as to make the momentum bigger." Arthas said as he looked at Mograini beside him.
"No problem." Mograini immediately said enthusiastically, eager to leave the city immediately.
Arthas hesitated for a moment before continuing, "If you have the chance, it's best to destroy the two psychic towers and all the meat grinders in the north, so that the undead don't continue to throw plague-laden corpses into the city. ”
"Promise to complete the task, and I will never return to the city without smashing all the meat grinder trucks." Mograini grinned.
"What about me? Your Highness, let me go to the south, I would like to be the vanguard of the undead in the south. Da Sohan hurriedly applied to Arthas.
"Well, you will be in charge of the raid in the south with the main force of the Silver Hand, and once the undead are mobilized by the Mograine and them, you will immediately lead your army out of the city, and you must clear a safe road." Arthas nodded, these brave generals under his command can still save him a lot of worry.
"Okay, then when we attack, I can't wait, I've been defending the city recently, and I've been beaten passively, which has already suffocated me." Da Sohan laughed excitedly.
Arthas immediately looked at Song Zheng: "It depends on Baron Song Zheng, the specific breakthrough time has to be negotiated by Baron Song Zheng out of the city with the troops outside, and then we can cooperate with each other." ”
Everyone in the hall also looked at Song Zheng, and he was the most important person at this moment.
Song Zheng immediately said: "I have discussed with the troops outside before, in order to avoid accidents, the sooner the breakthrough is naturally better, if His Highness agrees to the plan to break out, then it can be carried out tonight, before General Da Sohan is ready to go out of the city, you can use magic to send a signal to the outside of the city, and then the troops outside the city will attack first, completely attract the attention of the undead, and then everyone will rush out of the city." ”
"Since the troops outside the city have also been prepared, it would be better, teacher, please go and organize the old and weak women and children and the wounded in the city immediately, we only have one afternoon to prepare, which is not very enough." Arthas said as he looked at Uther.
Although Uther was the head of the Silver Hand, Arthas's prestige had long since overshadowed everyone when he was here.
Uther immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away, and I'll clear the ruins south of the city out of a road." ”
"Well, now that the time has been set, let's continue to discuss the specific battle plan in order to reduce losses as much as possible." Alsace said.
Uther soon left with a few men, and the rest began to discuss, with all sorts of suggestions coming up from the crowd.
Song Zheng was actually not good at this specific battle arrangement, so he consciously rarely interjected, just listening to these commanders discuss the details of various battles.
"Thank you so much, Lord Baron's help to this war is definitely the greatest, if you can successfully break through this time, you will definitely be able to save many civilians." I don't know when Gianna has walked to Song Zheng's side and praised him in a low voice.
"That's what I'm supposed to do, and I'm complaining that I'm too low to do more for Lordaeron, if only I could learn magic or use the power of the Light." Song Zheng said with a smile.