Chapter 281: Investigation
Kel'thugad's plan to divide his forces was actually quite dangerous.
It marched west to attack the royal capital of Lordaeron before Andorhar could be captured, and if it could not be defeated, it would be threatened by the enemy on its flank, and in the absence of logistics, all kinds of resources could not be replenished.
This is not necessarily an opportunity for Lordaeron.
After Song Zheng found the warlocks, he informed Agatha and the others of the situation in the city.
The Warlocks also showed a solemn expression, and they burned down Stratholme, which was indeed a big blow to the Undead Scourge, but the Undead Scourge also caused great damage to Lordaeron.
Not only did he almost capture Andorhar, but he even divided part of his forces to attack the royal capital of Lordaeron.
"So what do we do now, do we continue to help Andorhar here or return to the capital of King Lordaeron?" Agatha frowned.
Although she was asking Song Zheng, Song Zheng understood that the warlocks had already made their own decisions...... Almost all of these warlocks were from the royal capital, and they had their own relatives there, and from the solemn and nervous look on their faces at the moment, it was clear that they wanted to go to the royal capital of Lordaeron.
"We have to go to the west to see if the Undead Scourge is attacking the royal capital, and we must contact Luo Ning and them as soon as possible, with our current strength is too small, it is impossible to have a head-on conflict with the Undead Scourge." Song Zheng said, though in his mind he was more inclined to try to flank the undead forces outside the city with the defenders inside the city of Andorhar.
However, he does not have a strong control over this warlock army, and it can be said that the warlocks are too unruly, and I don't know how Phyllis Fao brought them together in the first place.
"Then let's go at once." When the warlocks saw Song Zheng agree, they immediately shouted that they wanted to go to the royal capital of Lordaeron immediately, and the posture was more positive than ever.
"Okay." Song Zheng could only hand over the task of contacting Luo Ning to Catherine, and informed her of some contact locations and methods that had already been agreed with Luo Ning.
"My lord, what else do I need to do if I find Archmage Luo Ning and them? If it's okay, I'll go to the royal capital to find you." Catherine said.
"Well, you just need to tell Luo Ning the news that we have gone west, he will know what to do, maybe he will act one step ahead of us, if you don't find the code he left according to the location I said, go directly to me, remember...... You must be careful not to fight the undead when you are alone. Song Zheng told him that the last time she was caught, it was already extremely dangerous, and he didn't want to see her in danger again.
"Well, thank you for your concern." Catherine's face turned slightly red, she was no longer as silent as before in front of Song Zheng recently.
The warlocks moved faster than Song Zheng expected, and rode their horses without stopping, rushing from the vicinity of Andorhar to the east of Garethus' station in just three days.
It had been contaminated by some plague, but now it was even worse, the trees had all withered, and the ground was covered with a green liquid.
"There are indeed a large number of undead passing by here, the footprints on the ground have not disappeared, and there are traces of meat grinders, it seems that the undead disaster has brought out all the things that are besieging the city." There are warlocks who observe more carefully.
This information also made everyone's hearts more and more gloomy, with a meat grinder, the average small town is not an opponent of the undead natural disaster at all, and can even directly attack the royal capital with strong walls.
"You guys take a rest around here first, recover your magic, and I'll go to the canyon in front to explore." Song Zheng knew the danger of the canyon ahead, and if he entered rashly, he would encounter an ambush of the undead natural disaster that might lead to the annihilation of the entire army.
The warlocks naturally agreed with this, and they were also physically and mentally exhausted after several days of running.
Song Zheng had already given up riding the Dread War Horse when he was still far away from the canyon, and then started stealth.
But the canyon was empty and quiet.
"There's no sign of a battle here?" Song Zheng was surprised in his heart, originally in his expectation, this should be the place where the battle was most intense, after all, this may be the most dangerous pass in the west to the capital of King Lordaeron.
Although there were traces of marching on the ground of this canyon at this moment, judging from the fact that the surrounding rock walls still had intact moss, there was no battle.
With the doubts in his heart, Song Zheng was also a little more cautious.
However, when he cautiously walked out of the canyon, he didn't encounter any traps, but the fortress area in front of him, which should have been garrisoned by many troops, was also empty, which looked very strange.
Song Zheng immediately approached to take a closer look, only to see that most of the arrow towers here had not yet been built, and the efficiency of the remnants of Garethus's men was so low that people were speechless, and there was naturally no trace of battle near this unfinished arrow tower.
There were some signs of battle near the spiked barriers near the barracks, but there were no corpses, just a messy pile of war materials.
Song Zheng knew in his heart that those corpses must have been transformed into new undead warriors by the undead disaster, and the remnants of the army in the hands of Gallisus were probably more than lucky.
And he can more or less guess what the battle will be...... Garissus did not send any scouts in the canyon, allowing the troops of the Undead Scourge to easily pass through the treacherous canyon, and the arrow towers and turrets at the mouth of the valley had not yet been built, so they could not play any defensive role, and the Undead Scourge rushed directly to the vicinity of the camp behind, and then the troops stationed here only made sporadic resistance and dispersed.
"It's really muddy and can't get up to the wall." Song Zheng muttered in a low voice, Nagasiris probably careless when he saw that the main force of the Undead Scourge had been storming Andohar, and as a result, some of the troops that had been regathered with great difficulty were scattered again, and the barrier became a joke, and the name of the place here may be changed to the undead barrier in the future.
However, perhaps Lordaeron's army was defeated so quickly that the Undead Scourge was completely unaware of the importance of the canyon and did not even leave troops to garrison it.
This also made Song Zheng breathe a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to spend any more effort to attack this pass when he came with the warlocks.
After exiting this pass, the footprints on the ground quickly became messy, even in all directions.
This is also the consistent style of the undead scourge, which will sweep through all the surrounding towns and villages in the process of attacking, and even directly forcibly convert some villagers into undead.
However, if Garithar's time to defend is too short to warn the surrounding residents, it will probably cause great losses.