Chapter 171: The Messenger
When the totem was planted near the broken city wall, the undead soldiers nearby were immediately greatly affected, especially those skeletons, which were not very fast, and were almost unable to move after being slowed down by the trapped map, and suddenly became a live target.
Even those powerful abominations will be affected by this trap.
Song Zheng ran quickly on the city wall, and finally inserted totems in four broken places in a row, which greatly improved the situation of defense.
However, since the effect of the trapped map can only last for a short time, even if there is no limit to the number, he can only guarantee that he can only maintain four at the same time.
"This is an orc totem?" Gavinrad had participated in the battle of the orcs, so he naturally saw the origin of the things in Song Zheng's hand at a glance, and immediately stared at Song Zheng with a puzzled face.
"When we were in Nanhai Town before, we were also surrounded by undead, and we were forced to fight against those undead together with the orcs, and then the orcs left Nanhai Town by boat, it is said that they were going to cross the Endless Sea to the western continent to find a new home, these totems were thrown by them when they left, I thought it would be useful when fighting, so I stayed." Song Zheng hurriedly found a reason to explain, but he didn't say anything about his apprenticeship with the old shaman Draketar, let alone his relationship with Sal.
Although Ravengaard's face was a little displeased, he didn't say anything more after staring at Song Zheng, after all, these totems used by Song Zheng were indeed very helpful to the current battle situation.
To Song Zheng's surprise, Gianna, who was resting, was very interested in this totem: "I have heard before that those orc shamans can use spells similar to magic, but the form is a little unique, now it seems that the effect of these totems is better than magic, if there are any remaining totems after the battle, I wonder if you can send me a totem to study." ”
"It's not hard to make, I'll make one for you when the time comes." Song Zheng smiled.
The totem itself is not complicated to make, but if it is not recognized by the power of the elements, the carved totem can only be regarded as a craft.
As the battle continued, the losses of the defenders increased, and to make matters worse, the priests were too tired to provide continuous healing due to the number of wounded soldiers, which led to a vicious circle, in which the defenders were reduced so quickly that it was difficult to defend all the walls.
"It seems that I can only abandon the outer walls and retreat to the city to defend ......," Gavinrad sighed, although his personal strength was good, but in the face of such a big battle, his personal strength could not change anything.
Unless he has the power of Akmund that can easily destroy a city!
And once the walls are abandoned, the civilians in the city will definitely suffer great losses.
At the critical moment, Song Zheng suddenly saw a large number of figures hurrying up the ruined city wall with all kinds of messy weapons in their hands.
It was impossible to have so many troops in the city of Talon, and many of those who came to support were wearing long skirts...... They were women who had taken refuge in the city.
In the previous meeting, it was planned that the women in the city should be trained to participate in the battle, but now this decision had to be brought forward.
With the beliefs and habits of the knights, it is natural that they do not want to see weak women appear on the battlefield, but now there is no other way.
These women are not very strong in combat, but they can provide some help.
The battle went on for some more time, and the undead finally began to recede in the night.
Many survivors on the city wall were cheering for the victory of the battle, but Song Zheng's face was solemn.
He had clearly seen that there were at least forty or fifty thousand undead under the city, and there were still necromancers in the rear who were constantly resurrecting the corpses on the battlefield, and they could definitely continue to fight, and the reason why they retreated was probably to attract more human reinforcements.
Gavinrad's face was also very bad, and as a veteran of many wars, he could naturally see these anomalies.
"Maybe it's time for us to think about breaking out, the walls of Dalong County are too dilapidated to hold on...... Song Zheng said tentatively.
Gavinrad sighed and shook his head when he heard this: "If it is only the army's breakthrough, it may still be successful, but if you want to break through with more than 100,000 refugees, then ......"
The mighty paladin commander said no more, but everyone knew exactly what he meant.
Song Zheng could only sigh secretly, as a paladin, even if he died in battle, it was impossible to abandon more than 100,000 refugees and escape, that kind of behavior was probably more criticized than the massacre of Stratholme by Alsace in the history of Warcraft.
"I will stay here with Joseph Redpass and them, Your Highness Gianna, and I hope you will break through and return to Andorhar." Gavinrad suddenly looked back at Gianna.
"I will never escape, there is no way that the Prodmore family will escape from the battlefield." Gianna gently tugged at her long hair, which had been blown by the night wind, and immediately rejected Gavinrad's offer.
"I know the bravery of Her Royal Highness, but ...... I hope that His Highness will return to Andorhar and tell Lord Uther about the real situation here, especially to his Highness Arthas, and I hope that they will stop sending reinforcements at will. Gavinrad said in a deep voice.
"This ......," Gianna couldn't help but hesitate when she heard this.
Gavinrad's voice lowered: "Those undead are obviously deliberately tempting Lordaeron to send reinforcements continuously, I know the character of His Royal Highness the Prince, if he arrives in Andorhar, he will definitely send troops to Daron County, even Lord Uther will not be able to stop him, maybe only Your Royal Highness the Princess can persuade His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"How could I have persuaded him......" Gianna smiled wryly.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is indeed the best candidate, if Her Royal Highness Arthas also falls into Talon County, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the whole of Lordaeron will be in danger." It was Song Zheng who spoke, and he also hoped that Gianna would get out of here.
Although the undead scourge has surrounded Daron County, since its purpose is to continuously eliminate reinforcements, it will naturally not intercept the messengers who go to ask for help, which is also the reason why those messengers can continue to rush to Andorhar before, and now if Gianna leaves as a messenger, it should be easy to break through.
"This ...... Let me think about it. Gianna frowned, looking hesitant.
"Her Royal Highness Princess...... There's no time to hesitate now, please make a decision as soon as possible, and we'll have to arrange for someone to go to Quel'Thalas and get those elves to help you immediately. Gavinrad said, but his eyes fell on Song Zheng.
Song Zheng couldn't help but jump out of the corner of his eyes.
"This guy isn't trying to get me to Quel'Thalas...... I'd love to go to Andorhar even more......"