Chapter 163: Combat and Experience
With the patrol led by Joseph Redpass, Song Zheng and the others soon arrived at the city of Talongjun.
Although he had experienced the war many times, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw the tragic scene in front of him.
The walls of Taloon County were tall, but they looked dilapidated at the moment, and all the walls were purple-black...... That's the color of blood clotting!
I don't know how many fierce battles have been fought on this city wall before every brick is stained with blood.
Beneath the devastated walls were already piled up with corpses, some of which were being burned, emitting large puffs of black smoke and a suffocating stench.
The farther away from the city walls was also covered with corpses, most of which were left behind by the undead Scourge, some of which belonged to human defenders.
It's been almost a month since Stratholme fell, and during this time, Talon County has been attacked by the undead scourge many times, which led to the appearance of this sea of corpses.
"On two occasions those undead have knocked down part of the walls and even stormed into the city, but we have driven them out again, and now Talongshire is still under our control." Joseph Redpass pointed to the nearby city wall with a proud smile on his face.
"You are all true heroes." Song Zheng said with emotion.
He had fought against the Undead Scourges many times, and he knew the strength of the undead army, and it was indeed remarkable that Dalong County could hold out for so long.
However, he also felt a little regretful in his heart, if he could participate in such a battle from the beginning, the experience he gained might be able to make him rise to level 100......
"Now...... How many people are still in the city? Gavinrad's face was rather gloomy, and even his voice was very heavy.
"This ...... There are still more than 100,000 people in the city, most of whom are ordinary people, and the army has less than 20,000 people. Joseph Redpass's voice also lowered, and his face darkened.
"There are less than 20,000 troops?" Gavinrad's brow furrowed immediately.
"Well, there used to be more than 50,000 people in the army of Talonshire, but more than half of the soldiers were killed in the first day of the undead's appearance, and then we had to temporarily recruit a large number of militia to barely resist the undead, but now we can no longer recruit, the rest of the people...... It's all women and children. Joseph Redpass sighed.
Song Zheng's mood was also unusually heavy, and from the words of Joseph Redpass, you could imagine how fierce the battle here was.
According to the information he had obtained before, the number of inhabitants in the entire Talung County exceeded 500,000, but now only more than 100,000 remained, most of whom were women and children, and most of the adult men had been killed in battle......
However, this can also see the courage of the people of Lordaeron, even in the face of the impact of the Sea of the Undead, they still resisted again and again, and relied on the walls that had collapsed in many places for nearly a month.
"Are all the survivors around Talon County gathered here?" Gavinrad asked after a moment of silence.
"Most of them are here, and some of them should have escaped to the Hand of Tyr, where there is a garrison, but after the undead appeared, we lost contact with the Hand of Tyr completely." Joseph Redpass said.
"Hand of Tyr...... There is indeed an elite force there, and perhaps they can rely on the treacherous terrain to hold it. Gavinrad sighed, he seemed familiar with the hand of Tyr.
Song Zheng also knew more about the Hand of Tyr, but what he knew about the Hand of Tyr was after the fall of Lordaeron, when the Hand of Tyr was already under the control of the Scarlet Crusaders.
When everyone came to the city, the broken and bloodstained city gate slowly opened, even if they had not yet entered the city, Song Zheng could hear bursts of cheers coming from the city, obviously their arrival brought great encouragement to the defenders in the city.
However, when he walked through the bloody city gate, Song Zheng's mood was very heavy, and he was going to participate in the battle of defending the city of Dalong County, as for the outcome of this battle, he himself did not know.
In fact, soon after entering the city, he encountered a first trouble...... Many adventurers were reluctant to defend the city.
At the beginning, he quickly gathered a large number of adventurers with the release of the mission, but most of these guys came for money, and now that they found out that this Dalong County was so dangerous, many people have begun to retreat.
Song Zheng also knew in his heart that this was inevitable, although the method he used could quickly gather and control a large number of adventurers, but there was no coercive force, let alone any discipline at all, which was the biggest gap between the adventurer team and the regular army.
"These people are really unrighteous, so greedy for life and afraid of death, I'll stop them!" Lena Imbas was indignant.
"Forget it, let them go, after all...... We don't know if we'll be able to leave safely. Song Zheng showed a wry smile, if he didn't get enough experience here, it would be difficult for him to survive in the next troubled times.
After all, after the invasion of the Scourge of the Dead, there is an even more powerful Burning Legion!
However, to Song Zheng's surprise, those adventurers still couldn't leave early in the end...... Before they could leave the city, the Undead Scourge had already launched another attack on Talon County.
At this moment, night has fallen, and the darkness outside the city is overwhelming, and no one knows how many undead troops are coming to attack.
Perhaps they have long been accustomed to the siege of the undead natural disaster, and the people in the city did not appear in any panic, but just rushed to their respective posts in an orderly manner.
Song Zheng led some people to rush to the top of the city, ready to help defend the city, but before he reached the top of the city, he saw a huge black shadow whizzing and falling under the starlight...... It was the corpses and stones that the meat grinder of the Scourge threw into the city.
Although those corpses are not as destructive as stones, they carry the plague and can easily infect the survivors in the city, so every time a corpse falls into the city, a special team immediately rushes to burn the corpses.
At the same time, a large number of undead troops poured into the walls in the darkness, countless ghouls quickly climbed up the crumbling walls, and the gigantic abomination began to force their way through the gates, surrounded by countless skeletons.
"The battle began...... Experience is coming......" Song Zheng's face showed a hint of excitement in addition to nervousness, the last time he helped defend Nanhai Town, he quickly rose to a level, and now the battle in this Dalong County is much more fierce than Nanhai Town, so the experience will naturally be more.