We continued on our march, and after two days we arrived at Razor Ridge, which was defended by Thrall as I had imagined, a natural fortress formed by the majestic peaks of Razor Ridge.

Razor Ridge is like a knife that divides the entire Razor Ridge area in two, with the Nushui River basin to the west, or the dammed lake made by the Saar, and the east side to the sea. The lower part of the mountain range is relatively steep in the middle, and the top is relatively flat and high, and there are only a few treacherous mountain paths connecting the upper ones.

Seeing this, I didn't dare to imagine that this was a masterpiece of nature, and I wondered if it was mixed with the appearance of Thrall's retouching when he was favored by the earth elementals, after all, there were some differences compared to the map marked by Mavi for us, such as the mountain was not so flat, etc. If it really is Sal's masterpiece. I still have to admire Thrall's foresight to turn this place into such a tough, all-natural fortress in advance.

Perhaps that's why he dared to lead only a small number of troops to resist the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of men and horses. Of course, this is just a façade, and there will definitely be a lot of defenses inside that we don't know about, so the difficulty of attacking us can be imagined, and of course this difficulty is also based on the situation that we are equal to the tribe.

Of course, as a powerful and dangerous fortress, he, like the northern fortress, has a narrow passage for the north and south to pass. But apparently we could not pass without occupying the entire mountain range. It's a lot like our northern fortress at the time. The performance of winning such a battle is very simple, that is, we must consume the tribal warriors above and occupy it, and then lead our main army to surround it.

Just like the tribe attacked us at that time, I also wanted to release as much of my strength as possible to consume the soldiers on Razor Ridge, although I don't know the specific number of tribes, but I firmly believe that the battle of the northern fortress is already the full strength of the tribe, and it is impossible for Thrall to gather hundreds of thousands of troops here.

If I think so, I probably wouldn't have thought that Sal was better prepared for the fight.

At the beginning of the battle, we shelled the outer passes and the outer city, and the air force also carried out a detailed reconnaissance at high altitudes, and sure enough, the enemy mobilized a large number of defenders and weapons and equipment on Razor Ridge, and they seemed to know very well that the range of our artillery fire was far greater than theirs, so they abandoned the humble outer city and waited for our attack directly at the highest peak of Razor Ridge. And our long-range artillery simply cannot bombard such a high place, and at high places, their artillery fire also compensates for the disadvantage of short range, as long as our troops enter their attack range, they can rain artillery fire at will.

After the forward troops were infested with artillery fire, I did not send ground troops to attack, but ordered the troops to retreat some distance and use the air force directly to the summit and seize the opportunity with them. Then, when our air force destroyed the archers and artillery positions in the front rows of their towers, our soldiers charged down the trails and went straight to Razor Ridge.

So, with my dragon form as the vanguard, I led all or all of the eight thousand griffon knights to charge the enemy's peak, and then scattered around the high platform of Razor Ridge. And here our air power is manifested, although the enemy, although storing a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, is trying to threaten us with crossbows and stone artillery. But in the face of Gianna's spells, these weapons had no effect at all, and Gianna waved her hand and they instantly froze, even the tribal warriors above.

Yes, maybe Sal didn't expect Gianna to use all his strength at the beginning, after I managed to destroy and pin down the enemy's battery. I immediately ordered the Griffin Knight Herald next to me to charge to the next commander, Commander La Suvios from Stormwind, and he led the army towards Razor Ridge, and the same elite on my back jumped down to seize the platform. Grab this place under the cover of me and Gianna. And hold on until our large forces come up and then charge straight down. Then we will win this war.

But it has to be said that the path up to Razor Ridge is too narrow, and it has been destroyed by the tribe, so Gianna released a portal to connect the top and bottom, and in this way teleported the people below here. Although the portal is small, it can only pass through two or three people in a second, but it is enough to help us seize the high platform. Because although the number of enemies is large, and they are constantly pouring on their side, the quality is really not very good, many of them are new soldiers, even wounded soldiers, and they are not even familiar with combat skills, or have lost their combat skills, but they have the courage not to fear death so that they can persevere. And under the cover of me and Gianna, their positions were still occupied by us little by little. Likewise a large force poured in from below us, and of course our artillery fire blasted open the gates of the valley corridor below Razor Ridge Pass, and more soldiers and knights poured in.

Yes, as long as we occupy the high platform here and wait for our knights to break through the pass, then on the flat plains here to the north, with cover above us, our cavalry will be invincible.

Everything was going in our favour, but after I burned the last tribal warrior on the edge of the platform, I reached the northernmost side of the platform. Looking north from here, something unimaginable has happened to me, that is, the dense tribal warriors are still charging upwards, still delusional to seize control of this place, although the slope on the back of Razor Ridge is relatively slow enough for strong tribal warriors to rush up, but unfortunately their garrison platform is about to be taken over by us, and then it will be easier for us to destroy these tribal warriors if we are condescending, and they have no chance of victory, they will only lose more warriors.

After more than twenty minutes, we completely cleared the high platform, and then the soldiers condescended against the soldiers on the hillside. I also began to send orders for cavalry to enter here. I don't know who the Horde is commanding this battle, but all I can say is that he is an absolute mediocrity, making this war unstructured and losing a large number of tribal warriors, and if I were Thrall, I would have slaughtered this commander with my own hands.

But then again, if I were a tribal commander, there would be no way for me to command a force like myself to resist the nearly 200,000 elite of the alliance. Just as I was about to get complacent, Gianna sensed that something was wrong.

"Arthas, many of the tribal warriors below are dummies produced by mirror magic, not real people"

I was instantly shocked by Gianna's words, because I seemed to realize something, for example, the combat effectiveness of the tribal warriors we met was very low, not to mention the elite of the tribe, and the individual combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the soldiers of the Oakland country back then. I seem to have something in mind about this, like the camp where I planted explosives during the World Tree Guardian War... This was the beginning of the Tribal plan, and Sal concocted the Rufa concocted the Rufa...

"Beware of bombs here. "I suddenly said that yes, the wise Thrall must be prepared for this, and he can only use this method to resist us.

The soldiers were surprised by what I said, but they soon realized something, but who knew where the bomb was on this high platform, but fortunately Gianna was quick to use her powerful magic to freeze the entire high platform, and at the same time under my forced orders. The warriors of the Alliance quickly exited through this short portal and the griffon knight. Yes, if there is any way to reduce the damage of the explosion, it is the only way to do it.

But what should we do with the warriors who are climbing the mountain? So I could only run over and shout:

"Get out of here. There are bombs on the hill and take shelter!"

The infantry, who were rushing on the hillside, heard this and hurriedly retreated. But it's too late...

On the other side of the front, Sal is here.

In the distance, Thrall had been watching the war unfold, and Thrall was saddened that he had been slaughtered by us for defending against Razor Ridge, but he couldn't help it, for he had to have a large number of troops there as bait in order to win the war. So he had to organize some novice tribal warriors, untrained militiamen, and even the wounded to the forefront of the battlefield, that is, to garrison them on high platforms, and also keep them ready to charge and support on the hillsides.

However, just when he was feeling guilty, an accident suddenly happened, Gianna released the Freezing Technique to seal this place, and the Alliance warriors who were climbing to the top quickly withdrew, which Sal was very surprised. He knew that I had discovered their secret, and he had to activate the bomb, although the effect was not as expected, but there was no way, if he didn't use it again, then the warriors on the top of the mountain would really die in vain. At Thrall's orders, the tribe set off the bombs there, and he also concentrated some mana, knowing that he had to kill Gianna with lightning while the chaos was and Gianna was focused on casting, or he might be killed by another blow when she reacted.

A huge explosion occurred instantly, they were all bombs buried several meters deep under the high platform, the hidden explosive device activated a huge explosion and hit the surroundings, if it wasn't for Gianna's seal to suppress the entire high platform, the huge explosion was enough to blow all of us away.

However, even if we succeeded in mitigating the effect, the violent shaking of the mountain-building movement directly caused the entire platform of the valley to turn into rubble in an instant, and many of the warriors who had not escaped in the portal were trapped in it without a trace, and the rolling stones on the top of the mountain were also rolling around Razor Ridge, and many of the mountaineers were hit. The valley corridor was also deeply affected, but fortunately, many cavalry did not squeeze into the pass, so most of the cavalry was not affected. That's not the point, though. Because Gianna had done everything she could to reduce the reach of the explosion, she had exhausted all her strength, and she was so meticulous that she couldn't notice anything else. When her feet turned to rubble, I threw her down under my dragon's body, and I held the foundation beneath her with my claws to keep Gianna from being affected, and just then, a huge bolt of lightning struck me, just in time for me to fend off.

And took the lightning heavily, and a huge pain spread to the whole body, and the back that was hit was already ashes. But I still couldn't make a sound, because I knew that there was only one person who had this ability, and that was Thrall, but fortunately he didn't have the ability to kill me in an instant, but the lightning spread all over my body, and it had already made me lose the ability to fly, and even the ability to move my wings...

It was at this moment that our great advantage was instantly wiped out, and at this very moment, a new large number of tribal warriors poured out from the bottom of the mountain, and in terms of dress and charging speed, they were the real regular troops of the tribe, and in terms of the number of rounds they numbered, they also numbered tens of thousands. Of course, this is not all of them, and in a valley to the east of our flank, there is also a large contingent of tribesmen, who have apparently come to surround us, to completely surround us while we are still unstable. From our side, although most of the troops were still there, because most of the forward troops were trapped on the mountain, and the commander under the mountain did not receive any orders and was on standby. Obviously, if we continue like this, we will soon be surrounded by the enemy, and then surrounded and annihilated while we are in a panic.

Seeing this, my mood also became instantly impatient, yes, I was still calculated by Sal, and I knew that the top priority now should be to move the main force to a safe place, such as Senjin Village, or the sea. That's all there is to it. It just so happened that Flod's griffin knights arrived, and when they checked my injuries, I asked them to pass on my tactic, which was to have the surviving warriors of the valley who could still fight to support me against the horde. The remaining wounded who could not fight were taken to the lower side, and the commander of the rear army below, Field Marshal Jacob, was told to lead the troops to break through the siege, return to the village of Senkin and join Garissus and escape by sea from the Razor Ridge area.

"And pay attention to the tribal forces interspersed next to us, they are very numerous and are about to surround us. I added one last sentence, and then turned to the enemy to unleash the flames, but there was still something to ask about the griffon knight.

"And what about you?" asked the griffin knight, to which I looked at Gianna, and after receiving her affirmative eyes, I made a firm decision.

"I'm covering you—" I couldn't help but reprimand the griffin knight for what else he was trying to say. "Go. ”

The griffon knights did their job and got back, and our soldiers also caught up, and they attacked the charging tribal warriors below with the defensive weapons that could still be used nearby and my flames before the tribe arrived, but fortunately this landslide did not only affect our side, so the whole mountain road also became more rugged, so the tribe's advance speed was not very fast, and at the same time, the only remaining dragon knights of the tribe also joined the battle, and our griffin knights also fought with them in the sky。 After receiving my message, the warriors on the ground also retreated in an orderly manner, and organized their troops to prepare to defend against the tribal forces that were about to intervene.

The battle suddenly became a cover for our retreat. Of course, I was surprised by one thing, that is, why the tribe besieged my place, after all, the pass has been blocked by falling rocks, and the entire razor ridge area has been divided into two, and they attacked me here not only is the mountain road up the mountain rugged, but even if they come up, it is very difficult to go down along my side, so the warriors trapped in the valley can only rely on griffons to transfer, or climb up, and it is impossible to go down the mountain by their own strength.

The tribe might as well take this opportunity to quickly encircle the main force chasing us along the smooth eastern path behind us, after all, Gianna and I can also use magic to escape and ascend to heaven, but since he wants to try to surround us in this way, then I will wait, because when I take advantage of the large number of tribal warriors, I will quickly ask Gianna to transfer our people here.

I thought so, but when Gianna said something that made me realize that things might not be as simple as I thought, and that Sal did it for a reason.

"Arthas, there are anti-magic stones nearby, and I can't use my regular magic now. ”

"What?" I broke out in a cold sweat at this time, yes, I was here just thinking that I could use this place to hold back the enemy as much as possible, and at the same time, I was thinking about Sal to give him a fatal blow when he couldn't hold his breath, but now, Thrall gave me a fatal blow and didn't let us leave here with magic. I said how Gianna's portal disappeared, it turned out that the surrounding magic-inhibiting stones were shaken out after the explosion and quickly emitted their power.

"But it doesn't matter, I'm going to summon a few griffon knights, and we'll take them away. I was about to call out to a few griffon knights to come over, but Gianna shook her head and said nothing, to which I hurriedly explained, "Their Wyvern Knights are no match for our griffins, they are just trying to hold our air force back, and it's okay to transfer a few of them... while their men are not yet gathered around. ”

"No, we'd be attacked by Thrall like that, and I can't use magic to determine his whereabouts. Gianna shook her head and said, and she also prepared a plan, "Thrall is not showing up now, because he is worried about whether the magic stone will work. But he may not know that it was not ordinary magic that I was going to kill Thrall, it was the destruction of the Burning Legion, it was the sorcery of the Warlocks, the power of Gul'dan was not ordinary magic, and perhaps Gul'dan made these stones to build a safe palace for himself. ”

"So..."I couldn't help but ask, and I thought of a plan, which was...

"Be patient and wait for Sal to show up. ”

Gianna thought the same thing. I hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, if Sal thinks I really can't use magic anymore, he'll definitely show up. Definitely, and I'll wait for this opportunity. ”

I finally understood why Thrall didn't show up, just to find out if those anti-magic stones really worked on Gianna. Of course, the way to verify this is whether Gianna can continue to use magic after a large number of tribal warriors have come into close contact with us. But there is a downside to this.

"But you can still leave in a griffon, why didn't Sal think of it?"

"Yes, but that's what Thrall was really worried about, so he sent all of his last air force to contain us, and he'll definitely release lightning again when we get on the griffin, but honestly, if Thrall does continue to use lightning against us, I really don't know if I'll be able to resist it, but don't worry, I can still use the Warlock's teleportation to get us out of here." ”

I don't doubt that, yes, at this moment Gianna has already decided to kill Sal, but the slight difference with Sal is that we are waiting for an opportunity, and Sal is confirming something, so we are wasting each other's patience in this way.

The war went on, and the surviving soldiers of the Alliance retreated at the bottom of the mountain, and those who could not descend had to climb up to the rugged high platform of mine to assist us in defending against the rushing tribal warriors. Similarly, the main force of the Horde on the east side of Razor Ridge bypassed Razor Ridge to intersperse the flanks of our troops down the mountain, but because they were not outnumbered and were hindered by mountain roads, Thrall's tactics of trying to encircle us were not successful; On the northern slope of Razor Ridge, a large number of tribal warriors charged upward, and at the top, my less than three hundred warriors resisted desperately, but with the tribe following up, the fall here was inevitable.

Looking at the overall situation, Thrall was not very happy with the current situation, after all, although the alliance was at a disadvantage and besieged Gianna and I at the summit of Razor Ridge, the tribe did not break the deadlock. Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is where I am, he himself can't be sure if Gianna is really trapped in it, and has been hesitating whether he should join the battle, and there are also the Berks generals around him, who have long wanted Sal to order his guards to charge. Even many orcs were waving their weapons out of thin air, waiting for Thrall's order to launch a real charge.

But Thrall still had his plans, and as I thought, he wasn't completely sure if those Sealed Stones were really useful. And because the mountain road was hindered by the landslide, his troops were unable to reach the summit and meet me in close combat, because only in this way did the soldiers and our battle distract us, and we had no time to look around, so that Thrall could be sure that we really couldn't use magic anymore... But now the tribal warriors are slow to push upward.

However, there was always an accident, and at this moment Senkin found himself, and he replied to Sal that Zulkin's ships were ready to set off south to attack the Alliance fleet, and Sal decided that he could no longer hesitate. He gave two orders, the first was that Sarufar and Garrosh and some of his guards would follow him and approach my side by airboat, and second, he ordered Berks to lead all the warriors here to pursue the alliance under the mountain.

"Burks, you must be disgraced before you get the alliance to the vicinity of Senkin Village. ”

Burks nodded in agreement, and immediately set off to command the front line to catch up with the Alliance's troops, yes, on the way Burks had always wondered why Thrall's order was not to destroy the Alliance, but then he knew the reason, that is, the main force of this Alliance still has more than 100,000 people, and it is fully organized. It was simply impossible for his own 50,000 tribal warriors to wipe it out. If it weren't for the order I gave to retreat, his own 50,000 pursuing tribal warriors might have even been counter-exterminated. What's more, in the village of Senkin, Lexa's Kukaron elite has already exchanged fire with the remaining alliances, and a large number of battleship clusters in Zulgin at sea have already gone south to engage the alliance fleet led by Birva. As long as there are no problems on this side and rendezvous with Lexa's Cucaron, they will definitely be able to defeat these enemies of the Alliance.

Garissus here...

Although the experienced Gariths made a detailed reconnaissance of the surrounding area, but there was a serious mistake in the area of Boar Ridge, in a valley, the dwarf griffin in the air waited to find a sinkhole that was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, and he wanted to investigate in detail, but because he saw a large number of wild boars and wild eagles giggling around, he couldn't help but relax his vigilance, because he had heard that wild boars were very hostile to humanoid creatures, so he was convinced that there would definitely not be a large number of tribal warriors nearby, so he did not investigate further, and ignored there, and it was the valley of Boar Ridge, Lexa, Rock Khan, Brooks and other tens of thousands of Kukaron elite tribal warriors were hiding in it, and when Lexa's war eagles found that there was a violent explosion on the side of Razor Ridge, Lexa led these warriors to pour out and pour directly into Senjin Village. It was also the mistake of the scouts that when this force reached the valley mouth of the area northwest of the outer edge of Senjin Village and the area where the Boar Ridge was junction, Gallisus noticed the influx of tens of thousands of Kukaron's troops.

Garissus knew that the village of Senkin, on the flat plains, was in no danger, and that the only town that was still fenced off by earth was burned to the ground.

"The enemy is the entire elite of the Horde, and we must go to the coastline to defend against it with the assistance of our navy. ”

Gather arranged it. But just as he was about to start, worse news came from the other side, that our side had been defeated, and a large army was coming here, as well as the pursuit of the tribe.

Gallisus was deeply unhappy about this, he knew that if he retreated at this time, then the retreating troops from my side would be completely surrounded, and if he did not retreat, then he would have to withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of Kukalons. However, the seasoned and well-trained Garissus did not have a solution, so he changed his strategy and told the commander-in-chief of the navy, Birva, to follow the coastline of Darkspear Beach north to the shores of exile. At the same time, the troops were ordered to go north to join the withdrawn troops from our side, and to board ships in the area of the exiled coast and flee from here.

Garethus's proposal was approved by all, and without further ado, they immediately set about it, and the scouts informed the retreating commanders of the plan as well as the decision here.

However, despite the plan, there is still a great drawback, that is, Cucarondo is a wolf horse, and Garisus is mainly infantry here, so he may not be able to escape, so he added a way, that is, to use his handsome flag as a fake bait to lure Kucaron to the south beach nearby, hoping that such a move can draw the attention of the enemy...

(To be continued)