Chapter 283: The Battle Situation
Just when the oath was marching all the way with some of the alliances and tribes, the main force of the alliance was actually not idle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The mages of Dalaran began to assemble in Karazhan, and under the leadership of Khadgar, these mages began to regroup, and after training with the Demon Hunters secretly trained in Stormwind for some time, they have begun to march directly to the front line under the leadership of Stormwind King Varian Wrynn, who will be the main force of the Alliance against demons.
On the other hand, Lordaeron's remaining forces began to assemble in both the east and southwest directions.
The Lordaeron military and civilians in the southwest had sought refuge in Gilneth because they believed that in a time of human crisis, Gilneth would put aside his old suspicions.
But King Jean did not hesitate to refuse the refugee's request, believing that Tyrenus was to blame for what had happened to Lordaeron, and how could the demons have had a chance to invade if it weren't for his greedy ambitions for territory? And how did Arthas fall?
So, an enraged Jean Greymane did not hesitate to reject the Lordaeron refugees, and he showed no sympathy.
Knowing this, the desperate refugees had no choice but to make their way south to the town of Nanhai, where the paladins had built layers of defenses against scourge and demons, at least temporarily.
Moreover, Southsea Town also has naval support from Kurtiras, which was once the first stop in Stormwind during the Orc War, and became the headquarters of the Lordaeron's Western Front during the Scourge War.
To the east, the inhabitants of Lordaeron gathered in Stratholme and the Chapel of the Light's Wish in order to fight against the undead plague, and in the face of the horrific catastrophe, the peasants were forced to abandon their land and seek refuge in large settlements.
Ironically, thanks to the constant preparations for the unification of the kingdoms, the granaries of these cities were full, which temporarily ensured the supply of food, even though the civilians were still half-starved.
By this time, in the entire northern part of the Eastern Kingdom, the Tirisfard Glades and the Twilight Forest had all fallen, and although the Drunken Coalition had cleared the places they passed, they could not occupy these positions, and such a large area of land, only a temporary port on the Whispering Coast was in the hands of the Kul Tiras Navy.
On the hills of Hillsbrad, the paladins held the town of Southsea, and the Drunken Wind Coalition recaptured Dunhold, but Tarunmere was still in the hands of the Undead Scourge, and the Drunken Wind Coalition was in a hurry to the south, because there was no dragon support, they just passed outside the city of Tarunmere and did not attack the city.
Andorjar (later known as the Western Plaguelands) has also almost completely fallen, and when Arthas led the Scourge east into Stratholme, he was in a hurry and did not capture the whole of Andorhar at the first time, and there were still some scattered rebels fighting here, holding on to the last bastion of Hearthvale.
The commander-in-chief of Andohal was the former Admiral Lordaeron Garissus, who vowed to fight to the last minute to defend Andorhar.
However, due to the vast and sparsely populated area of the Arathi Heights, the Scourge Legion had no intention of coming at all, and many refugees passed through the Soladin Wall and established a shelter in the northern part of the Arathi Heights.
After solving the problem with Dunhold, the Drunken Wind Coalition decided to head north to find Arthas and the main force of the Scourge for a decisive battle - and according to the Scourge of the Dead, the decisive battle will take place either in Stratholme or the Chapel of Light's Wish!
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After the fortifications of the town of South Sea were prepared and Alsace advanced eastward, the paladins here began to study how to counterattack.
Originally, in order to judge Old Fordin, a large number of paladins and alliance commanders gathered here, but after the outbreak of the undead scourge, these paladins immediately entered the battle.
This time it was a battle related to the counteroffensive, and the lineup of participants was luxurious.
The original paladins Tulayan, Dasohan, Uther, and Gavin Rad, the Lordaeron Paladin Commanders Alexandros Mograini and Abydis, and the High Priests Falbanks and Ethan Lien.
"I think we should counterattack Tarummere." Tulayan directly stated his thoughts, "The terrain of Talenmere is so important, as long as we take Talenmir, we can swing north, and then take and hold Steinbrad." ”
As he spoke, Tulayan pointed to Steinbrad's location on the map.
"This is the only entrance to the northern part of the entire Hillsbrad Hills, as long as this place is guarded, the undead scourge can only make a big circle if it wants to attack the Hillsbrad Hills, bypassing the entire Alterac and going around to the west."
"Now, according to the information provided by Kurtilas, the main force of the undead scourge is advancing towards Stratholme, so as long as we take Steinbrad, we can start clearing the undead of Hillsbrad."
After carefully looking at the map, everyone nodded in agreement with Tulayan's idea.
"I'm not worried about winning or losing the fight." "But the problem we have to face is that the number of enemies is too large for us to effectively annihilate them - the undead are almost impossible to kill, and even if they line up and let us cut them down one by one, we will probably die of exhaustion on the battlefield." ”
Tulayan was talking about the problem faced by the paladins, after all, there were not enough paladins in South Sea Town, and there were more than enough defenses but not enough offense.
While everyone was at a loss, Alexandros pulled out a black crystal.
"I think it will help us."
When their eyes turned to this crystal, everyone felt all kinds of discomfort, and the strong shadow energy made everyone frown.
"What does that mean?" Uther didn't know why, if it weren't for the fact that he and Alexandros were old friends, he would even suspect that the paladin had fallen, "This crystal makes me feel as disgusting as those undead, so what are you doing with it?" ”
"Can justice exist alone without evil? Isn't there a shadow on the other side of the Light? If the answer is no, then is it possible that there must be an equivalent power of Light in this incomparably evil shadow creation! Alexandros elaborated on his thoughts, "I have tried to infuse this crystal with holy light, and it has completely absorbed it. ”
"But that still doesn't mean anything."
"No, I guess I do." Tulayan suddenly stood up in support of Alexandros' idea, "I've heard Khadgar mention that the purest holy light creature Naru will turn into a shadow entropy demon after draining the holy light, and it is very likely that this shadow crystal will become an incomparably brilliant holy light crystal after being infused with holy light!" (To be continued.) )