Chapter Ninety-Four: The Offensive Begins!
In the early morning, the Xiquan Fortress was already under construction, and the soldiers had pushed open the temporarily installed gates, which were heavy and unaided, and were nailed by craftsmen from stout and tall logs, some of which had not even been polished!
The people, who should have started working a long time ago, were now crowded on both sides of the road at the city gate, excitedly discussing with their companions which soldier was more majestic, and which soldier was their acquaintance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The rays of the rising sun shone through the edges of the walls and cast into the shadows of the city, and the sharp weapons reflected the cold light, like the spears of the forest with a murderous aura. The soldiers who could not see the end were lined up neatly, waiting for the order to set off.
Edric sat on his horse in full gear, waiting quietly for the gates to open, when suddenly he turned to look at Lady Isabel who was watching him from the lookout of the fortress.
"Qiang-" The long sword was unsheathed, and without hesitation, it pointed at the city gate that had been opened, and there was no heroic oath speech, and there were no flower ribbons, and Edric's calm voice was transmitted throughout the fortress through a small magic spell: "Go!" Target Shining Gold Town! ”
Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the onlookers, the silverback wolf, which was larger and more hideous than the dire wolf, was the first to run out of the city gate, meet the dire wolf who had gathered not far away, and then disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.
After the orcs discovered that the dire wolf was domesticated by humans, the number of dire wolves dropped sharply, and in a short period of time, only half of the 1,000 dire wolves survived after the war and the orcs hunted.
Even with Edric's bonus, the City of Angels and the town of Moonstream, which has already built a wolf house, have only produced more than three hundred silverback wolves during this time, and this attack is led by Edric himself and used as a guerrilla scout.
After waiting for the dire wolf to leave, Edric gently patted the horse's buttocks with the back of his sword, and the elite armored war horse from the Arathi Heights let out a neighing and began to move slowly with small steps, carrying a small number of wolf cavalry armed with short bows and long knives through the city gates.
This was followed by the well-armed Legion Guards, armed with large shields and spears, with red cloaks, which had been replenished to a thousand men, and a sharpshooter who had just been transferred from the City of Heroes.
These elite infantry, all heavily armoured and covered helmets with only eyes and vents, walked through the gates in silence with their machine-like indifference and coordination, making the cheers of the people even louder.
The rest are the urgently conscripted militiamen, under Xiao Yi's strict orders, these militiamen may not have a little courage on the battlefield, but they can already see from the queue that the training has begun to bear fruit.
Since the Legion Acropolis has been built, although it will take a long time for the next batch of army training to be completed, with Xiao Yi's investment regardless of the cost, and after gathering all the blacksmiths in the entire Western Wilderness, the Legion Forge can already produce elite armor on a large scale.
The sword and shield soldiers with blue smocks and helmets with nose guards, named champion swordsmen by Xiao Yi, learned the same indifferent expressions of the legion guards and marksmen, and puffed out their chests as much as possible, so that people could see the flashing metallic chain mail that emerged from the gaps in the smocks, and those who were attentive might also find pride and superiority in their eyes.
Their shields, which are wider than the Legion Guards, are painted with the image of champions, symbolizing their highest honor, and they will become champions among the elite in the future! This is their highest honor.
Because the orcs had no cavalry, and the space in the jungle was small, this group of conscripts were all dressed as sword and shield soldiers according to Lady Isabel's request, and there were no spearmen who used spears.
"Alas!" A sigh came from behind Isabelle, and Xiao Yi came out of the shadows, he was wearing a guardian suit, his helmet was tucked under his ribs, and he was a little worried.
"Aang!" A dragon roar came from a distance, and a huge shadow shrouded the champion swordsmen who were still passing in the shadows, and some swordsmen who were not strong in their minds secretly looked up and quickly glanced at them when the captain was not paying attention.
A red dragon with chains as reins spread its wings and slashed above the city gates, its back covered with steel armor like scales, barbed steel armor on its chest and abdomen, and its wings were studded with spikes that glistened in the sun.
Its tail seemed to be cut off, and several heavy chains with a few round iron balls replaced the broken tail, as the torrent from the swing of its wings caused the chains to collide with the iron balls, making a crisp sound peculiar to metal.
Arux has successfully tamed the insane dragon! He took his wife to sit on the dragon's back, letting the dragon levitate not far outside the city gate, and the eyes covered under the helmet looked indifferently at the soldiers who were moving slowly in a neat formation.
The light poured out from the nun's hands, and each soldier who passed by was blessed with the 'energetic' magic that allowed them to maintain their strength and meet the enemy in the best possible condition after the march.
The nuns of the Templar are not only able to heal, the biggest reason why they are attributed to the weapons of war is not because of their physical fragility, but because they can influence the victory of a war like the instruments of war!
"Five thousand! Of them, 3,000 are still militiamen, and I really don't know how many will come back alive. Xiao Yi watched worriedly as the end of the newly formed legion disappeared at the city gate, and then the city gate was slowly closed.
"Wait a few months, three months at most! The Legion Acropolis can train an equal number of Legion Guards and Marksmen, so why do you have to be in such a hurry! Xiao Yi's voice suddenly rose and questioned Isabelle.
Because Barrett sent Lordaeron, Edric and Xiao Yi and others had to stick to the Westspring Fortress and the first line, Alice also followed here, and Isabel continued to teach.
Lori, who was still tiptoeing to watch the excitement, was startled by Xiao Yi's questioning, hid behind Isabelle, and looked at her mentor timidly.
Stroking the head of the little Lori with an iron gloved hand, Isabelle's face was full of seriousness: "Lord Lord, you must understand that the enemy has discovered us and is still defeated at our hands!" ”
"Even if their true strength isn't as exaggerated as you say, their numbers are still huge! We must do more land, more population, more allies to increase the war potential! ”
Isabel hugged Alice and said solemnly: "Even if the enemy's main force will not turn back and attack us, but as you said, the devil knows how many orcs are still in this forest!" Every day they are collecting supplies for the great army, and every day they are plundering the wealth that belongs to humanity! ”
"When they come together, do you think a single wall will protect the Wild West? The long border between Twilight and Elwyn is full of holes! As long as I want to, no matter how difficult it is, it will not be an obstacle for me to cross the river and appear in the hinterland of the western wilderness! ”
In the end, Isabel concluded: "This is the first defeat of the orcs, if you don't take advantage of the fact that they haven't reacted yet, they haven't gathered yet, take the lead in attacking, and wait for three months, not to mention the elite of five thousand, fifty thousand will not be able to win!" The mercy of the present will only make us end up trapped in the Wild West! ”
"Well, your detailed plan." Xiao Yi's will was a little depressed, he was not good at controlling the overall situation, it was like going to Lordaeron, he only thought about returning to the human race, but he didn't think about what kind of threat he would face if he went now.
"Capture Shining Gold Town, block the connection between Stormwind and Elwyn Forest, and then wait until the soldiers are in place one after another, capture Stormwind City, expel the orcs to the forest, and then use silverback wolves with small groups of soldiers to strangle them in batches!" After Isabel put down Alice and let her play by herself, she took Xiao Yi to the command platform, and a map was already laid out on it.
"Compared to the orcs with stronger individual strength, the terrain of the Elwyn Forest is not suitable for us who are good at group combat, and the woods and rivers will divide our formation.
If the enemy can still guarantee the safety of supplies and towns, then we will be subjected to endless attacks and harassment when we operate in the jungle, and in the case of soldiers who are not as good as the enemy, small spaces and small-scale battles will be a nightmare for our side! ”
"So we took advantage of the enemy's defeat and our morale was high, and took Stormwind and Elwyn's Forest, the link between Shining Gold, so that the enemy would lose a staging point for supply collection and the enemy would have to enter the jungle."
"Then we have the Gryphon and Alux as the air force, to gain air supremacy as quickly as possible, and judging by the air force sent by the enemy in the last war, I believe that is the maximum force that the enemy's air force has now."
"Then, taking advantage of the enemy's lack of troops, quickly take Stormwind City, hold the port here, and guard against the enemy's navy! This is very important, even if the orcs in the Elwyn Forest are still active, take this place! ”
"In the end, we blockaded the Red Ridge Mountain, guarded against the orcs in the Danmoro region, fortified Lakeside Town, guarded against the orcs of the Blackstone Mountains, and completely blocked the orcs in the Elwyn Forest in this jungle! And then their nightmare is about to begin! ”
Isabel said with a flutter of eyebrows, as if she had seen the orcs struggling in the jungle.
Xiao Yi was a little moved, there was no way, Isabelle's description was too tempting, but he still had the worst intentions: "What if, I mean, if the enemy's army comes to attack us after we have obtained the Storm Kingdom?" When the time comes, we will face a siege from three sides by the sea, the Black Rock Mountain, and the Red Ridge Mountain, and I can already imagine how terrible this is! ”
Isabel smiled confidently, and she said unhurriedly: "Then you can go to Lordaeron to see the coveted human city, believe me, only their will to end the orc war is strong enough, any king will want the war to be fought on someone else's territory!" ”