Chapter 5: Westspring Fortress
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Gaveen Amherst was on vigil, carrying a crossbow, which had been found in the warehouse of Fort Westspring, and although the defenders had fled without a trace, they had at least done a good thing, leaving a small amount of food and some mothballed weapons here, didn't they?
This gave the refugees some self-preservation, though Gaveen doubted he would have the courage to shoot at the green-skinned monsters.
Damn orcs! If it weren't for them, I might still be in the quiet and peaceful pumpkin field, looking at the charming red maple tree and composing poetry. Maybe I can become a troubadour? Or a magician from the Tower of Azura? Gawayne thought so.
But it was all ruined by those green-skinned monsters! They're terrible, they're at least six feet tall! Walking like a princess, Gawayne still remembers the monsters rushing into the pumpkin field and killing the captain of the guard with ease, if he hadn't run fast, he would have almost been killed.
Damn Dandy, it's time for a changing of the guard, why hasn't he come yet? The Westspring Fortress Watchtower is not a good place, the cold of the early morning slowly soaks your clothes like poison, burrows into your skin, and finally makes you shiver, not to mention after hours of standing guard! Now all he wants is a bowl of hot vegetable soup and a little dry stuff, preferably a sweet pumpkin pie!
"Whoa—" There was a movement in the bushes across the road, and Gaveen was immediately refreshed, and he raised his crossbow and pointed it at it.
Although the guards of the Xiquan Fortress are all cowards, the minimum military literacy is still good, not only is there a large cleared open space in front of the fortress, but also faces a wide road, so that the guards on the watchtower can have a clear view of the surroundings of the watchtower, Gawayne is sure that if there is a rabbit, he will be able to shoot!
Although Captain Claire has repeatedly emphasized that there is a need for vigilance here, there are a lot of those terrible monsters, and even a few farmers escaped from the nearby Stonefield Farm two days ago, saying that they were attacked by terrible monsters, but Gawayne didn't believe that they would appear here, and the Westspring Fortress was about to be close to the Western Wilderness, and such a remote place had no value at all.
Besides, these orcs probably want to go to a big city like Stormwind, which is much more attractive than this military fortress with only refugees.
One hand brushed aside the bushes, and then a man in a red cloak, silver armor, a sword at his waist, and a shield in his hand walked through the bushes, and he was looking at it carefully!
Suddenly, Gawayne saw that the man was looking at him through the cold mask, and he shuddered with fright, and the finger that had been holding the trigger pulled the trigger disobediently, and the crossbow bolt with tail feathers was shot out in one fell swoop.
"Oh my God! What did I do! Gawayne was horrified to think that a warrior who could wear such gorgeous equipment must have a noble status, and it was not something that Captain Claire could compare to anyway! He only had an ugly gray sleeveless plate armor: "Will I be hanged by this lord!" ”
Fortunately, because my hand was shaking so badly just now, I don't know where the arrows I shot flew. But the warrior crouched down, raised his shield above his head, and drew his sword. After sighing, Gawayne rang the alarm bell apprehensively.
Half an hour later, led by a tall man in worn sleeveless plate armor, Xiao Yi stood in front of the stone steps of Xiquan Fortress. The night's march made him unusually embarrassed, and most of the guards were a little sluggish.
The fierce battle made them consume too much physical strength, and then they continued to hurry, and they didn't even treat their wounds properly, these strong soldiers were like this, not to mention Xiao Yi, who had a weak physique, the dew had already wet his magic robe, making him feel shivering, and the exhausted magic power made his head a little drowsy, cold and hungry.
But he didn't dare to stay for a moment, because the appearance of the snow wolf made him realize when it was! The Snow Wolf, also known as the Frost Wolf, is a creature unique to Draenor, with a large size and a keen sense of smell, making it the best companion of the Orcs of the Frostwolf Clan.
This creature has only appeared once in Azeroth, during the First Orc War, when the invading orcs brought this huge monster, and by the time the orcs were defeated and imprisoned, the creature had almost disappeared.
Therefore, orcs may be active in Azeroth at any time, but the frost wolf is a creature that only exists in this era, and the wolf monsters domesticated by the tribe later are far worse than the frost wolf.
And during the first orc war, the orcs almost destroyed Stormwind City in a sweeping situation in the early stage, although he didn't know where he was, Xiao Yi still felt that the farther he ran, the better.
Following the river, they easily found a way, and after a little thought, he decisively crossed the bridge with his guards and headed west, and then he saw the obvious human military style of the building.
But who would have thought that he had just come up and was attacked, and then the alarm bell sounded in the fortress, making Xiao Yi crawl in the bushes for a while.
However, soon, a soldier claiming to be Clive, the captain of the Stormwind Kingdom Guard, came to negotiate, apologized that it was a new recruit's mistake, and invited Xiao Yi and his party to enter the fortress to rest.
Although he was still a little suspicious of these people, in the face of such a bad situation, Xiao Yi had to agree to Clive's suggestion and temporarily enter the fortress to rest, of course, Xiao Yi, who had a strong guard, was not afraid of these people playing tricks.
"Your Excellency, please." Clive had an unusual respect for Xiao Yi, who was supported by a large number of guards, and he pushed away the militiamen who were watching the excitement and respectfully asked Xiao Yi to go first.
Walking up the stone steps, he walked past the militiamen standing on both sides of the gate with some fearful eyes and came to the inside of the fortress. The fortress as a whole is not large, one is the main body of the hall, it has two floors, and the rest is four guard towers, maybe some cellars or something,
At this time, there were many people in the hall, not the soldiers in Xiao Yi's imagination, most of them were old and weak women and children, these people were either lying against the stone wall, or sitting cross-legged on the ground, and some were sleeping in the corner, and more people stood up after seeing Xiao Yi and others come in, and they were alive and sound.
"Guard, what kind of place is this, how can there be so many homeless people?" Seeing this scene, Xiao Yi asked in surprise!
Although he knew that after the orc attack, there would definitely be a lot of refugees, but Xiao Yi didn't find many soldiers here, only a few militiamen, but this fortress was very professional, and it was obvious that this was the place where the regular army was stationed.
Seeing Xiao Yi's frowning and surprised expression, Claire said with a wry smile: "My lord, this is Xiquan Fortress, the original guards have fled, and we are all refugees who have fled. ”