Chapter 180: Steel Gate
Danas glanced deeply at Arthas, and felt in his heart that the prince of this neighboring country really could not be regarded as a child. When Danas himself first went to war, he was just a hairless boy with no hair on his mouth, not much older than Arthas now.
But Danas was not as heroic as he had just been in the cave of the city gates in that battle to clear the bandits. Not only did he not fight the enemy, but when he cleaned up the battlefield after the war, he was so frightened that he vomited all over the place, and Uncle Solas always joked about this until he became the commander of the militia legion.
To be able to go to the battlefield with alien monsters at such a young age without being frightened, Danas really admired Arthas's insight and courage. He thought for a moment and said, "As far as the situation just now, these young men under my command can at least guarantee that even if they fall, there will be the same number of green-skinned cubs lying in the city gate hole. But we need time to clear the battlefield now, so it's time to put down the floodgates. ”
With an order from Danas...... Several militiamen from Fort Rapids struggled to pull the wrench that controlled the rise and fall of the gate on the head of the city. The gate of the fortress is generally a thick steel plate made of stainless steel, which needs to be hoisted with a noose and pulley when pulled up; But taking into account the needs of the war, when the gate is lowered, it only takes the flip of a switch and the steel gate will fall automatically. ,…,
Although the structure of the dwarven fortress is similar to that of the human castle, the dwarves are obviously much more powerful than the humans, so the militia of the Riptide Fortress were not able to flip the switch smoothly, and in the end, with the help of a few archers and a slightly more recovered Muradin, they succeeded in bringing down the wrench.
With the sound of chains dragging rapidly, there was a loud bang in the city gate. Arthas knew it was the sound of a steel gate falling into the groove of the city gate, sealing the fortress completely. Look out of the fortress from the top of the city. The orcs obviously didn't know what was going on, and Arthas didn't know if there were any orcs who happened to be crushed in half by the falling steel gates, but the orc vanguards, who had gathered at the gates, were retreating backwards in a panic.
After bidding farewell to these abominable invaders with bows and arrows, most of the archers at the head of the city threw down their longbows and sat down on the ground. Danas watched the group of orcs flee into the distance, shook his head, and turned to walk towards the stairs. Arthas descended the city after Danas, and the roar of the orcs could be heard through the cave in the gate.
By the time Darnas and Arthas arrived at the city, the last of the orcs locked in the city had been killed by the militia of Riptide. Danas appeared just in time, and the somewhat confused Rapids warriors quickly found their backbone, under the command of Danas, including the two thousand men who had been waiting in the courtyard of the fortress for some time. The soldiers inside the Dammod Fortress quickly turned into porters and cleaned up the corpses of the orcs...... and the remains of their own companions. ,…,
Despite the rapid movement of the soldiers, the atmosphere inside the fortress was very dreary. The friendship between the robes is extremely deep, and every comrade-in-arms is a close friend that a soldier can entrust behind his back. Now, the first group of 1,000 people who went down to the city gate cave with Danas to build a defense line were nearly seventy percent of the members who had lost their lives, and almost all of them had lost their best friends in life - and a few of them - in less than half an hour of fighting.
Muradin followed Arthas into the courtyard and watched as the soldiers of Fort Rapids placed the bodies of the human soldiers who had died in battle in the clearing, while piling up the bodies of the orcs for incineration. Muradin whispered, "In the defense of Ironforge, four thousand seven hundred and sixty-two valiant warriors will never see their families again. These green-skinned cubs, one day, we will smash their skulls with a war hammer. ”…,
Danas nodded, agreeing with Muradin's words, and said, "These young men who died in battle, everyone is good. Their names will be inscribed on the monument at Fort Rapids. As long as the kingdom of mankind exists, they will never be forgotten. ”
"Prince Danas, what's next?" Alsace's sentiment was a little depressed, and he felt that the death of these people was partly due to him. Although Arthas insisted on not allowing Frostmourn to deal with the orcs for higher reasons, self-blame and guilt filled the prince's heart - although these people were not subjects of Lordaeron, each of them would never see their relatives back home again. On the homeland for which they fought to the death and defended...... There are also parents who are waiting for their son's return, wives who are waiting for their husbands to come home for dinner, and children who are waiting for their fathers to raise them, but now......,...,
"What's next...... It's up to the orcs to move, and if they continue to attack, then after clearing the city gate, we'll continue with the tactical arrangement just now. In the barracks on the other side of the bridge, there was nothing else, supplies and troops, but there were. "Danas is determined to consume as many orc armies as possible in this almost life-for-life manner.
"Otherwise, it's ......," Arthas said again. Although we can't see these hot-blooded human warriors continue to suffer casualties, they ...... Arthas's heart was full of torments - in the original flow of time, he suffered from the lack of great power to stop the Scourge from invading his land and people; Now, with a weapon of great destruction like Frostsorrow in his hand, Arthas did not dare to use it wantonly.
"Prince Danas! Prince Danas! You need to look at this, there is a situation outside the city! Ricks' cry came from the top of the city, and Danas ignored Arthas's words, patted the little prince on the shoulder, and ran quickly to the stairs - the light was much more powerful than ordinary healing. It didn't take much effort for Danas to regain his skills.
Arthas and Muradin were a step behind, both of them seeming to be a little preoccupied, and slowly ascended the stairs together. When Arthas returned to the city, he saw both Winlessa and Mograine looking at him with complicated expressions, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”,…,
Mograini shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Royal Highness Prince Arthas, you better come and see for yourself." Hearing this, Arthas took two quick steps to the back of the battlements of the fortress of Dammod, and when he looked down, he was immediately stunned - a strong orc shirtless, who seemed to show off his green muscles, and carried a huge battle axe on his shoulder, slowly walked towards the fortress.
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