Chapter 343: Speed of Life and Death
However, Zujin's actions were not answered, and in front of him, Kierrog was excitedly commanding an orc of the Blood Cave Clan: "You, go and sue Sù to destroy the hammer of miè, those griffons are back!" ”
Watching the orc trot away from the hill, Zu Jin blinked his intact left eye, pinned the short axe back to his waist, used his long nails to pick out the secretions from sleep in the corners of his eyes, and muttered in a low voice, "Damn, isn't it just the griffin back?" What is there to shout about? Are those griffins delicious? ”
At the head of Riptide Castle, where Kilrog could not see, King Solas looked ahead of him in astonishment, and for a long time his tall body shook and nearly fell to the ground; The Kurbanke beside him hurriedly went to support his own king, but was thrown away by King Soras.
Angry, King Solas pointed to Prince Garin in front of him and said loudly, "Garin, why are you here?" Didn't I tell you to go to Dalaran? Why didn't you go? It's you? What did you say to Garin? ”
King Solas sent his anger to one of the griffon messengers who had returned with Prince Garin, and frightened the skinny messenger; Kurbanke frowned and glanced at the messenger, then whispered, "Your Majesty, this is not the messenger sent to Dunhold Castle. ”
No? - King Solas was stunned for a moment - Isn't Garin at Dunhold Castle? Got back early? And then he was met by these griffon messengers, told him the news of Riptide Castle, and then he forced himself back?
Wrong...... King Solas vetoed his suspicions - the griffon messengers were tasked with bringing news of the siege of Riptide to the town of Southsea without encountering King Terenus's army. They don't fly to the ground, but what's going on?
"Father...... I didn't get any orders to go to Dalaran, did I? Prince Garin was confused—he thought his father would be happy to see him, but he reprimanded him as soon as he saw him.
"Don't mention those yet. His Royal Highness Prince Garin, what's going on? Why did you come back with the griffon messengers? Didn't these griffon messengers reach Southsea Town? Kurbanke asked eagerly - the orcs were numerous, and perhaps the entire army of orcs invading Azeroth had gathered under the city of Riptide Castle; Relying only on the strength of the Stormgard Kingdom alone, it may not be the opponent of these orcs, and at this time, Lordaeron's support is particularly important, if these griffon messengers are intercepted halfway by Prince Garin...... That's really a disservice, and it's a big delay!
"Oh. It was like this, I was going to Riptide with His Majesty King Terenus on my way to Riptide Castle, and on the way I came across our griffon messenger who suddenly descended from the sky. I told us the news of the siege here, so I explained to Prince Garin ......," but before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Kurbanke.
"With King Terenus? His Royal Highness Prince Garin. You mean. King Terenus has entered the Arathi Heights and is heading for Fort Riptide? Kurbanke couldn't believe his ears - in fact, King Solas had only sent out the letter from King Solas allowing the combined forces of Lordaeron and Stormwind to enter the Arathi Heights just a few hours before, and he had personally stamped the letter with King Solas's seal!
"Yes, Lord Kurbanke. King Terenus said to me...... His father's permission was required to enter the Arathi Heights, but before that King Terenus and his army had reached the border. It was there at Dunhold Castle that I met His Majesty King Terenas. And not long after they got there, their father's reply arrived. So we set off together, and I didn't expect anything like this to happen......"
"Great, Your Majesty the King!" Kurbanke has always been a man of great control, and during his tenure as chief chamberlain to King Soras, he has not been smiling; But at this time, he really couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.
After persuading King Solas to leave to no avail, Kurbanke was ready to die with his loyal lord on the next orc siege, but he didn't expect to turn around, looking at this, Lordaeron's reinforcements can arrive long before the troops of Prince Danas, and when they arrive, it is naturally impossible for the orcs to continue to attack Riptide Fort with all their might, so the siege here can be said to be basically lifted!
"Garin, tell me how King Terenus plans for the next battle? What do we need to work with? "King Solas was also very excited, after all, if there was a choice, no one wanted to die in vain; What's more, with reinforcements, no matter what the outcome of this war is, at least he is no longer unilaterally passive; With Lordaeron's reinforcements, he may be able to avenge the tragic deaths of the inhabitants and make the invaders pay the price they deserve!
"Yes, Father. King Terenus's troops were all cavalry, and their numbers were ...... I didn't notice, maybe less than 30,000 people, right? He promised me that I would go full speed and that it would take me more than an hour to get here. He wants us to hold out for two hours, no matter what. Garin recounted everything he knew to his father.
King Solas listened carefully to his son's narration, then slammed his right fist into the palm of his left hand, and asked De Jong, who had already arrived here, "Two hours...... Can you do it for two hours? ”
In fact, there is no need for King Solas to ask, since he heard Prince Garin's words, De Jong has been silently calculating in his heart how to hold on to Riptide Fort for two hours under the siege of the orcs.
Even if it was shortened from six hours to two hours waiting for Prince Danas, the task was not easy; It would have been much easier to abandon the main walls and retreat to the palace, but after that kind of tragedy, De Jong really couldn't imagine what would happen to the civilians in the residential area once the palace guards withdrew into the palace.
It is a brutal war, and the opponent is not the army of another country, but the aggressor of a different race from the human race, and from a mutual point of view, the other side is no different from a pig, dog, tiger and wolf, and when one kills the other side, even brutally, there is not even a trace of moral condemnation in the heart.
It could not retreat into Miyagi, and it had to rely on less than 3,000 soldiers in his hands to hold out for two hours...... De Jong felt that it was not easy; But in the face of King Soras's gaze, De Jong still mustered up his fighting spirit, slammed his right fist into his left chest, and replied loudly: "I am willing to die for the safety of His Majesty the King and Rapids!" (To be continued......)