South-east of the Valley of Refuge, west of Geshak Farm.

Xie Feng and the others led the remnants of the defeated generals to spare a large circle, shook off the alliance's pursuers, and fled here in a panic.

Stopped, a group of people looked at each other's embarrassed appearance, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

This sneak attack on the Valley of Refuge was a great victory, but it was also a fiasco.

If you want to talk about a big victory, the purpose of this trip has been achieved, once the materials of the alliance army are completely destroyed and the Ninth Army Corps is dead in front of it receives the news, it will shed its skin if it does not die. Moreover, with the barrenness of the Arathi Heights and the ruins of Fort Riptide, the needs of barely maintaining the remnants of the Alaso Coalition Army and Stormgard are still stretched, and if you add more than 10,000 defeated troops of the Ninth Army, it will be exhausted in less than ten days, and both sides will be finished together! The only way is to get some supplies from Fort Riptide and quickly return to Nanhai Town, so that at least the pre-war situation can be maintained, and the situation will be undefeated. No matter which path the opposing commander chooses, Hammer Town will be rescued and will never be in danger of being overturned.

If you want to talk about a fiasco, just look at these people present! The army of 2,000 Forsaken who was the main force now had more than 400 people left, and the blood elves had killed more than 70 people in direct battles, which was even worse than the battle of Tarummir. And these people are all the backbone of the Ranger Army, and after this battle, the Ranger Legion is definitely broken. As for the adventurers brought by King Qi Niu, the less than three hundred ended up the worst, the warrior thieves suffered heavy casualties in the last round of charge, and the long-range professions such as shaman hunters, who were relatively safe in the rear, were almost wiped out by a round of artillery bombardment by the dwarves, and at this time all of them combined were less than fifty.

The 2,500 elite coalition troops who had fought a monstrous battle at the time of the battle were now unable to even gather 700 men, and two-thirds of the number was folded in the Valley of Refuge!

And these remaining people are not much better, the blood elves are almost all wounded, and more than twenty seriously injured are carried back by their comrades. Although the adventurers' external injuries were basically treated by the shamans, they bled too much during the battle, which was not treated, and the so-called satisfied sequelae after bloodthirsty, at this time, they all had a little prostration, dizziness, and a little unstable in their weapons. Although the Forsaken are not tired, they still have to consume energy after all, and although they look no different from usual at this time, once they fight, the difference will definitely be clear at a glance.

Fortunately, there is a high-altitude long-range scout escorted by Nariel, otherwise it is still a question whether this group of remnants will be able to escape the pursuit of the Alliance.

After everyone rested for a while and regained some strength, King Qi Niu took the only dozen or so shamans in the team to heal the injuries of the rangers and stabilize the injuries of those seriously injured. On the other side, Dasalia once again sent a few Forsaken thieves to scatter the guard. Xie Feng called Nariel down and asked him to go to the battlefield of the main forces of the Alliance and the tribe on the side of Hammer Town, as well as the Stonefist Deadwood Alliance

On the way to the Valley of Refuge from Fort Riptide, a group of leaders of Fort Riptide, Prince Garin Torbain, Paladin Jorad, Goblin Trader Taggot Gippock, Rommel the Fox Man, and Paladin Nicaea of Delaney rushed over with the real elite main force of the 3,000 Alasso coalition forces.

Prince Garin, who was the leader, suddenly stopped his horse, turned his head to look at Riptide Castle, and sighed quietly, "Has it already started there?" ”

"It's already started!" Rommel immediately stepped forward and answered: "Soon after we leave, the ogres entrenched in the northwestern city will rush out and start a riot, and the northeastern part occupied by the Syndicates will bear the brunt!" When the battle is over, the entire Riptide Fort will once again fall into the hands of our Alasso coalition forces! ”

Jorad next to him frowned and said worriedly, "Are you sure you can completely control that group of savage ogres?" If they turn against us, the people who have been pulled there from the Valley of Refuge will be."

"No!" Rommel shook his head and said, "Ogres are an indispensable part of my whole grand plan, and the control of them must be foolproof!" ”

"Why are you?" Jorad was still not reassured: "You must know that your plan will put all the people of Arathi in danger!" ”

This time, without waiting for Rommel to answer, Nicaea next to him stepped forward and replied firmly: "Just by the crown of will!" ”

Jorad was stunned: "What's that?" ”

The others, with the exception of Rommel, who was obviously in the know, all looked at Nicaea in confusion, wondering what could give him so much confidence that he could completely control the ogre.

"It's a necromancer!" Nicaea did not hesitate to explain, "When the Scourge invaded Lordaeron, the artifact was lost in the Alterac Mountains, and was later retrieved by the ogres sent by the Banshee King to submit to her. As a result, the chief of the ogre clan took this magic weapon with him himself, and then was tempted by it to betray the Undercity, and became the current Broken Ridge ogre clan! ”

"I also accidentally knew that there was such a magic weapon, so I took people to the Alterac Mountains to sneak up on and kill the ogre chief Magsol, and snatched the Crown of Will."

"And I also use it to control several leaders of the Stonefist Ogres, Cockresh, Furbury, Ocalar, etc., and make them obey my command!"

"That's why the ogres of the Stoneken Hall will encourage the trolls to attack the Ninth Legion together!"

Everyone present suddenly understood, no wonder the always brutal and brutal ogres would obey Nicaea's command, and it turned out that several of their chieftains were controlled. But then everyone's faces tightened again, and their eyes became unkind when they looked at Nicaea, and it was good that this kind of magic weapon was used on the enemy, if it was their turn that day

Seeing everyone's looks, Nicaea also understood their worries and hurriedly clarified: "This thing is not as powerful as you imagined, and it is not that you can control whoever you want." As long as you are strong-willed and strong, you can easily be immune. Otherwise, Sylvanas wouldn't have snatched it back long ago, how could she let it fall into the hands of those ogres? With my current strength, with the holy light in my body, I can completely ignore it, and this thing can control low-intelligence creatures like ogres and kobolds, not even trolls! ”

Everyone was a little relieved when they heard this, but they still didn't dare to be completely relieved, but they didn't show their faces, but they all left a trace of vigilance in their hearts.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, Garin opened his mouth to open the topic: "As for the problem of ogres, don't worry, there are still two thousand elite defenders in Riptide Fort, and there won't be much change." ”

"Let's talk about the Syndicate and the next battle!"

Rommel understood, and replied: "The syndicate has also been arranged, this Riptide Fort turmoil will make Facurrest, Otto and other leaders 'heroic sacrifices', and the remnants will be taken over by a high-level who secretly defected to us, and the entire bandit will become our eyes, ears and eyes in the future, helping us completely control the Alassi Heights!" ”

"The next battle too"

Before he could finish speaking, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came out in front of him, attracting everyone's attention.

In less than a moment, a general-like Araso coalition soldier came to Garin and knelt down on one knee under the leadership of the scout, and said anxiously: "Captain Garin! Something has happened in the Valley of Refuge! ”

Although Garin is a noble and heir to the kingdom of Stormgard, after all, now that the kingdom is gone, it is difficult to use the identity of the prince publicly, and in order to show his determination to share the weal and woe with his people, he has always regarded himself as the captain of the Alasso coalition army, so all the soldiers will call him the captain, not the prince.

Garin was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The battle of the Valley of Refuge is the most important part of the whole plan, if something goes wrong here, the following plan will not continue at all, so Rommel carefully planned and sent the most powerful assistant to supervise the battle, and he also asked Captain Nièss to fully cooperate, but now there is still an accident, and he has a feeling of horror when he thinks about this.

"What's wrong? The Horde didn't attack or couldn't find anywhere? Rommel stepped out of his horse from behind, frowning and asking.

This herald was the henchman of the fourth squad of the Alaska Allied Army he led, and he also went with the druids and knew part of the plan, so he asked directly without concealment.

"The tribe has attacked, and their purpose has been achieved!" Although the warriors were not shocked, they still concealed the plan in language: "But they rushed out of the south gate and ran"

Rommel and Garin quietly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the plan had succeeded. But then I was taken aback~ "Ran away? What does Dyzel eat? What did Nièsa do again? With so many artillery and elite troops blocking it, can you still let the tribe run? Rommel was a little angry and asked loudly.

"Lord Dyezel was seriously injured by the opponent's cold arrow as soon as the battle began, and after luring the tribe to complete the mission at the bottom of the valley, we put it in a house to recuperate~~~ Captain Nièss is also missing~~~ The tribe was able to escape because of the artillery problem!"

"What's wrong?"

"A red dragon attacked the ammunition box, killing most of the people on the spot and knocking down the rock wall on one side of the valley. Where did the Horde crawl out, and there was no battle with the troops blocking the south gate. ”

Rommel was stunned: "Red Dragon? How can it attack us? ”

Garin and Jorad looked at each other, and both sighed helplessly at the same time

Seeing that Rommel was still puzzled, Garin explained: "It's the problem of the Brute Hammer Dwarves. They have a grudge against the red dragons, and some radical dragons often attack them~~"

"We'll talk about that later! Will the breakout of that tribe pose a threat to future plans? ”

Rommel frowned and bowed his head in contemplation for a long time before he sighed. Then he turned his head and asked Nicaea, "What do you think?" ”

Nicaea's face wasn't much better, but apart from her expression and the Draenei's complexion, she couldn't really see any change. Hearing Rommel's words, he did not answer directly, but asked the messenger warrior, "What about the casualties of those tribes?" How many people are left? Where are you going? ”

Soldier: "They fled south, and the casualties were very large, only about five or six hundred. ”

Nicaea breathed a sigh of relief and said to Rommel, "It's no big deal! Even those remnants of the defeated army will not be able to make any big waves! Judging by the direction they fled, it was likely that they wanted to make a circle and retreat to Falling Hammer Town. If you run faster and can unite with the tribes of Hammer Town, you might still have a chance to survive. Otherwise, sooner or later it will be a dead end! ”

Rommel smiled when he heard this, nodded to Garin, and said, "Now there is only the Ninth Legion left!" ”

Jorad's face was a little gloomy and he sighed: "It's a pity~~ The Ninth Legion will be destroyed in the hands of his own people and ogres."

"Of course not!" Rommel smiled evilly: "They're finished~~ Who will deal with the army of the undead in Tarummere?" ”

(To be continued)