Chapter 717: A Narrow Road Encounter
Xie Feng always felt that something was wrong, but he focused all his attention on Varian, and Sal was directly ignored.
Thinking back to yesterday's confrontation in the Undercity, Varian seemed very radical and impulsive, but more of an oppressive momentum! Perhaps he just thought that Thrall would not easily cause a big war between the Alliance and the Horde, so he would press forward step by step, and even dare to break into the Undercity alone.
The events of the Twilight Fortress and the punishment of the Forsaken are only incidental, and what Varian really wants is to recover Lordaeron and to threaten Thrall with a war against the Alliance Hordes for this purpose! If you can really recover the Undercity, it will be the best, even if it doesn't work, you have to find an excuse for a comeback in the future.
But what Varian never expected was that Thrall, who had always resisted the war, was very decisive this time, without the slightest concession or compromise!
Originally, there was no intention of going to war, but Thrall's last words forced Varian to come up hard. Otherwise, if the Horde is a little stronger, you will leave in disgrace, which will be a terrible blow to the Alliance's morale, reputation, and prestige to Varian!
That's why he immediately threw Rowling out to contact Gianna after taking Brill strongly, hoping to find a step to withdraw at a critical moment.
A decisive battle with the Horde in the Tirisfara Glade was not what he wanted! The alliance was not prepared at all, and it was destined to be a tragedy to fight.
Of course, Xie Feng didn't know about Varian's actions now, but he had already sorted out the doubts in his heart, as well as the uneasiness that he was thinking about, and suddenly a series of shelling sounds suddenly came from behind! The alliance fleet, which had been watching from a distance, suddenly pounced viciously like crazy.
The battleships of the Unicorn Legion also hurriedly caught up. But before the tentative negotiations, the alliance unceremoniously launched a crazy shelling!
"Fight back! Hit me hard! Damn humans. Mattis shook his fist and gave orders to the heralds behind him.
In fact, there was no longer a need for his command, and the naval warships of the Unicorn Legion had already met up and fought with the Alliance. The Blood Elf Army, which has won consecutive battles and is in full swing, is not easy to bully, how can it be soft on the Alliance fleet that takes the lead in provoking?
The number of soldiers transported by both sides was about the same, and the number of ships that escorted the fleet was similarly different. For a while, it was also very popular. But soon Xie Feng and the others felt that something was wrong! Only two-thirds of the Alliance fleets slowed down and bombarded, while the remaining ships continued to ride the waves, penetrating the Blood Elves fleet's interception and rushing towards the beach
"They're going to stop them!" His pupils contracted slightly, and Sangunar ordered anxiously.
The direction of the Alliance fleet's desperate assault is the beach where the blood elves are still landing! There are still a large number of troops that have not had time to finish the queue and the transport ships with almost no combat capability, and even just three warships can cause a large number of casualties.
Xie Feng didn't say a word and temporarily handed over the command to Sangunar and Matisse. What he wanted to know more was why the Alliance Navy did this?!
As the order was conveyed through the flag, the Unicorn Legion responded immediately, and the battleships that were exchanging fire hurriedly withdrew about forty percent from the array to intercept the Alliance warships that had already stood out. But in this way, a gap immediately appeared in the originally neat fleet array, and the firepower coverage became full of holes.
The weakness of the Blood Elf fleet's lack of experience in naval warfare was immediately revealed. Seeing that there is an opportunity, the remaining Alliance warships will also charge! After being heavily damaged and sinking five warships in a row, he simply broke into the battleship array of the Unicorn Legion, forming a complete melee.
Seeing that the interception did not have much effect, the alliance death squad warships were still stubbornly heading towards the coast, Xie Feng was in a hurry! This time it was the most elite legions and soldiers of Quel'Thalas, and there must be no big losses, especially unnecessary losses!
"Abandon the ships and supplies and let them evacuate the transport ship as soon as possible!"
With a gloomy face, he commanded the two officers. There are also angry gritted teeth: "The alliance is crazy!" Drag us on the beach just by virtue of the Navy? ”
Mattis was also sweating profusely: "Alex and Varian are going to annihilate us all here!" If Brill's alliance comes to kill at this time"
The topography of the Tirisfara Glade immediately came to mind, and Sangunar panicked and hurriedly said, "No, they must be stopped!" ”
There are two good landing locations on the northern beaches of Tirisfard, one to the northwest, near the mill of Agamandel, where the League landed, and the other near the high ground where the Scarlet Cathedral is located. That is, where the blood elves landed.
The two landing fields are separated by a mountain range that eventually converges at Brill. At this time, the army of blood elves was blocked on the beach and plain in the middle of the mountains and the high ground where the Scarlet Cathedral was located. To the southeast is the largest lake in the Tirisfal Woodlands. Only the direction of Brill to the southwest can lead to the outside world. At this time, the Alliance Navy has forced everyone to abandon the beach, and if Brill's Alliance army also kills it, the Blood Elf army will be the turtle in the urn!
Looking back behind him, except for the 10,000 Sun Fury and Chenfeng troops who landed first, the other blood elf armies were in chaos and had no formation at all.
The alliance army has been killed, and it only takes one effective assault to completely collapse the army of 50,000 blood elves!
Fall back? Looking at the unicorn army that was led by the nose by the alliance with slightly inferior forces, Xie Feng was completely dead. Gritting his teeth and picking up the wind sword: "I'll take people to the foot of the mountain to block the alliance's attack first, and you can clean up the troops as soon as possible!" The navy really can't beat it, so let them withdraw first. ”
The two of them had nothing to do, and Xie Feng immediately took the most elite Sun Fury Warrior and the Morning Blade Blood Knight to kill in the direction of Brill.
And before that, Sylvanas and Kael'thas, who were looking forward to it in the Undercity, were also thrown into chaos by Thrall's actions!
Because of Thrall's selflessness, the Frostwolf Clan, which had the strongest melee ability, was placed at the forefront of the Lordaeron ruins.
In the early hours of the morning, Saar, Woking and others suddenly gathered their troops, fought their way out of the defense line, and directly took out a camp guarded by the alliance near the flying tower.
Not only was the alliance caught off guard, but even the Forsaken and the Blood Elves took a long time to realize that something was wrong.
However, by the time the two sides had recovered their strength, Thrall had already fled west with the frostwolf orcs, entered the Silver Pine Forest, and began to establish a defensive line
In the garden hall in the ruins、Prince Kael'thas and Sylvanas, who hurried over after hearing the shock.、Only then did they realize that they had been tricked by Thrall.。 If it is an enemy, naturally there is nothing to complain about. But this kind of behavior of selling teammates is enough to make the most people crazy in position!
"Damn orcs, you shouldn't believe they have any good intentions!" Kael'thas cursed angrily and forced himself to calm down.
After a violent gasp for a long time, he ordered Haduron to order the Far Wanderers to take over the line of defense vacated by the orcs' escape, and at the same time turned to the cold-looking Sylvanas and said tentatively, "We in the Undercity are not in danger, we must block them in the ruins of Lordaeron!" Reinforcements will arrive soon. ”
"Our abomination is better suited to consumption." Perhaps it was the successive betrayals and blows that the Banshee King was accustomed to. Sylvanas was accustomed to it, and appeared calmer than the prince, and commanded the captain of the Death Rider behind him, "Aske, Nathanos, take over the Far Traveler!" ”
Then he said to the prince, "Karl, let the magisters help my people, Varian can't get in." ”
Prince Kael'thas nodded, and Isaas walked up with interest, "I'd love to serve you, General Sylvanas." ”
Without waiting for Sylvanas to respond, the Great Apothecary Faranir stepped up and asked in a deep voice, "Dear Prince, the orcs have blocked the way to the Silver Pines Forest, and neither the Polluters nor the Forsaken of Talumbir can support us, and I don't know your reinforcements."
Speaking of reinforcements, Kael'thas softened his face slightly, and said with a forced smile: "Don't worry, Your Excellency the Great Apothecary, Alex has already led the team to set off yesterday afternoon, and may have landed on the northern coast at this time, and is heading here. Let's wait and see! ”
The Great Apothecary nodded: "You'd better tell Alex about the orc's behavior, so that he can be prepared!" Otherwise"
"The scouts have already left!" Haduron's eyes flashed with fierce anger as he slowly walked in from the outside. Explained to Faranier. The orc's actions made the former Silver Moon Ranger feel extremely angry and ashamed! After all, it was he and Lotherma who strongly advocated joining the tribe in the first place. Right now
Soon, the Blood Elves and the Forsaken Army, who had retreated into the Undercity, returned to the ground and began to line up in the ruins of Lordaeron.
It was only the Blood Elves and the Forsaken who were forced to protect themselves after being betrayed by the Orcs, but this was a move in the eyes of the Alliance
"What do you say? Those damn undead and blood elves are gathering armies? At this time, Varian's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Browl Bearskin in front of him. Not just because of anger and exhaustion, but more because of a bad premonition of the strange situation at this time.
Taking a deep breath, he ordered Marshal Wendsol next to him: "Shrink the troops, all of them are pulled to the vicinity of Brill!" ”
It's just a trading town, and it's still the undead, so Brill is naturally not big enough to go there, at least the 70,000 military divisions of the alliance can't live there. Varian had to send part of his army around the town. At the same time, it also serves as a town guard.
Because of this, the frostwolf orcs were able to take out the camp near the flying tower in one fell swoop.
As the order was given, Varian's face became even more ugly. He's become a bit of a tiger rider now! The orcs took the initiative to attack completely unexpectedly. The strength is obviously inferior to the tribe, and he dares to take the initiative to provoke, so he has to wonder if there is some conspiracy.
Marshal Windsor received the order, but before he could wait, another human officer outside walked in in panic and knelt down on one knee in front of Varian: "Your Majesty, Marshal, there is a large fleet of blood elves on the northern coast!" They are logging in on the beach in the northeast. ”
Varian stood up and his eyes widened: "Blood Elf army? How many people are there? ”
The officer was sweating profusely and bowed his head and replied, "Now there are 20,000 Blood Elf warriors who have successfully landed, and it is estimated that there may be 50,000 from the number of transport ships. ”
Wendsol's face also changed drastically, and he turned his head: "Your Majesty, it is likely that the blood elves are the main force used for the Northern Expedition." ”
Blood Elf Northern Expeditionary Army, news from MI7 that this batch of troops has gathered the most elite troops of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas! The main legions such as Sunfury, Morning Striker, Flame Blade, Fire Wing, Flame Eagle, etc., are all in the ranks, almost in full swing! The total is expected to exceed 100,000. Definitely not weaker than the Union Northern Expeditionary Army.
This force suddenly landed on the northern beaches. How not to make the old marshal not panic?
But the bad news was not over, and Varian, with a gloomy face, suddenly looked up at the door. Valera's slightly embarrassed figure emerges from the void. Quickly walked over: "Varian." Found the Frostwolf Orc! They were building fortifications in the valley of the silver pine in the southwest. ”
"What did you say?" Varian couldn't keep his composure anymore, the anger in his eyes was even slightly suppressed by fear, and the cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
Slumped in his chair, his hands trembling as he picked up the cup and poured it hard to calm down.
In Kael'thas and Sylvanas, Thrall blocked Silverpine Valley to intercept Forsaken reinforcements, but Varian didn't know that Thrall was selling his teammates! In his opinion, the orcs blocking the valley were preventing the Alliance army from fleeing south. The Undercity is in a hurry, and the Silver Pine Valley is blocked, and when the Blood Elf army arrives, it can use its absolute superiority to surround the Brillne Alliance army on three sides!
There are still two paths in front of Varian and the coalition forces. Withdraw the same way, evacuate the Tirisfal Glade through the fleet, and run as far as you can.
Or break through the undead barrier that is extremely empty in the defenses, storm into the Western Plaguelands through the ruins of Andorhar, Icewind Hills, Steinbrad, and Alterac and finally pass under the nose of Tarummere and head to Southsea Town, and the fool knows what the consequences will be! As for going directly to the Eastern Plaguelands, it's even more of a joke, just with Silver Dawn and the Blood Crusaders can afford to raise so many Alliance troops? What's more, Silvermoon City is close at hand.
The second one doesn't even need to think about it, as for the first tribe being so 'deliberate' that they will let them escape by sea?
Marshal Wendthor next to him had already expressed his worries: "Your Majesty, the Quel'Salas Navy is not weak! Admiral Tanred also said frankly that Planck, the leader of the Blackwater pirates, was a natural naval marshal, if the blood elves "
Browl also reminded him: "Varian, if we are attacked by the Horde when we board the ship, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”
Bang! As soon as he finished speaking, Varian slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth, and said, "Order, let General Keller's fleet take the initiative to attack the blood elves!" ”
"What?" Marshal Wendthor was stunned for a moment, a little overwhelmed.
Varian took a deep breath and said, "Since the navy is not sure to defeat the blood elves, then we will disrupt their plan and take the initiative!" Place the battlefield where the Blood Elves have landed and drag them to the Northern Beach. Prevent them from attacking us when they land. ”
After speaking, he stared at Marshal Wendsol, with a hint of apology, and sighed: "Let the soldiers prepare to retreat as soon as possible." ”
Because of the raid of the orcs, the alliance soldiers have already been excited! Varian could not give the order to retreat, and if it was forced, the morale of the army would be completely on the verge of collapse, and he could only let the respected old marshal appease him and take the blame by the way
Unfazed, or rather more than happy to serve, Windsor bowed and saluted: "May the light light your way, Your Majesty." ”
Soon there was a jumble of voices outside, and it was clear that Wendsol's persuasion was not going well. After waiting for nearly half an hour, the preparations for the retreat were not ready. And the naval battles in the north, the rumbling of artillery fire, have reached Varian's ears!
Just when he was anxious, new information came again: "Your Majesty, the Blood Elf Sunfury, and the Morning Blade Legion, a total of 10,000 elites, led by the Morning Blade General Alex Rinfeng, are heading for Brill!" ”
"Alex?" Wari sighed in reassurance. I can't go now if I want to! If you are caught up by the Blood Elves on the way back
Forced to helpless、He had to give another order:"Order Marcus Jonathan and his troops、Go to snipe Alex!" ”
After a pause, he asked again, "Isn't there any movement in the Undercity?" ”
Valella shook her head: "Not yet, the Blood Elves and the Forsaken are only reinforcing the defense line and have no intention of taking the initiative to attack." ”
"Keep an eye on them, and don't take them lightly!" The dire situation has put Varian under pressure like never before. He can only hope for Gianna's arrival now! Otherwise, the only way to bring out the main army of the alliance is to pull some more tribes on their backs before they die.
Half an hour later, Marcus Jonathan and 15,000 of the original Stormwind garrison came out of the north gate of Brill to meet the Blood Elf army.
And Xie Feng, who sent scouts early, also got the news of the alliance troops' attack as soon as possible, as well as a relatively general number.
And so it was. Varian wants to encircle us here! ”
The appearance of Marcus's troops made Xie Feng's heart even more anxious, and he wanted to speed up and block the intersection between the mountains and the lake.
And Marcus, on the other hand, has the same plan. Marched at full speed, wanting to block Xie Feng and the Blood Elf army on the north side of the intersection
Two troops that have been cornered and unleashed a frantic assault on the same target!
Half an hour later, the two sides met at the southern intersection of Brill and on a narrow road
Meanwhile, behind the fortifications of the Silverpine Valley in the southwest, Thrall sat on the back of the frostwolf and looked to the north, and sighed softly, "Things should not have turned out like this, and the countless lives of the old man will be dimmed and perished because of our selfish choices." (To be continued......)