The gentle wind, Xiao Xiao swayed, blowing the long hair of the elves.

As the sun sets, the red sky becomes deeper, as if to foreshadow something, and twilight unfolds its curtains.

There was a rumbling cannon in the distance, and Kael'thas jumped over a small hill, and as the terrain leaned down again, they saw a terrible scene.

Hundreds of meters away, on the highland grassland, around the gates of the huge city of Riptide Fort, a total of nearly 10,000 humans and orcs fought fiercely, stretching for at least a hundred meters from left to right.

Backed by the ocean, flanked by mountains, and only plains in front of it, Fort Riptide has contributed to its current catastrophic situation.

Dense crowds of orcs crowded in front of the gates of Riptide Castle, shouting and attacking the fortified walls and gates. At the same time, these orcs firmly occupied the middle position, so that the supporting human forces could not enter the front of the city and join the people of Riptide Castle.

"Kael'thas, hurry up, they can't hold it anymore."

Mephites looked at Riptide Castle and said, he was sharper than anyone else, aware of the daunting situation right now.

Fort Riptide means a lot to humans, but it's also a place to remember for Mephites.

Thousands of years ago, this was the place where humans built their kingdoms, and where the High Elves and humans signed a covenant against the vast Troll Empire.

Mephites was the elf who participated in that cooperation, so at this moment, he didn't want to see this historic city destroyed.

"Hmm."

Kael'thas nodded, and together with the anxious Kalia, he led the team to a rapid downward rush.

The Hammer Knights followed in the sky.

The human forces immediately noticed the arrival of the elves and dwarves and erupted in loud cheers.

Kalia took the paladins to report to the familiar team.

"Please come here!"

A middle-aged commander rode up to the elves, pointed in the direction, and said:

"There's not much time left, please help us open a path."

Kael'thas nodded, and quickly explained, letting the elves move towards the place the other had indicated.

"What's going on now?"

He watched as the elves entered the human army, and then they were surrounded and began to move forward in an orderly manner, hurrying the time to ask the middle-aged commander.

"yes, what's the mission of our dwarves!?"

Lord Furstad also landed on the ground at this time, and asked anxiously:

"Why don't you see the other side's air forces?"

The middle-aged commander nervously commanded some of his junior commanders, and he didn't even have time to introduce himself, and replied to the two of them with sweat:

"As you can see, now that we're being held back by the orcs, we must open a path to the door."

"The orc air force will come back every hour to attack, and we must succeed before the next attack."

He pointed to the badly damaged walls of Fort Rapids and said:

"These walls are damaged and will not be able to withstand the next air attack."

Kael'thas and the others looked towards Riptide Castle, and the situation was worse than they thought, not only did the city walls look crumbling, but even inside the city, countless black smoke rose from it.

It is clear that the orcs also possess bombs.

"This city was once fortified by us, and the defense was very high, but I didn't expect it to be destroyed like this."

Mephites said as he looked at Kael'thas.

"What I want to know more is, how can those damn orcs have so many powerful bombs, and how can their craft grow so quickly?"

Lord Vorstad was more professional than the others, and could see the power of the bomb from the extent of the destruction of the city walls, so he was a little angry at the moment.

"I think the answer is simple"

Kael'thas looked at Lord Furstad and explained:

"They must have seized a lot of bombs from your other people, well, you know, your people in the south are in a bad situation."

Not to mention that the dwarves of Ironforge have been forced back to their homeland by the orcs.

"The orcs collected the bombs and had them hidden in the vicinity beforehand."

"The reason why those air units attack once an hour is probably to get bombs."

Kael'thas analyzed that in such a short period of time, he understood almost all the truth.

"Didn't you go after the air troops?"

He asked the middle-aged commander.

"Nope"

The commander's face flushed, and then he became a little angry:

"Those idiots said there was no need to chase these unbeatable enemies, so instead of chasing them, they attacked here."

"Attacked for a day?"

Kael'thas asked.

"No, the first troops arrived at noon."

"yes, that's half a day."

Kael'thas nodded, a little disappointed:

"It's been a long time."

He had already determined that if this battle was lost, then there was only one reason, and that was that the commanders here were stupid.

Wasting half a day in vain, not thinking about investigating the source of the aerial bomb, it would only make the soldiers fight with those orcs, which was completely reckless.

Kael'thas didn't complain about anything more, the situation was already like this, and he couldn't change it. Moreover, now relying on the fire of the elves to break through the defense line of the orcs is the only way.

"The commander-in-chief here hasn't come yet, has he?"

He asked.

"Yes, time is pressing, and now the personnel are all transferred from various places, and there is no unified commander."

The middle-aged commander nodded.

"Then let me take command first!"

Kael'thas said that this is not because he is confident, but if he is handed over to a group of idiots, it is better to let him command, otherwise he will definitely die of distress if the elves lose too much.

"This"

The middle-aged commander was a little hesitant, his status was not high, and he could not be the master.

"I agree with Kael'thas about it."

Lord Furstad immediately said that after several years of analysis of the Hinterland strategy and the previous battles, he still had more trust in Kael'thas command ability.

"I agree!"

A female voice also came over, it was Kalia, who had returned with more paladins.

"Your Highness the Princess!"

The middle-aged commander was taken aback, looking at him like this, he should be a nobleman from Lordaeron.

"Since Her Royal Highness the Princess said so, then I will go and talk to the others."

He nodded, in fact, from the analysis just now, he knew that Kael'thas was better than the current chaotic command everywhere.

As long as the princess of Lordaeron approves, then the teams of other countries that do not have any heavyweights will also agree, not to mention, the Brute Hammer Dwarves also agree.

Kael'thas, the elven prince's command, is almost the most likely to be agreed upon.

Of course, not long after the middle-aged knight went down, Kael'thas gained everyone's approval.

"The plan remains the same now, continue to break through the opponent's defense line in that direction, and bring in three more teams from both sides."

After looking at the battlefield, Kael'thas immediately gave the order.

He said to Kalia:

"You take all the paladins with you and follow to clear the way."

Kalia nodded and quickly went down.

At this time, the protection of the paladins, the human soldiers outside, and the elves in charge of firepower in the middle are the most protected in terms of safety.

Everyone could see that Kael'thas was selfish, but this plan was undoubtedly the best, and the maximum firepower of the elves would be the more favorable to the battle situation, so no one objected.

"How long will it be before the orc air force arrives?"

Kael'thas asked again.

"Less than 15 minutes."

The human commanders looked at each other, then replied with some embarrassment.

"What? Less than 15 minutes! ”

Kael'thas opened his mouth wide.

[Damn, it's such a short time to hair! ] 】

Lord Furstad and Mephites also frowned.

In such a short period of time, even breaking through the defense line is a problem, and it is simply impossible to turn it into a victory.

"Mission Change!!"

Kael'thas took a deep breath and stared coldly at the commanders who didn't speak:

"From now on, the mission becomes to save the humans at Fort Riptide."

"Find a way to get in touch with the humans of Riptide Castle, make them give up resistance, quickly gather behind the city gates, and wait until our troops have passed, and all come out to converge!!"

A commander with a male surname immediately stood up:

"But we've been ordered to protect Fort Riptide!"

"Riptide Castle is not saved, now I can only give up first."

Kael'thas looked at him, a little displeased:

"We can only save people first, then surround Fort Riptide, and then find a way to take it back."

Any smarter commander would have made this decision.

Kael'thas ignored the fool and turned his face to Lord Furstad:

"Lord Furstad, if you can, please go and delay the orcs in the air."

"Okay."

The dwarf nodded in agreement without hesitation, and he looked at the human commanders, and in a moment someone stepped out.

"I'll show you where to go."

He said so, and then left with Lord Furstad.

"Go on a mission, too."

Kael'thas gave the details to him, and then drove the human commanders away.

The rest of the process was similar to what he expected, and the elves had two girls and the fear man under their command, and nothing major happened.

Surprisingly, when the team managed to break through to the city gate and join the crowd of Riptide Castle, the orcs did not launch a very powerful attack.

The commander of the other side seemed to have seen through Kael'thas and deliberately let them go.

Neither orc nor human casualties were significant.

Then, after 20 minutes, the Hammer Dwarves were entangled by a handful of enemies, and the orcs riding dragons bypassed their fire and flew over Riptide Castle.

The entire sky was occupied by the figure of the black dragon, and the dropped bombs made a rumbling sound.

At the same moment that the rescue team returned to the front, the orcs broke through the defenses of Riptide Castle, and a terrible scream was heard from inside the city.

Those who do not want to leave the city, or who do not have time to leave the city, usher in eternal darkness.

(To be continued)