Chapter 165: The Decisive Battle on the Highlands (End)
There are draenei paladins hiding in the ogre horde, and it looks as if they are trying to break through the defenses of the Forsaken with the impact of their mounts.
Can stand out among the tens of thousands of forgotten and act as a vanguard of the troops, can not be underestimated? With these scattered formations, poor strength, and adventurers at a glance, they are against the elite troops of the Undercity? The alliance brain is in water?
The forward commander sneered disdainfully at the overpowered Delaney, and shouted to the fighters to strengthen their defenses. Disdain is disdainful, but you have a great responsibility, and it is better to be cautious.
Not only the Forsaken Commanders, but even the generals of the Ninth Legion were a little stunned. The strength of the ogre is no worse than that of these adventurer knights, and the defenses that they may not be able to break through depend on these people? Isn't this going to die?
Francis was even more unceremoniously sarcastic at Rommel: "Is there such a shortage of food in Riptide Castle?" ”
Rommel Howe ignored it, looked at the draenei paladins who were desperately charging in front of him, and smiled coldly: "Nicaea, you can come up with this method, I really admire it!" ”
Hearing this, Nicaea rebuked angrily: "Don't you know now? You can also let your brothers try it! ”
"Uh~" Rommel paused and looked back with an innocent face: "But I don't have such a big appeal!" And there are fewer brothers."
As the two spoke, the Draenei Paladins in front of them had already rushed to the wrong position ten steps in front of the Forsaken Formation, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, he took out a snorting powder keg from behind and held it in his arms, and plunged into the wall of the erected shield with a frantic face
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The deafening explosions sounded one after another in front of the battle, leaving everyone on the battlefield stunned and overwhelmed.
After the smoke passed, hundreds of draenei paladins came to take their mounts, and all disappeared without a trace, and the Forsaken Shield's array, which was originally like an impregnable wall, was already riddled with holes, and the warriors who were shrouded in the power of the explosion were also killed and wounded heavily.
Rommel looked at the stunned officers of the Ninth Army with a sly smile and pointed to the venture capital company goblin merchant in the corner with a weak sense of presence: "It's still the gunpowder they provided!" But this time it's the tribe that is unlucky."
High in the sky above the battlefield, Xie Feng, who came here to watch the battle on Nareel first, was also shocked by this change~ looked at the hilly and undulating Arathi Heights below with a blank face, and muttered to himself: "Is this Arathi or Afghanistan?" ”
Before either side had time to react, the sluggish-brained ogres rushed into the scattered Forsaken and slashed at them, and the Obsaken were torn apart by them without resistance. The ogres led by Furbury and Ocalar, with their advantage in height and weight, easily crushed these undead soldiers, and in an instant, the entire Forsaken army formation was in chaos.
Xie Feng, who was watching the battle from the air, saw that the situation was critical, and he didn't care about lamenting the feat of the Delaney Paladin, so he hurriedly let Nariel fly behind the Forsaken and land next to the handsome flag of the blind.
At this time, the blind man no longer has his usual indifference, and is anxiously dispatching troops to intercept the impact of the ogre, trying to recover the wilt. Seeing Xie Feng falling, he didn't bother to greet him at all, so he nodded casually and ignored it.
Xie Feng also knew that the situation was urgent, so he didn't step forward to disturb the blind man who was already anxious, and grabbed his guard captain to ask about the situation~ At this time, the ogre had not yet called, and the blind man was not in danger for the time being, but his guard captain had nothing to do, so he patiently explained to Xie Feng
Reinforcements totaled eighteen thousand, of which 5,000 were sent to the Garakent Valley to fend off the Hammer Clan's raids, and the other 3,000 and 1,000 Blood Elven Ranger were sent south to intercept Dangalok. Now there are only 10,000 here!
Because of the uneven number of troops and the fact that they don't want to start a big showdown in the open area, the alliance chose the battlefield under the walls of Soradin, wanting to force the Forsaken to fight on three fronts by relying on numbers, and to drag down the Forsaken with the new force of ogres.
And the blind are big enough to have this idea!
After knowing the reality of the alliance through Dasalia, he knew that his side must be in a weak position in terms of numbers alone, and once a big duel is launched, although the victory rate is very high, but the danger is not small, the best outcome is a disastrous victory. Therefore, in order to prevent the alliance from expanding its numerical superiority, the battlefield was simply chosen under the wall of Soradin. Resist the Alliance's attacks with elite troops, while sending superior forces and strong Scholar Ranger to destroy Dangarok first, and then drag down the Alliance here with the undead's physical strength
But what he didn't expect was that Nicaea's vicious tactics easily ruined his plan! If you can't block the ogre's attack momentum and stabilize the formation, then a big defeat is inevitable
Thinking about this, Xie Feng was also frightened into a cold sweat. If this battle is lost, all the tribal forces in the highlands and hills will be devastated, and he and these blood elf rangers will die without a place to be buried!
At this moment, a blood elf ranger with a panicked face rushed from the south, and was stunned for a moment when he saw Xie Feng present, but he didn't care about saluting and reported to the blind man in a hurried tone:
"Your Excellency, Commander! The battle ahead is unfavorable, and the strength of the Dhangalok Dwarves and the reinforcements of Nanhai Town has increased greatly, and we can't stop it at all."
"How is that possible?" The blind man was shocked: "What about Wardien? I gave him 3,000 elites, and with the power of the rangers, he couldn't destroy a group of dwarves and sailors, but was defeated by them? ”
The ranger said bitterly: "Lord Wardien was seriously injured as soon as the battle began, if it weren't for the rangers' support, we would have been defeated by now!" Without waiting for the blind to ask, the ranger continued: "Wardien Magister asked me to tell you that the group of people led by the other party should be the Seventh Legion of the Alliance in Theramore, judging from the number and members! ”
"The Seventh Legion?" The blind man and Xie Feng were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Xie Feng was silent for a moment and asked the blind man bitterly, "How many troops can you draw out?" ”
"It's useless!" The blind man said excitedly: "Even if you barely squeeze out 3,000 people, at most you can stop their steps." Once the main forces of the alliance enter the battle, we will definitely lose! ”
"Do you want to withdraw your troops?" Xie Feng was a little unwilling and said, "If you go back, the Hammer Orcs and Polluter Legion will be finished!" ”
The blind man was speechless, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, "You take the rangers and retreat first!" Return from Steinbrad to the Undercity"
Xie Feng smiled bitterly: "I have fallen out with some people, and now I am defeated, and I don't want to raise my head in the future!" After a pause: "And this defeat, the alliance will definitely increase troops here, and then the Dark City will be weak, how much better can our blood elves be?" ”
Blind Man: "We just want to fight with the alliance and die without the strength and opportunity, staying here can only be in vain to die!" ”
Xie Feng was silent, silently scanning the noisy battlefield
At this time, the vanguard was scattered by the ogres, and the Wardian Corps was suppressed by the Seventh Legion, and most of the Forsaken already knew about it.
Everyone knew that defeat was assured, but the Forsaken warriors showed no signs of dispersing, and they stood in place with their weapons clenched in cold expressions, without any fluctuations in morale.
The Blind mechanically dispatched a new force to the front to fend off the ogre, organizing them to prevent the chaos from spreading to the entire team, and making a last-ditch effort.
When Xie Feng, who was looking around in a daze, glanced at the undead plague catapult at the back of the team and the plague barrel with a seeping turquoise light, his eyes suddenly froze there, and then more and more familiar scenes from the battle of the Gate of Damnation in the game in his previous life flashed clearly in his heart~~ Walking quickly to the blind man's side, he asked excitedly, "How many plague barrels are there?" How much can it cover? ”
The blind man was stunned, Xie Feng's expression at this time was like a drowning man grasping the last straw, excited and apprehensive, even a little crazy~~ Seeing him like this, the blind man also knew that he must have some strategy to turn defeat into victory, and replied cautiously with anticipation: "This time the period is in a hurry, we didn't bring too much~ At most, it can cover the scope of a rapids fort." ”
Xie Feng was first disappointed for a while, and then when he heard that he could envelop such a large area of Riptide Castle, he was overjoyed: "Enough!" ”
When the blind man saw him like this, he was also excited: "Tell me, what are your countermeasures?" ”
"There is a solution!" Xie Feng didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "But it's really a poisonous plan to break the net, it depends on whether you dare to gamble!?" ”
"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will bet!!" The blind man replied without hesitation, then groaned, stared at Xie Feng, and said firmly: "From now on, you are the supreme commander here!" Do you dare to take it? ”
Xie Feng was stunned and said proudly: "Why don't you dare?" Now that it has been forced to the point where it is now, let's have a wreck! ”
The blind man was silent, and directly gave way to the position of the commander, Xie Feng was also unceremoniously, summoned the military horse to stand among the soldiers of the Forsaken, and then ordered: "Divide a thousand people, bring the plague catapult and all the ammunition to the ruins of the old castle, find a high place to ambush and stand by!" ”
The Blind Man pointed to an Eighth-Order Forsaken warrior and told him to take a thousand men into ambush.
"Order Garinder to lead the rangers to retreat first, and wait in Dunhold Castle."
"Order Wardion to lead the retreat and move closer here!"
Regarding Xie Feng's letting the rangers retreat first, although the officers were a little disdainful, they still didn't say anything. But then, instead of sending people to support, he made Wardien retreat as well, and moved closer to the middle, isn't this self-defeating? Before they could open their mouths to question, Xie Feng immediately ordered:
"Let the large forces that have retreated to the high ground withdraw, and all the troops will retreat to the northeast while fighting!"
When this order came down, even the blind were a little overwhelmed. If it is to let the soldiers who have already entered the high ground break off, it is reasonable to create an opportunity for the main force to retreat, but Xie Feng's intention is obviously to let everyone retreat together. In this way, the group of ogres is likely to take advantage of the situation to pursue, and with the flanking attack of Dangalok and the Seventh Legion, the retreat will definitely turn into a rout!
Seeing that no one carried out the order, Xie Feng turned around and stared at the blind man without saying a word, waiting for his statement.
The blind are not indecisive either, and the fact that the military is entrusted to him means complete trust. Without hesitation, he shouted to the Forsaken officers, "Do it! ”
The officers had no choice but to do the same.
As orders were given, the Forsaken soldiers in front of the Wall of Soladin slowly retreated, retreating from the high ground into the hills. However, since the strikers have been scattered, the Forsaken are all a small group of routs, and there are some ogres who are too far forward in the middle, and there is no formation at all. As the officers expected, the ogres refused to let go easily, and rushed over with the rout, making the chaos ahead even bigger. It has even affected the Chinese army, which has not yet participated in the war.
Everyone originally thought that Xie Feng had asked the soldiers to retreat because he wanted to rely on the wall of Soladin to defend it. But seeing that more and more ogres were coming, Xie Feng not only did not send troops to intercept them, but instead ordered everyone to continue to retreat, and directly gave way to the Gate of Soladin.
A Forsaken officer couldn't stand it anymore, gritted his teeth and persuaded Xie Feng: "General! You can't retreat, and if you continue like this, it will lead to a big rout."
Xie Feng ignored it at all, and a hint of madness flashed in his eyes~ A cold voice said: "What I want is a rout!" Keep returning for me! ”
The blind man also shouted with a cold face: "Keep retreating!" ”
Everyone didn't dare to question it, glared at Xie Feng fiercely, turned back to their respective units and tried their best to maintain the soldiers, so as not to form a big chaos.
Xie Feng frowned, and said to the blind: "Select the most elite army to stop the enemy army in the south, and the mage troops except for a few people who use it to suppress the ogre mage shaman, all of them will cooperate to intercept it, and the seventh legion must not be allowed to rush into the large army!" ”
The blind man nodded and asked the herald to make arrangements. After a while, the general who had persuaded Xie Feng just now came to the south of the large army with two thousand soldiers, waiting for the arrival of the Seventh Legion. About half of the French troops in the rear were also replenished into it.
Everything was arranged, Xie Feng and the blind man sat in the center, leading the army to slowly retreat to the foot of the Alterac Mountain in the northeast.
Not far away, Wardien retreated into the army with a thousand or so routers, followed by the Coalition forces led by the Seventh Legion. The elite troops who were separated hurriedly stepped forward to rescue Wardion's team.
With the help of many legal professions, the two thousand elites finally contained the offensive of the Seventh Legion, and they didn't know how to let them rush into the main army.
The Forsaken fought and retreated, and after walking for more than half an hour or so, they finally came to the right side of the ruins of the old castle. Along the way, due to the fierce pursuit of the ogres regardless of casualties, the 10,000-strong army has lost about 3,000 people, and the troops are almost unable to hold on, and they are about to be completely dispersed.
At this time, Xie Feng once again gave an order that shocked the blind inexplicably: "Order the defenders of the Garakent Valley to leave a thousand men to block the enemy, and the rest retreat to the east, bypassing the ruins of the old castle to the east and stand by!" ”
After the blind man asked people to go to give the order, he frowned and asked Xie Feng, "Are you trying to wipe out the alliance?" Don't you have too much appetite? ”
Xie Feng's face was crazy and a little hysterical and he smiled: "Not bad! The army is defeated, and everyone will die! In that case, why can't I trade their lives for the destruction of these alliances? ”
The blind man bowed his head and said nothing, sighed for a long time, and asked, "How many of us can be left?" And what about the Alliance? ”
Xie Feng: "I don't know how many people will be left on both sides, I can only tell you, the more we die, the more the alliance dies!" But the winner is definitely us! After saying that, he called down Nareel, who was flying above, and asked him to deliver the message: "Go and tell Gormore and Rutherfer that they can follow the alliance forces closely and block the alliance's retreat when they see the opportunity!" ”
The blind man asked, "Are you so confident that you can defeat the Alliance?" ”
"Of course!" Xie Feng nodded, and then said with a wry smile: "But there won't be many Forsaken warriors left, what I'm worried about now is whether your queen general will send someone to hunt me down."
Blind
Xie Feng said again: "Give an order to those soldiers who are in ambush, wait until the alliance forces launch a total against us, and send me a plague barrel regardless of whether I am an enemy or an enemy!" Cover the entire battlefield! ”
The two men talked for a moment, and after everything was arranged, they retreated at full speed with all their soldiers towards the valley formed north of the old castle and at the foot of Alterac Mountain
At this time, only a few hundred remaining Forsaken warriors remained in the Garakent Valley, trying to defend the exit of the valley and prevent the army of Hammer Dwarves from coming out. When the army quickly swept by, the ogres who were chasing after them also discovered this group of remnants, and immediately besieged them unceremoniously from behind, and in an instant they joined forces with the Hammer Dwarves to destroy them. The ogres then pursued the Forsaken, while the Hammer Dwarves formed and charged into the hills.
At the same time, the 2,000 warriors who had blocked the Seventh Legion's offensive broke free from their entanglement after receiving Xie Feng's order and pouring out a burst of magic frantically, and advanced with the large army into the valley formed by the foot of Alterac Mountain and the high ground where the old castle was located.
This group of soldiers is the most complete combat power of all the troops now, and after Xie Feng withdrew them, he did not let them entangle with the ogre, but directly pushed down the last, and set up a defensive formation with the original Garakent Valley defenders who retreated here first.
The Forsaken soldiers who had retreated all the way finally received Xie Feng's order to disperse into small teams in this narrow valley and strangle the ogres. Although he was caught off guard by the Forsaken, the ogre was an ogre after all, and if Xie Feng hadn't ordered a retreat, this group of uncooperative and disciplined stupid big men would definitely not be the opponent of the Forsaken warriors. Now the Forsaken are serious about the enemy, and the situation will be reversed in an instant!
On the other side, the Ninth Legion and the Ala Assor Allied Army, which followed closely behind the ogres, also joined forces with the Brute Hammer Dwarves and the Seventh Legion Dwarves Dangalok Dwarves, and lined up behind the ogre team. Lord Furstad, Prince Garin, and Marshal Alfred gathered together and looked at the situation in the valley ahead with discussion~ Prince Garin first observed the surroundings before saying, "Fighting here is very bad for us!" The terrain in the middle of the valley floor is narrow, and we can't show our superiority in troops, and the undead in the rear are condescending, so it will be very difficult for us to attack."
Furstad: "What if we go around behind them and attack?" ”
The old marshal objected: "There is not enough time! It won't be long before the ogres will be strangled by them, and they will be able to retreat calmly. ”
Vorstad pointed to the ruins of the castle: "As long as I transport the artillery here, I can envelop the entire valley in the attack range~~ Of course, provided that they don't withdraw before that!" ”
Old marshal: "The tribe is not so stupid! The Blood Elf Ranger is still nowhere to be seen, and he must be ambushing there now! You can't go up! ”
Garin interjected: "You can let the Seventh Legion attack, as long as you can entangle the rangers and prevent them from attacking downward!" With our superior military strength, we can easily destroy this group of undead by taking advantage of the chaos in their formation! ”
Old marshal: "How to fight?" Those undead in the rear formed a defensive formation, and the casualties were too great when they hit it! ”
Garin: "We can bring the artillery and clean up the undead in the middle of the valley and open fire!" ”
The old marshal was stunned: "Do you want to press all the troops?" ”
On the other side of the valley, the blind man pointed to the opposite alliance and asked a little worriedly, "What should we do if the alliance doesn't attack with all its might as you predicted?" ”
"Absolutely!" Xie Feng pointed to the Forsaken who were strangling the ogres in the center of the valley and said, "Every time I destroy a batch of ogres, I will draw a part of the troops from them and assemble behind us, putting on a posture of retreating. And the troops in the central are still in scattered formations, and there is no reason for the alliance not to attack! ”
"Others may be unwilling, but Garin will do his best to make it happen!"
"After the war, the Ninth Legion had to withdraw to Yonhaven due to pressure from both sides and material problems, and the Hammer Dwarves were constantly threatened by trolls in Hinterland, and it was impossible to send troops to the hills or highlands. Ogres have suffered heavy casualties"
"If we retreat, and tens of thousands of forsaken people gather in Tarummere, will Fort Riptide alone be able to stop your revenge?"
As soon as the words fell, the alliance army on the opposite side had already changed. First, a small group of men was divided to attack the ruins of the old castle to the south, and then the whole army went out and launched a charge into the valley
Seeing this, Xie Feng sneered and said to the blind man, "They're here!" Let's start preparing! ”
In the middle of the valley, the strong attack of the alliance's large forces, the forsaken scattered into small forces could not resist at all, and could only form a small circle to barely defend, and the alliance ignored them, relying on the numerical advantage to trap them and continue to advance, and in an instant, they had already crossed the middle of the valley.
The Forsaken who formed a defensive formation did not flee on the spot, nor did they form a formation to defend it, but instead divided into several groups and plunged into the central battlefield at the bottom of the valley in the stunned eyes of the alliance, leaving only about 2,000 troops to continue to stay. Although the alliance commanders were puzzled by their strange behavior, they were already ready to shoot at this time, and the large forces had already rushed in, and it would be difficult to retreat again, so they had no choice but to rush and kill them with all their might, and strive to destroy them as quickly as possible.
In just a quarter of an hour, under the strong attack of the Alliance, the Forsaken have fallen into passivity, and several troops have been drowned in the crowd.
Just when the situation was very good and Garin and the others were excited, dozens of plague barrels flew up from the ruins of the castle in the south and smashed into the battlefield and shattered, causing bursts of turquoise smoke~ Then one after another plague barrels poured down, and pieces of turquoise clouds rose in the valley, enveloping the entire valley battlefield in an instant!
The sudden attack caught the human soldiers off guard, and the Ninth Legion, which had just experienced defeat, was suddenly in chaos, roaring wildly and fleeing in all directions in the poisonous fog of the difficult direction~~ Garin, Marshal Alfred, and Lord Furstad suddenly felt cold
Finished!
They never imagined that the Forsaken would resort to such a vicious scheme at the cost of casualties! These terrible plagues of the undead are spreading, not to mention the Alathor Coalition and the Ninth Legion, but even the ace elites of the Vortagan Legion, the Seventh Legion, the Iron Horse Brotherhood, and the Draenor Expeditionary Force can't bear it! Unless it's the silver hand of the whole army of paladins!
At this time, the large army is all crowded in the valley, and it is not possible to turn and retreat in a short period of time, and there are entanglements of the undead, which will not allow them to retreat calmly at all! But stay here, as long as a moment or two passes, without anyone else's hands, the plague alone can kill everyone!
At this time, it was still early in the morning, and the visibility was greatly reduced under the shroud of poisonous fog, and the collapse of the soldiers of the Ninth Legion caused chaos on the entire battlefield, and all the troops lost their command in an instant~~ To the west of the ruins of the old castle, the two thousand of the most elite forsaken people, with the help of all legal professions, blocked the alliance that was frantically attacking and wanted to seize a way out. In the end, when they entered the valley, the Hammer Dwarves who turned around and retreated immediately when they encountered a shock, found that a group of tribal alliances led by orcs had blocked the way, so they had no choice but to rush up and fight bravely.
On the other side, the soldiers of the Seventh Legion attacking the ruins of the castle were blocked by the Blood Elf Ranger and hundreds of Forsaken with the terrain, and they could not rush up and destroy them in a short time. When he found that the situation had reversed, he immediately withdrew to the east of Chong Castle.
In just a quarter of an hour, a large number of desperate Alliance warriors were poisoned by the plague cloud, and some elite ogres with better physical fitness could desperately attack the Forsaken before they died, pulling one or two enemies on their backs.
On the other hand, the Forsaken did not feel any discomfort under the shroud of the plague poison cloud, and took advantage of the reduced combat effectiveness of the alliance to poison and launch a massacre in the poison cloud!
Nearly 20,000 troops rushed in, and in a moment half of them fell. And because of Xie Feng's careful arrangement, he used the new force to block the exits on both sides of the valley, and this number is gradually increasing
(To be continued)