Chapter 161: Before the Decisive Battle
Hammer Town.
The Hammer Orcs, the main force of the Polluters, and the two tribal warriors who had escaped from the raid on the Sanctuary Vale, finally came together.
Despite the heavy losses of all the troops, at least they were supported by the Alliance's carefully planned plan and the overwhelming superiority of the Ninth Legion, and through various coincidences, the Alasso Coalition and the Ninth Army in the Valley of Refuge were severely damaged, and the situation was reversed, and now all that remained was to hold on to Hammer Town and wait for the arrival of the Forsaken army.
After the two sides met, the Forsaken, who had less obvious physical exertion, temporarily took over the guarding of Hammer Town, allowing the orcs and blood elves to rest. After several rotations, in just two days, these remnants of the defeated army actually regained a certain combat effectiveness again, which made Xie Feng have to sigh at the strength of the individual strength of the Azeroth race.
At this time, although Falling Hammer Town does not dare to say that it is impregnable, at least no force on the current high ground can break through here in a short time, and its safety has been guaranteed.
But when everyone thought they could sit back and relax, Golmore, the commander of Hammer Town and the orc warrior, threw out a worrying question. They were in the same situation as the Ninth Army - lack of food!
At the beginning of the war, the Geshak Farm, which was controlled by the orcs, was attacked by the Ninth Legion, and not only all the defenders were killed, but all the food left there fell into the hands of the Ninth Legion. And these, along with the Alliance's logistical supplies, were burned by the four Magus in warehouses in the Valley of Refuge.
Now the little food stock in Hammer Town is about to run out, and if they don't find a way, the orcs will have to go to the high ground to disperse and hunt to make a living. In the current chaotic situation, the danger can be imagined!
And without the main force of the orcs, the remaining forsaken and a few blood elves will definitely not feel good, not to mention the alliance, those stone fist ogres alone can break the Falling Hammer Town!
The dire situation forced the leaders to gather and discuss countermeasures.
In a small two-story wooden building in the center of Hammer Town, the orc commanders Gormore and Gomur, the Forsaken Commander Dasalia, the Polluter Legion Commander Rutherver Thun, the death knight Asker, the fire magus Dellek, the adventurer leader Qi Niu King, and Xie Feng on the blood elf side, a total of eight leaders gathered together to solve the current dilemma~"How many days can it last?" Asker asked, looking at the two orc warriors.
"Four to five days! If there is a war, in order to give full play to the maximum combat effectiveness of the soldiers, it can last for three days at most! Commander Gormore replied helplessly.
Xie Feng sighed: "I didn't expect to burn the alliance's grain, but it turned out that we were the first to lack food."
King Qi Niu thought for a while: "I have no choice but to rob it!" Hunting is simply not realistic, how many animals are left in this vicinity after the fire two days ago? It's too far away, it's basically sending you to death~~~ Tell me where there is food? ”
Orc Commander Gormore said in a deep voice, "There are pirates in Fort Riptide and Fadil Bay to the south! ”
Xie Feng rolled his eyes: "Is there any difference between whether there is food in these two places or not?" ”
Fort Rapids is the lair of the Alasso coalition army, just because these people will definitely not be able to defeat it in three days, Fadil Bay is also unreliable, if you want to go there, you must pass by the Hall of Stone Fist, and now after the melee between the parties, these ogres are a tyrant in the highlands, and they can't be provoked easily. And is it so easy to grab pirate things? If you can't beat it, you can only stare at Gormore, even if you are strong, what you said and didn't say is the same!
Seeing Xie Feng like this, Gomur spread his hands very comically: "It's not just this place, there must be in Deadwood Village and Ogre, but do you dare to eat it?" ”
Xie Feng
Seeing that the two were talking nonsense here, Dasalia had a cold face and interrupted impatiently: "It's really not good, let's give up Hammer Town first, fight back to the hills and join the army of the blind!" ”
Qi Niu King, who had been at odds with her, immediately retorted: "You might as well say that we will go to a decisive battle with the alliance again!" Now that the Ninth Legion is huddled in the Valley of Refuge, how are we going to get there? Even if their morale is weak, they can crush us with numbers alone! ”
Dasalia glared at him and scolded, "Talenmir's army has been assembled!" They'll be on their way tonight! As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Feng very unkindly. Obviously, she had a special channel of contact with the blind, and Xie Feng's proposal for reinforcements to set off at night had already been known to Dasalia.
King Qi Niu was probably stimulated by the casualties of his brothers, and as soon as Dasalia finished speaking, he retorted, "Give up Falling Hammer Town? You say it easily! What about the wounded? Just throw it here? What if the ogre strikes? ”
Gormore and Xie Feng also nodded in agreement. After all, the Forsaken don't have any wounded, and those who can move can go to the battlefield, and those who give up Hammer Town will suffer, but those who are seriously injured are the elven rangers and orc warriors!
Dasalia sneered, "Then what do you say to do? Stay here and starve? ”
As soon as they heard this, Gormore and Xie Feng immediately stopped talking. The Forsaken are not afraid of starvation, but the unlucky are the Orcs and Blood Elves.
Asker, who had been silent beside him, suddenly spoke: "We must go to war!" ”
Xie Feng frowned and said, "Why do you say that?" ”
Asker: "Our thinking has fallen into a misunderstanding! ”
"Now what we need to care about is not the food problem, but the final battle with the alliance!"
"If we are defeated, we will not be able to escape even if we have enough food."
Gormore frowned, "You mean that the battle on the heights will end in three days?" ”
Asker nodded: "The Alliance's supplies have also been burned, and the situation is not much better than ours." Their only way out is to fight to the death with the reinforcements of Talenmere and find a chance of survival. Otherwise, it will definitely be dragged down! ”
"Talenmir's reinforcements will leave tonight, which means that they will reach the wall of Alathso in the early hours of the morning, and the movement of tens of thousands of troops will not be able to hide from the alliance, and the Armageddon will follow. And ~~ is a battle to decide! ”
Dasalia: "Where will the battlefield be?" ”
Gormore thought for a moment and said, "It should be under the wall of Soladin!" The Ninth Army was newly defeated, and the losses of the Alasso coalition were not light, and the two sides together did not come as much as the Forsaken reinforcements. They were inferior in numbers and strength, and if they fought on open heights, they would definitely lose. So they will definitely block the reinforcements under the gate of Soladin when they enter the high ground, and use the terrain to make up for the lack of numbers! ”
Gomur wondered: "What should we do? The whole army is dispatched? Or do you want to abandon the wounded? ”
Asker: "No, just take it with you!" ”
Gomur was stunned: "Take it?" ”
"Not bad!" Asker affirmed, "We don't have to go straight to war, we can attack the Valley of Refuge!" ”
"This time the Great War Alliance must go all out, there are not many people left in the Refuge Valley tonight, and they can definitely be defeated!"
Qi Niuwang's eyes lit up: "Good idea!" Conquering the Valley of Refuge will not only disrupt the hearts of the Alliance, but we can also go to war if necessary! However, it is definitely a big constraint on the alliance, and the initiative will fall into our hands! ”
Gomur asked, "What if the alliance divides its forces to encircle us first?" ”
At this time, Xie Feng also understood Aske's plan, and explained with a smile: "No! They don't dare to do it! ”
"Both sides have put everything on the final showdown, and the inferior coalition simply has no room to bother us. There are fewer troops, and there is no way to take us~ If there are more troops, they will definitely lose! ”
"So do we! The blind won, everything is easy to say, and if they lose, there is nothing to say~"
Finally, Commander Rutherford of the Polluter concluded: "Do you have any questions? If not, let's start preparing now~~"
The two orcs looked at each other, and Gormore replied, "We don't have a problem!" ”
Dasalia had nothing to ask, and the same forsaken would definitely agree, leaving Xie Feng and Qi Niu Wang.
The two also knew that this was the best way now, so naturally they would not have any opinions.
Xie Feng looked at Qi Niu Wang and replied loudly: "We don't have any opinions, agree to this plan!" ”
Hearing Xie Feng's answer, King Qi Niu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted, and faintly handed him a grateful look.
Now there are not many adventurers left, and everyone can call King Qi Niu when they discuss things again, because he has made great efforts in the sneak attack battle, and it is not good to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and he really has not much left to speak.
But Xie Feng was different, no one dared to ignore it with just a few blood elf magisters, not to mention hundreds of elite rangers? When he says this now, he is already indicating that he is advancing and retreating with King Qi Niu, so that everyone can ignore King Qi Niu's opinion, so that King Qi Niu will not be kicked out again after paying such a big loss.
When everyone saw him say this, they changed their eyes in understanding and acquiesced.
Rutherford spoke again: "Well, then, the matter is settled!" ”
Everyone nodded, called the pro-soldiers guarding outside, arranged their own arrangements, and prepared to go.
At this time, Xie Feng said to Dasalia: "Please go and inform the blind person!" ”
Dasalia was stunned: "What's the notice?" ”
Xie Feng: "Bring food!" It's not necessary, will the Forsaken bring food with them when they go on the expedition? ”
Dasalia nodded in response, then stared at Xie Feng and asked, "Why did you let the blind set off at night?" Why leave an ambush in the ruins of Old Dunhold Castle? ”
Xie Feng said lazily: "Leaving at night is because the darkness is beneficial to the Forsaken and the Elven Ranger, while humans and dwarves will be hindered. After a pause, he received: "As for leaving ambush soldiers~~ At the beginning, I was worried about leaving a way out, but now~~ I think it's very wise! ”
Dasalia sneered: "Wise? If these people lost to the alliance because they didn't fight, would you be responsible? ”
This is a bit of a deliberate taste of finding fault! The blind people had already agreed, and they didn't go to tell him and actually came to question Xie Feng
And to fight under the walls of Soladin, it is impossible for all the soldiers to be thrown into battle. With the addition of this ambush, at most it will be able to have more troops to surround the broken alliance when it is defeated. But if you do this, it will most likely lead to a big defeat
Dasalia was so aggressive, Xie Feng, who was already on fire in his heart, couldn't bear it anymore, and said sarcastically angrily:
"I don't know why you hate the Ninth Legion so much, and you are desperate to kill them all!" Standing up, he walked in front of Dasalia and stared at her eyes and said word by word: "But! I don't want you to joke with the lives of all of us! ”
Seeing that he was so unkind, Dasalia was furious, and his body was full of momentum and frantically pressed towards Xie Feng, and at the same time, the cold glint in his eyes flashed, staring at Xie Feng deadly~ Xie Feng also understood his weakness after being reminded by Tyri, and did not retreat in the face of Dasalia's suppression, and also stared at Dasalia's eyes, without giving in.
Everyone present also vaguely knew that this was a personal grudge between King Qi Niu, Xie Feng and Da Salia, because they didn't know the truth, it was not easy to interfere. And King Qi Niu probably understood Xie Feng's character shortcomings, and seeing that he was rare enough to face the challenge, he just stood aside intently, and did not step forward to stop or help.
The gap in strength made Xie Feng feel very difficult, and he was completely suppressed by Dasalia in a moment. But Xie Feng didn't see any compromise, but squeezed his last bit of strength even more frantically. Under the high concentration of the spirit, he unconsciously triggered his natural ability arcane affinity, and the escaping spiritual power attracted the surrounding arcane elements, and the flow of the surrounding balanced elements suddenly lost control, and Xie Feng was centered on a crazy surge~~~
(To be continued)