Chapter 281: The Mountain Bell Rings and the Horse Gang Comes~
Although there are many strongholds and sentry posts in the East Plague Land, the most critical position is undoubtedly the four guard towers, the East Wall, the North Land, the Crown and the Sick Wood Forest, the four guard towers are divided into four different directions, covering the entire Plague Land, as long as the four guard towers are occupied, any wind and grass that happens in the Plague Land cannot escape the ears and eyes of these sentry posts. And among them, the most critical geographical location is the Northland Outpost Tower, where the blood elves are now!
The four watchtowers and the Sickwood Forest watchtower are located in the rear of the natural disaster, and the Silver Dawn and the Scarlet Crusaders will not fight anywhere no matter how stupid they are, and the east wall watchtower has the Chapel of the Light's Wish, and the natural disaster is not willing to spend too much effort on it, that is, send some people to monitor the actions of the Silver Dawn by the way, and then, because of the arrival of the Blightburner Legion, the most critical position has become the crown watchtower! Occupying here, Mares Farm, Cowlin Intersection, Talon County, Mushroom Valley, etc. will all be included in the scope of surveillance~ Originally, the natural disaster had already begun to deal with the Blightburner Legion, and the crown sentry tower had undoubtedly become the top priority, but what I didn't expect was that Silvermoon City, which had always been in a weak position, actually dared to meddle in the occupation of the plague lands, and suddenly sent troops to occupy the Northland sentry tower, making this dispensable small sentry that was just monitoring Quirins and Zumashar suddenly become hot! You must know that this sentry is a three-way intersection not far to the south, and if you want to make any big moves in a natural disaster, you have to pass under the noses of the elves, and there is no concealment at all!
This special situation has always worried Xie Feng, although there are two strong people in charge, Angela and Hawksbill, but who knows how many strong people will be dispatched by the natural disaster? A Death Knight Lord can cause such a big problem, what about Rivendell? Even if this is not a hero, at least it is an existence at the peak of the ninth order, not to mention Mr. Ke! When I first chose this watchtower as a stronghold, it was because of the geographical location that it was very superior, but when I actually occupied it, I found that the superiority here was a bit excessive! Especially after the Blood Elves intervened
"Don't worry, man! Now it should be a natural disaster that is worried, not us~burp~~" Dwarf Bruce saw the worry that flashed in Xie Feng's eyes from time to time, and said with relief, and did not forget to burp at the end, shook the exquisite wine bottle in his hand, and said a little unsatisfied: "This is simply a drink!" Gentlemen shouldn't drink this garbage~~Hiccup~~"
Xie Feng glanced at this living treasure speechlessly, was that the elf fruit wine that Marlen asked for by name, okay? If you drink it secretly, what are you still chirping here? And hiccup! Why didn't you say you wanted to drink spirits at the time? However, as soon as he interrupted like this, his originally depressed mood was a little better, and he couldn't quit anyway.
The team had already set off for almost half an hour, and was marching on a winding and rugged mountain path, Xie Feng and Bruce arrived in front with a hundred blood knights, and the rest of the blood knights and dwarves escorted the horses full of supplies. The peaks on both sides are not high, but they are quite steep, and unless they are flying troops, it is simply impossible to sneak up and attack, so most of the guards are concentrated in the front and rear of the team.
It's not that far from the Northland Watchtower, so the attack from behind is basically negligible, and the real danger is the distance out of the valley! This is a small mountainous area to the east of the Northland Watchtower, the main road that crosses the Ghost Lands when the Blood Knights came, a short distance south is the northern three-way crossing, through the mountains, directly opposite the undead town of North Valley, and on the back is the troll territory, Zumashal!
As Xie Feng wished, there was no trouble on the road, and after walking for about an hour on the rugged mountain road, everyone came to the small plain in front of Zumashal.
Although it seems dangerous here, there is no need to worry too much, the transport team only needs to walk a short distance in the southernmost part of the plain to safely turn into the mountain area ahead, rubbing the perimeter of the north valley to the south and directly inserting the east wall guard tower, so unless the trolls are idle and have nothing to do to go out collectively and block the south of the plain, otherwise they will not be able to threaten the transport team at all, and when they come over Xie Feng has already led the team south~ Although he is confident, but for the sake of safety, the necessary precautions must be done, the team first waited on the mountain road for a while, Let the ranger scouts brought by Xie Feng go to explore the way first. After the scouts had figured out the exit and the situation on the plains, and made sure that there would be no problems, the convoy set out again, crossing the plains and heading south as fast as they could.
Sure enough, the convoy had just run through a short section of the plain, and not long after turning south, the ranger scouts who were patrolling the rear ran over to report to Xie Feng that there were hundreds of trolls in Zumashar who were quickly chasing here~ Everyone was stunned, these trolls really dared to chase after them!? You must know that the guys who were urged by the rotten moss tribe can be said to be the most unlucky group of trolls, the troll war was jointly attacked by humans and high elves, and finally failed miserably, and then in the second war, the trolls led by Zurkin came out again, joined the old tribe and wanted revenge, but with the defeat of the orcs, they were beaten back to their original form again, and suffered heavy losses, and then not long after the outbreak of the three wars, the Eastern Plague became the base camp of the undead, and the rotten moss tribe that lived here for generations was already seriously injured, and this time the brunt of the losses was even heavier, It's not bad to have four or five thousand people now, but at this time, you dare to provoke Silver Dawn?
Although they are puzzled, Xie Feng and Bruce are also not afraid, hundreds of troll warriors, even the transport team has the power to fight, not to mention that they will meet with the silver dawn who will be connected from the east wall guard tower in a short time, so the trolls are simply given in vain! Even those transport team members and blood knights were also relaxed, and they didn't take them to heart at all~ "Be careful, be happy, be sad!" It's the Eastern Plague here, and anything can happen! Looking at Xie Feng, who looked calm and relaxed, Silendis joked happily. In fact, she didn't take those trolls to heart, she was just idle and bored, wanting to see Xie Feng's sad face
Someone rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Hey~Hey~ It's okay not to talk like you?" I'm annoyed enough~" As he spoke, he took out a sunfruit from his backpack and handed it over: "Good! Don't bother me, find a place to play by yourself~" As soon as the words fell, a ranger scout suddenly ran over in front of him and reported in a somewhat panicked tone:
"My lord! A large number of trolls were found in front, at least two thousand people, hunters, warriors and no doubt all, and now they are fighting with the reinforcements of Silver Dawn~"
Xie Feng, who was still laughing just now, was suddenly dumbfounded, turned his head to look at Bruce, who was also dumbfounded, and was half speechless. After a long time, he reacted and turned his head to look at the crow's mouth of Silentis viciously, but he didn't find the slightest shadow, and the weak-hearted female mage had already used the invisibility technique
"Damn it! Why are those savage guys here? Bruce roared loudly in anger.
Xie Feng was also frightened and speechless, and only then did the ghost know how these trolls would make a detour to the front and fight with Silver Dawn! Now the convoy has just turned a small hill to block the sight of the pursuing trolls, and there is a flat area not far ahead, and it won't take long to reach the monitoring range of the East Wall watchtower, but the trolls who are so good to die and the Silver Dawn are fighting here, isn't this a joke?
There is a smooth road ahead, and it is not a problem to bypass the battlefield, but the question is where to get around? Take the main road on the right, which is destined to approach the Plaguelands, and there is a ninety percent chance that it will lead to the undead scourge near Blackwood Lake, and even more nonsense if you go to the left, and if you go again, you will plunge headlong into the North Valley!
Now the only way is to break in from the back of the battlefield, cooperate with Silver Dawn to disperse the two thousand elite trolls as quickly as possible, and join the friendly forces before the pursuing troops behind them rush over, otherwise the two sides will be double-layered sandwich cookies, although the trolls will suffer heavy losses, the blood elves will not be much better, and the materials will also be greatly damaged~ The gains outweigh the losses! But the problem is that once the transport team is inserted, it is destined to be a melee, and the three hundred blood knights will definitely not be able to protect so many supplies, and there will still be losses when the time comes~" What should I do? Why don't we stay here and stop those bastards in the back? Bross vented for a long time, and immediately proposed to Xie Feng after relieving himself.
"It's pure death!" Xie Feng retorted unceremoniously. Plug the trolls in the back and you'll be fine? Everyone knows what strength Silver Dawn has, and it is not at all something that the half-crippled rotten moss trolls can fight against, don't look at them now that they are fighting hotly, sooner or later they will not be able to hold on, and they will be completely dispersed, and the fleeing trolls will definitely choose the road closest to home to retreat, at this time, what will happen if the transport team blocks in the middle?
"Fight! Let's rush into the battlefield from behind and disperse the trolls as quickly as possible! Encountering this kind of bullshit situation again, Xie Feng didn't even have the mind to go crazy, and made up his mind without hesitation. Since he led the team to command the battle, there has never been smooth sailing, whenever he feels that the victory is in his hands, there will always be one or two unexpected situations, completely disrupting his calculations and deployment, and most of them have no way to solve it at this time, they can only work hard! This maddening phenomenon has continued to this day, and he has become completely accustomed to it
"Perhaps, this is why most of the commanders in Azeroth focus more on individual strength than warrior skill, and fight hard at every turn? With so many forces intertwined and all kinds of strange magic, the ghost can fully control the overall situation! He complained maliciously in his heart, and ordered the blood knights to assemble in a calm tone, and then said to Bruce, who was still hesitating and distressed next to him: "If you drag it any longer, you don't want to bring anything back!" ”
"That's the biggest income I've ever made since I took charge of the team! That's it" Bruce still didn't want to give up and muttered unwillingly~"It's nothing! Anyway, this is just the first time, and I, the elf, haven't spoken, what are you feeling sorry for? He said casually and explained: "I will take the blood knights to charge the battle, and the transport team will be handed over to you~ I will try my best to drive the trolls to escape to other places~"
Bruce nodded helplessly and hurried to the team behind, directing the convoy. Xie Feng turned around and came to the gathered team of blood knights, and shouted with a gloomy face: "Sirendis, come out for me!" "After all, he is a former ** teacher, even if his strength declines, but the realm is still there, and when he enters the invisible state, Xie Feng's mental power cannot be found alive or dead~" Hehe~ Are you going to rush into battle? A playful chuckle sounded in Xie Feng's ears, and a pair of small hands reached out from behind to gently hug Xie Feng, and firmly fixed his body with his cloak.
Xie Feng was silent, and waited until she was ready before quietly rushing to the battlefield under the leadership of the Ranger Scout and leading the blood knights.
It's okay to defend and let Sirendis hide among the blood knights and wait for an opportunity to make a move, but once she rushes into battle, no matter how strong her stealth ability is, she will be beaten out sooner or later! However, it is also a waste to stay in the rear, and it can only be endured by Xie Feng himself, with the support of the guards, coupled with Xie Feng's meat shield, there will generally be no problems, and he can also tilt the magic wantonly~ I didn't go long, and I saw from a distance that there were about two thousand trolls and about three thousand silver dawn soldiers on the plain in front of me fighting fiercely, and due to the deliberate sound and distance, the appearance of the blood knights did not attract the attention of the trolls who turned their backs to them, and they were still fully engaged in the battle with the silver dawn~ Xie Feng was slightly happy when he saw this, led the blood knights to continue to hide, slowly approaching, until the distance of about five hundred, the trolls still did not notice. At this time, not only Xie Feng, but even Silentis was completely speechless. Dare to call it an army even with this quality? It is no wonder that the Zuamai Empire has been defeated repeatedly
Seeing that the distance was already about the same, Xie Feng waved his hand to signal the blood knights who were quietly advancing to speed up, and the mounts slowly increased their speed and began to prepare to charge, but before they took two steps, a long wolf howl came out of the team, and the trolls in the last row in front of them all looked back in unison, just in time to see the blood knights who secretly started to charge
Xie Feng almost ran away! This time, because it was an escort mission, not a defense, he deliberately brought this bastard wolf. As a result, at this critical juncture, it suddenly went into estrus and howled, which directly ruined the sneak attack! Looking at the trolls who urgently adjusted the formation in front of them, Xie Feng wanted to cry without tears, and he had the heart to kill these wolves!
However, at this time, this guy still needs to help, make up his mind to settle accounts after the autumn, and take advantage of the fact that the trolls are panicking and adjusting, and the already unbearable formation is more scattered, and rushes over at full speed.
With a distance of less than five hundred steps, once the knights let go of their speed, they could reach it in an instant, and the trolls had just barely formed Xie Feng in front of them, but before he could make a move, Silentis behind him had already waved his hand and shot a large number of arcane missiles, dazzlingly into the troll formation, blowing them up, and waiting until the blood knights rushed over in groups, and without the slightest room to fight back, they were easily torn apart and rushed in.
These trolls are the last force of the Rotten Moss Tribe, and I don't know why they ran here to fight Silver Dawn regardless of the safety of the clan, which is why the trolls who saw Du Xie Feng and other convoys passing by, and Zumashal's trolls knew that they couldn't catch up. If this force is wiped out and the Rotten Moss Clan can be removed from the history of Azeroth, the last force can only be squeezed out and desperately rushed to support.
Now Xie Feng and the others arrived first, and the trolls under the enemy were in chaos on the spot, but they still gathered in the northeast direction with the efforts of several leaders, wanting to get out of the situation of being flanked, otherwise they would be pursued even if they retreated, and they would definitely collapse completely at that time.
Due to the small number of blood knights, even if he knew that they were going to transfer the formation, he couldn't intercept them, and Xie Feng didn't want to waste the precious senior blood knights here, but instead took the opportunity to attack from the periphery and forced them to retreat to the east, which would cause trouble for the convoy in the north.
However, Xie Feng had this concern, and the commander of Silver Dawn did not, but wanted to take advantage of the arrival of reinforcements to completely solve this hidden danger entrenched in the transportation route, and desperately stopped the rotten moss trolls who wanted to retreat.
The numerical advantage is not very obvious, and the trolls rely on the talent of regeneration, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of Silver Dawn, and they cannot be defeated in a short period of time under the Jedi counterattack, and the battle situation is in a stalemate for a while, so Xie Feng is in a hurry, for fear that the transport team will be caught up by the troll reinforcements if he delays for too long, but the commander of Silver Dawn is overjoyed, I wish this battle was bigger and longer, it is best to leave all the trolls here and solve this hidden danger at once
It wasn't long before the convoy, which had no ability to protect itself, quietly appeared in the rear and was spotted by the trolls on the spot
Seeing this, Xie Feng could only sigh helplessly, and immediately took the blood knights out of the battlefield and turned around to protect the convoy, and at the same time asked a ranger to go around the battlefield to report the situation to the Silver Dawn Commander, and mentally prayed that the trolls would accept it when they saw it and take this opportunity to retreat quickly. However, this time, the rotten moss tribe was also killed, and the ferocity didn't care about the escape route that Xie Feng let out, and directly hit the transport team.
At this moment, no matter how stupid the commander of the silver dawn was, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly commanded the troops to cover up from behind, and by the way, he went to assist Xie Feng to protect the supplies. But the trolls' advantage over their long hands and feet was evident here, and the silver infantry in the crowned armor could not keep up with them, and only a few knights came around to protect the convoy ahead of them.
The trolls stalked and didn't want to give up, but Silver Dawn no longer had the heart to destroy them, and was focused on protecting the supplies, and the scene was deadlocked again, but compared to the quiet and orderly battle just now, the current situation was a little out of control, but the commanders who were paying attention to themselves, including the trolls, did not notice it
After being entangled for a while, Xie Feng's worst fears finally happened! The last of Zumashal's new force rushed out from behind, uniting with other trolls, the number of people has exceeded 2,500, the advantage of Silver Dawn in numbers has completely disappeared, and with the addition of this new force, the trolls frantically counterattacked, the blood knights and silver warriors resisted vigorously, the whole scene fell into complete chaos, and the commanders completely lost control except for a few guards around them
Now, whether it is Xie Feng or the commander of Silver Dawn, they can't estimate the matter of supplies, and now what they need to worry about is their nickname, will this group of trolls who have gone crazy let them go~ At that time, to command and group advantage, the combat power of the trolls finally broke out completely, and for a while, Silver Dawn and the Blood Knight were beaten and retreated, and they could only barely protect themselves, and there was no power to fight back~
(To be continued)