Chapter 150: The Battle of the Vale
In the North Gate of the Valley of Refuge, Captain Nièss of the Al-Arathor and a Night Elf Druid stood silently in the night, observing the wilderness in the distance.
"Will the undead come from here?" Nièss asked, a little uncertain.
"Definitely!" Without hesitation, the druids replied, "If you come in from the south, you must rush out through the north gate." Not to mention whether they can break through the reinforcements of Dabire's farm, even if they do, where can they escape? Now they thought that Riptide Castle didn't know anything about their movements, so they would definitely worry that their whereabouts would be revealed after the sneak attack and they would be hunted down by Riptide Castle. So, the only option is to rush out from the south and bypass Geshak Farm and meet the remnants of Hammer Town! ”
First explained Niès's question, and then confirmed to her: "Have all the ambushes outside the south gate been arranged?" ”
"All set!" Nièss nodded: "The most elite fifteen hundred soldiers are all arranged there, along with the twenty cannons secretly transported by the Brute Hammer Dwarves. As long as they dare to break through from the south gate, they will definitely be wiped out! ”
"Good!" A smile appeared on the druid's face: "When they burn the supplies in the Sanctuary Valley and cause the collapse of the Ninth Legion, there will be no point in continuing to exist!" ”
Nièss smiled, and a hint of guilt flashed in her eyes as she turned her head to look at the guards around her. These people joined the coalition because of their trust in themselves, but now, they are going to be pushed under the knife of the tribe by their own hands
The druids noticed her strangeness and reassured, "Don't blame yourself too much, their sacrifice is in exchange for the survival of more people. And, soon, avenge them! ”
Nièss didn't speak, closed her eyes and stood still for a long time, and suddenly said: "I don't know what that fox is paying attention to~ But I believe Prince Garin!" After a pause, he said with a little difficulty: "I'll go to the south gate to command, and the affairs here and in the valley are entrusted to you!" Without looking back, he walked into the valley.
The druid knew what she was going to do. After all, it was the soldiers who were brought out with their own hands, and they had been with each other for so long day and night, and now they were going to send them to a dead end
"Hopefully, the destruction of this tribal alliance and the revival of Riptide Castle will ease your pain," the druid sighed a little gloomy, looking at her back as she left alone. But a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes~ "Is this really still a game?" ”
Suddenly, a somewhat chaotic footsteps interrupted his thoughts~ "My lord, something happened!" A soldier said to him, a little panicked.
The druid woke up and frowned and asked, "Except for what?" ”
This soldier was the man he had brought with him from Fort Riptide, a personal guard who followed Rommel, and arguably an absolute confidant. And this person also knows about the actions in the Vault Valley
"It's Amarron!" The soldier lowered his voice and whispered in the druid's ear: "The soldiers of the Ninth Legion in the remaining valley just now said that they were ordered by Amalen before he left to urgently transfer all the supplies. Now the old warehouse is empty! ”
The druids were shocked. Yesterday the Alasso coalition forces and the Forsaken thieves deliberately allowed the Forsaken to find out where the supplies were stored, and it is certain that the tribe will go straight there to kill them once they enter the valley. If they were delayed by the lack of supplies and were blocked by the defenders of Dabire's farm, the whole plan would have been in vain! Thinking of this, he glanced at the direction of the farm in the north with a little panic.
With just one glance, the druid's pupils contracted violently. Between the farms and the valley entrance to the north, a group of Blood Elf rangers quickly slaughtered here, and at the same time that he spotted each other, the three rangers led by the other party also saw his surprised faces. Immediately, the rangers stopped advancing and shot hundreds of sharp arrows at several guard towers at the south gate~~ Among them, the three arrows with the fastest and most powerful fire speed went straight to his eyebrows, throat and heart, and at this time, due to the difference in night vision, the human soldiers did not have the slightest awareness of the coming crisis.
"Be careful!" He only had time to shout, and tried his best to sideways to dodge the powerful arrows that shot at him. But after all, he was delayed by surprise, and one arrow missed, one grazed his cheek and brought a string of blood, and the last one passed through his shoulder and nailed his body to the pillar behind him.
Because of the Night Elves' special system and night vision, the druid immediately detected the crisis and was lucky enough to save a life. As for the other human soldiers, they were all killed by an arrow without incident, including the soldier who had just reported to him, and none of them survived.
Holding back the sharp pain in his shoulder, he gritted his teeth and leaned forward, allowing the arrow to pass through his body and stay on the pillar. Then he quickly dodged and hid in the blind corner of the ranger's vision, blessed himself with a healing, and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!" After shouting, he immediately turned into a leopard, and he didn't care about stealth, turned on and limped towards the interior of the valley. At the same time, a piercing shriek sounded over the entire Refuge Valley, waking everyone up
Eight hundred or so outside the north gate of the valley, the forsaken, blood elves, and adventurers lurking here also heard this alarm, and immediately knew that the sneak attack had been discovered by the other party.
Without waiting for Xie Feng and the others to speak, Dasalia was the first to stand up, clenched his weapon and turned over and rode on the skeleton war horse and shouted, "The battle begins!" Rush in for me!! ”
The Forsaken Ones no longer hide in their bodies, but rise up in response, and follow closely behind them to kill the valley.
Xie Feng and Qi Niu Wang immediately looked at each other. The look of annoyance flashed in Xie Feng's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and stood up: "Kill!" There is no way back! With that, he rushed to the valley with the blood knights.
King Qi Niu shook the huge bull's head and scolded in a low voice: "Damn crazy woman! Then he stood up helplessly and shouted, "Brothers! Copy the guys! ”
"Drink!" All the adventurers shouted in unison, raised their miscellaneous weapons and rushed over with the Qi Niu King
By the time the Forsaken arrived, the Rangers had opened the northern gate of the Vale and were engaged in a battle with the Alasso coalition who had arrived at the news. Seeing this, Dasalia didn't say a word, and rode past the elven rangers, rushed into all the battles in the alliance formation, and in a short time dispersed this group of ordinary soldiers who were not elite. The Forsaken warriors rushed in after her, tearing through the Alliance's hard-fought defenses. The rangers, who were not melee troops in the first place, took advantage of the situation to retreat and release cold arrows after the large army.
By the time Xie Feng and the others arrived, the Forsaken had already dispersed the human soldiers outside the North Gate, and were using its methods to deal with the Syndicate and the soldiers of Nanhai Town, pushing them in, tearing apart the alliance's formation layer by layer. And the commander of the other side seemed to be unaware, just in vain to build up layers of defense, waiting to be broken by his own rout
Later, when the Qi Niu King and other adventurers who came saw the forsaken attacking, they multiplied their arrogance one by one, and they roared wildly and stepped forward. The fastest rush was the Qi Niu King, who was a warrior, and I saw him rushing towards the formation that the alliance had just pulled up with a bull moo at the top of his throat. The plate axe in his hand was knocked on the alliance shield array, but it was useless, and he was almost stabbed into a hornet's nest by the spear here from behind the formation~ He hurriedly used the plate axe to remove the spear, turned his head and aimed at a shaman behind him, and raised his foot to be a support~ Faster than the speed of Chongfeng, he retreated.
Xie Feng was immediately happy when he saw his embarrassed movements, and walked up to him and said sarcastically: "If you don't have the ability, just stay here, run out and be embarrassed to look good?" ”
The expression on Qi Niuwang's face froze, and then he pouted, and replied indifferently: "Brother, it's okay to enter the war!" It's better than you sitting here doing nothing, right? ”
After speaking, he ignored Xie Feng and took his brothers to ravage the lone alliance soldiers who were scattered
Due to the sneak attack, the terrain of the valley was also sunken inward, and with the cooperation of the opposing commander, the Forsaken had already rushed to the middle of the valley in less than a quarter of an hour.
Along the way, due to the smooth offensive, Xie Feng only let the exposed rangers take the time to snipe the opponent's low-level generals with cold arrows to prevent them from organizing the team. The four Magisters and the mages such as Sirendis and Tyri have been surrounded and protected by the Blood Knights, and Narel has been sent by him to patrol the skies above the team.
According to his thoughts, in this strange situation, it is better to leave some hole cards
Reaching the middle of the valley, the first step of the trip has been completed. The next step is to find the other party's storage point and burn it under the guidance of the Forsaken Thieves.
After killing the Coalition soldiers gathered in the valley, Dasalia led the thieves to a mountain wall in the northwest corner, thinking that it would be the other party's warehouse. Xie Feng left the rangers to continue to release cold arrows, leading the others to follow, while Qi Niu Wang and the others were not interested in this, and were killing Huan who was killing the alliance there.
Before he could enter a cave in the northwest corner, Dasalia's angry roar was heard inside: "What's going on? What about the supplies of the Alliance? ”
Xie Feng was startled and hurriedly rushed in with everyone.
Inside the empty warehouse, Dasalia and a group of forsaken people stood at a loss.
Seeing this scene, cold sweat suddenly fell on Xie Feng's forehead
On the other side of the valley, behind a group of Alliance soldiers struggling to resist the attack of the Horde, a human warrior who looks like a leader is anxiously saying to the bloody, weak Night Elf Druid~~ "My lord! The undead have made their way into the middle of the valley and are now rushing into the former warehouse. Found out the situation there~~ The plan has failed! It's almost impossible to support it here, so hurry up and break through, otherwise it's too late! ”
Unmoved, the druid struggled to support himself and asked the squad leader, "How long will it take for the soldiers of Dabire's farm to arrive?" ”
Although the team leader was very worried about his safety, seeing his golden expression, he still replied helplessly: "There is still a quarter of an hour or so before the reinforcements from Dabire Farm will arrive at the north gate!" ”
The druid breathed a sigh of relief: "There's still time!!" This mission is very important and will affect the entire plan, so there is no room for error! After a pause, he asked again, "Do you know where the new warehouse is?" ”
The squad leader nodded: "Know!" But time is too late, and it is impossible for the undead to find anywhere in a short time! ”
The druid's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "They can't find it, then you can take them to find it!" After speaking, he pointed to a house behind him: "You carry me inside, and then take the soldiers here to storm the location of the new warehouse with all your might, shouting along the way to protect the military supplies!" When the tribe finds there, you will take advantage of the gap to break through, and come back to me after the battle."
The team leader was stunned for a moment, then understood what the druid meant, gritted his teeth and carried him to a box in the room, pressed him with some sundries, gritted his teeth and walked out of the supplies and shouted to the soldiers who were fighting desperately: "Brothers!!" Follow me to defend the supplies and don't let those damn tribes get their hands dirty!! Defend the materiel!! After saying that, he rushed into the Forsaken formation with all his strength, and rushed left and right to kill.
"Defend the supplies!!"
The soldiers who didn't know the truth were infected by the feat of the team leader, and at the same time shouted loudly, and rushed over after them~~ At the same time, in the warehouse on the other side, Xie Feng, who was shocked by the changes in front of him, also reacted after being stunned for a while.
The supplies in the warehouse have been transferred by the Alliance! Although I don't know if it was an accident or if this sneak attack was detected by the other party, this mission was doomed to failure. At this time, there is no hurry to find a new material storage point, if it is delayed any longer, wait until the alliance reacts, and the reinforcements from Dabire Farm come together to surround themselves! Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted to Dasalia:
"It's too late! Retreat! ”
Dasalia was woken up by Xie Feng, glanced at the warehouse a little unwillingly, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Retreat!" After speaking, Tie Qing walked out briskly.
As soon as Xie Feng, Dasalia and the others walked out, they saw a small force of alliance in the distance with a strong impact momentum and the loud slogan that was uniform~ "Defend the supplies!" ”
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed, and Dasalia dragged the herald next to him and shouted excitedly: "Give me the order!" Get out of the way of the Alliance's assault line, and don't stop it! Just go! ”
Turning his head and glancing at Xie Feng, the two of them spoke almost at the same time: "It's them!" ”
"Those are the people!" The only thought in the hearts of the two of them was that the black hand behind the scenes was making trouble to help them and others destroy the alliance army.
The two of them didn't think that this was a conspiracy of the alliance, but at this time, they didn't care to distinguish the truth from the fake. This is the last chance, so I have to fight for it!
After the forsaken received the order and deliberately released the water, the group of soldiers led by the team leader rushed to a cave not far from the warehouse where Xie Feng and the others had entered, and plunged into it.
Seeing that the location was confirmed, Dasalia did not hesitate to lead the soldiers to rush over where to go. rushed to the door, and sure enough, he saw a group of Alliance soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Ninth Legion guarding there.
The Forsaken unceremoniously and quickly slay them down and stormed into the cave.
Xie Feng then followed, and the Forsaken were fighting with the sparse number of soldiers of the Ninth Legion, but behind them were piles of grain, grass, armor, equipment, and some gauze and other materials.
With the addition of the Blood Elves, the speed of clearing away the remnants of the Alliance soldiers suddenly increased greatly, and they were all wiped out in a short time.
Xie Feng stepped forward, opened a few wooden boxes and bags, and after confirming that the materials inside were genuine, he said to Dasalia: "Let's exit first, let the magisters set fire to the magic, and burn this place!" ”
Dasalia nodded, and together with Xie Feng, he led the Forsaken and the Blood Elves out of the cave.
After arriving at the door, the four magisters stood by the door, and at the same time released four flamestorms into the warehouse, and then threw more than a dozen flame explosions uncomfortably before stopping.
At this time, Xie Feng stepped forward and pointed to the entrance of the warehouse with thick smoke: "Blow up this place for me!" "Anyway, the flame of magic does not need oxygen to fuel it, and it directly blocks the entrance to the warehouse, completely ending the alliance's hope of rescuing supplies.
The materials were destroyed, and the Ninth Army, which was already being attacked from both sides, would definitely not be able to hold on, and there was such a big disturbance here, it would definitely not be able to hide it. If the opposing commander still has some ability, he may be able to retreat in time and save a little vitality. Otherwise, it is likely that the whole line will collapse, and the entire legion will be buried in this battle. Either way, though, Hammer Town won't be in any danger anymore.
Xie Feng and Dasalia looked at the collapsed warehouse door and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then their faces tensed again.
The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and now it is time for them to flee for their lives!
When I came in, because I was caught off guard by a sneak attack at night and hit the alliance, I rushed in very easily, but it would be difficult to rush out again! Not only was there a large number of alliances to encircle it, but the terrain also changed from going down the trend to going upstream. Coupled with the weakening of the sharpness under the long battle, the real test has only begun now!
By the time the two of them gathered their troops again and wanted to break through to the south, there were already a large number of alliances on the road in a formation blocking there. And contrary to the passive and rigid defensive mode just now, the current Alaso coalition forces have tacit cooperation, advance and retreat, and obviously have a clever commander behind the overall planning.
The Forsaken launched several powerful charges under the leadership of Dasalia, but they only broke through the opponent's defensive formation, and only tore apart. The Coalition soldiers, guarded by shieldmen, defended against the walls on both sides of the valley, not only reducing their own casualties, but also sweeping away the center and rear of the Forsaken.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xie Feng hurriedly gathered the rangers around him, and asked Selin to rush forward with the blood knight of the personal guard, in order to break through the blockade of the alliance as soon as possible.
The coordinated impact of the two eighth-order powerhouses suddenly accelerated the marching speed of the entire team a lot, and in the next quarter of an hour, the troops finally advanced to a place five hundred steps away from the south gate of the Refuge Valley.
At this time, the bloody Selin was exhausted, covered with large and small scars, and was carried back by the Blood Knights, who were also unable to fight again, leaving only the Forsaken troops in front of them to continue the attack. But although the undead ignore physical strength, they still need energy at least to launch a powerful attack, and after fighting for so long, their offensive and strength have also been greatly weakened, and every step is advanced by human life.
When they came, the number of nearly 2,000 forsaken had been reduced to about 1,000, and even the elven rangers who didn't fight much head-on had lost more than a dozen people in the melee, and the rest were also wounded large and small.
The tribal army is already at the end of the crossbow! And there is a thick layer of alliance army in front of him. Behind him, reinforcements from the Ninth Legion at Dabire Farm had already rushed into the valley and were about to reach the central position, believing that they would soon catch up.
Just when Xie Feng was about to hold on and wanted to let the Magisters who had been hiding in the snow go all out to open the way, the deep and serious voice of King Qi Niu suddenly came from beside him:
"It's not over yet! The purpose of those people is to bring down the Ninth Legion, and judging by their practices, they are definitely not our friends. Now that the sneak attack has been successful and the Ninth Legion's food and grass materials have been destroyed, it is time for the rabbit to die and the dog to cook! ”
"The resistance we encountered when we rushed in is completely different from now, I believe that the other party still has some conspiracy waiting for us~ and it is likely to be in the dead end of the South Gate!"
"Keep the hole cards in your hand for now, now it's time for me and my brothers to contribute!!"
At this time, Qi Niu Wang can no longer see the usual unscrupulous, funny and obscene temperament, and his lazy personality is also replaced by stability and calmness, and the sturdy body of the Minotaur clan perfectly sets off his heroic spirit!
"Brothers! Let these damn alliances see how good we are! ~~ For the sake of the tribe!! ”
"For the Horde!!"
Nearly three hundred minotaurs, trolls, and orc adventurers chanted the slogans of the tribe in unison, and under the leadership of the Qi Niu King, they walked towards the front line of the fierce battle with heavy footsteps.
This time, they are no longer as chaotic as usual, and although the formation is still scattered, there is an obvious sense of hierarchy.
At the forefront is the warrior class, divided into three groups of left, middle and right according to race, and under the leadership of King Qi Niu, he crossed the Forsaken warriors and charged into the alliance formation almost at the same time~ "Heroic strike!! ”
King Qi Niu shouted, and the warriors waved the battle axes in their hands horizontally at the same time, blowing a fishy wind in the alliance crowd!
"Thunder Strike!!"
"Whirlwind Slash!!"
With the command of King Qi Niu, all the warriors ignored the sharp blades, and used their skills in a uniform manner~~ In just a few breaths, they had already pressed Lian forward more than ten steps.
At the same time, dozens of slightly emaciated figures suddenly appeared in the scattered formation of the coalition crowd, and the short black daggers in their hands slashed through the throats of human warriors and sent them into the arms of Sargeras. Behind the warriors, there were also arrows with magic, arcane or natural toxins that pierced the sky and shot into the throats of the Alliance's lower-level commanders, making the Alliance's formation more and more scattered.
Although the series of blows was immediate, the adventurers were not iron-clad, and the counterattack of the Alliance soldiers had already cut scars on their bodies, and they were wielding battle axes like bloody men.
Just when the enemy and the enemy were inexplicably shocked, dozens of shamans calmly passed over the Forsaken who had stopped attacking and came behind the adventurer warriors, and a bright yellow light rose and shot out from their hands, connecting the warriors' bodies and healing the hideous and terrifying wounds on their bodies. Then, the augmentation shaman with a melee weapon rushed forward and planted a variety of totem poles at the feet of the warriors.
With the blessings of healers and totems, the adventurers who were already fighting were even more imposing, rampaging through the alliance masses, and were invincible for a while!
However, King Qi Niu is not enough! After slashing over an alliance squad leader in front of him, he shouted without looking back: "Talent! War trampling!! ”
A herd of bull heads raised their feet and stomped down violently.
At the same time, among the other warriors of the two races, there were also two shouts ~ "Rage! ”
"Bloody Fury!"
(To be continued)