Three forks in the road in the East Plague Lands.

The three-way intersection is located between the mountains and valleys, although it is said to be three forks, but there are four exits, but one of them is an unbuilt mountain road, of which the north and west sides are not garrisoned, Erigor only led the silver warriors to block the road to the south of the natural disaster, and the relatively narrow mountain road is defended by the blood knights.

Silver Dawn and the Blood Elves were under the command of their respective generals, and the undead plague on their opposite side, from the northwest, was surging like a tidal wave.

If it is the first time to see this kind of undead sea tactics, it will not be necessary for the natural disaster to launch an attack, and the troops themselves will lose their fighting spirit and fall apart. But this time, even these veterans, who were accustomed to the plague battle, pinched a cold sweat in their hearts, and couldn't help but tighten the weapons in their hands, and their breathing became heavier. This time, there are too many undead!

At the beginning of the war, in order to be able to encircle and annihilate all the blood elf garrisons of the Northland Sentry Tower, which were understaffed, and not let them escape, the forwards sent out were all elites of death knights, necromancers, banshees and other troops. Although the combat power is definitely much stronger, it does not have that chilling horror number. Naturally, the spies of all parties, who are also elite, will not take them seriously. But what they didn't expect was that the blood elves retreated without a fight, and fled before the strikers could entangle them.

When you find the enemy again, and the enemy has occupied the favorable terrain, open a large net and wait for yourself to get in. In this kind of formation, the Scourge Commander naturally did not fill in the carefully selected elite forwards, and naturally chose the war of attrition that he was good at, gathering all the cannon fodder together and rushing up.

So, when the leaders of the various forces found out that the forces of the Scourge were several times more than they expected, and they were completely unable to shake it, it was already too late

Erigor also found that there was something wrong with the number of enemies, but the opponent was already in front of the battle, and it was too late to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet. But fortunately, with the addition of blood elves and a large number of rangers, the embarrassing situation of the relative lack of ranged classes in Silver Dawn was filled, and with the favorable terrain, he thought he still had the strength to fight!

Although Thrace and the others were angry with Eldara, they also learned about Xie Feng's arrangement from her, and they were also not worried, anyway, there was also a group of cannon fodder in front of him, right? And compared to natural disasters, they are definitely more powerful

The two commanders were not worried, and the hearts of the other minions were calmed, and their morale gradually recovered, and they calmly faced the first wave of the natural disaster.

The two sides fought each other in close quarters, and the Blood Knights and Silver Warriors who were on the front line found that although the strength of the Scourge Undead had improved a little, it was not much different from normal times, and the narrow terrain limited the numerical advantage of the undead, so they found that they were facing less pressure. The ranged troops such as mages, priests, and rangers in the rear are even more stress-free, and they can put on the most comfortable posture to vent to their heart's content! And because of the addition of the rangers, the number of ranged troops can also be divided into two groups, so there is no worry about fatigue~ As the corpses accumulate in the middle of the road, the morale of the soldiers is getting higher and higher, and their faces are full of fanatical fighting spirit, and they will not move before the war again. However, the hearts of a relatively wise general involuntarily cast a shadow. It's good that the natural disaster has heavy casualties, but the problem is that in the current position, among the fallen undead, there is not even a banshee, necromancer and other legal professions, and even the number of ghouls and abominations is pitiful, almost nine out of ten are the lowest-level skeleton zombies and other cannon fodder troops!

Thrace, who was far away from the battlefield and did not fall into it, naturally discovered the wrong, but it also failed to see any danger. The rangers sent out did not find any changes in the natural disasters in other directions, and all the reports of the scouts were the same, and the natural disasters were gathering on a large scale, and the number could not be accurately judged~" Lieutenant, what are you worried about? It's the most painful battle I've ever fought since I came to the Plaguelands! The Blood Knight who had dismantled Eldara had just been replaced from the front line, and he said with a proud face, ignoring the rotting flesh and bones hanging from his armor.

"Something is wrong, the natural disaster is draining our strength! They don't even have a long-range profession, they're just deliberately sending them to death! Hawksbill, who went around in a big circle and rushed over from behind to join the war group, retracted the Phoenix Sun Fury with a depressed face, and after fighting for so long, he didn't even find a natural disaster worthy of sniping by himself, and he was discouraged when he thought about it.

"But I still haven't found out what conspiracy the other party has," Thrace frowned and wondered: "Just to consume our combat power and pay such a big price, don't you think it's a bit worth the loss?" "Now the natural disasters that have fallen in front have raised the narrow road by about a meter, and tens of thousands of cannon fodder have fallen, to say the least.

"You've only been here for a short time, and you don't know the true strength of the Scourge!" Hawksbill shook his head: "I can tell you very responsibly, the most important thing in natural disasters is troops, and they can easily bear the price that you think is very large!" ”

Thracian nodded a little, but still wondered: "Even so, they should be able to find out that we are in rotation and will not consume much combat power at all, and during this time, shouldn't they send troops to cut off our retreat in order to annihilate everything?" But they didn't make the slightest difference~"

"Don't forget another trait of the Scourge, ignoring fatigue!" Hawksbill smiled, shook his head, and said, "Even if we rotate to play, we don't eat or drink for a day, and we are highly concentrated and excited, it will also make us feel physically and mentally exhausted!" This is the time for them to launch a decisive battle! And compared to the day, night is the moment when the natural disaster is the strongest! Although this is not much different in the plague land where sunlight is scarce, the silver dawn, which is dominated by humans, is a big flaw in night vision! ”

The captain of the Blood Knight smiled indifferently: "But we are elves!" The night can completely allow the rangers to supply their intelligence, and they will never be blocked by natural disasters! ”

"Why are you so sure that the Ranger will be able to detect the Scourge's movements?" Hawksbill sneered: "Don't forget the last battle of Cowling and the tragic situation of the Scarlet Crusade!" ”

Thrace was taken aback: "You mean the Crypt Demon?" ”

Hawksbill flicked his finger and replied, "Not only the Crypt Demons, but also a large number of gargoyles and the Death Knights riding bone griffins!" One day was enough time for them to go around the Sodoril River, through the mountains of southern Talon County, and fly over Lake Miradar to block our retreat! After a pause, he looked at the stunned Captain of the Blood Knight and Thrace, and sighed, "I really admire Alex's kid a little bit now." If it hadn't been for the natural disasters in Chatani in advance, we might have been able to "

Hearing him call Xie Feng 'that kid', the captain of the Blood Knight glared at him with displeasure and unfriendliness, but thinking about the age of the other party and Xie Feng, he lowered his head depressedly

Thrace took a deep breath and summoned a blood knight to tell him about Hawksbill's analysis and asked him to pass it on to Erigor, who was overseeing the battle on the other side.

Immediately, he turned back to Hawksbill and smiled: "Since the general has thought of this, then there must be a countermeasure, right?" ”

Hawksbill said casually while sorting out the quiver: "The Crypt Demon is easy to deal with, dig a deep hole in the ground and let the rangers drill into it to hear the sound of the Crypt Demon advancing underground, as for those flying classes, just hand it over to those two young dragons~"

That's it? Thrace was stunned. He was valued by Xie Feng, dug out of the blood knights of the personal guard, and entrusted with a heavy task for the first time, so he naturally had his own arrogance, but he still had to admire the calm and calm Hawksbill in front of him. The experience that the other party has accumulated over the years is really incomparable.

Thinking about the countermeasures, and making it clear that the battle would last at most a day, and the outcome would be known after nightfall, Thrace thought about it and simply withdrew some of the blood knights from the battlefield to clear the way for the next retreat. Although the rest of the blood knights will work a little harder, they can still easily survive the weak attack strength of the natural disaster~ Seeing his arrangement, Hawksbill couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart, the soldiers brought out by Alex this kid, not to mention anything else, at least the retreat and escape are definitely elite!

With Hawksbill, an experienced land snake, Erigor and the others confirmed their own information to each other, and the plan for the natural disaster was also a little eyebrow-raising, and the suspicion in their hearts also dissipated a lot, and then they dispatched troops in a targeted manner, wanting to give the natural disaster a ruthless blow, but would it really be as everyone thought?

On the top floor of the Northland Sentry Tower, Xie Feng and others often came up to climb high and look into the distance, but at this time it was occupied by several generals of the Cataclysmic Legion~ Instructor Rasouvios, who had been injured for more than a month and had finally improved a little, was shouting at several dead horsemen with disdain on his face at this time: "Rivendell, this is what you call the perfect plan?" Damn, the Great Lich would believe that you, who have never led a soldier, can handle this big battle~"

"Watch your tone, idiot~" The black witch Falina unceremoniously pointed her one-handed sword at the instructor and sneered: "How can you question the decision of the Great Lich? ”

Just when everyone thought he was defending Rivendell, the Black Widow gave everyone a map cannon:

"Compared to you idiots who only know how to shout for attack, he at least knows how to send troops to death first to consume the opponent's combat power! Although this in itself is a joke~"

Plague Messenger North, as her husband who doesn't know how many times she didn't know, naturally chose to support without hesitation. But the others didn't speak so well, and the two twin undead ** masters, Hilgai and Gotik, waved their staff on the spot without the slightest politeness and were about to do it.

"Shut up, you shit! If you have any grievances, go to Lord Kel'thugad to complain, at least until he withdraws his appointment, and here I have the final say! When the baron saw that these people had not taken himself to heart at all, he was immediately very annoyed, and shouted and scolded. The three remaining Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse immediately drew their weapons and stood beside him in support, and Anubrekan, who couldn't stand the watchtower due to his size, also made a bunch of insect swarms behind the Four Horsemen, silently stating his position.

Five-on-five, but if you really want to do it yourself, the three mages on your side will definitely suffer in the narrow terrain, the black widow put away her weapon very wisely, but she still didn't let go of the baron, and sneered: "Those silver dawn bugs have enough troops, and they can be divided into several groups to rotate into battle, and you don't need to worry about physical exertion at all, you are simply a waste of time when you do this!" And the so-called Crypt Demon Project is even more ridiculous, with the experience of the last battle, how can Anubrekan succeed again? ”

Nosf added, "The Crypt Legion has failed, and you think the Death Knights will be able to stop them from escaping?" I really doubt if your brain juice has been sucked dry by the banshee~"

"Don't look down on others for your ignorance, it will bring shame upon you!" The baron sneered, "The Death Knights can't completely block their retreat, but what if they only have half of them?" You know how many troops Silver Dawn has, as long as a third of them are annihilated, the chapel will fall into our hands without any suspense! ”

As he spoke, he shouted downward, "Anubrekan! Let your kids tell those damned paladins what happens when they stop the Scourge in the mountains! ”

"What about the Blood Elves? Just let them go? The instructor continued to shout. At the beginning, when Xie Feng and the others raided Naxxramas, he was blocked by a seventh-order blood elf death knight for a long time, and finally let him run away. This shame is not so easy to forget!

"What about letting them go for now?" Duchess Braux sneered: "In addition to making trouble everywhere, how much of a threat can they bring us?" Except for you trash! ”

Lord Kurtaz also wanted to despise him, but remembering that he had been almost killed by Iserus, he kept his mouth shut and was a little jealous of Braucus's good luck. The same two ninth-order death riders, why is it that the one who is facing himself is the blood spirit spirit, and his is a human being?

"When will I be truly liberated?" Sir Serijek was still the same bitter melon face that was out of place with the face of a natural disaster, and he never stopped murmuring.

This time, whether it was the baron, Farina, the instructor and others, they all roared angrily at this talk: "You shut up for me!" ”

Both sides have their own calculations, but perhaps without Xie Feng's aura of bad luck, the blood elves have miraculously escaped Baron Rivendell's calculations, except for the two thousand long-range rangers assigned to Silver Dawn, no matter which side has the upper hand, they can save most of their forces and retreat calmly.

Both sides knew that the battle that could really decide the victory or defeat would be fought after nightfall, and they slowed down the pace very tacitly, so that the next battle was weak and boring. Melee put up a shield in the front row, and the ranged ones in the back lazily attacked, chatting with the partner next to him about dinner and a certain female priest with a sexy figure at all~ A day has passed, except for more than 20,000 more natural disaster corpses in the valley, the situation has not changed at all. It wasn't until the sun went down and the light gradually dimmed, and as the general's face gradually became heavy, the soldiers began to gradually have a sense of being fighting, and the atmosphere became tense

In the valley to the north, the little red dragon Nariel and the little blue dragon Indigos ate the food that Hawksbier had prepared for them while telling the crowd about the whole harvest.

Not to Hawksbill's expectations, the three hundred Death Knights of the Scourge had indeed circled the back of the battlefield and were now ambushing in the dry river. However, to Hawksbill's surprise, these death knights were not alone, and a few of the elite were smuggled in at the same time with the Scourge mage.

In other words, in addition to the 3,000 ghouls summoned by the army of the dead, the necromancers can also summon thousands of cannon fodder of varying strengths, plus the Winter Horn and the stragglers gathered along the road, once they attack, they can gather a force of tens of thousands! This amount of strength is a bit embarrassing in the face of the elite Silver Dawn, but if you make up your mind to hold on, you can still delay for a long time, enough for the natural disaster army to rush over! And there's also the threat of the Crypt Demons

"How? Did you find it? Seeing Hawksbill questioning several Ranger scouts one after another, Thrace put down his job of directing the battle and stepped back to ask.

The Ranger Lord frowned and nodded: "I found it, all of them are ambushed below on the retreat of Silver Dawn, but I still feel a little uneasy~"

Thrace also frowned and said, "It's a little wrong, the Scourge has already used the Crypt Demon for the second time, how can it be so easy for us to find out?" After a pause, he asked, "Are you sure it's all the Crypt Demons?" Also, we really don't have anything here? ”

Hawksbill smiled wryly, "How do I know how many Crypt Demons there are in the Scourge?" Around the battlefield, there is only Silver Dawn on the way to the East Wall watchtower, uh, there is a crypt demon digging under the road, and there is no news from other places! We are surrounded by more focused detection, and there will be absolutely no mistakes! ”

"Is a natural disaster really so stupid?" Thrace was still a little unwilling, and muttered, "Or are they confident that no one can detect the appearance of the Crypt Demon?" ”

"Impossible!" Hawksbill shook his head categorically: "Compared to our rangers' stupid methods and underground reconnaissance, those dwarven warriors of Silver Dawn are the real masters!" ”

After discussing for a long time, the two still didn't get any results, Thrace sighed helplessly: "Spread these news to Erigor first, maybe he has made some other discoveries~"

After speaking, he was about to find someone to interrogate, but was stopped by Hawksbier: "I'll go, the ranger there may not be able to command Ruyi, and I'll leave it to you here!" ”

On the other hand, as Hawksbill said, after learning that the Scourge might repeat its old trick and make the Crypt Demons raid from underground, Erigor immediately gathered a large number of dwarves from the team and scattered them in small teams to find the traces of the Crypt Demons.

Dwarves who are good at digging holes and have pangolin talent are indeed better at this kind of work than rangers, and the name of the earth spirit is not called for nothing!

At the same time that the Crypt Demon was in place, Erigor had already marked an unusually precise little circle on his marching map, marking all the games they were playing with. And I swear a frank promise that there is absolutely no creature in the ground within a radius of ten miles that is larger than the size of a dwarf! They even roughly estimated that they numbered about two thousand, based on the size of the underground tunnels and the reminders of the Crypt Demons.

Get fairly accurate numbers and locations, but now it's Ergor's turn to ambush the other party!

More than 10,000 Silver Dawn Elites, who were unable to participate in the battle due to terrain restrictions and had not even caught a single hair from the natural disaster, slowly withdrew from the valley, estimating the location of the Death Knights and the Crypt Demons, and began to carelessly open a seemingly loose net, waiting for the Armageddon to start after the other party rushed out to die. Among them are the 2,000 rangers led by Hawksbill as a hole card against the Death Knights who have the possibility of being airborne.

There were still about 10,000 people left in the valley waiting for the Silver Dawn, which was entangled in the natural plague, and there were still 3,000 rangers and 1,000 blood knights left in Thrace.

Just as everyone was in full swing, the leaders of the Scourge also stepped down from the Northland Guard Tower and began to move towards the battlefield. Of course, with their style, quarrels are certainly indispensable

"Didn't someone swear to surround at least half of the Silver Dawn? Now they have divided more than 10,000 people, but they want to ambush your so-called ambush! Black Widow Falina sneered at the solemn-faced baron, "I expect that after those crypt demons are ambushed, the scene of Anubrekan and you desperately will definitely be interesting~"

"Shut up! Damn bitch ~ I'm really targeting those guys in the valley! The baron scolded back coldly, looked at the other people with the same puzzled faces, sneered, and explained: "If you want to achieve unprecedented victory, the necessary sacrifices are inevitable! How many of those Crypt Demons and Death Knights can escape depends on their abilities! ”

"Anubrekan already knows my plan, and I'm afraid your desire to watch a good show will come to naught!" After speaking, he shouted to everyone: "Now, take the troops directly under them, and bypass from the Black Wood Lake to prepare to chase and kill the fleeing rout!" Stay, Kurtaz, and join me in destroying the dregs of the silver dawn in the valley! ”

Although the people were not reluctant, they were forced to obey the order of Kel'thugad, and each of them set out with his own troops in the southeast direction. Baron Rivendell and Kurtaz took the elite forces of the real Scourge to the outskirts of the valley and waited for the opportunity

With the planning of both sides, their respective troops are gathering towards the predetermined target point, and they need an opportunity to start the Armageddon!

In the valley, with the withdrawal of the large army, the soldiers of the Silver Dawn, who had been crowded for a long time, felt a little relaxed. A team of dwarves who had just returned from exploring the traces of the crypt demons sat bored on the hillside and chatted~ "Damn the Silver Dawn! Damn the plague lands! I thought there would be plague ore like a plague flower here, but after looking for so many days, I didn't find a single one! A dwarf in a priest's robe muttered angrily, causing everyone around him to burst into laughter.

"Hahaha~ Karui, didn't you notice that there's a mine under your ass? Maybe there's the plague ore you want! Another dwarven warrior quipped. It's true that dwarves love ores, but this companion of his own has gone beyond the realm of ordinary dwarves, and has reached the point of being sick!

"It's strange to believe you!" The dwarven priest waved his staff in indignation. But after thinking about it, his miner forced him to involuntarily take out the miner's hoe and smash it hard

The dwarves who watched this scene burst into laughter again. But I didn't expect a trace of strangeness and eccentricity to appear on Kalu's copper hammer's face, and after a while, he burst into flames and shouted:

"Enemy attack!! Get out of the hill! There's a Crypt Demon inside!! Fast!! ”

(To be continued)