Chapter 109: Crisis
Rivendell asked suspiciously, "Old Marshal, what does His Royal Highness the Prince mean?" β
"Maybe you don't know the current situation, please ask the Shadow Commander to cooperate, that's it, as we marched with the old marshal in three ways, and then ran into the undead ......" Uther explained the general situation to several people, and then said: "Now we understand that the ultimate goal of the undead disaster is Zumashal, and the plan of the undead has begun without you knowing, and the current situation is very critical. β
"What do you mean by abandoning the city?" The baroness was anxious, knowing that this was her more than ten years of hard work, and it could be said that she was closer than her own children, and she really couldn't react when she heard that they were going to give up the city.
"That's right, after our analysis, if the plague has spread in the city and the special troll undead in the necropolis, we can't keep it at all, and there is no value in guarding it. That's why I asked to let the people who didn't have the plague move, and you know, now the eastern part of Daron Mill is now all the territory of the undead. The only remaining places are the Hand of Tyr, the Chapel and the Kaorin junction, and the Northern Outpost preparing to be evacuated, if the Northern Outpost is evacuated, Zumashar will become a dead city. Uther took the evacuated Jianyì to himself, so that Brad would have room to maneuver.
Although he is more rigid, he also knows that Bled won a city against the other party, and now he is still making people give up here, which is really a bit sensitive, and with Alsace's early breakthrough, he thought of such a solution. He is a person who dares to act if he wants to, and he will fully support and promote the things he recognizes.
Ray and the Baroness looked at Daron Mill's map. If the northern outpost is really evacuated, then there will be only one city left in the northeast, and Zumashar has only one city gate, which is usually amazingly defended, but now it will make Zumashar an isolated city.
The chapel is the resting place of the paladin's pioneers, and the undead don't dare to attack that side lightly, and there is a vast coast behind the Hand of Tyr, which has a very good strategic depth, and can be evacuated even if the ship is defeated. As for the Cowling intersection, it is a very important traffic artery. Is there any solid defense. But as long as the Alliance does not completely abandon Daron Mill, then troops will be sent to defend it.
And what about Zumashal, located northeast of Daronmir, is fine now. But the undead completely took control of the east. Then even support is very far away. It is impossible for the other armies of the Alliance to stay in this place forever. The undead in the heart of the alliance have also begun to wreak havoc.
Both husbands and wives were stunned, even though they knew that troubled times were coming, but they never thought of giving up the current city. Although they already approved of Uther's point of view in their hearts. But it's easier said than done.
"Vice-President, Lord, we can't give up Zumashal." A male member behind him said.
Another female member also said: "You can't give up, why should you let us go to the city, maybe they are lying to us." β
"Shut up, don't make a mess if you don't have a good brain." The baroness shouted angrily, "Others are plotting against your city, what are they plotting?" How to plot in this situation, not to mention Lordaeron, whose reputation has now dropped to a low point, even if Brad uses this method to plot their city will also be ruined, and will be pointed out by thousands of people, and his reputation for many years will be ruined.
You must know that Brad's creatures are much more important than a city now, not to mention, people lack your place. Who doesn't know that Jasper Collar now controls the hills, and who doesn't know that Jasper Collar controls large areas of the Dust Swamp and Barrens. And it's not an important secret how many cities the Jasper Territory has in the Outlands.
Everyone knows that what the Jasper Collar lacks now is not the territory, but the population, if the Jasper Collar has the corresponding population of the territory, the Jasper Collar would have been invincible in the world for a long time, and it would be necessary to plot a city?
Seeing the tangled expressions of the two couples, Brad sighed before saying, "Actually, why don't we want to take this city." But you should also understand that the Scourge Legion has taken a fancy to this, with the undead of the Necropolis and the population of your Zumashal, the Scourge Legion will become a sweeping trend, and the undead Scourge has become a general trend, and it will be even more difficult to stop it. So the undead will definitely take down Zumashar and will not give the alliance time to react. If we hadn't woken up, you would be the only one facing the dead. Of course, it's also my fault, I burned hundreds of thousands of trolls to death in the first place. Otherwise, we wouldn't be where we are today. β
Rivendell smiled reluctantly and said, "The old marshal said that he laughed, without your battle back then, how could we have our current city." Don't talk about the past, I'm afraid even God wouldn't have counted this situation, let alone us mortals. Now I feel like I know, isn't there a little bit of salvation for this city? β
Brad said solemnly: "Your Excellency, I can tell you for sure that there is basically no need for zΓ i in this city. In the face of natural disasters, it does not play a protective role, and the people of the city can only become undead if they stay. What we can do now is to protect those who are not infected by the plague and move them to a safe place. β
"But I want to try." The Baroness said firmly.
Brad nodded and said, "I also said the worst plan, I didn't say that we would move at the beginning, we need to prepare for the move, but first we have to keep the city." In addition, I have a sentence that I don't know when to say it or not. β
"Old marshal, please." Rivendell said hurriedly.
Brad took a deep breath and said, "It's not good to give up the city now, and I understand that you don't understand." But what I want to say is that you are now a legend, where is not a hero. Why stick to one place, if you are reluctant, I can give up the oasis of the barren land, or the silent swamps and hills, you can choose any place to build a city, I Jasper will give the greatest support, so that the entanglement is not only to sacrifice more people, but also not to be a big husband. β
Bled was already very close to the city and soon entered the city with a warm welcome. During this time, the baroness kept smiling, and their hearts were entangled to the extreme. Looking at the familiar city streets and buildings, the two of them were in a very low mood.
Zumashar's council room was very stylish, fully electric, and the bright crystal lamps illuminated the hall as if it were daylight, and the dinner was hastily used to prepare for the current situation and deal with the impending crisis.
By the time he entered the city, Brad had already sent a druid with his army to patrol the city, and now the basic information was in place.
A female druid in leather armor stood in the middle of the hall to report to the crowd.
"My lord, we have inspected the water sources and granaries of the whole city, and then selected the citizens of the city to inspect them, and we have a clear understanding of the general situation."
Brad nodded and said, "Let's talk about the specific situation, is the plague infection strict or not?" β
The female druid took out the information and said, "Lord, please see, Zumashar is divided into three districts, one is the commercial area, which is the area where the main city gate is located. The back is divided into two districts, one is the administrative area and the other is the vocational area. We tested the wells in the three districts and found a total of 32 wells with plague stocks. Of the small granaries, twenty-five granaries had plague in their grain. And we also found a dozen plague pots in the sewers that were emitting plague. As for the 1,000 people in different urban areas who were tested by the plague, more than 130 of them were indeed infected with the plague. β
Hearing the druid's return, everyone's faces changed very ugly, especially the baroness, who could not have imagined that there was an outbreak of plague under their noses.
Brad was concerned about another question, asking, "Your experience, how long will it take for these people to become undead after the plague?" β
Without thinking about it, the druid said, "My lord, I'm sure you know it too. The plague is a very special thing, and the resistance of each race, and even each person, is different. Under normal circumstances, if you absorb a plague that does not exceed your own resistance, you will not be infected, and even after a day or two, these plagues will dissipate. But if you have already been hit by the plague, the human body will undergo terrible mutations, if there is no new plague catalyst, it will generally take five or six days to fall into a frenzy and become undead, and if there is a catalyst of the plague, the time is difficult to say. If there is a large number of plagues, it can change even in a short time. And the general distribution area of the plague is ......"
With the Druid's words, Brad's transformed virtual map showed a lot of reddish areas, either around wells or around granaries, and although they covered less than a third of the city's area, they had already made everyone panic.
Everyone became panicked, and when the nobles of the city heard that they were going to abandon the city at the dinner, they were all indignant that the city was in the city, and the city was dead, and now that the plague had broken out in the city, the entire council hall suddenly became a pot of porridge, and even the timid nobles cried in fright, and knelt down and begged Brad to let the druid help her test for the plague. Because
"Silence, silence."
With Rivendell's roar, the hall finally fell silent. He had originally held this meeting to rely on the strength of the crowd to beg Brad to keep the city, but now it was really annoying to see how these rice buckets, who had eaten all day and had nothing to do, showed such an ugly side in front of Brad and Uther. I can't wait to kill these guys who usually have five or six people to vent their anger.
"Actually, what they said makes sense, so let's test it for you first." Brad motioned for the druids to test for the crowd.
The druids nodded and began to get busy, and soon the results came out, and more than a dozen of the many nobles were infected. The results came out, and the entire hall was thrown into chaos again...... (To be continued......)