Chapter 0420: The Fall of Yuexi Town (1)
"Quick! Forming a formation at the entrance of the street, you can't let them rush over and resist! ”
"Raise your shields high, and watch out for their muskets and bows! Where's the shooter? Hurry up and come to support, hurry! Random arrows to push them back!! ”
At the east gate of Mooncreek Town, nearly 2,000 recruits of the Western Wilderness People's Army were blocking the city gate with the goblin Brak's thorn valley mercenaries and the members of the Brotherhood of Defia who were wearing red robes and armor and weapons that were slowly pressing from all over the city in the rear.
At this time, with the exception of the veteran paladin Gian Stallman, a few elite cavalry, and less than five hundred armored infantrymen, the other 1,000-odd recruits of the Western Wilderness People's Army were all simple wooden shields, iron-tipped wooden spears, or crude short swords.
In this way, with such a part of the elite, in the east, they forcibly beat the motley troops of the goblins near the city gates; On the west side, with the advantage of tenacious fighting spirit and narrow streets, the elite troops of the Brotherhood of Defia were blocked at the entrance of the street.
"Brethren! Steady, don't panic! ”
Activating the holy light on his body, the old paladin Grian quickly clashed forward after flying a small goblin with a hammer, and a holy storm shattered several trolls who rushed to the ranks of the People's Army, and were wantonly on those recruits, and another crusade striked, smashing the head of the opponent with a huge mace in his hand and half of his shoulder!
Thanks to his timely support, he was able to barely stop the collapse of the team here. However, there is only one man in him, and war is not a game of heroes alone! Therefore, if the battle situation continues to deteriorate like this, it is only a matter of time before the Western Wilderness People's Army is defeated!
Originally, they could actually equip two or three thousand ironclad troops!
Because the Goblin Ventures' convoy will arrive in Moonstream Town today and deliver the scarce equipment they need!
Of course, that's what was planned......
But who would have thought that those greedy goblins would be in league with the Brotherhood of Defia? Look at the current situation, not only did they brutally kill the more than 200 soldiers they sent out to receive equipment directly outside the city, but they also brazenly attacked and attacked their towns, and successfully rushed in, inflicting huge casualties on them!
What's worse is that when Grion Stallman led his troops to resist, the interior of Mooncreek was attacked by the Brotherhood of Defia at this time? At the beginning, he thought that it was just the behavior of the enemy's small group of spies taking advantage of the fire, so in addition to sending some troops to encircle and suppress the other party, he still planned to destroy the goblins who rushed in from here at the east gate with bad intentions!
And then...... And then there's nothing to be done!
You know, the town of Moon Creek is not very large, and when his men were rushed here by the neatly organized and well-equipped ironclad troops of the mighty Defia Brotherhood, Grian Stallman sadly discovered that a large army of their Western Wilderness People's Army had been surrounded by the enemy inside and outside these streets.
As far as the eye could see, in several directions in the city, were the members of the Brotherhood of Defia wearing iron armor, red robes, and a banner with a golden hammer scimitar on a red background! Although he Grian had never heard of or seen this flag, judging from the slogans shouted by the other party, there was no doubt that he was indeed a member of the New Defia Brotherhood!
“……”
Seeing the other party's appearance, Grian couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation......
In fact, he really wanted to ask, on both sides of the enemy and us, who is the official and who is the bandit? How come those thugs on the other side not only have armor and weapons, but also have uniforms and banners?
Originally, their Western Wilderness People's Army could also have the same plate armor as the enemy, although they may not be as thick as the standard standard Stormwind Legion plate armor that they have built, but at least it is much better than the current leather coat with wooden shield short sword and iron-headed spear!
Damn it, these Defia Brotherhood people, when the hell did they buy uh goblins?
At first, he thought that the goblins were just selling to make money on both sides, but who would have thought that they would have such an idea of combining the inside and the outside? Looking at the present situation, the other side was well prepared, and then at the helpless soldiers on his side, Grian couldn't help but sigh again, and was mentally prepared for the worst.
"Ahh
"Ugh!!"
"Help!!"
Just as Grian Stallman was staring at the members of the Brotherhood of Defia, who were holding red flags and wearing red robes, from the city, to observe and find a way to change the terrible situation in front of him, suddenly, he heard a series of screams from behind!
Then, when he turned his head, he was shocked to find that on the other side of the east gate, there were two robots that looked like lumberjacks controlled by goblins, wielding two huge saws that were spinning wildly on their mechanical arms, rushing straight into the formation of his Western Wilderness People's Army and slashing and cutting his men!
In an instant, countless blood, stumps, internal organ fragments, flesh and bone residue were scattered all over the ground! After being hit so the side of the city gate, the recruits of the People's Army, whose morale was already not very high, suddenly exploded and collapsed!
Because the iron sword or the wooden spear in their hand was of no use to the iron-skinned monster, and there were already one or two hundred soldiers under its command!
They began to flee into the city one after another, and squeezed and clashed the originally neat formation on Grian's side, so that the entire army began to float in people's hearts......
"Don't panic! Keep your composure! Look how I cleaned up that monster! ”
"O Light, please respond to me!!"
Seeing that those two construction machines had caused so many casualties and commotion to his army, Grian Stallman angrily raised the white war hammer in his hand, causing the holy light to suddenly explode on his body, and then rushed towards the two construction machines that were still raging in front of him.
It's a bit risky to play one-on-two, but he, Grian, has to do it!
Otherwise, after a while, if these two machines rush back and forth a few more times, his entire army may be greatly defeated! You must know that in the Western Wilderness People's Army, there are very few high-level professionals, and with those soldiers, if you pay those trolls or ogres, you can barely defeat them by numbers, but you can deal with this kind of steel equipment in front of you, it will be too powerful.
Blind Light!
Crusader Strike!!
When rushing towards the other party, Grian secretly made a trick, and once again let the golden holy light on his body explode, forming a more intense dazzling bright light towards the goblin operator on the opposite two construction machines, and taking advantage of the other party's emergency eyes and panicked to wave the two saws, he jumped slightly, avoided the dangerous saw, and smashed directly into the cockpit with a hammer!
Bang dang!!
The control room of a goblin machine was directly deflated, and from the blood splashing from it and the little green arm that was exposed and twitching, you could know that the goblin engineer inside must be dead!
Then, with the attack still unabated, he used the Crusader strike again, and directly kicked the machine that had killed the operator towards the one behind with a hammer blow and a kick! When the two machines collided, he turned the saw to cut strings of sparks on each other's iron armor, and before the other managed to get up, he grabbed an iron-tipped wooden gun and plunged into the gap in the cab with precision and stability!
"See? They're not as scary as you think! ”
"Just dodge their attacks and attack the crew in the cockpit, and they'll die too!"
After neatly disposing of the two goblin machines that had caused heavy casualties, Grian snorted coldly and shouted at the soldiers who were still in shock.
“!!”
"Fire! Hit him with a musket! Shoot !! ”
At this time, the goblin Brak, who was about to come in and command the troops and show off his might, when he saw that the paladin was so brave that he instantly scrapped his two expensive fighting machines, he was so frightened that he quickly ordered the goblin musketeers who were also a little stunned to step forward and shoot at the paladin!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Then, a barrage of muskets shot straight at the clash of Grian!
However, it is a pity that Grian, who had been prepared for a long time, opened a shield of revenge in an instant, and reluctantly created a barrier of holy light in front of him that could resist damage for himself, narrowly blocking those hot large-caliber lead bullets, and quickly retracted back to the back of the shield-wielding infantry phalanx of the street team, allowing his archers to suppress those goblin musketeers.
The close-range shooting of this kind of musket, even Grian didn't dare to casually hard-hit, after all, the Sacred Barrier has a limit to its strength, and he himself has not reached the point of invulnerability!
And in fact, throughout the entire world of Azeroth, as long as it is a flesh and blood creature, if it is not guarded with special energy or does not have armor scales or cuticle protection, even if it is stabbed by a small soldier, when the white knife enters and the red knife comes out, an old paladin as powerful as Grian will also die!
This is a real world of Azeroth, and there is no such thing as ignoring the attacks of low-level opponents at a very high level! For example, even if a low-level mage uses a large fireball technique to smash it at the head of a great arcane master, if the other party dares to use various shields to protect or dodge, there will be no place to reason for the end of directly burning the entire head to charcoal!
“……”
No, we have to find a way to break through, this Yuexi Town, I'm afraid I really can't stay!
Looking at more and more teams of elite Defia Brotherhood phalanx soldiers pouring in from the city, when the other party blocked all the roads and streets, Grian knew that those Defia Brotherhood guys must have some kind of large secret passage in the city!
During this period of time, he was busy reinforcing the city walls and building various defenses and watchtower fortifications outside the city, but what he never expected was ...... The other party actually has a secret passage in the city? This kind of attack that erupted from the inside really caught him off guard!
It's all his Grian's fault!
At the time just now, they had a chance...... However, he still thought that the enemy was just a small force to take advantage of the fire, so that he missed the best opportunity to suppress the enemy! Now, he has been trapped here and caught between the front and back, and there is obviously no possibility of turning the tables.
"Lieutenant Fablon!"
"Quick! Ready to organize our elite troops, we must break through early! ”
After taking out the two goblin engineering robots and firing back the goblins, Grian Stallman decided that they had to retreat sooner! Otherwise, when the thugs of Defiya block all the streets around here, they won't be able to run if they want to!
"Retreat, retreat?"
"But...... Gregory, where do we retreat now?! ”
A lieutenant-to-be paladin covered in goblin and troll blood, also carrying a war hammer, was about to continue to organize a team to resist the attack of Defia and the goblins, when he heard their leader Grian's words, and couldn't help but be surprised.
Are they planning to give up the rhythm of Moonstream Town right now?
However, after losing the town of Yuexi, where can their People's Army in the Western Wilderness go? You know, here in the Western Wilderness, except for this Yuexi Town, the others are all farms, mines, or small villages, but there are no more large towns suitable for stationing!
"We can't go north or west, and the Brotherhood of Defia is already stuck behind!"
"So, we're going to force our way through the goblins, and they'll only have a few hundred left! Except for the trolls and ogres who may be a little more difficult, the other little goblins will definitely not be able to resist us! After rushing out, we went straight to Sentinel Ridge in the northeast! ”
"Quick! You immediately arrange for our well-equipped elite to be the vanguard, and we must lead the others out of the city! ”
Seeing a large number of Defia infantry phalanxes constantly swarming towards this side from a distance with the banner of that red hammer scimitar, Grian knew that the situation was urgent, and they must not delay the opportunity any longer, they must withdraw from here as soon as possible, save themselves first, and then think about anything else!
"Go ahead! That's all we can do now! ”
Sentinel Ridge is built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is still a small fortress built by the regular army of the Storm Kingdom back then! Although there are very few security forces stationed there, probably less than 300 people, and the watchtower and fortress are relatively dilapidated, if they are repaired a little, it should be no problem for them to stay there for a while with one or two thousand people.
It's just that if they really want to retreat to Sentinel Ridge, it is estimated that Defiya will develop and grow here in Mooncreek Town...... But now he has no other way!
He could only and must do this now, and hopefully the regular army of the Stormwind Kingdom would come to their aid sooner while they could barely resist? Otherwise, the situation may become even more uncontrollable......
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At this moment, a series of musket explosions rang out in the west!
When Grian hurriedly looked to the other side of the street, he vaguely noticed that a large group of muskets of the Brotherhood of Defia were under the protection of those gun and shield phalanxes, and began to shoot at his Western People's Army.
"Yes! The 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the Western Wilderness People's Army were assembled immediately!! ”
Seeing that the situation was indeed urgent, and that the team was at risk of being hit at any time until the whole army was scattered, Lieutenant Fablon did not dare to slack off any longer, and quickly turned around and shouted loudly towards the slightly chaotic battlefield.
"Hurry up! Meet here! ”
"Where are the reserves? Come forward for me, give me the back of those red-robed enemies! What about the shieldholder? Give me all to the west! ”
"Archers and undead musketeers, all to the east! We're going to crush those goblins! ”
After receiving the order to break out of the siege from Commander Grian, Lieutenant Fablon immediately shouted loudly for command and dispatch. As Lord Grian's deputy, he must take on the role of battle commander when the other party is busy fighting the goblins to save the situation from collapse.
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