141. Escape
"There is no possibility of losing this war. Near the town of Shining Gold, in the main tent of the legislature's army, Anthony spoke rather conceitedly.
"Bowval's 10,000 private soldiers are useless, as long as we can break through the cathedrals' defenses and catch Anduin, he will not be able to defeat himself, so we don't have to fight him at all, we can just drag him ......"
Flashing Gold is located directly in front of Stormwind, which is supposed to be the gateway to Stormwind, it is like a nail in it, and if an enemy invades, they must breach it in order to get their hands on Stormwind.
But now this situation is very strange, except for the cathedral area, the other areas of Stormwind City are controlled by the council side, which means that Stormwind City is now under the control of the enemy, Shining Gold Town is embattled, and Bolval can't do anything at all.
Anthony and they have no intention of storming Shining Gold Town, their purpose is only Anduin, so they are only besieging Shining Gold Town and not destroying it.
So the current situation is completely reversed, Bolval can't hold the city, and the people don't beat him at all, but he has to take the initiative to harass the parliamentarians, preventing them from entering the city and putting pressure on the garrison.
The main reason why the cathedral can hold on all the time is that there are many priests in it, as well as the royal mages led by Martin, these professionals put a shield on a soldier and others have to fight for half a day, and they can also heal others.
However, their numbers are still too small after all, and Anthony has ordered the army to start a demolition party mode, or it will not be long before the cathedral will be demolished, and then they will no longer be able to take advantage of the terrain, and defeat is inevitable.
"It doesn't matter if they use teleportation to leave, as long as we can completely control Stormwind City, the rest of the alliance will know and won't turn against us, and then we will be orthodox, and I will be the ...... of the country" Anthony opened his arms quite enjoyed, as if embracing the glory of the future.
At this time, a herald suddenly ran over: "Report to your lordship!
"Oh, that fat man just blackmailed me for a sum of money for rations, and now what's the matter?" Anthony took the letter with a displeased expression, and his face changed as soon as he opened it.
"The troops at Fort Watch have been moved!?"
The content of the letter goes like this.
Since Zhang Li had an airship, he sent Marcus directly to the Overwatch, which his new ally, Duke Eberlock, could not stop, and now, this elite veteran, numbering five thousand, was on Anduin's side, and Eberlock had captured some of their vanguards, and from them he knew that the army was not far from them.
Duke Eberlock sent a message for help, after all, there were only 4,000 men left in his territory, and the enemy was 5,000, and perhaps the High Elf mages stationed at the Watchtower would also be on their side.
Duke Eberlock was no match for them, so the letter for help said that if Anthony did not help him resist the army, they would have to withdraw from the alliance and let the army pass through his territory.
After all, he wants to be family-oriented, and Anthony understands this.
And the letter also made it very clear that the Eberlock family could not afford to suffer too much loss, and I could be on your side, but if I wanted to fight hard, I would not even think about it, so regarding the confrontation with the Overwatch army, he said that Anthony must contribute the main force, he could lend him the city wall for defense, and he could also provide a little material aid, but they definitely didn't want to die, they couldn't afford to die.
The letter tearfully describes the current form of the Twilight Forest, saying that they are not unwilling to fight for "justice", but that there is really no way, if the loss is too great, the group of ogres in Vorgur can destroy them, and they must take care of themselves first when they do good deeds.
Speaking of which, the reason why the Eberlock family can only hold on to Night Town, Anthony, the Grand Councilor, is somewhat responsible, he understands very well the idea that they don't want to contribute, but it doesn't matter, anyway, he didn't think that the Eberlock family would give him much effort, he just wanted their support.
"Let the 7,000 Blackwell family go back, let them go to support, with the walls of Night Town firmly guarded, even if the enemy has an elven mage, they can support it, and maybe they can annihilate the enemy." Behind Anthony, his son also quietly read the entire letter, and then gave his own advice.
"No, no, no, you can't just let them pass. Anthony shook his head: "My son, you have to remember that the most important thing for a ruler is checks and balances, we need to balance the strength of our subordinates, and set up opponents for them, so that our position will not be shaken, so that we will not end up like Varian, but it is also important that we need to balance not only the strength of our subordinates, but also their psychology." Anthony said to his son in a tone of admonition.
"Here, the strength of the four of us will not suffer much loss, Bolval does not dare to release all his forces to fight us, so he only has a few thousand of us tens of thousands, this number will make us very safe, and this may not be the case in Night Town, if only let their family go to support, and the enemy is too fierce, they are likely to suffer heavy losses, then who do you think they will hate? Of course we are! You have to keep in mind that other families have no losses and they have suffered heavy losses, and if their hearts are not balanced, then there is no loyalty to speak of. ”
As he spoke, he patted his son on the shoulder: "When I die, it will definitely be you, my son, who will ascend to the throne, and you still have a lot to learn." His son repeatedly said yes, but this family already regarded himself as a king.
"Then let the two families send 2,000 men each, and let the dead fat man's family send 3,000 men, a total of 7,000 men, presumably it will be enough to deal with the troops of the Watchtower. ”
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In Alwyn Forest, on the way to the town of Shining Gold, a special carriage was slowly moving forward, and the driver did not let the horse run fast, because if it ran too fast, the candle in the carriage might be extinguished, and then it would be very likely that the guy inside would not be able to shut down.
It was Zhang Li who was locked in this car, although his limbs were cut off, he was still tied up by five flowers, after all, his tricks were too weird, and people had to guard against them.
In the end, the fat marquis failed to cure Zhang Li, ordinary priests can not be reborn with severed limbs, and Zhang Li is always ruthless to himself, he self-mutilated himself to break his hands and tendons, and let people sprinkle a handful of lime on them, the whole wound is rotten, it can be said that there is no possibility of healing at all.
Unable to speak or write, his ears were deaf and his mind was in a trance, and he was completely worthless.
Chubby asked people to send him to Anthony, and because it was worthless, there were very few people who were even escorted, only four, in fact, he felt that four were too much, although Zhang Li's weird shadow ability was very powerful, but his limbs were broken, could he still run?
How long can he live if he runs away?
Anyway, because of this, the four people who escorted didn't take Zhang Li to heart, they just treated this escort as if they were on vacation, and occasionally someone remembered the candle and went in to replace it with a new one.
However, if they slack off for too long, it is easy for people to forget what is going on, and when they wake up at noon after a good afternoon of sleep under a big tree, they are ready to camp for the night.
It wasn't until the bonfire was lit that someone suddenly thought of the candle, and then squirmed into the car, and as soon as he opened it, he was startled.
It was empty.
On a big tree dozens of meters away from them, Zhang Li rubbed his wrist with palpitations, and now it was completely reconciled, but the pain still remained.
"Self-harm is really uncomfortable, the tongue can disappear through shadow imitation, and the external wound is not so easy. ”
Speaking of which, Zhang Li's shadow ability can be regarded as evolving a bit, and with his frequent use, he can already make a part of his body shadow, which is all obtained through exercise.
After complaining, Zhang Li looked south.
"I don't know if they acted according to plan...... But the most important thing is Lakeside Town. ”