Chapter XXIV: The Battle of Honor
Hoof trampling, hoof trampling.
A heavily armoured white horse galloped along the gravel-strewn road of the town at night, with Earl Gerald on horseback, followed by a group of iron-clad cavalrymen armed with spears and blades.
The only way to get from the East Valley Lumberyard to Nightshade was this winding mountain path, which was steep but Earl Gerald thought it was worth it, even if a few unlucky ghosts who didn't have long eyes fell down the mountain road.
As long as he can capture Nightshade before it reacts, then he will have de facto dominion over the Twilight Forest south of Stormwind.
Thinking of this, Count Gerald smiled contemptuously, it was simply funny to hear that the adventurer who had sought the dominance of Nighttown was transferring all his military strength to exterminate Raven Ridge.
Where would someone transfer the main force away before stabilizing their territory, this kind of rash risk is very much in line with the adventurer named Lu En.
Earl Gerald flicked his horsewhip, and a sentence came out of his bearded mouth: "follow, I'm going to have a big dinner in Nighttown tonight!!"
"Your dinner is also settled in Nighttown!!"
This sentence undoubtedly excited the knights and peasants behind Sir Gerald, this sentence is a typical war slang, on the surface it is just a meal in such and such a place, but the secret meaning is clear, that is, a massacre in Night Town.
Occupation and plunder, the eternal melody of war is echoing in the minds of the farmers and knights who live in the Elwyn Forest. Maybe these people haven't killed anyone before, or maybe they've been cowardly people before.
However, as long as they have the awareness to fight, the beast of war will soon give them the ability to fight.
For thousands of years, the cruelty and fanaticism that have been engraved in the bones of mankind will soon be aroused.
As long as Nightshade will fall.
Sir Gerald flicked his whip, and the horse under his crotch quickened his pace.
As long as Lu En's main force has not returned to Night Town, as long as he can capture the city and defend it, Lu En's army will be able to suffer heavy losses.
Earl Gerald soon saw the night town below at a crossroads, and under the bright moonlight, the whole night town seemed to be covered with a layer of silver veil, which seemed to be particularly seductive and intoxicating.
"My soldiers, hurry up, Nighttown is in our ...... Foot down!!"
However, having said that, the movements of Count Gerald's army were already in Luen's field of vision, and the ghosts wandering in the mountains had already transmitted all the information of this army to the combat headquarters in Nightlight Town not far away.
It is worth mentioning that these three ghosts were all made by Daini, although they have no combat power, but their fast movement speed and stealth characteristics make them undetectable, and the ghosts are excellent scouts, at least in the early stage of Lu En.
Lu En carefully looked at Earl Gerald's army on the table: "Two knight squads, five heavy infantry squads, and a dozen militiamen?"
"There are about 600 troops, which looks like there are far more than us. ”
Lu En quickly put his finger on the mountain pass above Nightlight Town, and then said, "Send all the troops to this mountain pass, where we are going to fight the human army. ”
The people in the command room all nodded, in the war room, Lu En has the right to say anything, victory is naturally the credit of Lu En alone, but defeat is also Lu En's responsibility.
There was nothing to refute, and the people of the Night's Watch looked at each other and began to organize the militia to take away the bows and arrows they had bought from the goblins.
Lu En soon spread the plan to attack Count Gerald at the mountain pass to all the Scourge legions, and the undead soon carried out Lu En's order and began to head to the mountain pass.
Lu En looked at the bright moon in the sky above Night Town: "Tonight's moon...... It's good, it's time to kill. ”
Lu En stroked the Frost Sorrow in his hand: "Frost Sorrow...... Hungry. ”
Said Wan walked out of the house.
Mystermanto Estate
The manor has been successfully transformed into a wartime command post, and the ghouls wandering the fields have naturally been controlled by Daini and sent to the front of the army.
Although the farmer was somewhat opposed to these filthy spirits fighting alongside them, such opposition was ineffective.
Lu En hides in the forest on a skeletal horse, and behind him is a group of neighing ghouls. He was involved in the specific command work, at least the plans drawn up before the war were sufficient.
Lu En chose to wait for the army to be led by Earl Gerald, and then let the human army completely collapse on the mountain road of Night Town.
A whistling mountain wind came through the mountains, and Count Gerald snorted a hacher, and there was still a hint of cold air in the twilight forest night, which made him feel very unhappy.
He walked to the entrance of a mountain pass, and a bad feeling rose in his heart, this mountain pass seemed very suitable for launching an assault campaign, and if an army appeared here to attack, there was only one final result, and that was that he was bound to fail.
Rational thinking drove him to retreat immediately, but he soon laughed, how could there be an ambush on this silent night, even the birds did not cry.
Wait a minute...... None of the birds made a sound.
An absurd emotion surged up in Earl Gerald's heart in an instant, how could a bird not be able to make a sound! He suddenly raised the whip in his hand and shouted loudly: "All the army retreat, all the army retreat!"
However, it was too late, and a torch sounded on the top of the mountain, and then the army of the Night's Watch began to vent their bows and arrows with bows and arrows.
A commotion instantly emerged in Earl Gerald's army!
Earl Gerald, who has been in war for many years, knows very well in his heart that if he continues to retreat, the final result will be the collapse of the army! He raised the long sword in his hand: "The other party is just a bunch of farmers, rush over and crush them!"
Behind Count Gerald were naturally his knights, who, at Earl Gerald's orders, raised their spears in their hands and rushed towards the path ahead.
However, when a group of ghouls and skeleton soldiers armed with spears suddenly rushed out of the middle of the mountain road, Earl Gerald was surprised, and a thought came to his mind: "He actually colluded with the undead...... It's so good, I have no excuses. ”
The charge of the heavily armored cavalry was indeed very ferocious, at least the skeleton soldiers and ghouls could not resist, and the strong impact force almost instantly cut a hole in the defense line of the ghouls and skeleton soldiers in front of them.
"But the undead lock the will to fight, and they will fight until the last moment. Standing on the top of the mountain, Saleindaini murmured softly.