Chapter XXVII: The Siege
Tyranny has the advantage of tyranny, at least it will have an unexpected deterrent effect against the subordinates who were originally thugs, after the Ereda lizard army surrounded the Hellfire Fortress, Wei Lun indifferently only said two words, "camp", so layers of camps were erected on the outside of the fortress, like an iron bucket surrounding the Hellfire Fortress in the middle.
This is hitting the soft underbelly of Mathridon, the main race in the Hellfire Fortress is the Moonlight Rat, in this half-plane, the Moonlight Rat's reputation is not for its combat ability, but for its intelligence, which can be proved by the endless sandalwood and strong crossbows on the fortress.
In addition to Wald, the strongest combat power of the Moonlight Rat is the Ferocious Rat Cavalry, although these giant rats with a length of more than a foot can walk sideways on the Hellfire Peninsula, but in front of the Ereda lizards with an average body length of more than two feet, at best they can fight a tie, and a one-on-two is self-inflicted.
The number of ferocious rat cavalry in the castle is no more than a hundred, and the number of Ereda lizards outside the fortress is definitely not less than five thousand, and it is definitely not a wise choice to send the ferocious rat cavalry to battle.
Veraku still glides through the air as usual every day, then spits at the army of lizards on the ground, and when his mouth is dry, he returns to Maseriton's lair to rehydrate and continue to spray. But he was able to do less and less damage, because the Ereda lizards had erected a large number of arrow towers in the camp and sent many powerful Ereda lizards to garrison them, and the flying spears fired by these lizards were already able to pierce Veraku's scales and hurt his body, even if Veraku was immortal, it could not withstand the simultaneous attack of hundreds of flying spears.
"Matheriton, come out and surrender, as long as you make a contract and recognize that the Hellfire Peninsula belongs to the rule of Shadowmoon Valley, then you are still the lord of the Hellfire Peninsula, and Lord Illidan will not treat you badly. ”
Every day, Velun will send several loud large-mouthed lizards to persuade Mathridon to surrender on the arrow tower closest to the fortress, hundreds of persuasion broadcasts comparable to large loudspeakers every day gradually shake Mathridon's heart, as long as he surrenders, he can let this group of Ereda lizards leave the Hellfire Peninsula, he is still the lord of the Hellfire Peninsula, although he has the name of someone else's subordinate, but the mountain is far away, and Illidan is far away in the Shadow Moon Valley, so he can't control him at all.
"I've surrendered, I'm still the lord of the Hellfire Peninsula, but what about these moonglow rats under my command?"
Matheriton couldn't help but think like this, more than ten years ago, he had just become the lord of the Hellfire Peninsula, and he didn't have his own fixed residence, it was Wald who dug a cave for him with the Bloodwrath Moonlight Rats, built a castle, and for so many years, he was worshipped with good food and drink, although these offerings were also in exchange for the right to survive of the Moonlight Rat Clan on the Hellfire Peninsula, but after a long time, Matheriton had already regarded the Moonlight Rat Clan as his own friend.
"It seems that we can only trouble the Efeld brothers a little more. ”
Thinking of this, Maseriton got up and crawled out of the lair.
Outside the lair is the wall of the Hellfire Fortress, which has been expanded from a small castle to a large fortress that can accommodate all the moonlight rats, and the moonlight rats have also completely surrounded the nest of Mathridon, and at the same time, in order to ensure the convenience of Mathridon's travel, the main entrance of the fortress is opposite the entrance and exit of Mathridon's lair.
Slowly standing upright, a movement he had only been able to do recently, Matheriton shouted at Wings of Dread, who was having fun playing over the Ereda lizard camp.
"Veraku!
Velakul was happily burning the shack on the edge of the camp, where there was no arrow tower that could pose a threat to him, when he suddenly heard someone call his name, and did a magnificent backflip in the air, and saw that it was Mathridon, so he flew slowly back to the fort and landed in front of Mathridon.
"What's the matter with me? ”
"As you can see, I can't open the situation here at all, I want you to go back to the Blade Mountains and ask you Efeld Lord to borrow some troops, and when the time comes, I will fight off this group of Ereda lizards. ”
Without further ado, Maseriton told Veraku of his thoughts as soon as he landed.
"It just so happens that this group of Ereda lizards doesn't have the power to fight in the air, and there is no way to take the high walls of the Hellfire Fortress, so I set off immediately. ”
Veraku understood that it was actually a matter of life and death, so he had no objection and immediately agreed.
"Then it's up to you, Veraku. ”
Maseriton solemnly took out a crystal, recorded his thoughts into images, and slapped them heavily on the palm of Veraku's hand.
Veraku didn't speak, solemnly held his forepaw, his hind legs were strong, he had already jumped into the air, and then his wings flapped rapidly and continuously, and in an instant he had already flown out of the walls of the fortress, and then made a turn in the air, heading towards the Blade Mountains.
Mathridon saw Veraku disappear completely in the air, and then returned to his lair.
The time, the location, the people, and the people are good, and Matheriton can only borrow Zhu Ba's meager people now.
In fact, it wasn't just Matheriton who had been watching Veraku, but there were also several pairs of eyes in the Ereda Lizard's camp that watched him until he disappeared. "This cunning reptile has finally flown away!"
Velen finally breathed a sigh of relief, there was a super-large biological flamethrower that strafed back and forth in the air every day, and he was actually very stressed. Although it is not visible on the surface, his Ereda lizards have recently begun to appear in an unstable state.
In an army, the state of being able to only be beaten and unable to fight back is not allowed to exist for a long time, once it exists for a long time, this army will eventually completely lose the will to fight, and the tyranny of Velen has forged the iron blood of the Ereda Lizard, but it is also easy to collapse, especially when encountering an opponent that Veren can't defeat.
"The order goes, and tomorrow morning the Ecmund tribe begins to attack the fortress. ”
Wei Lun bowed his head slightly, he had already given orders to his heralds, and then walked out of the shack, looking at the tall hellfire fortress not far away with cold vertical pupils.
"Mathriton, I've been persuading you for more than ten days, but you don't know what to do, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The night was uneventful, but the full moon had not yet faded from the pale sky, and the surging rivers of energy in the void had just begun to converge, and the camp of the Ereda lizards had begun to mobilize, facing the main gate of the Hellfire Fortress, and a large number of figures had already gathered.
"The five hundred death squads of the Ekmond tribe have been assembled, ready to sacrifice their lives for your lordship. ”
The two strongest Eredar warriors under Velon, Ake, who was only a little shorter than him, stood in front of him at this time, reporting to him on the preparations.
Turning his head, Veron silently looked at the other Ereda warrior, Gardan.
"The mobile base of the bow tower is in place, and when the daredevils attack, the bow tower can also be moved up to cover their attack. ”
"Very well, so let's get started, I hope to be able to eat roasted moonlight rats in the Hellfire Fortress before it gets dark. ”
Wei Lun nodded with satisfaction, sat down on his commander's seat, and slowly closed his eyes.
Ark and Kadan bowed silently to Velen and walked backwards out of his shack.
"Kill!"
"Knock Knock ~ Knock Knock Knock ~"
The war drums sounded, and the five hundred Ereda death squads, wearing heavy armor and carrying a battering ram made of century-old ironwood from the Troka Forest, slowly set off towards the gate of the Hellfire Fortress, and at the same time, dozens of arrow towers, under the impetus of the ground troops, slowly approached the walls of the Hellfire Fortress, and the palms of the Ereda spearmen on the arrow towers were already sweating slightly.
"Hmm~~~~~~~"
The Ereda lizards hadn't hidden the Moonlight Rats on the Hellfire Fortress, and they hadn't tried to hide it.
The high-pitched horn sounded again, and countless moonlight rats emerged from the city wall in unison like leeks after autumn, and as they moved, a powerful crossbow retreated from the equipment warehouse, flashing metallic arrows aimed at the Ereda Lizard's arrow towers and death squads, just waiting for them to come into range.
"Charge!"
"Rush!"
The lizard at the head of the death squad suddenly raised his head, his eyes were so red that they seemed to be dripping blood, and with a roar that tore through his vocal cords, the death squad carrying the battering ram suddenly quickened its pace, and rushed towards the frenzied bulls, towards the gates of the Hellfire Fortress.
"Put!"
"Whoosh-"
"Boom~"