Volume 5 The Return of the King 267 The Battle of the Foothold

The expeditionary force spent a long time preparing for the passage through the dark gate, this is not just a matter of going to that world to fight, it needs a steady stream of troops, logistics support that must not go wrong, and it must also ensure sufficient morale, the coordination of all armies and the integrity of cooperation between troops, what to do if they get there, and so on.

At this time, the Stormwind Kingdom could no longer provide so many soldiers, so it needed to mobilize troops from the north, and now the supplies that the Stormwind Kingdom could provide were quite limited. So even though the Dark Gate had been able to cross through, it took months to assemble in front of the Dark Gate.

A few months later, as the materials and personnel were gradually put in place, there were more and more troops that could cross the dark gate, in order to ensure that the expedition would not be discovered and destroyed by the orcs, so when the army was almost assembled, it took three days to cross the past, and the personnel, equipment, materials, including the equipment needed for defense and some of the material resources needed to build fortress fortifications were continuously sent to that world.

The Alliance forces were very careful, and the intelligence of the scouts was clear enough, and building the fortifications in front of the Dark Gate was something that everyone did together, and it only took a few days for the fortifications in front of the Dark Gate to be basically completed.

The Coalition army, which had initially gained a foothold, immediately sent more scouts to reconnoiter the situation on the continent, and the griffin knights brought by Kurland played an extremely important role.

It is impossible for human behavior to be completely hidden, it is only a matter of time before they are discovered, and the griffin orcs flying in the sky are not blind, so soon the orc reconnaissance team arrived in front of the dark gate, and the alliance army immediately began to arrange defense after discovering that the orc reconnaissance team returned.

The battle happened without danger, the defensive counterattack for the alliance army can be said to be handy, after the initial defeat of the orc attack, the alliance army took advantage of the victory to pursue, the scouts sent out some time ago did their best to reconnoiter the terrain structure and the situation of the orc camp here, so the army was reduced to zero and immediately went to a place to start camping and building fortifications, which is now the glory fort.

Because Fort Glory is not very far from the largest city in the land, the act is extremely risky. And the actions of the alliance army were also detected by the orcs, so a big battle with real swords and guns was about to break out.

Although the defender's coalition army penetrates deep into the interior, although the Dark Gate can provide a flanking attack, it still takes some time before the signal is sent to the army from that side to rush over.

The orcs here are different from those in Azeroth, two of the attacking orcs are composed of evil orcs, those orcs not only have fangs in their mouths, those bone spurs pierce their skin and come out, their shoulders, arms, faces, and backs will grow black spikes, this kind of orcs are not afraid of death at all.

So at the beginning when the orcs pounced on the alliance army that had not yet gained a firm foothold, it was very difficult, after a morning of fighting, after the orcs temporarily retreated in the afternoon, they found that the losses on both sides were very large, and the humans could win this battle was actually taking advantage of the terrain advantage, and the condescending rain of arrows covered and the dwarves successfully forced back the first attack of the orcs.

But soon the orcs immediately launched a second attack, this time the price paid by both sides was very large, but it was also this battle that made humans see that orcs are not invincible, even the craziest attack of the evil orcs can be forced back, of course, there is also the role of Khadgar, a magician, who appeared silently and then targeted the attack of the orcs.

The recorded time was that Khadgar unleashed a spell, and a violent explosion erupted in a storm troop of more than twenty people, the evil orc stormtrooper had actually broken through the defense line of the expeditionary force, and if it weren't for Khadgar's quick reaction, the twenty or so people would have been able to tear the defense line out.

And Khadgar's greatest contribution in that battle was to suppress the stormtroopers' attacks very effectively. The influence of the dwarven air force on their command is very large, and this is the key point that they can win this battle.

The army that arrived from the Dark Gate replenished the damage in time, and while the morale was still good, they launched an attack on the orc city.

When they interrogated their captives, they also learned that the two tribes that had invaded Azeroth had now fallen, and that the orcs had formed another tribe, and that this tribe was controlled by an orc named Neozu. But this Naozu's plan is also very simple, that is, this portal is controlled by the alliance army, so they can find another one, as long as they find another portal, this portal is not needed.

But now it is also obvious that they must be able to overcome this orc city in the shortest possible time, so that even if they continue to advance, there will not be much problem. But the size of that city was not small, and the orcs could not capture their position, and it would not be easy for them to capture this already formed city.

The highest commander in the city was an orc named Kargas Bladefist, the leader of the Broken Hand Clan, and the idea was to lure the snake out of the hole and kill it with a single click, and once the commander was dead and the battle was over, the city should be ready to fight after they were defeated.

Based on their knowledge of orcs, they agreed that orcs could not have had too high intelligence, and that they were more than brave but not intellectual.

The army led by Tulayan made a feint, and after being served by arrows a few times, Tulayan retreated with his army, and the next day it was still the same, and after three consecutive days, the tribe really took the initiative to attack, probably seeing that the human army was nothing more than that.

When the orc army poured out, Tulayan led his troops to retreat immediately, and the banner and size of the troops led by Tulayan could completely convince the orcs that this was our main force, and there must be a commander of the army.

So they chased after a distance, and after chasing out for a distance, Danas led the army to kill from one side, but the orcs reacted quickly, and they actually caught Danas's sneak attack, and Tulayan, who fled at this time, immediately led the army to cover the kill. However, we are very unfavorable to the orcs directly in the forest and the wilderness, and once the two sides come into contact with the humans, the original advantage is not at all.

At this time, Khadgar appeared, but Khadgar's appearance was not as effective as the last time, the scene was chaotic, and if the expeditionary force continued to fight like this, it was estimated that it would really be over, and at this time it was the dwarves who turned things around.

The griffin cavalry led by the dwarf Kudran Brute Hammer had a deep grasp of the principle of shooting men and horses first, and the thieves captured the king first, and after the position of Kargas Blade Fist was completely exposed, the group of griffon knights immediately swooped down towards Kargas under the command of Kurland. As a result, a dive failed to take the Kargas.

But the orc was already very frightened, and the orc was completely panicked when the griffin knight flew towards him from the front and back and left and right directions for the second time. Dives again almost killed him, and Kargas, who saw that the situation was not good, immediately chose to flee, at this time the follow-up reinforcements of the orcs also came, but the leader had already fled at this time, since the leaders had fled, of course his subordinates would also flee, one person could take ten people, and ten people could take a hundred.

The sudden collapse of the orc army did not choose to turn around and continue the battle even after facing the army that had already arrived to reinforce it, but chose to continue to scatter and flee, and the reinforcements that rushed up at this time also became the end of the crossbow because they were carried away by the broken army.

The human army took the opportunity to cover up, and the orc army lost the battle, but just when people thought that victory was about to be won, an orc air force appeared in the sky...... The dragon has appeared!

The appearance of the dragon completely exceeded everyone's expectations, how could there be a dragon here! And the orc tribe that wields the dragon has been defeated by the Alliance, hasn't it? Although there were not many dragons coming, these dragons had already cost the human army, and the flames that spewed out set the clothes of many soldiers on fire.

The griffin knight of Kurander immediately turned around and pounced on the dragon in the sky, and at this time Tulayan's brain was very sufficient, he did not let the soldiers watch the show, but asked Danas and others to lead their respective armies to immediately pursue the scattered orc troops, as much as possible to prevent as many orcs as possible from escaping back to the city, and the more eliminated the better. The archer army led by Arelia, with the assistance of several magicians led by Khadgar, managed to shoot down several black dragons, and the other black dragons immediately scattered and fled.

The goal of Tulayan's battle was not to siege the city but to destroy the enemy's living forces, so each army led by the general came back to ask for merit and reward based on how many orcs were killed. The battle lasted for most of the day, and the orc army that poured out of the nest suffered heavy losses, although the pursuit out of the city was not particularly far, but many orc soldiers had lost the chance to return alive.

After a rough calculation, the Alliance Army eliminated about 2,000 orcs, and it is quite gratifying to be able to achieve such a result in the second battle. But despite these two battles, the alliance army took advantage of some advantages, but this city still stood there, as long as the city was not broken for a day, it was absolutely impossible for the alliance army to bypass it without paying any price.

It is impossible to cut off the supply of this city, and it is not realistic to take this city for the time being, although the battle is won, the battle is still deadlocked. But strange things also happened, these two battles should not have caused much damage to the orcs, but it was reported that the main force of the orcs did not come to support and a force was moving rapidly to the southwest.

According to normal combat thinking, the orcs dragging down the human army in the Tanaan jungle should be said to be the first priority to do, and the Hellfire fortress will not be captured for a day, and the overall operation of the alliance army will be seriously constrained. But the current situation made the leaders of the coalition army scratch their heads for a moment.

Isn't it time to concentrate the best forces with all our might to thwart the momentum of the human offensive? So what is their main force going to do? Is it necessary to prepare such an important strategic base as Hellfire Fortress?

Therefore, at this time, Tulayan sent many scouts, on the one hand, to find out the purpose of the orcs and the location of the orc's command center, and on the other hand, to monitor the movements of the orc troops at any time, because if you want to move further, the Hellfire Fortress is a nail that must be removed.

That night, Kurland and all the griffin cavalry infiltrated the rooftops and walls of the Hellfire fortress with a squad of daredevils, and all the daredevils went into battle lightly, and only went up with less than a hundred men in two round-trips, while the army outside the city was ready to set fire to the city and they charged.

The battle was a thrilling one, with the soldiers breaking through the fort taking the form of chaos and arson, while the top of the walls stormed the main gate to open the door for the Confederates. After Khadgar landed on the top of the city, he single-handedly disrupted the defenses of the entire city gate, and the flames ensured that the soldiers who opened the gate survived, and the army outside the city rushed over.

It took less than a day for the battle of the Hellfire Fortress to start from outside the city to the complete destruction of the city, and there were still dragons in the battle this night, but the role of these dragons was minimal.

After the city was broken, except for a small number of people who continued to build the Glory Castle, all the rest entered the fortress, in order to prevent the orcs from cheating, the next two days were basically to check all the buildings in the castle, to prevent the orcs from appearing behind them.

After the complete occupation of this place, the Scouts brought news that they had discovered the traces of the main force of the orcs, and that the artifacts and some unknown secrets that the orcs had stolen from Dalaran must also be here.