Since the Barov family and the reinforcements led by Haas arrived at Icewind Heights, the command of the sentry fortress was handed over to the famous Altranac general Haas.

The Terta siblings and Polina had no objection to this, they were both natives of Alterac and had heard of Haas's prestige, and they willingly relinquished command.

Haas really lived up to the title of famous general, and after taking charge of the Ice Wind Gang, it only took him three days to preliminarily knead the soldiers of the Syndicate, Ravenhold and Barov, who were originally just a plate of scattered sand, into a whole.

Of course, there are reasons for Haas's fame, but his own ability should not be underestimated.

Due to the fact that the scouts sent by Lordaeron were all uprooted by Sarren and Valeera, the Knights of the Silver Hand are unaware of the changes within Icewind.

However, Uther still learned from the news from the scout of Steinbrad that the defender of Icewind had been replaced by the experienced Altrank star Haas.

At the time of the Second Orc War, Uther and Haas were under the command of Anduin Lothar, the Generalissimo of the Alliance, and both knew each other well.

Uther knew that Haas was no easy foe to deal with, and Uther didn't want him time to rebuild Icewind's defenses when Haas first arrived.

However, Uther did not want to fight unprepared battles, and he waited anxiously for Andorhar to deliver the siege equipment needed by the Knights of the Silver Hand.

The Knights of the Silver Hand were lightly armed, and Terenus had expected that the elite Knights would be able to break through the Syndicate's porous defenses with ease.

However, due to various objective factors brought by the entry of Salian and others, the raid of the Silver Hand failed to achieve the expected results, and they could only endure the siege warfare, and the craftsmen of Andohar worked overtime to produce a batch of siege weapons and push them to the front line.

On the third day of Haas's arrival at Icewind, the craftsmen of Andorhar finally hurried to complete Uther's custom request.

The movement mentioned by Haas's emissaries was caused by the siege weapons being pushed into the camp.

"Catapults, ballistas, rams, siege towers, he~ very traditional."

Time was of the essence, and the Andohar side could not mobilize artillery nearby, so they had to create these traditional siege weapons.

With cement from the Countdom of the Deep Shadows, Quel'Thalas had already begun to invest heavily in reinforced concrete when he built the fort.

These traditional siege weapons were of little use against reinforced concrete walls, but the temporary wooden walls used to fight the Ice Wind Hill were still very effective.

On the city walls, Haas, dressed in military uniform, looked thoughtfully at the camp of the Knights of the Silver Hand.

Uther did not immediately attack because of the arrival of the siege weapons, and the soldiers of the Order were slowly pushing those siege weapons to the front of the camp.

"Count Deepshadow, I'm afraid it's just as you said."

Haas looked solemn and said to Sarjan, who had already come to his side, "Uther should want to take advantage of the habits that the defenders of Icewind Gang have developed during this time, and they should be able to launch siege battles at night. ”

Sarian nodded approvingly: "People's habits are terrible, and once they are formed, it is not so easy to correct them. ”

"Humph!"

Haas sneered with one hand, "Thanks to your reminder, we were given three days to adjust our schedules. ”

"Since Uther wants to attack at night, okay, let's have a surprise for him."

……

After all, the syndicate only started as a group of thieves, and even the Duke of Facurrest himself had no outstanding talent in managing the army.

Upon his arrival at Icewind, Haas immediately re-established the rules of the vigil, and he adopted a three-shift rotation of soldiers from all three families to stand guard for eight hours.

Haas didn't have the quick knife to mix the three soldiers and retrain them, he wanted to, but with the current enemy, he didn't have the confidence to complete all the training tasks before the war began.

After discussions with Salian, Haas adopted a compromise approach, arranging for them to change guards at different times, and preserving the unity of the three command systems to the greatest extent.

Taking into account Sarren's reminders, Haste deliberately arranged for the private guards of the Barov family, who were the most combative, the most disciplined, and the most convenient to use, to keep vigil, with Ravenhold and the Syndicate in charge of the day and evening, respectively.

As it turned out, Haas's adjustment was correct.

3 o'clock in the evening is the sleepiest time in human habits, and the people of the Syndicate and Ravenhold have already fallen asleep.

Some of the syndicate soldiers woke up when the sound of gongs and drums sounded around the Icewind Gang fort, but they just rolled over, ignored the noise, and continued to sleep.

Taking advantage of the darkness and noise of the night, the soldiers of the Knights of the Silver Hand quietly pushed their siege weapons not far in front of the fortress.

Uther frowned as he stared at the still-moving Icewind Fortress, and he felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

Haas was not an easy enemy to deal with, and he should not have been so defenseless at night, and Uther always felt that this night attack would not go as smoothly as expected.

But the arrow is already on the string and has to be sent.

With Uther's silent wave of his hand with a calm expression, the Silver Hand soldiers, who had already been prepared, placed the boulder in the throwing pocket of the catapult.

"Put!"

Dasuohan lowered his voice and gave the order, and three catapults threw boulders at the walls of Icewind Hill almost simultaneously.

"Boom!"

"Crunch!"

The kinetic energy brought by the parabola combined with the mass of the stone itself, and the huge boulder that fell on the city wall slammed the temporary wooden wall into a creak, and one boulder even broke through the city wall and fell into the inside of the fortress, causing a panic sound.

Seeing that it was going well, Da Sohan continued to order: "Archers and mages suppress the counter-fire on the city walls, and ram forward!" Siege towers followed! Hurry! Don't give the enemy a chance to fight back! ”

The first round of sneak attacks was successful, and the Knights of the Silver Hand no longer had to hide their whereabouts, and the heavy siege weapons were pushed to the city gates by the soldiers shouting trumpets.

Paladins on horseback are ready to charge, and if the gates are slammed open, they will rush into the city in formation as soon as possible, hoping to capture the enemy Haas in one fell swoop.

But...... Will things really go the way the Knights of the Silver Hand intended?

Answer: No.

"Quack!"

Before the ram could reach its position, the heavy wooden door suddenly opened inward without warning.

The paladins could no longer suppress their desire to storm the city, and looked at Da Sohan, the deputy commander in charge of giving orders, with a look of anticipation.

However, at this time, Da Sohan did not use his passionate and loud voice to boost the morale of Lordaeron's soldiers.

Like Uther, he stared a little blankly at the entire cavalry that had been waiting behind the open gates.

Uther was the first to react: "Damn! We've been tricked! ”

"Push the siege back! Spear team, come forward and set up guns! ”

"Yes...... Be! ”

The events were completely different from what the Knights of the Silver Hand had predicted, and the well-trained pikemen subconsciously obeyed Uther's orders, raised their spears and moved forward.

But before they could set up their formation, the cavalry unit that was ready to go moved first.

Haas, who was standing at the back of the line, commanded in a loud voice: "Listen to my orders!" The cavalry team is in full force and the primary goal is to destroy the enemy's siege weapons! No love for war! ”

"Yes!"

The mobility of the cavalry was evident in this local battle, as the Barov cavalry, spear in one hand and torch in the other, set fire to the wooden heavy siege weapons before the siege forces of the Knights of the Silver Hand retreated.

Although they lost a dozen horsemen under the bombardment of the mage forces and archers of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the cavalry of the Barov family fulfilled the task assigned to them by Haas successfully and even exceeded.

"Attacking formation! Charge with me! ”

The cavalry captain with four scars on his face charged bravely.

By this time, they had already thrown away the torches in their left hands, clenched their spears in both hands, bypassed the hastily arranged spear formation of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and smashed into the position of the Knights of the Silver Hand from the side.

The Barov cavalry did not fall in love, and they only knew that the paladins of the Silver Hand were ready to fight.

After using the impact force to cut through the enemy formation, the cavalry captain did not try to expand the results of the battle, and calmly took the lead in retreating towards the Icewind Gang Castle.

When the most paladin unit of the Silver Hand Knights was dispatched, they could no longer catch up with the Barov cavalry, who had started first, and could only watch as they left a dozen corpses behind and rushed into the castle gate smoothly.

In this cavalry battle, the Barov family, who came and went in a hurry, lost 34 horsemen, burned most of the enemy's siege weapons, and inflicted hundreds of casualties on the Knights of the Silver Hand.

"Damn it!"

Uther slammed his fist on the tree beside him: "I should have been prepared!" I was careless, I didn't expect Haas to dare to take the initiative when his morale was low! ”

Looking back at the scene of the people in the rear turning on their backs, Da Sohan of the main battle faction asked with a bitter face: "Uther, do you still want to fight?" ”

"Spank a fart!"

The lightbringer, who had always had a gentle personality, rarely burst into foul language, and he glared at Da Sohan angrily.

"Collect the troops! Let Mayor Matthew report the battle tonight to His Majesty Terenus, and ask His Majesty for the next plan of action. ”

"Oh, okay......"

Da Sohan left with his head down, and Uther took one last look at the still-impregnable fortress of Icewind Hill with some reluctance and relief.

"Maybe this war should end here, right?"