Chapter 335 Rivendell's Plan
The three-way intersection of the Eastern Plagueland.
The Sancha Road intersection is located between the mountains and valleys. Although it is Sancha, there are four exits. One of them is an unbuilt mountain road, with no garrison in the north and west. Erigore only led the silver warriors to block the road to the south of the natural disaster, and the relatively narrow mountain road is defended by the Blood Knights.
The Silver Dawn and the Blood Elves were waiting seriously under the command of their respective generals. On the opposite side, the undead natural disasters surging from the northwest direction were like tides.
If it was the first time that the new recruits who saw this kind of undead sea tactic, the troops would lose their fighting spirit and collapse without natural disasters. But this time, even these veterans who were used to plague fighting were sweating in their hearts, and they couldn't help but tighten the weapons in their hands, and their breathing gradually became heavy. This time, there were too many undeads!
At the beginning of the war, in order to encircle and annihilate all the blood elves of the North Extreme Tower, which were short of troops, and not let them escape, the strikers sent out were elites mainly composed of Death Knights, Undead Mages, Banshees and other troops. Although their combat power must be much stronger, there is no such a terrifying number that makes people feel heartbroken. Spy from all sides who are elite will naturally not take them seriously. But what was unexpected was that the blood elves retreated without fighting and fled first before the strikers entangled them.
When the enemy trace is found again, the enemy has occupied the favorable terrain, opened a large net, and waited for himself to get in. In this formation, the natural disaster commander will naturally not fill in the carefully selected elite vanguards, and naturally chose the specialty war of attrition, gathering all the cannon fodders together and rushing forward.
So, when the leaders of various forces found that the natural disaster had several times more troops than they expected and could not be beaten at all, everything was too late...
Erigore also discovered that the number of enemies was a little wrong, but the opponent was already in front of the battle and it was too late to retreat, so he could only grit his teeth and push forward. Fortunately, with the addition of the blood elves, a large number of rangers filled the embarrassing situation where the Silver Dawn ranged profession was relatively insufficient. In addition, he occupied the favorable terrain, so he thought he still had the power to fight!
Although Thrace and others were angry and left Eldara, they also learned about Xie Feng’s arrangements from her and were not worried. Anyway, there was also a group of cannon fodder in front of her, right? And they were definitely stronger than natural disasters...
The two commanders were not worried, and the hearts of the other soldiers also stabilized, their morale gradually rose, and they calmly faced the first wave of natural disasters.
The two sides met in close combat. The Blood Knight and the Silver Warrior who were guarding the front line found that although the strength of the natural disaster undead has improved a little, it is not much different from usual. In addition, the narrow terrain limits the numerical advantage of the undead, and found that the pressure they face is even smaller. The mages, priests, rangers and other long-range troops located in the rear were not at all stressed. Put the most comfortable posture and vent their hearts! Moreover, with the addition of the Rangers, the number of long-range troops can be divided into two groups, so there is no need to worry about fatigue~
As more and more corpses accumulate in the middle of the road, the morale of the warriors is getting higher and higher, and their faces are full of fanatical fighting spirit, and they no longer wander before the war. However, a relatively wise general in the hearts of a certain wise general involuntarily cast a shadow. It is good that natural disasters and casualties are heavy, but the problem is that at present, there are not even a banshee, a necromancer and other magic professions among the fallen undeads. Even the number of ghouls and hatreds is pitifully small, almost ninety-ninety percent are the lowest-level cannon fodder soldiers such as skeleton zombies!
Thrace, who was far away from the battlefield and was not trapped in, naturally discovered something wrong, but he could not see any crisis. The ranger sent out did not find any abnormal disasters in other directions. All the reports of scouts were the same. The natural disasters were gathering on a large scale, and the number could not be accurately judged.
"Lieutenant, what are you worried about? This is the most enjoyable battle I have ever fought since I came to the plagueland!" The Blood Knight who had dismantled the stage for Eldara had just been replaced from the front line, and said with a bold face, regardless of the rotten bones hanging on the armor.
"What's wrong, the natural disaster is consuming our strength! They don't even have a long-range profession, they are just trying to die on purpose!" Hawksbill, who rushed from behind to join the battle group, took back the Phoenix Sun Anger with a depressed look on his face. After fighting for so long, he couldn't even find a natural disaster worthy of sniping. He thought about it and was discouraged.
"But I still didn't find out what the other party had in his conspiracy..." Thrace frowned and asked in confusion: "Don't you feel that it's not worth it just to consume our combat effectiveness and pay such a huge price?" Now the natural disasters that have fallen ahead have already raised the narrow road by about one meter, and at least tens of thousands of cannon fodder have fallen.
"You have been to the Plague Land for a short time and don't understand the true strength of natural disasters!" Hawksbill shook his head: "I can tell you responsibly that what natural disasters are most lacking is military strength. You think the price is very high, and they can bear it easily!"
Thrace was taught a little bit, but he still said in confusion: "Even so, they should be able to find that we are rotating and will not consume much combat power. During this period, we should not cut off our retreat in order to completely wipe out the situation? But they did not have any abnormal movement~"
"Don't forget another characteristic of natural disasters, ignore fatigue!" Hawksbill smiled and shook his head, "Even if we rotate to the field, not eating or drinking for a day, and being highly focused and excited, we will also feel physically and mentally exhausted! This is the moment when they start a decisive battle! And compared to daytime, night is the moment when the natural disaster is the strongest! Although this is not much different in a plague land with few sunshine, the silver dawn, which is dominated by humans, is a big flaw at night!"
Captain Blood Knight smiled indifferently: "But we are elves! The rangers can provide their intelligence at night, and they will never be blocked by natural disasters!"
"Why are you so sure that the Ranger will definitely notice the abnormal movements of natural disasters?" Hawksbill sneered: "Don't forget the last Battle of Caulin, the tragic situation of the Blood Crusader!"
Thrace was startled: "You mean the crypt demon?"
Hawkesbill bounced his finger leisurely and replied: "It's not just the crypt demons, but also a large number of gargoyles and the Death Knights riding skeleton griffins! One day is enough for them to go around the Sodoril River, walk through the southern mountainous areas of Daron County, and fly over from Miredal Lake to block our retreat!" After a pause, he looked at the stunned captain of the Blood Knight and Thrace, and sighed: "I really admire that boy Alex now. If it weren't for clearing the natural disasters in North Valley in advance, we might be..."
When he heard him calling Xie Feng "that boy", Captain Blood Knight was displeased and glared at him unfriendly, but thinking about the age of the other party and Xie Feng, he lowered his head depressedly...
Thrace took a deep breath and attracted a blood knight to tell him the analysis just now, asking him to pass it on to Erigore, who was supervising the battle on the other side.
Then, he turned around and smiled at Hawksbill, "Since the general has thought of this, he must have taken measures to deal with it, right?"
Hawksbill said casually while tidying up his quiver: "The crypt demon is easy to deal with. Dig a deep hole in the ground so that the rangers can hear the crypt demon advancing underground. As for those flying troops... just leave it to those two young dragons~"
That's all? Thrace was shocked. He was valued by Xie Feng, and he was dug out from the Blood Knight of the Personal Guard. He entrusted the important task for the first time, and naturally he had his own arrogance. However, he still had to admire the calm and calm Hawksbill in front of him. He really couldn't compare with the other party's accumulated experience over the years.
Thinking about the countermeasures, and it was obvious that the battle lasted for at most one day, and the result would be determined after nightfall. Thrace thought about it and simply withdrew some of the Blood Knights from the battlefield to clear the way for the retreat, preparing for the next retreat. Although the remaining Blood Knights will work a little harder, they can still easily survive the weak attack of natural disasters~
Seeing his arrangement, Hawksbill couldn't help feeling depressed... The soldiers brought by Alex, not to mention anything else, are definitely elites in terms of retreat and escape!
With Hawksbill, an experienced local snake, Erigore and others confirmed their information with each other and had some clues about the plan of the natural disaster. The doubts that were pressing in their hearts also dissipated a lot. Then they dispatched troops in a targeted manner, wanting to give the natural disaster a little ruthless... But, would it really be as everyone thought?
On the top floor of the North Exit Tower, Xie Feng and others often came up to see the distance, but at this time they had been occupied by several generals of the Scourge Corps.
After being injured for more than a month, the instructor Lasovios, who finally had some improvement, was shouting at the death riders with disdain on his face: "Rivendale, is this what you call the perfect plan? Damn, the Great Lich will actually believe that you, who has never brought soldiers, can handle this battle~"
"Note your tone, idiot~" The black witch Falina pointed at the instructor with one-handed sword without hesitation, and sneered: "How can you question the decision of the Great Lich?"
Just when everyone thought he was defending Rivendell, the black widow gave everyone a map cannon:
"Compared with you idiots who only know how to clamor for attack, he at least knows to send troops to die to consume the opponent's combat power! Although this is a joke in itself~"
As her husband who did not know which one she had, the Plague Messenger, naturally chose to support her without hesitation. However, the others were not so easy to talk to. The two twin-style undead mages, Hilgei and Gottic, waved their staff on the spot without any politeness and were about to take action.
"Shut up, you trash! If you have any dissatisfaction, go and complain to Lord Kelthuzad. At least before he takes the appointment, I have the final say here!" The Baron was furious and scolded sternly when he saw that these people didn't take him seriously. The remaining three four Apocalypse horsemen immediately pulled out their weapons and stood beside him to express their support. Due to the size of the body, Anubrekan, who could not get on the mail, also created a bunch of trash groups of trash behind the four horsemen, and silently expressed his position.
Five to five, but if you really want to take action, the three mages on your side will definitely suffer in the narrow terrain. Black Widow put away her weapons very tactfully, but she still didn't let the baron go, and sneered: "Those Silver Dawn bed bugs are in sufficient force and can be divided into several groups to rotate. You don't need to worry about physical exhaustion at all. You do this by wasting time! And the so-called crypt demon plan is even more ridiculous. With the experience of the last battle, how could Anubrekan succeed again?"
Northof followed her and added: "The Crypt Legion failed. Do you think the Death Knights can stop them from escaping? I really doubt whether your brain was sucked by the Banshee~"
"Don't contempt others with your ignorance, it will make you humiliate yourself!" The Baron sneered: "The Death Knights cannot completely block their retreat, but what if they only have half of them? You know how many silver dawn's troops are. As long as one-third is wiped out, the chapel will fall into our hands without any suspense!"
He said and shouted downward: "Anubrekan! Let your children tell the damn Paladins what the consequences will be if they block the Scourge in the mountains!"
"Where is the blood elves? Just let them go?" The instructor continued to shout. When Xie Feng and others were raiding Naxsamas, he was blocked by a seventh-level blood elves Death Knight for a long time, and finally let him run away. This great humiliation is not so easy to forget!
"So what if I let them go for the time being?" Duchess Blauliques sneered: "How much threat can they bring to us except to make trouble everywhere? Apart from you, the waste!"
Lord Kurtaz also wanted to despise him, but when he remembered that he was almost killed by Isilius, he closed his mouth in disappointment, and was a little jealous of Brauliux's good luck. The same two ninth-level death knights, why are the ones who faced him the Blood Spirit and his humans?
"When will I be able to get real liberation?" Sir Serijek was still the bitter face that was incompatible with the death of natural disasters, and he murmured forever.
This time, whether it was the Baron, Falina, the instructor and others, they all roared at the talkative chatterbox in anger: "Shut up!"...
Both sides had their own plans, but perhaps because Xie Feng's bad luck was missing, the blood elves miraculously escaped Baron Rivendell's plan, except for the two thousand ranged rangers assigned to Silver Dawn. No matter which side had a better plan, they could save most of their troops and retreat calmly.
Both sides knew that the battle that could really decide victory or defeat would take place after nightfall. The rhythm was slowed down very well, so that the subsequent battles were weak and boring. The melee was erected and the front row was boring. The long-range behind the back made a lazily attack. Sometimes, they could talk to their friends next to them about dinner and whether a female priest was sexy... There was no melee fighting atmosphere at all~
A day passed, except for more than 20,000 more corpses of natural disasters in the valley, the situation did not change at all. Until the sunset and the light gradually dimmed. As the generals gradually became heavy, the soldiers began to gradually become aware of fighting, and the atmosphere became tense...
In the valley to the north, the little red dragon Narel and the little blue dragon Indygos were eating the food specially prepared for them by Hawkesbill, while telling everyone about the entire harvest.
Hawksbill's prediction was not achieved. Three hundred natural disaster death knights had indeed gone around the back of the battlefield and were now ambushing the dry river. However, what Hawksbill expected was that these death knights were not alone, and a few elite soldiers even smuggled with the natural disaster mage at the same time.
In other words, in addition to the three thousand ghouls summoned by the army of the dead, the undead mages can also summon thousands of cannon fodder of varying strength, plus the cold winter horns and scattered soldiers gathered along the way. Once an attack is launched, a force of tens of thousands cannons can be gathered! This force is a bit embarrassing to face the elite silver dawn, but if you make up your mind, it can still delay a lot of time, which is enough for the large army of natural disasters to come! And there is also the threat of the crypt demon...
"How is it? Have you found it?" Seeing Hawksbill talking to several Ranger scouts one after another, Thrace put down his work of commanding the battle and returned to ask.
The Ranger Lord frowned and nodded: "I found it, and they were all ambushing down the retreat of Silver Dawn... But I still feel a little uneasy~"
Thrace also frowned and said, "It's something wrong. The natural disaster has used the crypt demon for the second time. How could it be so easy for us to find it?" After a pause, he asked, "It's certain that it's all the crypt demons? And, we really don't have any here?"
Hawksbill smiled bitterly: "How do I know how many crypt demons there are in the natural disaster? Around the battlefield, there is only Silver Dawn retreating to the east wall and whistle tower. Uh... there is a crypt demon excavation under the road, and there is no news elsewhere! We are focusing on detection around us, and there will be absolutely no mistakes!"
"Is the natural disaster so stupid?" Thrace was still a little unwilling to give up and murmured: "Are they confident that no one can detect the appearance of the crypt demon?"
"Impossible!" Hawksbill shook his head flatly: "Compared to our Rangers' stupid method, for underground reconnaissance, the dwarf warriors of Silver Dawn are the real masters!"
After discussing for a long time, the two of them still did not get any results. Thrace sighed helplessly: "Transfer these news to Erigore first, maybe he has any other discoveries~"
After saying that, he was about to find someone to interrogate him, but was stopped by Hawksbill: "I'll go, the ranger Erigore there may not be able to command Ruyi... I'll leave it to you here!"
On the other hand, as Hawksbill said, after learning that the natural disaster might be used again, Erigore immediately summoned a large number of dwarves from the team and sent them out in the form of a small team to find the traces of the crypt demons.
Compared to the ranger, who is good at digging holes and has the talent of pangolins, the dwarf is indeed better at this kind of work. The name of the earth spirit is not for nothing!
Just as the crypt demon was in place, an extremely accurate small circle had been marked on Erigore's march map, marking out their full play. And he promised frankly that, besides here, there was absolutely no creature that was more powerful than the size of the dwarfs within a radius of ten miles! They even estimated from the size of the underground tunnel and the reminder of the crypt demon, they had roughly estimated that they had about two thousand in number.
Getting the accurate numbers and locations, it is Erigore's turn to ambush the other party!
More than 10,000 people were unable to participate in the battle due to terrain restrictions, and even the natural disaster hair was not caught, the silver dawn elite slowly retreated out of the valley. They estimated the location of the Death Knights and the Crypt Demon, and began to casually open a seemingly loose net, and waited for the final battle to begin, the opponent rushed out to die. Among them was the two thousand rangers unit led by Hawksbill, as the trump card against the Death Knights with the possibility of airborne.
There were about 10,000 people left in the silver dawn that was still waiting in the valley to get entangled with natural disasters, and there were three thousand rangers and one thousand blood knights left in Thrace.
Just as everyone was preparing for war, the natural disaster leaders also stepped down to the North Post Tower and began to move towards the battlefield. Of course, with their style, quarrels are definitely indispensable...
"Didn't someone be honest and say that they want to encircle and annihilate at least half of the Silver Dawn? Now they have divided more than 10,000 people... but they want to ambush your so-called ambush!" Black widow Falina sneered at the baron with a serious face: "I look forward to the scene where Anubrekan fights you desperately after those crypt demons are ambushed... It will definitely be very interesting~"
"Shut up! Damn bitch~ My real target is those people in the valley!" The Baron cursed coldly, looked at the other people's same puzzled face, and explained with a sneer: "If you want to win an unprecedented victory, necessary sacrifices are inevitable! How many people can escape from those crypt demons and the Death Knights depend on their ability!"
"Anubrekan already knows my plan. Your thoughts on watching the show... I'm afraid it's going to fail!" After saying that, he ordered everyone: "Now, take their own troops and go around from the Heimu Lake to hunt down the fleeing defeated soldiers! Kurtaz, stay, and work with me to wipe out the silver dawn scum in the valley!"
Although everyone was reluctant to do so, due to Kel's Thuzad's will, they had to obey the orders and set out southeast with their own troops. Baron Rivendell and Kurtaz, with real elite troops from natural disasters, pressed to the outside of the valley, waiting for the opportunity...
With the planning of both sides, their respective troops are gathering at the predetermined target points. If an opportunity is needed, the decisive battle will begin!
In the valley, as the large army retreated, the silver dawn soldiers who had been crowded for a long time felt a little relaxed. A team of dwarfs who had just returned from exploring the traces of the demons in the crypt were bored and lazy to sit on the hillside chat.
"Damn Silver Dawn! Damn Plagueland! I thought there would be plague ore like plague flowers here... I have been searching for so many days, but I haven't caught one of them!" A dwarf in a priest's robe muttered, which immediately caused everyone next to me to burst into laughter.
"Hahaha~ Karu, didn't you find a mine under your butt? Maybe there's the plague ore you want!" Another dwarf warrior quipped harshly. It's right for the dwarf to love ore, but his companion has surpassed the realm of ordinary dwarfs and has reached a pathological level!
"It's weird if you believe it!" The dwarf priest waved his staff angrily. But after thinking about it, his mine tycoon forced him to take out the miner's hoe and smash it hard...
This scene made the dwarves burst into laughter again. But unexpectedly, a hint of strangeness and weirdness appeared on Karu's bronze hammer's face. After a moment, he turned a furious and shouted loudly:
"Enemy attack!!! Leave the hillside! There are crypt demons inside!! Hurry up!"
Chapter completed!