Night Sentinel General Shandris Feather Moon, who was taking over from Staghelm to command the coalition forces on the front line, saw the demigod break away from the army and rush into the Qiraji Temple alone. The elf general immediately felt that something was wrong.
The general was not an idiot. When she heard Agamaggan's howls before rushing into the temple, she immediately turned to look at the druid behind her and asked loudly:
"What does the demigod howl mean before he leaves? What does it want to tell us?"
"There is danger there! It is something that mortals cannot resist..."
The person standing behind Shandris was not the Wither Druid, but the orthodox Druid stationed in Cenarion Fortress. This young-looking female Druid also felt the change in things, and she couldn't help but
Touching the oak pendant on his chest, he said to the general:
"The demigod asked us to withdraw from here and retreat behind the city wall. It will deal with the threat..."
"Mortals cannot resist..."
General Yuyue's eyes became cautious. Before they invaded the Qiraji ruins, she had vaguely heard rumors about the power behind the insect-men in the upper echelons of the coalition. It was from those weird spider demons. Now look at it.
Come on, it seems that what the spider demons said is not groundless.
Pure Qiraji cannot make a demigod like Agamaggan feel threatened. In other words, there is really a dark force behind the Qiraji.
When he thought of this, General Yuyue immediately made a decision.
"The whole army holds fast! The messenger, let the Sentinel Corps hold the retreat... Let's withdraw!"
Although it was a little hard to accept that we had to give up the position we had already obtained, the instructions from the demigods should not be taken lightly. However, just a few minutes after the messengers rushed out of the position, the battle situation had already changed.
The insect army that had just been crushed by Agamaggan had regrouped. Without the suppression of the demigods, the insect army's iconic charge once again began to hit the front line of the platform position like a tide. Although the artillery of the seventh army continued to fire,
But a simple explosion seems to be unable to stop the bugs from counterattacking.
There are too many of them...
"What's going on!"
Staghelm's voice came from above. Shandris raised her head and saw a Storm Crow passing over the bodies of two winged insects in the air. Its sharp claws cut open the heads of the winged insects like knives and grabbed them.
The twisted body fell into the ground.
In the midst of the wind, sand and rocks, Deer Helmet's tall body stood on the sand. The great druid could see the change in the situation at a glance. On the position in front of him, the wild boars who were rushing forward were fiercely attacking.
The insect men struggled to fight back, but the heavily armored wild boar warriors wielded their swords and chopped up one insect, and were knocked to the ground by more insects in an instant.
They rushed too fast, and the thousands of wild boars who were out of touch with the rear were like falling into the rocks in the tide. They might be submerged by the rolling and furious sea of insects at any time. No one was going to save them... because they were already hopeless.
Already.
On both sides of the position, the heavy weapons in the hands of the minotaurs fired continuously, coupled with the crazy spraying of the flamethrowers carried by the orcs, and the artillery in the position continued to suppress fire. If the coalition forces did not attack steadily at every step, the position would be destroyed.
If the few wormholes in the solid rammed earth layer have collapsed, there must have been earth-boring worms rushing out of the ground at this moment, creating a center for the coalition forces.
But even so, the rapid changes in the battle situation are still extremely frightening. Logically speaking, even if the insects want to fight back, their movements cannot be so fast, unless...unless all this is an illusion,
The previous smooth progress and the previous vulnerability of the bugs were all illusions.
Thinking of this, Shandis suddenly broke out in cold sweat from behind. She raised her head and looked around the position. This was a large platform at the top. The road leading to the rear had to go through steps with an up and down drop of nearly 30 meters, as well as a place decorated with water sources.
The big sandy area...wait, sandy area?
Shandis and Staghelit looked at each other. Staghelit's figure changed rapidly. In an instant, a black cheetah wearing a mighty wooden armor rushed out. It only took a few seconds to cross the large platform.
He stood on the edge of the steps of the position and looked back. In the previously empty sandy field, there had appeared... some strange things made of obsidian.
General Yuyue also quickly arrived at the boundary of the position. After seeing with his own eyes the obsidian statues all over the sand and the burrowing insects below, as well as the military formations under the command of high-level insect men, preparing to attack from the rear.
When the soldiers and insects attacked the frontline position of the coalition forces, the elf general's body suddenly shook twice.
"Sure enough, this is... a trap!"
Farther away, the elf rangers who were ordered to guard the frontline retreat route, these poor elf ladies, had already fallen into the encirclement of the insects hiding underground.
The only good thing is that before departure, the coalition forces took a tough stance and asked them to install a lot of movable thermal weapons, which would allow the sentinels who were attacked from both sides to persist in the sea of worms for a while longer.
However, if there were no reinforcements to meet their retreat, this vanguard army that had penetrated deep into the ruins... would probably be in danger.
"Let the rangers move closer to the big platform immediately!"
Deer Helmet glanced at the coalition air knights who were fighting fiercely with the winged insect army in the sky. He gritted his teeth and said: "Let the air knights also withdraw, retain their strength, and prepare to break through the insect blockade..."
He looked back at Shandris and said softly:
"Ask for reinforcements from the fortress and send out reserve troops to open a retreat circle for you. Now that the bugs are also dispatching troops, you must rush out as quickly as possible!"
"What about you?"
Shandis asked subconsciously, and Staghelm shook his head. He didn't say anything, but the light in his eyes meant that he would not leave with the army.
General Yuyue was not a person who ignored the importance of things. She immediately took out the communication stone, but before she could give the order, the bursts of noise coming from the other side of the communication stone hit her worst suspicions.
"I am Arthas... We are defending Cenarion Fortress! A large group of bugs launched an attack on the fortress... just now!"
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"boom"
In the yellow sand under Cenarion Fortress, hundreds of bugs rush out of the holes dug by huge red worms every minute. It is difficult not to think of this scene as being in the sand.
Every year during the monsoon season, crabs rush from the sea to the beach to lay their eggs...there are so many crabs that it makes you want to close your eyes.
The heavy firepower on the city wall continued to fire, suppressing the simultaneous siege in the sky and on the ground, but with little effect. The main reason was that the attack came too suddenly. Even the most experienced sentries failed to detect the bugs in advance.
trends.
The winged insects roaring arrogantly in the sky made a sharp sound, passing over the fortress wall like a dive bomber, grabbing those unlucky machine gunners or sentry marksmen into the air, tearing them to pieces, or
It was thrown directly from the sky and shattered into pieces.
Of course, in comparison, the number of bugs besieging the fortress is not large, at least less than the number of bugs deep in the Qiraji ruins that launched a "big siege" at this time, and the bugs' idea is obviously very simple.
They are also very vicious. They are not eager to eliminate the 100,000 reserve troops in the fortress, they just want to prevent them from going to the front line for rescue.
And after the bugs in the ruins devoured all the 150,000 troops on the front line, the Cenarion Fortress, which had stood in the desert for thousands of years, would naturally be easily destroyed with the combined efforts of the two parties.
Everyone with little strategic thinking is clear about Chongzi's plan, but the problem is that just this relatively "small" army really trapped the army in the fortress, because this group came to encircle
Among the insects that clog, there are some special species...
Tunnel worms, or burrowing worms, are a type of insect creature widely distributed in Azeroth. Generally speaking, these guys have a very peaceful personality and will not actively hunt other creatures unless disturbed.
But the burrowing bugs among the Qiraji are different. They have stronger carapaces than their counterparts elsewhere. They also have sharp knife-like limbs on both sides of the body. When the fine razor-like teeth are opened, they look like
It looks like a monster in a science fiction story.
And the most terrible thing is the size of these Qiraji tunnel worms... Each one is nearly 30 meters long, and the diameter of the snake-like body is as wide as an adult. And the largest one among these burrowing worms, that
The monster with a bright red shell is already more than 20 meters tall with only its upper body exposed outside the desert. Its body is hovering above the desert, and it can even rely on brute force to roll up large sandstorms, which can be as big as
It is called flying sand and moving rocks.
And every time, the scene of a cruel guy jumping out of the ground and wantonly devouring those soldiers who couldn't dodge can remind people at a glance of the legend about the earthly python that is spread in some remote areas.
This bug is called Oro, and it is said to be the pet of the Ancient God... Of course, the reserve army that was completely surrounded by the Nydus Worms here does not know its name, but everyone can see that this terrifying beast
Wild beasts are really difficult to deal with.
This disgusting monster's red eyes shone with vicious light. Its huge body moved under the sand. Every raid was silent. In such a terrifying raid, several floors outside the fortress
The position fell at an extremely fast speed.
"Lead them to the minefield!"
His Majesty Alsace, who was riding a war horse with a cavalry, escorted the soldiers into the fortress while shouting, and led the loyal guards to continuously attract the attention of the Nydus Worms. Soon, under this cavalry,
Behind him, several worms that were twisting and advancing were chasing after him.
There are enough mines in the armament provided by the goblins. It is said that this thing is modeled after the weapons in the Black Iron Zone. However, neither the empire nor the orcs or elves have the tradition of using such slightly vicious weapons. Of course, they
He had no experience in using landmines, so he tentatively deployed a number of mines in the sand north of the fortress as a defensive testing ground.
Now, this testing ground comes in handy.
"Paladin, Holy Shield Tactics!"
Alsace shouted, and just before a dozen knights rode into the minefield, a thin but steel-like light curtain enveloped the knights and their horses amid the surge of holy light.
Entering it, the moment they rushed into the minefield, more than a dozen mines were triggered, but the explosive gunpowder failed to tear apart the holy shields of these high-level knights. On the contrary, they followed the knights into the minefield.
A dozen or so Nydusworms would be in bad luck.
After Alsace led the Paladins across the minefield, they looked back and saw that on the sand of the minefield, the bombed corpses of more than a dozen huge tunnel worms had been stained green.
Covered the entire sandy area.
"Landmines are useful!"
Arthas grabbed the communication stone and shouted to Liam Greymane, who was commanding the army's defense in the fortress:
"Liam, take out all the mines from the storage room and throw them where these sandworms are!"
"Your Majesty! Be careful!"
A knight felt the vibration at the bottom. He pushed Alsace out of his horse. The next moment, the giant red tunnel worm Oro roared out from under the sand. The flying sand and riots
In the air, the scene was like a wild dragon rushing out from under the quicksand.
The five knights who were unable to dodge were swallowed up by the sandworm's open saw-edged teeth, including their men and horses, and they were unable to even leave their last words.
"Asshole! Die!"
This scene completely made Alsace's eyes turn red. He jumped up from the sand, and the unassuming sword on his back was drawn out. The next moment, a round of golden sunlight seemed to rise from the desert.
Likewise, in the scorching light that almost melted the gravel, Oro's earth-shattering screams and the shaking of the earth were like a mythical war scene.
"Pooh"
A few minutes later, Alsace was pulled out from under the gravel by the knights who came to the rescue. The brave paladin king's body was covered with corrosive blood, and his armor was filled with sand.
He kept spitting and spitting out all the sand in his mouth.
"It's really unlucky to let it run away!"
As he spoke, the young king looked sadly at the remains of the bones and emblems of the few loyal knights on the sand. He then looked at the plain sword in his hand. Arthas couldn't help but sigh.
In one breath:
"If I had a real holy sword in my hand...if the pale justice was not incomplete...sigh..."
His family knows their own affairs. Although Arthas defeated many opponents in Kalimdor and Northern Xinjiang with the holy sword in his hand and his pale justice, there is no one who knows the holy sword in his hand better than him, the sword holder.
Already.
This holy sword is incomplete. Although when necessary, this sword can burst out a super powerful holy light impact in an instant. Even a death lord like Dai Lin cannot withstand it, but the problem is that this holy sword
The sword is forged from fragments of the Brilliant Star fused with a huge amount of holy silver and fine gold. It is inherently flawed. This extremely lethal holy light impact needs to be charged.
It can only be used less than 3 times a day...and each use requires several hours of charging.
In other words, the scene where Alsace single-handedly forced Dai Lin back that night looked majestic, but in fact it was a deceptive tactic. If Dai Lin had insisted on taking Mekkatorque's life that night,
, Arthas and Jaina may not be able to resist it if they join forces.
To be honest, apart from the factor of luck, Arthas was more willing to believe that the truth behind Dai Lin's departure that night was probably more because of Jaina standing next to him.
But now is not the time to think about this.
"Liam, the defense of the fortress is left to you. We will set off immediately after the reserve army is assembled..."
