Since reinforcements led by the Barov family and Haas arrived at Icewind Point, the command of this sentry fortress was handed over to the famous Alterac general Haas.
Neither the Teta siblings nor Polina had any objections to this. They were both natives of Alterac and had heard of Haas's reputation for a long time, so they willingly gave up the command.
As expected, Haas lived up to his title as a famous general. After taking charge of Icewind Point, it took him just three days to initially knead the soldiers of the Syndicate, Ravenholdt and Barov into a whole.
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Of course there is a reason why Haas has already become famous.
But his own abilities should not be underestimated.
Since all the scouts sent by Lordaeron were eliminated by Sarlayan and Valeera, the Knights of the Silver Hand are not yet clear about the changes within Icewind Point.
However, Uther still learned from the desperate news from Steinblade's scouts that the guard of Icewind Point had been replaced by the experienced Alterac general Haas.
During the Second Orc War, Uther and Haas were under the command of Alliance Grand Marshal Anduin Lothar, and they both knew each other to a certain extent.
Uther knew that Haas was by no means an easy enemy to deal with. When Haas had just arrived, Uther didn't want him to have time to reshape the defense of Icewind Hill.
However, Uther did not want to fight an unprepared battle. He was anxiously waiting for Andorhal to deliver the siege equipment needed by the Knights of the Silver Hand.
The Knights of the Silver Hand are dispatched lightly,
Terenas originally thought that this elite knights could easily break through the Syndicate's riddled defenses.
However, due to various objective factors brought about by the entry of Sarlayan and others,
The Silver Hand's raid failed to achieve the expected results, so they had to endure a positional siege. Andorhal's craftsmen worked overtime to make a batch of siege weapons and push them to the front line.
On the third day after Haas arrived at Icewind Point, Andorhal's craftsmen finally hurriedly completed Uther's customization requirements.
The unusual movement that Hass's emissary mentioned was caused by the siege weapons being pushed into the camp.
"Catapults, ballistas, battering rams, siege towers, hehe~ They're very traditional."
Time was running out, and Andorhal was unable to mobilize artillery nearby, so they could only build these traditional siege weapons.
With the cement produced in the Earl of Deep Shadow, Quel'Thalas had already begun investing in reinforced concrete on a large scale when building the fortress.
These traditional siege weapons have almost no effect on the reinforced concrete city walls, but the temporary wooden city walls used to attack Bingfenggang can still play a good role.
On the city wall, Haas, dressed in military uniform, looked thoughtfully at the camp of the Knights of the Silver Hand.
Uther did not immediately launch an attack because of the arrival of the siege weapons. The soldiers of the Knights were slowly pushing the siege weapons to the front of the camp.
"Earl of Deep Shadow, I'm afraid it's just as you said."
Haas's eyes were solemn and he said to Sarlayan who had already come to him: "Uther should be trying to make a fuss about the habits developed by the Ice Wind Post defenders during this period. They should turn the illusion into reality at night.
to launch a siege."
Sarlayan nodded in agreement: "Human habits are terrible. Once formed,
It won’t be that easy to correct it again.”
"snort!"
Haas put his hands on his hips and sneered: "Thanks to your reminder, you gave us three days to adjust our schedule."
"Since Uther wants to attack at night, fine, let's prepare a surprise for him."
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After all, the Syndicate just started as a group of thieves.
In terms of running the army, even Duke Faculest himself has no outstanding talents.
After Haas arrived at Icewind Post, he immediately re-established the vigil rules. He adopted a three-shift approach and asked soldiers from the three families to stand guard for 8 hours respectively.
Haas did not make a quick move and mixed the soldiers from the three families for retraining. He wanted to do so, but with the enemy in front of him, he did not have the confidence to complete all training tasks before the war started.
After discussions with Sarlayan, Haas adopted a compromise approach, arranging their defense changes in time periods to preserve the unity of the three command systems to the greatest extent.
Taking into account Sarlayan's reminder, Hast specially arranged for the private soldiers of the Barov family, who had the strongest fighting power, the strictest discipline, and the easiest way to use them, to keep vigil at night. Ravenholdt and the Syndicate were responsible for the day and evening respectively.
It turns out that Haas's adjustment was correct.
Three o'clock in the night is the sleepiest time in human physiological habits, and the people of the Syndicate and Ravenholdt have already fallen asleep.
When the noise of gongs and drums sounded around the Icewind Point fortress, some Syndicate soldiers suddenly woke up, but they just turned over and continued to sleep regardless of the noise.
Taking advantage of the darkness and noise,
The soldiers of the Knights of the Silver Hand quietly pushed the siege weapons not far from the front of the fortress.
Uther frowned and stared at the motionless Icewind Point Fortress.
There was an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
Haas is not an easy enemy to deal with,
You shouldn't be so defenseless at night,
Uther always felt that this night attack would not go as smoothly as expected.
But the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired.
As Uther waved silently with a calm expression, the Silver Hand soldiers who had been prepared placed the boulder in the catapult's throwing bag.
"put!"
Dathrohan lowered his voice and issued orders, and three catapults almost simultaneously threw huge rocks at the Bingfeng Ridge city wall.
"boom!"
"Crunch!"
The kinetic energy brought by the parabola coupled with the mass of the stone itself, the huge boulders falling on the city wall made the temporarily installed wooden wall creak. One huge boulder even penetrated the city wall and fell into the fortress, causing a panic.
Voice.
Seeing that the progress was going smoothly, Dathrohan continued to order: "The archers and mages suppress the counterattack firepower on the city wall, and the rams move forward! The siege tower follows closely! Hurry! Don't give the enemy a chance to counterattack!"
The first round of sneak attacks was successful, and the Knights of the Silver Hand no longer needed to cover their whereabouts. The heavy siege weapons were pushed towards the city gate by the soldiers shouting slogans.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Paladins riding war horses are ready to charge. Once the city gate is knocked open, they will form a formation and rush into the city as soon as possible, trying to defeat the enemy generals.
Haas was captured in one fell swoop.
But... will things really develop as the Knights of the Silver Hand expect?
the answer is negative.
"quack!"
Before the battering ram could reach its position, the heavy wooden door suddenly opened inwards without any warning.
The paladins could no longer suppress their desire to storm the city, and looked expectantly at the deputy captain, Dasohan, who was responsible for issuing orders.
However, at this time, Dathrohan did not use his loud and passionate voice to boost the morale of the Lordaeron soldiers as usual.
Like Uther, he looked dully at the entire cavalry team that was already waiting behind the open city gate.
Uther was the first to react: "Damn it! We have fallen into a trap!"
"Push back the siege! Lancers, step forward and set up your guns!"
"Yes Yes!"
The development of the situation was completely different from the predictions of the officers of the Knights of the Silver Hand. The well-trained spearmen subconsciously followed Uther's orders, raised their spears and moved forward.
But before they could get into position and set up their formation, the cavalry unit that was ready to go moved first.
Haas, who was standing at the back of the team, loudly ordered: "Listen to my order! All members of the cavalry team will attack, with the primary goal of destroying the enemy's siege weapons! Don't be reluctant to fight!"
"yes!"
The mobility of the cavalry was undoubtedly revealed in this local battle. The Barov cavalry, who took the lead, held a lance in one hand and a torch in the other. Before the siege troops of the Knights of the Silver Hand could retreat, they ignited the wooden heavy attack tanks.
City weapons.
Although they lost more than a dozen cavalry due to bombardment by the mage troops and archers of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Barov family's cavalry successfully completed, and even exceeded, the tasks assigned to them by Haas.
"Offensive formation! Charge with me!"
The cavalry captain with four scars on his face charged forward bravely.
At this time, they had thrown away the torch in their left hands, holding the lances tightly with both hands, bypassing the hastily arranged spear formation of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and entered the Knights of the Silver Hand's position from the side.
The Barov Cavalry was not interested in fighting, and they only knew that the Paladins of the Silver Hand were also ready to fight.
After using the impact force to penetrate the enemy formation, the cavalry captain did not try to expand the victory, and calmly took the lead in retreating to Bingfenggang Castle.
When the most holy knights of the Knights of the Silver Hand were dispatched, they could no longer catch up with the Barov cavalry who started speeding up first. They could only watch helplessly as they left a dozen more corpses behind and smoothly rushed into the castle gate.
In this cavalry battle, the Barov family lost 34 cavalry in a hurry, burned most of the enemy's siege weapons, and caused hundreds of casualties to the Knights of the Silver Hand.
"Damn it!"
Uther blamed himself and punched the big tree next to him: "I should have been on guard! I was careless. I didn't expect that Haas would dare to take the initiative when his morale was low!"
Looking back at the scene of people tumbling behind him, Dathrohan, the main combatant, asked with a grimace: "Uther, do you want to fight again?"
"Hit me!"
The Lightbringer, who had always had a gentle personality, rarely cursed. He glared at Dathrohan angrily.
"Withdraw the troops! Let Mayor Matthew report tonight's battle situation to His Majesty Terenas and ask for His Majesty's next action plan."
"Oh fine……"
Dathrohan halted his horse and left dejectedly. Uther was a little unwilling but relieved and took one last look at the still impregnable Icewind Point fortress.