Night fell on Mount Hyjal, and the exhausted coalition soldiers fell asleep leaning against the big trees. Prell and other coalition leaders sat around a bonfire, and everyone looked silent.
The casualty data has also been calculated. The coalition lost nearly half of its troops, most of which were caused by Archimonde's continuous summons of Hellfire to attack the position.
Such casualty figures are unacceptable to the leaders. If the only thing that can make the leaders feel less bad is that the coalition's magic-casting troops have suffered relatively minimal losses.
Prell's mood was the most uncomfortable, because in a series of battles from the Battle of Azshara to Mount Hyjal, all the troops and soldiers brought out by the Kingdom of Thresh were promoted. It can be said that the overall combat effectiveness has been directly improved to a higher level. However,
Because of this, the Kingdom of Thresh was also heavily attacked by Archimonde.
Since Thresh Kingdom's defensive position was at the front during the day, Prell's bodyguards were basically crippled, not to mention Adolfo Shensha, the other kobold musketeers, hammer shield soldiers, gnoll warriors, and Prell's side.
Of the five squads of personal guards, less than 20 are still alive.
Everyone was silent, because after being repulsed, the coalition forces did not even have time to collect the corpses of their fallen comrades. Perhaps the corpses of those brave soldiers had been turned into tools for summoning skeletons by the necromancers.
Prell stood up silently and walked around the wounded barracks again. Belga had woken up and Antana was jumping to life again. Only Braylin Fire Fist was still in a coma. She was
She was directly counterattacked by Archimonde's spell. Fortunately, Prell came to the rescue. She is breathing smoothly now, at least there is no fear for her life.
After a night of silence, Prell was woken up by Lexa who was on duty early the next morning, and told him the news: the undead army outside the forest had crossed the large ditch left by the edge explosion and was preparing to attack the forest.
Attacked from the depths.
That was the news obtained by the coalition's scouts. Prell immediately found Thrall and others. He saw that Jaina was busy arranging the medical team and the wounded battalion to retreat first. Thrall was gathering the orc warriors to prepare.
Go to stop the attack of the undead army and create opportunities for the wounded soldiers to retreat.
This forest is densely populated, which is not conducive to large-scale battles between the army. Thrall, Kane, Bloodhoof and Jaina received the news earlier than Prell, so after a brief discussion, they decided to let Prell
He led the Thresh Kingdom and the indigenous coalition forces to protect the wounded soldiers and retreated towards the Goldrinn Temple.
The main combat arms of Thresh Kingdom are kobold musketeers and grenadiers. However, in order to prevent the undead army from rushing into the forest yesterday, Prell buried almost all the ammunition and created a huge explosion. Now the musketeers and grenadiers
The grenadier's weapons and ammunition were insufficient and could no longer sustain a large-scale battle.
As for the other infantrymen of the Thresh Kingdom and the indigenous coalition, compared to the orcs and tauren warriors, their strength was indeed too weak, and the losses of the indigenous coalition were equally heavy, so the rearguard task was given to the orcs.
Prell did not refuse, so he led the army away first, accompanied by goblins who also ran out of ammunition, and some human soldiers.
Several tauren druids led the way as guides. Since the ancient war 10,000 years ago, the night elves have become more reserved. Except for some tauren who also believe in druids, there are almost no other people.
races set foot on this land.
Leaving the night elf village where they had spent the night before, thousands of people headed deeper into the forest and continued along a path. After about an hour of progress, they arrived at Goldrinn Temple.
Unlike other demigod temples, the Goldrinn Temple does not have many buildings. On a piece of grass in the middle of the forest, a huge stone pavilion was revealed. In this pavilion supported by more than ten tall columns
In the middle of the stone pavilion, there is a huge stone wolf-shaped statue.
That is the statue of the wolf god Goldrinn. Goldrinn is a giant white wolf. During the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago, like many other demigods, he followed the elves and joined the battle against the Burning Legion.
middle.
Goldrinn possessed an unyielding will, was ferocious and warlike. He continuously killed thousands of powerful demons. Finally, he was targeted by Archimonde, who sent an army of high-level demons to besiege the Wolf God. In the end, Goldrinn was outnumbered.
, was seriously injured, but he still killed hundreds of elite demons before his body was destroyed.
Since then, the legend about the wolf god has been spread and interpreted among many races, such as elves, trolls, tauren, goblins, humans and other races.
But unlike many other lawful and kind demigods, the wolf god Goldrinn never wanted to be "tamed" by the moon god Elune. He insisted on his instinctive wildness, so he behaved far more furiously than other demigods.
Bloodthirsty, violent and aggressive.
Arranging the wounded soldiers around the stone pavilion in the middle, Prell immediately ordered the following soldiers to be arranged into a defensive formation to prepare for the next battle.
Gonzalo's scout team has been paying close attention to the fighting situation of the orcs, tauren, trolls and some human mages who stayed behind, and reported the information to Prell in a timely manner.
There was no advantage for either side in jungle combat, and the undead army had the upper hand because it had more abundant troops, and they came so fast that Thrall and others had no time to build a solid and reliable line of defense.
Not long after the two sides engaged in battle, the remaining coalition forces fell into a bitter battle and had to retreat while fighting. Prell looked around and saw kobolds, jackals and the remaining black iron dwarves nervously cutting down trees.
The trees were whittled into wooden guns and sticks, and distributed to the musketeers and grenadiers who were low on ammunition. They couldn't help but sigh.
If Archimonde hadn't personally taken action yesterday, he wouldn't be in such a state of embarrassment now, but no matter what, he will lead this group of soldiers to fight to the end.
Since the war, ordinary coalition soldiers have not thought of escaping, but their thoughts were quickly given up. After successive fierce battles with the undead army, even the most timid soldiers have realized that escaping and
Surrender is fruitless.
Surrender, not to mention whether the undead army is accepted, they are likely to be "transformed" into new undead, either cannon fodder ghouls, or become part of the abomination body, or even more tragically, are created by necromancers.
Become a skeleton.
Escape? With the offensive of the undead army, where can they escape in the unfamiliar Mount Hyjal area? Even if they escape, they will only live for one or two more days. If they encounter the undead army, they will still be killed.
fate.
This is what Prell ordered his most eloquent harpy subordinates to spread around. He must let all the soldiers understand that the battle he was fighting was not to help the night elves, but to help his own race and clan.
If the undead army's offensive cannot be stopped at Mount Hyjal, the undead army will soon spread the undead plague to the entire continent of Kalimdor, and all living creatures will be doomed.
Jaina was the first group to withdraw. She and the human mages around her consumed a lot of mana and were exhaustedly escorted back by a group of wolf cavalry. These brave wolf cavalry turned around and rushed into the forest again and entered the battle.
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Then Prell saw Vol'jin rushing over with a group of injured trolls. With the talent of racial regeneration, the troll warriors were even crazier than the orcs and tauren warriors, so their casualties were equally huge.
With Goldrinn Temple as the center, Prell had ordered the soldiers to simply set up a simple defense fortification made of felled trees. Then he saw Hamuul Rune Totem leading a group of tauren Dru.
Yi retreated.
There were more than a dozen tauren druids who were so exhausted from the continuous battle that they could not even release the transformation. They reluctantly retreated behind the tree fence in the form of giant bears, and then collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily.
A group of about thirty or forty ghouls rushed out from the west side of the temple and rushed into the grassland. Rexxar immediately rushed over with the ogres and jackals, killing all the cannon fodder of the undead army.
Subsequently, more and more ghouls rushed over from the southeast of the temple, and Lao Chen also commanded the soldiers to start a counterattack. Prell had just assisted the medical team to transform a tauren druid that was too tired to return to human form.
After dragging it to the rear, I saw more ghouls coming from three directions.
"Where's Thrall? Where's Kane?" Prell was anxious and quickly asked Hamuul Rune Totem. The tauren archdruid was so tired that he couldn't speak. He pointed to the southwest of the temple with his finger.
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Just as he was about to gather soldiers to go to the rescue, Prell saw a group of wolf cavalry slashing wildly and escorting Sal to withdraw. His heart was half relieved, and then he saw more than ten tall figures emerging from the woods.
came out, and then more and more orcs, trolls, and tauren warriors retreated.
And Kane Bloodhoof finally emerged from the woods, easily chopped down two rushing ghouls, and covered the other tauren as they retreated behind the crude fortifications.
Prell has already begun to treat the trolls who have followed Wojin back. Most of the troll warriors wear wooden armor, which has good protection against the biting plague of the ghouls. In addition, they have strong health
In terms of recovery ability, in Prell's view, their injuries were not too serious.
The commander of the undead army attacking this time is Anasseron. This cunning Dreadlord is still hiding at the back. Six of his companions have been killed on the battlefield, plus Tichondrius, a member of the Dreadlord clan.
The leader was also killed, and he did not want to be the next Dreadlord killed in Azeroth.
After treating the injured trolls, Prell gave Thrall an "exorcism". Previously, in the forest, Thrall was trying to kill an extremely active abomination, but due to space restrictions, he was grabbed by the abomination on the arm.
Suddenly, the entire arm to shoulder swelled up, and green blood began to flow from the wound. It was infected by the undead plague.
If he hadn't received Drek'Thar's shamanistic education and been able to mobilize the power of the elements to heal himself, Thrall might have lost his life.
"These damn demons and undead are so fucking inexhaustible!" Seeing that Prell had dispelled the poison from his arm, an orc shaman took over and used a dagger to drain the poisonous blood from his swollen arm.
, Sal frowned in pain and couldn't help but say a curse word.
"What should we do? There are so many undead..." Before Sal could finish his words, he suddenly turned his head in shock, and Prell also looked behind him.
In the stone pavilion, the statue of the wolf god Goldrinn suddenly glowed brightly, and a shrill wolf howl resounded throughout the forest.