The spread of the plague is much more terrifying than imagined.
From the dense forest near Stratholme, it gradually expanded outwards, entering Cowlin Road, Darrow County, all the way west, crossing Andorhal, and reaching the four major farms, where the spread gradually slowed down.
It is said that Robbie's plan is just to infect the trees around Stratholme with the plague.
But he didn't expect that it would suddenly become a prairie fire. The origin of the Plague Land was all because of Robbie's advice. Knowing this terrible consequence, Robbie felt a little numb.
The development of things is often unexpected, even for a time traveler like him, it is difficult to predict.
Faced with this terrifying plague, the Silver Hand, the Orc Legion, and the Elf Rangers all stopped moving forward.
Uther sent people to check the plagues. These plagues were very powerful, but fortunately they did not kill the trees. Most of the trees were still growing tenaciously, but because they were corroded by the plagues, they could no longer be turned into siege equipment.
The good news is that the plague will only spread quickly among plants. As long as plague-infected food is not eaten into the mouth, humans will not be infected with the plague.
"Look, the spread of this plague is all the evil deeds of the Curse Sect, destroying the land we live on. We orcs will never tolerate such cruel behavior." Thrall protested loudly:
"March to Stratholme and kill them all."
The march was not blocked, and the three huge legions successfully reached Stratholme.
Baron Rivendell climbed onto the city wall and looked at the three teams encamped in the distance.
Parallel with Baron Rivendell was an archmage named Maleki. He was now wearing a set of black robes, his face was dimly visible under the shadow of the hood, and he was followed by two grinning ghouls.
The image of Maleki is that of Kel'Thuzad, used to intimidate the guardian Medivh.
The Knights of the Silver Hand still have a silver-white tent. Due to the lack of wood, there is only a short fence surrounding the camp, which is almost like nothing. The Knights of the Silver Hand are working hard to dig trenches, hoping to use stones
A high wall was built with the soil, but the progress was very unsatisfactory.
The orc camp was in chaos. A few orcs demolished nearby residences and built various temporary residences. Because most of the residences had been burned down under the Baron's order, the orcs could not find enough materials, so most of the orc soldiers only
Can live in underground caves, and underground caves have always been used by hard workers.
The elf rangers are most troubled. The elf's favorite is the dense forest, which is their natural residence. Now that the forest near Stratholme has been infected with the plague, they can only build tents that they are not very good at.
Baron Rivendell silently assessed the strength comparison between the two sides.
Although lords from all over Lordaeron are converging on Stratholme, Baron Rivendell is very clear that the battle to defend the city cannot rely on these improvised and miscellaneous troops. The main force is still the local garrison of Stratholme.
Although Stratholme is an important military town in the north, it is only a slightly larger territory after all. The number of garrison troops is only one-third of that of the Silver Hand, not to mention the larger orc army. Fortunately, the elf rangers have
The number is much smaller. The three armies outside the city combined are at least ten times the size of Stratholme's defenders.
As the art of war goes, it is a difficult defensive battle to be surrounded by ten enemies.
What is comforting is that Baron Rivendell did not see the mountains of siege equipment.
Baron Rivendell is observing the three legions, and Thrall, Silvasas, and Uther are also observing Stratholme.
The dark and tall city wall and the solid city gate have obviously been blocked by huge rocks. The soldiers and civilians in the city are ready to fight to the death. There are no reinforcements from outside and no intention of breaking out. The city gate has lost its purpose.
Looking at the magical mist that shrouded the city wall, Silvasas felt a headache. With this magical mist, only the most skilled elf rangers could shoot arrows onto the city wall, and such rangers were less than one-tenth.
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"Is that Archmage Kel'Thuzad?"
Thrall stared at the archmage on the city wall. The two ghouls were following suit, protecting the mage in black robes. There were not many mages who could summon ghouls and knew necromancy in Lordaeron.
Uther nodded and said with some annoyance:
"With Kel'Thuzad here, Lord Guardian can't take action."
Thrall chuckled. Although Thrall was just a baby during the Second Orc War, he listened more than once to the veterans telling about the war that year and how the orc army crushed humans again and again.
In Thrall's mind, the weak human soldiers were vulnerable. In fact, since he became the chief, he had never fought a head-on war with the human legions, which made him not take Stratholme seriously at all.
"I am not the useless loser Hellscream, and my subordinates are not the wimps of the Warsong clan."
Because they drank too much demon blood, the Warsong clan was afraid of the violent potion. The main force of this legion brought by Thrall was from the shelters in Lordaeron. King Terenas fed it with the people of Lordaeron.
of orcs.
"Uther, send a message to Baron Rivendell. I will have a great battle with him in front of Stratholme Gate."
Uther knew Baron Rivendell fairly well, but after all, his understanding was limited. Back then, the orcs used a piece of invitation letter to deceive the defenders of the Royal City of Lordaeron out of the fortified city, and buried the bones of 50,000 soldiers on the battlefield.
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To save others by oneself, Uther felt that Baron Rivendell would agree. In his opinion, this was an extremely noble honor, a passionate and heroic head-on confrontation. Even if he knew that he would die, he still had to fight for glory.
Going out of the city to fight even when you know you are outmatched is a tradition of small-scale wars among nobles.
In this era, the size of noble cities was limited, and only lords and their guards could live in them.
If the lord does not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, the people outside will be plundered. Once there are no people, the noble title will become empty.
Therefore, although Uther's approach is wrong, it is actually based on tradition.
In the face of the great authority of tradition, the rebuttals of other generals seemed powerless. But Uther did not realize that a small-scale war between nobles was not suitable for a national war at all.
Adhering to tradition without knowing how to adapt is Uther's flaw as a commander.
Uther was also eager to capture Stratholme. He did not want to have long nights and dreams. After all, the spread of the plague made the development of the situation increasingly confusing.
Baron Rivendell soon received a reply, with only one sentence:
"I'm not the complete idiot that Uther is."
"Damn it, Baron Rivendell has abandoned his glory. He is a shame to mankind." Thrall ordered angrily: "Silver Hand, attack and capture this city."
Uther completely agreed with Thrall's point of view and believed that this was a dishonorable act, and immediately ordered the knights to attack the strong city wall.
There were only a few ladders and most of the paladins who climbed the wall with bare hands quickly became easy targets.
Nearly a thousand paladins died under the walls of Stratholme.
Uther scratched his head, feeling that something was wrong.
In his impression, war is a constant charge, charge, death, and death.
He has no experience at all in slightly more complicated siege warfare.
A general's success will lead to thousands of bones being wasted. No one is a born commander. The experience of generals is obtained by the lives of soldiers. Unfortunately, Uther is a mediocre person who cannot learn from experience.
He was able to climb to this position because of his identity as the Lightbringer and relying on Naaru's favor, not his commanding skills.
Thrall also had no idea, so he could only seek advice from the strategist Eitrigg. Although Eitrigg couldn't hold a battle axe, his brain was still good.
Unfortunately, Eitrigg doesn't have any clever strategies.
Throughout the two orc wars, the orcs never fought a decent siege. When they captured the fortified Stormwind City, Garona assassinated King Llane, and the defenders of Stormwind City were demoralized and in disarray.
"Great savior, respected chief, we need siege equipment." (To be continued)