33. Destroying the withered and decaying (I)

East Valley, a town at the junction of the Elwin Forest and the Red Ridge Mountains, is famous for its rich timber resources throughout the eastern continent, cutting timber for sale, and is also the main source of income for the people of the East Valley.

During the First Orc War, a battle between humans and orcs broke out in the East Valley, and after the rebuilding of Stormwind City, a monument to the fallen heroes was erected in the woodland lakes of the East Valley.

Remembering the past makes rulers wise and courageous, and the worship of heroes makes people more resilient.

The devastation of Crimson Mountain and Nightshade has been known to the people of the entire kingdom, whether the people want it or not, a new war is imminent, the adult men of Crimson Mountain have been sent directly to the camp in the East Valley by Delaney's spaceship, and the warriors who escaped the battle in Nightshade have regrouped here at the call of the king.

In addition to continuing to suppress the rebel army of Defia in the western wilderness, 40,000 soldiers from the entire kingdom were stationed here, the empty and historic East Valley lumberyard was now full of tents and improvised military camps, and the fortress left over from the First Orc War was quickly repaired by tens of thousands of people, and trenches were dug and timber was cut down to build a lot of wooden horses.

Artillery with an icy smell was placed in the gun position, dozens of steam tanks were parked in the open space in front of the position, griffin knights were constantly rising and landing, transmitting messages from one position to another, and heavily armed knights were walking around the battlefield to maintain order.

At the command of these soldiers was the Duke of Stormwind, Boval. Vortagen, the most famous magnate in the entire kingdom, is also a powerful and loyal paladin, and the composition of his soldiers is very diverse, including veterans who have fought in two orc wars, as well as newly drafted uneasy recruits, some militias who voluntarily take up arms to defend their homeland, and private soldiers that the nobles have to take out under pressure.

It can be said that this is the largest military operation launched by the Stormwind Kingdom after the end of the Orc War, and the commanders have already made up their minds to start a difficult tug-of-war with the undead in the East Valley, the only way for the Elwyn Forest to the core area of the Stormwind Kingdom's domination.

Ironically, although the Storm Kingdom has lost two core towns and lost control of two provinces, they still don't know the overall strength of the undead, and from the mouth of the black dragon who served Countess Caterina, the battle situation of the undead attacking the Black Stone Tower made the commanders' hearts heavier and heavier, if what those black dragons said was true, relying on the 40,000 soldiers at hand, it was estimated that it would be difficult to stop the undead who poured into the nest.

For the generals and marshals of Stormwind, they felt like they were facing a monster hidden in the darkness, and no one knew how powerful it was until it took the initiative to step out of the shadows.

But in the face of a battle of life and death, fear is just an option, and the loser may lose everything, but this is definitely not a reason to be afraid to fight.

In the area where Elwyn Forest, Red Ridge Mountain, and Twilight Forest meet, the brave griffin scouts see the tide of the undead as they cross Red Ridge Mountain, and in the field of view of their telescopes, the scene in front of them is like a black gauze covering the foothills, and the black army rolling forward is like a surging tide, and there is no end in sight.

After a few days of silence, the undead finally seemed to be unable to hold their breath.

And above the sky, the necromancers flapped their wings and flew out from a height close to the clouds, and among the dense black dots were some large, terrifying bone dragons.

"The undead are coming!"

The scouts quickly grabbed the griffin's reins and rushed back towards the human position behind them, in the past few days of reconnaissance, those extremely fast, cruel temperament, and strong desire to attack the necromantic scouts have caused a lot of trouble for the human scouts, once they are entangled by these air bandits who like to bully more and less, even the ferocious griffons who can fight the dragon, it is difficult to escape.

"The undead are coming!"

Ten minutes later, after getting the news from the scouts, the entire human position became solemn, as if a huge war machine had been activated, every gear began to operate, and sparks of courage shone in the collision, the veterans picked up their weapons and handed the flasks in their hands to the nervous recruits, while the generals rode on their horses, galloping back and forth in front of their positions, their weapons and the weapons of the soldiers collided again and again, the roars of the generals and the sound of weapons clashing, It made the breath of the knights in the front row become short.

Marshal Windsor with his own guards stationed behind the infantry phalanx, after the battle begins, he will take over the command of the battlefield, and the Duke of Berval wears a lion-patterned helmet, with 800 paladins of Stormwind City standing at the front of the battle line, the power of the Holy Light is extremely great for the destruction of undead creatures, this paladin legion, will also become the most important mobile force in this battle.

"Artillery in position!"

"Tanks in place!"

"Archers in position!"

"Infantry in position!"

Accompanied by the hoarse roar of the herald, the blue and golden lion battle flag, representing the Stormwind Kingdom and the royal family of Urion, slowly rose all over the battle line, and in such a great battle, the battle flag of glory was raised with only one meaning... In his own post, he will not retreat!

The East Valley is the last strategic stronghold in the Elwyn Forest, and any soldier with tactical experience knows that once this place is lost, the entire vast territory of Elwinson will be unsafe, and if they fail, the citizens of the kingdom will be able to hide in their homes and shiver, and the land they love will be completely consumed by the forces of darkness.

They will lose it... These warriors who love their country and are willing to throw their heads and shed their blood for it will lose it forever.

The enemy always underestimates the strength of the warriors and their brothers and sisters, especially when they protect their loved ones and all that is dear ...

"Gah!"

A hiss belonging to the Death Raven resounded in the sky of the East Valley, the commander of the Screamer Legion, the Assassin Crow standing atop a skeletal dragon's head, the 600 young warriors who had followed the glorious Raven King Tyrok in the southern and northern wars, he looked with his calm gaze at the human position below like a giant beast entrenched in the forest, in the small world of Draenor, it is rare to see such a terrifying, blood-boiling war.

He looked at the human soldiers who were waiting for him with a critical gaze, and he wanted to see a hint of weakness in their postures, to see the fear he wanted to see... But no, under the unity of the people, the cowardice of the individual is masked by the strength of the collective, and he can only see the warriors who fight to the death, and only the iron determination of these human beings.

"In the fear that falls from the sky, even warriors can become cowards! Steel will also be broken! Victory... It's right in front of you! ”

"Huh"

The dark golden wingblade was raised high by the crow, and the black robe he wore hunted in the wind, and the moment the first black feather was blown into the scorched sky, the sharp winged blade in the crow's hand slammed down.

"Screamer! Destroy them! ”

"Quack"

The noisy screams of the crows resounded in the air, just like the battlefield under the Peak of Tongtian, the death crows puffed up the death energy of their whole bodies, condensed into a cold storm between their bodies, these screaming demons gathered their wings, dozens of people as a group, roaring and smashing towards the human legions waiting below, the moment they landed, the winged blades in the hands of the crows and the cold and biting storm will bring the first wave of blood feast to their masters.

But after the war in the Red Ridge Mountain, humans will not be beaten passively.

"Pastor! Hold up the barrier! ”

The priests of the Holy Light who were arranged on the periphery of the legion chanted the sacred scriptures of the Holy Light in unison, the strength of one person was weak, but when the priests gathered together, the gushing out of the Holy Light energy quickly converged in the air into an enchantment shining with golden flames, enveloping every military formation.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The cunning ravens crashed unexpectedly into those scorching barriers, the divine energy canceled out the cold around them, causing the speed of their impact to decrease, and the next moment, the archers and musketeers who had already been ready in the army array raised their weapons with a sinister smile, and in the unleashing angry fire, the thousands of ravens who attacked the position in the first wave were almost completely annihilated.

"Cunning!"

The crow's eyes shone with cruelty, and he let out a rapid scream, directing the crows behind him to gather into larger groups, while the bone dragons hidden among the ravens flapped their wings and slowly descended, these behemoths did not directly join the attack on the ground, but they opened their hideous sharp teeth and sprayed cold, huge amounts of death energy into the army array below, like a blizzard falling from the sky.

The barrier on the ground was rapidly weakened, and in the interval between the priests' chanting, the regrouped ravens attacked the ground again, this time, the barrier between the two military formations was breached, and the ravens who fell from the sky brought a crazy slaughter storm, but at the same time, the human air force that had been waiting for an opportunity, those heroic griffin knights roared into the air, and some of them remained in the kingdom of Stormwind, and in the thunder light brought by the storm hammer, the gathered ravens were forcibly separated.

The ground steam tank's machine guns also opened fire suddenly, and in the dense and scorching barrage, the shattered corpses of the entangled ravens who could not rise into the air fell like black raindrops on the ground in front of the position.

There was no temptation, no communication, the battle had entered a white heat from the beginning, and this was just the beginning, in the shaking of the ground, the ground forces of the undead also appeared in front of the severely harassed human position, those undead infantry in rough armor did not feel tired, and under the orders of the lower knights, while seeing the human position, these rolling dark minions began to charge.

"Knights! Meet the enemy with me! ”

Bowwal buckled his helmet and drew the golden heavy sword behind his backhand, the scorching holy light shone on his body, like a golden battle flag, under the charge led by the duke himself, the paladins followed, and then the roaring heavy cavalry, the entire ground of the East Valley shook in the roars of the good men, and the dust brought up by the horses as they galloped into a storm.

In the face of the menacing human heavy cavalry, if the undead still have emotions, they should also feel fear... A few years ago, humans relied on these heavy cavalry phalanxes that would directly penetrate the enemy formation once they began to attack, and brutally defeated the invincible orcs.

But no, the undead will not be afraid, in the face of the human knights who stabbed straight like sharp arrows, the speed of the undead infantry's charge did not weaken in the slightest, and behind this black guideline, the 1,000 lower-level knights gathered together, also under the command of the high-ranking knight El Al, launched a counter-charge against the humans.

"Bang"

The war horse under Bowval's crotch was shrouded in the light of the holy light, it was as brave and fearless as its master, like a fierce war hammer, hammering at the front of the undead phalanx, the undead infantry who wielded the bone knife did not even touch Bolval's body, it was directly burned to ashes by the scorching holy light, Bolval was like the sharpest arrow of a sharp arrow, he swung his heavy sword, and opened a rift in the charge for the knights behind him.

Viewed from above, the human knights were like a sharp hot knife, stabbing into the dark undead army without difficulty, like separating cheese.

But the undead are not the living, even after such a devastating blow, they still did not scatter and flee, but flocked to the path of the knights' charge from all directions, using their bodies to drag the knights' charging pace, making their speed slower and slower, until this time, the proud knights realized that they were not facing orcs...

Individual undead are far worse than orcs, but when they are gathered together, when they are twisted into a rope by a pair of hands, their power is more than a hundred times stronger than that of the once feared tribe!

Bolval glanced back, the knights who were supposed to follow him were actually left behind, which made the paladin feel a little ominous, and the next moment, the undead phalanx in front of him suddenly cracked, and the charging death knights were just like them just now, after the human knights lost their speed, it was like a silent hammer, hammering the heads of the knights surrounded by the undead.

"Bang"

The sound of the collision was unnoticeable in the noisy battlefield, but it was like a roar announcing the defeat of the invincible strategy, and it cracked silently in the hearts of the proud knights.