4. Shattras. Siege warfare
In the civilization system of the world of Draenor, Shattrath City is a very special existence.
It is not like the Raven Kingdom of Tongtian Peak, or the Ogre tribe of Golrond, who clearly surrendered to the Darkblade Legion and was willing to become a vassal of this Death Realm, nor is it like the Orcs of Nagrand and the Tiger tribe scattered throughout Draenor in a nomadic manner, although on the surface it is cold and neutral with the Darkblade, but secretly it maintains a tacit understanding with the Darkblade Legion.
It's more like a stubborn old man, stubbornly standing on the northern edge of the Teroka Forest, almost at the center of the entire world of Draenor, proudly not yielding to the Grimblade, and occasionally causing some strange things.
The slums of the lower city are filled with exiles from all races in the world, all lonely people who can't forget the pain of the past and choose to fight against the Dark Blade, and of course, careerists who are afraid of the chaos of the world, or some hidden cultists and blood-addicts.
Most of these guys spend their daily lives in the Tavern, drunk, swearing, living in the fantasy that they are actually a rebel hero, trying to kill the legions of Death Knights who are eyeing them with curses or other damn things, or fighting to the death in the dark alleys for a little scraps.
Gangsters are rampant in the slums, and even a large-scale industry has been formed, and even the shattered remnant sun warbands guarding Shattrath City have nothing to do with these gangsters hidden among the slums, because the poor ecology of the slums makes it impossible to kill such desperate gangsters.
It can be said that most of the exiles in Shattrath City have actually lost hope, they just can't swallow the breath of being bullied by the Dark Blade, they are a group of poor people who gather together to keep warm, in the early years, some bloody exiles will organize their own war groups to rush out of Shattrath City, and fight guerrilla warfare with the Dark Blade Legion, but with the bloody rebels being killed one by one and resurrected as necromancers, the slums have completely lost hope.
They thought they were rebelling, but they were just making a living.
As long as there are slums in a city, there must be an upper city, and the same is true of Shattrath City, where the second and suspended third floors of this three-level gem city are inhabited by the city's real voice.
Most of them are draenei living in Shattrath City, during the Orc War, Shattrath City was breached and burned by the orcs, but soon, the orcs abandoned here, and some of the Draenei who were not willing to retreat like this broke away from the forces of the prophet Viren, quietly returned to the ruins of the city, and began to rebuild Shattrath City with their own hands and hard work with the help of the Naru who returned to Draenor from the stars.
These Draenei people have experienced the worst wars, so in the process of rebuilding the city, they also formed their own legions, that is, the Broken Sun Warband, led by the city defense general Tirasaran, a powerful garrison who began to follow the prophet Viren during the time of the Argus World, and the Draenei army of Shattrath City has its own shaman and priest army, who call themselves "Aldo", and live on the three-story platform of Shattrath City, led by the High Priest Ishana.
This legion of spells guards the only road from Shattrath City to the Nagrand Meadows, as well as the threat of several ogre tribes operating on the edge of Shattrath City.
It can be said that the power of the Draenei legion stationed in Shattrath City is very powerful, although in the eyes of the great lord Tyrion, the Shattered Sun Warband is only an insignificant existence, but if this war-torn legion is put into Azeroth, it will definitely be a first-class Holy Light powerhouse!
The Shattered Sun Warband is loyal to Naruadar who sheltered Shattrath City several times, the gentle and extremely wise Light Naru is said to be one of the first Narus born in the Light among the stars, it was unable to shelter the Draenei in the Orc War after the Draenei entered the world of Draenor and led the other Narus to find allies in the void, so it failed to shelter the Draenei in the orc war, but after rushing back to this world, it and the other Naru helped the Draenei rebuild Shattrath City.
This Naru is a worthy leader.
However, Adar never spoke about his origins, which seems to be taboo, but there is gossip that Adar and several of his followers of Naru broke away from the Legion of Light long ago due to some disagreements with Zela, the Mother of Light, the progenitor Naaru.
The thoughts of the higher-ups of the Shattered Sun Warband and the exiles in the slums are completely different, these old and serious Draenei are well aware of the influence of the Dark Blade in Draenor, they have never thought of fighting it head-on, and the only insistence of these Holy Light warriors guarding Shattrath City is to stick to this Holy Light Holy Land, they are very satisfied with the current confrontation between the two sides, they are not willing to take the initiative to provoke a war.
General Tirasalan, who had confronted Tyrion several times, knew very well that once the war began, the city of Shattrath would be completely razed in a matter of days, which was not what the poor people of their group of stars, who had been on the run for 25,000 years, wanted to see.
But now, 18 years after the opening of the Dark Gate, the Shattered Sun Warband, willing to maintain neutrality, has to take up arms again, as a new war comes.
The enemy is not the undead... It's a bunch of lizardmen!
"Warriors of Naru! Rush with me! ”
On the city wall with the sound of slaughter, General Tirasalan carried a heavy war halberd, turned over and jumped on the heavily armed Holy Light Thunder Elephant, he grabbed the reins, roared loudly, behind him, more than 50 Thunder Elephant Knights also formed a charging formation, with these war thunder elephants weighing several tons howling and began to charge, the thick walls of the entire Shattrath City began to shake.
In front of the charging Thunder Elephant Cavalry, a vanguard army of lizardmen took advantage of the darkness of the night to rush out of the lake to the east of the city and climbed the city wall at great speed, these cold and brutal creeping creatures, led by the lizardmen officers, crushed the defenders on the edge of the walls of Shattrath City in a furious manner, and they destroyed the rune circle of the holy light barrier that shrouded the city around, causing a trace of loopholes in this large barrier.
General Tirasalan must recapture the circle in the shortest possible time, and if the lizardmen continue to destroy it, the Holy Light Barrier that protects the city will soon collapse completely, and at that time, in the face of the attack of the lizardmen's army, the shattered sun and the entire city will inevitably pay a heavy price.
This complex city is not ready for war, and he and his warriors must buy more time for Shattrath City!
"The Light will prevail!"
The Draenei general with the thunder cavalry charged shouted sacred slogans, and the manic thunder elephant shook the sharp, steel spike tusks, and swayed left and right, those lizardmen who attacked the enchantment circle were knocked into the sky, or rushed out of the city walls by the powerful impact, and the heavy halberd in General Tirasalan's hand also slashed left and right, and between the halo of the Holy Light combat skills, he and his thunder knights seemed to rush into a no-man's land, knocking those brutal lizardmen back again and again.
At the same time, the city defense artillery located around the second-floor city platform of Shattrath City also began to calibrate, these cannons are third-hand goods bought by the Delaneei from the Ravens and Ogres through the underground black market, according to the military model of the Dark Blade, the weapons retired from the front-line legions will be distributed to the servant army, but in a world with a peaceful environment like Draenor, the Ravens and Ogres have no use for weapons, and they can simply resell them to others and earn a lot of money.
And for this kind of behavior, the Darkblade Legion is turning a blind eye, and those resold artillery have long lagged behind the official armament of the Darkblade Legion, even if a small number of weapons fall into the hands of the enemy, there is not much threat.
Although these old weapons have such and such small problems, but this is a battlefield killing weapon used by the Dark Blade military, its quality is completely nothing to say, in the past few years, Shattered Sun bought nearly a hundred artillery pieces from the crow and the ogre, in addition to filling the city's defensive firepower, but also imitated some of their own, but because the number of people in Shattrath City is limited, and the people's hearts are not aligned, so this expansion of armaments, in the end, it will not be over.
But now, these well-maintained guns played a key role, and the formation of dozens of guns firing together was quite alarming, and the cannonballs that dragged long tail flames fell from the sky and smashed on the ground beyond the city walls, cutting off the supporting lizardmen line, and between the roaring explosions, the flesh and blood of the cold-blooded reptiles covered the entire soft ground.
Under the command of High Priest Ishana, the shamans of Aldor quickly charged these gem weapons, and between the beating of thunder and lightning or flames, with the rotation of those strange gems, a ray of endless power swept across the lizardmen's position, forcing those savage cold-blooded creatures back.
"They retreated! Warriors! Fast! ”
General Delaney shook off his halberd, tossing aside the flesh and blood stumps on the halberd, and behind him, the priests of the Holy Light who came with him began to repair the damaged barrier circle as quickly as possible, but just as the Thunder Elephant Knights stepped back and began to defend the circle, a group of lizardmen took advantage of the interval between the cannons and howled and rushed up the city wall, led by a tall lizard officer with gray-white crusty scales.
"Hot-blooded creatures! Die! ”
The tall lizardman officer was the lizardman warrior who had recently led the team to destroy the docks on the shores of Terokca, and his name was Kugaard, a blessed warrior who was stronger and more courageous than ordinary lizardmen.
"Bang"
The spear thrown by the lizardman Kugad pierced the flesh of the thunder elephant under General Tirasaran's crotch with precision, and the behemoth howled at the painful stimulation, throwing the Draenei behind him to the ground, and the sudden attack caught the thunder knights off guard, and soon fell into the dilemma of hand-to-hand combat with the savage lizardmen.
"Bang"
General Tirasaran, who got up from the ground, threw away the heavy halberd, drew the long sword that shone with holy light from his waist, and held the shield tightly with the other hand, accurately blocking the hammer sword smashed by the lizardman, the huge force smashed the general back a few steps, but between the flashes of the power of the holy light, Tirasalan quickly stood firm, he used his exquisite swordsmanship to fight with the gray-white lizardman officer for a moment, and then saw the opportunity, sideways dodged the heavy weapon smashed by the lizardman, the agile draenei stepped forward, The heavy shield in his hand slammed into the lizardman Kugaard's chin.
"Ahh
Kugaard let out a cry of pain, the blow shattering several teeth in its mouth, and the blow to its brain, which made Kugaard even more unstable, and the brave Draenei seized the opportunity, he called on the power of the Holy Light, the golden flame condensed behind him, and the fluttering golden warhammer swirled wildly around his body, like a sacred storm in place.
The sturdy body of the lizardman Kugad swayed left and right in the sacred storm, and retreated, but it was enough to kill an ogre's energy attack, but it failed to seriously injure the lizardman in front of him, and the ferocious creeper roared and picked up his weapon at the moment the holy storm ended, as if it was about to die with the Draenei general.
But Tirasaran's sword pierced Kugad's thick, tough skin first, and between the scales and the flesh tearing, Tirasalan kicked Kugad in the abdomen, knocking the gray-white lizardman warrior off the walls of Shattrath.
The draenei general stood on the city wall, he clearly saw the gray-white lizardman smashed on the ground under the city wall, he saw the wound in Kugad's chest healing, just a few seconds, the badly injured lizardman climbed up from the ground with difficulty, and under the escort of several lizardman spearmen, he returned to the lizardman's main formation.
"This savage posture, this terrible self-healing power... What a monster this is! ”
General Tirasalan rubbed his sore wrist, he didn't win easily, if the gray-and-white lizardman warrior had a little more combat experience, he would have fought hard.
But now is not the time to think about this.
"Get rid of them!"
Tira Salan reflexively rushed into the chaotic battle behind him with his sword, and under his leadership, the Thunder Elephant Knights dismounted and fought on foot, relying on excellent equipment and the blessing of the Holy Light, once again driving the lizardmen off the walls, and a few minutes later, the shattered Holy Light Barrier in Shattrath City was repaired, and the entire city was once again shrouded in a semicircular golden shield.
This barrier of Light was held up by several Naru, and theoretically, the lizardmen who lacked siege firepower would not be able to defeat it.
But that doesn't mean life in Shattrath can rest easy...
"General! Your Excellency Adar is calling you! ”
A Raven herald flapped his wings and landed beside General Tirasaran, bringing a message from Naruadar:
"Venerable Naru said, there is an important matter to discuss with you, please go to the Hall of Light as soon as possible." 2k reading web