Chapter 708: Into Stratholme
With a dead earth underfoot, a gray sky overhead, no plants that symbolize life, no sunlight that can give life to life, no life to be seen in the ground or in the sky, this is Stratholme, a city where many stories have taken place and have had a huge impact on the situation of humanity and the world.
Standing on Nefarian's head, Leo and Scarlett looked down on the cataclysmic town, and that was their goal this time.
No matter what the reaction of the blood elves was, and whether or not Silvermoon City would agree to the alliance's plan, what had to be done still had to be done. The Alliance would not stop the Blood Elves from initiating a plan that was in their interest because they did not agree, and they would not be afraid of Silvermoon City's reaction, so when Leo returned to Tyr's hand from Silvermoon City, Stormwind City, Jīliu Castle, Iron Furnace Castle, and the Silver and White Crusaders all took action.
With the actions of the Alliance, the Eastern Plague Land has recently been overturned, and the territory occupied by the Scourge Legion is being compressed by them step by step, and with the continuous advancement of the Alliance Army, the Scourge Legion is gradually losing from the competition in the Eastern Plague Lands.
Cowling Crossing, Lake Mireare, Chapel of the Wish of Light, Poison Woodland, North Valley, East Wall Watchtower... Wait, the territory of the Scourge Legion was conquered one by one by the alliance bent on occupying the Eastern Plague Lands, and all these captured places were assigned to their own sphere of influence by the Alliance, if it weren't for the blood elves suddenly seized Quellins, Zumashar and the Northland Outpost Tower gave the alliance a sense of crisis, the attack on Stratholme would not have been carried out now.
The Sick Wood Forest, the Mushroom Valley, and the Valley of Fear have not yet been taken, and it is quite risky to attack the village of Stratholme, the cataclysmic town.
After all, Stratholme is a city heavily guarded by the Scourge Legion, and Rivendell is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the death knight with the title of Barony in front of him chose to shrink his forces after receiving the news of the defeat of the Hand of Tyr, and withdrew all the Scourge Legion's troops in the Eastern Plague Lands into Stratholme, you can imagine how surprising the number of defensive troops in the city will be.
If it weren't for Leo's dragon lich army, the alliance would not dare to implement this plan, after all, to attack Stratholme, it is necessary to cross the woods, and marching from the ground to kill the past is no different from a direct assault, and it is only possible to transport troops from the sky on a large scale.
After the battle of Tyr's hand, the dragon lich army seemed to be seriously damaged, and the number of outsiders was only about two thousand, but in fact, its scale had expanded to six thousand, because the reason why the lich was a lich was because his spirit hún was separated from the body, as long as the spirit hún was not destroyed, it was useless to destroy the body completely, and the dragon lich's life box was all in Leo's sī human space. The dragon lich died in battle, but the body was reforged, and with the frost dragon that Leo added after death, the strength of the dragon lich army is getting stronger and stronger.
Of course, if you encounter the Leo Lich with the Golden Finger, the theory of immortality will not be established, and even the Golden Finger in the forbidden evil words can absorb the thoughts of the ancient gods, and there is a way to find the spirit of the Lich through the body, no matter how far the distance between the spirit hún and the body is, the Lich wants to control the actions of the body, and there must be a connection between the two, which is a fatal injury, but there are not many people who can use it to completely solve the existence of the Lich.
Originally thought that there would be a big battle to fight against Stratholme, not only did the Silver and White Crusaders come with their lord Scarlett, but Leo also sent nearly 10,000 soldiers from the overstretched Arathol, but the world is so wonderful - when you think that this is the case, the truth is often different.
As the dragon lich army loomed over Stratholme, the scourge town became a little hotter.
It's just a little bit more lively.
What's going on?
Leo and Scarlett looked at each other suspiciously, looking down on Stratholm from Nefarian's head, they saw the situation in this cataclysmic town clearly, after the dragon lich army and the alliance army on their backs appeared, the undead in Stratholme did react, one by one, out of the hatred of the dead for the living, after sensing the breath of the living, instinctively drove them to keep wailing towards the sky.
One by one?
Yes, that's right, not a team, not a group of bait, but one by one.
The reason why this word is used is because of the number of undead in Stratholme - small!
It's not that it's ordinary, but the number of undead in the entire city doesn't add up to two hundred.
This is what surprised Leo and Scarlett - it wasn't that the Scourge had too many troops guarding Stratholme, on the contrary, there were too few of them, to the point of being surprisingly few.
After Rivendell shrank his troops, Stratholme was actually in such a situation, and how many people could have expected it?
"I don't feel the breath of the undead in the brigade, and it doesn't look like there's an ambush here, did the Scourge give up on Stratholme?"
Scarlett carefully observed the city under her feet, as a paladin, she was extremely sensitive to the breath of the undead, she said that she did not perceive the existence of the undead in the brigade, and more than ninety percent of Stratholme would not have an undead army ambush.
Rivendell actually gave up the cataclysmic town of Stratholme?!
Leo and Scarlett looked at each other, and after the initial surprise they regained their composure, "Anyway, send someone to investigate." ”
The dragon lich army fell to the ground, and the Alliance warriors on their backs were also ready for battle, although the Scourge army should have left Stratholme, but no one dared to be careless, because if not, the price you paid for your carelessness would be your life.
Landing, disperse searches, and report news...... There were less than two hundred undead left in the entire city, and they were all some of the lowest undead creatures, which could not hinder the actions of the Alliance army in the slightest, and it didn't take long for Stratholme to be turned upside down.
None of the search parties found anything out of the ordinary, which meant that they had no trouble taking the scourge town of Stratholme, and things went smoothly to everyone's surprise.
"It seems that the Scourge Legion has indeed abandoned Stratholme, but I didn't expect this operation to go so smoothly."
Leo and Scarlett travel side by side in the city, and their destination is not City Hall, as a team has discovered something special, and after Marlan's reconnaissance, it seems that Rivendell summoned something before evacuating.
Scarlett's mood was not happy, it was a good thing to easily take back Stratholme, but Rivendell had saved the Scourge troops in the Eastern Plaguelands, which was a force to be reckoned with, and she originally planned to annihilate Stratholm in this battle against Stratholme, but she didn't expect the other party to give her that chance.
"With Rivendell's position in the Scourge Legion, he can't decide on such a big action as abandoning Stratholme, it seems that it was Mograine of the Knights of the Black Blade who ordered it."
Mograini is Scarlett's elder, and now that the famous Ash Lord has completely fallen and become the enemy's enemy of the Alliance, Scarlett is not feeling well, and Tyran and Demithia who are behind her are also heavy-faced.
The Bloody Crusaders had a burning anger that would accumulate over time until the moment the war broke out, as Scarlett had promised them that when the time came, she would lead them into an attack on the Blackebon Fortress.
"Don't worry, it's actually a good thing that Rivendell took away the Scourge army in the Eastern Plague Lands, at least the pressure on the Forsaken will increase a lot, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take another 10,000 people from the already small number of troops in Jīliu Fort."
Leo knew what Scarlett was worried about, in his opinion, it was completely unnecessary, Mograini had already seen through the Alliance's intentions, because during this time, the territory seized by the Alliance was biased to the east in the entire Plaguelands, and did not border the Western Plaguelands, which clearly wanted to let the Scourge army enter the Western Plaguelands and let them fight to the death with the Forsaken, and it was precisely because Mograine saw through the Alliance's plan that Stratholme would become an empty city.
Mograine is worthy of a battle-hardened commander, and after seeing the Alliance's intentions, he immediately made the right judgment, once the Scourge army in the Eastern Plague Land enters the Western Plague Land to put pressure on the Forsaken, the Alliance will not pursue them, so that he can use the Alliance's psychology to ignite the battle with the Forsaken, and then spy on the Alliance's arrangement in the battle, looking for a chance to turn the tables.
Leo knew Mograine's plans clearly, Scarlett thought about it thoroughly, and it was impossible for Varian, Magni and others not to know about it, but out of consideration for weakening the strength of the Forsaken, they chose to allow the Scourge army to assemble in the Western Plaguelands.
Mograini knew what the Alliance was going to do, and the Alliance knew what he meant, and Sylvanas wouldn't be blind to all of this, so what could he do?
With the hatred between the Forsaken and the Scourge, there is no possibility of cooperation between the two, even if Sylvanas and the other Forsaken higher-ups know the Alliance's intentions, they can't prevent the outbreak of the Western Plaguelands War, and the Alliance has to be careful to guard against the other party's counterattack when driving the Scourge to weaken the strength of the Forsaken, and the three parties involved in this dispute are all aware of each other's purposes, so Yīn is simply weak, and after reaching a certain level, everyone is playing Yangmou.
The Alliance's ability to do so is based on strength, and the two victories of the Hand of Tyr gave them the upper hand in dealing with the Scourge Legion in the Plaguelands, and Mograine had to act according to the Alliance's intentions in order to breathe a sigh of relief.
That's why strength is fundamental.
Leo once again lamented that the weak who have no strength can only be slaughtered by the strong, which applies not only to individuals but also to countries and races.
Tyran, who was walking behind Scarlett in the middle of the process, suddenly shouted, and Demitia also struck a punishment blow at the same time, and a blade-like light hit a figure huddled in the corner, and a ghoul entered the sight of Leo and Scarlett.