Chapter 490: The Hand of Tyr Besieged Again
Leo was with Scarlett when he arrived at her quarters, but they weren't alone, as Leo saw Pasonia.
Here's the trouble.
Leo secretly said in his heart, the reason was that he saw that the third girl's face was very unsightly.
"Leo, you guessed it right, the Scourge are not willing to retreat, those Death Knights did not stay away after retreating from the Hand of Tyr, they will join a Scourgee force from the Cowling Junction and once again block the passage of the Hand of Tyr, and after my observation, the necromancers among them are constantly summoning the bones buried in the ground."
As Leo expected, trouble did find them. Regardless of the fact that they were overwhelmed when they rescued the Hand of Tyr, they were able to defeat the Scourge easily, but this was done if the opponent was unfamiliar with them and the Hand of Tyr did not have much depth for the Scourge's to use to their advantage.
At that time, the enemy was in the dark, but now the situation is completely different.
After a battle, Leo and their reality were already known to the Scourge Legion, and this rescue force of only 12,300 men was less than a fraction of the Scourge Legion, even with the Scarlet Crusaders they saved. If Leo and his forces were to wander around the periphery, the Scourge would have to be on guard, but they would have been at the mercy of Tyre to assist the Scarlet Crusaders, and their threat would have been minimized.
Leo raised an eyebrow, he saw the current situation very clearly.
"The Scourge wants to do it again? How many cannon fodder do they have? ”
The Hand of Tyr's path to the outside was blocked by a large number of undead scourges, and the necromancers in the Scourge Legion took advantage of the many bones in the Plaguelands to continuously expand the number of troops, and their purpose was obvious at a glance - to use the same method to deal with the Scarlet Crusaders against Leo and them who assisted in the defense of Tyr's Hand.
After a big battle, the Scarlet Crusaders were greatly injured, and the Scarlet Crusaders who survived by the Hand of Tyre did not have a rest for more than half a month, and it was impossible to return to the state before the war, and the Holy Light could heal the physical wounds but could not make up for the mental attrition, and the Hand of Tyr at this time could only rely on the support army led by Scarlett.
The current state of the Hand of Tyr, Leo understands that Kurtila, who leads the Scourge Force, also knows that the Scarlet Crusader is weak, but the tireless undead of the Scourge Legion will not, and this is a good time to attack the Hand of Tyr.
Hearing Leo's question, Paconia smiled bitterly, and her answer was shocking.
"By the time I left, the number of low-level undead such as skeletons and zombies had exceeded 400,000, the number of mid-level undead such as ghouls was close to 100,000, and the number of high-level undead was around 30,000, and there were many elite undead with superior strength."
So much!
Leo was taken aback, if it wasn't for Pacsonia, he would definitely think that the other party was joking with him, such a force would have no problem directly attacking the Great Chapel of the Wish of Light, how could the strength of the Undead Scourge increase several times in just a few days?
"According to my observations, the reason why the strength of the Undead Scourge has grown so much is related to the fact that they have discovered several necropolis." Pasonia told the truth, "The Necropolis is the place where the dead were buried in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and many warriors chose a resting place before they died, and many of them were buried in the Necropolis. After being resurrected as an undead scourge, these warriors can have the strength of a mid-level undead even as a low-level undead skeleton, that is, an elite whose strength is beyond the ranks. ”
The cemetery is a spontaneously formed cemetery, which is buried with civilians who have no power to restrain chickens and warriors who are powerful against thousands of armies, this world does not have a cemetery for twenty years to pay, people are dead and do not let Ansheng really get into the eyes of money, no matter how people are, they must have the most basic morality, otherwise what is the difference with beasts?
After listening to Patsonia's explanation, Leo also understood, feeling that the natural disaster force had hit a big luck this time, no wonder their strength had grown so fast.
400,000 low-level undead, 100,000 mid-level undead, 30,000 high-level undead, together is 530,000 giant, and the elite undead are unknown, the troops of Tyr's hand are less than 30,000 even if they add the Scarlet Crusaders, even Leo feels a headache in the face of such a force.
"The disparity in strength is too great, and the existing strength of Tyr's hand alone can't stop the attack of the Scourge."
Leo said and looked at Scarlett, the female knight frowning and looking a little annoyed.
"The Scourge Legion has cast a spell that interferes with the space of Tyr's Hand, the teleportation array cannot operate normally, and it is impossible to teleport the army over, at most ten people at a time."
If the teleportation array can run all the time, even if it can only send ten people to Leo at a time, they can at least double the number of troops in the Hand of Tyr in half a day, because Scarlett is the queen of the kingdom of Araso, she has the support of a kingdom behind her, and it only takes one order for her to mobilize troops, but the teleportation array of the Hand of Tyr cannot operate indefinitely, and the cooldown of up to one hour makes it only able to teleport two hundred and forty people a day under the current situation, so that the manpower is a drop in the bucket for the battle of the Hand of Tyr.
How to deal with the attack of the Scourge has become a big problem for Scarlett.
In the absence of external reinforcements, the only way to defend Tyr's hand is to explore the internal potential, Scarlett looked at Leo expectantly, she still knew how capable this man was, and his mechanical army alone could increase the combat power of Tyr's hand several times.
If you don't help your own women, who will you help?
Leo gave Scarlett a reassuring look before he said: "The low-level undead scourge is easy to solve, I know that Silvermoon City still has doubts about whether the goblins can contain the Scourge Legion, I believe that your confidence will increase a lot after this battle, and the cannon fodder tactics of the Scourge Legion can not achieve much effect in the face of the powerful mechanical army." ”
Low-level undead creatures are not a problem, but what about the remaining 100,000 intermediate and 30,000 high-level?
Leo didn't mention this, but Scarlett and the others already knew that the mechanical army was indeed powerful when dealing with low-level undead, and it was stronger than many legions in terms of efficiency, but once the opponent's strength reached the high level, the killing effect was sharply reduced, and the middle-level undead creatures just crossed the threshold of the high level. Unless Leo has war machines such as the large chariots of the Gnomes, it is impossible for his army of machines alone to hold the hand of Tyr.
Even if Leo took over the hands of the 400,000 low-level undead Tyr, the pressure he faced was still extremely huge, and after carefully calculating the strength of the two sides, Scarlett's face was not at all relaxed. Pasonia and Liadlin didn't speak, the two women didn't have much confidence in this battle, and they had to defend the hands of Tyr, who had no natural fortifications and were completely destroyed, with less than 30,000 troops under the attack of more than 500,000 undead natural disasters, even the ace legions of the major races might not be able to do it.
"Is it possible to carry out decapitation tactics?"
Leo's question can only be answered by Pacsonia, because she is the one who investigates the situation of the Scourge Force, and it is not difficult for Paconia to find out the location of the commander of this Scourge Force with Patsonia's strength.
"We've already made them suffer a loss when we rescued Tyr's hand, do you think they'll be defenseless?"
Parsea shook her head at Leo's proposal, and it was Fatola and Anubrecan who entangled Thassarian and Kurdila when they rescued Tyr's hand, so that the Scourge attacking the Scarlet Crusaders could not use their full strength. It is impossible for the commander of the Scourge Legion not to be prepared.
That is, the decapitation tactic will not work.
Leo rubbed his chin and didn't speak, he was waiting for Paconia to elaborate.
"The Scourge has changed its commander this time, and the four Death Knights before have become the deputy of a black knight, according to the information I have received, this person should be the black-clothed Marduk, a Scourge powerhouse who died a long time ago but was recently resurrected."
I don't have much of an impression of the black-clothed Maducleu mentioned by Pasoniya, but this guy really doesn't seem to be weak, and the miles of magic blades in the Plaguelands are corroded by the weapons he drops. The weapon has a powerful dark power, so as the person who uses this weapon, Marduk's ability will not be much worse.
What worries Pasonia is this Marduk, although he has not fought against this black-clothed death knight, but judging from the aura exuded by the other party, it can be seen that he is by no means an easy person. If Leo wants to implement the decapitation tactic, he will inevitably face Marduk, and he naturally has to understand the strength of this Marduk, so his eyes turned to Gothik.
"Marduk is an early Death Knight, he's very strong, I'm not his opponent."
Gotik said it a little cryptically, but Leo could still understand it, the so-called early Death Knight refers to the period when the Lich King was still Neozu, and the Death Knight of that period is indeed not to be underestimated. Gotik thinks that he is not as good as the other party, and Leo knows that it is not difficult for him to defeat Marduk, but it is not easy to kill him, because defeating and killing seem to be only one word, but there is a world of difference between doing it.
With the four Death Knight captains of Kurdila, plus the Scourge masters who protect them, the success rate of trying to implement the decapitation tactic is indeed very low.
Leo silently pondered the tactics of dealing with the undead natural disaster, although it was not easy to attack and kill Marduk, but Leo did not think that he could not do it, the existence of the Black Dragon Queen Sinaisaraya and the Twilight Dragon Prince Dragonakos is where Leo's confidence lies, but if the decapitation tactic is directly implemented, it will not maximize the benefits.
In Leo's view, the battle must be fought, and the benefits cannot be lessened. Since the Scourge Legion has gathered more than 500,000 troops to kill Bentyr's hands, this is a big piece of fat, and he has to bite it hard, and the corpses that he can absorb after killing these undead Scourge will not be less than six figures.
While Scarlett and the others were worried about the sheer number of undead scourges, Leo was already thinking about using this scourge force to expand his strength.
(To be continued)