Rise of the blood elves

236【Natural disaster and civil strife】

After more than half a month, when Angmar and the expedition team led by Ronin went to search for the Skull of Gul'dan, the ruins of Dalaran had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Thanks to the consensus reached at the summit before Angmar went to Kalimdor, under the threat of a common enemy, the coalition gained support from many parties, including the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, the Bronzebeard Dwarves, and others. assistance.

A few kilometers north of the ruins, near the shore of Lake Lordaemir, a large-scale military fortress built with the efforts of all the tribes has begun to take shape. It faces the capital of Lordaeron across the lake, firmly curbing the occupation of Tire. The Scourge of Sfar Glades attempted to march deep into the Hillsbrad Foothills.

Under the power of magic, more than a dozen large towers rose from the ground, with extremely lethal dwarf siege artillery erected on the top.Using cutting-edge engineering science, the dwarfs also equipped each tower with an automatic ammunition delivery device, which is directly connected to the underground ammunition depot, so that these [-] mm caliber mortars can continuously spit out the power of destroying the world. .

These dozen firepower points alone are enough to thwart any attempt to use the human sea tactic to flood this military fortress. Unfortunately, the dwarf's technical assistance did not last long before the great craftsman Mekkatorque sent someone over. A worrying news: Gnomeregan was invaded by the Troggs, and all their energy was diverted, making it difficult to continue to provide help to the coalition.

Magic cannot solve everything, and the few mages are ultimately unable to do what they can. Except for the most important parts of the fortress, including the construction of city walls and ordinary defense facilities, they still use conventional construction plans to proceed at the same time.

In the mountains northwest of the ruins of Dalaran, loud rumbling sounds can be heard all the time. The Bronzebeard dwarves use explosives to dig into the mountains and quarry stone to meet construction needs.

A large number of the refugees left by Lordaeron in the Arathi Highlands were recruited back as labor force.Thousands of workers returned from the quarry driving oxcarts carrying rough stone, forming a long queue that stretched as far as the eye could see.

The masons cut the stone into shape on the spot and used a crane to drag it to the city wall under construction.A dedicated person is responsible for loading the chipped gravel into a truck, and then mixes it with some engineering adhesive prepared by dwarfs and fills it into the foundation to improve the bearing capacity of the soft and wet soil on the shore.

On the periphery of the fortress construction site is a group of simple fortifications that were tasked with guarding the fortress before it was completed.The trenches are connected together, and the sharp spikes of the wooden horses prevent the undead cavalry from launching a charge after landing.

Groups of blood elves, humans, and dwarf soldiers patrolled among them.There are also some dwarf siege tanks parked at specific locations in the defense zone to serve as fire emplacements.

Boxes of supplies were piled up in the storage area inside the fortress.From time to time, you can see humans wearing Kul Tiras uniforms, or blood elf cargo transport teams, coming from the southeast.

These are supplies transported by the blood elves and Kul Tirans to Southsea Town via waterways.

In the past half month, not only this military fortress, but also Amber Mill, where the Gilnean army is stationed, and Nanhai Town have all begun construction in full swing.

Hillsbrad Hills has become the base camp for various tribes to fight against natural disasters.

"Three seats, that's what happened. This is a big surprise. Who would have thought that before we could attack, they would cause a big mess themselves."

On one of the towers, Magister Idonis, standing side by side with Angmar, said.

Angmar looked at the Royal Capital of Lordaeron on the other side and remained silent.Through the mist, one could clearly see the flames dancing in the ruins of the majestic city, as if chaos had occurred.

Through Idonis's narration, he learned that a few days ago, the coalition forces discovered something unusual in the capital of Lordaeron.

After some investigation, the leaders of each clan were surprised to find that not only were the counter-barriers used by the undead to block the detection of spells missing, but there were also far fewer gargoyles patrolling in the air.For the first time ever, they had complete control over what was happening across the lake.

The Scourge Legion split into two forces and started a civil war in the ruins of the city. One of the parties was suppressed and retreated steadily, and was almost on the verge of losing control of the royal capital.

At first, everyone suspected that this might be a trap carefully laid by the Scourge Legion, with the purpose of allowing the coalition forces that had not yet established a foothold to take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack, so as to catch them all.

But as reports came from other Allied forces of the discovery of natural disasters, all the doubts dissipated.

The undead from Silverpine Forest, the Western Plaguelands in the Andorhal region, and the Eastern Plaguelands in the Stratholme region are all moving towards Tirisfal Glades, and even some very important strategic locations have been abandoned.

The Scourge Legion really had civil strife.

Both sides regard the other as the biggest threat, and no one is willing to give up the base camp of Lordaeron. They mobilized almost all their troops and rushed to Tirisfal Glades to join the battle.For this reason, they even temporarily put down their suppression of the coalition forces and gave up large tracts of land.

This allowed the coalition forces to see a valuable opportunity to severely damage the Scourge Legion and squeeze the depth of the undead strategy. In just one day, generals from various tribes came from all directions and worked out a careful attack strategy throughout the night.

The blood elves and the Wildhammer dwarf armies from Eagle's Nest Mountain will join forces to march westward, passing through the undead-empty Stratholme and Andorhal regions, ignoring everything along the way, pointing directly to the northwest of Andorhal, connecting the Andorhal region with Ti. The mountain passes of Risfal Glades later became the Bulwark of the Undead.

For the coalition forces, this pass is the most important strategic location.

Once the pass is successfully occupied and fortified on the spot, facing the narrow passage, the Scourge's human wave tactics will no longer be effective.This means that from now on, these ugly bastards can no longer send troops to attack the Eastern and Western Plague Lands at will.

It is foreseeable that no matter how fierce the fight between the two groups of undead is, they will not be stupid enough to give up this pass.The blood elves and the Wildhammer dwarves are bound to face a brutal siege.In order to ensure the success of the soldiers, the Kul Tiran Marines who landed from the direction of Nanhai Town will also go north together with part of the coalition forces, pass through the Andorhal Pass, and join the blood elves and Wildhammer dwarves.

As for the war zone on the other hand, Gilneas and the main force of the coalition forces stationed in the ruins of Dalaran only need to firmly guard the current defense zone, because attacking the unsafe Silverpine Forest is obviously not a good idea.

"It seems that the Burning Legion has realized the Lich King's betrayal and has begun to order the Dreadlords who stayed in Lordaeron to take back the command of the troops from Kel'Thuzad. The Lich King is not a fool and will definitely not let them get their wish. This is why this civil strife started, but we don’t know how long it will last, and whether it will give the coalition enough time to make strategic decisions.”

Angmar thought to himself that he had never expected that the civil strife of the Scourge would occur several months earlier than in the official history.

The demons should have realized the Lich King's betrayal only after their defeat on Mount Hyjal, and then ordered the Dreadlords who originally monitored the Scourge to guard Lordaeron for the Burning Legion's last force of the Scourge that could enable them to make a comeback.

As a result, it happened that Illidan cast a spell to bombard Icecrown Glacier. The Lich King's strength was greatly damaged, and a large number of undead were freed. This war quickly evolved into a natural disaster, demons and the Forsaken of the free undead descendants led by Sylvanas. The three-way competition between them finally ended with Sylvanas' victory.

There is also an episode here. In order to regain his homeland, Grand Marshal Garithus took desperate risks and pretended to join forces with Sylvanas. Regardless of what history has to say about this person, from the perspective of a complete bystander, Ange Ma felt that this person was indeed courageous and knowledgeable.It's a pity that Sylvanas had the same idea as him. As soon as the battle was over, she struck first and got rid of him earlier.Otherwise, it’s really hard to say what the future will look like.

The natural disaster and civil strife that occurred a few months in advance forced Angmar to give up the idea of ​​persuading Lor'themar to send troops to reinforce the night elves.

perhaps

The coalition's strategy can really succeed.In this way, not only the blood elves, but also the situation in the entire northern part of the Eastern Continent will be much better.

This is simply the biggest good news Angmar has heard in four months.In addition, he was curious about whether Sylvanas, who had recently regained her freedom, would take advantage of the opportunity of the Lich King and the Burning Legion to attack each other.

But no matter how much progress the Eastern Continent has made in the war against the Scourge, everything will be meaningless as long as the Battle of Mount Hyjal fails.No one can resist the fallen Titan Sargeras.

"Urge Master Carlyle again to ask them to come as soon as possible."

Angmar said something to Idonis, then left the latter and went to the location of the space rift.

"Okay, I'll hurry up." Idonis nodded.

Angmar comes back for three things.

The first thing to do is to check the situation of the Sunwell. Idonis told him that the Sunwell, or Anweina, has been in a process similar to evolution since Angmar left. Outsiders are still unable to land on the island. If you look closely, you can only watch from a distance.

This is gratifying news, but what puzzles Angmar and all the blood elf magisters is that the magic fluctuations emitted by the Sunwell have completely surpassed their heyday.

Just a drop of magic water from the Well of Eternity has absolutely no such effect.

There must be some other unexpected surprises here, but the whole story won't be known until Anweina evolves.

The second thing is to bring as many professional mages as possible who can skillfully use external energy sources to Mount Hyjal to prepare for the activation of the vial of the Well of Eternity.Carlyle, who has been studying Sunwells all year round, is the most indispensable one.

Third thing

He wanted to use Luo Ning to find out why the Red Dragon Legion did not come to join the war. Whenever possible, he would try his best to persuade the Red Dragon Queen to join the war.

Malfurion didn't know, but Angmar knew very well that the plan to resurrect the demigods to resist Archimonde was impossible to succeed, and the Hyjal coalition needed more support.

If the Eye of Sargeras fails to destroy Archimonde, or if this plan simply fails because Illidan fails to return in time, or for some other reason, the Hyjal coalition can also have second-hand preparations.

Thinking like this, Angmar came to the location of the space rift.

In the camp, Ronin and a group of Dalaran and Blood Elf mages were concentrating on casting spells around the suspended Skull of Gul'dan.

In mid-air, a dark and deep crack loomed.