Volume 3: Tides of Darkness Chapter 206 Ambush from All Sides
It's done! Murphy looked at the magnificent defense line that was built in less than ten minutes, and he felt relieved.
To say that he was leading ten thousand people to guard the entrance to the valley, he really didn't have much confidence.
Among these ten thousand people, three thousand are farmers and construction workers, and only seven thousand troops can really fight, and they are all infantry. If Hellscream leads a large army of wolf cavalry to attack us, they will be completely unstoppable.
Now that we have this line of defense, there is finally no problem.
The lords who led the troops quickly commanded their soldiers to climb up the city walls and arrow towers for defense. Murphy, Darabenba, and Sigelette naturally went up to the castle in the middle and stood on a high place to look into the distance.
"You know what, these guys in the studio are really good at it. They built a very decent defense system." said Dala Bangba.
Da Vinci smiled and said, "Haha, thank you for the compliment. We are professionals. You will find that professional skills can produce miraculous effects as long as they are used properly."
Not only did Leonardo da Vinci command the construction workers and stonemasons to build the castle and arrow tower, but the great craftsman named Mozi also commanded a group of dwarves and gnomes to install crossbows on the arrow tower. It would now be extremely difficult for the enemy to capture this direction.
Murphy saw that the soldiers were almost ready, so he said, "Send a signal to Varian and the others."
Sieglat nodded, raised his staff, and a beam of light immediately shot into the sky.
At this moment, at the end of the Dagger Ridge Valley, on the front battlefield between the Alliance and the Horde—
Hellscream was leading the wolf cavalry army in a frenzied attack, and the spear phalanx was constantly being forced back. Although they had the advantage of terrain and the spear infantry was very strong against the cavalry, the orcs had 24,000 wolf cavalry after all, and they were all level three soldiers. When dealing with these conscripted spearmen and pike infantry of more than ten or twenty levels, they could completely use their attribute advantages to make up for the disadvantages of their troops.
After several rounds of charges, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the orcs had drunk the blood of the devil, which completely killed their morale. They launched wave after wave of attacks, while the morale of the humans gradually fell to the brink of collapse due to the heavy casualties.
Behind the infantry phalanx, four thousand knights had regrouped, ready to rush forward to block the entrance at any time, but it was clear that they were no longer needed.
Varian's face suddenly lit up when he saw the signal coming from the end of the valley in the distance.
"Successful! Blow the attack horn and send the ambush troops out!"
"Woo woo woo!" With the shrill sound of the horn, countless militia archers and kingdom crossbowmen suddenly emerged from the mountains on both sides. There were 10,000 on the mountain in the south, led by Morgan Lisa and Arthas.
There are also 10,000 troops on the mountain in the north, led by several civilian heroes such as the Dark Night Magic God and the Dawn Sword.
As soon as the two ambush troops appeared, they immediately began to rain arrows from their superior position towards the crowded group of wolf cavalry in the valley.
Morgan Lisa and the Dark Night Mage together blasted a shower of meteors towards the orcs in the canyon.
This kind of thing of casting magic from a high position is really what players like. It is simply an exclusive time for killing monsters and leveling up.
Although these wolf cavalrymen were powerful, they, like most of the tribe's troops, had weak armor and no decent armor at all. Most of them wore cleft-hoofed cowhide armor, and some were even shirtless.
Countless people were killed and wounded under the rain of arrows. "What! Damn it, Hellscream, we must retreat!" Gasser roared. Their army was composed entirely of wolf cavalry, without any ranged units. Facing such an attack, they couldn't even fight back.
However, at this time Hellscream was already in a killing spree, and was leading the charge madly in the formation of human spear infantry.
Earth-splitting slash!
With one blow of the axe, a burst of energy split a dozen human infantrymen in half.
Whirlwind Strike!
With a swipe of the axe, three or five spearmen who were stabbing at him were cut in half at the same time.
Blade Storm!
The strong wind caused by the bloody roar swept through the crowd like an invisible meat grinder, and wherever it passed, humans were turned into pieces of flesh and blood.
“Hahaha, see! This is the true power of the mighty Hellscream. No one can withstand my attack! Tremble in front of the tribe.”
Hellscream felt more powerful than ever before, completely unaware that his soldiers were being slaughtered crazily.
Ding! Another axe chopped down, but this time it was blocked by a warhammer. Hellscream widened his eyes and looked down at the dwarf in front of him. He was wearing heavy mithril armor, and the axe and warhammer in his hands were blocking Gorehowl's attack.
Muradin Bronzebeard (King of the Hill): "Your opponent is me, orc chieftain. Today I will teach you how powerful dwarves are. For Azmodan - take my hammer!"
A thunderous strike!
Boom! A hammer hit the ground, and electric currents flew all over the ground.
Hellscream felt his body go numb.
“Try this again!”
Storm Hammer!
The warhammer in the dwarf's hand circled and flew towards Hellscream's face. Hellscream hurriedly raised Bloodroar to block, but the warhammer was not a physical entity, but an illusion made up of storm energy.
Boom! Hellscream was hit by the Storm Hammer and fell into a dizzy state.
When Muradin saw this, he leaped up and smashed down on his head with the force of a mountain.
Ah! Hellscream suddenly let out a deafening roar—he really lived up to his name, Hellscream.
Roar of destruction!
He instantly entered a state of frenzy, and the stun effect on his body was directly exempted. He rolled over to avoid the inevitable attack.
"Die, dwarf."
Hellscream turned around and slashed forward.
Ding! The axe was blocked by Varian's sword.
"Muradin, let me help you."
Muradin suddenly became anxious: "I can handle this orc."
"I know." Varian said calmly, "But now is not the time to be a hero."
The two of them double-teamed him from the left and right, and even Hellscream felt a strong sense of threat.
At this moment, a group of wolf cavalry suddenly rushed over and blocked the confrontation between the two sides.
While ordering his men to entangle Muradin and Varian, Gasser yelled to Hellscream: "Hellscream, we must retreat quickly!"
"No, kill all these humans and we will win."
"All our people will be dead before that." Gasser said, pointing behind him. In the chaotic canyon, countless wolf riders' corpses were scattered all over the ground, dying in large numbers under the rain of arrows and magic.
He looked forward again. There were still at least six or seven thousand human infantrymen, and the cavalry behind them were also pushing forward.
The orcs' retreat horns sounded, finally waking Hellscream from his frenzy. When he turned around, he saw countless wolf cavalrymen retreating madly in the direction they came from.
Hellscream finally regained his sanity, he gritted his teeth and let out an unwilling roar.
"Retreat!" He jumped onto the War Wolf and followed Gaselzog to rush in the direction they came from.
When Varian saw this, he finally smiled victoriously. He succeeded, everything went according to plan, now it was up to his eldest brother.
At this moment, Murphy had commanded his soldiers to fully occupy the defense line. In the distant valley, the wolf cavalry army was approaching rapidly. However, when they saw the scene at the exit of the valley, they all showed a look of despair.
"What, what is that?"
"It's a human trick. It must be an illusion."
"Magic, it must be magic!"
"Shut up and let me take a look." Hellscream rushed out of the wolf cavalry formation riding a war wolf. He was surprised to see the defense line and then was ignited by anger.
This group of despicable humans actually used such a trick to frame the great Hellscream and the wild boar cavalry of the Tyrant Blade Tribe? Damn it, damn it! Ahhhh!
"What to do Chief?"
"What should I do?"
"Kill them, kill them! Warsong Raiders go first!" Hellscream gave the order, and hundreds of Warsong Raiders rushed out immediately.
The Warsong Raider is a special advanced Wolf Cavalry. Its weapon is not a sword, but a mace, which has additional enhanced damage to buildings. The hundreds of meters of raiders rushed to the bottom of the city wall and immediately began to demolish the wall.
The archers on the city wall also began to shoot arrows immediately.
The wolf cavalry behind also rushed up, slashing wildly at the city wall with their swords.
This picture looks a bit weird, but the game is a game after all, everything is just a conversion of health bar and attack power. Although the city wall is the city's protective armor and the damage reduction is very high, it will still lose durability in the face of physical attacks, not to mention the siege damage of hundreds of pillagers.
In the blink of an eye, signs of damage appeared on the city wall, and its durability was rapidly decreasing.
Murphy stood on the castle, watching the actions of the wolf cavalry below, and thought to himself, damn, they actually want to demolish it by force, that's exactly what I want .
Being high above the ground, it is a good time to kill monsters and level up.
The pure flame of Arandel!
The power of the dragon feast in his body surged wildly, and the phantom of a dragon head appeared out of thin air on his body. The dragon opened its mouth and dragon breath gushed out. The scorching flames instantly engulfed dozens of wolf cavalrymen under the city wall and burned them to ashes.
The wolf cavalry behind had no intention of stopping and kept charging towards the city wall. Murphy simply didn't stop. The huge dragon head phantom opened its mouth like a living thing, spewing flames madly, spreading left and right as the dragon head turned.
Packs of orcs and wargs were burned to charcoal.
System prompt: You killed the Warsong Wolf Rider and gained 480 experience points.
System prompt: You killed the Warsong Plunderer and gained 460 experience points.
System prompt: You killed the Blackrock Wolf Riders and gained 440 experience points.
System prompt: You killed ...
Listening to the reminders of experience constantly ringing in his ears, Murphy felt a sour feeling in his heart.
There was a flash of white light on his body, and he was upgraded.
Haha, that feels great.
Boom! With the sound of rocks collapsing, a section of the right side of the city wall finally ran out of durability and collapsed into rubble. The wolf cavalry immediately rushed towards the gap, but what was waiting for them was the human spearmen who were waiting in full battle array behind them.
The narrow gap could not accommodate so many wolf cavalrymen to launch a charge. As soon as a few wolf cavalrymen rushed over, they were stabbed to the ground by spears coming from all directions.
"Let me do it!" Hellscream roared and leaped with all his might.
Fearless slash!
His body seemed to fly, and he jumped and fell into the spearmen's formation. A militia captain wanted to stop him, but was chopped down by Hellscream's axe.
Blade Storm!
With one big move, he cut a bloody path through the spearmen. The wolf cavalry behind him took the opportunity to rush out, and dozens of wolf cavalry rushed out at once.
Murphy saw it and looked at the two people beside him, "Brothers, aren't you going to go up and fight that Hellscream?"
Dala Bangba shook his head quickly, "My brain is not broken, I won't go up there and die."
Sieglet pretended not to hear and poured fire on the wolf cavalry under the city wall.
Murphy was not surprised by this result.
He had no intention of fighting Hellscream head-on. The guy was already killing madly at the moment. He was only level 21, so he might as well not go up and kill himself. However, there were other ways to keep Hellscream.
After drinking a bottle of big blue, he placed another pure flame of Alandel at the gap.
They watched as countless wolf cavalrymen behind them were burned to death by the flames, and then the gap was blocked by spearmen again.
Murphy smiled slightly and shouted loudly at Hellscream who had broken out of the siege.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Run away, Hellscream, run away quickly, remember my name, Aidan, your warriors were slaughtered by me here today, and your people will all be turned into corpses. This is the fate they deserve. Don't let me see you again, otherwise you will suffer the same fate.
Cowardly bandit, cowardly deserter, flee in fear of me."
What! Hellscream heard this and immediately looked back. The densely packed human soldiers had blocked their way. It was obvious that his army could not rush over.
There were only a few dozen riders following him, and there was an open wilderness ahead. He could leave right now, but when he thought of the words of that damn human just now, anger instantly overwhelmed his reason.
“A tiny human is so arrogant and so daring. He must be made to understand that no one can insult Hellscream! Ahhhhhh!”
Hellscream fought his way back.
He killed crazily in the crowd, and his body was stained with blood.
After killing their way through the gap and just joining up with the soldiers under his command, the sound of human cavalry's hooves was heard in the distance.
On the mountains on both sides, there were human archers running and moving quickly. Those human soldiers occupied the high ground on both sides again. There were enemies in front and behind. This army of orc cavalry was completely trapped in a dead end.
It's finally here.
Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. It would not be a big problem for the three brothers to kill all the orcs, but it would be quite difficult to keep Hellscream.
Now surrounded on all sides and with so many heroes gathered together, Hellroar would not be able to break out even if the King of Western Chu were still alive.
"What's up, Chief?"
"What to do Hellscream!"
The orcs around finally felt fear.
However, at this time, facing such a desperate situation, Hellscream calmed down instead.
He looked at the surrounding mountains and suddenly revealed a sinister smile.
"Down wolves, attack the mountain!"
