Chapter 456：

An angry Lothar picked up the great royal sword hung on the weapon rack beside his chair, slashed at the table in front of him, and smashed it with one blow.

"I'm going to kill him!" he roared.

The soldiers and guards around him were startled by his movements and looked nervous, which made Lothar suddenly realized that he was not alone here.

Finally, he calmed down and immediately gave instructions.

"Assemble the army." He gave instructions to the surprised adjutant. "I want to enter Alterac immediately."

"But, Anduin," his adjutant Turalyon replied. "We have travelled a long distance to the Sofia Heights, and the whole army has been very tired!"

Lothar frowned.

"If this is the case, then just lead the cavalry and gather all the cavalry you can find. We can't abandon our friends!"

Chapter 0592-Keldaron Defending the City

"They are coming!"

Next to Ye Ting, Janice whispered after looking around.

The orcs were quickly approaching the wall.

Perhaps it was because of the defense that was separated by a lake in the past. Janice did not personally face the Horde's army on the battlefield. In the past, she was just using the lake to defend against the orcs who attacked the castle in the heart of the lake in Dahlong Mill.

Therefore, Janice was surprised at the huge number of orcs in front of her.

Looking up from the city wall, the ground is everywhere. They are a group of huge beasts, with the same height as the tallest human being, with a wider body, strong muscles and savage big heads.

She didn't see any heavy siege equipment, except for some huge logs that were obviously used as siege hammers.

Just as Ye Ting said, these orcs all carried giant axes, hammers and heavy swords, and Janice was also pretty sure they must carry ropes and iron hooks.

Fortunately, under Ye Ting's arrangement, the city wall of Keldaron County was urgently reinforced, so it was fairly solid. Coupled with the presence of this man who has never failed in the face of the orcs, Janice believes that in the face of the fierce offensive of the orcs, Keldarron County can persist.

Indeed, before the emergence of the tribe, Ye Ting had already prepared this town perfectly.

It was not difficult to gather other people. The tribe appeared quite abruptly, but Onyxia, who was in charge of defending Daronmir at the time, reacted very quickly.

Although in the past few days she was in power, many people pointed to her behind her, sarcastically that she was just a woman who crawled out of the bed of an alliance commander, but all those who did so suffered a tragic end. The black dragon princess changed from being gentle and considerate when she was next to Ye Ting. She transformed from a perfect and chic maid to a cruel politician and military commander. Those guys who spoke ill of her behind her back were all degraded to the dirtiest for various reasons. The most tiring work, such as moving the rolling wood and stone guarding the city-the key is that everyone knows that she is retaliating, but no one can find the loopholes in it.

There were also soldiers who expressed dissatisfaction with her being in a high position in the army without the strength of his hands. Some officers even challenged her face-to-face on the grounds of "unspoken rules in the army." Some people ridiculed these officers for shamelessly bullying a woman. When Onyxia's white and tender hand punched the armor of the challenged officer to pieces, no one dared to underestimate the female garrison after the officer himself was half-stuck.

Under her iron-and-blooded means, the original chaotic order of Keldaron's garrison was a halt.

When the orcs came, Onyxia showed her great resilience.

When everyone, including the soldiers, was in shock, Onyxia was the first to react. She severely ordered the soldiers to maintain order and evacuate the people at the city gate.

The soldiers almost subconsciously left to execute the orders of this cruel female garrison officer.

In the end, before the orcs came to the city, almost all the people outside the city gate were under the shelter of the city wall. Instead, domestic animals had some trouble. Except for some small and very precious properties, some animals were like everything else. Was decisively discarded by Onyxia.

The gate was quickly closed, and a large number of sandbags blocked the gate to make up for the flimsy of the gate.

Next, the soldiers were arranged to guard the city wall, report the situation, maintain order in the city, evacuate the residents near the city wall, and organize the middle-aged men in the city to participate in defense. Onyxia arranged in an orderly manner, and no one was dissatisfied with her.

Before the arrival of the backbone of everyone, the legendary commander Ye Ting, it was Onyxia that quickly put this town into a defensive state.

Ye Ting looked around the city walls. All the guards and soldiers were ready. Rolling logs, rocks and other weapons were also placed in the most convenient place. The people in the city were organized to serve the soldiers who defended the city at any time. Transport supplies.

Ye Ting was very satisfied with everything Onyxia had done.

At this time, he also had to sigh that the Black Dragon Princess deserves her many years of experience in human society. From politics to military to commerce, she is capable of almost any position. Ye Ting even felt that putting such a talent by her side was a bit shameful. .

But then he thought again, if a maid doesn't even know these things, how can he be called a perfect maid?

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However, even if Onyxia's arrangement is perfect, Ye Ting still faces serious problems: his manpower is too few, and the quality of soldiers is not high enough!

Now the defender of Keldaron County is that he has gathered soldiers from all nearby towns, as well as the defeated soldiers from the Broken Ridge, and even private soldiers from the Barov family. Although the number of these soldiers is large enough for Keldaron County, they are too few for the tens of thousands of orcs facing the tribe. Moreover, due to the experience of being defeated by the tribe, these soldiers face the orcs. Generally lack of courage, this is also a headache for Ye Ting.

However, this does not mean that he will hand over the city. Ye Ting has a strong confidence in his ability to defend the city and the magic he masters.

He glanced down again and judged the distance of the tribe from the city wall.

From this position, he could already see the fangs of the orcs, as well as the tassels, bones and medals on their necks, wrists, and heads.

It seems that these are the spoils of previous battles. Very well, they will soon find that this battle will be unprecedentedly difficult for them. No matter what happens, the tribe will remember him again, the commander who has repeatedly frustrated the tribe, remember his name, and remember this battle.

"Prepare for hot oil!" Ye Ting shouted, and the soldiers standing in a row under him nodded.

They overturned the cauldron placed on the city wall and let the hot oil in the pot pour down along the city wall.

The leading orc had already rushed to the edge of the city wall, pouring hot oil directly on it, soaking them completely. These orcs screamed in pain, the boiling hot oil scalded the flesh on their bodies, and the entire vanguard fell to the ground. They rolled and twitched on the ground.

A few of them staggered to their feet, but most of them couldn't get up anymore.

"Prepare more hot oil!" Ye Ting gave another order, "stop them with a rolling log and a stone!"

Under the supervision of Onyxia, everyone ran to perform the task. Some soldiers moved heavy logs and large stones from the pile up to the edge of the city wall, and others used poles to support the heavy large. Pot, and then transport them from here.

Compared with rocks and wood, hot oil can obviously cause more damage to strong orcs-some orcs can resist falling rocks by their own strength.

However, it will take a lot of time to refill the oil, heat it, and lift it back to the city wall, but there are rolling logs and stilts supporting it, so it doesn't matter.

Ye Ting understands that this will not be a tentative attack—it will definitely be a long-term siege, but at his request, Keldaron has already stored enough food and water for several weeks. This was just an appetizer for his fortifications. Ye Ting still had a lot of "big meals" to give to these orcs.

Item 0593

"Damn, we are too late!"

Lotsala tightened her reins and looked down at the valley below.

He led the human cavalry, the high elf archers, and other cavalry day and night, hoping to give support to the defenders of Keldaron County as soon as possible, and the rest of the walking troops followed.

The best plan for traveling was to continue north through Broken Ridge, and then follow the route of the tribe over the mountains and ridges to Keldalon County.

In this way, they can advance through the relatively wide flat ground directly to Keldalon County.

But now, they are not sure whether it is worth spending more marching time in exchange for this advantage.

Lothar hoped to gather more troops from Terenas Menethil, but the city of Lordaeron did not go smoothly.

He also considered taking a detour, but the speed of the Horde's approach to Keldaron County was too fast, which prompted him to speed up the march. They must get there in time!

But now, as he looked down from the edge of the mountain, across the valley that connected to County Keldaron and the lake below, he was frustrated by what he saw.