Chapter 499 Stormwind City’s Decision
The armies of both sides confronted each other. The Stormwind Alliance wanted to defeat Quel’Danas and the Alliance of Lordaeron in one fell swoop, and then withdraw part of the troops to suppress the Western Wasteland.

“Lord Velen, how is your Draenei army preparing?”

Looking at the huge army of 50,000 in front of him, Marshal Reginald was full of energy and he felt that this time he could completely defeat Lordaeron and the long-eared man.

After seeing that there was no problem with the army, he looked at the prophet Velen next to him.

“Don’t worry, Marshal. Our Draenei elite troops are still very powerful.”

Looking at the fortress in front of him, Velen actually did not want to attack it by force. In this mountainous area, where the enemy had a fortress, they naturally had a huge advantage. If the army attacked from above and the road was narrow, the enemy only needed to use magic or catapults to inflict heavy losses on them.

As for using spaceships to airlift the army directly to the enemy’s rear, Velen had also considered this idea, but the spaceships were their tools to escape the Burning Legion’s pursuit, and there could not be any risk of damage.

So Velen finally gave up the idea.

The opponents not only have dragon eagle knights, but also griffin knights. Coupled with magic, he cannot guarantee the absolute safety of the spaceship.

“That’s good!”

“Ever since the unrest in the Western Wasteland, the kingdom has lost its important food production area, and time is no longer on our side.”

“If we continue to confront them, our strength will only get weaker and weaker. We must use our strongest strength to force them back. Only then will we have time to clean up the Western Wasteland.”

“The longer we wait, the greater the variables will be! This is the only way now!”

Looking at the fortress built by the elven wizards in the distance using the magic of turning mud into stone, Reginald knew very well what a terrible price it would cost to storm such a fortress.

But that’s how war works, and he had to do it to win.

This is the only way left for Stormwind City now. If you don’t want to fail, you must succeed at all costs.

“Begin!” Reginald ordered.

“The vanguard begins the attack, the siege vehicles are ready, the archers and musketeers provide cover, suppress the city walls!”

“Sword and shield small formation advance!”

“The tanks are ready. Follow the vanguards and fire at close range!”

As Marshal Reginald issued his order, messengers soon began to convey the order to each camp. Three hundred soldiers were divided into thirty small squares and began to slowly approach.

Attacking in front of a fortress like this with a dense formation is like seeking death. The terrain here is not large to begin with. A dense formation would make the defenders a target.

Small square formations approached quickly, and behind them were the dwarf musketeers and the roaring steam chariots. There were even mortar gunners in groups behind the tanks.

After several years of fighting, both armies were familiar with the enemy’s attack methods. Seeing the other side’s style, Lordaeron’s Marshal Garithos sneered and said, “It’s the same old trick again.”

“No new tricks from old fox Reginald!”

“Have the rangers of Quel’Thalas ready to attack them with bows and arrows when they get close!”

Seeing the enemy’s heavy plate armor army approaching, Garithos issued an order. Looking at the thousands of obsidian golems in the fortress, Garithos was not worried at all that the enemy would attack.

Soon, the dwarf artillery began to show its power, and the cannons on the steam tanks fired close, but these shells hit the city walls and could not cause any serious consequences.

Only direct hits would result in casualties, and the accuracy of these artillery pieces was entirely a matter of luck.

As the enemy approached, the high elf rangers began to shoot with bows and arrows. Almost all high elves were archers, not only could they shoot far, but they could also add magic to their arrows, so even heavily armored troops had to be careful.

“Raise your shield!”

The front-line commander shouted loudly, and then everyone raised their shields.

“jump jump jump!”

“boom!”

Sharp arrows flew through the air and hit the target hard. Most of the arrows were blocked by Stormwind’s heavy armor and shields, but there were still many that managed to penetrate the gaps, pass directly through the gaps in the armor and hit the target.

Some people in the team of 300 people immediately screamed, and some arrows even carried magical power and exploded directly, burning with high temperature flames, instantly turning them into fireballs.

“Mage troops, get ready, cast the fossil-to-mud cast and get ready to stop those tanks and tin cans!” After seeing that the bows and arrows were mediocre, Lor’themar Theron gave the order directly.

The mountain path was originally narrow, and by using fossils to turn into mud, a large amount of space could be immediately blocked off. As long as it was handled well, the army in front of them would become a complete target.

Soon after several rounds of probing attacks, the Stormwind Kingdom army abandoned some corpses and tanks and began to launch a general attack. A large number of dwarf musketeers rushed up in formation, and then fired volleys of muskets. The sound of muskets exploding was endless, and steam tanks also began to charge quickly. Various shells continued to pour down.

Both sides used all kinds of long-range attack methods, including high-powered artillery, bows and arrows, mortars, magic fireballs, catapults, etc., which were thrown out as if they were free.

The battle soon became intense.

After a large number of soldiers were killed and wounded, the army of Stormwind Kingdom finally advanced to the city wall, and at this time the golem army of the high elves and the soldiers of Lordaeron were already prepared.

The golem army of the high elves was at the forefront. These golems, who were fearless of life and death, had no sense of pain, and were powerful in attack, were the best forwards.

The three-meter-tall rock golem was extremely powerful, and could flatten a heavily armored warrior with one punch. The heavily armored legions of the Storm Kingdom did not dare to fight them head-on.

Behind these golem armies was the army of Lordaeron. The rock golems destroyed the Stormwind Alliance’s line, and the army of Lordaeron took the opportunity to rush forward.

With the help of the Golem Legion’s counterattack, Stormwind’s army suffered heavy casualties.

The sound of steel colliding and magic exploding was endless, and countless sparks flew out from the collision between the sword and the golem.

Many Storm Kingdom soldiers launched fierce attacks on the rock golem’s joints, cutting off its joints to paralyze the golem.

Although this method can defeat the Golem Legion, the Golem Legion is not fighting alone. The Lordaeron soldiers behind them will not give them any chance and will just rush up and hack them hard.

The two sides fought a desperate battle around this fortress.

Soldiers were shot to death by long arrows one by one, and fireballs, boulders, ice, lightning and arcane missiles kept whistling towards them. Soldiers without heavy armor protection would die instantly if they encountered these.

Soldiers died one after another, and the blood had dyed the ground red. The original tanks were basically all scrapped. These slow-moving and unstable tanks would often explode on their own with just a fireball.

Because the battlefield was limited in width, both sides could only deploy their troops little by little, and the entire battlefield was like a refueling tactic.

All legions take turns to go into battle, and only when the number of casualties reaches a certain number will a new legion take over.

Under the banner of the Legion Marshal in the distance, Reginald looked at the battlefield in the distance with an expressionless face, estimating the casualties of both sides in his mind.

He knew very well that both Lordaeron and the High Elf Kingdom had suffered a large number of deaths after the Scourge. If they really had to fight in terms of casualties, they would definitely not win.

As long as they hold on, Lordaeron and Quel’Thalas will definitely not be able to hold on. Even if Stormwind Kingdom suffers greater casualties, it is acceptable.

The battle had been going on for a whole morning, and there was still no sign of stopping. Reginald’s expression became more and more serious, as the enemy’s will to resist was somewhat beyond his expectations.

But Reginald still did not stop. In his opinion, the opponent was more like a trapped beast fighting desperately. As long as this continued, the opponent would definitely not be able to hold on.

As for those rock golems, almost all of them were destroyed at this time. He had seen similar golems in Stormwind City, but they were not as powerful and expensive, so they could not be built on a large scale.

She was already surprised that the high elves could create so many golems. He didn’t believe that the high elves had more golem armies to consume.

Reginald didn’t understand the power of magic industrialization, nor the production capacity of the magic assembly line. With the current output of the Quel’Danas Golem Factory, it only takes one month to produce thousands of rock golems of various models.

Over the years, tens of thousands of rock golems have been stored in the High Elf Kingdom.

As for the construction cost, the High Elf Kingdom has always been famous for its wealth. With endless energy like the Sunwell, the production cost of rock golems has been greatly reduced.

Therefore, if Reginald wants to use up all the rock golems, he may not be able to do so even if all the 50,000 soldiers in his army are killed.

At this time, Reginald was still commanding the next army to enter the battlefield, and a general next to him finally couldn’t help it, and came directly to Marshal Reginald and said loudly:

“Your Excellency Marshal, the battle has lasted for four hours now. All the soldiers of the Sixth Legion have been deployed to the battle. Should we continue to deploy the reserve forces to fight?”

It sounded like he was asking for instructions, but in fact the deputy general was reminding him that six legions had been deployed in a row, which meant that 12,000 people were fighting.

And each army was rotated after suffering one-third casualties, which meant that they lost at least four thousand people.

The losses here do not include the injured. After all, there are a large number of paladins and priests, and the injured will be treated immediately. The 4,000 people here have already been killed.

Such a high casualty rate has exceeded many people’s expectations. This means that Stormwind Kingdom has consumed at least 4,000 elite troops.

Even though these casualties were shared by the dwarves, night elves, and draenei, Stormwind still suffered more than 80%.

How long had the battle started? Nearly one-tenth of them had already died. If it continued, their casualties would probably exceed half.

(End of this chapter)