99 Decisive Battle! Central Plaza!
At that moment, Xue Hui’s system interface popped up a message...
It was from his ally, the dark elf Tian Shuhao. The message brought a bad premonition to Xue Hui’s heart...
Without hesitation, he immediately opened the system panel:
Tian Shuhao: Brother! Sorry, those lizardmen are heading your way. You need to speed up!
Xue Hui’s blood pressure skyrocketed the moment he saw the message!
Xue Hui: Are you kidding me? We have twenty thousand troops here to back you up!
What exactly is going on?
Tian Shuhao: Silvermoon City is under siege by the Satyr and Darkmoon clans! I had no choice but to order the forward troops to retreat for reinforcements...
Xue Hui: Do you know what you’re doing? Order your troops to rush to Gaoting immediately! Now!
Tian Shuhao: Silvermoon City is my pride. I can’t just let it fall!
Xue Hui: By ordering your troops back, you’re playing right into the enemy’s hands. We originally held the initiative, but now you’ve put us on the defensive. Do you understand?
Tian Shuhao: I really have no other choice!
Xue Hui: Tell me! When did this happen?
Tian Shuhao: Three hours ago, I sent Night Owl with the message. The troops at the front should have already turned back.
Xue Hui: How can you be so foolish! We have to crush the ratmen first before anything else! If I lose here, I can retreat straight to Palando. Where do you think you can retreat to?
Tian Shuhao: I’m truly helpless. If I lose the city, everything is lost. Brother, I’m sorry!
I have to hold a meeting now. The enemy is launching another assault. Good luck over there...
Xue Hui: Damn you, you bastard! I’ve been blind to cooperate with an idiot like you! With your level of awareness, what right do you have to unify the Forest of Fagon?
You retreat, you’re just passively defending! To put it bluntly, you’re just waiting to die!
...
At this moment, Xue Hui’s mental state was on the verge of collapse. He pounded the system keyboard frantically, but the other side showed as busy.
Feng Wanqing, noticing her leader’s unusual behavior, cautiously asked,
“Big brother, what’s wrong?”
Xue Hui’s chest heaved continuously, as if releasing endless fury.
“These bastards are useless. This bunch of stupid dark elves can’t be relied on!”
“What... what should we do, big brother...?” Liu Wei spoke up, knowing the ratmen were at their last gasp. If they found out reinforcements were coming, it would mean an inevitable death battle.
“Send the order!”
“Reorganize the troops! Today, we must crush these rat scum!”
“Yes, sir!”
...
Xue Hui was truly anxious now. Under no circumstances could the ratmen and lizardmen unite.
So today would be the decisive battle!
...
Twenty minutes later,
Over five thousand warriors still capable of fighting, along with more than four thousand logistical personnel, gathered around Xue Hui.
Looking at the exhausted, hopeful faces around him, Xue Hui choked up with emotion...
These people had been battling for four consecutive days, battered and weary.
My dear brothers, we’ve been fighting for days. I know everyone is exhausted!
Many of our comrades have fallen here! They were our friends, our brothers!
I feel immense sorrow and guilt. Their deaths are closely tied to me—I bear deep remorse and regret!
But now, as you can see, our battle with the ratmen has reached a life-or-death climax. The enemy is nearly spent!
Let us fight this final battle with them to the death!
Let the people of Ironforge welcome our victorious return!
Crush these rat scum!
“Crush them!”
“Roar!”
“Damn them!”
“Brothers, follow me! This day next year will be the death anniversary of these rat scum!”
Murloc the Hill King led the charge, riding at the forefront, leading his people from Sunset Avenue, trampling over corpses as they charged toward the Central Plaza.
The entire army mobilized, even the logistics personnel joined the fight.
...
At the center of the Central Plaza stood a thirty-meter high watchtower, where three rat banners fluttered in the thick smoke.
Inside the temporary war room, Old Sha’s subordinate, Short Hair, rushed in breathlessly.
“Bad news! Those aliens are charging again!”
“Looks like they want a final showdown!”
“They’re getting desperate!”
“Prepare to fight, Commander!”
At that moment, Sneaky raised his right hand, resting it on the table.
“All units, listen up! All clansmen, assemble at the Central Plaza for a death match with the enemy!”
...
This time, it wasn’t just the warriors, but all the clansmen, the situation was dire.
Under the rallying of officers, even the brave peasants took up the weapons distributed earlier and emerged from their rat holes.
On the Central Plaza, spanning about three square kilometers, the ratmen stood side by side with various weapons, while the humans wore uniform standard gear.
Shuke and his 200-strong Machine Corps guarded tightly beneath the battle flag. After days of fierce fighting, their arrows were running low, and some soldiers hadn’t rested for days and nights...
On the plaza, the ratmen stood in a vast mass, their numbers roughly equal to the humans, but most were first-time conscripted peasants. The real soldiers—like the Black Flag Army and City Defense Forces—had suffered heavy casualties, with the survivors mixed among peasants and reserves.
These reserves weren’t much better than the peasants, mostly hastily recruited recently, with less than ten days of training and only two briefings...
Many among these reserves were even less skilled than the peasants...
The vast Central Plaza was silent and grim.
Even Old Sha, Viktor, Old Jill, Sullivan, and Old Sha’s son, Grey, took up weapons to stand alongside the ratmen!
Johnny was furious, eyes blazing as he fixed his gaze on the enemy’s front line Hill King!
“Empire warriors, break through them!”
Roar!!!
No more pretense—at Xue Hui’s command, the entire battle group surged forward like a tide crashing into the ratmen’s formation.
“For Gaoting! To protect our homeland!”
“Fight to the death!”
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