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Since the reinforcements led by the Barov family and Haas arrived at Chillwind Post, the command of this sentry fortress was handed over to Haas, the famous Alterac general.

The Teta brothers and sisters and Paulina had no objection to this. They were both native Alteracs. They had heard of Haas's reputation for a long time, and they willingly gave up their command.

As expected, Haas lived up to the title of a famous general. After entering Icewind Post, he only took three days to initially knead the soldiers of the Syndicate, Ravenholdt and Barov who were just a mess of sand into a whole. .

Of course, there are reasons why Haas has long been famous, but his own ability should not be underestimated.

Since the scouts sent by Lordaeron were all led by Sharlayan and Valeera to eradicate them, the Knights of the Silver Hand are not clear about the changes within Icewind Post for the time being.

However, Uther still learned from the desperate news from Steinbrad's scouts that the guard of Chillwind Post has been replaced by the experienced Alterac general Haas.

At the time of the Second Orc War, Uther and Haas were under the tent of the Alliance Generalissimo Anduin Lothar, and they knew each other to a certain extent.

Uther knew that Haas was by no means an easy enemy to deal with, and Uther didn't want him to have time to reshape the defenses of Chillwind Hill while Haas was new here.

However, Uther didn't want to fight an unprepared battle. He was anxiously waiting for Andorhal to deliver the siege equipment needed by the Knights of the Silver Hand.

The Knights of the Silver Hand were dispatched lightly, and Terenas originally thought that this elite knights could easily break through Syndicate's defenses that were riddled with holes.

However, due to various objective factors brought about by the entry of Sharlayan and others, the Silver Hand's surprise attack failed to achieve the expected results, so we had to be patient and fight the siege battle. The artisans of Andorhal worked overtime to catch up. Make a batch of siege weapons and push them to the front line.

On the third day after Haas arrived at Chillwind Post, the artisans of Andorhal finally completed Uther's customization requirements in a hurry.

The movement Haas's emissary spoke of was caused by the siege weapons being pushed into the camp.

"Catapults, ballistas, battering rams, siege towers, heh~ very traditional."

Time is running out, and Andorhal can't mobilize artillery nearby, so it can only create these traditional siege weapons.

With the cement produced in the Earl of Deep Shadow, Quel'Thalas has already begun to invest in reinforced concrete on a large scale when building the fortress.

These traditional siege weapons can hardly play any role against the reinforced concrete city walls, but the temporary wooden city walls used to attack the ice wind post can still play a good role.

On the city wall, Hass in military uniform looked thoughtfully at the camp of the Knights of the Silver Hand.

Uther did not attack immediately because of the arrival of the siege weapons. The soldiers of the Knights were slowly pushing the siege weapons to the front of the camp.

"Earl Deep Shadow, I'm afraid it's just what you said."

Haas said to Sharlayan, who had already come to him, with serious eyes: "Uther probably wants to use the habit that the defenders of Icewind Hill have developed during this period of time to make a fuss, and they should turn nothing into reality at night. launched a siege battle."

Sharlayan nodded in agreement: "People's habits are terrible. Once they are formed, it is not so easy to correct them."

"snort!"

Haas sneered with one hand on his hip and said, "Thanks to your reminder, you gave us three days to adjust our schedule."

"Since Uther wants to attack at night, okay, let's prepare a surprise for him."

...

After all, the Syndicate started out as a group of thieves, and even Duke Fakurest himself had no outstanding talents in running the army.

After Haas arrived at Chillwind Post, he immediately re-established the night watch rules. He adopted three shifts and asked soldiers from the three families to stand guard for 8 hours each.

Haas didn't retrain the soldiers of the three families in a hurry. He wanted to do that, but with the enemy at hand, he didn't have the confidence to complete all the training tasks before the war started.

After discussing with Sarlayan, Haas adopted a compromise method, arranging them to switch defenses in different time periods, and retaining the unity of the three command systems to the greatest extent.

Considering Salayan's reminder, Haster specially arranged for the Barov family's private soldiers with the strongest combat effectiveness, the strictest discipline, and the easiest to use to watch the night. Ravenholdt and Syndicate were in charge of the day and evening respectively.

Facts have proved that Haas's adjustment is correct.

3 o'clock in the middle of the night is the most sleepy time in human physiological habits, and the people of Syndicate and Ravenholdt have already fallen asleep.

When the noise of gongs and drums sounded around the Chillwind Hill fortress, some Syndicate soldiers suddenly woke up, but they just turned over and continued to sleep despite the noise.

Taking advantage of the darkness and noise, the soldiers of the Knights of the Silver Hand quietly pushed the siege weapons not far in front of the fortress.

Uther frowned and stared at the unmoving Fortress of Icewind Hill, feeling an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

Haas was not an easy enemy to deal with, and he shouldn't be so defenseless at night. Uther always felt that this night attack would not go as smoothly as expected.

But the arrow is already on the string and has to be fired.

With Uther silently waving his hands with a calm expression, the Silver Hand soldiers who had already prepared put the boulder in the throwing pocket of the catapult.

"put!"

Dathrohan gave an order in a low voice, and the three catapults almost simultaneously threw boulders towards the city wall of Chillwind Hill.

"boom!"

"Crunch!"

With the kinetic energy brought by the parabola and the mass of the stone itself, the boulders that fell on the city wall creaked the temporarily installed wooden city walls. One boulder even penetrated the city wall and fell into the inside of the fortress, causing a wave of panic. Voice.

Seeing that the progress is going well, Dathrohan continued to order: "The archers and mages suppress the counterattack firepower on the city wall, and the battering hammers step forward! The siege towers follow closely behind! Hurry up! Don't give the enemy a chance to counterattack!"

The first round of sneak attack was successful, and the Knights of the Silver Hand no longer needed to cover up their whereabouts. The heavy siege weapons were pushed to the city gate by the soldiers shouting.

The paladins on horses were ready to charge. Once the city gate was knocked open, they would rush into the city immediately in formation, trying to capture the enemy general Haas in one fell swoop.

But... Will the situation really develop as expected by the Knights of the Silver Hand?

the answer is negative.

"quack!"

Before the battering hammer could be pushed to its position, the heavy wooden door suddenly opened inward without warning.

The paladins could no longer suppress their desire to rush to the city, and they looked expectantly at the deputy commander, Da Thorhan, who was in charge of giving orders.

However, at this time Dathrohan did not use his passionate and loud voice to boost the morale of Lordaeron's soldiers as usual.

Like Uther, he stared blankly at the entire cavalry team that had already been waiting behind the open city gate.

Uther was the first to react: "Damn it! We fell for it!"

"Push back the siege! Long Spears, step forward and set up your guns!"

"Yes Yes!"

The development of the situation was completely different from the prediction of the officers of the Knights of the Silver Hand. The well-trained pikemen subconsciously obeyed Uther's order and raised their pikes to move forward.

But before they were ready to deploy, the ready-to-go cavalry unit moved first.

Haas, who was standing behind the team, ordered loudly: "Listen to my orders! All cavalry troops attack, with the primary goal of destroying the enemy's siege weapons! Don't love to fight!"

"yes!"

The mobility of the cavalry was clearly revealed in this partial battle. The Barov cavalry who had taken the lead held a lance in one hand and a torch in the other. city ​​weapons.

Although more than a dozen cavalry were lost under the bombardment of the mage troop and archers of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the cavalry team of the Barov family successfully completed or even exceeded the mission assigned to them by Haas.

"Offensive formation! Charge with me!"

The cavalry captain with four scars on his face charged forward bravely.

At this moment, they had thrown away the torches in their left hands, gripped their lances tightly with both hands, bypassed the long spear array hastily arranged by the Knights of the Silver Hand, and entered the position of the Knights of the Silver Hand from the side.

The Barov cavalry did not love to fight, and they only knew that the Silver Hand's paladins were also ready to fight.

After using the impact force to penetrate the enemy's formation, the cavalry captain did not attempt to expand the results of the battle, and took the lead in retreating to the Castle of Icewind Hill with a calm mind.

When the most paladin troop of the Knights of the Silver Hand was dispatched, they could no longer catch up with the Barov cavalry who started up first. They could only watch helplessly as they dropped more than a dozen corpses and rushed into the gate of the castle smoothly.

In this cavalry battle, the Barov family who came and went in a hurry lost 34 cavalry, burned most of the enemy's siege weapons, and caused hundreds of casualties to the Knights of the Silver Hand.

"Damn it!"

Uther blamed himself and slammed his fist on the big tree beside him: "I should have been prepared earlier! I was careless. I didn't expect Haas to take the initiative to attack when his morale was low!"

Looking back at the scene where people turned their backs on their backs, Dassohan from the main combat faction asked with a bitter face: "Uther, do you still want to fight?"

"Screw!"

The Lightbringer, who has always been gentle, swears rarely, and he glared at Dathrohan angrily.

"Call back! Let Mayor Matthew report to His Majesty Terenas the battle situation tonight, and ask His Majesty for the next action plan."

"Oh fine……"

Dathrohan reined in his horse and left dejectedly, and Uther took a last look at the still impregnable fortress of Chillwind Hill, a little unwillingly and somewhat relieved.

"Maybe this war should come to an end?"