Game of the World Tree Chapter 381: Betrayal! Strategic failure…
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No one expected that Shanatar, which was rich in supplies and well-defended, would be breached.
In fact, this underground city was not forcibly breached by the Dark Alliance army from the outside, but fell from within the city.
No one thought that Doruru, the grandson of the current chief and a diplomat in the underground city, would collude with the forces of the Dark Alliance.
While the chief was sleeping on the hospital bed, he stole the authority key to the core of the dungeon held by the other party, thereby bypassing the defensive magic barrier of the Shanatar City-State, and privately established a connection The teleportation circles outside and inside the city...
So, before anyone could react, a large number of undead suddenly appeared in the city.
They destroyed the ultra-teleportation circle in the city-state and destroyed the statue of the God of Death in the Temple of Death.
The Death Statue is the core source of power for defensive magic. Once the statue is destroyed, the entire Shanatar's defensive magic collapses.
The long-distance teleportation circle has been destroyed, and the supporting elves can no longer come to support through teleportation...
As a result, the entire city's defenders and elf troops were immediately isolated and helpless.
As a result, the dark army, which had been prepared outside the city for a long time, cooperated with the internal response and assault troops inside the city, and easily opened the city gate that had not been breached for several months.
The siege that was supposed to be vigorous did not happen. The Dark Alliance quickly occupied the city wall of Shanatar, while the original defenders left corpses on the ground in the attack from both sides and retreated with difficulty. Entered the city.
The war soon evolved into a brutal street battle. The defenders in the city and the Dark Alliance troops who invaded the city fought fiercely in the city.
However, the Dark Alliance's army has already made full preparations.
They have gathered a full 150,000 undead army and 80,000 ordinary troops, making them the strongest force in the Western District of the underground world.
In comparison, Shanatar's Silent Alliance army is too weak.
The total number of city-state defenders is less than 20,000, and even the number of elves still remaining in the city is limited, totaling less than 3,000.
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During the attack of the Dark Alliance army, the army composed of dark dwarves and underground gnomes suffered heavy losses. The elves also died in battle, and the streets of the entire city were stained red with blood.
The remaining power of the Netherworld Alliance was forced step by step into the deepest mines in the city, relying on some solid fortifications to support it...
In less than two days, the Dark Alliance army occupied most of Shanatar, leaving only some mines deep in the city occupied by the dark dwarves, underground gnomes and elf mercenaries who retreated into them.
It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is short of supplies. As long as the Dark Alliance locks them there, they have only two options: surrender or starve to death...
It can be said that by this time, the Dark Alliance had actually occupied the entire Shanatar.
The original city residents were forcibly detained at home, and the rebels were massacred. Chief Katla was killed by the betrayer Doruru himself, and Doruru was appointed as the new chief by the Dark City-State Alliance, and announced that the darkness The Church of Shadows will become the new official faith of the city-state.
At the same time, the Dark Alliance army also inserted the already prepared statue of the Lord of Darkness and Shadow into the original Death Temple, reactivating the city's defensive magical barrier.
Only this time, the target of the magical defense barrier has been reversed.
At this point, Shanatar declared its fall.
When this news spread throughout the Silent City-State Alliance, each city-state was in an uproar.
No one expected that Shanatar would fall so suddenly...
The uproar was quickly followed by panic.
Doruru of Shanatar City State betrayed, and his betrayal directly led to the fall of the city. So...are other cities like this city, already infiltrated by the forces of the Dark Alliance?
In addition, Shanatar and Blade City are both the gateways from the Silent City-State Alliance to the Dark City-State Alliance, and their geographical location is too sensitive.
Judging from the map of the West Area of the Underground World, the overall landscape of the Underground West Area is like a gourd with its head facing north.
The Calabash Mouth is the passage leading to the Cave of the Deep Rift. The Silent City-State Alliance occupies the upper half of the gourd, while the Dark City-State Alliance occupies the lower half. The two underground city-states are located exactly in the center of the gourd, and are also The entrance to the dark area on the second level...
In this case, the defensive battle between Shanatar and Blade City is the key to the entire war. The battle situation here can even determine the direction of the entire underground world war, and the decisive battle will most likely occur here. .
If the defense is good, as long as it lasts, the victory in the secular war will definitely belong to the Silent Alliance.
But if any city-state is breached, it will open the door of the Silent City-State Alliance, and the army of the Dark Alliance will be able to march straight in, and the situation will instantly deteriorate...
But now, a city-state has really been captured!
In a sense, it can be said that the Dark Alliance has achieved a decisive victory in this war.
After all, judging from the strength comparison between the two sides, perhaps the Silent Alliance can rely on the support of the elves to survive if it defends a single city, but it will be dangerous when multiple city-states are attacked at the same time.
Not every city-state has tens of thousands of defenders like these two cities. The underground cities of the Silent City-State Alliance have less than 10,000 troops.
Of course, this is also because the Dark Alliance has special means that can corrupt the normal undead, so that the Silent Alliance cannot also use the undead army in the war with the Dark Alliance.
In this case, the Dark Alliance's army can rely on their numerical advantage to easily launch a siege on at least five underground cities at the same time, and there is a high probability that they can easily break through.
It is worth mentioning that, considering the cost of establishing a super-teleportation array, although the Silent Alliance decided to establish super-teleportation arrays in each city when seeking support, this was not the case.
The real situation is that only Blade City and Shanatar, two cities with critical locations and already abundant resources, chose to establish a super long-distance teleportation array connecting Black Rock City.
Although other Quiet Alliance cities are closer to Huluzui and Black Rock City, the lower the cost of establishing an ultra-long-distance teleportation array and maintaining the operation of the array... But the more remote they are, the poorer they are. , no matter how low the cost is, it is simply unaffordable. At most, it is just an ordinary teleportation array between each other.
Of course, this is also because the Silent Alliance is at best a loose alliance of city-states, and it is impossible to effectively allocate and utilize the resources of each city-state.
In this case, it is difficult for even the players to provide effective support.
Of course, in theory, players can also teleport to two key city-states first, and then teleport to other city-states through ordinary teleportation arrays.
But here is the crux of the problem.
City of Blades and Shanatar do have teleportation arrays connecting to other underground city-states, but such teleportation arrays are concentrated in Shanatar City-State. City of Blades only has one connection to Shanatar. It's just the teleportation array in Taal City.
This resulted in that once the city-state of Shanatar was breached, the City of Blades would be cut off from other city-states in the Silent Alliance.
The reason why the Silent Alliance established the teleportation array in this way is because although the two city-states are in critical locations, the City of Blades is closer to the Dark City Alliance's sphere of influence, and there are enemies on three sides. Here The risk of establishing a large-scale teleportation array connecting other city-states is too great...
After all, in everyone's estimation, if one of the two cities is bound to be breached, it will definitely be the City of Blades. If a teleportation array is to be established for support, the city-state of Shanatar will be enough.
Who knows, it turned out that Shanatar was breached first.
Having said so much, in fact, to sum it up, it is just one thing.
That is the loss of Shanatar, which has strategically declared the defeat of the Silent Alliance. If you still want to win this war, you cannot rely solely on secular power.