The ancient city of Rotterdam had been plunged into war for the second time ever since it was built.
However, this time, Duque did not lead the army to rescue them.
Due to the suppression of the Orc Uprising a while ago, Rotterdam had sent almost all its combat troops.
And because of the conflict between Uther and Arthas, the Silver Hand was also sent to Andorhal, which was hundreds of kilometers away.
The rest were all third-rate troops, and they were ambushed by their own people. The people of Rotterdam were stunned.
In an instant, the bright sunshine above the city disappeared. The sudden cold clouds shrouded the entire city, and people were shocked to find that the world had suddenly turned from hot summer to cold winter. There were only "clouds" with an evil aura left in the sky.
The cold wind howled, and the atmosphere was lifeless.
The pure white city wall was covered in a thick layer of ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. The enthusiastic scene of celebrating the triumphant return of His Royal Highness had long since disappeared. This was because the screams that rose and fell throughout the entire city had caused the people to fall into panic, and the screams were becoming more and more frequent.
"Ahhhhh —"
"Monsters!?"
"City guards! Where are the city guards!? "
"Mom, I'm so scared!"
It was a mess everywhere, and the places a little further away from the city were dead.
This was not an adjective, because everyone on the city walls and outside the city gates was dead.
It was hard to guard against a thief in one's own house.
As the only heir of the kingdom, there was nothing to hide from Arthas. In fact, the old king had been holding on to power in recent years, and there were still many things that he had begun to reveal to Arthas.
Everything became the best nourishment for this feast of slaughter.
The Undying — a terrifying existence from the Northrend Icefield. They were fearless, ruthless, and did not need to breathe. They constantly created death, causing all lives to fall into the embrace of the Grim Reaper. Then, they would immediately make the people who had just become dead stand up shakily, raise their knives, and slash at their comrades.
All of a sudden, they went from the height of summer to a seemingly endless winter. There were Undying Beings everywhere, and that made the citizens of the Rotterdam Kingdom, who had lived a peaceful and dreamy life for more than 10 years after the Dark Portal, feel as if they had seen the end of the world.
What happened next was supposed to happen in history, where the 300,000 soldiers and civilians of Rotterdam City would be slaughtered by Arthas' Undying Army. Arthas would then use the hundreds of thousands of soldiers to snowball and sweep across the entire Northern Continent.
Just then, something unexpected happened that Arthis didn't expect.
At first, he did not pay much attention to it.
His Death Knights reported that the humans in the south of the city were resisting fiercely.
Resist!?
So what if he resisted?
The three largest barracks in Rotterdam City had been successfully attacked by the Undead led by his Death Knights. Nearly 100,000 new and old Undead soldiers began to charge into the city from the east, north, and west, besieging the living people in the city.
But …
The situation was beyond the imagination of the dead king of the Rotterdam Kingdom.
"Run! There was a ship in the south! Once we get out of the south gate, we'll be able to live. "
"Those damn monsters are everywhere on the land!"
Not only were there people shouting with amplification tools, but there were also countless places in the city, such as the landmark clock towers and tall towers, all of which had bright arrows made of flames.
All the arrows pointed in a clear direction — south!
At this time, a memory that was not too long ago surfaced in the minds of the people of Rotterdam.
[Evacuation Drill]!
This was a plan that started three years after the Dark Portal. It was proposed by the deputy commander of the Alliance at that time, Duke Marcus.
At that time, Duque said, "In view of the fact that the capitals of three kingdoms in the Alliance were once breached, causing irreparable losses to the lives and property of the people. In order to avoid possible future dangers, I suggest that each kingdom formulate a special evacuation plan according to the structure of their own capital. In case there really is a need in the future, at least most people can escape. "
At that time, the kingdoms were busy with post-war reconstruction. Compared to fighting for the land of Alterac and the right to speak in the Alliance military, this resolution that was unanimously passed by the kingdoms was only one of the hundreds of agreements the Alliance had reached over the years.
When Duque was in power, he would lobby the kingdoms to hold a drill every summer.
In the first three or four years after Duque disappeared, the kingdoms still held evacuation drills. After a long period of peace, the nobles of the kingdoms also became lazy.
In the end, after 10 years, only Stormwind City, the Furnace Fort, and the Eagle Nest Mountain persisted.
However, having done it before still left an impression.
After the initial panic, the citizens of Rotterdam, especially those who had lived for more than 10 years, suddenly came to a realization.
That's right!
We did the drill before!
Just do it according to the drill.
People began to try to recall the contents of the drill. Humans had a herd mentality. When the first person followed the drill and ran towards the south of the city according to the direction indicated by the flaming arrow, more people immediately followed.
The citizens were fleeing, but the killing continued.
No one thought that the well-trained soldiers could not stop the Scourge Army. The armed city guards could not do it either. The gladiators and fighters in the arena could not do it either.
The one who stopped the Scourge Army was … the Marcus Trade Union.
Strangely enough, under the leadership of the business master, Illucia Barov, the Marcus Chamber of Commerce had opened a total of 36 branches in Lordaeron, where land was extremely expensive. Their businesses involved more than a dozen fields, but only one was their main business, and that was wine.
They collected wheat from the rich land of Rotterdam, brewed it into various kinds of rice wine, and sold it.
This was the magical part.
After the initial panic, almost all of the shop owners suddenly yelled out, "Boss, Boss!"
"What are you panicking for?! The monsters are coming, so act according to plan! Don't forget how the trade union trained you! "
Bottles of liquor were opened, and dry strips of white cloth were quickly stuffed into them. Then, boxes of liquor were pushed to the main roads by the trade union's workers. They waited with the trade union's guards.
Whenever he saw an Undying charging over, he would immediately light the cloth with a torch and toss the burning wine bottle at them.
"Bang bang!" With a crisp sound, a large area was immediately engulfed in a sea of fire.
Fire was the best way to deal with the Undead.
Under the flames, the advancement of the Scourge Army was immediately seriously delayed.
The Undead, who could not feel pain, were still charging. Under the flames, their skin and muscles were quickly scorched. Ordinary zombies would usually fall after charging for less than 30 meters.
Seeing this scene, the city guards of Rotterdam were dumbfounded.
That's right! This was the specialty of the Marcus Trade Union — Molotov cocktail.
Also known as the indigenous incendiary bomb!
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