Uther gave Dathrohan a deep look: "Saidan, don't put the cart before the horse."
"The Knights of the Silver Hand are certainly the regular army of Lordaeron, but we are paladins, not mercenaries who only care about profit."
"As you said, if we send out a surprise attack at this time, with the field capabilities of the Silver Hand Knights, it is indeed possible to defeat Barov's reinforcements in one fell swoop, but..."
"Do you really think the enemy won't take any precautions against this? What if you step into the opponent's trap and the raid fails? Can you afford the consequences?"
"this……"
Saidan Dathrohan is a typical soldier. He doesn't have so many tricks up his sleeve.
"Forget it, I can't tell you anything."
Dasohan crossed his arms in front of his chest angrily and sat down on the big rock by the river.
"I would like to see how you plan to fulfill His Majesty Terenas' order and break through this strong mountain guard post."
"Breaking through...?"
Uther smiled bitterly: "Now that things have happened, do you really think we can still achieve the strategic goals we set before departure?"
Dathrohan, who was full of anger, rarely saw the frustrated look on the old man's face. He was stunned for a moment before asking in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"Even if they can't break through the Bingfeng Post on the eastern front, the army on the western front led by Alexander should still have some gains, right?"
"How can a mere Alterac, which has been destroyed for many years, be able to make a comeback?"
Uther patted Dathrohan on the shoulder and sighed softly.
"Saidan, you are a good general, but you cannot be a commander who coordinates the overall situation. Do you know why?"
"Uh~"
Dathrohan scratched his head with his big muscular hands: "His Majesty also mentioned it before, saying that my view of the overall situation is not broad enough."
"exactly."
Uther looked toward the snow-capped Alterac Mountains worriedly.
"If my prediction is correct, Alexander should be worried right now."
"Lordaeron has been too eager for quick success over the years, and has offended too many people as a result. Gilneas and Dalaran will not make it easy for us. This Alterac rebellion is not as simple as you think."
…
Without the interference of the Knights of the Silver Hand, under the anxious attention of Mayor Matthew, more than 300 elite cavalry members of the Barov family were successfully welcomed into the Icewind Hill Fortress.
Due to the single professional composition of the Syndicate, it had never launched an attack before and could only passively guard this strong fortress.
Seeing that the supplies sent from the rear are getting less and less, but the enemy's offensive has never weakened, it is strange that the morale of Bingfeng Gang can be so high.
After Steinblade...and even the entire Alterac completely changed hands, Yin Seton immediately ordered the temporary ministers headed by Jorach Ravenholdt to ensure the logistics supplies sent to Icewind Post. We cannot cut off the food rations of the frontline soldiers.
As General Haas led a large number of Ravenholdt bandits to the front line, the first shipment of food from Steinblade also entered the fortress.
The soldiers, whose ration consumption was strictly controlled by the Teta brothers and sisters, were finally able to have a full meal, and the soldiers' mood soon became high.
The big-headed soldiers didn't care who was in power, Faculest or Yinseton. Reinforcements from General Haas and the Barov family arrived one after another, sending a good signal to the soldiers on the front line.
The rear is stable, and there is no need to worry about logistical supplies and reinforcements. The soldiers on the front only need to focus on defending the fortress.
Sarlayan and Valeera quickly resolved the instability within the Icewind Post fortress, and other good news followed. Naturally, the morale of the Icewind Post also increased, and the lifeless atmosphere before was no longer visible. look.
When the second batch of grain transport teams arrived, the Barov messenger who came with the food transport team secretly brought a message to Saryan.
"opened?!"
Sarlayan looked at the messenger with wide eyes: "Did Meri mention more detailed information?"
The messenger, who had an ordinary appearance and figure, nodded silently and handed a letter with intact beeswax into Sarlayan's hand.
When setting off from Steinblade, Sarlayan and Valeela, who were scrambling for time, did not take Tinargosa and Merry with them.
Merry, who stayed behind, communicated with the confidants Alex had left behind, and with the help of Tinagosa's keen perception of the flow of the magic network as a blue dragon, he found Thoradin, whom Alex had mentioned before. Secret room.
Merry is a human elder who has experienced the rise and fall of the Arathor Empire... although he is now a lich.
Thoradin's method of sealing the chamber was familiar to Merry.
Even if a contemporary mage finds this place, he cannot open the door, because Thoradin uses a very ancient arcane sealing technique, which has a strong sense of age.
Even with the help of mages who have studied ancient secrets, it will undoubtedly be very difficult for contemporary arcanists to break this seal.
But Thoradin's seal was not a problem for the old lich Merry. It only took him a week to study it, and Merry, who was extremely knowledgeable, solved the mystery of the seal.
The messenger who delivered the letter still had a mission to return to Caer Daron. After handing the letter to Sarlayan, he said goodbye and left.
Sarlayan quickly returned to the camp assigned to him, couldn't wait to tear open the beeswax, and read the contents of the letter together with Valeela, who was also curious.
"Uh~ This handwriting..."
Seeing the crooked Salas writing on the letter that looked like ghostly symbols, the corners of Sarlayan's and Valeera's mouths twitched at the same time.
Without looking carefully, you can tell at a glance that this letter must have been written by Tina Gosa, or at least written by her own hand.
From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as an encrypted letter. Most people really can't recognize Tina's "crazy" characters.
Sarlayan rolled his eyes and handed the letter to Valeera: "No, I can't understand it. It's up to you to 'decrypt' it."
Valeera glared at Sarlayan angrily: "What can't you understand? You just have no patience... Forget it, I'll do it."
Decrypting intelligence has always been one of the specialties of the Backlight Blade, and Valeela has also received strict training in this area.
With her patient translation word for word, Sarlayan finally understood what Tina recorded in the letter.
"Tallbane?"
Sarlayan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that what Thoradin placed in the secret chamber would be this famous troll killer.
The Trolbane mentioned here is not the surname of the Stromgard royal family, but a two-handed battle ax named "Tlbane".
Trollbaroll (Trollbaroll means troll in the common language of humans, and bane means destruction and nemesis.
These two words together mean troll nemesis, or troll killer.
The first generation of Trollbane who followed Emperor Thoradin into the army was called the Troll Slayer, and this two-handed battle ax was his side weapon.
In recognition of the outstanding contributions of the Trollbane family, after the Arathor Empire was officially established, Emperor Thoradin gave a holy sword named Tolkara to Yingnaus Trollbane to encourage him and his descendants. Continue to contribute to the defense of the Arathor Empire.
According to historical records, the troll-slayer ax named Trollbane has been missing ever since.
There are rumors that the ax was taken by trolls in a desperate attempt, while others say Thoradin took it to his tomb.
After conquering Zul'Aman, Sharlayan found a broken two-handed ax suspected to be Trollbane's in the Amani troll's treasure house.
But the battle ax was too broken to be used. After appraisal by the elf blacksmith, it was found that the enchanted structure inside the battle ax had been damaged, and it could not even be repaired as before.
If Merry hadn't repeatedly mentioned in the letter that the real troll slayer--Tolbane--was found in the secret chamber, Sarlayan would have really thought that the trophies collected by the Amani trolls were genuine.
Merry was a person who had witnessed that era. He must have seen the real Trollbane battle ax with his own eyes, and there was no way he could admit it.
According to Merry, the troll-killing ax stored by Emperor Thoradin in the secret room is actually an artifact. It is still full of vigor and hurt an accompanying Barov family servant as soon as it was unsealed.
"Um……"
Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully: "Why did Emperor Thoradin hide the real Trollbane battle ax in the secret chamber?"
Valeera also looked confused about this. Analyzing the general trend was not her strong point.
The barrage did give some guesses at this time.
[Could it be...that it is to allow future generations to continue to be enterprising? 】
