"Sora, long time no see. Le-wen"
"Hey, it's the captain!"
"After you were deported, there was no news. I just found out a few days ago that you joined the National Knights of the Royal Religion of Alterac. It's a pity that we didn't meet until today. What a coincidence."
"What's wrong? I'm just avoiding you. You blocked me today."
"Avoid me? Why?"
"I'm afraid that you will be embarrassed. Although Quel'Thalas has a lot of stupidities, I think you are still very pleasing to the captain, so I won't cause any trouble for you."
"How come? Isn't it supposed to be a blessing to meet old friends?"
"Yes, I'm very happy to see you, captain, but what should we say? Is it the Silver Moon Council that embezzled public funds, or is it a noble child who buys military exploits, or is it that the generalissimo has a blood feud, but can only seek help from humans? "
"Sora, are you here to cause trouble for me?!"
"I told you, there's nothing to talk about when we meet. I've given up on Silvermoon City, and you still bless me with hope. It doesn't matter if I scold Quel'Thalas all I want. I'm a political exile anyway, so just be happy. And you have your family and your worries. Captain, you don’t think the two of us can sit together and talk about cosmetics and new clothes, do you?”
"If you were not so radical, you would have a place in the church, the Council of Mages, or the army, and even the General of Silvermoon City would not be impossible."
"And then become their dog?"
"Aren't you also working as a dog for Carlos now?"
"Yes, in the former case you forcefully put a collar on me, in the latter case I knelt down and licked it, and King Carlos still ignored me. It's so annoying!"
"Sora, what makes you so extreme?"
"Alleria. What makes you so persistent?"
"Where am I attached?"
"You came to me just to gain allies. There are half a million elves in Quel'Thalas, and not many of them will come forward for your cause. Silvermoon City is in the north, and the orcs are in the south. You are counting on those old guys Traveling across the entire continent to help you find your brother? Only humans, only humans in the Alliance have this motive and this strength. Captain, you know better than me that the future belongs to humans. Five million Quel'dorei elves cannot be with five million humans. Fighting for the right to speak. In fact, you see it more clearly than I do. Most of the elves who took the initiative to assist the alliance will remember your favor, and I wasted too much time in Stratholme. Wait until I understand. At that time, you had already become one with them, and now I can only choose one force to join. But captain, there is one thing you are not as good as me, that is, you are reluctant to spend money. In order to achieve the goal of the fight, I don't even want to lose my face. Night attack card His Majesty Los's affairs are at least three times a week, but I can't beat him, and I get thrown out every time. It's really embarrassing. And you, you want to rely on other people's strength, but you are reluctant to spend money. If I change positions with you, The position of queen has long been mine."
"Sora, I'm not..."
"I told you, I spent all my free time squatting in the corner, and I watched the whole process that night."
"you……"
"Alleria, you taught me something back then, but it seems you have forgotten it yourself."
"After living for so long, who can remember every word he said?"
"Silver Calendar, July 17th, Thirteenth Year of the Bright Night. Night. I just switched jobs from the Magician Society to the Far Walker Army. Old ghost Bi Luohua said hello to you and asked you to take care of me. Then you will take care of me. I didn't even know how to hold a sword correctly and went to play night battle with trolls. That night, you saved me three times. Then tell me - how powerful you are, how big things you can do, if you can't do it, It's just because you didn't work hard enough. What a perfect attack. I was really scared at the time. The trembling feeling of standing on the front line of life and death, mixed with fear and excitement, is addictive."
"I'm sorry, I was still young at the time and didn't do things properly."
"Why are you apologizing? You are not wrong. In the days when I was not under your command, I did not grow up so fast. It was also during the war between the Far Travelers and the trolls that I truly realized the power of the collective and the Come to the importance of comrades."
"..."
Alleria suddenly felt that it was a mistake to come to Sola to reminisce.
"If you have nothing else to say, I'll leave first. After all, the generalissimo and the exiles have a secret conversation. It won't be good for you if it gets out."
As the two sets of footsteps faded away, Carlos stopped holding his breath and began to breathe.
"Tanji, the two of them didn't notice the outside, did they?"
"I'm sure you didn't find me, but you don't know for sure, Your Majesty. Although my breathing is under control, my heartbeat is too loud."
After saying that, Tan Ji grabbed Carlos' hand and put it on her chest.
"Your Majesty, you don't have the talent to be a stalker!"
Damn it, what have you learned from following Brother Bald!
"Look, my gentle heartbeat is sometimes detected by police dogs and wargs. Those two female elves have such pointed ears. Your Majesty, you must have been discovered."
Carlos pulled his hand out without leaving a trace.
"Forget it, whether they notice it or not, I'll just pretend that they didn't notice it and continue to report the situation now."
"okay."
This is a leeward mountain col, and the natural and empty underground cave is suitable for use as a material warehouse. Unexpectedly, Alleria and Sora would block his secret meeting with Tanji, and Carlos was extremely depressed.
But marching and fighting in the wild, there are many people and many eyes, and Carlos clearly understands that the enemy is not only the orcs, but also the guys with ulterior motives hidden around him. Defeating the orcs is only a victory for all mankind. Gaining more benefits after the alliance wins is a victory for Alterac and the Barov family. Therefore, Carlos does not want his intelligence source to be exposed, nor does he want Tan Ji's existence to be known to others.
So when Carlos came out of the cave alone, the guards had strange expressions.
"Stay alert, soldiers."
"As you command, Your Majesty."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a gray shadow flashing past the blind spot of the guards. Carlos thought it was better not to linger here and just stride out of the way.
"What did you just see?"
The guard captain glanced fiercely at his men.
"Your Majesty is here to inspect the defense work!"
The organic ghost answered immediately.
"Ah, very good."
The captain nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at Carlos's leaving back with his peripheral vision.
He is a good subordinate, he is spiritual, and he is a good official. His loyalty is in place, but I haven’t done anything damn it!
Carlos felt that his blood was not flowing smoothly and his chest was tight.
The orc elimination operation has been going on for a week. Different from other areas, as a landing site for orcs and a specialized station for shipping supplies, the tribal camp in the southwest of Hilbrad has always been heavily armed. The south can suppress the Stromgarde Rangers at Thoradin's Gate, and the north can monitor Southsea Town. The movement of the alliance can approach Durnholde Castle in the east, threatening the Eagle's Nest Mountain in the Hinterlands, and the Palatine Bay in the west, which is the last retreat for the orcs.
Without defeating the main force of the alliance head-on, the southwest camp was a must-defend place for the tribe. Carlos was not so arrogant and felt that he could use 10,000 troops to annihilate 20,000 orcs with strong fortifications.
Killing the enemy is secondary, and the main goal is to remove the many outposts erected by the orcs.
Daelin Proudmoore led the Alliance Navy to continue to maintain maritime fortifications. The Stromgarde Rangers were mobilized frequently, and the real movements were unknown. The orcs in the southwest camp could not spare enough troops to fight against Carlos, so they could only be passive. defense.
In one week, fourteen outposts were burned, and more than two thousand orc troops were annihilated piecemeal. However, the orcs had to grit their teeth and bear these losses, and continued to send reconnaissance teams out to investigate the situation as if to add fuel to the fire.
Because although the intelligence reports say that there are only ten thousand enemies, if you lose all your eyesight and become blind, who knows how many enemies there will be when you mobilize the army to attack. The death order issued by Orgrimmar to the Southwest Camp was to make no mistake.
In this way, one side gritted its teeth and resisted, while the other side felt guilty. Through constant probing and purging, Carlos finally waited for Solas Bertone's clear answer.
Stromgarde mobilized 20,000 troops, hoping that Carlos would mobilize the same number of troops. After the round, the two sides would launch a large-scale raid on the orcs in the southwest area of Hillbrad.
"It seems that Brother Lothar is also going to take action. To hold back the main force of the orcs from the north will inevitably raid the orcs' hometown. Brother Lothar is not prepared to let an orc return to the wetland. He is so cruel and has such a big appetite."
After Carlos circulated the letter from Stromgarde to his generals, he started talking to see what others thought.
"With so many troops deployed, what will happen to the defense of the Sardo Bridge?"
"If you can't defeat them, we dwarves designed a plan to blow up the bridge at the beginning of the war. We will blow up the bridge if we can't defend it. You don't have to worry about the orcs in the wetland coming north from the bridge."
Muradin Bronzebeard patted his chest and promised.
"At this point in the war, everyone knows the basics, not to mention that this area is suitable for cavalry operations. The rangers of Stromgarde and our highland cavalry from Alterac can be said to be the two most powerful cavalry units in the alliance. Ten thousand people are surrounding and suppressing 20,000 orcs, unless the main force of the tribe comes back to support us, we can’t find any reason to lose!”
"Your Majesty, fight!"
"Your Majesty, the time has come for blood debt to be paid with blood!"
"Your Majesty, we are willing to be the vanguard!"
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
Amidst the calls for war, Carlos felt that the morale of the army was available, so he issued an order to mobilize troops from Tarren Mill.
However, just three days later, as soon as the Stromgarde Rangers left Thoradin's Wall and only half of their own infantry were gone, a big news that shocked the Alliance spread throughout the Hillbrad War Zone.
Dalaran was captured by the Horde!
A partial orc force attacked Daala and then moved into Lordaeron. The northern orcs stormed Gilneas, and the alliance's war situation took a turn for the worse.
"Withdraw troops, we are preparing to go north."
Standing on the top of the mountain, Carlos could already see with the naked eye the tribal coastal camp a hundred kilometers away, but he had to give an order to withdraw.
"Your Majesty, the encirclement has begun, we..."
"Withdraw troops, don't you understand? Send someone to inform the allies in Stromgarde that we will withdraw first." (To be continued.)
