When Carlos received the battle report of the victory at Hillsbrad, Arthas had already removed all the obstacles in the way of the Scourge and was faced with the choice of route.
To the east is Stratholme, to the south is Andhador.
Carlos, who had no strategic choice, could only wait patiently for Alsace to make a choice.
Hillsbrad's victory can only show that Carlos, as a professional military strategist, made correct judgments and that he accurately grasped the advantages and disadvantages of the Undead Scourge.
Professional command means having the courage to make judgments!
But does this have anything to do with whether Anhador can withstand the impact of Alsace?
It doesn't matter even half a copper.
The Undead Scourge relies on its powerful ability to increase its numbers and has the natural numerical advantage of relying on war to support war. However, in terms of troop mobility and physical lethality, it is actually not that good.
So after Alterac's elite legion used artillery and crossbows to harvest a large number of "highly mobile" ghouls, the cavalry brigade used a hundred ways to destroy the white sea of skeletons.
The premise of all this is not Carlos's wise martial arts, but the existence of the Kingdom of Alterac.
The biggest change brought about by the existence of Carlos to the continent of Lordaeron in this timeline is the continuation of a sovereign nation.
After the fall of the city of Lordaeron, the best part of the Kingdom of Lordaeron was turned into a ghostland. The centuries-old savings of the Menethil family were all used by the Lich King. Millions of people in the Kingdom of Lordaeron became a natural disaster of the undead. potential soldiers.
This desperate situation is more terrifying than any weapon.
The remaining armies of Lordaeron, which had lost the city of Lordaeron, could only rely on the inventory of armories in various places and the sporadic supplies from the village blacksmiths to fight.
Although they are the regular army of the kingdom, they can only fight in a guerrilla way.
This was exactly the impact of Arthas' patricide - it broke the order of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
But at this time, the Kingdom of Alterac is still standing on the snowy plains. Ordnance, food, clothing, and everything needed for the war are constantly being produced under the order led by the Barov family. There is still a whole gap between human beings and true despair. An Andhador's distance.
The biggest difference from the people on Earth is that the humans in Lordaeron did not evolve from the terrifying erect apes.
Before their spirits were broken, the humans in Lordaeron were by no means physically weak.
On the contrary, although more than two decades of peace have slackened the spirit of the younger generation, the abundant life has also made their bodies strong.
In just a few days, Carlos urgently recruited 20,000 young men around Anhador.
With the fall of Bulwark Pass, a large number of fleeing residents were dispersed to Hearthglen, Andhador and Stratholme, making the situation complicated.
Tirion Fordring's decisiveness, coupled with the special terrain of Hearthglen, meant that the Scourge had no chance of capturing this place in a short time.
But Carlos didn't have high expectations for Tirion Fordring. More than ten years were enough to change a lot. A former lord who had been deprived of all political rights was in a closed environment like Hearthglen. , it is difficult to achieve anything big.
Therefore, there are only two focuses for the Scourge Legion, to advance eastward or to go south.
Either ignore Anhador and drive straight into the Stratholme region, which is ravaging the area, or run over Andhador and destroy the Kingdom of Alterac and then drive straight into Stratholme.
Carlos asked himself, if he were the Lich King, he would choose to ignore Anhador and directly convert all the millions of people in Stratholme into undead scourges. It might take less time than conquering the Kingdom of Alterac. Much more.
Because Terenas Menethil II's long-standing policy of strong leaders and weak branches has created the city of Lordaeron as a cultural treasure, it has also weakened the local strength.
The loose governance in the Stratholme region was simply not enough to complete the integration of military equipment before the arrival of the Scourge, and Stratholme City was even less likely to withstand the prince's attack.
But Carlos was not the Lich King, and he had a feeling that Arthas would come to Anhador.
This feeling is very strong, akin to telepathy between strong men.
Well, it actually means uneasiness.
The strategy of exchanging space for time in Carlos's design failed in a sense.
Anhador was simply not prepared for the frontal impact of the Undead Scourge.
For things like war, bragging and boosting morale within the organization can be summed up as boosting military morale, but there is no room for any criticism in terms of preparations for battle.
From Barrier Pass to Anhador, because there are well-maintained roads for carriages and horses, it only takes ten days for normal humans to walk.
Although the movement of undead units is not as good as that of living people, their marching time is longer than that of living people, which means that the arrival of the undead natural disaster will not be too slow.
If digging trenches and setting up outposts can stop the Scourge, then the barrier will not fall.
Carlos knew very well that if he wanted to fight the undead army, he needed artillery, crossbows, gryphon knights, mages, huge military strength and high-end combat effectiveness.
These……
Anhador has none of it.
As an agricultural development zone, apart from food and population, there are really no other elements needed for war.
After Alex woke up, he immediately transferred the inventory from the armory in Alterac City and sent it to Anhador urgently.
It can only be said that the water and grass on the Alterac Plateau support horses. The number of large livestock is sufficient, which not only ensures the number of Alterac cavalry, but also provides sufficient animal power for transportation.
At least Garithos's Lordaeron army has completed the change.
This is very important. No matter how great human potential is, it is inappropriate to go to the battlefield without military training. The possible defense battle of Anhador will ultimately rely on the regular army of Garithos to act as the main force.
The situation is getting better. Although half of his army is stranded in Hillsbrad, the other half is on the way.
Once his own army is in place, Carlos will have the confidence to challenge the undead natural disasters.
To use a cliché, this is the darkest hour before dawn.
Hillsbrad's victory at least ensures that production in and around Tarren Mill will not be interrupted. If Anhador can also be preserved, Alterac will have gained blood this time.
Despite his wishful thinking, Carlos was ready to abandon Anhador and retreat to the Alterac Plateau.
It's just that this kind of thing cannot be said.
Just do your best.
Every day, new trenches and new outposts were built, and with the influx of refugees, plague and intelligence came one after another.
Carlos was not surprised by this. Without the refugees spreading the plague, would this still be the Scourge?
The Argent Dawn's vigorous attack for more than a year has finally had an impact on the Scourge of the Undead. At least in terms of plague infection, the Lich King lags behind much.
Treat those who can be cured, and isolate those that cannot be cured.
In Anhador, where organizational power has not yet collapsed, the actual threat of the plague is not even as destructive as the panic caused by the plague infection.
Five days after the news of the fall of Barrier Pass came, more specific information was finally obtained.
A veteran who witnessed the entire process of Gavin Ladd's death in the battle fell off a cliff during the final counterattack. Fortunately, he survived and trudged to Anhador, just to bring Carlos a piece of information.
"Death knights, death knights, thousands of death knights!"
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