Alsace looked far away in the direction of Andorhal, paused for a moment, then galloped away on his beloved horse Invincible, never looking back.
His Highness the Prince already knows the Legion's battle situation in Andorhal, and also understands that it is impossible to destroy the human defense line in Andorhal in a short period of time.
But what does it matter.
The Lich King has only one order—to seize the Sunwell.
It has been more than half a month since the city of Lordaeron was captured. Relying on the floating fortress Naxxramas, the natural disaster army of only 10,000 Northrend swept half of the continent of Lordaeron. Now it controls more than 70 The Lich King of all undead is qualified to inflate himself.
Although the Argent Dawn led by Carlos and Tirion Fordring severely damaged the Cult of the Damned's spread of natural disasters, Ner'zhul was unable to ravage the entire Eastern Kingdom like other world lines. But Carlos still underestimated the rate of proliferation of the Scourge.
The occupied area has been deserted for thousands of miles, and all living creatures have been transformed into undead servants by the necromancers.
In the face of the huge number of the undead army of 700,000, Andorhal is not even a defeat on the battlefield. A stalemate is not a bad thing.
So we increased the number of troops by 100,000 in the direction of Hillsbrad, and sent another 100,000 troops to Andorhal, and transferred another 100,000 troops back to Northrend. If there were more than 200,000 troops around the machine in Lordaeron, Arthas would still be able to Mobilize 200,000 undead to attack the Stratholme area.
Sorry, you can really do whatever you want with too many soldiers.
Instead of losing its combat effectiveness due to the reduction of its troops, the Alsace Legion has greatly increased its strength due to the concentration of elite forces.
Dozens of lichs, hundreds of death knights, thousands of spellcasters, plus a new unit of crypt spider demons drawn from Northrend, as well as a large number of siege equipment and stitching abominations.
A catastrophe seems inevitable.
Carlos is not afraid of such Scourge Legion.
He still firmly believed that his judgment was not wrong, his efforts were not in vain, and the hard battle in Andorhal was just a small blessing under extremely harsh conditions.
Because while the Scourge is proliferating crazily, the Alliance's heavy and slow war machine is also running.
The Grand Duke Regent of Alterac did not sit back in Alterac City and watch his son fight bloody battles on the front lines without doing anything.
On the contrary, Alex Barov is doing his best to help his son integrate his strength.
The Scourge of the Undead is not a disaster for the Kingdom of Lordaeron or Alterac, but a disaster for all mankind.
So no one wants to stay out of it.
Without the constraints of his old rival Terenas, Alex even felt an invincible loneliness.
As the well-deserved political second person in the league, Katy managed to become the first.
The royal messengers in Alterac City had not rested since the outbreak of the war. After countless exchanges of letters and the fatigue of diplomats, Stromgarde was convinced.
Danaus was trapped in Draenor, and the internal affairs of Stromgarde after the death of Thoros were in chaos. All the forces refused to obey the other, and they only maintained the apparent glory of the Trollbane family.
Although Carlos withdrew his troops to suppress the orcs, which caused acrimony between Stromgarde and Alterac, under the coercion and inducement of Alterac Grand Duke Regent and Barov Family Patriarch Alex Barov , Stromgarde still succumbed.
Whether you know right from wrong or you have to do something, Stromgarde has sent out troops.
Ten thousand cavalry and 20,000 infantry are not all of Arathi's heritage, but bringing your own dry food is different.
As long as Stromgarde's army comes forward, Carlos can take back the 30,000 cavalry trapped in Hillsbrad.
Isn't this delicious?
At the same time, because of the unbelievable tragedy in Lordaeron and Alsace's operation of raising a filial son that normal humans could not understand, Carlos's wife Calia Menethil suddenly became a rare commodity.
The work of gathering the remaining forces in Lordaeron was also much smoother than expected.
Coupled with the last elites of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the Knights of the Silver Hand and the expeditionary force in the hands of Uther are struggling to assemble towards Nanhai Town.
Reinforcements from Ironforge and condolences from Stormwind City are also floating on the sea.
Once the alliance completes the integration of existing forces, a terrifying war beast will immediately reveal its ferocity.
This does not take into account the war potential of the conscripted people.
So Carlos had nothing to fear.
Of course, this fearlessness is only at the military level.
The real trouble is people's hearts and political compromise.
The old alliance of the Alliance of Lordaeron has ceased to exist in name only. Without the absolute core of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the century-old heritage of the city of Lordaeron, Alterac simply does not have the strength to accept all the refugees and let them survive.
Although Carlos saved many people who "should" have died and weakened the strength of the Scourge, how to let them "continue" to live and eventually strengthen themselves was a big problem.
You know, the drought has not passed long.
Defending the Hillsbrad area is of course equivalent to holding on to one more point of hope.
But it's not enough.
So Carlos set his sights on Stratholme.
He used magic communication to try to persuade the Sun King to send troops to help Stratholme City and block the Undead Scourge at the Cowling intersection in central Stratholme.
But the Sun King's perfunctory behavior revealed too much hidden information.
I am afraid that the political struggle against the royal power in Silvermoon City has reached its most critical and fiercest moment. The high elves have chosen an ostrich mentality in response to the immediate threat, and only ordered the mages who stayed in Dalaran to try their best to help the human allies and fulfill their obligations. obligation.
Then……
Then there was none.
"This is awesome!"
Carlos held back his breath, and after ordering his legion to take over the defense of Andorhal, he led the exhausted "Andorhal local legion" to retreat and rest.
Yes, Carlos does not have the strength to counteract the undead natural disaster at this time. The only option is to stick to the defense line and consume the natural disaster forces outside Andorhal.
But to say that the Battle of Andorhal was fruitless is not entirely true.
The 50,000 militiamen who have experienced bloody battles and achieved victory will be enough to form five to ten combat-effective corps after reorganization.
More importantly, the Lordaeron cavalry under the name of Garithos finally became "pro-Carlos" after the Battle of Andorhal.
Don't underestimate Garithos and the cavalry regiment put together under the strong pressure of Gavin Ladd.
They have unparalleled political value.
Because they are the last "regular army" in the Kingdom of Lordaeron besides Uther's Expeditionary Force.
And they are regular troops fighting hard on the front line.
The Holy Light belongs to the Holy Light, and the political things belong to politics.
When Garithos and this legion fell to Kalos, Uther had no room for other ideas.
This is not to say that Uther will establish a military division and establish himself as king, but to prevent him from having a moment of confusion and having to capture Arthas before he recognizes Gallia or Carlos's legal principles for the Kingdom of Lordaeron. inheritance rights.
This is very troublesome and has a high probability of happening.
Carlos had no intention of wasting time with a good guy who had no evil intentions but was ready to do bad things, so he just took the money out of the pot.
Transferring Garithos and this cavalry regiment back to Alterac City to rest is a reward for the brave warriors in the bloody battle, and it is also necessary to win over people's hearts.
In order to defend Andorhal, Garithos suffered heavy losses. More than half of the 9,000-man cavalry regiment suffered casualties.
This is almost unimaginable in the cold weapon era.
But this army of dead souls in Lordaeron are not ordinary people who are paid as soldiers. They are Avengers, and they are Avengers who have witnessed the tragedy of Lordaeron.
So instead of collapsing, they became more courageous as they fought.
The military spirit of this legion has initially taken shape.
So Carlos transferred them back to Alterac City.
On the one hand, it is to replenish the personnel and restore their strength, and on the other hand, it is also to change the clothes.
In the bloody battle of Andorhal, the loss rate of weapons and equipment was too high.
In this way, the king of Auckland, leading a legion that once belonged to Lordaeron, entered the capital where he had been absent all year round with a commanding attitude, and sat on the throne that had been vacant for many years.
At the long-awaited court meeting, with the promulgation of the uninnovative wartime institutional decree, Carlos only asked one question.
"Who is for it and who is against it."
At the same time, the messenger from Daron County also returned to his hometown over the mountains and brought back Carlos's personal letter.
He asked the people of Dalong County to give up their defense and retreat into the mountains with food supplies to hold out for two months.
Carlos assured them that within two months, he would lead his army to support them.
