Alex Barov was tired and happy.
It's not that the Grand Duke is indifferent to the suffering of others, but that at this moment he feels the state of mind of his old friend.
This is my son’s kingdom!
The purpose of most people's lives is just to live and to look forward to a future in which they can live better.
How many people dare to say that they live for a great cause?
To be more arbitrary, how many people have their own business?
The Grand Duke understood that he was not qualified to be a king because he did not have the ability to unite people with his charisma.
Loyalty bought with money will only tend to be bought with more money.
So during the days when Carlos was lost on the alien planet, Alex struggled to suppress the discord within Alterac.
Such as those advocating for him to succeed as the King of Alterac.
Carlos is not a leader with superb political skills. More often, he is more like a willful hero and son.
I want soldiers, I want food and pay, I want this and that.
Then, fight until it hurts!
Although Carlos won most of the time, there were always rumors that the Knight King was not good at government affairs.
But even so, Alex had no complaints.
Due to political tactics, Barov and his son together were no match for Terenas, his father-in-law.
Alterac's ability to survive after losing its king was certainly due to Alex Barov's hard work, but it also relied more on the military group left behind by Carlos Barov.
The Kingdom of Alterac uses less than 20% of the population of the Kingdom of Lordaeron to support almost the same number of troops.
Other countries say that Alterac is militaristic, but they are not wronging the Barov family.
But times make heroes.
The undead natural disaster destroyed the Menethil family, but pushed the Barov family to the forefront.
This alliance meeting reminded Alex Barov of the great achievements of Emperor Thoradin back then.
After all, the Arathor Empire is a glorious past that humans in Azeroth cannot avoid, just like the Roman Empire on another planet.
As the meeting progressed, it was just like when Carlos disappeared, his old father-in-law, Terenas, infinitely elevated his status, but ruthlessly suppressed the Kingdom of Alterac. While Carlos was doing his best to consolidate the legitimacy of the Menethil family's rule over the Kingdom of Lordaeron, he was also frantically absorbing the legacy of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
The most important of these is military heritage.
The Kingdom of Lordaeron is the most powerful among the human kingdoms, although the Scourge used a conspiracy to overthrow the kingdom's royal family and destroy its capital.
However, this country still has a large number of armed forces remaining.
The first to bear the brunt was the expeditionary force led by Uther.
This expeditionary force is the true standing army of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The so-called elite force, even if the paladins, accompanying mages, and priests are excluded, is one of the best in terms of the quality and combat skills of its soldiers.
Secondly, there was the local garrison that dispersed with the flow of refugees.
The disaster in the city of Lordaeron came so suddenly. The entire military command system of the Kingdom of Lordaeron was cut off almost instantly. A large number of the city's defenders were wiped out in confusion, but the garrison in the Lordaeron area still escaped. Quite a few.
This is also the reason why some ambitious people dare to seek benefits from the Kingdom of Alterac and the Barov family.
However, these people have been almost taken care of by Garithos.
The last ones are the military nobles and veterans.
It was not easy for humans to win the Second Orc War. Almost all young people of school age were forced to undergo combat training, and two-thirds of the men went to the battlefield. As the Kingdom with the greatest contribution, the Kingdom of Lordaeron naturally has the largest number of veterans, military nobles who have been promoted through that war.
After Carlos took control of the alliance through treaties, he also took control of this part of the war resources.
At the same time, it also proved his previous judgment.
As long as the alliance concentrates its main combat power, the numerical advantage of the Undead Scourge does not constitute an absolute advantage.
Subsequent war mobilization will naturally continue.
But look at the military data now that the Alliance can put to immediate use.
The Kingdom of Alterac has 85,000 heavy infantry and 30,000 cavalry.
The refugees from Lordaeron who fled eastward formed a legion of 17,000 people.
There are more than 120,000 militiamen in the Hillsbrad area.
Garithos' Lordaeron army has 40,000 troops.
Uther's 30,000 expeditionary army.
Twelve thousand reinforcements from Stromgarde.
Three thousand reinforcements from Ironforge.
Look, look at this data.
Without Alsace's act of filial piety, how could the Lich King have caused such a turmoil that swept the entire continent of Lordaeron?
Look, look at these armies.
Carlos held the meeting patiently just to gather the command power of these armies.
When all the dust settled, although the secret calculation of interests continued, Carlos had no intention of playing with them anymore.
"Garithos, can I trust you?"
"Of course, Your Majesty Marshal."
Re-erecting the banner of the Alliance is a good thing for all soldiers and officers to breathe a sigh of relief.
This is the importance of status. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Lordaeron have no choice but to obey the orders of the King of Alterac, but it is a matter of course for the soldiers of the Alliance to obey the orders of the Alliance Marshal.
"I will not mobilize the militia regiment in the north of Hillsbrad, and I do not intend to move your formation regiment. I will leave the Silver Pine Forest front to you."
"For the Alliance!"
"For the Alliance."
After arranging Garithos, Carlos assigned tasks to other people one after another.
Only Uther was not arranged.
This made the expeditionary force a little uneasy.
In fact, the ordinary soldiers of the expeditionary force were fine. They had already experienced a high-intensity battle with the Blackstone Orcs, then hurriedly returned to the wetlands, and ended up drifting on the ship for more than a month.
Resting in Nanhai Town is not a bad thing for these soldiers.
But the Knights of the Silver Hand were a little worried.
Two thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine paladins.
They are the proudest children of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the elites accumulated by the Menethil family for twenty years.
But now, their status seems so embarrassing.
Because the imprint of their belonging to the Menethil family, the royal family of Lordaeron, is too strong.
Over the years, the Kingdom of Alterac has not trained two thousand paladins. Just look at the Kingdom of Lordaeron, there are so many of them.
Carlos did not rush to deal with the Silver Hand because this power was too important and too sensitive.
So after urgently recalling Saidan Dathrohan, Carlos held a private banquet to entertain two old friends.
"Remember the first six of us? Gavin Rad died at the Barrier. In order to save the last vitality of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, he gave up the chance of survival. Turalyon and Danas are still trapped in the Darkness. Drano on the other side of the door, I don’t believe those two bastards will die, but they will definitely live an uncomfortable life. There are only three of us, the so-called first-generation Paladins, there are only three of us."
Saidan Dathrohan felt that he should not come. This is not a drinking party. This is fatal.
"I know what you are thinking. It is impossible to disband the Silver Hand. I can't, and you don't dare. But I can give up the position of Grand Master and recommend you to succeed, so..."
Carlos shook his head while raising his glass, interrupting Uther's words.
"You think too much."
"They will rebel. You don't understand the meaning of the name Silver Hand."
"I'm talking about you, you think too much."
"Um?"
