Stormwind has the anxiety of Stormwind, and Carlos has the troubles of Carlos.
Kel'Thuzad is resurrected.
Although the whole process was full of conspiracies and weirdness visible to the naked eye, the Scourge Legion's strategic purpose was achieved.
Carlos may have gained blood, but Ner'zhul certainly did not lose.
With the strategic contraction of the Undead Scourge, the war in the north entered a stalemate.
Kel'Thuzad led the elite main force of the Undead Scourge and returned to the Stratholme area in an orderly manner. Magni immediately made the decision to defend the Whitewater River camp after receiving the news, leading the vanguard and rescuers. The refugees who came out ran away.
This is a wise and helpless decision.
With the loss of the barrier, the Scourge of the Undead was made miserable by the Alliance.
In terms of pure military power, as time goes by, the alliance's combat power will eventually surpass that of the legion.
Too bad not now.
There are still millions of bones in the city of Lordaeron, and countless savings of the Menethil family.
In the vast land east of the Baishui River, three to four hundred thousand undead elites are ready to go, waiting for their master's orders.
For a short time, the Scourge remained a formidable massacre.
Especially after Alsace was lost.
The Battle of Silvermoon City was the last time any living person witnessed Arthas.
Since then, countless intelligence reports, overt and covert, have revealed the fact that the demigod lich Kel'Thuzad has taken over control of the Scourge in the Lordaeron region.
This is strategically a good thing.
Because Arthas is the eye of the Lich King and the agent of Ner'zhul's will.
As long as Arthas exists, the Scourge of the Undead will have the sharpest knife and will be invincible.
But it's not that comfortable from a tactical perspective.
Unlike Arthas, who relied on force to win, Kel'Thuzad perfectly interpreted the old saying.
Anyone who plays magic has a dirty mind.
After changing the commander-in-chief, the tactics of the Undead Scourge have changed, becoming more sinister and dehumanizing.
Finally, the vast land east of Bulwark Pass and west of Whitewater River was generally cleared, and the siege of Hearthglen was lifted. Uther finally had time to reflect and evaluate the situation.
If Carlos hadn't desperately defended Andorhal like an iron-headed boy, the situation at this time might have been unimaginably bad.
Andorhal is like a wedge, piercing the main artery transporting the undead scourge.
At that time, everyone felt that giving up Andorhal to preserve the vitality was the right and cost-effective choice.
However, once the action of taking half a step back is taken seriously, the harm of such a small movement will inevitably be so great.
With a group of 200,000 troops in hand, Uther still felt numb in the face of Kel'Thuzad's tentative attack.
The Lich's way of commanding troops is completely different from that of Arthas.
The Alsatian attack is generally divided into three steps.
Step one, little ones, come on.
The second step, little ones, follow me.
In the third step, Frostmourne is hungry.
Such a natural disaster army is fierce, but it is not difficult to deal with it. It can be done with hard strength.
However, Kel'Thuzad led the army, which really took the annihilation of humanity to the extreme.
Plague corpse bombs, return plague-infected refugees, send plague ghouls in large numbers, and send spies to drop plague on settlements.
No matter how bombarded you are, I'll just do something new.
Under Kel'Thuzad's planning, the Alliance army and the Undead Scourge fell into a strange battlefield balance.
The Alliance has defended the barrier and seized Darrow County. There are still remnants of high elves in the north that can serve as reinforcements. If these hundreds of thousands of undead elites are annihilated, there will be no need to play with the natural disasters of the undead.
To the east, the Union was on the offensive.
Looking back at the city of Lordaeron, the psychics are constantly creating new undead soldiers, and there is no shortage of armaments and equipment. Previously, it was because it wanted to supply Alsace, so it went all the way eastward.
Now that the kingdom of Quel'Thalas has been destroyed, Kel'Thuzad has been resurrected.
For a moment, all the pressure fell on Garithos.
Once the undead army of Lordaeron City breaks through the defense of Silver Pine Mountain Road with a number of millions, the alliance's current good situation will be ruined. The pressure was so great that Garithos, who was in his prime, went bald overnight, which was really sad.
The land is being plowed by soldiers, and there are countless things happening that can't be avoided or avoided.
So much so that Carlos didn't even have time to meet Kael'thas face to face, so he hurriedly left by boat.
no way.
Even friends who have been together for more than ten years cannot stand the fact that Gilneas is more important than Quel'Thalas.
This is the strategic situation.
Regardless of whether Alsace only has eyes for the Sunwell, Quel'Thalas is the main direction. Even if there are only a few hundred people, Carlos will come.
Now that Kel'Thuzad was resurrected, the situation in Lordaeron became the most important issue, and Carlos couldn't help but be anxious.
It's not that there is no plan.
If necessary, it is also possible to abandon the entire northern part of the Hillsbrad region.
Because in a life-and-death battlefield, only strength will not deceive. Garithos's army could not withstand the thunderous strike of the undead Scourge who had occupied the remains of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
This is determined by the gap in hard power.
So when Genn Greymane's letter was conveyed, even the strongest Alliance diehards chose to shut up.
Don't worry about whether the spoils are distributed unevenly, or whether Terenas is not a good person. If Gilneas withdraws from the Alliance, you are severing yourself from Lordaeron, and you are not a brother.
After all, the alliance is a political and military organization, not a cultural and commercial rice circle. You can come and leave as you please.
Loyalty does not mean absolute disloyalty, and withdrawing from an alliance is a top-notch matter.
Therefore, in the so-called "normal" historical line, after suffering the werewolf curse, Genn Greymane had to pay an extremely high price, and even had the centralized coordination of the night elves before he could return to the big family of the Alliance.
Because traitors are always more hateful than enemies.
With the destruction of Silvermoon City, the Lich King's wish, and the strategic shift in the Scourge of the Undead, the Kingdom of Gilneas suddenly had room for strategic maneuvering.
Whoever shares life and death with me is my half-brother.
If Gilneas is willing to fight the war with all its strength, then the Alliance does not need to abandon the strong fortifications of the barrier gate to carry out a major counterattack as a last resort, nor does it need to expend huge manpower, material resources and energy on troop transfers.
If Gilneas is willing to return to the Alliance at this time, then everyone can forget about it.
The timing is just perfect.
Even the elders of Lordaeron, who were extremely resentful of the Kingdom of Gilneas, admitted during a private gathering that the alliance was advancing vigorously to regain the lost territory.
At this point in time, Gilneas did draw a good card.
What is this called?
The sky is falling!
The sky didn't seem to have completely collapsed. A tall man was holding on.
Not only did it withstand it, it seemed to be able to plug the loophole.
The Kingdom of Gilneas is that big rock.
So Carlos hurriedly took the risk of taking a boat from Silvermoon City back to Southsea Town.
As long as the Silverpine Forest defense line survives the short period of weakness, with the recovery of production and life, the withdrawal of the Undead Scourge from Lordaeron is an inevitable result.
So when Kael'thas saw that his kingdom was covered with scorched earth, his royal capital was in ruins, his father's body was gone, and his people were shedding blood and tears, he could only hold back the mixed grief and ask a question. .
"Where's Carlos?"
"There is an urgent military situation. The King of Knights has returned home by sea."
"Remember to address him as the Grand Marshal of the Alliance from now on."
"yes."
Kael'thas even refused the surviving dignitaries' request that he ascend the throne immediately to stabilize the people's hearts, and turned around to assemble his troops to prepare to go south.
At this time, it is the high elf who needs an alliance, and he must make a gesture for the survival of the people.
This moment is just like that moment.
