In terms of size, the Kingdom of Stormwind is almost equal to the other alliances except the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Half of the country deserves it.
When it comes to status, Stormwind is the younger brother.
Carlos's alliance based its legitimacy entirely on military victory.
In the Scourge of the Undead, a war that wiped out the human race and wiped out the nation, it was a brutal war that lasted for more than three years with the Kingdom of Alterac and the refugees from Lordaeron. They exchanged iron blood and flames for the continued existence of the human race. that power.
This kind of legitimacy is something that tradition and blood cannot touch.
In the first Zul'Gurub War, Carlos, as the supreme commander, had to be responsible for the deaths of 100,000 people. The men of Stormwind City thought they could force the Alliance's generalissimo to give in through their desperate blood.
But is this possible?
The Alliance transferred more than 100,000 "own people" to aid Stormwind City.
It's not like we haven't been defeated before. We've chewed off the hard bones of the millions of Scourge Legions, but the trolls of Zul'Gurub can still turn the world upside down.
Look at this list.
Carlos Barov.
Magni Bronzebeard.
Kael'thas Sunstrider.
Genn Greymane.
Uther. Bringer of Light.
Muradin Bronzebeard.
Alleria Windrunner.
Sylvanas Windrunner.
Among the nine people with seats in the Royal Council alone, except for Varian Wrynn, who was able to make up the number, Bolvar Fordragon could only stand.
The Eastern Kingdoms War Team is missing some old guys from Pandaria.
If Kurland hadn't gone back to Eagle's Nest Mountain to visit relatives and lost contact, and the great craftsmen were busy arranging logistics and production, they should have taken the top spot.
Carlos knew the inside story of his little cousin's soul splitting, but he couldn't tell.
Originally, this weak Varian was treated as trash.
But it turned out that there was nothing smelly or hard, just the wrong bricks in the pit.
Although he is indecisive, weak and fickle, and walks like "escape is shameful but useful", He Xini is a good hand.
King Varian, whose soul was split, finally lost his reckless and irritable character, and was willing to listen to the voices of others and express his love and peace.
To tell a cold joke in Stormwind City, just because he could sit quietly for an afternoon talking with his nobles, Varian's approval rating increased by 200%.
The king became useful...
Carlos felt that he was fully qualified to be canonized alive.
A kingdom in bulk is the true inside story of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
The scope of Stormwind City's control is limited to the major towns expected to surround Stormwind City.
In this case, the Alliance wants to control the various political entities in Stormwind City, and it does not even require military intimidation.
Just spend money.
The Undead Scourge is not interested in money. Lordaeron's population has dropped by more than four million, but its productivity has increased more than ten times. The consequence of financial expansion is the depreciation of gold coins.
In Azeroth, which has various magical metals such as mithril, truesilver, and thorium, gold's industrial status is actually not high, and its main use is to mint coins.
Think back then, during the Second Orc War and the Alliance of Terenas, how much did each family spend together on their military expenditures in the first year?
Thirty million gold coins.
Until the year of the Southern Expedition, the military expenditure for that year was only 140 million.
Now, last year alone, the alliance's military expenditure reached as high as 1.3 billion.
This year is not over yet. According to the accounts of the Alliance Military Department alone, various military expenditures have exceeded 3 billion.
Don't forget, just because the Gilneans quickly sent out troops, the Alliance advanced 500 million in one go.
Don't get me wrong, even if Azeroth has so many gold reserves, the Alliance can't mine the undead at the same time.
The actual situation is three words, seigniorage.
Today's alliance gold coins are divided into card heads with a basic face value, alliance emblems with a face value of ten, and Eastern Kingdom Great Unity with a face value of one hundred, which are mixed with rare magic materials and will glow.
The inflation in Lordaeron has been suppressed by the dividends from Pandaria's ocean trade and magical industrialization, which does not affect the influx of hot money from the north into the Elwynn region.
Those Lordaeronians who fled to Stormwind City in the early days of the Undead Scourge suddenly found themselves poorer than ever.
Relatives in the north have evolved to the point where their next trip to a restaurant costs dozens or hundreds of gold coins. The Earl of Stormwind's total annual income is only a few thousand gold coins.
Can this be tolerated?
This is intolerable!
In addition to hundreds of thousands of troops, Carlos also brought more than 7,000 bureaucrats.
Hey~~~
But His Excellency the Generalissimo promised not to interfere directly with the Municipal Ministry.
Oh yeah~~~~~
The Alliance will not directly send money to Stormwind City.
Hey~~~
However, infrastructure construction with a total budget of up to 30 billion will be carried out.
Oh yeah~~~~~
Thinking of getting this bad promise, Stormwind City must reform its own administrative efficiency.
Hey~~~
But the good brethren of the league formed a new planning committee to help us.
Oh yeah~~~~~Ga?
Just throw Lordaeron's officials into Stormwind City, and the men in Stormwind City dare to assassinate Carlos despite hundreds of thousands of troops.
So Carlos directly took the curved path of saving the country by surrounding the countryside with the city.
If you want gold coins from the alliance, then work hard.
The first thing is to repair the road for me first.
Using gold coins that blinded the eyes of the poor, Carlos only set up a storm in Stormwind City that was composed of elite (platoon) soldiers (teams) strong (guns) and generals (killings). The City Reform Planning Committee serves as the contact headquarters, and a large number of remaining administrative staff are directly transferred to villages and towns, vowing to bring a new atmosphere to the Kingdom of Stormwind.
In the final analysis, Zul'Gurub must be dealt with, and Stormwind City must be completely included in the Alliance's sphere of influence.
Danath Trollbane guarded the Watch Keep worriedly, and a large number of troops were drawn away. He was always afraid of changes in the Dark Portal.
But the arrival of the Gilneans alleviated the Alliance's shortage of troops.
Along with the Gilnean reinforcements came Genn Greymane's emissary.
Genn hopes that Danas can help connect with his old comrades in arms and help him with the return of the Kingdom of Gilneas to the Alliance.
Although the army is gathered, the previous disastrous defeat has proved that it is foolish and unwise to rely on only a few elite troops and a large number of levies to fight the Troll Empire.
Therefore, while the new recruits from Stormwind City are being reorganized and trained, the work of arranging supplies and arranging logistics is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
Carlos's idea was simple. First, repair the road from Stormwind City to Night Town to Stranglethorn Vale, so that at least the steam tanks could drive to the mountain pass where the bloody battle had taken place.
Then accelerate the construction of the Stormwind City port, and at least have the ability to support the material operation of the branch base in Stranglethorn Vale without affecting the berth of Pandaria's ocean fleet.
Then he directly transferred the weapons and equipment inventory from Ironforge. He was too lazy to play any grand strategy with the trolls and directly used the alliance's best army to attack them head-on.
The local men in Stormwind City were confused by such a military strategy.
But the generals of the alliance felt that it was very safe.
The Scourge Legion attacked too many, and the number of enemies was too small to know how to fire the cannon.
In order to support such a large-scale military operation, Stormwind City must bear the burden of a logistics base.
It is not enough to rely solely on production and construction in Ironforge and Lordaeron.
Stormwind City also needs to start a war.
Varian understood every word, but seemed to understand nothing, but Cousin Carlos said it would bring in more taxes and money.
Then there is no reason to refuse otherwise.
Varian showed no hesitation in this matter.
