Money is easy to do, this is a truth that applies to all of Azeroth. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Under the determination of Minethil I to spare all the royal wealth, groups of elite peasants were recruited, and under the training of devil instructors hired by the king from Riptide Castle and the Stormwind Kingdom at a high price, an extremely elite royal army of more than 20,000 people was finally formed. Most of the kings in the human kingdom don't care too much about the combat effectiveness of this royal guard. Because in their eyes, an army that has not fought a war has nothing to say about combat effectiveness, but soon they pay the price for their contempt.

The Kingdom of Gilneis, the third largest country in humanity in terms of territorial area after the Kingdom of Stormwind and the Kingdom of Lordaeron, encompasses the entire Silver Pine Forest. Akibald Greymane, a contemporary of Minechil I, was a prominent and isolationist ruler.

Under the rule of King Akibald, the kingdom of Gilneys grew in power from the human alliance independently. After the accession to the throne of Arthas's father, Terenus Minahir II, King Jean Greymane, son of King Archibald who ascended to the throne at about the same time, was not only young but also ambitious, abandoning his father's policy of seclusion and attempting to send troops from the southern part of the Silver Pines Forest into the Hillsbrad Hills, claiming sovereignty over the farmers there.

Alsace's father did not tolerate the Kingdom of Gilneth's attempt to encroach on the richest plains of the entire Eastern Kingdom. Knowing that relying on the lords' lords and the militia would not be able to resist the aggressive and irascible Gilneisians, King Terenus sent the royal guard of Lordaeron anyway.

The outcome was unexpected - the 3,000 Royal Guards who rushed to the battlefield in advance did not choose to rest after a long run, but launched an attack directly on the 20,000 invading troops of the Kingdom of Gilneys stationed in the southern part of the Hillsbrad Hills. During the half-day battle, Gilneys's army was routed by far fewer royal guards, a small number of men were killed, most were captured, and less than a tenth fled back to the Silver Pines Forest.

King Terenus was not an aggressive ruler, and he magnanimously forgave the "unfriendly" behavior of the Kingdom of Gilneth and did not burn down the Silver Pine Forest with one fire, as the ministers had suggested. However, King Terenus also knew that peace was not something that could be bought with forbearance and retreat, and he sent more than 10,000 Gilneth captives to the northeast of the kingdom, a knightly lord named Stratholme, and let them work as miners at the hands of Tyr in the southeast corner of the knighthood.

After losing this battle, the Kingdom of Gilneth and the Human Alliance became more and more estranged, which is also the reason why the Kingdom of Gilneth was reluctant to join the Alliance in this war of orc invasion. However, the fame of the Royal Guard of Lordaeron suddenly soared, and it became recognized as one of the strongest combat forces in the Eastern Kingdom.

The guards of the Lordaeron Royal Guard can be said to be the most trusted objects of the royal family. Not only do they enjoy judicial immunity, but they also enjoy high allowances, which is also a source of their sense of mission and honor. The Royal Guard of Lordaeron almost never leaves Lordaeron, and sending five hundred guards to escort Alsace to the Valley of Alterac is already the largest military operation since Artace was born.

Arthas knew that his father was very fond of him, but after all, he was not a king, and he was a child, so his strength in speaking was really limited. The siege of the Alterac Valley proposed by Uther this time seemed simple, but it was not. If the Lordaeron Royal Guard were to be the sole search and combat mission, it would take at least 5,000 men to cover the entire Alterac Valley, without leaving each search team too far apart to support them in time.

However, if five thousand Lordaeron royal guards were dispatched at once, would his father agree? Arthas was a little unsure. Seeing Arthas's hesitant expression, Uther realized that his request was not so simple, and that it might involve the internal problems of the kingdom of Lordaeron, so he tapped Arthas's shoulder with his finger in understanding—why not, for the thin boy could not afford the quality of the heavy plate armor, even if it was a gauntlet.

Arthas said to Uther: "Lord Uther, I will do my best to persuade my father to explain to him what is at stake. But I can't guarantee that he'll follow my advice. Uther nodded and said, "That is enough, I believe that King Terenus is a benevolent monarch who will not let his people die in vain." ”

The two men agreed on a decision, and Arthas prepared to return to Lordaeron immediately, waking up Wrynn, who was already drooling on the table. Wryon got up from his chair in a daze, and was about to speak when there was a knock at the door of the chamber. Uther shouted, "What's the matter?"

The door of the council chamber was gently pushed open, and a guard wearing dark gold trimmed plate armor with a scepter and an axe and sickle embroidered on his chest with the royal emblem of Lordaeron entered, his feet together, his right hand clenched into a fist on his left chest, bowed slightly, gave a military salute, and then said aloud: "Report that Prince Arthas, Prince Urien, Lord Uther, King Terenus is almost at the gate of the castle, and the advance striker has arrived, inform you to go and meet you." ”

Arthas was stunned for a moment—why did his father come here?—and Uther glanced at each other, both of them seeing the confusion in each other's eyes. Arthas shook his head randomly - what was there to wonder about? Anyway, his father was about to arrive, so it would be better to ask him directly. However, this saves me the trouble of returning to Lordaeron, and I can directly persuade my father to send troops to search for the group of orc wolf cavalry here.

Arthas and Uther arrived at the gates of Alterac Castle with the sleepy Ureon and the Frost Grief who was out of sight to Arthas. King Terenus's guard of honour came quickly, and several people could already see the magnificent four-wheeled carriage with a golden roof and silver frame, led by four tall horses, galloping towards this direction.

The extravagant life of the royal family of Lordaeron has always been talked about by the people of the Eastern Kingdoms, but it is certainly not this that has caught the attention of Arthas and Uther at this time. In addition to the four-wheeled carriage, King Terenus was followed by a large group of knights, who could not be seen as far as the eye could see, and could only roughly estimate that there were at least a few thousand people from the scale of the flying dust.