Anaheim City's current military strength can be reorganized, can be trained, and even send troops for actual combat training, these can be, Edlan does not doubt that with nearly 10,000 regular troops joining, the available strength can reach 20,000 human soldiers and various professions, plus 5,000 blood elf reinforcements, such a division-level combat unit to pull into the battlefield to fight the undead is indeed very heart-wrenching, indeed very heroic......

Facing Alessandros' straightforward expression of dissatisfaction, Adran smiled bitterly and said, "I also want to recover the country as soon as possible, but we don't have enough food and weapons and equipment. ”

Indeed, if there are skilled soldiers, where will the food come from, and where will the weapons and equipment come from?

It's true that Adlane has money, but after revitalizing the economy of the territory, after he spent a lot of money to buy seeds and buy all the raw materials that can be used, after the continuous expansion of Anaheim City, and after the continuous influx of refugees, his little money is a fart! If it weren't for the food and materials left by Kalia, and without the generous provision of funds, food, and supplies from Kael'thas, Anaheim City would have gone bankrupt a long time ago!

If there is no external help, relying on Anaheim City alone, this deformed influx of refugees will not be a good thing, but a curse! Without external help, the entire city will be destroyed in the hands of these refugees in less than a month. Don't look at the city now in order, people can continue to work in exchange for means of living, soldiers patrol, train, stand guard, everything is full of order, but Adelan knows very well how much hard work the team led by Edwin Van Cleef and Marcus has put in behind this!

Grain, originally the food in Anaheim City was only enough to feed the territory of 20,000 people for 2-3 years, Princess Kalia had already bought a batch of grain from the Stormwind Kingdom and shipped it, the price was acceptable, and the war in the north had not affected the economy of the south for the time being, so the price of food did not fluctuate much.

Then, the group of soldiers and civilians who had been evacuated in an organized manner in the Silver Pine Forest carried a large amount of grain and grass, which was not only enough for them to use on the road, but also had a lot of surplus, which was still done by the little-known Ensign Edlan, who still did not know his name, and he was very generous and aware of the overall situation, and put the grain and grass brought into the city's inventory for distribution under the wartime system.

Then there is the food and grass supplies of the blood elves sent through the fleet, which is undoubtedly a gesture in the snow, and it is also this kind of action that keeps Anaheim City alive and can support the expenses of 200,000 people.

After all, in the entire Northland, the air polluted by the plague poison cloud, the land contaminated by the plague toxin is no longer suitable for farming, and the output of food has been lost, and this city is still getting bigger, which is incredible.

As for the work of land purification, the clergy led by Lisa Whitemayne have not worked hard, but the total number of people is about 1,500 priests of various professions and levels, including apprentice level, even if they purify the cultivated land with all their might, rotation, and without interruption, it is only at a rate of 2 acres per day.

Note that this is purification, for the dead land, no fertile land, it is simply too difficult to grow food, even those seeds bought from the ocean that can grow in a harsh environment, the first batch of trial planting in the purified land, did not get the expected results, not to mention that the yield can be predicted, and even the seeds planted can grow normally is a problem.

The very few farmlands that can be used now are the ones that have survived under the large shield of the Light, and the barren farmland on the edge of the Monastery of Light, where the seeds of those special high-yielding crops have been planted, but the harvest will take time and hard work.

Moreover, those clerics also have to take care of the medical problems in the territory, the purification of the air, the inspection and charging of the holy light protection circle, and the training of paladins...... There was so much to do! During Adelan's absence, Lisa Whitemayne, as the first of the priesthood, carried a lot of weight on her shoulders, which made her very haggard.

Fortunately, the 2,000 clerics of the blood elves who came with Edlan will soon be able to join the daily work of the territory, which can greatly reduce Lisa's pressure, and also play an emotional card for the subsequent blood elf refugees, with such a meaning of mutual help, whether it is high-level or civilian, it will not be too resistant to the flow of refugees from foreign races, and many of them will only stay here for 1 or 2 months before moving into the Hillsbrad Hills.

Therefore, the state of Anaheim City is that everything is okay if you fight nearby, and there is almost no need for too long supply lines, if it is far away, the supply lines need people to protect them, and the consumption on the road is simply astronomical! Those dead lands that have been purified by the Holy Light will naturally regain their vitality, even if it is an optimistic estimate, it will take 5 years, so in these 5 years, this huge and somewhat deformed territory, not to mention the large army going out to fight, how to feed these 200,000 people is enough for the consuls to drink a pot.

Unless Edlan can sell the Night Elves a favor and have them send an objective number of druids to help purify the land, fatten it, and grow plants with magical natural spells, it will be useless to say anything.

"......" Alessandros was speechless when he heard this. He is a qualified commander, not a good leader, but he also understands that the sudden explosion of population and resource distribution in a territory is a serious and big problem, and if this problem cannot be solved, the so-called army will not be able to attack and recover the country.

What is fighting a war? What is fighting a war is food, and what is fighting is national strength. The soldiers can't eat enough, and the weapons and equipment are not good, how can they fight this battle?

"I understand the problem of food, but weapons and equipment ...... Is it really that bad?" Alessandros asked, reluctantly.

"A conservative estimate is that 25,000 soldiers will only have one set of supplies, and Edwin's list for me clearly points out that there is a serious shortage of war materiel in the territory, with arrows, ammunition, and medicine in vain. And if you want to go on an expedition, the horses are far from enough, our cavalry in addition to the special team of 300 people I built before, there are more than 200 people in the Silver Pine Forest, plus some paladins, almost 600 cavalry team, half of which can only guarantee one person and one horse. ”

Edlan's words extinguished the last flame of hope in Alessandros' heart.

The same is true for the backup of weapons and equipment in the event of a war. True, the current stock can reach each soldier with a set of replacements

Weapons and equipment, but this is only a set, it is really a large-scale battle, each soldier is equipped with only one set of spare parts is far from enough, an increase in numbers does not mean an increase in combat effectiveness, you can't expect everyone to be like paladins and priests who can inflict damage on the undead with their bare hands.

The sword will wear out on the undead, it will become sluggish, and it will need to be replaced with a new one immediately after the rotation or the end of the battle, and the old product can be repaired and maintained immediately by the craftsmen of the army, although the maintenance speed of the craftsmen of the army is a drop in the bucket compared to the speed of consumption, but at least one point is a little.

Compared to the sword, which can be used repeatedly to a large extent, arrows and ammunition can basically no longer be used after being shot, and the battle that ends in victory can clean up the battlefield, carefully pull out the arrows, and see if they can be used again, there is no way to use the ammunition, and you can't expect those big-headed soldiers to carefully examine the "corpse" of the undead, find the bombed part, and then use the dagger to cut and dig it out, right?

Then there is armor, shields and other armor, and the loss is not ordinarily large when the soldiers are in close contact, especially when dealing with the undead and such a powerful enemy, the damage to the armor is very serious, if there is no sufficient spare parts, do you let the soldiers continue to fight in tattered clothes in the next battle? and then the next battle will become shirtless?

It's not a fight, it's a head-off.

Therefore, with such many inconvenient conditions, Alessandros also knew that there would be no change in discussing this topic, and then he stared at Edlan with sharp eyes, and said solemnly: "I want to hear the reason why you are opening up the noble profession of paladin to civilians. ”

"There is no distinction between noble and lowly professions, great lords. They are all part of the defense of the country, why can't they let the civilians also gain this power? There are millions of undead waiting for us to purify! And the paladins are the best force to deal with the undead, how much is left of the silver hand? If I don't expand this team, will the paladins become a historical term completely?"

In the face of Adlan's resounding answer, Alessandros replied unhappily: "You are destroying the traditions of Lordaeron! Breaking the rules! The nobles have the rules of the nobility, and the paladins have the rules of the paladins......! It's so unbelievable!Kalia too, how can I agree with you to be so nonsense!"

Just kidding! The profession of paladin was born only a dozen years ago, and the profession born for World War II is now telling me about tradition? To put it bluntly, this great lord still failed to change his thinking of the traditional nobles, thinking that paladins should serve the ruling class and the aristocratic class, so they are all nobles of the knightly class at the least, which is a matter for the aristocracy, and must not be allowed to be involved in it.

But now what Edlan is doing can be said to have completely broken the tradition that the nobles have always adhered to, so Alessandros is very dissatisfied, because in his opinion, even if all the paladins are killed in battle, they cannot let the commoners join in it and tarnish the honor that originally belonged to them.

This is the essential difference in ideology, with Adlane being a pragmatist who makes the best use of his talents, while Alessandros is an idealism whose class position is greater than anything else.

"Hmph! If you keep doing this, sooner or later you will regret it!"

Alessandros left in a bad mood, representing the complete collapse of the nouveau riche and the old aristocratic forces. Although there are few old aristocratic forces in Lordaeron here.

Originally, the big lord wanted to win over the kid Edlan through peaceful talks, as long as he knew each other and handed over the military power, then he Alexandros was not a devil, and it was not impossible to continue to let him manage this territory as the big rear, but now after the conversation, the meaning of the kid is obvious, not only does the military power not be handed over, but also pushes back and forth, although those are the truth, but the big lord who is angry does not think so.

And the most odious thing is that he made the profession of a paladin a commoner able to take up a position, which simply completely destroyed the persistence of their nobles for more than ten years! Even if it is as strong as Uther, he became a paladin by the commoner and was only recognized by the king himself when he became a knight! But now this kid is doing this......

The more Alessandros thought about it, the more angry he became, and then he immediately found his adopted daughter Lisa Whitemayne and wanted to set up a new organization and take over the command of those priests, so as to join her in the air of Edlan, but she was unmoved!

"With all due respect, Adoptive Father, the concept of this organization called the Scarlet Crusade you are talking about is certainly very good, and it is also very suitable for the current environment of Lordaeron, but people can't live by revenge alone, instead of thinking about how to take revenge on those undead who can't be killed in a short time, it is better to think about how we should live, protect this people, and preserve this land. ”

Lisa Whitemane's cold voice completely disappointed Alessandros, he knew that the relationship between the two young men would definitely grow by leaps and bounds during his absence, but he did not expect that his adopted daughter would fundamentally reject his "very good" proposal for the sake of his children's personal affairs, which made him very disappointed and angry.

"Will you be able to restore your kingdom by shrinking your defenses? Is the death of His Majesty, the death of Uther, and the valiant sacrifice of the warriors in vain? What about your enterprising? What about your patriotism?

"If we can't save even the last of these people, we really can't recover our country. ”

"Lisa, ...... you?"

Compared to the angry Alessandros, Lisa's performance was much calmer, but in the former's opinion, she had changed, and became ruthless, instead of the innocent, blessed by the Holy Light, and obedient lovely adopted daughter! A feeling of being betrayed by the closest person sprouted in Alessandros's heart.

In the past ten years of adopting Lisa, he has always treated her as his own, and also because her affinity for the Holy Light is very high, so that he cultivated Lisa as the heir under the crown of Alonsos Fao, but with Adelan's "birth", Lisa began to devote herself to the practice of the Holy Light, which made him feel dissatisfied, but fortunately, Edlan "invited himself" When he went out and returned, he was recommended to be taught by Uther with Arthas, and Lisa behaved as if she had returned to her original self, which made him relax.

But what Alessandros didn't expect was that as time went by, Lisa's feelings for Edlan did not decrease, but became stronger, and at first he didn't believe it, which seemed to him

It is impossible for this kind of thing to happen to the adopted daughter who has dedicated herself to the Holy Light, and it will undoubtedly make her lose the favor of the Holy Light!

He was so convinced of this that now, when Lisa rejected the offer to join the Scarlet Crusade and join forces to overthrow Edlan to gain control of Anaheim City, Alessandros "recognized" the fact that it was he who could not understand it, and that his daughter had grown up and had stiffened wings......

“...... I didn't expect you to give up what a Holy Light believer should do for that man!" Alessandros pointed at his adopted daughter with hatred, "I don't have a daughter like you!"

"Bang!" the wooden door was violently thrown open, and the old hero didn't give Lisa a chance to explain, and he left again in a bad mood, leaving Lisa Whitemayne looking at the gray sky outside the window with a sad and helpless expression......

Soon after, Vanessa quietly appeared beside Edlan, who had finished inspecting the territory, "The Ember Messenger is gone. ”

Edlan couldn't figure out what was so concise that outsiders sounded inexplicable, he sat down to rest, and there was no one else around, which made his sitting statue a little ugly, with his hands behind his head and his legs on the table, it was that very relaxed and indulgent posture, "What's going on?"

"I passed by Miss Lisa's office and saw the old hero go in in a rage...... Of course, I don't know what they said in it, but it didn't take long for him to come out with a worse face, and then he left the city with his lieutenant and some people willing to follow him, and my men had followed, and should be able to confirm where exactly they were going. ”

"Alas...... I know. As soon as Adelane heard it, Alessandros should be looking for reinforcements to do something further, Lisa is the second person in the city after Edwin, and she is in charge of all the priests in the Convent of the Light and the Chapel of Anaheim, and her status is transcendent, and she is an adoptive father and daughter relationship with the former, so it is not surprising that he went to her to discuss some things.

Because of the conversation between the Great Lord and him just now, it can be seen that the other party does not have a good impression of his "negative" response, and the Great Lord seems to be in a bit of a hurry after obtaining the Ash Messenger and creating a record that is enough to calm the field. Eager to restore the country, eager to take revenge, and eager to prove that after a group of old paladins such as Uther withered, it was not yet the turn of a new paladin like Edlan to "be powerful".

Alessandros is not old yet, he can still fight, and he still wants to take everyone to fight with him, only then can there be hope for the revival of the country. But after Adelan came back and brought a large amount of supplies and food to meet the needs of the territory, and brought the friendship of the elves, some officials who were originally submissive to him began to be less obedient, which made him feel the crisis, so he wanted to solve the problem from the source.

But when the Great Lord learned about the situation in the city, he thought that the suffering was acceptable, but as long as it got through and the country was restored, then everything was easy to say. Moreover, what is important is that in the thinking of this traditional nobleman who is loyal to the monarch and patriotism, the state is naturally placed in front of the individual, and is it not natural to sacrifice personal interests to save the country? Now that the country is in danger, it is very uncomfortable for you to refuse to serve the country on the grounds that if the people go to war they will have nothing to eat and the soldiers will be useless.

It can be said that Alessandros is not wrong with being patriotic and eager for revenge, but the fault is that he is desperate to impose his ideas on others, that record has inflated him, and he is eager to prove that he is the "protector of the kingdom" and even the "savior" who can turn the tide! That's why he became so angry after running into a wall in front of two young people who had a different relationship with him that he led him directly away......

"Confirm their safety and withdraw the people, although the great lord is dissatisfied with us, but the main right and wrong are still very reliable, he will inform us if there is any news. Okay, Vanessa, you've worked hard too, pay attention to rest. Edlan sighed, he knew that the High Lord had left this time, and it would be difficult for him to change his fate after that, because after leaving here, the High Lord would probably go directly to the Valley of the Hearth, then the Hand of Tyr and the Chapel of Light's Wish, and finally he might reach an agreement with Dathohhan, who was dealing with the undead in Stratholme, and the Scarlet Crusade would still be formed.

What is better than "history" is that the Holy Light Monastery did not promise Alessandros to join the Scarlet Crusade and become the Scarlet Abbey, and the Lordaeron Knights of Adland now have many members of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and they have all stabilized and did not leave with the High Lord, which is quite pleasing to him. But Bridget ......

"Wait a minute, Vanessa. ”

"Huh?" was about to reach the door, and she was stopped by Adlan.

"Send someone to contact Bridget, take my token, and tell her to let her stick to the hand of Tyr, and not to attack blindly, and not to blindly listen to others. If it doesn't work, send a competent person to keep an eye on her, and if she decides to cross the ocean or something, even if it stuns me, stop her!"

The command of "......" made Vanessa sound very inexplicable, but the kind of care between someone's words could not be faked, and this could not be wrong for the observant Vanessa, "Sure enough, you, the lustful lord, have revealed your true nature! Do you covet Miss Bridget's hot body and send my people to knock her unconscious and kidnap her back, so as to satisfy your one or the other?" The first black mission of Shadow Creed is to satisfy the lord's sexual fetishes, which really leaves me speechless!"

"......" Adline felt a deep pain, he hadn't heard Vanessa's poisonous tongue for a long time, and now he seemed to have some nostalgia after hearing it, it really seemed to awaken some bad physique, "I never knew you were such a sullen girl, Vanessa...... I like it though. ”

“...... Hum...... Slippery. Vanessa muttered quietly, blushing slightly and fading into the shadows.

Edlan smiled bitterly, and then he raised his mind to continue to review the documents that had to be reviewed and approved by him when he was away, and there were a bunch of territory development matters to deal with, and refugee matters to deal with, and he couldn't care about the radical lord anymore, because Vanessa brought not only the news, but also the information on the strange actions of the army of the undead......

The army of the undead is converging in the direction of the Silver Pine Forest through the main road, and the purpose is unknown. But a certain time-traveler knew that the army of the undead was about to assemble to deal with the magical capital of the human race, Dalaran......