Arthas "ran away in a bad mood", he didn't even take a few soldiers with him, because he couldn't command Uther's troops, and only his few remaining royal guards were followed by Gianna in order to persuade him, but only Adelan knew that a certain prince was "angry" at him before leaving, because Adelan did not support him to go to Stratholme, and said "find a way to get a force to come to me".

This is something that the two of them have been very familiar with each other since they tried to sneak out to play after receiving Uther's training, but Adelan can't directly find Uther to say anything, the highest commander of this army is Uther, no matter what the relationship between Adelan is, in the final analysis, he is just a guest general, and he has no authority to transfer.

Although according to the original work, Uther was still relieved to rush to Alsace, but in the end he could not prevent the tragedy from happening...... How do you persuade them?

Just when Edlan was anxious and didn't know how to ask for military power, Uther arrived.

"Let's go, let's persuade Arthas to come back. Uther's words were full of helplessness and sighs, he was worried about the prince, who was always a little too impulsive, and he blamed himself for not teaching His Highness well as a mentor, hoping that he would succeed in dissuading him by rushing with Edlan now. Therefore, after Uther finished the handover of the troops, he decided to narrow the matter down to the level of the master-apprentice relationship, and he didn't want to escalate the seriousness of the matter again, after all, it was not good for anyone.

So Uther, after handing over the command of the army to the great general Abydis, took 500 paladins of the Knights of the Silver Hand and 3,000 cavalry troops that had been of little use in defensive battles, and headed in the direction of Stratholme.

This is still the result of Edlan's strong recommendation, if it is according to Uther's original intention, it would be enough to directly take the descendants of the Silver Hand, that is, the pure paladins, to set off, but Edlan persuaded Uther to bring these cavalry that have been "idle" on the grounds that if Zumashal's trolls go into trouble, after all, if that happens, these forces can still be directly put into battle without delay.

In this way, Edlan took Tirio and Vanessa, and followed Uther's troops on a mission to reinforce or recover Arthas, although there was no clear purpose, but everyone already had a vague feeling that it seemed impossible to recover the young prince who had become more obsessed.

Soon, however, Uther noticed that things were not going well, for when the party reached the Crown Tower, he found that the place where the 100 soldiers had been stationed was now gone, and that they had left the place in a very organized and orderly manner......

This was followed by the militia and some retired soldiers in Talon, and in addition to those who were already helping on the front line, the militia that had already been in the town of Talons was already a bit of a no-brainer......

The Cowling Crossing, the Bromir and the Eastwall Tower, and even some of the ascetics, priests, and last paladins at the Chapel of the Light's Wish were recruited by Arthas, for the simple reason that Stratholme had an undead scourge...... And those who could have the right to mobilize these garrisons were Uther, Marshal Garithasus, and the royal family of Minethir......

"Arthas has taken so many soldiers to Stratholme, and on the grounds that there is a natural disaster in Stratholme?" this made Uther feel bad, he couldn't believe that Arthas would use such an excuse to get the power of the army, these soldiers have reached the size of 2,000 people, what the hell does he want to do?

"Speed up!"

Under Uther's order, the cavalry began to speed up, Uther rode the "golden" military horse of the paladin who Edlan wanted to drool at a glance, which was a symbol of the status of the paladin......

This was an exclusive task for a paladin who broke his leg and spent a lot of money with his friends in the game back then, which really made him remember it deeply, and he had a sense of belonging and achievement. In the future, in the time of the return of the legion, the Holy Knight's exclusive mount, the Golden Radiance War Horse of the Great Lord, is more detailed and beautiful, but it will never be able to replace the mount transformed from the ancient holy horse and horse soul in the old classics......

It's just that in reality, where did Uther get it from?

......

While Adelan was following his troops towards the Northlands Tower, Arthas had already reached the vicinity of the Northlands Tower with his 2,000 soldiers.

The young prince looked at it with displeasure that the mere fact that the march had made the formation of the militia unremarkable, and many of them were out of breath, although they were not regular troops, and even the ascetics of the Chapel of the Wish of Light were not as good as them, but this made Arthas very dissatisfied and ordered the procession to move slowly and organize the formation.

Gianna followed Arthas, and she felt very clearly that Arthas was like a silent lion, a lion who had been cornered. Arthas's dullness and the grim look on his face seemed to drip, telling the people around him not to try to get near him, not to try to say useless things to him, and even his closest chief of guard, Faric, was a little trembling.

Alsace was driven crazy by his own responsibility.

This was Gianna's conclusion after observing the young prince, and during the days they fought together, it could be seen that Arthas's originally handsome face was now clearly consumed by hatred, whether it was hearing about the atrocities of the orcs before, or the current plague of the undead, it made Arthas like an unsheathed blade, always ready to make his enemies bleed, and cut himself as well......

The Northland Watchtower, which was now being defended by Nathanos Mares. A few days ago, he lived up to expectations, and after he first came here, he used his strength to "persuade" the most capable defender here, and then he showed a very high "diplomatic" skill, and went to the Quirdani hut alone, looking for those arrogant High Elf rangers who usually don't want to see humans, and then immediately gained their support, which made Nathanos's prestige in the Northland Guard Tower reach its peak at once.

And now he needs a brilliant victory to cement his prestige. But I don't know if it's a coincidence or if Lady Luck is favoring Nathanos, at this time, from Zumashal, those rotten moss trolls who were originally relatively peaceful began to have a lot of scouts popping up.

At this point in time, the rotten moss trolls have not yet been infected by the plague, but they have their own intelligence network, and the large-scale military mobilization of humans in the East Lordaeron region cannot hide anyone's eyes at all, so they feel that when the humans are overwhelmed by the plague, it is the best time for them to drive the humans out and reclaim the land.

So just after Nathanos was standing in the Northlands, the High Elf Ranger of Quirdani's hut also sent some men out to spy on Stratholme and Zumashal.

It has to be said that with these natural scouts and masters of jungle warfare, the movements of the rotten moss trolls were quickly known by Nathanos, and without his orders, the High Elves who had a feud with the trolls for thousands of years sent a notice in the direction of the Phantom Lands, and began to hunt down the trolls who came out to investigate the enemy.

In the beginning, the moss trolls didn't know that the humans had the help of the High Elves in the seemingly weak watchtower, and they thought that such a watchtower of only a hundred people would overthrow the humans who dared to help the High Elves drive them out of their homes with a single charge.

When the trolls of Zumashar discover that all the scouts they sent out have lost contact with each other, they realize that something is wrong, and a force of 500 warriors led by a troll called Hamia the Infiltrator decides to come out of Zumashar and teach the humans who don't know what to do with it.

As a result, the trolls were ambushed!

It was a steep and dangerous road from the Northland Watchtower to Zumashal, with mountains and forests on both sides, which was not easy to climb, and a slightly narrower path in the middle for 3 trolls to walk side by side. This road is the closest, and although the infiltrator Hamiya was afraid of being ambushed by humans, he did not choose to march to this place, but when they found that the human patrol outside this path showed panic when they saw the trolls and fled in one go, his original somewhat wary mind was completely gone.

Then, on the orders of Hamia the infiltrator, the trolls' army plunged headlong into this treacherous path......

Arrows, falling rocks, rolling logs, oil, ...... Everything the rotten moss trolls could think of that would be fatal to them when they were ambushed came down from above! For a moment, the flames were in the sky and the smoke was filling, making the rotten moss trolls trapped in the innermost part feel desperate......

"Rush, follow me! Only by rushing out will you not die, and it is impossible for human beings to set fire to their own positions!"

Hamia's cry of infiltrator was indeed effective, and under the protection of the troll's powerful vitality, more than 100 troll warriors braved the rain of arrows and the pain of being burned and smashed all over their bodies, and passed through the wall of flames!

Hamia the Infiltrator grinned, because he saw the dawn of victory, this human army was very thin in formation, and it only took one charge of his more than 100 brave warriors, but before he could boost the morale of his warriors again, he felt a pain in his brow, and immediately lost consciousness......

Nathanos's accurate "aim shot" had been waiting for a long time, and as he opened his bow, it was like an agreed signal, throwing countless arrows from behind the human army, and the rain of arrows fell from the sky, so that the more than 100 trolls who were first dizzy by the fire and then lost their command at the moment of seeing the hope of survival ushered in death in despair......

None of the human defenders were killed, except for a few of the less fortunate ones who were killed by the trolls' javelins or axes that pierced their shields and injured their arms or dislocated their arms in shock.

Behind the human shield array is the support of a team of High Elf rangers stationed in the southern part of the Wraith Lands, and when well protected, their bows and arrows in their hands will be a nightmare for all enemies. After receiving the signal from the Quirdani Hut, Captain Haduron Winged Ranger ordered all the Rangers to ride the Landing Birds to the human Northland Watchtower.

Haduron Mingyi has a good relationship with Nathanos, it should be said that Haduron is a high elf, he does not have the same arrogant stinky problems as other elves, as long as he is not an enemy, he can treat each other kindly, which is also a rare friend of Nathanos when he was studying at Quel'Thalas.

The relationship between the two is relatively close, and naturally they both know each other's strength, and after a brief exchange, Haduron fully accepted Nathanos's arrangement, from ambushing scouts to a patrol team's fake rout to lure the enemy, to ambushing Qi Qi's fatal blow, to the final complete annihilation of the entire troll army. Nathanos's excellent tactical acumen was well demonstrated, and he proved himself with a complete victory, which not only impressed the elite soldiers of Lordaeron in the Northland Outpost Tower, but also amazed the High Elf rangers who came to support.

At the same time, Nathanos and Hadurun were discussing further attempts to attack the already broken Zumashal in order to completely wipe out the Rotten Moss tribe that had remained in the area after the defeat of the Zuamanian trolls, they discovered Arthas's army.

......

The two groups soon converged, and after a brief debriefing, Arthas praised Nathanos!

“...... Mareth, you have done a good job, the kingdom will not forget the honor of the warriors!" Arthas smiled as he said this.

This also relieved Gianna, who had been nervous by Alsace's tense nerves before.

"That's what I'm supposed to do. "Nathanos is humble, but he is also proud of the fact that the knowledge and skills he has learned can contribute to the country and be recognized, which is a great reward for him. Soon, he began to introduce Arthas to these allies from afar, "This is Haduron Brightwing, the High Elf Ranger Captain, who has played an immeasurable role in this battle with his 100 Elven Rangers. ”

"It's nice to meet—"

"Look! what's that?" interrupted Arthas with the chant of a High Elf Ranger on the perimeter.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and the ranger's finger—

Suddenly there was a large expanse of green smoke in the direction of Stratholme, which did not dissipate, fade, or be blown by the wind, but simply stayed above the city.

This sudden change surprised everyone, except for Arthas and the others, as well as some patrolling militiamen from the Crown Watchtower and Talon County, who had witnessed such green smoke rising from the direction of Andohar at that time, and then Andohar became a living hell......

"Holy Light, what kind of evil magic is that?" Arthas's low roar like a ghost crawling out of hell startled Nathanos beside him.

At this time, the human ranger lord realized that Arthas's appearance was very wrong, this was not like the previous prince who was a little impatient and angry during the battle, but was still very generous, kind, and very amiable in normal times. What changed him?

When Nathanos turned his gaze to the mage lady who was close to the Prince of Arthas in his eyes, the latter involuntarily took a step back when he saw Arthas like this.

Things don't seem to be going well, Nathanos doesn't know what happened to Stratholme, but after seeing Gianna's reaction, he feels that things are not going well in Arthas, and this impulse and outbursts should not happen to a crown prince with good morals, which will make his followers panic and fear, and make people feel frightened by the words of the crown prince, who will become king in the future......

Before Nathanos could think about it, Arthas shouted to the captain of his guard: "Farrick, inform the whole army, we will leave at once! Stratholme must be purified!"

"However, Your Royal Highness, the militia are too tired, and there has only been a fierce battle here, so the soldiers of the Northland Guard Tower should not ......"

"Enough! do as I say!" Arthas brutally interrupted the captain of the guard he trusted, "tell them that Lordaeron is in trouble, and if we don't, those hundreds of thousands of people in Strathomri will become the second Andorhar!"

Everyone nearby heard Arthas's almost roaring roar, which instantly silenced the surroundings.

"Arthas, are you ......" Gianna wanted to admonish, but the voice of the elven ranger on the periphery shouted again.

"Behold, there is a great deal of smoke and dust in the south, and it is a cavalry unit!"

"......Cavalry?"

Soon, as the smoke approached, the rider with the Silver Hand Banner and the Lordaeron Banner appeared in the sight, and everyone's mentality relaxed, except for Arthas.

"It's Uther's troops......" Arthas's expression was complicated, he didn't know what Uther was chasing after him at this time, he only hoped that his mentor wouldn't spoil him.

There was no room for nearly 6,000 men near the small Northland watchtower, so the large force was arranged by Uther to make a brief correction in the middle of the main road, while he and Edran came to Arthas.

"You've come at the right time, Uther, have you seen what happened to Stratholme? It's the same as Andohar! That city must be purified!" Arthas was getting more and more irritable, but he had to be patient to get Uther's support now, otherwise he would not be able to defeat the damned undead with his militia alone, after all, he had seen that the militia that usually fought bandits and robbers could not even march quickly in real military battles, which disappointed him.

So the only things Arthas could rely on were soldiers recruited from a few watchtowers and elven rangers from Nathanos, a total of about 500 people, which was a drop in the bucket compared to Stratholme, who had a population of hundreds of thousands, and he would probably have to face the Dreadlord who was so powerful that he couldn't even give birth to such a hope......

Edlan grabbed Uther first, he stepped forward, his voice was still very infectious, and what he said gave everyone some hope, "Arthas, no one wants the tragedy of Andohal to happen again, we didn't have enough manpower at that time, but now we can save more people, 500 paladins can keep identifying people who have not been infected by the plague, they are worthy of our rescue!"

After hearing this, Arthas nodded and said eagerly: "Then what are we waiting for? Let us go! My people are suffering, and I cannot watch them suffer like this! If they end up being accomplices of the darkness, I would rather end this suffering for them with my own hands!"

"No, Arthas, your idea is too dangerous, and now, I remove you from command with the authority of the head of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and you are placed under the command of Baron Edlan...... Edlan, I give you 100 good brothers of the Silver Hand, you take them into the city through the back door of Stratholme, save as many citizens as possible, and I will enter through the main gate with the army and control the situation. Uther quickly lashed out at Arthas and reassigned the task.

"No! Uther!" Arthas was immediately annoyed when he heard this, and he rushed forward, "I take the power of your future king—"

"Calm down! Edlan grabbed his friend who wanted to roar at Uther, "Here are people who love Lordaeron, and believe that their love for their country is no less than yours! You are going to be a king in the future, and you can't let them live up to their trust in you, nor can you make them feel that you are not trustworthy! Think about it, a wise king or an impulsive warrior, which one would the people want to follow?"

"But, but......" Arthas's trembling expression of excitement eased at last, "did you just let me watch my people become the walking dead after being infected by the plague?"

"No, Arthas, no one wants a tragedy, but now that tragedy has happened, it's not your fault, the enemy is too cunning, we have to find a way to deal with them, but now, what we should do is to save as many people as possible, minimize the losses as much as possible, and not push the people who still have hope of survival into the abyss. ”

After a fierce battle of thoughts, Arthas finally calmed down, and he let out a heavy breath, "Thank you, Edlan. I'm sorry, mentor, but I was too impulsive. The good qualities of the past seemed to return to the young prince at this moment, and then urged: "Then let us go quickly, in order to save the people who still have hope." ”

"Hmm. Uther was relieved, and at this moment he even saw that as long as the kingdom survived this crisis, Arthas would surely lead Lordaeron to a more brilliant future in the future, with the assistance of Edlan......