The alliance was defeated in three battles and retreated a hundred miles north, and when the news came, the people's hearts were in an uproar, but all the high-level leaders who knew the army breathed a sigh of relief.

Well done to Lothar, the lion!

Under the threat of hellfire, defeat but not rout, escape without chaos, always maintain control of the army, although the casualty number is larger, but Lothar's performance in these battles can be called perfect.

The purpose of war is to preserve human nature, and the means of war destroy human nature.

The loss of a living life is just a few fluttering numbers on a paper, humble and insignificant in the face of the behemoth called the Alliance.

But when Carlos received the battle report, he was really relieved. If the tribe does not turn the trump card, the war is almost over.

In the Elwyn Forest, the remnants of the Stormwind Kingdom have never given up their resistance; In the mountains of Danmoro, the dwarves are stuck in the supply lines of the orcs, and the Iron Fort is like a nail nailed to the main supply artery of the tribe's logistics.

More than a year of war, more than 100,000 Union soldiers stained the Hillbride Hills with blood. But so what? From the Dark Gate to Lordaeron, the tribe is divided into layers. From Quel'Thalas to the Arathi Heights, the alliance fought more and more.

How many troops did the orcs have in Lordaeron, 70,000? Lakh?

Leaving aside the selfishness of the kingdoms of mankind, they are just at the mercy of Anduin. The Union soldiers in Lothar were already approaching two hundred thousand.

The number of troops is not the only factor that determines the outcome of a war, but when quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, victory is so taken for granted.

The Horde's northern offensive this time was extremely ferocious, and after advancing another two hundred kilometers, it would reach Gilneys's territory in the Silver Pine Forest, and 100,000 Alliance soldiers were squeezed into a defensive position of no more than 7,000 square kilometers.

Its rise is also vigorous, and its defeat is also fast.

Carlos thought on his knees, and he guessed Lothar's backhand.

As long as the Horde can't attack for a long time, then whether it's trying to retreat or being caught by the Alliance. Then a fierce battle like a meat grinder will begin.

Lothar has hidden soldiers, Lothar must have hidden soldiers, Lothar must have hidden troops as long as he is not an idiot.

Is Lothar an idiot?

Of course not, so Lothar inevitably hid the troops.

It doesn't matter where you hide, the key is whether the main force of the alliance can block the tribe's northern offensive this time.

If you let the Horde break through the defenses and break free from the net set up by the Alliance in the Hillbride region. If you go north to plague the hinterland of Lordaeron, then the situation of the war will be rewritten.

Conversely, as long as the alliance holds, the countdown to the fall of the Horde can begin.

The trade winds and ocean currents changed direction, and the sea was closed for a whole month, and the orcs fought with humans for nothing.

If Lothar had been a little more ruthless, he would have persuaded Dalin. The fleets of Proudmore and the orcs are fighting off the coast, sinking ships and sealing the port, and they can fight for another half a month to a month.

If you don't drink for three days, you won't die of thirst. Seven days without food and starvation, two months without supplies, what else can you orcs do?

Every time I think of this, Carlos is secretly happy in the bottom of my heart.

The other world of Azeroth in my memory was caused so much harm because the orcs broke through the Alliance's Hilbride siege. Now, the tribe is pressed to death in the Hillbride Hills, and this is my merit!

Although it can't be said to people. But this sense of accomplishment still made Carlos secretly unable to help himself.

But the news brought by Aurelia and her party once again made Carlos understand what reality is. What is called the screenwriter of fate.

Zodel.

The man with this name was under the rule of the Riptide Castle regime, not eighty but also a hundred.

But Aurelia they met this Zoddell, who used to be Biglas. Bertonn's deputy.

He has a warm smile, a gentle temperament, and a good temper that is inversely proportional to his tall size. Berton disappeared together during an orc attack on the Wall of Soradin. Life and death unknown.

Now, judging from the information obtained, Zoddell is dead.

And then alive again.

Zodel, who was a warrior of the Alliance, died, and Zodel, who was a Horde Death Rider, was resurrected.

The tribal garrison attacked by Aurelia and her party was a front-line military factory.

As the war continued to heat up, the Horde's logistical supply capabilities began to become problematic. Supplies were strapped for fighting across the seas, and the tribe began collecting loot on the battlefield and recasting it to make new weapons and repair broken armor.

The first orcs were all Shamans, and although they gave up communication with the elements and threw themselves into the arms of the shadows, they did not forget how to use the power of the elements. At Orgrim's behest, the Warlocks who have returned to their old profession have twisted the will of the elements, summoning and enslaving a Fire Elemental Lord as the heart of the furnace in the depths of an abandoned mine.

Aurelia and her party successfully solved the Orc's secret arsenal and destroyed the Horde's munitions stockpile, only to encounter the Death Knights as they fled.

Recalling the details in hindsight, the heavy armor and two-handed greatswords that did not fit the size of the orcs, but were not used by ordinary human soldiers, were prepared for these death knights.

"We used too much stamina and supplies when raiding and destroying orc forge bases. Although they fought with all their might, they were still no match for those Death Knights. In the end, only the strong man broke his wrist and left the queen of the palace. However, the orcs sent a large number of men to hunt us down, and we had to divide our forces again and get out of the way. The road for my group and Mu Ladin to go north back to the alliance camp was blocked, and we could only come to Nanhai Town to see if there was a chance to take the sea and land to detour. ”

Aurelia said angrily.

"Hey, aren't you happy to see me?"

"Well, I'm happy."

Aurelia gave Carlos a perfunctory hug, then sat up straight again.

"But Carlos, that Zodle, you understand what that means!"

"It sucks......"

Muradin, pouring wine on the side, suddenly interjected.

"Those Death Knights with human forms are terrible. I smashed a guy's ankle and he ...... No, it went on its knees and continued to fight, cutting a good fellow in two. Painless, tireless, and merciless, with the exact same appearance as you humans, deceptive, and a bunch of killing machines. ”

"No, the Death Knight I've met before doesn't seem to be as powerful as you say, right?"

Carlos felt as if he had forgotten something.

"It's not the same. There was a clear sense of incongruity in the Death Knight that he had encountered sporadically before, as if he had forcibly stuffed the soul of an orc into a human body, and it was obvious at a glance that he was not a normal person. And the Death Knight we met this time, except for those scarlet eyes, is almost no different from ordinary humans in terms of mobility. They've evolved. ”

After Aurelia finished saying this in a low tone, Carlos suddenly remembered his own cheap mouth in Nanhai Town.

"Let's forget all about the unpleasantness, and you still haven't told me what that Zodel is all about."

Aurelia appears very tangled and angry, mixed with hope and pain.

Even Carlos, who is in the advanced stage of high-precision face blindness, will not mistake Aurelia's face with such a rich expression at this moment.

"I had some conversations with him and it made me nervous."

"Let me share the pain for you."

Carlos patted his old friend on the shoulder, and Muradin, who was on the side, put down his bottle and walked over.

"Aurelia, don't be too cranky."

Upright dwarves don't comfort people at all, just express their kindness in pale language.

"You are Lillas's sister, and I usually take care of your brother a lot, so let me repay this kindness."

Aurelia suddenly couldn't control her emotions and cried.

I'll go, this sentence is so rich!

Carlos also froze after making up for it in his head.

"More than that, that Zoddell doesn't look like he's being controlled by the orcs at all, but is following his own thoughts."

Muradin's brass beard imitated and said, "O pathetic figure in confusion. Hurt each other, plunder each other. Demeaning each other. Indulging in greedy souls, you know that only by facing death can you grasp the true meaning of life? Want to die once and try it? ”

"I seem to have had auditory hallucinations, Muradin, can you say that again?"

Gently patting Aurelia on the back with his broad palm, Carlos turned his head to look at Muradin's copperbeard with a demented expression.

Then Muradin studied again.

“……”

Carlos stopped reassuring Aurelia and stood up, pacing slowly around the room.

"I smell the darkness."

Carlos had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only vaguely express his uneasiness.

Marshal Lothar, you must hold on!

Carlos could only hope for Anduin. Lothar. (To be continued.) )

PS: Okay, isn't it just a change, the author dares to add a change if he dares to ask for a vote, it's not a matter at all.

Let's forget that the author-kun uploaded it yesterday and forgot to publish it.