"Tulayan has learned badly."

Carlos had just finished teaching the new paladins to fight, put down his status as an instructor of the [Gladiator of Love], and while enjoying an iced drink, he wiped his sweat with a towel, and commented on the news that shook the kingdoms of Lordaeron.

On the edge of the dark swamp, the first and last fortress of the orcs in Azeroth, Stoned, the long-dormant Great Chief Orgrim led the orc tribe to fight a wonderful ambush and annihilation battle, and a consolidated army of 3,679 people of the alliance was killed, and none of them survived.

The arrival of this news brought monstrous waves to the Lordaeron Continent, which had just been calm for less than a year, as if overnight, people remembered the horror of the orcs and the disasters brought by the tribe.

"You are saying that General Tulayan connived at the defeat of the coalition for the sake of ......"

Young Eligor waited on his mentor and whispered his doubts.

Happiness came too suddenly, because the pig baby was unwilling to apply to join the Silver Hand Knights and become a paladin trainee, but miraculously was miraculously replaced by the greatest paladin on the continent, Carlos. Barov took a fancy to him and accepted him as an acolyte, which made Eligor maintain an almost cowardly cautiousness in both his words and deeds.

"No, Tulayan is not that kind of person, don't think about the heroes of the alliance with such thoughts in the future."

"I'm sorry, mentor, but ......"

"No need to explain, as a mentor, I have an obligation to explain the problem to you."

Carlos tossed aside the towel that had wiped off the sweat, and felt that the sweat was almost done, so he motioned for Eligor to help him put on his robe.

It's October again, the wind of Keldaron is already cool, autumn has come, will winter be far away?

"It's common sense, it's the courage to make judgments. The tribe may have reinforcements, but the orcs can't go back to where they were. ”

Carlos motioned for Eligor to follow him to the wall where the map was hung.

"Look, this is a dark swamp, a ghost place where birds don't, ooze monsters, swamp lurkers, crocodiles, jungle tigers, and obscuring swamp vegetation. It took Tulayan a year to not get in, not because of how stubborn the orcs were, but because the hellish place of the Dark Swamp was too hard for humans. It's all muddy, the cavalry is useless at all, and the heavy infantry is useless. What do you think would happen to the orcs with light infantry alone? ”

"A disaster."

"That's right, so what did Tulayan spend a whole year doing? Roads were built, and wood, sand, and oil were hoarded. This guy spent a whole year, not against orcs, but against nature, and he was going to burn a path in the dark swamp, a path to the dark door. ”

"But the orcs ......"

Eligor wanted to refute Carlos, but he didn't have the guts, and he couldn't say it anymore after only half of his words.

"You have to be convinced, orcs have rough skin and thick flesh, and they are indeed more adaptable than humans. The dark swamp is a forbidden area for us humans, and for them it is just a place with a harsh natural environment. The crocodiles in those muddy pools in the dark swamp have stinky flesh that we humans can't swallow at all, but orcs can be used as rations. ”

"So Tutor, what do you mean ......"

"What do I mean?"

"Sorry, I don't know."

"I mean Tulayan exaggerated the threat of orcs. I mean orcs simply don't have the ability to make a comeback. ”

Carlos stared at his apprentice, waiting for him to wake up from his musings.

"But, Mentor, haven't you always warned us that if we don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, the orcs will definitely make a comeback?"

Eligor said with a frown.

“……”

Carlos looked at Eligor with a kind of cub, Abba looked at him with disappointment.

"I'm sorry, mentor, I ......"

"If the Dark Gate is not closed, the orcs will come back and become stronger, I still think. But you tell me that in a year's time, the orcs, who have lost all their strategic focus, have made a comeback. At the beginning, the Storm Kingdom used the Dark Swamp to block the orcs for three and a half years, and now the orcs use the Dark Swamp to block Tulayan, blocking the elite of our alliance for a whole year. Why? ”

"Hmmm......"

Eligor was lost in thought again, he had somewhat understood, but had not yet figured it out.

"Tulayan is lying with the truth."

"Huh!?"

"The orcs must have come for reinforcements, otherwise even Orgrim would not be able to struggle in such a predicament. But in Draenor, the orcs shouldn't have finished dealing with the trouble, and Orgrim, who has lost his position, won't have many reinforcements. Even if the orc tribe makes a comeback, the Great Chief will not be Orgrim. So when Tulayan reported seeing Orgrim again on the battlefield, I judged that the orcs had not relented. ”

"Military is a continuation of politics, sorry, mentor, I forgot your teachings."

"Second, it was that perfect battle of annihilation that allowed me to see the true situation of the tribe."

"Ask the mentor for advice."

"Even if it's a reorganized legion trained specifically for swamp warfare, even if the orcs wipe them out, they won't be left alive. Even if the Horde covers all traces of the battle, I still want to ask why. ”

"Why?"

Carlos suddenly became a little angry, Lao Tzu is a paladin, a king, not a cross talk, no need to praise.

Forget it, hold the fire, hold the fire.

"Why do you say?"

Faced with Carlos's question, Eligor suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

"Why should the orcs cover up the truth of the battle!"

Resisting the urge to hit someone, Carlos felt that what Eligor said was not wrong, but that he lacked that spirituality.

"That's one thing, and on the other hand, if the orcs really get reinforcements, why not use the opportunity to annihilate an entire human army to continue to do something, such as ...... Destroy Tulayan's supply warehouses, such as breaking through the blockade set up by the alliance, or encircling the point to send reinforcements. ”

"yes, why is that?"

Eligor was lost in thought again.

Carlos took two deep breaths and began to wonder if he had found the wrong person, and the future Dawnbringer had this understanding?

"Because they simply can't do anything about it. At this point, the conspiracy is no longer useful, and if Tulayan and the 20,000 men left by the alliance in the south are not destroyed, everything is empty talk. Without breaking the blockade set up by the Alliance in the Burning Swamp, the Orc Horde will only be able to eat mud in the Dark Swamp even if it makes a comeback. ”

"So! The orcs' seemingly strong counterattack actually exposes their weakness! ”

Eligor felt like he understood.

“…… That's right, if you have the opportunity, take you to the battlefield to see and learn, it's useless to just rely on reading books and practicing. ”

Carlos suddenly felt that he was not suitable to be a mentor, and he always suppressed the urge to hit people, and he would hold back his mental illness.

Because of a hunch, Carlos stayed in Galya's room for several days and nights, and even the time for daily exercise was reduced.

As a result, a week later, Lao Tzu's father-in-law's envoy stood in front of Carlos and respectfully handed over a gilded letter of appointment.

When the orcs make a comeback, people finally remember their former heroes out of fear.

Once again, the Seven Lords will converge in Lordaeron, and this time, Carlos will be present as the Marshal of the Alliance.

Tulayan's calculations succeeded.