Chengping has been in peace for more than ten years, and the group of children born in the real era are now also fathers and mothers.

Carlos lost ten years of Azeroth because of that astral journey, and he didn't feel it deeply, but he also felt the power of time when he looked at the aging faces of people he once knew.

Even more terrible than death is being forgotten. ◇Net 00ksw◆

There are new people coming out of the alliance, and veterans always die.

The current alliance's military strength on paper is exaggerated to the point of being terrifying, but there are not so many that that can really be pulled out and used.

The rebuilding of Stormwind City can be regarded as a means for Terenus to spend money to buy peace, and the southward movement of a large amount of money and the distribution of a large number of titles have greatly relieved the internal pressure of the Lordaeron Kingdom, so that His Majesty Minethil II has enough internal unity to take action against his former allies.

So Gilneth withdraws from the group, Alterac is perennially invisible and not online, and Riptide Castle is reduced to a licking dog shouting 666 after Solas's mysterious death.

The standing military force of the Lordaeron Alliance is actually the Knights of the Silver Hand and the King of Lordaeron**.

Due to the instability of the Orcs in the Burning Plains and the Wetlands, the Knights of the Silver Hand and the more than 50,000 Lordaeron kings** were transferred there to deal with the "troubles".

Therefore, the kingdom of Lordaeron acquiesced to Carlos' full authority to deal with the orc rebellion in the hills of Hillsbrad, and provided a lot of practical support.

For example, a lot of money and a small number of troops.

As well as an officer corps.

The king's life was short, the prince did not return from the sea, and Terenus exploded into an unprecedented domineering spirit in the last moments of his life, which made the nobles of Lordaeron understand what it means not to disobey a dying king.

But it is also for this reason that the standing army of more than 100,000 people stationed in the city of Lordaeron and the surrounding important areas cannot be mobilized.

Therefore, when the news of the breach of Dunhold Castle spread, the tremors were still very strong.

It was only when the populace heard that it was Carlos who had gone to suppress the orc rebellion. Barov, peace of mind again.

But the aristocratic lords are not very comfortable, and they have to break the fortune again.

Carlos didn't know how the situation was going to be good or bad, and he had a strange feeling of being arranged clearly.

Twenty years.

Up to twenty years.

From the time it seized the country to the present, Alterac is a mountainous country, and it has maintained an army of nearly 200,000 for 20 years with a population of less than 900,000.

And Alterac hasn't collapsed yet.

How?

During the orc war, it is not difficult to understand that in the face of the ultimate choice of life or death, everything must be conceded to war.

But after the war, even if because of the exclusion of the Lordaeron Kingdom, Alterac needs to maintain a high population in order to protect himself, and the number of 200,000 is too much!

When he first returned, Carlos didn't have any doubts about this number, it was nothing more than empty salary, claims and the like.

Carlos took it for granted that Alterac had an army of 100,000.

But to really re-run the war machine, Carlos himself was confused.

It's actually real?

Are the generals of Alterac saints!

No.

Far from having nothing to do with nobility, it is extremely snobbish.

Rationing system.

Under the operation of Carlos, Alterac relied on the orc war to obtain a large amount of land in the hills of Hillsbrad. Minahir's marriage completes the plan to replace Anhador with Briel.

Today's Alterac is no longer a solitary plateau in the Aiden era.

It is true that the citizens of Alterac are only 870,000 according to official statistics, but the number of people living in the territory actually controlled by Alterac will be higher, about 200,000 to 300,000.

Even with the addition of these hidden populations, the number of troops is a little too much, so Alex. Grand Duke Barov could only drag on the "wartime system" until now.

With the introduction of a large number of dwarf technology and dwarven crafts, Alterac was not only short of daily necessities, but also had a surplus to export to other countries, but food has always been a big problem, until the reclamation of the Anhador area was initially completed, it was only a bumper harvest year and basically self-sufficient, and a large number of imports were needed in case of famine.

So in Alterac, being a soldier is an excellent choice.

This has caused the father's quota to be passed on to his son, and there are even cases of resale.

It's not that the people of Alterac have high ideological awareness, but that the Alterac army is well treated.

Authentic.

It was so real that Carlos couldn't laugh or cry.

Ten years after his departure, the industrial plan he made before his departure had been unrecognizable, and he had lost his "leader", and the people of Azeroth, who had never witnessed the large-scale industrial production, knew nothing about the power of industry.

But even if it was out of shape, Grand Duke Alex continued the plan, and Alterac trained 100,000 industrial workers in more than a decade.

Relying on these people, it is really incomprehensible that a dumbbell-shaped country with food supply problems can arm an army of 200,000 people.

After all, the steel output of the two steel mills of the Barov family is almost equal to that of most of the Lordaeron Kingdom.

It's a pity that time is too late, industrialization can't save Azeroth, and there are no enchantment-enhanced swords and guns that can kill orcs and suppress rebellions, but they can't hurt the demons of the Burning Legion.

This is the result of despair caused by the generational gap between civilizations.

Carlos, after thinking outside the box, decided to ignore the problem.

Anhador, Alterac Plateau, Hillsbrad.

The country was divided into three parts by natural features, and Carlos easily concentrated 50,000 troops with just the garrison of the Hillsbrad area and the cavalry troops of the Alterac Plateau.

Although the orcs rescued by Thrall are claimed to be 200,000, it is impossible for a "tribe" with nothing to collide with Carlos's army head-on.

This well-known "secret" on the front line is precisely the reason why the orcs survive.

Influenced by the moon god, Carlos is trying to find a way to release the orcs back to the mountain, while the army wants to take advantage of the kingdom of Lordaeron.

Until...... An old orc appeared in front of everyone wearing a tattered battle flag.

The kingdom of Lordaeron has a large land and a large population, and most of the officer corps sent are young talents, on the other hand, on the side of Carlos, there are countless old things, and there are few people in their twenties who are not even qualified to enter the command tent.

Alterac suffered no less losses during the Orc Wars than other human nations, and these generals who climbed to the top of the army by killing orcs have not forgotten how terrible the orc tribes were in their heyday.

However, the frivolous attitude of the young men of the Lordaeron officer corps has widened the rift between Lordaeron and Alterac.

"It's just a flag, is it necessary to be so excited?"

Of course.

The orc rebellion was nothing but a rebellion of the slaves.

When the Horde's banner is raised again, it proclaims the continuation of a war.

This means that veterans who have survived to this day on the merits of the orc wars, you are all liars.

The Horde is back, Grand Chief Orgrim. The Hammer of Doom is back.

Young Thrall didn't know what Orgrim was up to, and he didn't understand what the flag meant to humanity.

"Destroy the orcs, leave no stone unturned."

Even the power of the moon god was not able to stop Carlos from giving the order at that moment.

"This is the last time I'll see you, congratulations on making the stupidest decision."

Spartacus looked at Orgrim with mixed feelings.

"Stupid? Probably. I will keep the promise, and the captives will be held in the dungeon. You'd better move quickly, and I can only guarantee that the killing of the prisoners won't happen until I die. ”

Orgrim replied calmly.

"That's the best, then according to the agreement, in two days, the offensive begins, no matter what tricks you plan to play, it's better to be faster."

After saying that, Spartacus didn't look at Orgrim more and left directly.

"What trick?"

Orgrim let out a low chuckle alone in the empty grove.

"I just want a death worthy of me."