Chapter 676: Baron Wellington
"So I agree with what you said, we're the same kind of people." Aiden looked at Locke with a smile, but then he looked at Bev not far from here with some emotion, "You look at these issues so thoroughly at such a young age, and Lordaeron's future is undoubtedly bright." My children are far inferior to you, and they have never understood that power is only in the service of wisdom and politics. ”
In the face of Aiden's praise, Locke smiled and didn't make a sound, he was hanging, and he couldn't compare with them.
"I know that our presence is dispensable to you, and you don't have to risk offending the Alliance to support us, but I think our presence is of some use to you."
"As long as you give me limited support, I can keep you out of the undead in the mountains. You and I believe that the appetite of the undead is not just for the Alterac Mountains. Our presence can at least contain them. Giving you more time to unify Lordaeron. ”
"Secondly, the problem of the Hillsbrad Hills will be solved at least soon, and I believe that those fools who are making trouble are no match for you."
"In fact, you sent someone to contact me, and your presence here is tantamount to agreeing to my terms. Did I guess right? Lord Harvey? ”
Locke laughed, and sure enough, after living a long time, people become cunning and cunning. He basically guessed everything he was thinking.
"You're absolutely right, but if I really support you, I probably set up a new enemy for myself." Locke looked at Aiden with a smile, he turned back to the soldiers behind him and said to Aiden, "I have many soldiers who serve me, why should I risk being the target of public criticism to support you?" ”
"The league is now held back by a lot of things, but that doesn't mean it will always be. I don't want to leave a presence in the countries of the Alliance, and Lordaeron was once the leader of the Alliance, and if I really support your restoration, it will cause me a huge bad influence in my country. ”
Aiden said in a normal way, "I think you've taken these adults into account, and no one here will pass on superfluous words." Master Harvey, we don't need to go around in circles. ”
"Good!" Locke nodded, his expression becoming serious, "Let's be straightforward, the people who support you must stay away from the Hillsbrad Hills, and the support for Clito needs to stop immediately." When my army attacks Klito, I'll let them show no mercy. ”
"There's nothing wrong with that." Aiden nodded.
"I'll support you in the fight against the undead, but only logistically. I will not send any troops directly into the battle. ”
"Given your peculiarities to the Alliance, you can't openly recruit in my territory... No! You can't recruit soldiers within Lordaeron, I don't care about the rest of the region. If there are Alteracians who volunteer to join you, I don't have any opinion. ”
Aiden's face turned a little embarrassed, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! ”
Locke looked at the stern Aiden, and he continued, "I will allow you to set up camp in Hillsbrad near the foot of the Alterac Mountains, and I will send military personnel to train your soldiers and clean up the discipline of the army for you. The bandit leaders of yours who were once stained with the blood of the people in Hillsbrad are to be handed over to me. ”
"Because of your peculiarities, you are to disguise yourself as my army, and your activities are limited to the mountains along the Talenmere route."
Locke stopped, and he gave Aiden time to react.
In fact, Locke understands Aiden's thoughts, and all he wants is these supports, as well as the expectation of returning to the country.
"You sent the army to train my soldiers, and I don't have any opinion." Aiden paused, and he said lightly, "Actually, the Syndicate's bandit mode is not suitable for us. The syndicate is just an amalgamation of a bunch of filthy lowly farmers, rapists, thugs, and thieves. I just didn't think enough to let them exist to this day. I also need to turn them into an army, and the patterns of the past prove that they can't fight the undead head-on. ”
"I believe in you, and I believe that in the future, this army you have trained will belong to me. However, what I don't understand is, why don't you get directly involved in the battle? As far as I know, the undead came out of the ruins of Lordaeron. They weren't the same as the undead of the past. ”
"These undead with their own ideas, they should be more of a cataclysmic undead than the previous ones, why would you indulge them?"
"Lordaeron has just come out of the predicament, and it is unrealistic to capture the ruins of Lordaeron's royal city." Locke couldn't explain it to him, and he couldn't say for sure if Sylvanas would still be the way it was in history. He could only continue to say to Aiden, "I'm not interested in Alterac, I support you just don't want those undead to continue to grow bigger, instead of letting the undead occupy there, why don't I support you occupying that?" ”
Aiden was so impressed by this that he laughed.
"But I can't support you for nothing. My support is premised, and I need some resources from Alterac, such as horses, minerals, hides, etc., in exchange. ”
"In addition, if you really want to restore the country, I will not object, and I will not support you in this matter from the beginning. You have to show the Lordaerons concrete proof of your actions, prove it to the Alliance, prove that you are not the same as you used to be. ”
"Everyone sees your betrayal of the Alliance, and if you want to restore the country, you must do something that satisfies all the countries of the Alliance. So," Locke slowly put on his black deerskin gloves and looked up at Aiden with a smile, "do something, don't try to ruin the reputation of the Alterac nobles that the Alterac nobles didn't have like the Syndicates of the past." ”
"I'm not going to do anything here, it's up to you to see if you really want to get back to the country. If you do a good job, I don't mind talking to you in the future. ”
"In the future, perhaps when this war is over, with your merits, King Varian Ureon may allow you to return to the country."
Then Locke held out his right hand with a deerskin glove, and Aiden looked at Locke suspiciously.
"It's the etiquette of cooperation, the handshake ceremony." Locke smiled faintly and looked at Aiden, "I wish this is a good start." ”
When Aiden's thin hand grasped Locke's right hand, Locke shook it a little harder, and found that the old guy still had some strength. This was the first time Locke had shaken hands with someone since he came into the world.
Seeing Aiden's expression of obvious patience with the pain in his hands, Locke let go of his hand with a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Alright, Lord Aiden, we've said what needs to be said. Not a single word of what I have just said will remain in any record. If you don't deviate from the trajectory, then we'll continue to work together. On the contrary...."
Aiden shook his right hand behind him as he tried to keep a smile on his face and said to Locke, "I'm sure you'll continue to support us." ”
"Lieutenant Colonel Marclede!" Locke shouted not far away, and a middle-aged man in black clothes and pants with a hairline that had reached the top of his head walked over quickly and stood beside Locke.
Locke introduced to Aiden, "Lord Aiden, this is Lieutenant Colonel Marklyde, and he will be responsible for communicating with you about our cooperation on my behalf in the future. ”
After the two got to know each other briefly, Locke finally smiled and said to Aiden, "I hope to see Lord Aiden at the Alliance's meetings in the future." Hopefully, the kingdom of Alterac will be reborn. ”
"Thank you, we won't forget Lord Harvey's help when the time comes."
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Fifty kilometres southwest of the southern shore of Lake Lordamere, Ambermere, the largest town in the southern silver pine forest, sits in the valley of the Anse Mountains.
Since the King's Road to the south, near the Greymane Wall, was not safe, all caravans and travelers would choose to branch off from the King's Road, crossing the Amdo Avenue in Ambermere Town, and following the Anse Valley to the Anse Mountains, to the Hillsbrad Hills Break, to the South Point Fortress.
The road would be much closer than before, and you wouldn't have to face the terrifying werewolf creatures of the woodland.
Baron Hardin Wellington had been the commander of Ambermere for a few months, and although his territory was near the village of Burning Wood, this did not prevent him from defecting to the Scarlet Crusade.
As Bridget's southern theater of operations passed through here, Wizard Dalaran handed over the entrusted Ambermir defense to Eva. As Bridge was anxious to get to the Hillsbride Hills, she gave him the responsibility for its defense and management, leaving him a wing of soldiers to maintain and clear the surrounding woodlands.
Compared to the nobles whose territories were confiscated, Harding Wellington was lucky. Not only did he retain his hereditary domain in the Silverpine Forest, but he also became a member of the Iva Scarlet Crusade.
Sometimes he has to admit that smart choices pay off beyond the ordinary.
So, he didn't understand the aristocratic friends he had been. The Greymans have given up on them, but they are still willing to serve the Greymans? You know, the establishment of the Wall of Greymane has completely severed them from the kingdom of Gilney!
King Jean made it clear that this part of the land was no longer Gilne's land.
The abandoned Baron Wellington naturally did not want to be loyal to this feudal lord who gave up them. When the news of the rise of Lord Harvey came to the city of Iva in the northern Silver Pine Forest, Wellington was already making preparations.
He united most of the Gilneth nobles who had been rejected by the Wall of Greymanne and sent a number of messengers to Iva in the name of allegiance. At the same time, it also collects information about the entire southern silver pine forest and Gilneis. This quickly made him stand out among all the Gilneth nobles who had joined the service.
That's why, Bridget temporarily appointed him as Ambermere's commander.
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