"Has the Hand of the King returned?"

"I'm back."

"Won't you do anything out of the ordinary?"

"Looks like ...... Probably not. ”

"What about His Majesty the King and those Dalaran mages?"

"I'm going back, too."

In the command headquarters, facing the staff officers who rushed to report, Garissus sighed.

Orix stayed in the orc camp for half an hour, and the marshal of the Lordaeron Ninth Legion, the commander of the Legion, was also frightened for half an hour.

Want to mediate a dispute between two parties?

What nonsense!

If a few words can convince those green-skinned beasts, how can there be the first and second wars? How could there be such a asylum war that held back the regular army of Lordaeron for half a year?

Reckless, naïve, always thinking that he is the protagonist of this epic drama, this is the common problem of young people, and His Majesty, who is also young, actually entrusts this kind of person with a heavy responsibility.

It's just that I attach great importance to it!

After the news of the Hand of the King's going alone to the orc camp reached the royal capital, His Majesty Arthas actually passed through the portal and personally drove to the Ninth Legion's defense.

Not only that, but even several high-ranking officials from Dalaran arrived, all of them in a hurry, planning how to save the king's hand without triggering a full-scale war in the event of the worst......

Fortunately, the man came back safe and sound, and talked to His Majesty and those Dalaran Master on the front about what he had seen and heard.

Now it's finally gone.

Before leaving, he also sent someone to leave him a message, saying that the orcs would retreat soon, so that he didn't have to overreact, just let the orcs go.

Garissus scoffed at this.

Who does that young man think he is? Just a few words to let the orc army withdraw in disgrace?

Even if the remote country kingdom to the south, the Kingdom of Stormwind, became a beacon for all mankind, he didn't believe that such a thing would happen.

"Don't get distracted, let's continue to deduce the situation." After calming down, Garrissus said a word to the dozen or so staff officers in the headquarters, and then turned his attention back to the sand table.

The sand table shows in detail the southern coastal strip of the Hillsbrad Hills, with the Ninth Army in charge of the defensive line.

The direction is marked, and in addition to the general topography, on the right side are small green flags inserted on the hilly landforms, representing the main force of the orcs; On the left is a small red flag representing the strength of the Ninth Legion.

And the town of Nanhai, represented by a house-shaped stone, is at the southernmost end of the Ninth Army's defensive line, within the protection of the defensive line. Fifteen kilometers east of Nanhai Town, three small green flags were planted, representing the Warsong clan separated from the orc army.

A piece of parchment was tied to a string next to the flag, and a large amount of data was written on the parchment.

Five hundred orcs, rare females (the word was crossed out by Garitharus and changed to female) sexual, strong, well-armed, fast-moving, stealthy on the march, led by a tall, lanky orc with tattoos on his chin - presumably the Warsong Clan chief Grom Hellroar during the Asylum Wars......

That's right, every move of the orcs is under the control of Lordaeron's army.

The hills of Hillsbrad were empty enough, and the Lordaeron army had griffon riders to scout from above. On the other hand, the orcs have no means to counter aerial reconnaissance at all, and at an altitude of hundreds of meters, even the kind of "strong bow and crossbow" in the hands of the orcs, although it has more than 100 pounds of strength, is actually shoddy, it cannot reach the hair of the griffin.

Except to march cautiously at night under the cover of night, the orcs had no way of evading the detection of Lordaeron's regular army.

It's not easy to hide even at night.

Griffons have developed night vision, and even if the rider can't see it, these trained beasts can communicate the anomalies they find to the rider through chirping. At that time, the rider will be able to discern the situation, whether he hits a flare invented by a dwarven craftsman, or risks being shot down, and approaches at a low altitude to investigate.

It is good to unite all the tribes.

After the Second War, the Kazmodan Kingdom, which was controlled by the Copperbeard Tribe, received scarce food crops from the alpine region from humans, and humans also received engineering products from them that they had never dared to think of before, and also from the Brute Hammer tribe in Eagle's Nest Mountain, they also got more efficient ways to domesticate griffons.

This is how the Warsong Clan, which tried to slip along the coastline to the town of Southsea, was discovered.

Anyway, let's get down to business......

At the end of the 19th year of the Black Gate calendar, at the beginning of the 20th year, the orcs who had just escaped from the shelter had no foundation, no armaments, most of them were malnourished, and the number was not enough.

The main reason why the war has not started for a long time is that the regular army of Lordaeron is also strong from the outside and capable from the inside—under the high debt, the quality of the soldiers is uneven, the armaments are all old-fashioned equipment that was obsolete a few years ago, and the morale is not very strong, and there will always be many uncertainties in the start of the war.

When the prophecy of the invasion of the Scourge and the Burning Legion spread, it was even more daring to go to war.

"Marshal, the scouts report that they are only five kilometers from the town of Nanhai, and are resting in a low-lying area. According to the usual tactics of the orcs, I am afraid that they will attack in the early hours of the morning. ”

Just then, an officer walked into the command and reported.

"I know, I'll find out and report again."

In order to deal with the Warsong clan who came to grab grain and grass, the Ninth Army deployed 2,000 troops in Nanhai Town. There is also a whole squadron of cavalry in the north, ready to cut off the retreat of these green-skinned beasts.

However, this is only to cope with the worst-case scenario.

Proud, arrogant, and a complete racist, Garithars hated the High Elves because of the death of his family in the Second War, believing that it was because half of the Alliance's forces were split to rescue Quel'Thalas.

He may be able to achieve his current status mostly thanks to inheriting his father's status and title, but he is not a fool.

He is also a general who has experienced the second war, and now he is nearly half a hundred years old, and he knows that Lordaeron is in an eventful time, and even if he hates the orcs, he must not get into the quagmire of war with the orcs, so that he cannot get out, so that the Scourge Legion that is dormant in the dark will take advantage of the situation and cause even worse consequences......

He had already made plans when he found out that the Warsong Clan was moving towards Nanhai Town.

If those orcs just wanted to grab some food and grass, it would be fine, after all, the Cursed Sect disguised as Lordaeron's regular army had just burned their food and grass supplies. If it really pushes the orcs into a hurry, and stages a scene where a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, no one wants to see it.

He will not react too drastically, lest the situation really get out of control, at most symbolically block it, make a good deal with the above, and appease the people below, and let the orcs leave with food and grass.

But if the other party doesn't know how to advance or retreat and kills wantonly in Nanhai Town, then he is not to blame. The Ninth Legion will strike with thunder! After all, it was the orcs who were determined to escalate the situation...... However, he believed that the reason shown by the new Great Chief of the Orcs would not come from his subordinates.

He despises orcs as much as he hates the High Elves, but he also acknowledges the merits of the other.

"Commander ......" The officer had just returned, holding on to the door frame and gasping for air, apparently shocked by the situation.

"Catch your breath before you speak!"

Garissus's face sank and he scolded.

The officer hurriedly straightened up and said, "Legion commander, withdraw, the orcs withdraw!" Not only the Warsong clan, but even the main force of the orcs are all pulling out the camp and going east while the night is dark! ”

"What?" Garissus' eyes widened.

The officers in the command post looked at each other, and one asked in disbelief, "Could it be...... Has the words of the King's Hand been fulfilled? ”

"How is this possible!" Garissus wanted to refute, but the more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, and in the end he just put his hands on the sand table, "Contact the friendly forces to send scouts and find out the movements of those orcs!" Hell, what the hell are these orcs going to do? ”

He didn't say a word.

No......

You're really going to retreat, right?

At this point, he thought of the words of the hand of the king, who had been overly expected, before leaving—"Marshal Garithas, it is not long before the orcs retreat." In the meantime, you don't have to react too aggressively, just let them go. ”

Damn it.

Is that really the case? Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens