When news of Lordaeron's preparation for the Broken Isles reached Stormwind, Bolval, who had been concerned about his own affairs, had to advise him when he learned that the King of Wa wanted to intervene in the matter.

"Varian, the Broken Isles are closer to Lordaeron and farther away from the Stormwind Kingdom, I think you know that very well." The two are the same age, Vanessa is young and female, so she must always hold the 'His Majesty' shelf, and the age of the tile king makes him no longer need to care about these false courtesies.

He and Bolval are privately named by name.

The king was also in a quandary at this time, and he could only speak his mind.

"I also want to garrison troops in the Broken Isles, I think two legions, sixteen thousand soldiers, is more suitable."

Bolval was stunned, and for a moment he even thought that the Stormwind Kingdom was going to war with Lordaeron.

Lordaeron's preparation for the creation of the island chain is not a secret, and he didn't understand it at first, but he gradually studied it.

From Northrend to the Broken Isles, to Kurtilas in the south, and a few smaller islands.

Build a defensive chain on these islands and protect the mainland in the innermost part to prevent foreign enemies from invading Lordaeron.

This kind of strategic deployment is very different from Azeroth, but it is very much in line with Vanessa's consistent policy of building defensive bases wherever she goes.

Now that the Wa King suddenly said that he was going to garrison troops in the Broken Isles, the key island chain region of Lordaeron, Berval suddenly became nervous.

If the king gives the order, he will do it, but there has to be a reason, right?

"Why?" He couldn't help but ask.

King Wa guessed his thoughts, and hurriedly raised a palm: "My brother, swear in the name of the ancestor king of the Urion family, I assure you that I have no intention of starting a war. ”

Bolvar couldn't help but chuckle and stationed his army on people's doorsteps, wasn't this a harbinger of war?

"You haven't been to the Broken Isles...... I've been, and I've met a group of elves there who call themselves the Children of the Night. ”

Bolval nodded, "You mentioned it. ”

"The leader of the Children of the Night, the Archmage Elisandr, has a prophecy that says that demons will emerge from the depths of the Broken Isles, an enemy that needs to be defeated by all of us.

Berval didn't squeak, and listened to the Wa King continue.

"We can co-garrison the Broken Isles with Lordaeron, but I have to know what's going on there first, Lordaeron...... Lordaeron has a history of undead catastrophic outbreaks, and their handling of emergencies is very worrying......"

He said a lot, the core meaning is one, the matter is in his own hands, he will be very relieved, if the matter is in the hands of others, he will not feel safe, if he can't get the news in the first place, he thinks it will cause unimaginable disasters to Azeroth.

Surrounded by embarrassment, Boval walked out of the palace, and King Wa gave him the task of abandoning part of the Broken Isles and allowing the Stormwind Kingdom to garrison the archipelago without causing hostility and damage to relations between the two countries.

Can this be done diplomatically? This is not a normal diplomatic requirement at all!

Boval and his own brainchild, Countess Caterina, discussed, and the countess also felt that this task was completely embarrassing, the strength of the two countries was about the same, one country made territorial claims to the islands in the other's sphere of influence, and also had to garrison troops? What is the difference between this and a declaration of war?

"Ask Archbishop Jialia to help mediate, maybe there is a glimmer of hope." Searching her intestines and stomach, she could only come up with such an idea.

After hearing the Stormwind Kingdom's request, Jialia was also shocked, she no longer knew diplomacy, and she also knew that the Stormwind Kingdom's request this time was very excessive.

She is the archbishop of the Holy Light Church, but she is also a native of Lordaeron and will never betray the interests of the country.

"Needless to say, Berval, I won't agree to such a request, and Vanessa won't agree." She said categorically.

"I swear in the name of the Holy Light that the Stormwind Kingdom has no hostility towards Lordaeron, just for the future of Azeroth......" Berval cursed again, swore again, and repeatedly assured that this was definitely not a diplomatic provocation before the war, he directly said his own hole cards, after the Stormwind Kingdom garrisoned, Lordaeron could also garrison troops, and even handed over the logistics to Lordaeron.

It is very dangerous for an army to be left alone and have no supplies in its own hands.

Under Bolval's repeated persuasion, Galia only agreed to write a letter for Bolval to ask about Vanessa's attitude, but she would never agree to be an intermediary.

Vanessa's reply came quickly, first mentioning the sister's affection, and then inviting Galia to return to Lordaeron from time to time, but there was not a word about the Broken Isles.

"At least it's a sign that things aren't completely out of control...... "Countess Caterina made her own analysis, she looked at Boval, sympathized with the legendary paladin, and took on such a tricky task: "Let's talk, talk a little bit, spend some time, and you should be able to make a breakthrough." ”

Easier said than done.

For the rest of the year, from the end of June to the beginning of September of the 28th year of the Black Gate, Bolval kept going back and forth between the two countries.

Looking for Old Fordin, looking for Gianna, and looking for everyone she knew to help lobby, Vanessa's attitude also changed from the initial anger, to the subsequent forcible patience, to the final careful thinking.

Burnard was exhausted and finally won Lordaeron's approval.

Lordaeron will garrison the Broken Isles after the Stormwind Kingdom to establish its own island chain defenses.

The logistics and supply are responsible for each other, so Vanessa will not take on the supply of the soldiers of the Storm Kingdom, and she will not want to take advantage of her.

As a condition for Lordaeron to back down, the Stormwind Kingdom also tacitly acquiesced to their going to the South Endless Sea to occupy some territory, such as some small 'islands' or something.

Old Fording veils Bolval is a subtle reminder that Lordaeron is going to the South China Sea to fight the Bloodsail Pirates.

This group of pirates has already plundered many of Lordaeron's merchant ships, and Lordaeron has roughly mastered their stronghold in the South China Sea, and will send warships to suppress the pirates.

"It's just a bunch of pirates, just fight it." King Wa didn't care about this 'little thing' He was very happy with Lordaeron's overall situation, in order to show the importance of the Broken Isles, he also mobilized the country to prepare for war, and it is expected that at the end of this year, early next year, he will contact the Children of the Night and land on the Broken Isles.

At the beginning of October of the 28th year of the Black Gate, Lordaeron made many preparations, smashed pots and sold iron, finally scraped together a little material, and brought some special products of Lordaeron and Northrend, and then the mighty fleet left the port and headed for the South Endless Sea.

In the name of a crusade against the infamous Bloodsail Pirates.

Fifty warships and ninety merchant ships were dispatched on this voyage, carrying 20,000 soldiers and 15,000 sailors, as well as more than 8,000 craftsmen.