We didn't leave, but continued to discuss our strategy here, Mavi was right, we couldn't defeat the Horde, and since he already existed and was powerful, we had to choose the right relationship with them instead of trying to destroy them. After some arguments, we soon came to a consensus that this war would force them to return to the negotiating table and then sign an agreement.

The content of the agreement is to return to our original territory, that is, beyond the territory we agreed upon after the defeat of Akmund, we will also occupy the dust swamp and the southern half of the southern barren lands and the northern barrens, as these are the main gathering places of the Centaurs, the military buffer zone of the Alliance and the Horde. As for the sea, we still try to force the tribe to abandon the construction of naval warships, or the construction of large-tonnage naval ships, so as to continue to maintain naval suppression. This will also help us to have a head start in maritime trade in the future. Of course, this agreement may become fragile after the Horde recovers, that is, in a few years, but we must do the same, because we still have to use the reserves we have for a few years to help us grow in Lordaeron.

This is a peace agreement, but it will take a big victory to force the tribes to come to this agreement. And we're guessing how the Horde will respond to our powerful attack... Of course, there are other things.

In the evening we went back, at this moment most of the troops are also resting, it can be seen that for the next war, everyone is still very confident, although they should have been tired of so many wars, but in fact it is not, but very much looking forward to it, I know why, it is because of hatred. I can also imagine the tribe in the heart, and it should be the same, although they fail and their morale may be low, but who can doubt that they will not fight to the end... And if so, how can peace come?

.....

On the other side of the tribe there.

Seeing that the alliance was all gone, Magaza re-led her forces to capture the northern fortress. The banners of the Horde and their Terrifying Totem Clan and Fireblade Clan were planted in the city. Looking at the fortress full of ruins and coalition corpses, I couldn't help but feel proud.

She ordered most of the troops to collect the corpses and prepare them for burning, yes, they were going to take this place, naturally they had to clean up the battlefield, and when Magassa sat on the table in what was once my operational command hall, it was still the highest symbol of the northern fortress, although it was in pieces. And she was also surrounded by her subordinates and the commanders of the Fireblade Clan, and pushed her to the throne that was relatively intact.

Perhaps Magassa was a little inflated, after all, she thought that Thrall's death, combined with her outstanding performance and Kane's stupidity, was enough to get her to the top, and she said something undisguised about it.

"Why hasn't Kane come yet?"

"They still seem to be on the move"

"Then tell him that we have taken this place, and that I am here to wait for him, and that I will wait for them to come. ”

One of Magatha's lieutenants was about to go to pass the order, perhaps Magassa also felt that she was a little swollen, so in order not to show her flaws, she let the people around her retreat, leaving only herself here to be sexual. Like how she became a chief...

After the others left, she imagined herself sitting in this position under the command, when suddenly a dark figure jumped down from the hole in the house, she thought it was some herald of the Black Dragon Legion, but just as she was about to speak, she realized his true identity, and she quickly stood up and knelt down to meet her master.

"Lord Nefarian..."

Nefarian was dissatisfied with Magatha's actions, but he didn't expect this minotaur to swell like this, which made him very unhappy.

"What you did this time proves your ability, but don't you think you're a little too arrogant? ”

"My subordinates didn't mean to offend you, I just wanted to be the leader of the tribe..."

"Huh?!" the Black Dragon Prince snorted and turned his face away when he heard this, which made Magatha even more nervous, and asked carefully, "Isn't this what you promised me?" ”

"But your big dreams are a little too early, Thrall is still alive and coming here. ”

"What, with that kind of power, how could he have any chance of surviving?"

Magassa looked up and couldn't help but feel very puzzled, of course she also questioned his master, but Nefarian did not blame her for her faux pas, but motioned for her to get up, after all, they were all on the same page in terms of dislike of Thrall (Nefario once spoke to Nefarian alone and commented on Thrall's strategy more than Nefarian), of course, this does not mean that they really have a deep hatred, but his existence is in the way of Magatha and Nefarian.

But he survived, and came here alone. ”

"Won't you kill him?"

"I'd love to kill him, but—" Nefarian said assumedly, but it was then that he realized his intention not to betray his father, Deathwing. So he turned to himself. "I'm going to use him against the Alliance, the human Taresa next to him is dead, Thrall will do everything in his power to destroy the Alliance, and you will continue to help him achieve this. ”

"I see. Magassa said reluctantly, of course because the tribal commander was not herself...

"That's good, so you have to put yourself in a clear position, you are now the third in command of the tribe at most, and you have already made you prove that you are sharper than Kane, so you have to use your strength to prove that you are stronger than Saar, so that you can be regarded as the true chief of the tribe. ”

Nefarian left. And she sighed, yes, now that she realized that Thrall was still alive, her dreams might still be a little far away, and she hurriedly remembered one thing, that is, the messenger she had sent, if he treated Kane in the same way as she did, her image would undoubtedly plummet, and she put down everything she had to chase him in a fast airship, but found the orc's body halfway there. When she went down to check it out, she realized that it was from her master, Nefarian...

At this moment, she herself deeply realized that all traces of herself would not escape the eyes of the black dragon, and in this regard, her heart, which was originally very proud, instantly became vigilant... In fact, Magasa took refuge in the Black Dragon because he thought that he could compete for the position of the tribal chieftain, but now, he still had to submit to the feet of the Black Dragon King after all.

Maybe Magassa regretted it, but there was no turning back, and since she had done so, she had decided to follow the black dragon, and she could only make a mistake. In response to this, she continued the messenger's journey, and went alone to meet Kane, and greeted them by way of the Minotaur chieftain into the northern fortress....

On the other side of the tribe ....

After Kane's loss of troops, the original tribal attack soon turned into defense after the Oasis of Mansheng, and even built fortifications, of course, this is not the most painful for him, the most painful is the death of his friend Thrall and hundreds of thousands of tribal warriors, and he led several times the army of ours but was helpless.

He knew that this war had been planned for a long time, and although they both thought it would not happen in the foreseeable future, it was in fact coming soon. Then all the preparations, including the sea and air force, were fully prepared to deal with this war. Although the soldiers still got a defeat despite their deaths, of course, the sudden intervention of Stormwind City and Ironforge Fort was one aspect, but I have to say that there was still a mistake in my own command, that is, I underestimated the mages of the Alliance, although the number is very small, but all of them are elites, otherwise it is impossible for the tribe's army to lose to the Alliance. Of course, there is also Mavi, the Night Elf actually dared to tear up the peace treaty signed between the tribe and the Night Elves, in this regard, he decided to arrange an envoy to go to the Night Elves to complain about this matter, but when he was ready to carry it out, he suddenly realized something, that is, Mavi She did not mean to kill herself, and what is the relationship between her archery symbol and the name on her spear, he was puzzled After thinking that no one in his clan had died from those Night Elf knights, he still decided not to send an envoy to investigate the matter first.

Kane, who refused to face reality, closed himself off and shut himself in his room after passing on the responsibility of defense to Sarufar, Drexall, Woking, Jinson, and others. Kane looked very decadent in this regard, Drexar and the others tried to comfort the deputy chief while arming on the one hand, after all, they didn't know that Sal was not dead, and they all knew that it was best to give this position to Kane, although the defeat of this war made him maybe the bottom was not so confident in him, but anyway, he was second only to him during the Sal period...

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Burks came back, much to everyone's surprise. Because the hundreds of thousands of troops he led were only left in the rear row, the rest of the army was wiped out, so if he could come back intact from the front row, it would have explained a problem, that is, he was released.

However, although he buried hundreds of thousands of tribal warriors, there was really no good way to deal with such a situation, so he did not convict him, but asked him to see Kane, hoping that his appearance would make the deputy chief feel better or less guilty.

"Berks, how did you get back. ”

"I was released by the Alliance..."The dejected Burks was helpless, but what could he say, after all, everyone saw him rushing to me to duel with me, if he came back alive, it could only mean that he was released, he couldn't hide it, and of course he couldn't hide his determination. "We should not wait for the people of the Alliance, but we should go back and avenge Chief Saar. ”

His words didn't seem to have much to do, after all, the people here had almost lost confidence after this fiasco, and the firmness of the alliance made them realize that the alliance was no less determined than their own. And it was at this time that Kane chose a reality that most people were more willing to accept.

"No need... Let's choose mediation. ”

"Why, we still have the numerical superiority, and they are tired, and when Margatha's forces appear from the west, the alliance will surely be defeated. ”

"But have you seen the magical power of Gianna and Ronin? Chief Thrall was easily killed, and hundreds of thousands of tribal warriors were wiped out. With such a powerful magic, except for the two of them, Akmund himself, can we win?, and the navy of Stormwind and Ironforge has already supported us, and our main fleet has also been repelled by them, we don't have any advantage at all, and if we continue to fight, our tribe will only lose more..."

Kane's words silenced many of the people present, after all, they had all seen this reality, and perhaps this reality was what troubled Kane. Of course, not everyone is silent. Burks was still unrelenting, yes, he knew he didn't want to admit defeat, even if it wasn't the Black Dragon Prince's orders, he didn't want to accept the reality.

"We can't surrender, how can this be worthy of our army, worthy of our dead chieftains. ”

"So I did it on the orders of the current Deputy Chief, and then I dismissed all my posts, so that all the blame could be placed on me and pave the way for the new Chief Magatha. She is a woman, but her abilities are obvious to all, except for Chief Saar, and she is now the most suitable for this position. ”

His words were tacitly echoed by all, and Margasa was always the most active and wise commander in these wars, and she was always competent when some key positions were given to her, and she was praised by Thrall many times. But apparently Burks still disagreed. After all, he thought that this position should be his own, and most importantly, he knew that if Magassa got this position, she would become the chief of the tribe completely, so he continued to argue with Kane.

"The war is not over, and even if we want peace, what about the Alliance?"

"The Alliance's release of you represents their goodwill, and the fact that they didn't hurt a single minotaur in Bloodhoof shows that they have indeed always believed in their Light, and Arthas, as a paladin, will not kill us in a hurry. Drexal also said so, which made Berks very helpless, after all, Drexal is the chief of the frostwolf clan who is related to Sal by blood, and is Thrall's own clan, since he said so, he really has nothing to say, but at this time, Magatha's airship arrived, and her arrival alone surprised everyone, because in this way, everyone may first think of a very bad result, that is...

"What about your troops?

"No, we're on the last train of this war," Magatha explained as she passed, and said that they were almost killed by Ronin and Gianna. The people of this tribe are also very sorry, yes, maybe they didn't come first, if they could hold on a little longer, maybe they could completely encircle the alliance under the gates of the northern fortress, and completely wipe out our main force, for which Kane realized his command mistake, and looked even more remorseful...

Of course, it was also very surprising that the alliance actually abandoned the northern fortress and the entire dust swamp area, and instead led all the troops to evacuate to Okaz Island and Theramore by sea.

"What the hell is the Alliance thinking?" Kane was surprised, but one of his main concerns now was what would happen to the tribe after Thrall's death. But one thing is very certain, that is, through this battle, Magatha once again proved his strength. "I think our new chief can be finalized. ”

As he spoke, Kane led the crowd to kneel down towards Magatha, and of course Burks, yes, although he was very unconvinced of the minotaur in his heart, he knew that Thrall was not dead, and she would be embarrassed by the time, so he refused to accept the position. And this Magassa was not the same as she had shown in her heart, she was very happy, but at the same time she was happy, she was still surprised on the outside, and after a short period of surprise, she also knew that Thrall was not dead, but she still chose a very beneficial way for her, that is, to return this false name to Kane.

"What, Chief, Lord Thrall, what's wrong with him?" said Margatha, pretending not to know, which discouraged everyone again. In this regard, King Sarufar once again explained the ins and outs of what happened here today, and it was clear that as the current supreme commander of the orcs, he also expressed his belief in this female minotaur. Of course, Magassa also saw this. In particular, Sarufar mentioned it at the end. "We all think you have what it takes to be a chief. ”

"You are the Deputy Chief, and after the death of Chief Sal, you deserve this position the most. ”

However, Magassa was "heartbroken" and rejected Sarufar's advice and turned to Kane. But Kane was obviously reluctant to accept the position, because he felt that the minotaur in front of him was more suitable.

"You have once again proven that you are far superior to me in this war, so that you can be the best choice for our tribe. ”

Kane was telling the truth, and the other tribal commanders all nodded their heads, but Magatha said that he couldn't accept anything, and used it in a different way.

"One or two battles don't mean anything, and Chief Thrall would have given you his place if he was alive, and you're not in the right place, and when you're restored, you'll be good enough for it. So please don't say anything,"

...

Magatha repeatedly pushed back and promoted Kane or Sarufar, which brought the matter to an impasse, but in the end Kane accepted the position of acting first, of course, for some powers, such as military command, all of which were given to Magatha, of course, in terms of political discourse, Magatha must have more weight to speak than anyone else.

Soon they began to discuss what to do next, unlike most of the people who supported peace, Margasa did not agree, she knew how to win the war, that is, in some insidious way, Magassa knew that such an approach would not be approved by others, but Magassa had no choice, he did not want to let the tribe and the alliance fight and he would only be left with the withered tribe to rule. Of course, the main commanders of the various tribes who were originally convinced of her were arguing with her in turn.

"What do you say, let the Assassins act as envoys to assassinate the leaders of the Alliance?"

"Otherwise, I won't be able to win this war, Gianna and Ronin have proven the strength of their mana, and if we don't do this, there is no chance of victory. ”

"Then why can't we choose peace with them?"

"Only the strong have peace, and they will certainly make us give up the rights to the seas and even make us pay war reparations. ”

"They have nothing to lose, what do we pay for?"

"The Northern Fortress, the ships lost, and the tens of thousands of enemies slaughtered by my men above the Northern Fortress. When Magassa said this, she was clearly showing her own contribution. Because she was the only one who had completed the kill rate, and it was overfulfilled. "The alliance won't be generous enough to forgive us for what we did. ”

The other tribal commanders also expressed their dissatisfaction with her idea, after all, they could sneak up on the battlefield, but it was very humiliating to assassinate the leader of the other party as a negotiator. In the end, it was Kane who put the matter on hold.

"Let this matter go first, since the alliance is gone, then we should pay tribute to the dead chiefs and our warriors first..."

There was no objection to this proposal. But Magassa was very dissatisfied, not because her advice was not carried out, but because there were still many people in the tribe who wanted peace with the alliance, even if Thrall was "dead", or even so. In this regard, Magassa decided on the next step. It was proposed that the funeral be placed in the northern fortress. Everyone agreed, and she herself returned to the Northern Fortress first in the name of returning to the army, and when she arrived, she immediately arranged for her cronies and told them to do something to further provoke the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde...

Soon the Horde was marching towards the northern fortress. Compared to here, the Northern Fortress is indeed the best place, after all, it proves that their sacrifice is still worthwhile, and in terms of identity, Sal's death must also be held in a more solemn place, so of course, the place where it is held is best to be in the most prosperous place of the enemy who has been occupied, and the rooftop near the top headquarters of the Northern Fortress is the best place.

Of course, not all of them went there, and some messengers told the places about what was happening here and the fall of Thrall. The corpses of the uncharred orcs and the corpses of the Alliance were stacked separately, compared to the Horde, the corpses of the Alliance warriors were piled together like a hill, but the result was the same, that is, they were burned, except that the tribal warriors were burned on a platform made of wood. Kane led the warrior commanders of the tribe to read the eulogy and pay tribute to them according to their own customs, but just when the corpses of the tribe began to burn, the situation changed dramatically, because the smoke from them seemed to be highly poisonous, making the people around them unbearable, of course, this was not the point, the person closest to the corpse who set fire instantly felt uncomfortable after inhaling the excessive smoke and fell down, and the tribal warriors who were checking the situation around also fell down again before they could pick up the fallen soldier, and the tribal warriors who realized that the situation was wrong instantly felt that the situation was wrong and immediately recognized the source of the pollution, for which Drexar cameShamans such as Regal immediately changed the direction of the smoke to keep them away from the downwind of the tribe, and when the smoke blew towards the sea, everything around them withered because of the poisonous smoke, but here in the Alliance, it was not, and there was nothing unusual after the corpse was burned.

Everyone immediately thought of the reason, that is, the Alliance moved in the corpses of their own people, and after everyone realized that the previous fallen tribal warriors had been poisoned, some angry orcs led by Berks rushed to the corpses of the Alliance warriors and began to whip the corpses. However, they were finally stopped by the people of King Sarufar, although they were stopped, but these grievances have been buried deep among the tribal warriors, yes, that is the attitude towards the alliance, on the battlefield for the alliance that also dares to fight and kill, they still have a trace of respect in their hearts, even if it is the "death" of Thrall and the baptism of the blizzard and firestorm later, it still can't change that respect, after all, this is the way of war. But this time, they actually used the corpses of their own race to do things to them, which is a serious insult to honor. And through this incident, some orc commanders who were originally preparing for peace talks also changed their minds.

"We're going to fight the alliance to the end. ”

"Erase the Alliance****"

....

The tribe kept insulting the Alliance, which was originally a memorial service, and because of this, it became out of control. Kane saw that although this situation was also being stopped, he had already acquiesced in his decision to settle with the alliance. And at this time, a rapid airship appeared, which seemed to be the airship used by the emergency messengers of Razor Ridge.

Seeing this, all the more rational commanders would have recognized that something had happened to Razor Ridge, but to their surprise, Sal was at the door of the airship, at this moment he was at the entrance and exit of the airship, dragging the cable on the top of the airship and watching what was happening below, when he arrived on the rooftop, he jumped down in the air and jumped smoothly to the ground with the help of the wind elemental.

This came as a surprise to everyone. But that skill, along with his hammer of destruction and his black robes, was clearly Thrall himself.

"This is the funeral you arranged for me, what a mess!"

"Thrall, are you still alive?" The originally chaotic situation was immediately rectified, yes, everyone couldn't believe that he could survive such a destruction, but in this case, it was natural to warmly congratulate their chieftain on his survival, and Sal looked around again, obviously he realized something. But looking at the mountains of corpses in the Alliance, he wanted to know something else.

"What about the Alliance? Is it just the corpses of tens of thousands of people? ”

"Here's the thing. In response to Sal's question, Kane explained the current situation in detail, as well as the experience, originally Sal thought that his tribal warriors had defeated the Alliance, but in fact it ended dismally, after all, he lost his troops, but none of the main forces and main commanders of the Alliance were killed. But he didn't blame anyone, for he knew that the war would be lost when he left, but he mistakenly thought that the tribe had won a great victory compared to the way he first saw them gathered here.

However, Kane didn't just talk about the war with us, but also about the trampling of the corpses of the tribal warriors just now. Thrall felt even more hostile to the Alliance, after all, in his opinion, the Alliance had done whatever it took to achieve its goals. But now, he seems to be aware of our next step, although we withdraw from the mainland, then there is only one choice for the next step. That is to attack yourself with what you do best, that is, the navy and the naval base Dark Spear Island... Because only in this way can the Horde's sea power be completely cut off, and then use the mobility of the sea to fight an asymmetrical war with the Horde.

Thinking of this, Thrall had already begun to plan, such as strengthening support there, and of course, suppressing the alliance. But that's all for the future, and he doesn't care about the sooner rather than later, because here he needs to comfort the dead tribal warrior and the man who is so painful for him...

Thinking of her, Thrall instantly felt extremely sad in his heart, and after the sadness was more irrepressible anger, which was also accompanied by great anger, the flames were rekindled on the bonfire, and the poisonous smoke on the corpses of the original tribal warriors was also turned into smoke and dust because of this raging fire.

There are also the corpses of the Alliance warriors piled up, but unlike the tribal warriors, when they become ashes, the smoke and dust are eventually scattered by the wind, and the ashes of the tribe remain piled up here where each corpse is parked. Faced with this situation, Thrall led the kneeling to the martyrs of these tribes, and in this he voiced the common voice of most of them,

"Draw the Alliance...."

After the funeral, he also arranged specific steps, that is, to strengthen the support for Dark Spear Island, such as building a fort nearby, repairing some damaged warships in the Fear Coast as soon as possible, and speeding up the replenishment of new ships and increasing the number of Batriders, etc., of course, this is on the front, Sal knows that this may be far from being able to withstand the attack of the Alliance's main fleet, and in addition to the lack of strength, there are also Alliance's Gianna and others who can use the Finger of Death and Firestorm, Super magic like a powerful blizzard is a bug in itself. He felt some fear at the thought of this, so he had to make some more plans, such as attacking the island near the Dust Swamp, and the garrison here could also hold the energy of the Alliance's main fleet anyway.

Thrall proposed the plan, and all the tribal commanders expressed their support for the idea, and were eager to be entrusted with the task. In the end, it was up to him to decide that Kane and Magassa would lead the main forces into the dust swamp and wait for an opportunity to put pressure on the Alliance's nearby land island of Salamo to involve the Alliance's navy. Sarufar and Drexar led the orcs of the Frostwolves, Warsong and other major clans, as well as ogres and others, to quickly return to the capital region by himself.

These are all arrangements on Salmin's face, and the real purpose is known only to him. After the meeting, he secretly made some arrangements, that is, to send messengers to tell various places, concentrate all their army and military forces to assemble on the Saarland side, that is, to Razor Ridge, and the navy and air force to go to Dark Spear Island to deal with the Alliance's next attack on Dark Spear Island.

Thrall did this to make the Alliance afraid of the Tribe's large-scale airship landing battle, so he pushed Kane and Magassa and most of these main forces here to the Dust Swamp area, which made the Alliance have to arrange a large number of troops in Theramore to deal with it, which directly affected the Alliance's pressure on Dark Spear Island in the future.

Even so, Thrall was pretty sure I was going to attack Darkspear Island, as it contained the Horde's only dockyard and the rest of the fleet. Perhaps before the war, Thrall was very confident in his navy, but after seeing Gianna's power and the reinforcements of the alliance, he did not think that their navy had any chance of winning, and the fall of Dark Spear Island would definitely fall, and the fall would be the beginning of Thrall... Because he pinned all his hopes on the Alliance's landing battle after the capture of Dark Spear Island.

Yes, Kane and they are still leading the current main force to stay in the Dust Swamp area, which also shows an illusion to the Alliance, that is, the main force of the Horde is not in Razor Ridge, but in the Dust Swamp, which prompts me to go to the landing battle, after all, the capital of the Horde is in Razor Ridge, which is a huge temptation for the Alliance, but in fact, the main force of the real Horde is waiting for the Alliance to land, and then suddenly appears to catch our Alliance off guard when attacking Razor Ridge. Then take the opportunity to summon a great low tide when the Alliance Navy is approaching the beach as soon as possible, so that the Alliance fleet will be stuck on the beach and unable to move, and then there will be no escape in the face of a tsunami, so that the main force of the Alliance will inevitably die here. In this way, the alliance will be hit hard, and the next step on the alliance will no longer be an empty word.

Thrall was planning this plan, yes, he knew that the key to this war was whether the defense of Razor Ridge could go smoothly, and whether it could lead the alliance to an immediate landing battle. That's the crux of this war.

Just as Thrall was about to leave, Magassa arrived, and she continued to sell Sal her tactics, which were to Kane's use of the killer to hide as an emissary to kill the main figure of the Alliance. Thrall did not object, praising her for her excellent actions and her determination to defy the Alliance.

Although Magatha knew that her solution had not been adopted, she seemed to sense that Thrall seemed to have some way to defeat the Alliance. Of course, I also felt the incompatibility between Sal and the alliance, and the importance that Salr attached to himself. Maybe that's enough. When Magassa left, another figure appeared, knowing that it was his secret envoy Lockhan, and the calm troll did not greet Thrall alive as the others did, but relayed some of his suspicions.

For example, in the case of the corpses of the tribe, because Lockhan noticed that these corpses had just been reset, and the poison put into it was a product of the Mogaure region in the inland region of Kalimdor, of course, these poisons may also come from the centaurs, but the centaurs did not use any poison gas weapons in several battles with the centaurs, and it was really surprising that so many suddenly appeared.

Another example is the release of Berks that Kane did not mention, if the alliance released its generals at this time, it can be regarded as showing the alliance's peace sincerity to the tribe, after all, at that time, Magassa had slaughtered a large number of soldiers and civilians in the rear of the alliance, and Arthas had no reason to let him go. Of course, there was also the news that Mavi had already supported the Alliance, and although some of the priestess knights had joined the Alliance, they did not hurt the tribal warriors. Even the arrows that Mavi shot only hit Kane's spear hilt, and these things made Sal feel strange.

But Sal didn't think much of it, after all, he had an important plan to plan. Sal only explained that Lockhan continued to investigate the reason, and then regrouped his troops and headed for Razor Ridge. Kane also led the rest of the army deep into the Dust Swamp. Preparations for the second battle on the Horde's side began immediately.