Chapter 157: Down or Not Down
The wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen. The more dangerous the moment, the more you can see a person's character ability.
There was a group of wine bags and rice bags under his hands, and Rhine was on fire when he thought about it.
Not to mention the rout of Night Town, the defeat is defeated, it is useless to talk about more, although this defeat makes Rhine angry, it is not the biggest reason for him to be angry. The most important reason for Rhine's depression was the performance of some aristocratic officers after the defeat.
The savage orcs who emerge from the Dark Swamp may be familiar with the Dark Swamp, but they may not be able to emerge from the Dark Swamp. The vast Twilight Forest and the Elwyn Forest are so large that how much of a place can the orcs explore in a hurry?
If you are not familiar with the place, you are talking about the situation of the orcs.
After the defeat of Night Town, as long as the officers of the kingdom have a little brain, they can easily use their familiarity with geography to get rid of the pursuit of the orcs. Not only that, but if the ability is even a little stronger, it will not be difficult to lead the orcs astray.
Look at the aristocratic officer named Reginald and his partner, the civilian officer named Marcus, these two are doing very well. As soon as the orcs broke through Nightshade, they retreated in the direction of Red Ridge Mountain, leading the pursuing orc army to the easternmost part of the kingdom.
On the other hand, the guys sent by the Council to take over the power not only did not take advantage of the terrain after defeat, but ran all the way towards Stormwind. It didn't matter if they did this, the important thing was that the orcs chasing after their butts didn't even have to explore the terrain and followed them directly to find Stormwind.
Pig teammates, proper pig teammates.
Not to mention Rhine, even Ainan can only sigh when he encounters this situation: "I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates." ”
What is Stormwind?
It was the capital of the Stormwind Kingdom, the heart of the kingdom, and its importance was self-evident. If something goes wrong in Stormwind, something big will happen to the whole kingdom.
The orcs didn't find out that Rhine in Stormwind City could also use the terrain to maneuver around and buy time for mobilizing troops and recruiting soldiers, but a group of noble councils went out to lead the way and brought the orcs directly to Stormwind City, so that Rhine lost his strategic space and had no room to move around, so he could only defend Stormwind City.
You guys, are you sure you're not an orc pretending to be a human to infiltrate the kingdom?
If it weren't for the sake of the overall situation, if it weren't for the fear that killing them would cause turmoil in the city, Rhine would have sent them to the gallows and hanged them one by one to vent his anger.
Vortagen stood beside Rhine, his face full of anxiety: "The pursuing orc forces did not attack after discovering Stormwind, but retreated as fast as they could. I don't think they're scared, these orcs must have gone to inform their large army, and I think there's going to be a tough battle in Stormwind soon. ”
Rhine was convinced of Vortagen's words.
The orcs fought bravely, and they didn't even take their own lives seriously when they fought, how could they be scared away?
Something unusual is a demon, and such an abnormal behavior of the orcs just shows that they have a big move, and this big move doesn't need to be guessed, except for Stormwind City.
Stormwind was built on a hill and was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was said that the defender had an advantage, but Rhine was not happy about this.
They were all killed in the royal city, and they forced themselves to rely on the city to defend it, if they were all happy, it would be too heartless.
Since the founding of the ancestors, there has never been a matter of being forced into Stormwind City by foreign soldiers for hundreds of nearly a thousand years, but now that he has been encountered by himself, the depression in Rhine's heart is not to mention.
This is a shame, a great shame destined to be recorded in the annals of the kingdom, and his name will be accompanied by this shame and will be ridiculed by posterity.
The thought of this Rhine makes him feel the urge to cut people.
Not to mention the loss of Night Town, he also brought the orcs to Stormwind City, so that his own family was caught by the orcs, and the group of fools in the noble council are really not enough to succeed.
Depression is depressed, anger is anger, even if Rhine has a thousand fires and hatreds, he can only suppress it in his heart. The threat of orcs is serious enough, and there must be chaos within the kingdom at this moment.
"There are not enough defenders in the city, even among the civilians, it is too late to recruit soldiers, and now there is only an army to recruit the Xiquan Fortress."
Rhine said, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes.
Located on the border of Elwyn Forest and the Fertile West, Westspring Fortress was the most important point for the royal family of Urion to hold the west and prevent the expansion of the power of the Grand Duke of Lothar. There is an elite army loyal to the royal family stationed there all year round, and their hand in the House of Lothar cannot reach into the Elwyn Forest.
It was inevitable that Lothar would take advantage of the emptiness of the Westspring Fortress, and now, in order to defend Stormwind Rhine, he couldn't take much care of it. The royal family's territory was invaded by Lothar's forces, and if the threat of the orcs was not solved, what would we talk about in the future?
"Your Majesty, things haven't gotten that bad." Vortagen objected, "There are quite a few nobles in Stormwind, and their guards are also a big force. In addition, there is a garrison in the North County, and His Majesty can order them to come to support. ”
Stormwind is the royal capital, and it may be an exaggeration to describe that there are as many nobles as dogs, but there are definitely a lot of nobles. The nobles will form guards for their own safety, and these guards range from a dozen or twenty to hundreds, and all of them are good hands, and their strength cannot be underestimated.
Rhein gave Vortagan a deep look, and he understood why Vortagan objected.
The Council of Nobles, with the Twilight Forest as its base camp, suffered the most from the orcs, and now the orcs have entered the Elwyn Forest and are about to attack Stormwind. In the style of orcs fighting for their lives, even if Stormwind City can defend it, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and the vast majority of the forces in the royal city are loyal to the Wryon family, which means that the power of the royal family will be greatly damaged.
Originally, the Storm Kingdom was a royal family, a parliament, and a grand duke, but now the strength of the first two has been damaged, and the fertile western wilderness, which has not been affected by the war, has a dominant trend. If the people of Lothar really took advantage of the situation to take control of the Xiquan Fortress and obtain the bridgehead for the eastward advance, the power of the Lothar family would be very difficult to govern in the future.
As the head of the council, how could Vortagan allow such a thing to happen, and it was in the interest of the council to maintain the power of the kingdom for hundreds of years.
From the bottom of his heart, Rhine was also unwilling to lose such a vital place as the Westspring Fortress, and since Fortagan had brought it up, he took the opportunity to say, "I will give an order to the troops of the Northern County to come to Stormwind City as soon as possible." As for persuading the nobles of the city to surrender their guards, it will bother you. ”
The illusion of spells clearly conveys every detail, and for a demigod mage like Ainam, as long as the mana is enough, even the scene thousands of miles away is still in front of him. Rhine would not have thought that his every move was under someone's surveillance.
"At this time, I still want to control the power, tsk......"
Ainan shook his head.
"The prelude to the troubled times is about to begin, and there will be no turning back after a bet falls, Egwen, do you say that I will go down or not?"