The war between the Union and the Horde was in full swing in the plains, not far off the southern coast of the Hillsbrad Hills, and intensified.

Although the leaders of the alliance had prepared for the battle in advance and eliminated many of the orcs who landed, the tide of the war began to turn to a close balance as more and more tribal fleets landed on the beach.

While the fighting was raging and the two sides were at loggerheads, Varian's party had already set off for Hinterland and arrived at Dunhold Castle, northeast of the Hillsbrad Hills.

Upon receiving news of the Horde's imminent landing on Lordaeron's subcontinent, Varian ordered the march to be accelerated, and it took five days less than it had taken to reach Dunhold Castle.

This is also due to the fact that Varian's Storm Guardians participated in the Hammer Dwarf troll hunt in Hinterland, and after a few combat trainings, the whole team has improved a lot, and they are no longer just trained.

Varian was accompanied by a team of Hammer Dwarven Griffin Knights led by Kudran, who were the most desperate air force in the Coalition right now.

The presence of the Griffin Knights also meant that Varian's team had better reconnaissance methods, and it was much easier and clearer to observe the enemy from the sky than from the ground.

In this way, there is no need for the High Elves who accompany the team to act as scouts to find their way, after all, the hills of Hillsbrad are mostly plains, and there are few trees here, making it difficult to give full play to the jungle combat advantages of the High Elf Ranger.

After arriving at Dunhold Castle, Varian and Kudran decided to rest for the day before continuing on their way.

On the one hand, the whole team was a little tired after these days of rapid marching. On the other hand, they may encounter the landed orcs on the next journey, so Varian wants Kudran to send a few griffon knights to reconnoiter the road ahead and get accurate information before continuing the march.

I have to admit that the griffon knights flying in the sky do have the advantages of being efficient and accurate in detecting the enemy.

That afternoon, Kudran arrived at Varian's chamber with the results of the Griffin Knight's investigation.

"According to Brubaker's observations, those orcs have taken over this area of the southeast coast." At his desk, Kudran pointed to the map and traced the distribution of the orc forces detected by Griffin Knight Brubaker.

"In addition, the orc tribe has sent wolf cavalry scouts around, and if we continue to march along the main road, it will be easy to run into their scout team."

"How is the battle on the battlefield of the Alliance and Horde right now?" Varian asked, looking at the map.

"It's not clear that there are forest troll headhunters among the orc tribes, and their spear throwing is a threat to griffon knights, so Brubaker and they didn't go too far into the battlefield to scout, these damn greenskins!" Kudran said, tugging at his beard.

"Forest trolls......" Varian mused.

The headhunters were the elite of Amani's trolls, and they were temporarily working for the orcs in order to help save Zurkin, the leader of the forest trolls.

Varian remembers that Zulkin was imprisoned by the humans in a prisoner of war camp not far outside Dunhold Castle, but he didn't intend to attack the forest troll overseer, but had his own plans.

Because according to the intelligence of MI7 agents, although Varian has intervened, the alliance is more prepared than the original timeline, and has successfully resisted the advance of the orc army, making Orgrim's plan to attack the heart of the human kingdom, the city of Lordaeron, frustrated.

But the orcs who drank the blood of demons have no doubt about their combat effectiveness, and they also have death knights who spread fear and pain, and the alliance simply cannot defeat the horde on the battlefield, and the war can only be stalemate.

A large number of human soldiers will die in this war, which will undoubtedly greatly weaken the strength of the Alliance's countries, and this is not what Varian wants to see.

After all, Varian was counting on the Alliance to help him rebuild the Stormwind Kingdom after the war, and if they suffered heavy losses from the war, where would they have more resources to help him?

Besides, Azeroth is not the only human race, and if humanity as a whole declines because of this war, it will not be good for Varian and the Stormwind Kingdom.

Varian is not some kind of "sacrifice my humanity for the happiness of other races", and the right to speak in races is not something that can be obtained through humility and friendship.

So Varian had to find a way to pull other races into the game, such as the Hammer Dwarves.

And judging from the memories of his previous life, Orc, the Great Chief of the Orcs, should not want to have a protracted war with the Alliance here at this time, so Zurkin, the overseer of the Amani Trolls, has become the key person to break the game.

Zurkin is so obsessed with his old enemies that if the orcs want to join forces with the forest trolls to join the tribe, they must first help them destroy the High Elves of Quel'Thalas.

Orgrim would not refuse Zurkin's request, which would greatly reduce the pressure on the Alliance's defenses around the Hillsbrad Hills, and the High Elves, who had always taken a non-caring attitude, would be drawn into the war.

Moreover, if the Horde army wanted to attack Quel'Thalas, it would have to pass through Hinterland, and it would inevitably invade the sphere of influence of the Hammer Dwarves.

If the situation develops to this point, none of the three major races in the Lordaeron subcontinent will be able to stay out of the situation, and all of them will be involved in this war, and the human forces will not be too badly lost.

Now it's up to Orgrim to give up on the Coalition and lead the horde to the east.

Varian thought for a moment, drew a curve on the map, and said, "Then we'll head northwest, pass Tarummir and turn south." Although we took a detour, we were able to avoid being discovered by the tribe as much as possible. ”

Varian certainly didn't want his descendants to lose anything, the humans and Hammer Dwarves in this team combined were less than three hundred, and most of the humans were recruits who hadn't fought a few battles.

If they were discovered by the orc wolf cavalry scouts and had attracted the main force of the orcs, they would surely be wiped out.

"A wise choice." Kudran nodded and said, "According to Brubaker's report, those orcs are indeed very strong, and although they are all nasty greenskins, even the Brute Hammer Dwarves are not necessarily stronger than them. ”

Varian clapped his hands and said, "Then it's decided, let's rest for another night today, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

PS: Today is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival!