Chapter 295: Meeting with the Princess
Song Zheng had met Terenus before, but they had only been together for a short time, and they did not know much about the physical condition of the king of Lordaeron.
However, if you calculate the time, Terenus is indeed old, and if it is in the history of Warcraft, it should be about to be assassinated by Arthas after the fall at this time.
"Terenus, don't have an accident at this time......" Song Zheng prayed secretly.
Now is the most critical time in the fight against the undead scourge, and if the king of Lordaeron dies at this time, the impact will be too great.
Song Zheng soon sent a letter to Princess Kalia, hoping to meet her.
Originally, he thought that with Princess Kalia's current power, he would have to wait for a long time, but after just over an hour, the princess's attendants had personally come to welcome him to the palace.
It was not the first time that Song Zheng had entered Lordaeron's palace, but this time he was even more nervous than before.
The attendant had led him for a long time, and it seemed that he had already passed through the main hall and into the back court of the palace.
In the end, Song Zheng was taken to a small and beautiful building.
"Her Royal Highness is already waiting for the Baron inside."
"Oh......" Song Zheng followed the attendant into the door, and then saw Kalia Minahir in the room at a glance.
Princess Kalia still wears a relatively simple white dress, and she doesn't even wear any headdress on her head, but she used to like to be alone and always give people the feeling of an empty valley, but now she has another temperament...... The temperament of a queen!
"Your Highness the Princess." Song Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.
"Your Excellency, are you back? Could it be that something happened to Andohar? After seeing Song Zheng, Kalia immediately asked anxiously.
"The situation on the side of Andohar is very difficult, but it is still persistent, but His Royal Highness the Prince has learned that a large number of undead have entered the hinterland of Lordaeron, and they are concerned about the situation on the side of the royal capital, so they specially asked me to come back and take a look." Song Zheng hurriedly replied.
"Oh, it's okay over there." Kalia immediately breathed a sigh of relief, her brow furrowed, apparently worried about the situation on Andorhar's side.
"Princess, I don't know what the situation is on the royal capital? I will soon return to Andorjar and tell His Highness Arthas what is going on. ”
"This side of the royal capital...... Two days ago, some undead came to attack, but the number was very small, and they were quickly defeated by the garrison troops, but it is said that a large number of undead troops appeared on the side of Brill, and almost all of them fled to the royal capital, and some even fled directly to Dalaran, and the situation in the city was ...... Very confusing. Kalia smiled bitterly, not looking to hide anything, but her smile always seemed to be full of exhaustion.
"I don't know if the royal capital is ready to resist the undead natural disaster, although those undead have not directly attacked the royal capital yet, but when they have gained enough troops in the surrounding towns, they will attack the royal capital sooner or later." Song Zheng said in a deep voice.
"Hmm...... Everyone is actually aware of this, so they have been desperately strengthening the defenses of the city walls, and at the same time recruiting troops from among the refugees, hoping to reorganize a force, in addition...... It is to wait for Dalaran to come to our aid, Archmage Antonidas has promised to send troops within ten days, and will send troops to support us by land and water. Kalia said.
"Is Lord Antonidas finally going to send troops, it's a good thing, I don't know if other human kingdoms can send reinforcements?" Song Zheng asked curiously.
"Kurtilas has sent men, but their main force has not returned with the admiral's voyage, only two small fleets have arrived in the town of Nanhai, and they are willing to supply us with some war supplies, and the reinforcements from Fort Riptide have also arrived in the area of Dunhold, but their speed is very slow, it looks more like an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to take the Dunhold area, as for Gilneis...... They were only concerned with reinforcing their walls, and had no intention of sending troops at all. Kalia said with a sneer.
Song Zheng couldn't help but sigh secretly when she heard this, it seems that she has indeed been busy with government affairs recently, and she has a good understanding of the situation in various countries, which must be a big burden for Kalia, who has always liked to be quiet.
"I heard that His Majesty the King is going to put Gathiris in charge of the defense of the royal capital?" Song Zheng asked tentatively, in fact, this was what he was most worried about.
"Hmm...... Indeed, there are many people who have proposed that Marshal Gasiris be in charge of the defense of the royal capital, after all, he has fought with the undead, knows something about those undead, and has recently successfully contained the undead forces in the periphery of Andohal for a long time, and there is basically no one in the royal capital who knows the undead disaster better than him. Kalia hesitated for a moment, but did not deny the news.
"This ...... My status is low, and I shouldn't have said anything more about such a major event in the kingdom, but there are a few things I still want to tell Her Royal Highness. Song Zheng said with some hesitation.
"Your Excellency, you just say it, I have all the credit you have for the kingdom in my heart, but the situation is critical now, so I have not had time to hold a ceremony of commendation, otherwise the merits of the Baron will be enough to make him a marquis." Kalia smiled.
"The title doesn't matter, but I've met with Gasseris a few times, and even sending troops to the periphery of Andorhar to contain the undead is also my suggestion, according to my observations, Gasseris has long lost his courage in the face of the undead scourge, and he doesn't dare to fight the undead head-on again, this time the undead suddenly moved west, and the army he led fled without any resistance, I think he is no longer suitable to fight the undead scourge." Song Zheng said quite directly.
Although he didn't like to talk behind people's backs, the stakes were high, and he didn't want his long-term efforts to be in vain.
"Oh, so the Baron is against Marshal Gathris taking charge of the defense of the royal capital?" Kalia frowned slightly, obviously she didn't expect Song Zheng to oppose so directly.
"Yes, the safety of the royal capital is too important for Lordaeron, and there is absolutely no room for error, and although Marshal Gasseris is loyal to Lordaeron, his current state is indeed not suitable for leading an army to fight against the undead."
"And who does the Baron think would be more suitable?" Kalia's voice had become a little cold.