The human army pursued it to the Blackstone Mountains on the Burning Plains, where the dwarven king Magni Copperbeard of Ironforge led an army of dwarves and joined forces with the elite human army of Ser Anduin Lothar to launch a vengeful assault on the orc army there.

In the end, the combined forces of humans and dwarves were victorious, and after paying the price of the death of the commander of the human alliance, Anduin Lothar, most of the orcs, including a few of their chieftains, became prisoners of the alliance.

Arthas still does not know what his father, King Terenus, had in mind at that time, and instead of killing all the orc captives, he set up one concentration camp after another and imprisoned them. Alsace once went to the concentration camp to see the orcs.

The orcs who were imprisoned in the concentration camps were completely different from the orcs described by the human soldiers who fought in the Great War. In Arthas's mind, the orc was supposed to be a very powerful humanoid creature, and even if he was untrained, an orc could easily defeat three or four adult human men.

But the orcs in the concentration camp became very decadent and tired one by one. Arthas had seen with his own eyes that a human overseer, without even a weapon, could control a large group of orcs with just a whip; Even if the camp's fence was damaged, or if the overseers were lazy and did not look after the orcs, they would not run away, but would just lazily bask in the sun and wait to eat food worse than pig food.

Arthas didn't know why the once fierce orcs became what they were, and even after more than ten years, the orc expeditionary force that went to the North Pole to defeat Arthas, who had become the Lich King, was far less ferocious and violent than their former ancestors, so Arthas always suspected that the rumors about the orcs were rumors born of fear.

However, the orcs that Arthas saw today made him feel a little strange. In the original stream of time, the orcs who had dealt with Arthas in Northrend were already very similar to humans - they would run away out of fear, they would use trickery and intrigues, and even their habits would gradually become the same as those of humans.

But today's orcs are more like wild beasts, knowing that hiding under the city will become a target for archers, but they will only rush into the doorway to die; After the steel gates were lowered, they fled in droves, without the appearance of an army at all; Now, another ferocious-looking little boss has been sent in, as if he is going to have a one-on-one duel with the defenders in the Dammod Fortress?

Arthas saw the appearance of these orcs today, and only then did he believe the rumors about these green-skinned invaders. However, another mystery was born - what made these brutal monsters choose to give up when they came to the royal city of Lordaeron, and they were only one step away from destroying the last resistance of humanity, and then turned into a fightless state?

Arthas felt that there was a great conspiracy hidden in the orc changes, but he had no clue. Just like the Red Dragon Legion that quietly appeared and disappeared in the orc army in the original flow of time. Just as Arthas was troubled by these ethereal mysteries, Danas gasped and said, "This orc...... I'm no match for it. ”

Danas now had to admit that Mograine was right, that the orc was indeed a strong enough warrior. It is true that there is a gap between the human body and the orcs and dwarves, but Danas is not too afraid of these green-skinned monsters. As the prince of Riptide Castle, Danas has been honing and practicing his fighting skills since he was just able to pick up a wooden two-handed sword.

A simple sword swing and slash alone would have to be done a thousand times a morning by Danas, no matter how busy he was; The same is true for other training, such as equestrianism and footwork. Therefore, a human warrior like Danas is no worse than an ordinary orc soldier in a solo fight.

But Danas asked himself if he could have stopped Wenlesa's arrows so lightly, let alone such a huge axe, which was hit by five arrows in a row, and the orc's wrist did not shake - one can imagine how amazing its wrist strength was, and equally amazing was its eyesight and reaction speed, which were essential for a top warrior.

Arthas breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Danas had admitted this—Arthas was not worried that Danas would rush over and fight the orc like a hot-blooded young man, and he knew that Danas was not a reckless man like Garin Torbain. As long as he can distinguish the difference in strength between friend and foe, Danas will not rush to death.

"So...... Prince Danas, what are you going to do with that orc's provocation? Arthas asked. Leave it alone. Danas decided, "Let it be outside...... Take advantage of this time to put all the affairs in the fortress in order, and wait for the dwarves to wake up...... Maybe we can also launch a counterattack. ”

Danas didn't know how many orcs there were outside the city, and the forest obstructed his vision. However, if you count the combat strength of the five thousand dwarves, and the militia of Torrent Castle under his command, who have already sharpened their knives, they may be able to take advantage of the next orc attack to kill and take this group of greenskins by surprise.

Moreover, the human army inside the fortress of Dammod did need to rest, and Danas had found many archers bleeding from their fingers; In addition to the removal of these archers, the arrows in the castle also needed to be replenished - although the dwarves had accumulated a large amount of strategic resources in this fortress, because the race was accustomed to using muskets as long-range weapons, the human archers could only be supplied with arrows from the Rapids Barracks on the other side of the bridge.

Arthas nodded, feeling that Prince Danas had made the right decision. It's just a counterattack against the orcs...... Arthas felt that he was still blind, this bald uncle is not crazy enough, he is crazy and he is not a human - just now Arthas praised him for making a rational judgment in the matter of dueling with the orcs, and then he is going out of the city to duel with the orc army?

Arthas didn't know how many orcs there were, but there were thousands of them he had just seen in the city, and he didn't know how many were hidden in the woods; The wetlands outside the fortress of Danmod are also occupied by orcs, and the terrain is flat, and Prince Danas wants to lead his army out of the city to meet the enemy, isn't that self-defeating?