Chapter 125: Her Majesty
The plan to use the super sky city of Dalaran to carry the Alliance army over the Wall of Greymane and raid Gilneth was very successful. The Scourge had no idea that they would adopt such a risky, almost defying military common sense.
However, Darkan, the leader of the Scourge, also used this unexpected way to raid Gilneth. Now is the time to treat others as they would have been treated.
After landing, the Alliance army was divided into two routes, one was dominated by the Southern Army of Lordaeron, plus the Brute Hammer tribe and the advance team of Fort Riptide, which was responsible for attacking the northern part of Gilneys; On the other hand, the Valoran coalition and the Gilneth Brigade were responsible for attacking south from eastern Gilneth until the connection with Storm Cliffs was opened. In this way, in the vicinity of Gilneth City, the south, north, and east directions will be controlled by the Alliance, and the scope of the natural disaster will be limited to the city of Gilneth and a quarter of its western quarter.
The Scourge on the Walls of Greymane did not dare to leave the protection of the walls to attack the Alliance forces behind them, as there were still troops on the front line of Burning Wood Village. With the support of Dalaran, the only way to leave the city walls is to die!
The coalition forces are progressing very well. The Eastern Coalition led by Jiang Weihan has re-liberated the village of Ember Stone. Resistance to natural disasters is very weak. Aside from the somewhat threatening troops they were sent out at the beginning, the only ones who came to stop them now were vulnerable guys like skeletons summoned from the graveyard. The other side seems to have made up their minds to defend the city of Gilneth and the wall of Greyman.
What awaits the Scourge Legion is that the Alliance Army will be surrounded on three sides, or even on all sides, and finally completely eradicate the fate of the Scourge!
A qiē is being realized gradually.
Jiang Weihan's temporary headquarters was set up in Ember Stone Village. Famous for its ember veins, it is the largest ore producer in Gilnehs, and almost all locals work related to mining them. After a natural disaster. Most of the people here did not die, and the Scourge enslaved them to continue mining ore, using it all to smelt and craft weapons.
After the natural disasters were eliminated, the people of Ember Stone Village regained their freedom. Rona. Miss Crowley took over for the time being, and she was a native of Gilneis. Trouble can be avoided as much as possible.
Jiang Weihan had just eaten breakfast and was about to take care of official business when Kyle walked in. Although she didn't speak, and she couldn't see her expression, Jiang Weihan felt that she seemed to have brought bad news. Sure enough,
"Your Excellency, Prince Liam and his guards burned and scuttled most of the large ships of the Alliance Navy in the early hours of this morning, and then escaped from the sea aboard Admiral Dalin's flagship. I'm tracking them. And look for opportunities to eliminate this threat - Cassadine. ”
Jiang Weihan read it word by word, and he only felt very tired. He was a little frustrated, and after all this work, did Liam still slide into the abyss?
Yesterday, Cassadine's last letter referred to the tragedy at Greymane's estate, and he had a strong premonition. He has always admired Liam. Although the only time they met was not pleasant, thinking of what happened to him, as well as his integrity and bravery in the original history, Jiang Weihan felt that he still had a chance to save him.
Unfortunately, it still failed.
"Am I doing something wrong?" Jiang Weihan leaned back in his chair tiredly, "I did another meaningless thing." ”
If you had acted in advance when you saw that the target of the disaster was Liam, the result would have been completely different. He thought so.
Kyle stepped forward and looked at him. Makes him a little weird.
"Are you waiting for me to comfort you?" She said.
“…… Not really. Jiang Weihan suddenly felt that his thoughts had gone on a fork in the road. He stood up and regained his spirits, "We can't be led by the nose by natural disasters anymore. We're going to get into our own rhythm! ”
Jiang Weihan then informed the Valoran coalition that it was ready to retreat at any time. He also asked the ** division Vargas to contact Dalaran and prepare to meet them.
After the order was given, Luo Na, who was completely incomprehensible, came to the door, and the thorny rose directly asked loudly: "Your Excellency Jiang Weihan, what does your order mean?" ”
"Look at this." Jiang Weihan handed her Cassadine's letter, and her eyes widened in disbelief after reading it: "This is not true, is it?" How is this possible? How could Liam do such a thing? ”
"Nobody wants to believe it. But I trust my subordinates not to lie to me. Jiang Weihan replied.
"If that's true, I'll apologize to you." Rhona said. Then he asked, puzzled, "But even if it's true." Then why give the order to retreat? It says that Liam only took his personal guards. Without him, we could have saved Gilneth too! ”
Jiang Weihan said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Liam's actions cost more than just a small number of troops. What is more important is the warship of the alliance and the relationship of trust between them. I'm afraid that after this news gets out, the alliance will change its attitude. ”
This is Jiang Weihan's speculation. In fact, even if the alliance is really willing to help Gilneth regardless of its previous suspicions, it is estimated that it will not continue to invest a large number of troops at this point in time. The loss of the ships would have left the army in Gilneth almost without a way out. If something happens to Dalaran, they will be a lone army.
No alliance leader can afford to take such a risk. Jiang Weihan is the same. Therefore, it is the safest choice to exit Gilneth in time and wait for the opportunity.
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As Princess Tess's escape boat was on her way to Twilight Bay, where the Resistance headquarters was located, she saw Kurtilas' naval flagship, the Spirit, and two other warships in the distance.
She knew the ship: "Is that the ship of His Majesty Dalin, to return to Kurtiras?" In the past two days, she had heard that the combined fleet of the Union Navy's Lordaeron and Kurtilas had sent troops to land in Twilight to help Gilneth defend the front and run the refugees.
"Look in this direction." Dr. Cronan replied.
"I really don't know how to thank the Alliance...... Did Dai Lin actually use his flagship to transport refugees? Princess Tess was grateful. She was much more cheerful than she had been at the manor. Because Ezreal told him that another hero had gone to save her brother, Prince Liam. The other party should have arrived in Twilight by now, and she only needs to go back to see her brother.
After all the ordeals, Princess Tess feels that as long as her brother is still around, she is a blessing in misfortune. She wanted to throw herself on Liam's shoulder and cry. Then pick yourself back and save Gilneth.
Ezreal stood on the bow of the ship, and he saw the ship too, but he didn't feel so good. With his instincts, honed over years of adventure, he felt that there should be something wrong with the ship.
His instincts were right - the Spirit was Liam's flagship of Kul Tiras. These three ships were almost the fastest ships of Kurtilas. The Spirit, in particular, is the premier sail battleship in Azeroth, with both firepower and speed.
Liam will travel to Northrend, the tundra, on this ship, to find Frostmourn and Ice Armor, and then he'll have the power to take revenge on the demons!
The fates of these two siblings passed by in this way, and they sailed in very different directions.
When Tess's ship returns to Twilight, she wonders why there are so many planks floating on the surface of the sea, as if there had been a naval battle. And after landing, she saw a scene she had never expected:
The Gilneth soldiers, who had previously been grateful for the Alliance's rescue, looked panicked and uneasy, and they were in a huddle that was clearly distinguishable from the rest of the Alliance forces.
The Coalition's rescue forces looked at them with no friendliness, and they seemed to treat every Gilneth soldier as a traitor.
'What the hell is going on here?' She was terrified and puzzled.
When they saw her return, the people of Gilneth seemed to have found her at once, and the soldiers gathered her in the crowd, guarding her and escorting her to Lord Godfrey.
Tess's mind was full of questions, and they were answered by Goldrey—the answers she didn't want to believe.
Liam and his most loyal guards blew up and scuttled the Combined Fleet's ships, and stole the flagship of the Courage and two other destroyers from Kurtilas.
He has betrayed Gilneth, betrayed the Alliance, and even ...... Betrayed humanity!
Lord Hervel followed Liam, and now Gilneth was left with only four ministers: Goldfrey, Darius, Ashbury, and Walden.
With the exception of Walden, who was still guarding Storm Sea Cliffs, the other three had gathered here.
They were still arguing about how to deal with the alliance after Liam did something like this.
High Frey built yì to re-establish Gilness; Darius built a dependent alliance; Ashbury and Walden even proposed splitting Gilneth and going their separate ways. No one can convince anyone.
And Tess's appearance provides them with a consistent path to compromise.
Gao Frey took off his top hat first, knelt down on one knee and said, "Princess, I am willing to serve you as the king of Gilneis!" ”
Tess has no master, and she never wanted to be a queen. She had no idea what to do.
Ashbury thought for a moment and bowed his head: "Princess Tess, if you become the queen of Gilneis, Lord Walden and I are willing to follow!" ”
Only the last Darius remained, and he was silent for a while, and then also knelt down on one knee: "I hope you will remember the lessons of your predecessors and lead Gilneth on the right path." ”
"But...... I ...... "Tess didn't know what to do." The Gilneys in front of her knelt down, even the royal physician Cronan. Only one other person was still standing—the explorer Ezreal who had escorted her back.
She couldn't help but cast a plea of help at Ezreal.
Ezreal smiled and encouraged, "Believe in yourself, you can do it!" ”
Princess Tess only felt that the smile was like a warm current that soothed her.
"I promised, please get up!" She bit her lip slightly, her voice trembling slightly.
"Her Majesty the Queen!" After Lord Goldfrey changed his words, he immediately threw the most practical question in front of her, "We need to repair the relationship with the Alliance immediately!" (To be continued)
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