"What do you say?! Hinterland has discovered a large number of orcs landing! At least 30,000 in number? ”

The exclamation of the Duke of Lothar came from the commander's tent, and at this time, the supreme commander had already stood up directly from his seat, directly grabbing the herald's collar and shaking it back and forth, as if he wanted to confirm whether the other party was an orc fake, which could be regarded as a rare gaffe for a knight.

But none of the people sitting in the tent stopped him, on the contrary, whether it was the High Elves of Mowen or the leader of the Hammer Dwarves, Kudran. Brute Hammer, everyone's face was a little ugly, and their heads were lowered and they didn't know what they were thinking, but Tulayan stepped forward and whispered a few words of comfort to Lothar, so that he could let go of the poor messenger.

"I'm sorry!" Apologizing to the herald who was so frightened by him, Lothar quickly adjusted from the shock, he motioned for the herald to stand back, then looked at the few present with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what do you think should be done now?" ”

To be honest, this alliance can be said to be played by the tribe, from the beginning of the Battle of the Hills Bled Hills, to the current Hinterland landing, these orcs always do some unreasonable things, but these things completely make the entire alliance passive.

Located on the eastern shore of the continent of Lordaeron, between the elven kingdoms of Quel'Thalas and the Arathi Highlands, Hinterland is strategically located. From there, to the north, you can directly threaten the High Elves' settlements, to the south, you can attack the Arathi Heights, flank the north and south, and open the Sador Bridge, and to the west, face the Eagle's Nest, the only habitat of the Brutehammer Dwarves in Lordaeron. It is even said that after crossing the Eagle's Nest Mountain. The Horde's front can still reach the hinterland of the human kingdom, no different from the situation in the hills of Hillsbrad. At most, it is just one more Alterac mountain range, so the alliance must stop the orc army that has landed in Hinterland, otherwise the entire alliance may fall apart in an instant, after all, you can't ask the High Elves and Brute Hammer Dwarves to accompany you to stop the orcs here when their hometown is attacked.

But the key thing is not so simple, first of all, most of the main forces of the Terrans in the hills of Hillsbrad must not be withdrawn, one is to guard against the remnants of about 20,000 orcs on the opposite side, and on the other hand, with the marching speed of human foot soldiers, it is impossible to stop the other party in time. Unless the 20,000 remaining soldiers near the Sadol Bridge are mobilized, can the 20,000 really move?

Although judging from the previous intelligence, the total strength of the orc clan that crossed the border from the Dark Gate should not exceed the number of alliance troops, that is to say, except for the 20,000 orcs in the hills of Hillsbrad and the 30,000 orcs in Hinterland, the entire orc clan should have no remaining strength, but the key is the problem of these intelligences! From the beginning of the war to the present, the intelligence services of the alliance have been almost blind. None of the forecasts were accurate, and it was really difficult to have confidence in the information they had gathered before, and although it was due to the fall of the entire eastern kingdom and the south, the incompetence of their intelligence department was also a fact. Without knowing how many troops the orcs had, it would be unwise to evacuate the soldiers stationed at the Sador Bridge, if even it fell. The entire battlefield of the Alliance could be forced to form a fragile arc, and the orc army could concentrate its forces at any point to tear apart the Alliance's defenses. No matter how bad it is, it can calmly evacuate from the Sadol Bridge, which is undoubtedly unacceptable to the entire coalition.

Secondly. There is also the question of the direction of support, when they reach Hinterland, will the coalition forces block the western road to the Eagle's Nest Mountain, or the northern road of Quel'Salas, or the southern road of the Arathi Heights? You can't expect the orcs to stay near the coastline while you're marching, like here in the Hillsbrad Hills, to be left where they are! Orcs are not stupid, they were too arrogant before, and they wanted to annihilate the entire alliance troops in one fell swoop, and then march calmly, which can be seen from their previous formation, but the orcs who have suffered a loss will never underestimate the alliance again, so when the alliance arrives, the tribe's army must have left the Hinterland coastline, and the alliance cannot be stationed in all parts of the entire Hinterland, and can only rely on their own judgment to choose the direction of defense, and if one is not good, it is possible to pounce on the air.

But this judgment is very difficult, the three directions undoubtedly represent the interests of the three races in the alliance, once they are spoken, it may undoubtedly lead to the split of the alliance, and everyone present is the leader of each race, so they can naturally see the pass, and they are silent for a while.

Half an hour later, it was still Kudran. The brute hammer spoke first, only to see him say in a rough voice, in a sullen voice: "Do you still need to ask?" Of course, we went to support, and there are only 20,000 greenskins left on the other side, so we don't need to stay all here! With the footsteps of our griffin knights, it is estimated that we will be able to stop those green-skinned monsters in half a day! ”

Very wisely, he did not say the direction in which the rest of the troops should be reinforced, because of the mobility of the griffin knights, they actually came and supported in any direction, the key is the location of the remaining ground troops, which seems to be rough, but this Kudlan. Brutehammer's mind was also delicate, his words were equivalent to not speaking, he kicked the ball, and stayed in place.

And Lothar also didn't speak, just looked at Mo Wen with his eyes, for the Terrans, the best direction is naturally the Arathi Heights, there is Eagle's Nest Mountain blocking the road to the west of the orcs, he actually doesn't worry much about the problem of the hinterland of the Terrans, even if the Hammer Dwarves are wasted, it is not difficult to drag them to support, although it may make the Hammer Dwarves lose a little more in the early stage, but it can ensure the safety of the Terrans and the victory in the future, so as long as it is not the northern road of the High Elves, he can actually accept it.

It's just that Lothar is embarrassed to say this, after all, the elves can be said to have been invited by him and Archmage Antonidas, and he is embarrassed to let these elves even care about their homes and help them fight orcs.

Behind Mo Wen, Aurelia and Liadlin were both angry, they were not stupid, they could naturally see the meaning of everyone present, and couldn't help but want to say something, but Mo Wen waved his hand and stopped them.

I saw him smile lightly and said to Lothar and Kudran: "Well, then let's do it, please trouble the griffin knight of Lord Kudran to go and reconnoiter the situation of the Hinterland orcs first, and then the rest of our reinforcements will rush to the vicinity of Eagle's Nest Mountain!" As for the Sadol Bridge, I think with those 20,000 troops, even if there is any danger, it will not be defeated by the orcs for a while! ”

Lothar and Kudran breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, but Aurelia and Liadlin jumped straight up.

"--Your Highness!" The two of them shouted almost in unison, especially Aurelia, who was even more excited, considering that her parents and youngest sister still lived on the border south of Quel'Salas!

But Mo Wen shook his head and whispered something, and the two women sat down again, although they still stared at Lothar and Kudran viciously, but they still did not continue to object.

Seeing this, Lothar and Kudran finally fell in their hearts, and then they saw Kudran patting his chest and solemnly said to Mo Wen: "Your Highness Kael'thas, your kindness today will definitely be remembered by our Brute Hammer Dwarves, and you will be our most honored friend!" ”

Before the overall situation is stable, the brute hammer dwarf can still pretend to be stupid, but after the results come out, with the dwarf's honest temperament, he can't let them speak with their conscience, so he expressed his goodwill at the first time.

On the other side, Lothar did the same, only to see him sigh softly, and said the same: "Your Highness Kael'thas, this time it was our Terran mistake, and I swear to you here, if Quel'Thalas is really attacked, even if our Terran sheds the last drop of blood, we will make those orcs pay!" ”

For the two people who looked excited, Mo Wen smiled lightly, and then said: "Your Excellency Lothar and Your Excellency Kudran, now is not the time to talk about these things, let's prepare early and send troops first!" ”

Perhaps in the eyes of Lothar and Kudran, Mo Wen sacrificed the interests of his own race in exchange for the overall situation, but is this really the case? (To be continued......)

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