The Lich King hated Tyranus for not being angry.

But Terranus was still more obedient.

And although the night battle suffered heavy losses, it did not lose its old capital.

The lair that made the Lich King jealous was not exposed, and the night battle was given the power to clean up the battlefield, and Tyranus reported that in just one month, the lost combat power could be restored by 3%.

It may not sound like a lot, but it's actually quite a lot. You must know that the night battle has wiped out thousands of abominations, and 3 percent represents more than a thousand abominations, as long as you avoid Tolbairn's special combat power, it can still play an important role and influence.

Most importantly, although Tyranus lost, the forces in his hands were still enough to carry out the raid on the sewers of the royal city of Lordaeron, so as to cooperate with the series of actions of the southern expeditionary forces.

In comparison, Malganis is very damned.

What the Lich King hated most was that he had tricked Kel'thugad into drawing elite undead forces from Keldaron.

The topography of Keldaron is quite special. It was struck by meteorites in ancient times, creating a sunken terrain with a central bulge, like a miniature version of the Angolo crater.

Thousands of years later, the pit became a lake, and the central bulge Barov family used it to build the castle.

After Barov secretly defected to the Scourge Legion, the buildings on the surface did not change much, but the underground changed a lot.

The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the main facilities are all underground, supplemented by a large number of spellcasters and lethal marksmen, and there is no shortage of material food because of the early preparations.

This series of factors contributed to the solidity of Keldaron.

Of course, if the coalition forces do not fill it with human lives at any cost, they can still capture it.

But neither Terenus, nor Uther, nor Kane, the boss behind the scenes, who has a decisive influence, have that will.

So, the elves took the initiative to jump out, saying that they could use the trap tactics, supplemented by earthwork tactics, and gradually turn it into an experimental base and training ground.

The basis of the trap is that while Keldaron is difficult to attack, it is difficult for the defending side to get out, the boat crossing the lake is too conspicuous, it is difficult not to be discovered, and the only bridge is basically blown up in the battle that pit Uther and Alsace.

As for earthmoving tactics. It is mainly undertaken by the now famous Falken Construction Bureau. As a rough guide, the Sodoril River, the main source of water supply to Lake Talon, is to be intercepted and rerouted.

This sounds like a big project, and the investment seems a bit big, but it's not.

The Talon region is high in the north and low in the south, with the Sodoril River flowing into Lake Talon as a natural reservoir, and then the water flows south through the Icewind Valley between Alterac and Hinterland, and into the sea via Hillsbrad.

The important town of Talenmere in Hillsbrad and the town of Southsea on the coast depend on the river's freshwater life.

Kane, who had the advantage of prophetic information, knew early on that the Barov family would probably be the same as in history, and the Lich King hooked his fingers, and they ran over to be dogs.

Then, most of the psychic colleges, which were famous in the original historical line, will still open.

Even if the people there don't deliberately poison it, just the habit of people in this era to casually excrete their domestic production waste into the river gives people goosebumps just thinking about it.

After all, the essence of spiritism is that the dead soul deals with corpses, and with the addition of evil energy and other filthy powers, the associated wastewater is dirty and dangerous.

In addition, once the Scourge takes over Keldaron, it is also very likely to play 'Riptide Advance' and attack Hillsbrad.

Kane isn't afraid of this kind of harassment war, but he can prevent it in advance, so why not?

As a result, there was a dam project in the triangular valley area to the west of the Eagle's Nest Mountain, and an ice wind barrier project further north.

These two projects once occupied a large amount of construction capacity of the Falken Construction Bureau, and when the natural disaster began, neither was fully completed.

Naturally, these projects have been completed long ago.

Kane's iron-blooded swarm system is an accelerated development process, and it can be said that it is getting faster and faster before rushing to the stage bottleneck.

And the characteristic of the high magic world is to open the magic hanging, bypassing the difficulties, so that even the bottleneck is not very prominent.

Like Kane's core industrial part, from the level of the first industrial revolution to the level of the second industrial revolution, there was not even a stumble, and it rushed straight over.

One of the manifestations of the comprehensive improvement of science and technology is that the construction capacity has been enhanced a lot.

Even a layman can feel the increase in speed and the increase in specific machinery and equipment. In the past, earthworks could still see a large number of laborers working in full swing, but now they are gone, they are all equipment, plus spellcasters, such as earth diviners and shapers, who can make concrete pouring and the like with magical colors, mana force field shells, super quick drying, high-grade mud into stone, and solid concrete frames from scratch, often only taking ten minutes......

The Yalongs rebuilt the Shadow Tooth Fortress and built the Beiliu Fort, which is the result of emphasizing joint labor and efficiency on the basis of such construction technology.

Strong construction ability is the basis of earthwork tactics, and more importantly, it has the value of this tactic.

The elves presented Solas and Terenus with a detailed report of their investigation.

According to the report, the diversion of the Sodoril River is an important step for the Kingdom of Lordaeron to revitalize the town of Dalon.

The town of Dalong was breached by the Scourge Army, the people were slaughtered, and the nearby tombs were looted. But there is a lot of cooked land suitable for farming.

In order to get it back up and running, Terenus issued a number of preferential decrees, but the results were mediocre.

The main reason is that it is relatively close to the war zone of Keldaron, and there are fears of repeated fighting. In addition, when natural disasters attacked the city, the well was polluted very viciously, and it was not a short time to completely purify it.

In their report, the elves pointed out that if the diverted Sodoril River passed through this area, it could not only serve as a barrier, but also provide water for domestic production and connect with the river transportation system of the Falken Kingdom, and it was possible for the town of Talon to flourish again, and even replace the historical Stratholme as the capital of the Talon region.

As for the benefits to the Falken Kingdom, it is natural that the upstream water source is secured, and at the same time, the further prosperity of river transportation is also beneficial to the kingdom's economy.

Now the kingdom of Lordaeron is an eventful season, even if the non-war zone is still operating, it is mostly adopting a shrinking strategy, and the output has decreased significantly compared with previous years, but the demand is very strong.

To put it mildly, this is a good opportunity to transfer the wealth of the Kingdom of Lordaeron into the pockets of the Kingdom of Falken.

Terenus and the magnates listened very attentively, they were now in debt, and they also understood that only by organizing production and constantly creating wealth could they talk about anything else. The most fearful thing is not debt, but sitting on a mountain and having no income.

As for Soras, to be honest, he really didn't look down on the little benefits mentioned in the elves' reports.

He was indeed poor back then, but he is not what he used to be, and the reason is naturally that he has a great son.

So in this matter, it doesn't matter if the money is money or not, whether it affects Kane's big plan is the key, so Solas talked to his son.

Kane is actually fledgling and has a low dependence on the kingdom. immediately said generously: "Feel free, you can do it without making money." ”

Later, as the water level of Lake Tarong continued to drop, the pier foundation of the long bridge that had been blown up could be used again, and as long as the front side withstood the blow, the engineering team could use the mixed means of science and magic to quickly repair it. And once the repair is completed, it is not something that ordinary artillery can destroy.

By now, the long bridge, which is calculated in kilometers, has been almost repaired, with a width of nearly 100 meters, and small-scale team battles can be carried out.

In the face of the coalition's long-bridge advance tactics, the defending Scourge Corps also had to send troops to meet it in order to delay its speed. Therefore, it can be said that there are small-scale team battles every day.

The purpose of the elves' experiments and training has been achieved.

Of course, the same is true for the Scourge Legion.

It's just that, compared to their understanding of the coalition forces, the coalition officers and soldiers have a shallower understanding of the Scourge Legion, and they are not very suitable for fighting undead monsters, so the coalition forces benefit more.

The Lich King sent the fleet south to conquer the fleet, but in fact, he also had concerns about this.

The coalition forces were training troops in rotation in the Talon area, and it saw it. Knowing that if it continues like this, the three axes of the Cataclysm Legion will be fully understood, and at the same time, the Holy Light Armament and other effective tools against the Cataclysmic Legion, as well as the combat skills and tactics, are becoming more and more mature, which is very unfavorable to it.

In the final analysis, war is actually a competition of comprehensive capabilities, and the economy is important, and the wartime research and development capability is equally important. This also means that the more complete the system and strong production capacity, the higher the probability of having the last laugh.

And the Scourge Legion, from this point of view, is a very typical reckless and sword-turned, and if they want to achieve the goal of conquest, mystery and suddenness are indispensable.

The original historical line natural disaster army was raging, just like a storm, and before people could relax their minds, they had already become prisoners or those who lost their country, which truly reflected the speed of soldiers.

In the world where Kane came, the Scourge Legion unknowingly lost the opportunity to thrive.

When the original historical line of the Scourge Army started, the human countries had just experienced the second human-beast war, and were licking their wounds, unable to look outside, and the human civilization in this world had just risen for many years, and did not have a global strategic vision and strength.

The old troll empire has long since fallen apart, unwilling to forge ahead, and sinking into internal friction.

The elves also return to nature, bind their lives to the World Tree, and then wander in the magical version of the illusory world (Emerald Dreamland), regardless of the world.

There is a saying in Kane's hometown: If you don't have a long-term concern, you must have a near-term worry.

From this point of view, much of the suffering that befell Azeroth is not due to the rampant evil, but to the inaction of justice.

The Scourge swept through Northrend, and even the guardian dragons watched from the sidelines.

The Red Dragons, known as the guardians of all life in Azeroth, are looking for Nesario all over the world to take out that evil breath for themselves and their queen.

The Blue Dragons have been in a state of debacle since their betrayal by Nesario, and their leader, Malygos, is in a half-mad state, hatching a madness to purify the world with magic.

The green dragons were plagued by the Emerald Nightmare, but they were not vigilant enough, and they did not come up with an effective plan.

The bronze dragons play mysterious, and they are faceless in the Cave of Time in Tanaris, but they are already fighting each other (fighting their future selves Eternal Dragons).

Not to mention the Guardians, the dead dead (Tyr, Lydon), the prisoners (Odin, Mimiron), the enslaved (Hodir, Freya).

As a result, the Scourge Legion had no one to control and swept through Northrend, overcompleting the original accumulation.

But now, the harvest in Northrend is not very far away, because their bloody conquest is unpopular, and the Freemasons do their best to save people. In the end, the Freemasons gathered many more intelligent beings than the natural disaster side obtained more human resources.

Of course, there are still some areas to conquer, but the overall situation is very unfavorable for the Scourge Legion, and the possibility of another large-scale import is very slim.

Look at the Eastern Continent again.

The original historical line Arthas led a renegade expeditionary force, plus some backbones of the Scourge Legion, and with the cooperation of the Cursed Sect of Kel'thugad, they successfully overthrew the kingdom of Lordaeron, created the Great Plague Zone, and then attacked Quel'Salas and Dalaran, which can be said to have swept through the Northland, and the resources are too much to use.

But now, the population resources harvested by Kel'thugad and Malganis in the early stage are basically exhausted by the coalition forces after more than a year of fierce fighting.

And the Alsace line is not to mention, a typical loss of the wife and the loss of soldiers.

The Tyranus Division, which is considered to be an undead legion pulled up locally, was also severely cut by the Falken Volunteer Army not long ago.

Therefore, as long as you calculate the source of troops, you will find that the combat power of the Lich King's men is actually not particularly rich, and it all depends on the resurrection of the corpses that have accumulated for many years to support the huge scene.

What does this mean?

It means that the Scourge Legion's reliance on the combat power of the psychic undead system is much higher than that of the Middle Scourgeon Legion in the original historical line!

In this context, Marganis ruthlessly pit Kel'thugad, an important pillar of the psychic lineage, how could the Lich King not be angry?