Chapter 689: The First Line of Defense

The damage to the Sunwell gave the elves of Quel'Thalas an extra reason not to take part in the battle against the Burning Legion.

Of course, there are other reasons, such as Quel'Salas being in the northernmost part of the Eastern Continent and the Cursed Lands in the southernmost place, which is like supporting Christchurch in New Zealand from Anchorage, Alaska. It's really Guanshan Wanli, it's a pain.

Quel'Salas is not unarmed, and it is no problem for their puppet army to send thirty or twenty thousand.

The real personnel are less than 100, and even the logistics and maintenance of the puppets are all hired gnomes and dwarves.

In recent years, the large factory in Falken has trained many qualified mechanical engineers and technicians, and there is no shortage of people in this area.

Gilneth said, as always, please when I don't exist.

The architectural features of Kurtilas make it more severely damaged by geological weapons. And almost all of the detachment was abducted, which was also a big loss.

In addition, the three traditional enemies of the Fishmen, Naga, and Pirates also took advantage of the opportunity, so they only sent ships to support the war, mainly transport.

Dalaran's mages also suffered huge losses in the Alsace prison escape, and it was only because of Garin Thorbain's previous care that they sent a group of 100 mages. However, Antonidas said that the Floating Fortress project in Dalaran was nearing completion, and once completed, the Floating City would go to the front line to support the war.

So in the end, the only one who could support Stormwind was the Falken Kingdom.

In fact, the situation in the Kingdom of Falken is not very good.

The Lich King, backed by the message of the Eternalsaurus Prophet, knows how terrifying the developing kingdom of Falken is.

It can even be said that if it weren't for the fact that once he was marked as an enemy by Kane, he would rarely let it go, and the Lich King would not want to provoke Kane at all.

In this regard, the Lich King and the Eternal Dragons are brothers, and they know that Garin Thorbain will not be able to let them go, and their only chance is to master the ability to travel the Astral Plane before Garin rises.

Based on this line of thinking, the goal they set is to delay Kane's development, but they have to be careful and not too much. Because Kane has too many strong opponents, they have to go back in comparison, but if they jump too much and are targeted by Kane with all their might, it will be self-defeating.

So it's not easy for the Lich King and the Eternal Dragon, and Kane hasn't even revealed all his minions in Azeroth, and they already have a little bit of a sense of living under his terrifying power.

After Kane left Azeroth, the Lich King launched two more geological attacks on Garin.

The real core of the Kane series is located in Arathi's original Deadwood Village, the underground fortress below the current training base of the Temple of God, the Lich King knows, but it did not attack there, one of the reasons is that the rat thrower is afraid of provoking Kane, and the second reason is that the defense of the dungeon is very perfect, and the effect of geological attacks is limited.

The city of Garin was attacked three times, resulting in a serious decline in production capacity. The most important thing is that people's hearts are fluctuating, especially the disappearance of Prince Garin, and Solas can't solve the problem substantively, so people have little information about normal production and life, and eventually lead to the loss of industrial population.

The plan for the industrial base established by Kane has thus been destroyed. After all, only a perfect industrial base can bring down the cost and increase the production capacity.

However, Kane was not there, and in the absence of such an appealing backbone, Solas still failed to grasp the key point after all, so that the industrial population looked for their own mothers, dwarves and dwarfs, all returned to Ironforge and Nomorigen successively, and the technical team of the elves also flashed, and then a group of people were poached by emotional cards and high salaries, and Garin Industrial City withered.

Of course, it's just relatively speaking, and it's still quite powerful to really compare horizontally.

But this kind of power can't support the full capacity of a high-consumption war group like the Volunteer Army. After all, the cost of the defense force of the Kingdom of Falken is also very expensive.

The Falcon Vanguard, the Falcon, the Defence, and the famous Knights Templar, each of which is a gold-eating monster, as well as the Royal Navy...... I have to say that although Kane is very good at making money, he is equally good at spending money, when he is there, he can grasp the proportions himself, and he is not there, presided over by Soras, just by getting the order wrong, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of breaking the capital chain, and this situation will affect people's confidence, and then it will be a vicious circle.

As Garin's production capacity regressed, the Falcon and Defense were the first to weaken and become less active in order to save money.

Then there is the Knights Templar, using this combat force in a team way, which is too expensive, and Solas simply took out Kane's original mode of travel, further study, and rotational rest, so that the paladins were in a semi-idle state, and they also called it a beautiful name to accompany the family and start a family.

And when he followed Kane to the Silverpine Forest area, expanded Shadowfang Castle, rebuilt the town of Burning Wood and the port, and established the Volunteer Yarm Legion of the North Stream Castle, Solasen's request was, in a word, self-financing.

Falken can't afford to raise it here, aren't you good at engineering and construction, think of a way to run it yourself!

I have to say that this decision of Solas is a bit irresponsible.

In other words, he did not understand the characteristics of Kane's professional team, and wishful thinking that these teams were all multi-talented, but in fact it was not like that at all.

Fortunately, Kane had thought carefully and thoughtfully at the beginning, and considered what would happen to his forces in case he suddenly disappeared, so the system planned to be established was relatively comprehensive and could support each other.

The Reality Freemasons brought in a batch of materials to solve the urgent needs of the Wurm Legion, and then the Druid organization led by Teresa helped them quickly establish the planting area, and the Clover Guild, which had the most talent of all kinds, helped to fill the talent gap in several important categories.

Even the intelligence services helped, and the Phantom had not only military-related information, but also economic information. They helped to match the match, so that the Yalong Legion was integrated into the hot sand group, and found a market for the purchase and sale of materials. It is equivalent to indirectly trading with the tribes of Kalimdor, and even races such as the Night Elves, which revitalizes this group.

Of course, they are just alive, their sprinklers are so big that the well-known and rich people of Azeroth, like the goblin trade kings or something, can't afford to support them at all.

Speaking of this, we must talk about the Copper Puppet Army.

The super heavy infantry under the command of Windsor performed a series of brilliant feats in the battle against the Scourge in the Tirisfard Glades, and everyone was impressed by this warband.

In order to allow this warband to attend work normally, the Lordaeron Kingdom is basically smashing the pot and selling iron.

When someone complains about this, Terenus will say, "If you go to the Bronze Golem Warband, you will win more than 80%, and if you go to other troops, even if you don't take into account attrition, you can maintain 50% of your win." Also, either let the puppets go up, or fill with your lives, you choose. ”

Choosing a puppet, of course.

Puppets are expensive, depending on what they compare to, compared to their own lives, they are not very expensive.

After the end of the Scourge War, Lordaeron immediately unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and he really couldn't afford to raise it.

Windsor later approached the person in charge of Kane's side and said if he could recover and seal some of it?

The person in charge is the embodiment of the system that Kane planned early on, and Kane is not there, and he will not mess up the rules.

The dragon man organized a standing discussion similar to a cabinet meeting, which eventually approved the mothballing proposal.

The disabled seal will be slowly restored, or when the overall economy recovers and there is spare strength, it will be unsealed and overhauled.

Against this backdrop, the Burning Legion reopened the Black Gate and the news of its invasion of Azeroth arrived.

And even so, Wendthor still watched helplessly as the seal continued.

Because I can't afford it.

In the battle of the natural disaster, although the Storm Kingdom did not have many people, the money was not less, and the other was the empty horse, which was also a very expensive combat power.

Now that the Burning Legion is invading, the Stormwind Kingdom is the first to bear the brunt, and there are many places to spend money. Although the copper puppet is good, it really can't afford to raise it.

In the end, Windthor only kept 1,200 copper golems in good condition and shipped them to the front lines of the Cursed Lands.

This is also the blessing of Tokairn, who has removed all kinds of hidden dangers in wetlands, Lokmodan, Danmoro and other places from the source a few years ago, and has been vigorously advocating road construction, which has greatly reduced the safety and cost of transportation.

If the Bronze Puppet Legion were to march as they did from Northstream Fort to the Tirisfaring Woodlands, it is estimated that the Stormwind Kingdom would already need to file for bankruptcy protection before it reached the front line.

In terms of transportation, the dwarves and gnomes were more righteous and covered the related expenses, and the copper golems did not disappoint people, successfully curbing the offensive of the Burning Legion.

In fact, before the warband arrived, Stormwind's Fort Watch, built in the northeast of the Cursed Lands, had already fought against the vanguard of the Burning Legion.

Naturally, the Burning Legion's vanguard army could not be defeated by the Watchtower.

But the addition of Medivan and others has significantly changed the situation.

After Kane's disappearance, Medivan was one of those people who behaved more calmly.

Others include Gianna, Kael'thas, Ronin, etc., all of whom believe that even if an accident happens, Kane will definitely return safely, but it is only a matter of time.

Although they were confident, some projects were delayed or interrupted.

The delay was due to the Arcane Fortress, which was originally intended to be completed in two years, but it was delayed until Kane's return, and the Arcane Fortress was only about 55% complete, which naturally contributed to the invasion of the Burning Legion.

What was interrupted was Kane's original plan to inspect the camp in the original historical line Sunyarn and build a fortress-type druid temple based on the Well of Life.

Sevich was built, but not on a medium-to-medium scale, and its main shipping operations were Fort Watch in the northeast corner of the Cursed Lands, and Treasure Bay in the Valley of Thorns.

Places such as Crimson Beach (east of Sunveil) and Broken Beach (northeast of Sunveil, south of Fort Watch) in the Cursed Lands are not safe areas, and demons, trolls, naga, fishmen, blackened orcs, and ogres are active in these areas, so it is cheaper and safer to travel along the coastline by water.

The situation at Fort Overwatch is much better than that of the same period in the original historical line.

First of all, there is no blockage in the land lines of communication.

The Twilight Forest has been cleaned up by waves of brave paladins, slave hunters, and headhunters.

The Headwind Trail has also changed a lot since Medivan returned to Karazhan, and Medivan has deliberately sorted out the local environment by taking advantage of sitting on the magic net, and has advanced the environmental recovery speed by decades, so that less delicate plants such as alfalfa can be planted in the Karazan Valley.

As for the Swamp of Sorrows, Kazak let Kane kill him, and the exiled Draenei Breakers also connected with the Alliance, and while the situation of their group is improving day by day, their control over the western part of the Swamp is also increasing.

Coupled with the self-help production that started when Stormwind City's military budget was in arrears and supplies were not timely in those years, as well as the interaction with Karazan over the years, the status of Watchbun in the Stormwind Kingdom is more like a strong frontier count, which means that it does not rely on the central government, and the central government cannot command it.

Of course, they are still loyal to the kingdom and to mankind. This is also the bottom line for Kane, and even King Varian of the Stormwind Kingdom (Varian once entrusted Kane with carte blanche over the supply of the Watchtower).

The Overwatch was located south of the castle, the northernmost part of Broken Beach, and with the help of the castle, the terrain of the cliffs, and the cover of artillery, a small dock was built to open their maritime business, and sometimes the ships of the Kingdom of Falken would also come south here.

The main source of the Watchman is copper ore, which is located in the mountains to the north and west of the fort, and the quality is very good, and the reserves are very large. However, Arashi does not have such a large copper mine, but the consumption is not small, which is the basis for trading.

In particular, after Fort Watch took out a loan to purchase advanced mining machinery with copper ore as collateral, the two sides became more closely connected. As a result, the Watchtower also had a stable income, and then completed the repair of the castle, the improvement of the army's equipment, and also had enough high-quality food and gold and iron for training officers and soldiers to improve their combat capabilities.

As for actual combat training, it is natural to go to the vast wilderness of the Cursed Land to find demons and so on, and if you encounter an ogre, you can sell it for some good money if you catch it.

It can be said that if the Burning Legion hadn't come, although the environment in the Cursed Land would have been a bit worse, the soldiers and civilians of Fort Watch would still have a prosperous life, and they would not have gotten used to the birds and flowers and the pleasant seasons such as the Elwyn Forest area (the area where the royal city of Stormwind is located).

However, the Burning Legion, which loves to destroy cities, has arrived......