Volume III Kuroshio 61 The Silver Hand
This victory is very important to us, and it is no exaggeration to say that it was of great significance to the war as a whole.
Even if it's a pyrrhic victory.
When the battle was over, we temporarily retreated to Dunhold Fortress, which was the first time I had been there. Later, Lothar also arrived here with his troops.
General Haas did not go to Lordaeron for the inaugural meeting of the Alliance. But he knew that the man standing in front of him now was the commander of the Union Army. He showed the temperament and politeness of an aristocratic person.
The fortress of Dunhold is the easternmost fortress of the Kingdom of Alterac. From here, it only takes about two days to see the legacy of King Soladin.
The Great Wall has survived for millennia, and is still the dividing line between the kingdoms of Stormgard and Alterac. Although they don't know what the current situation of the garrison defense on the Great Wall is, they may already know about the landing of the orcs in Nanhai Town. If that were the case, the city would have been locked by now.
To be honest, I really didn't think that the majestic Great Wall would fall in the same way that it fell at that time. But what happened after that proved a truth, eh...... A truth that can rise to the prosperity and decay of the country.
The climate in Dunhold feels much more comfortable than Southsea or Talenmere, but there isn't a lot of farmland, but it still feeds a lot of people. It is said that there are so many delicacies in the mountain that the common people can't eat them all.
When I walked into the fortress, I told Reginald about its secrets. It wasn't a very different place than I had imagined. This fortress is built against the mountain, and the layers of protective walls should not be a problem for defense......
I mean, this fortress should theoretically be easy to defend and difficult to attack. Well...... Some time ago, Dunhold Castle was flattened by orcs, you know this!
Tut...... Hmph, I can't think of it.
Actually, I knew a secret here for a long, long time. It's someone secretly raising an orc. Few people know about it, but just because few people know about it doesn't mean that no one knows, and I happen to be one of them.
I told Reginald that there were orcs in this castle, and he thought they were captives, and I said that this orc was a being who could change the world in the future. Its existence will keep the orcs alive, and the war between us will last forever because of it.
I'm sure so.
But at that time, there was a commotion in the fortress, everyone was in a hurry, not only the wounded and sick seriously exceeded the upper limit of the fortress's medical treatment, but the news from Nanhai Town made everyone's mood fall to the bottom.
I didn't take the things I told him to heart at all, and I didn't know why he was so annoyed at the time, so I didn't say much.
Lothar, on the other hand, was busy hitting the back of the head with her foot. He arrived with people, and after resting for most of the day, he started again. I didn't want to distract him anymore, but I mentioned it in passing after he was done with things in the evening.
Lothar's reaction was similar to Reggie's, and when he asked me if I knew who that person was, I ...... I'm so sorry. I couldn't really remember his name at the time, but he just said yes and said yes.
I was so annoyed by this that I thought it would be over, but the next morning, before the army had assembled and marched, Lothar mentioned it to the officers around me.
I was standing in front of the fellow named Blackmore, and when Lothar mentioned this to Brigadier Haas, Brigadier Haas turned his head to look at his men and asked, but I ...... At the time, I couldn't really imagine who the orc keeper was.
But I remember what they looked like, Blackmore, the first time I saw him, I felt like a villain! I disliked his thick eyebrows and big nose very much.
And so it turned out.
Then the army rushed to the town of Nanhai without stopping.
At this time, the orc army had completely captured the town of Nanhai, and the defenders there had also made some resistance, but the orc offensive was unstoppable, and their mobility was too strong.
The town of Nanhai is a three-week-high slope facing the sea, and the orc army landed from the sea and quickly surrounded it in an attempt to cut off the connection between the town and the outside world. The nobles in the city first gave up resistance when they saw that they were not good, and they fled with their family and property, and the people panicked as soon as they fled. At first, the garrison there was supposed to have a good fight with the orcs, but when they saw the swarming orc army, they resolutely chose to retreat strategically.
The army there that I just mentioned also went through fierce battles, which were clashes as they retreated to cover the retreat of the population. I don't know how you retreated.
In fact, the Duke of Vortagan was in Nanhai Town at that time, and it is said that he was wounded in the battle. After that, the orcs would have pursued them relentlessly, and if it hadn't been for the reinforcements from Hillsbrad Town, those tens of thousands might have been annihilated in the vast field.
Hillsbrad Plains is flat and wide, like a carpet that has been laid out. In that kind of place, the cavalry is like a shark in the sea. It's not a bite when you pounce on it...... It is a direct bite. So when they withdrew from Nanhai Town, they really paid a heavy price.
And the news of the fall of Nanhai Town immediately spread throughout the Union, and the morale of the Union army was greatly damaged. Therefore, there is no way to annihilate more than 5,000 orcs in Dunhold's victory reported by Lothar, it is better than losing all two battles.
After the defeat of the coalition forces, they all withdrew to Talummere under the cover of reinforcements from Hillsbrad, but when we arrived at Talenmere, we got the news that the orcs did not show any signs of immediate attack, but instead took root in Southsea Town.
On the other hand, the army that we have withdrawn ...... To put it mildly, the lazy, indifferent, and deflated atmosphere in the barracks made me feel that even if someone said at the time that the alliance was disbanded, I wouldn't feel a little surprised if everyone went back to their own homes and waited for their own death. It's just frustrating to the extreme.
Not only did the orcs recuperate there, but they quickly occupied the mines west of Southsea Town. The cave is a cornucopia, producing a lot of gold, iron, copper, tin, and precious stones. There had been major accidents there before, but now it has returned to the same busy scene as before, and I don't know which orc came up with the idea, they will always use the fastest speed to occupy the surrounding resources after occupying the town, no matter what the resources.
The scouts later reported that the orcs had used the dockyard in the harbor to start building ships immediately after taking over the town of Nanhai, and that there were even human ships in the harbor. We were shocked by the news, but later learned that the ships were captured by the orcs during the sea battle on Zuldre Island.
The Scout says that now with the help of a small green-skinned monster is being overwhelmed.
Those little greenskins are the stuff in the southern forests of our kingdom. Now that the war is over, the orcs are defeated, but those things are now living as if nothing happened. My esteemed lieutenant...... Do you think our king will ask them for an explanation in the future?
And the Gilnesians, those guys are just a bunch of garbage after they withdrew from Southsea Town, it's not that I'm prejudiced against the Gilnesians, those thousands of people aren't even cheerleaders. The cheerleaders are still waving their flags and cheering, and I don't know what the hell the king sent here.
The letter from Lordaeron said it was an inquiry, but it was more like an accusation. I read the letter, although I'm not good at scolding, but this kind of soft knife stabbing is really disgusting. Of course, the king is a man, and he blames his combat prowess while doubting his combat ability while revealing old scars. Go back and give the sergeant a good treat and encourage morale to continue fighting. What the hell!
It's like we don't fight hard!
That's why I hate those civil servants so much, because their ability to speak ill of people behind their backs is simply the best among people, and no one else can match. Like I'm locked up here, isn't it because of some adult?
Hum......
The only thing that was recognized was the work of Master Fao, whose preaching finally made a difference in the war. King Terenus's request was for Master Fao to immediately carry out this kind of preaching on a large scale, and the old fellow knew that he was in a hurry, and asked if he could train as many warriors as possible like Lordaeron Warrior Saidana within a month. He made his own request at the end of the article that at least half of the Lordaeron knights should have this ability.
Isn't that farting! Not so many people have the power of the Light yet. He thought that sensing the Light was as simple as letting an illiterate person learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a month.
However, the king's order could not be disobeyed, and they immediately organized a meeting to discuss the battle plan, and then Lothar proposed a plan to establish a Knights of the Holy Light according to Terenus's instructions.
Of course, I was absolutely in favor of this decision with both hands, but I was very unhappy with the king's request. The brilliant performance of those five in that battle in Dunhold has confirmed their strength and the role of the Light, and the legend of these five people has quickly spread through all human kingdoms with the report of that battle.
Everyone knows that there is a kind of warrior who is blessed by the Holy Light, who is invincible and invincible, and who is as invulnerable as the gods.
Ha!
Master Fao, on behalf of the royal family of Lordaeron, was of course happy to do so as soon as possible, so Master Alonthos Fao proposed the creation of the Order in the name of the leader of the Alliance and under the joint organization of the Alliance Commander Anduin Lothar.
The matter was happily decided, but the exact name of the Order was a subject of debate.
Ha, I don't participate in their discussions, I just watch them use their brains and rack their brains, as if they were naming their own sons.
In the end, it was Master Fao who said it, and named it after the ancient guardian Titan Titan Tyr. It means sacredness, devotion, bravery, sacrifice and mercy.
To be honest, I didn't remember what they said about Tyr at all, I didn't know who Tyr was, and at first I thought he was a saint.
Even now, I don't know much about the lore of Tyr, and it's specious. But I know it's a story of sacrifices made to save people.
However, the name of the Knights of Tyr was really unpleasant, so Lothar suggested that the name should be changed to the Silver Hand, which would be more symbolic. Or that cultured people are so particular about naming names.
Silver not only examines evil but also drives away evil, and silver in the Cult of Light means holiness, salvation, and healing. And Tyr's huge hand made of silver is still a sacred object in the hearts of all followers of the Light.
Everyone was pleased with the name, and the next day the Knights of the Silver Hand was inaugurated. It was also during this ceremony that I witnessed a miracle!