Volume 5 The Return of the King 228 soldiers are fast
The wind blew my face, and the dragon eagle's feathers were blown by the wind and gently rubbed against my hand on it.
The dry air was hot, and the hot air was filled with the smell of sulfur. I rode over the Black Rock Mountain on the Dragon Eagle, and in the distance I saw the four guys fleeing for their lives.
There were no pursuers behind them, and the Black Iron Dwarves had silently endured all of this without doing so. If I were the leader of the Black Iron Dwarves, I would not let them go, but from the beginning to the present, the Black Iron Dwarves have not done enough to besiege the enemy to death, perhaps because we are too strong, but in my heart I feel that the Black Iron Dwarf King, whose name I don't know what it is, has not done enough.
Maybe there was some other reason, but if I escaped, the four of them also escaped and it would be the best ending. I have a feeling that Reginald should survive, and that druid has a healing technique.
They were supposed to want to escape back to Ironforge, but it would be better if Varian had the support of the Copperbeard clan to reclaim the throne.
Raginard, who had been shirtless since entering Lockmodan, was dressed and quickly escorted by a patrol into the southern tunnels of the Valley of the Kings. I wasn't going to fly the snowy mountains with them again, so I stayed near the Valley of the Kings, and though I wasn't sure if they would pass through here or take the underground tunnel back to Stormwind, I was willing to gamble.
But then I was really uneasy, so I rode it over Lokmodan, then over the hills of the fortress of Ogaz, and then turned south from the wetlands into the Danmoro area.
It was much more comfortable to fly into Danmoro from here than from the Valley of the Kings, and the snow-capped mountains here were not so high and not stretched that far, and it really didn't take long for me to see the dwarven villages and roads. Flying along the road, I was back at Ironforge again.
I wasn't sure if they would be faster than me, so I infiltrated Ironforge again, replenishing supplies was secondary, and inquiring about news was the main thing. But when I heard the news that King Magni seemed to be going to use troops against the black-body dwarves, I felt that they should be the first step, and in order to confirm my suspicion, I went to the tavern to find a bag to confirm my suspicion, and after spending some money, I proved that my suspicion was correct.
King Magni's advance party returned from Blackstone Mountain, and they not only rescued the long-missing Marshal of the Stormwind Kingdom, but also probed and found out that the defenses in Blackstone Mountain were actually very empty.
I beg to differ. But I can't refute it, I can't tell them that I'm going too, I'm participating, you have to be careful.
Although it is not known whether this news is true or not, it is an indisputable fact that Varian and his party have arrived at Ironforge. But now I don't get an answer to where they went. This makes it difficult for me. I don't think I could ask the group of drunkards in the tavern, but when I saw the guards standing guard in the Ironforge Castle, I suddenly had an idea.
The guards in front of the gate of Ironforge are not easy to be bought, but they are not impossible to be bought, and the information I want from their mouths is taken several times to get an accurate answer, the guy with the horns on his head left Ironforge two days ago, along with two humans and a little elf girl. The guards in front of the gate did not know where they went.
That's enough!
Since they left through the gate, they should still go the same way, I really don't understand why they did this, but since they have gone this way, I can only climb the snowy mountain again. But this time I learned to be obedient, and the last time I flipped through the snow-capped mountains of the Ogaz Fortress, I found that it was fast and comfortable to fly from here, so I did not hesitate to choose to climb directly over the northern tunnel snow-capped mountains to Lokmodan.
In the past, they used to go over mountains and mountains, but if they really had airships or a large number of flying mounts, it would not be very difficult to surprise this place after coming over the mountains. All I can say is long live peace!
The biggest advantage of flying in the air is that you can fly high and see far, and after finding the right direction, you can fly in a straight line, which is much faster than going around and around on the ground, so even if I started more than two days later than them and made a big circle, I still waited for them to be five in front of the Black Rock Mountain.
So they ran in front and I followed far behind, I don't know if they found me, maybe they found me, maybe they didn't, and even if they did, there was nothing they could do about me. In this way, the five of them galloped all the way across the Burning Plains, and finally came to the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom after crossing the narrow valley between the Burning Plains and the Red Ridge Mountains.
One thing to say is that when they entered the canyon, they encountered the border garrison, so the group of five men joined the guide, and a group of soldiers escorted them and guided the way.
Seeing this, I resolutely gave up following them, and flew directly south to Lakeside Town to wait for them. Now that you've come to the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom, there shouldn't be too many security problems.
In the past few days waiting for their arrival, the town has been very calm, people don't know that there is a team of people coming here, let alone that team of people has their missing marshal and the long-lost king, of course, now tell them that the king of Stormwind City is fake at this time, and this country is real, and it is estimated that it will be regarded as mentally ill.
The people went about their lives as usual, until Varian and his party arrived at Lakeside.
On the day they arrived at Lakeside, the whole town became tense, and the soldiers were immediately assembled.
No, it wasn't the rally, it seemed like there was a commotion, and the panicked appearance they had at first should not have been caused by an emergency gathering. I don't know the exact situation, though, but soon the soldiers in the town actually assembled...... Methodical.
I was relieved to see the tall Night Elf and the petite Blood Elf girl walking around the lake, and I left the town to the other end of the bridge outside the town to await their further action. It's just interesting that night that I spotted a man running out of town on horseback and flying towards the west.
Based on my instincts alone, I think something is wrong, that person must not be a good person! Is there anything good about being so sneaky and hurried in the middle of the night?
I didn't kill him, but I lifted him from his horse, which was riding a horse, and the dragon eagle caught the man and flew up. The man was terrified. I didn't want to throw him from the air, but when I ordered the dragon eagle to let go from the air and catch him from the fall, the man was scared and peed his pants. By the time Long Ying threw him to the ground, his legs were already limp.
I searched him, and then I found a letter, and instead of opening the envelope, I forced the guy to tell me who told him to deliver the letter, and then to whom he was going to send the letter.
After making sure that it wasn't someone sent by Varian, I let the dragon eagle catch him and fly into the sky again, there were no pedestrians in the streets at night, and the guards were just waiting for the change of guard at their posts, and I grabbed this man and landed at the local lord's house.
The dog in the garden barked at us, and I threw the man in the garden before the guards came out, and shot the letter of credit at the gate of the villa. By the time the guards rushed out, I had landed on the roof of the villa on a dragon eagle.
The guards in the courtyard were very nervous, and in an instant they controlled the fallen guy, and after I saw the Night Elves and Blood Elves rushing out, I stepped on the Dragon Eagle and flew up, "Give him to Lagash!" I yelled down there and walked away.
Of course, after I caught this man, I suddenly understood why Varian wanted to go back here first. If he doesn't come back here, even if he is really the king, it will be extremely nonsense to want to regain the throne. Talking about assassinations and the like...... I feel like that's just talking. If anyone could casually sneak into the king's fortress, the king would have died eight hundred times.
And the posture after he came back must have been that Reginald and the lord here asked for the command of the army, and the gathering of tens of thousands of troops is not a trivial matter, but it is very difficult to be unaware. I don't want to know exactly what's in the letter, but I can probably guess what it says. Maybe what I've done will be of some use to them.
The next day the town was busy, and then at noon the army was out of the way, and as the vanguard I saw Reginald hurrying west with a party of a hundred and ten men, with Varian among them, and his squad galloping away with him to the west.
To be honest, as an outsider, I'm still a little worried about the army behind me. But since they dare to leave the team and go first, I guess this team should still be obedient.
Varian's team was a complete forced march, literally rushing to the Elwyn Forest day and night with little to no rest, and I understood his thoughts when I saw them reach the town of Eastdale and make a turn to the Eastern Fortress.
I landed early on top of a tower in the Eastern Fortress and waited for their arrival, and their party entered the fortress without any hindrance. A man ran out of the fortress, a man I didn't know, but he looked very, very respectful to the people who came.
The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, I saw the soldiers in the fortress gathered and stood in the fortress square. Although the number of these soldiers is no more than five thousand, I feel that it should not be difficult to quickly gather more soldiers around such a fortress.
The soldiers set out that morning, leaving the fortress and the logistical support troops behind them were even more busy. I saw that Reginald had sent a messenger, and I could understand the situation, they were preparing to take power by force.
I guess I can't keep this matter a secret, and I feel like there's no way to do it. If the few of them had broken into the palace like they had done the last time they had braved Blackstone Mountain, I guess they would have been caught before they could enter the main hall.
It's true that Lagash is Varian, but do the soldiers of Stormstorm believe it? Moreover, the King's Fortress is not Blackstone Mountain, the hundreds of soldiers stationed there will surround them in the shortest possible time, and as a person in power, they will definitely not listen to what they say, it is good to arrest them, and it is the most correct choice to hack them to death on the spot.
I guess some people must know that Varian is not dead, and the fact that Reginad was rescued is most likely known. They are now taking advantage of the fact that Stormwind has not yet reacted or does not know that Varian has returned to the Stormwind Kingdom, and hurry to control the army that they can control first.
This is a very risky thing, but it is also the most reliable thing, as for whether the general here has violated the yang or the yin or was directly killed, I don't know, but looking at this posture, I estimate that some people will have to die, Lakeside Town should be that time.
Varian and his troops converged with the army that had arrived from Lakeside Town in Donggu Town, and then the five of them broke away from the group again, leaving with a team of nearly a thousand people first, heading directly to the west, apparently heading for Shining Gold.
When I arrived in the town of Shining Gold, I was surprised to find that the soldiers had already been assembled, and the general I knew, his name was Duhan, who was a subordinate of Anduin Lothar and a friend of Reginald. At this time, martial law had begun in the town of Shining Gold, and I only saw anyone entering the town, but not a single person who was allowed to come out.
This is obviously a very serious situation, and I can only hope that the news is not known to the people of Stormwind. Reginald and his party were really fast, and it would normally take two days or more to march quickly, but it only took a little more than a day for these soldiers to arrive.
I really admire the perseverance of these guys. The army was encamped, and Varian and the other five changed horses and set off for Stormwind again.
Looking at their distant backs, my heart was suddenly full of worry.