Chapter 132: Target Alsace
David and Gianna chatted casually, and for the questions hidden in the chat, David would choose to fool the past, and if he couldn't fool him, he would just keep his mouth shut, and the superficial attitude would be over if he couldn't say it.
I and Gianna are not familiar with each other, as long as we maintain superficial etiquette, it is enough.
So the two chatted for a while, and Ferding had already set the general process of counterattack with several commanders, and Gianna only knew that Baron David Glamorgan was from a city called Winter Town, and the people around him were called Laura Crawford, Steve Rogers and Sharon Rogers.
Other than that, no information was heard, which made Gianna have great doubts in her heart.
At this time, General Ferding called everyone present to the side of the conference table, which contained a complete map of the East Wilde area, on which were placed various delicate armor cards, so that people could understand the current situation at a glance.
"We decided to start an attack on the undead outside the Valley of the Hearth in three days' time, cleaning up the entire northern part of the area." As Ferdin's fingers swept across an area, everyone understood the goal of the counterattack.
"Wipe out all of northern Andohar?" Bridget Abydis glanced at Andorjar: "Don't you care about Andorhal?" ”
"Our goal is to concentrate all our forces and give priority to the elimination of Alsace." As Lord of the Hearthvale and the current commander of all the remaining armies of Lordaeron, Fordin began to explain to everyone the core idea of the battle: "Only by destroying Arthas can the undead be completely eliminated, otherwise they will only be entangled with them endlessly." ”
Hearing this, everyone understood what Tirio Fording meant.
If Arthas doesn't die, there is no point in killing as many undead as possible, if Arthas doesn't die, the undead scourge won't disappear, and Arthas can keep creating more undead creatures.
He didn't even need to do anything like that. One of the most terrifying aspects of the undead disaster is the pollution of the entire area.
Where the Scourge legion passes, there is no need to deliberately destroy it, and the surrounding environment can be polluted to the point that it is not suitable for living people, and these pollution will profoundly affect all the creatures living on this land, and if it is corroded by the power of death, then the otherwise healthy people may also become undead.
Crops produced on polluted land, when eaten by healthy people, can also become infected and transform into more undead.
This terrible ability to pollute is an important reason why Fording proposed this plan: if they continue to delay, even if they can defeat the Scourge Legion, the whole of East Wilde will be completely destroyed, and the survivors will still lose their homes although they have escaped the undead Scourge.
"While the pollution is not too violent, solve the Scourge Corps." Fordin knew that there were many sources of the plague, but Arthas was the most dangerous of them all, and without destroying him, they would not be able to turn their swords against the other sources of pollution.
"So...... Now the most important thing is to find out where Alsace is? David was an onlooker and an observer throughout the whole process, and it was only then that he said, "Have you investigated the current location of Alsace?" ”
Many of the commanders were silent, initially focusing on defending Hearthvale, and the Griffin Knights and Helicopters were mainly responsible for locating and observing the artillery group, and did not fly too far.
"After launching a counterattack, reconnaissance will begin to be carried out around the area." Fording said the next plan: "If Arthas had been waiting for us to come out somewhere, then it wouldn't have been necessary. ”
David and Furding looked at each other, and the two immediately had a tacit understanding.
Fording still believed that Arthas was going to attack Quel'Thalas, so he designed a bold counterattack plan that did not consider the movement of the heavy artillery group at all.
In other words, the main force of the upcoming counterattack is the paladins of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and only after a safe environment has been cleared will the heavy artillery group be moved to this newly occupied area to help defend it.
He believed that Arthas did not ambush, and that in the face of ordinary undead scourges, the strength of the paladins of the Silver Hand was more than enough to deal with it.
"There are enough griffons in Hearthvale, right?"
"Yes."
There are griffon knights in the Valley of the Hearth, but there are not many of them, so they don't dare to fly far away, fearing that they won't be able to come back if they go out. After all, the Scourge has a large number of classes that can fly.
"I can help with that." David felt that it would not be too difficult for him to ride the griffon around the east and find out where Arthas was.
Determining the location of Alsace early also makes it easier for Fordin's side to make arrangements for follow-up actions in advance.
You can also take advantage of the situation to unite with the High Elves of Quel'Salas and flank Arthas and the Scourge legion he leads.
"Contact Quel'Salas and I can help." Gianna, who also didn't participate much in the battle meeting, suddenly spoke: "I believe that the elves of Quel'Salas will not refuse this suggestion. ”
The Scourge Legion threatens the living of the entire world, and the elves of Quel'Salas are also the living, and their life form determines that it is impossible for them to refuse to join forces with the Kingdom of Lordaeron, no matter what kind of conflict has broken out between the two sides before, they can be put aside at this time.
Coupled with the relationship between Dalaran and the elves of Quel'Thalas, it is indeed a good choice to have Gianna as the intermediary.
"It's decided!"
Fording gave a series of orders neatly, including the Knights of the Silver Hand preparing for the next sortie, and the Dwarven Heavy Artillery Regiment and the Musketeers on standby for the time being, waiting for the follow-up transfer.
He was to form an alliance with Quel'Salas as Lord of the Hearthvale, Temporary Commander of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and Temporary Commander of the Lordaeron Kingdom Legion - a letter of alliance that would need to be approved by the last remaining member of the royal family, as well as an additional letter.
All of these things will take some time to prepare, and by the way, arrange suitable griffons for David and Gianna.
"Get me one too." Steve decided to go on this scout with David: "This kind of work is what I do best. ”
Fording nodded, he was confident in David's strength, and David could immediately return to Winter Town when he encountered a danger that he couldn't handle.
So when David said he was going to ride a griffon out to scout Arthas's location, Fording didn't worry about his partner's safety at all.
Steve's situation is similar, except for Gianna......
"You can use teleportation spells to get to Quel'Thalas, right?"
"If Quel'Thalas is really attacked by Arthas, then it shouldn't be possible to use teleportation magic to enter Silvermoon City at this time."
Quel'Salas has a very strong defensive magic on the periphery, and when the defensive magic effect is maximized when attacked, even their prince Kael'thas has no way to directly use the teleportation spell to return to Silvermoon City, let alone Gianna, an outsider.
"That's ......"
After giving the order and telling David and Gianna a few more things, Ferding handed David and Gianna over to Burim Golden Hammer.
The few griffin knights in Hearthvale are dwarves who are under the command of the dwarven commander.
After receiving Fordin's order, Burim took David and the others out of the Fort of the Hearthvale and came outside - this was the first time that David and the others had really seen the appearance of the Hearthvale, and everyone was looking around curiously.
However, the target is not a pastoral farm, but rows of artillery positions and dwarven musketeers patrolling with Garand rifles on their backs.
Noting that David and the others were all looking at the dwarves, Berrim immediately introduced them to the dwarves' latest achievement: the Ironforge-made, dwarven modified version of the Garand rifle.
"These rifles are fantastic, almost all the dwarves now want a Garand rifle, but the rifles that have been made so far have been sent to the Hearth Valley."
Then the topic turned to artillery, from the 105-mm howitzers, which are currently the largest number, to the ten 155-mm heavy guns that are currently used as mass killers.
Finally, Burrim also triumphantly stated that the Ironforge Fort was building a super-killer with a caliber of more than 200 mm and named the Lordaeron cannon based on the experience accumulated before.
“……”
David, who felt that the dwarves of Ironforge had taken a strange route, didn't know what to say about this change, so he could only smile and express his amazement, which caused Steve next to him to complain: "Your smile is too perfunctory......"
It wasn't until the group arrived at the Griffin Knights' camp and met with the Griffin Knights' commander, Grice Seden, that Burrim finally stopped talking about muskets and artillery.
"This is Grace Serden, the commander of the griffin knights, and you can pick an obedient griffon under his direction to complete your mission."
After thanking Burim Golden Hammer and explaining his intentions to Grice Thurden, the griffon knight immediately said that it was not difficult, but in order to ensure that there were no accidents, he would personally ride the griffon with a few people to ensure that these 'rookies' could find their targets smoothly.
"All you have to do is ride on the griffin and be careful not to fall, and I'll take care of the griffon's flight."
This way, instead of having to teach David, Steve, and Gianna how to control the griffon's flight, the trio can set off to find Arthas and Quel'Thalas as soon as they finish writing their letters.
Under the guidance of Grace Serdon, several griffons flew very smoothly, and soon they were on the outskirts of Quel'Thalas, and found Arthas-Minehir, who was commanding the Scourge to attack the High Elf Kingdom.
At this time, the former Prince of Lordaeron is launching a ferocious attack on an Elven Ranger General.
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