Taresa is indeed good-natured and unwilling to fight with others.

But to survive from those mistresses who have no lower limit in order to compete for favor, it is impossible to say that Taresa is simply stupid and sweet.

Living in the heart of Dunhold Castle, Taresa had recently heard from worried castle guards about an imminent attack by the Kingdom of Alterac.

After all, Taresa did not receive a special cultural education, she just knew that there was no such thing, and she had no idea about the comparison of strength between the warring sides.

Sarren's words made Taresa nervous all of a sudden: "What do you mean...... Will the lord be defeated by the kingdom of Alterac? Dunhold Castle will also be breached by enemy forces? ”

Salian shrugged, "It's going to happen, it's just a matter of time. ”

"Even if you add the mercenaries recruited in the last year, Dunhold's combat strength is only about 2,000 people, how can it be possible to defeat the combined forces of Gilneth and Alterac with as many as 20,000 people."

Don't think that there is such a thing as city defense that is invincible.

As Sarren has said before, times have changed.

As the cooperation between the maritime kingdom of Kurtiras and the countries of the anti-Lordaeron alliance became closer and closer, the orders for new artillery from various countries to Kurtiras were endless, and Kul Tiras made a lot of money from this arms business.

It is precisely because of these continuous incomes that Kurtilas can support him to face a series of wars.

Daelin had previously mentioned to Salian that after eating the Howling Fjord, it was time for Kurtilas to calm down and enjoy the peace and digest the territory he had built over the years.

Geographically located relatively south, the Howling Fjord is theoretically the richest area of the current Norrrend continent.

If the Night Republic were to fully exploit the Soracha Basin, it would be a better place to grow food than the Howling Fjord, but that would be at least a few decades away.

Once Yin Milon's head is cut off and the Howling Fjord is completely taken, for at least a hundred years in the future, Kurtilas will no longer have to rush to expand its territory because of population growth, and the Howling Fjord will be able to accommodate millions of people, to say the least.

Far from it.

As artillery technology continues to evolve, traditional walls play less and less defensive role.

Not kidding, a wall as thick as Dunhold Castle only needs about 50 new magic cannons of Quel'Salas, and a full power salvo can basically scrap it.

With this in mind, Salian first ruled out the idea of building a city wall when expanding Unicorn Town.

After the Battle of Outrank, Gilneth and Outrank each purchased 15 of the most advanced guns from Kurtilas.

Although the power of these cannons was not as powerful as the full power of the magic cannon, it was more than enough to crush the walls of Dunholden.

With the walls unable to defend themselves, the 2,000 men in the city had no chance of winning against an enemy ten times their size.

Not to mention that the thieves of Ravenhold had already checked Tun Holdry inside and out, and they knew which section of the wall was the weakest.

There was no suspense in the battle from the start, and it was only a matter of time before Dunhold was breached.

In order to boost morale, Blakemore declared that Dunhold would win the battle, and Taresha, who didn't know the inside story, really took his braggadocio seriously.

Not just Taresha, but most of Blackmore's mistresses shared the same opinion, with the exception of a spy once arranged by the Syndicate.

After the dissolution of the Syndicate, the rootless duckweed spy naturally came under the jurisdiction of Ravenhold.

If the Allied forces of Alterac and Gilneth believe that decapitation will help end the war as soon as possible, the Spy will definitely look for an opportunity.

Sarren didn't know that Ravenhold had planted anyone in the very center of Dunhold Castle, but even if he did, the spy wouldn't have much of an impact on his plans.

After all, he didn't plan to compete with Alterac for the ownership of Dunhold, he only wanted Sal and Taresha.

"This ...... How good is that? ”

Taresa had been unhurried before.

After learning the true direction of the situation from Sarean, she began to pac back and forth in the room restlessly.

"No! I have to act now! ”

Salian raised his hand to stop Taresa who was in a mess: "Calm down, it's 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, and your parents have already gone to sleep." ”

"Didn't you hurry out of the castle right now, and declare yourself a spy to Blackmore?"

"Uh~"

Taresa scratched her cheek in embarrassment: "It seems to be ...... That's what happened. ”

"Well, good gentleman."

Talesa's watery blue eyes looked at Salaan expectantly, "Can you help me figure it out?" I couldn't leave my parents and Sal alone. ”

‘…… Is this called natural allure? ’

【Grass! Blakemore's old dog is a blessing, admire. 】

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Salian smiled and reassured: "Relax, since I came to you, of course I am prepared." ”

"Tomorrow during the day, you should go home and tell your parents about the crisis that Dunhold is facing...... Remember, don't say that outsiders told you that, just say that you came to your own conclusions by analyzing the information provided by the guards inside the castle. ”

Most of the people at the bottom do not have a firm position, they have a flexible moral bottom line, and surviving is their first priority.

The reason why the Folkstons are loyal to Blackmore is only because they can live a relatively good life with Blackmore.

Now that the ship is about to capsize, of course they will find another way, and Sareen is not worried that Talesa will not be able to persuade her parents.

After leaving Talisa, who was still preoccupied, Saljan stood silently on the bell tower at the top of the castle, and in the night he turned on his eagle eye to look out over the rolling hills northwest of Dunhold.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed...... Sal, I hope you live up to my expectations. ”

……

Antonidas' mathematically based calculations were very accurate, and on the third day of Salian's arrival in Dunhold, the army of Gilneth and Alterac finally arrived in the city, besieging Dunhold Castle, which was also ready for battle.

The tension of the impending war was felt by ordinary civilians in the city, and the Folkstons, who had been skeptical, finally agreed with their daughter's judgment.

After all, in their opinion, their own daughter had been serving the nobles in the castle, and they must have known more accurate information than their servants.

As the Folkston family began to quietly prepare for their escape, Sal saw the council into action.

After some consideration, Thrall no longer used the name of Blackmore to persuade the orcs in the prison, but instead lured them with freedom.

And Thrall didn't plan to let these fellow orcs go to the front line to fight the soldiers of Gilneth and Alterac, he just wanted them to escape from prison and create chaos, so that he could fish in troubled waters and escape with the Folkston family.

Orcs are mostly single-celled creatures, and the same thing can be easily approved by them in another way.

There is a much better reason to fight for freedom than to fight for Blackmore.

For the first time, Thrall showed his talent as a leader inherited from Durotan, and it took him only two days to convince most of the orcs in the city to agree on a meeting place after escaping the castle.

As for the remaining orcs, they have completely salted the fish, and they don't plan to drag their tired and weak bodies to fight hard.

According to the hypocrisy of the human aristocracy, it is unlikely that any country that occupies Dunhold will execute their honest men who sit peacefully in prison.

It's just a change of boss and continuing to eat in prison, and there is no essential difference from before.

Sarean has not been idle for three days.

In order to put an end to the possibility of a historic meeting between Thrall and Orgrim, he made a special trip to the Ravenhold Manor and told the Duke of Ravenhold the news that the wandering orcs led by Orgrim had entered Hillsbride.

Sarren had already proven the accuracy of his intelligence in the Battle of Alterac, and although Choraci didn't know where he got the news, he chose to trust Sarren and got his thieves moving as soon as possible.

As for Orgrim's movements, Sareen didn't say anything, he transformed into a storm raven and caught the movement of the tributary of orcs from high in the sky.

In small-scale field ambushes like this, thieves can fully exploit their professional strengths.

With their unintentional intentions, the thieves of Ravenhold have gained a lot and have clearly warned Orgrim who is trying to penetrate Hillsbride that this is not the way out.

In desperation, Orgrim, who was short of troops, could only turn around and return to the chaotic Arathi Heights, intending to find another opportunity to find the Frostwolf Clan in the future, and perfectly missed the opportunity to meet Thrall.

Just as the war was about to start and both sides were on the verge of fighting, a dark purple storm crow landed in front of the barracks outside Dunhold.

After landing and turning back into human form, Salian smiled at the shocked defenders of the large camp and reported to himself.

"I'd like to help me inform King Jean and General Haas, that the Marquis of Quel'Salas, Sallian Deepshadow, has taken the liberty of visiting."