As it turns out, the kingdom of Lordaeron has never been monolithic.

The basis of the reign of the Minahir family is the city of Lordaeron, which is the foundation and pillar of the Arathor Empire's northward expansion.

The Arathi Plateau, the cradle of human origin, is the land that nurtured the newborn humans.

However, the quest for more fertile land led humanity to continue to advance northward, and the Kerdaron Fortress was the northernmost fortress of humanity at the time, and was the front line against the troll army.

After Emperor Soladin joined forces with the High Elves to defeat the Troll Empire, humanity's expansion was no longer shackled.

As a result, the Araso Empire was substantially divided.

The direct lineage of Soladin the Great went south in search of refuge, the old-school nobles stayed behind in Riptide to reclaim their birthplace, and more city citizens headed north, north, and north, beyond the Hillsbrad Hills, over the Alterac Mountains, to the Silver Pines Forest, to the Hearthvale.

Just as the Barov family occupied the Keldaron Fortress during the Alaso Empire and turned the Fort in the Lake into their own property, the pioneers who went north were essentially cutting off the legacy of the Empire.

The most successful of these is naturally the Minahir family.

The Arathi Plateau is too barren compared to the Lordamir Lake area.

The nascent city of Lordaeron became the most important city in the north and gradually transformed itself into the heart of the human world.

So the magnates of Hearthvale chose to surrender and join.

But that doesn't mean that the inhabitants of Hearthvale are happy with the Minethil family's rule.

After all, with the advent of the Scourge of the Dead, it has only been a hundred years since the Araso Empire was divided.

It had only been more than twenty years since Anduin Lothar traded Soladin the Great's de jure kingship for the restoration of Stormwind, and the hilllanders of the Hearthvale recognized the authority of Lordaeron and criticized the oppression of Terenus Minethir II.

So Tirio Fording easily won the support of the people of Hearthvale in this time of crisis.

Not because he used to be the titular Grand Lord of Hearthvale.

Rather, it was because his successors had a set of taxes and were too incompetent in the military.

In the face of the frenzied offensive of the Scourge minions, the people certainly trusted the glorious achievements of the former High Lord Tirio Fortin.

The common people are simple, but even more cunning......

Whoever can lead us to life is our great lord, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The valley of the hearth, as the name suggests, is surrounded by mountains like a fireplace, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also cuts off the possibility of the people of the valley of the hearth to escape.

Although there are still people who suspect that the tragedy in Lordaeron City is a not so funny joke, the Legion of Bones can't be faked, and the undead disaster is really coming.

Tirio Fordin's struggle to convince the neutrals and ruthlessly suppress the opponents finally convinced the people of Hearthvale that the kingdom of Lordaeron was finished————, and that the world was now full of skeletons, and that it was necessary to break out of the mountains and open a passage to Andorhar in order to be truly safe.

Why?

Because the kingdom of Alterac is desperate!

The city of Lordaeron has fallen, and now only the Alterac kingdom of the Barov family remains, and it looks like it can fight.

Carlos Heaven's old father-in-law is on top, and in order to suppress Alterac, Terenus has widely spread the news that the Barov family has ruled Alterac with iron blood.

In times of peace, this is naturally negative news, and it causes freedmen who are inclined to emigrate to consider the safety of their property.

The problem is that the undead scourge has broken out right now!

All the once ruthless soldiers have become beacons of hope when they are at stake.

Tirio Fording convinces the majority of the lords of Hearthvale that there is no way out and that they must connect with Alterac City to survive the crisis.

"You guys hold the hearth valley, I'll take someone out!"

Tirio Fordin's "fearless" spirit of sacrifice touched the hearts of the people of Hearthvale.

The false Great Lord asked his subordinates to contribute money and efforts to close the country, and the real Great Lord took the lead in the charge.

As a result, the designated Grand Lord of the Hearthvale in Lordaeron was imprisoned in the tower, and Tirio Ferding with great difficulty selected 6,000 men from the militia of the Hearthvale to prepare for the siege.

At the time of the natural disaster, the people of the Fireplace Valley were all soldiers, and more than 30,000 militiamen took advantage of the geographical advantage to defend the Firehand Valley, and Alsace really couldn't fight for a while. But there are fields and mines in the valley of the hearth, but there is no pasture, and the whole valley is scavenged, even the old pack horses, and the ration of 6,000 people is already the limit.

In this way, three times through the door of the house, Tirio Ferding only glanced at his wife from a distance in the crowd of send-offs, and then stepped on his horse and prepared to go on the expedition.

Although Tirio Fording accurately judged that the remnants of Lordaeron could not stop the Scourge from wreaking havoc when Lordaeron broke the city, he did not expect the undead Scourge to wreak havoc so quickly.

Originally, Tirio Fordin's plan was to gather refugees along the way to expand his strength, and then go to Andorjar to join Carlos.

But the reality is that Fordin's shit luck is on the head, and Arthas has turned back to Lordaeron City, staggering his position with him, otherwise it is unknown whether the 6,000 soldiers he led will be able to break out of the Hearthvale.

I have to sigh that the rich timber and mineral resources of the Fireplace Valley have raised this group of mountain people.

It takes animal power to pull logs, and animal power to transport ore, although there are not many war horses in the hearth valley, but there are really a lot of horses.

Again, it must be emphasized that, unlike the city of Lordaeron, which was the center of the kingdom, and incomparable to the Arathi and Alterac plateaus, which had their own livestock farming, it was a miracle that the Hearth Valley was able to produce 6,000 horses.

Condescending to launch an attack, even if Tirio Fording took the lead, even if he had heavy cavalry to open the way, the battle to break through was still very hard.

The Scourge Legion's numerical superiority is terrifying.

When they rushed out of the mountain pass and arrived at the plain farmland to count the number of people, the number of dead of 713 people was staggering.

And, the once densely populated manor has been reduced to a ghostly haunt, with only wandering bone guards and hoarly roaring ghouls breaking through the peace of the night.

"Lord Fordin, what are we going to do?"

The joy of breaking out of the siege had not yet dissipated, and a hearty battle had stimulated the nerves of the soldiers of Hearthvale, and the morale of Tirio Fordin's team was still acceptable.

Tirio Verding did not say anything discouraged, but ordered them to eat some dry food, feed their mounts some beans and ale, and then send out their rangers to scout around.

The situation with Ranger returns is terrible.

There is no refugee flow at all.

It was only then that Tirio Fortin realized the true purpose of Carlos' gradual silver dawn.

"Can you still hold on?"

"No problem, Lord Fordin. ”

"Gather everyone, set out overnight, and rush to Andorhar. ”

Tirio Fordin has decided that he must join Carlos as soon as possible.