Azeroth Trail of Light

Chapter 396 10. Strategic Adjustment——Adding updates to Brothers of Frostfang and Claw

Dick came here in disguise. No one knew his identity except Mograine who was stationed here. On the one hand, it was to avoid causing confusion; Make sure there are no Death Cultists here who work for natural disasters. These rats are smart and annoying. No one knows when they will jump out and destroy the original detailed plan.

Especially for paladins of Dick's level, there are only two landing sites in Northrend, one east and one west, and there are only two people, Fording and Mograine. This has already made the Scourge very passive, and another Dick , will definitely cause a wave of unnecessary trouble.

As mentioned above, the Scourge of the Undead also has its own small society, and when the Lich King was asleep, the arrival of Dick caused chaos in the Scourge of the Undead. The situation with Zhiyuan County has become very passive.

No matter how strong Dick is, he is only one person, and he cannot protect the brave pioneers of the Borean Tundra forever.

And from the perspective of Dick, who was dressed as a civil servant of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the current order of the Fearless Fortress is generally considered to be neat. In this city that occupies at least two-thirds of the size of Stratholme , there are not as many tricks as cities in the civilized world. It is divided into three parts as a whole. The dock area is used to repair warships. These warships have to travel between Northrend and the Eastern Continent every seven days to transport soldiers and supplies. It is also necessary to go deep into the waters of Northrend to fight against those lawless pirates.

Speaking of which, the pirates in Northrend have been getting more and more crazy these days. There have even been incidents where pirate ships besieged Fort Fearless. Of course, with Mograine and the Scarlet Crusade stationed here, those pirates lost three points One of the men did not even take down the dock of the fortress, so they could only flee in disappointment.

And this matter has something to do with Dick. These pirates belong to the forces of Bloodsail Pirates. There are two large-scale residences of this pirate gang that has traversed the endless sea for more than ten years. One is the mysterious Plunder Island, and the other is the North Sea. In exchange for the help of Kul Tiras, Dick told Dailin the locations of these two places, and then the Bloodsail pirates suffered. Dailin personally took the Sea Kingship and three fleets to In recent years, Commodore Matthew, who has become more and more important, brought the rest of the fleet to Rogue Harbor to support the Northern Expedition.

I don't know how the battle of Plunder Island went, but Rogue Harbor in Howling Bay, a logistical port, was almost wiped out under the attack of the Kul Tiras navy. Instead of taking refuge in natural disasters, some of them have returned to the days of watching the sky and eating on the sea. When they are desperate, attacking Fearless Fortress with their lives is just a trick to survive.

After the dock area, there is the largest building in the fortress, the barracks. There are at least 1,000 soldiers and thousands of horses living here. The smell is not very good, but at least it can provide a safe resting place. The innermost part is the headquarters. Mograine and his generals lived here.

In addition, on the entire Borean tundra, there are also three other Argent Crusade camps scattered here and there, but they are all reconnaissance or logistics camps, and some are patrolling the entire plain. Rangers, on the whole, Mograine, a lifelong veteran general, has initially established an effective defense system in this place in the past three months. When there are enough reinforcements in the rear, It will launch an attack on the local natural disaster forces in one go.

When Dick saw old Mograine, the old knight seemed in a very good mood. He hugged Dick, invited Dick who came from afar to sit on a chair, and took out two wine glasses, Shaking a bottle of unique wine in front of Dick's eyes,

"This is the deep-sea strong wine given to us by the local Tuskar people. You will like this taste. In this freezing weather, drinking a glass of this wine will warm you up."

Dick set his sights on the large map hanging on the wall behind Mograine, which recorded the situation of the entire Borean Tundra with various complicated lines. He was no longer a low-level soldier, and now This kind of military map is enough for him to understand the speed and situation of the current war.

A few seconds later, Dick looked away from the map, picked up the wine glass, drank a glass of strong wine, his burning stomach was moaning, Dick couldn't help grinning, and Mogley Neha laughed.

"When I fought with Marshal Lothar, the marshal said that a soldier who cannot drink is not a good soldier."

Mograine drank the liquor in front of him without changing his face, then exhaled,

"But he thinks the Marshal is wrong. You are a good soldier, but you don't like drinking."

Dick waved his hand, calmed his twitching stomach, and started talking about the business, "From your map, we have already captured the coastline? Will the local natural disasters let us act?"

The old knight moved his wrist seriously and said,

"Of course they won't sit back and watch us expand our power, but without an effective command, they are not our opponents. In the past three months, we have fought the local undead four times, and we have never lost. Right now Bridget and Dalyan are leading the follow-up troops of the Scarlet Crusade to try to open up a new landing point in Dragonbone Wilderness. When the construction is completed there, we will be equivalent to settling on this continent. After two nails have been driven, no one will be able to drive us away."

Facing Mograine, Dick no longer kept his secrets. After a brief understanding of the local situation, he asked the most important thing about his visit this time.

"So, Alessandro, what do you think of the Northern Expedition? Why are we fighting this war?"

This question is somewhat weird, but out of trust in Dick, Mograine thought for a while, clenched his fists,

"Revenge, and burning the flames of war to the undead, we are the new city wall of Lordaeron. If we don't fall, the undead will never even think about entering the civilized world."

Dick nodded noncommittally, and then talked about his plan,

"So have you ever thought about it, Alessandro, you know, the people support the Northern Expedition now because they think the war can protect them, but for us, we all know that this war will last at least 2 It is impossible to end within a year. Even if Arthas is killed, can we let the undead in Northrend be left alone? The purification war after the war is over will definitely drag on for a longer time. Think about it Five years from now, will the people who are tired of the war still support us? Even if they support us, will the newly-built Lordaeron be able to withstand it?"

Dick emphasized, "This is an entire continent of undead. To purify them, even if we are exhausted to death, it will be an impossible task within 10 years."

"so?"

Mograine frowned. He knew that Dick's words were not alarmist. During the orc war, if the orcs hadn't invaded the territory of Lordaeron, most people would still not pay much attention to the fact that almost overturned the entire continent. Orcs, this has nothing to do with wisdom or not. The will of thousands of people gathered together is inherently short-sighted. This is a problem of human nature.

The old knight waited for Dick to give him an answer, and Dick did not disappoint him. He pointed to the land outside Mograine's window, the Borean Tundra, a place covered in cold.

"Here, Alessandro, when I got off the boat just now, I saw the farmers who came to open up the wilderness under the protection of the army, picking up those crops. Have you ever understood the land here?"

When it came to this question, Mograine's brows parted, and there was a trace of relief on his face, "Of course, I have to say that you made the right choice when you asked me to bring these farmers. It is unbelievable that it is even more fertile. In just three months, we have harvested a crop of wheat. Although it is not enough for self-sufficiency, it is much faster than the originally planned transportation of materials.”

"Yes! Alessandro, the land here is so fertile, why should we leave it to natural disasters? Or let it be destroyed by war?"

Dick waved his arm, and his tone became relaxed,

"I talked to Her Majesty the Queen before I came here."

When talking about Her Majesty, Dick's expression changed subtly, but the old knight didn't notice, he was waiting for Dick's next words.

"Um?"

"Your Majesty means that she intends to turn the Borean Tundra into the sixth province of Lordaeron, and distribute all the land here to the people and nobles in exchange for their support. If her plan is successful, we will At least 30,000 civilian families can be provided with sufficient land for cultivation, and based on the area of ​​the Borean tundra, at least 20 fiefdom barons, or 10 real power earls, and a distinguished marquis will be born here."

Dick narrowed his eyes.

"As we continue to advance, more and more lands will be liberated. These lands will be given priority to veterans and nobles who lost their fiefs due to the undead invasion. As long as they stand by our side, Lordaeron will not speak lightly. Give up, and most importantly, when the commoners get the land they dream of, when they get used to the life here, when they know that the undead are coming to destroy, what will they do?"

"They will stand up and fight with us. The feeling of losing their homeland is enough to experience it once."

Old Mograine's eyes also lit up. His family also lost their fief in the undead invasion. It is not a good place to keep the Tirisfal region plagued by undead and werewolves. In the next 20 years, there will be no It is suitable for human survival, but if the fiefdom is changed to Borean Tundra.

The old knight remembered how excited the farmers were when they harvested the grain a few days ago. He silently weighed Dick's argument, and finally raised an unavoidable question.

"But the undead natural disaster will not let us do this. If we want to switch to pioneering, our military strength is not enough, and other forces"

"No! You can't switch to pioneering, at least not before Alsace is killed! Before that, we can only implement it on a small scale, first attracting the nobles, and then attracting the civilians who have lost their land."

Dick shook his head, and asked another question, "Is Fordring's operation in Howling Fjord going smoothly?"

Mograine shook his head, "It's not going well. Compared with the situation in the Borean Tundra, it's very bad over there. Fording said in a letter to me that the place is ruled by the Vrykul, and those half-giants are very difficult to deal with." , and Fording suspects that they are in collusion with the undead Scourge, they are evil allies, it is really disgusting, they can only take a defensive position there, it is difficult to counterattack."

"Then withdraw them, and we will attack the Borean Tundra with all our strength!"

Dick turned around, "Alexandro, with you and Tirion's army, how long will it take to clear the entire Borean Tundra?"

"There are 10,000 people on Fording's side, if all of them are placed here."

Old Mograine stood up from his chair, walked a few steps by the desk, and finally came to a conclusion, "At most 3 months! I can guarantee that there will not be a large wave of undead left in the entire Borean Tundra. The biggest threat is the weather, but if enough mages are deployed, the entire attack plan can be completed in two months."

"Two months, at that time, almost Alsace will wake up, so let's do this! We adjust the strategy, so that the reinforcements from other forces will land from the Keel Wilderness, so that after two months, Alsace will wake up, It will be discovered that the coalition forces have already reached his door, and he will not be able to spare time to harass the Borean Tundra."

"But on the Howling Fjord, if the vrykul really form an alliance with the Scourge, they can't let it go. When the war is in progress, they suddenly come out of the Howling Fjord, it will be nothing to everyone. It's a disaster."

"So I'll go over there and leave those vrykul to me, trust me, Alessandro."

Dick smiled and waved his hand, "What do you think of that idea?"

Old Mograine glanced at the confident Dick, shook his head,

"Frankly, it's not very good. You take it for granted, Dick."