The Second Empire of Azeroth

After taking Goldshire, Lothar began to deal with the Orcs attacking Stormwind.

Roger was not sent to scout this time because Lothar needed him as an advisor.

Actually, there was no need for scouting, because someone brought information about the Orcs.

SI:7, the assassin organization of Stormwind.

The reason it wasn't an intelligence organization was that the purpose of establishing this organization from the beginning was to help the Kingdom of Stormwind deal with some shady matters. Legend has it that on the first day of its establishment, its founder, Vareesa Sanguinar, assassinated a corrupt high elf mayor.

After the opening of the Dark Portal, SI:7 also wanted to spy on Orcish intelligence. But they quickly lost a large number of people because they were assassins, not spies. So, Vareesa told SI:7 to focus on assassinating high-ranking Orcs. At the same time, she also began training assassins' ability to gather intelligence.

Gathering intelligence on the Orcs outside Stormwind was SI:7's first battle in its transformation.

This legendary assassin personally went out and brought the intelligence Lothar needed on time.

"I set fire to the Orcs' food carts, and their food is probably only enough for three days," Vareesa said concisely.

"There's no need to move them all away. It's also possible to put some poison on them!" Roger said lightly.

Lothar hesitated a little, "Poison?"

"Leave this to me!"

Poisoning was a very simple matter for SI:7. However, Vareesa took a deep look at Roger while answering. This young man was ruthless and would definitely be a ruthless character in the future.

Outside Stormwind, in the Orcish camp.

The chiefs of the various clans were arguing fiercely, obviously knowing that the food had been burned.

"Enough!"

Blackhand shouted, stopping everyone. He was the one who had a headache about the food being burned. The remaining food was not even enough for retreat. The only way he could think of was to take Stormwind before the food ran out and rely on Stormwind's food to appease the army.

However, there was still a powerful cavalry behind them, ready to attack them at any time. Attacking Stormwind in this situation was just courting death.

They must withdraw their troops.

But how should they withdraw?

Blackhand scanned the chiefs, but saw arrogant faces.

Since the last defeat at Redridge Mountains, these chiefs had begun to disregard him, the Warchief. If he didn't rely on Gul'dan's Shadow Council, these chiefs would definitely not have followed him to attack Stormwind.

If they were defeated again, many of these chiefs would be eyeing the position of Warchief, right?

Thinking of this, Blackhand slowly said, "Things have come to this point, and we have no way to continue attacking Stormwind."

The chiefs clamored again, obviously dissatisfied with Blackhand's words.

Blackhand raised his hand, stopping the clamor, "Although we are withdrawing our troops, we will not give the humans any advantage. Not far to the southeast, there is an orchard. As long as we occupy it, even without food, we can satisfy our hunger with fruit. We can also obtain a lot of meat by hunting along the way. As long as we persist in passing through the forest, we will reach Westfall Brigade. After passing Westfall Brigade, there are a large number of farms in the forest, and the food problem can be solved. When the time comes, if the humans dare to chase after us, we will let the humans know the power of the Horde!"

Hearing this, the chiefs suppressed their grievances.

"Go back and prepare. We must evacuate as soon as possible!"

The chiefs left quickly, but Blackhand secretly left the chieftain of the Burning Blade clan behind, "Dall, take your people and follow me closely. If we encounter resistance, the Burning Blade clan will pave the way for me."

Dall Threeblades nodded, "The Burning Blade clan will fight for you, Warchief!"

The Burning Blade clan was the clan with the most warrior honor. They possessed powerful combat skills and the ability to control flames. The Orc hero Blademaster in Warcraft was from the Burning Blade clan. The representative figure of the Blademaster, Grom Hellscream, was actually just a warrior and could not use Mirror Image and Wind Walk at all.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Burning Blade clan was the strongest combat power of the Horde.

The Orcs withdrew their troops, and Stormwind quickly discovered this. King Llane immediately ordered the army to prepare for an attack, planning to cooperate with Lothar from the inside and outside.

However, Bolvar did not lead his troops to attack the Horde, but retreated backward, opening the road to the forest to the south.

Bolvar had just sent someone to send a letter to Lothar when he saw King Llane leading the army aggressively.

"Bolvar, where is Lothar? Why aren't you attacking the Orcs?"

This was a very rare opportunity to severely damage the Orcs, and even King Llane, with his good self-restraint, couldn't help it.

Bolvar quickly told King Llane Roger's plan, and King Llane's expression became strange. He had never thought that a war could be fought like this.

When the Orcs entered the forest, they saw piles of ashes from time to time. After some Orcs checked, they quickly reported to Blackhand.

"Warchief, the humans have killed all the animals in this area and burned the corpses."

Blackhand's face was very ugly when he heard this. Without food, the Orcs would be lucky to make it to Westfall Brigade.

"Speed up and get to the orchard as soon as possible!"

The Orcs sped up, and finally arrived at the orchard the next day. There were some human soldiers in the orchard who were moving fruit. When they saw the Orcs coming, they immediately threw away the fruit and ran away.

After checking, Blackhand was very happy. There was a whole warehouse of fruit in the orchard, enough for the Orcs to eat for ten days. Moreover, the fruit had been used with magic to keep it fresh all the time.

"Pass down the order, everyone's rations will be halved, and the reduced part will be supplemented with fruit!"

"After eating, we will set off immediately and strive to reach Westfall Brigade before dark."