Chapter 1656 Setting the Tone (1st Update)

Vol'jin... was quite surprised. The various measures and back-ups he had prepared became useless as Duke generously announced his support for the tribe.

Even though he tried his best to hide his change of mood, his surprised eyes still fell in the eyes of many alliance leaders.

"Thank you for the alliance's generosity." Vol'jin bowed deeply.

After Vol'jin left, Magni said in a deep voice: "Is it worth it? I'm not asking about the general direction, but whether I'm treating those greenskins too favorably."

Dwarves live a long life, and the battle with the Horde in Ironforge seems like yesterday. The three Bronzebeard brothers lost their father in that battle.

Duke glanced around and saw that there were no outsiders here. At this time, there were only a few dwarves, the dwarf leader and Danas, plus Jaina and Kaliya.

Duke smiled: "Do you think I am a dove or a hawk?"

Magni told the truth: "I used to think you were an out-and-out hawk, but now you are a bit like a dove."

"I think... I should be considered a royal sect!"

Duke's answer made everyone roll their eyes, you couldn't even finish what you said.

"Saar is an out-and-out dove!" Duke suddenly said seriously: "Although he will not hesitate to launch a war when the tribe is in danger, in his heart, using force is the last and lowest option. option. Under his leadership, the tribe did absorb various races to strengthen itself like the alliance. However, the tribe lacked a core program, and the orcs did not lead all tribes as a well-deserved 'king'. When the conflict broke out due to insufficient survival resources, How will Sal deal with it?"

There is no fool who can become the leader of a country or a clan after many wars.

Everyone understood at once - Thrall couldn't handle it at all.

If you think about it, you will know that after Arthas killed his father and the continent of Lordaeron survived the chaos, the Alliance actually had very little need for the Horde. Later, if it weren't for the worry that Illidan would turn all the orcs in the Outland into evil orcs and in turn conquer Azeroth, there would be no "Burning Crusade".

At this point in time, if it weren't for Arthas, the enemy of the living, and Yogg-Saron, the trouble-making ancient god, the Alliance might have gone to war with the Horde.

What Duke is doing now definitely means stabilizing the tribe.

Duke sighed softly and said three sentences in a row.

"The Alliance may consider its relationship with the Horde, but not now."

"The Alliance may go to war with the Horde, but now or in the next few years is not the time."

"After Thrall introduced the orcs from Draenor to Kalimdor, the seeds of civil strife in the tribe have been planted. The traditional orcs will demand more, and the King of Gronn will also bring trouble to the tribe. When all the conflicts accumulate, Thrall can't solve it. With Thrall's character, he will abdicate, and then the hawks of the tribe will come to power..."

If the former Duke stirred up this era with the memory of a simple time traveler, what the current Duke shows is the out-and-out wisdom of a leader.

Originally, the leaders of the alliance had begun to feel that the existence of the tribe was useless. Wanting to deal with them, the endless stream of moths made the Alliance unable to take action, and they were even more worried that the persecution would be too much, so they directly forced the Horde to the side of the Burning Legion again; in order to coexist peacefully, the past hatred made the entire Alliance maintain a high degree of vigilance towards the Horde. ; If you want to draw the entire tribe into the alliance through gentle means and use some sugar-coated cannonballs, the orcs will definitely be the first to take the lead in eating up the sugar-coated and throwing the cannonballs back.

After all, every race in the entire tribe has a very strong sense of self. No matter which one they choose, the alliance cannot please them.

And sometimes when facing powerful enemies, we have to recruit strong men from the tribe to help.

This extremely contradictory and ambiguous relationship that both defends against each other and often fights side by side makes the alliance extremely entangled from top to bottom.

Now that Duke has pierced this veil and set a tone for the league's top brass, everyone will have a unified idea in the future.

Large-scale wars rarely have a single battle to determine the outcome. The so-called decisive battles are all fought after a series of large and small battles, and a situation is forced to be fought. Only one battle can determine the outcome.

After the Alliance elite group killed Yogg-Saron, the Alliance's offensive against the Scourge stagnated. The battles in various places are at best to stabilize the front and consolidate the results.

Because the coldest winter is coming.

Winter in Northrend is a nightmare for both outsiders and native creatures.

With strong winds frequently reaching level 10 or above, and snowfall exceeding one meter or even two meters thick in one night, advancement is a luxury for any large army.

With such deep snow, not to mention the alliance's soldiers and mechanized troops, even the idiot's undead soldiers would find it difficult to attack without the support of a high-level lich.

Generally speaking, the lich needs to seal the ground with ice, or the crypt spider demon digs a hole in the ground.

It's a pity that these tricks have been cracked by the alliance one by one. Drilling a hole in the ground is easy to detect, and a simple seismometer can do it.

A raid in the wind and snow is a bit difficult to handle. In several medium-sized battles before, the alliance's medium-sized camp was raided. In the worst case, the entire army was wiped out. More than a thousand people died in battle, and they were all turned into undead. gone.

Later, Duke developed a land-based reconnaissance device based on sonar and arcane energy wave pulses as a substitute.

This thing is as big as a light tank, and it requires a Morning Star mage to operate it.

But the effect is good.

After a circle of fluctuations passes, no matter whether you are hiding in the snow or not, as long as there is a physical presence, the shape will be outlined on the magic mirror immediately.

If it were a humanoid existence, it would be directly on the edge of a humanoid ditch.

Therefore, this device, whose full name is [Human Tracing Plug-in Equipment], is referred to as ‘Human Tracing Plug-in’ in the alliance.

In the winter, the Alliance cannot just send out elite groups to raid Icecrown Citadel. According to everyone's estimates, if Arthas, who has the largest amount of souls as fuel, has the largest amount of souls as fuel, his [Frost] move will be better if the Scourge's strength is not weakened. The power of "Sorrowful Fury" will be at least doubled.

First use the army to weaken the Scourge Legion, purify the souls of most of the Scourge soldiers, and finally fight Alsace decisively. This is the safest way.

Throughout the winter of the 25th year of the Dark Portal, the Northern Expeditionary Army composed of the Alliance, the Horde, Wyrmrest Temple, and Ulduar were in a state of mobilizing their troops.

Among the tribes, the warriors who are the best at fighting enjoy the best treatment and are the most delicious. 200,000 tribal warriors who don't do anything serious and just eat and drink all day long have trouble and start causing trouble...

Looking at the report sent below, Duke showed a mysterious smile: "It's very leisurely, right? Then give them something to do."