Chapter 1760 Ignorance and Fearlessness (Happy New Year!)
The Horde does not have the strength to threaten the Alliance, let alone its position.
As a great leader, Thrall's charisma is undoubted. He sticks to his principles, and he can't bear to ask Duke for territory, especially on the Eastern Front where there is basically no tribal participation.
Being principled is Sal's advantage, but it is also Sal's shortcoming.
If he had a more aggressive personality, maybe the tribe would be more aggressive and could occupy a wider territory than it does now. In contrast, Duke may not allow the tribe to exist until now.
After getting news of the civil strife in the tribe, Jaina immediately found Duke through the portal.
"How should the Alliance respond? Theramore has been under martial law."
In this life, Jaina had no sympathy for the orcs because Du deliberately tricked her once when she was a girl. It is even less likely that he has an unclear relationship with Thrall as history has.
If Theramore was originally founded for her own career, after she became Queen of Kul Tiras and Duke suggested that the focus of Kul Tiras be moved to Booty Bay, Theramore's status changed. .
Theramore is now not only a window for communication between the Alliance and the Horde, but also a bridgehead for the Alliance to invade the Horde's territory when necessary. In addition to retaining necessary functions such as military logistics and trading ports, Theramore is a pure fortress.
Facing Jaina's question, Duke smiled and shook his head: "The current conflicts of the tribe are just the inevitable result of the suppression of its expansion. In fact, it is very simple to solve the conflicts. As long as there is enough territory, settle the immigrants from Nagrand If the extra orcs are allowed to thrive and develop, nothing will happen."
When Jaina heard this, she immediately understood Duke's position. Her pretty face was filled with a frosty sneer: "The tribe's territory is not enough, and the alliance is obliged to be responsible for finding new territories for them? If it's not enough, do we have to cut our own flesh? Are you feeding these greenskins?"
After all, they are the leaders of the alliance, not the chiefs of the tribe. How could they do something stupid and give away their territory for the survival needs of tribal radicals and their endless greed for territory.
Rather, since the orcs crossed to Kalimdor in the 15th year of the Dark Portal, Duke had secretly restricted the development of the tribe, and it was effective at this time.
Duke's game of chess was so big that no one in the tribe noticed it. By the time Thrall and others found out, the Alliance had already completed its control over the development of the tribe.
On the continent of Kalimdor, there were many unclaimed lands at that time. Whoever occupied it quickly and firmly would develop well. And both Duke and Thrall knew that if Azeroth hadn't been threatened by multiple evil forces one after another, the Alliance and the Horde might have started war again.
Since there is no way to start a war, the game between the Alliance and the Horde is reflected in their respective developments. The tribe has a small number of people and an even worse economic foundation. It is destined to need a faster development speed in order to achieve a strength that is at least close to that of the Alliance.
Originally, history was that the continent of Lordaeron was completely destroyed, the Alliance's strength plummeted, and the Horde took the opportunity to catch up.
Duke came out of nowhere and not only saved the continent of Lordaeron, but even revived the three destroyed kingdoms of Lordaeron, Alterac and Stromgard.
Coupled with various black technologies and economic policies that transcend the times, in the past ten years, the Alliance has far surpassed the tribe in both economic and military strength.
This made Thrall even more afraid to start a war casually.
However, the situation has changed now.
The influx of more than two million orcs in Draenor has indeed greatly replenished the tribe's population, but it has also brought a heavy burden on people's livelihood. The successive natural disasters, as well as the troubles caused by dark forces such as the Scourge, gave those orcs who escaped Draenor's fate of destruction a sense of trance as if they had just emerged from the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den.
When the catastrophe broke out, the long-standing internal conflicts were finally fully exposed.
Orgrimmar, and even the entire Horde, is now like a powder keg. All it takes is a tiny spark, and a big explosion will occur, blowing the tribe to pieces.
"Does Thrall dare to lead the tribe to war with the Alliance?" Jaina asked.
Duke shook his head: "It is precisely because Thrall is rational and is the orc who knows the most about the Alliance among the entire tribe, so he does not dare. On the contrary, ignorance and recklessness are fearless!"
Jaina understood Duke's meaning immediately, and the sarcastic look on her face became even stronger: "Those orcs whose minds are still stuck in the prehistoric era, really think that the Alliance is a sparsely populated draenei?"
Traditional orcs are extremely savage.
If you don’t like it, just do it!
Even if you don’t accept it, do it!
Anyway, if we fight for territory every day, there will be no one left alive.
If you lose, you will recognize your grandson.
If the other party won't let you go, then they will simply exterminate the clan.
Over thousands of years, countless clans have disappeared in the long river of history, and countless ambitious orcs have separated from their old clans and created new clans.
At that time, the orcs established the old tribe, launched a war against the draenei, and won the battle. In fact, there are several important reasons.
One is that the absolute value of the population is disproportionate. Before the tribe was destroyed in Draenor, the population was estimated to be tens of millions. The draenei were automatically hunted down by the Burning Legion sent by Kil'jaeden, and they had never exceeded one million.
The Delaney lost too much high technology, leaving only the magic of Holy Light.
This allowed the tribe's demographic advantage to come into play.
In addition, Kil'jaeden granted Gul'dan evil magic and cultivated a large number of [Warlocks] among the orcs, which largely offset the advantages of the Holy Light.
What now?
The Alliance has popularized earth's modern weapons with TNT explosives as its core, plus magical black technologies such as flying fortresses and flying battleships. Not to mention that the tribe only has less than three million people. Unless all the warriors of the tribe are professionals who have entered the field of heroes, even if this number is ten times higher, they will not be able to match modern artillery.
Is it so easy to become a strong person in the hero field?
Counting the Morning Star Mage, no matter whether it is the Horde or the Alliance, their numbers can barely reach four digits.
After hearing Jaina's words, Duke also sneered: "If you want to destroy people first, you must first make them crazy. The tribe is already a crazy train rushing to hell. No matter what Thrall does, it will only delay its fall into hell. speed. If the influence of traditional orcs is not fundamentally removed, the tribe is destined to be destroyed."
When Duke made this conclusion, Thrall in Orgrimmar turned around and pointed at a stack of official documents: "Did you see it? Even the reports used by the tribe to record important events are all Alliance paper... …Do you really think that the league’s lead over us is in a single area? No! It’s an all-round lag.”
"It's a pity that many brats think that even if these technologies are really useful, as long as they win the alliance, they can obtain all the alliance's technologies..." Varok's voice was full of bitterness.