Chapter 434: Soldiers Force Stormwind City

A few days ago, although more and more refugees flocked to take refuge in Stormwind City, they were basically relatively stable. Apart from the relatively large investment in food supply and maintenance of law and order, there were basically no problems.

But now, the upper echelons of the kingdom, including those high-level generals who were full of confidence, nobles and members of the parliament, and even King Varian, have lost the calm and calm attitude they had before.

Countless aristocrats and wealthy businessmen and large farmers who knew the news in advance, or realized that the rumors were not right, began to transfer their important properties and family members one after another, letting them take the mine tunnel subway to the safer Dan in the north. Moreau, take refuge in Ironforge, the capital of the Wildhammer dwarves...

Of course, there are also some local tyrants and wealthy merchants who have boats, and even started to team up with each other, planning to sail out to sea with armed boats, risk crossing the endless sea, and go to Kalimdor, which is safer, to the place located in Dustwallow Marsh. Safe Theramore?

Anyway, until now, as long as they are capable, they have basically tried their best to escape ahead of time! And those who fled ahead of time naturally brought the originally stable order in the city into a little chaos and agitation, so that the security forces in Stormwind City had to deploy more troops that were already stretched to join the order-maintaining forces. security operations.

In general, compared to the crowded but not too chaotic Stormwind City a few days ago, the city has gradually shown signs of becoming chaotic... Countless Stormwind City citizens crowded in Stormwind City At the gate of the mineway subway in the dwarf area, I was anxiously looking forward to being able to be arranged by others one step ahead of others on the next batch of mineway trains to take refuge in Ironforge...

And all of this was caused by the big event that happened three days ago!

Three days ago, in the west of Elwynn Forest, Westspring Fortress, which was defending the main entrance of the Western Wilderness into Elwynn Forest, was captured by Defias bandits... After more than 2,000 soldiers were killed in battle, only Bolvar Fortagan The Duke led less than half of the remnant soldiers and some refugees to evacuate from the secret passage of the fortress in an emergency, drove northward across the Mirror Lake overnight, and fled back to Stormwind City in embarrassment the next day, that is, the evening of two days ago...

As of today, according to the information reported by the spies and Sheriff Marshall Duhan of Shining Gold Town who still has the face to return to claim credit, Gold Shining Town has also been captured by the enemy two days ago, and there are zero soldiers killed in battle... the townspeople have also died. Most of them were safely withdrawn to Stormwind City, and the rest were also withdrawn to North County in the north.

And those Defias rebels, it is said that they have already passed through Gold Shining Town, and are sweeping towards Stormwind City in the northwest direction. It is expected that they will definitely arrive outside the gate of Stormwind City's Valley of Heroes in the next two days!

"..."

"Gentlemen! Now our Stormwind City,

The situation in our Stormwind Kingdom has become critical! "

"I'm sure you all know... those Defias rebels from Westfall, they are heading towards our Stormwind City! According to our Griffon Knight's reconnaissance report, according to the marching speed of those rebels , it is estimated that tomorrow evening, or the morning after tomorrow at the latest, will reach the first city gate outside the Valley of Heroes of our Stormwind City!"

"In the beginning, our plan for defending Stormwind City and all the offensive and defensive arrangements were not too flawless... It's just that there were some sudden changes... But anyway, this is the end of the matter, so don't talk about all the nonsense Now, you all have a discussion, how can we successfully defend our city?"

Scanning the king's hall with calm eyes, the nobles and councilors who were whispering to each other, or whose eyes were flickering, or whose faces were a bit unsightly, watched for a while. Finally, Varian finished speaking. After that, he turned his gaze to the Grand Duke of Bolvar, who was wearing an armor full of burn marks and dirt, and had scabbed wounds on his face.

Varian felt that the other party had fought against Defias' rebels, so Varian wanted to get specific ways to fight those enemies from the other party's mouth.

However, it is a pity that the other party seems to have no good solution now, so after seeing Varian's gaze, he just shook his head with a helpless smile and wry smile.

Bolvar has indeed experienced the combat effectiveness of the enemy's troops...

The combat effectiveness of those ogres, Stranglethorn trolls, and gnoll troops is simply a mob. There is no comparison in front of Stormwind City's elite city defense team and the most powerful royal guard!

But those goblin artillery, need a little attention? But, now that Stormwind City is commanding, it has an absolute defensive advantage, and all kinds of defensive equipment are complete, large and small catapults and dwarven artillery, and it is not necessarily afraid of those damn goblin siege cannons!

As for the opponent's Defias Republic plate armor phalanx troops, although he has never fought against them, he would not have much combat power. After all, the opponent's background is too shallow, and Bolvar will definitely not believe those appearances How big the goods can be in the battle.

Therefore, apart from the latest variable of the other party, he actually has nothing to worry about.

"Your Majesty the King!"

"Calculating the time, if I remember correctly, the reinforcements from our Northern Expedition should soon arrive in Stormwind City, right?"

The Duke of Elroy Burlock, who was looking relaxed at this time, smiled when he saw that no one wanted to speak first at this time, and stood up directly with an indifferent attitude.

Anyway, his family and property have already transferred his daughter Althea to Ironforge a few days in advance, and now, he still has two strong cats in the courtyard of the house in Stormwind City. Griffin, so he, who has been prepared for a long time, is really not in a hurry now!

Even if Stormwind City can't hold it and is really captured, it's a big deal, he will fly to Dun Morogh together with his confidant butler, who is also the griffin manager of Nightshade Town. And those nobles who laughed at him for being timid before, those short-sighted guys, I'm afraid they are still worrying about getting a few more subway tickets, right?

He is very clear... the price of the subway ticket to Ironforge is not comparable to that a few days ago. At this critical time, King Varian ordered that enough seats be reserved on each train for the evacuation of the people of Stormwind City for free, so that there are not many tickets for each remaining train. In the case of early evacuation, each one can be sold for a sky-high price!

"If you want to talk about the returning reinforcements..."

"They are indeed coming soon! Our Griffon scouts have already contacted the fleet... Now their fleet has passed through the Straits of Dun Morogh, and they can almost see the rolling mountains in the north of Stormwind City..."

"However, even if this is the case, it will take at least four to five days for their fleet to reach the port of Stormwind City!"

After looking at the Duke of Ebonlocke, who seemed a little gloating, Varian frowned and thought about it, and finally said truthfully.

The lord of this place, the opponent is not actually the core of the Stormwind Kingdom, he is only qualified to stand here with the title of duke... After all, Dusk Forest has been abandoned by them from the bottom of their hearts long ago due to environmental reasons, so , the other party was excluded from the core upper circle of the kingdom a long time ago.

"Your Majesty the King, then I don't quite understand..."

"Since our reinforcements will arrive in Stormwind City in four days, what do we have to worry about now? With our excellent fortifications in Stormwind City, even the front outer gate was betrayed by Defias." It doesn't matter if the army captures it, because... our Valley of Heroes is the most magnificent artificial barrier!"

"I have seen the fortifications of the city in the past two days. Since the river water from Thunder Falls was introduced into the Valley of Heroes in Stormwind City, if any enemy wants to cross this barrier, the only way to forcibly rush through us is to allow only ten A long and narrow stone bridge with horses running side by side! I believe that no matter who our enemies are, even those crazy and bloodthirsty orcs back then, they will not be able to break through... let alone the Defias rebels. Those motley troops assembled based on their numbers and various monsters and mercenaries!"

Anyway, his family's property has been safely transferred, so the Duke of Elroy Burlock is also willing to put his words in a positive light, and besides, he actually thinks so himself.

The defense of the rebuilt Stormwind City is unquestionable, and it can definitely be easily defended for several months. No one can deny this! So now, they only need to hold on casually for three to five days, and when the time comes, the most elite reinforcements returning from the Northern Expedition will arrive successfully, so what do they have to worry about?

Or... are they hiding something from themselves?

However, the Military Intelligence reported that Elro himself had seen it, and he didn't find anything special from it, did he? So what is it that makes these guys suddenly become so worried?

"Duke Ebonlocke... You may not know that the situation is different from before!"

After glancing at Duke Elroy Burlock with an unnatural expression on his face, Varian sighed and shook his head helplessly. Some things they didn't say publicly, but many people here have already realized it, and this is also the root cause of the sudden change in the atmosphere of Stormwind City in the past three days.

"I don't see any difference, and the enemy hasn't increased their troops, so what's the difference?"

"Your Majesty the king... I think, there is no need for you to hide some things now, right? You also know that the enemy is about to attack the city tomorrow, don't you? So, I think you should also speak frankly and clearly." ..."

The Duke of Elroy Burlock was a little puzzled, and then he looked suspiciously at the Grand Duke of Bolvar Fortagan, who was standing first under the king, and then at Marcus Jonathan, the The general of Stormwind, the supreme commander of the Stormwind City's defense forces, and looking at some other people who were closer to the king, he quickly discovered: Those real powerful figures in Stormwind City, their faces are not very good-looking. He had a heart to know something tacitly, so he could be regarded as vaguely understanding something.

Then, he asked the king loudly.

Now that this is the case, if King Varian still wants to hide the news, why is there a meeting? After the meeting was disbanded, he, Elro, took the griffin and ran to Ironforge to take refuge. Let them, the bastards who are still stammering until now, fight the enemy desperately!

Anyway, no one would be willing to send troops to take back his Twilight Forest territory, right?

"Actually... there is nothing we can't say about this, we just don't want to cause more confusion..."

"The thing is this: the leader of our MI7, that Pasonia Shaw... must you all know it? She set off three days ago, intending to assassinate that Defias bandit leader Vanessa Van Krye Husband... But it is a pity that she failed... and the person who killed her is said to be the leader of the Flame Alliance, the queen of the Flame Kingdom, Annie Hasta!"

"And now, according to reports from our spies in the enemy army, that powerful demigod mage is still in the enemy army. At that time, he will definitely participate in the offensive and defensive battle of Stormwind City... Not good news for us..."

"Or it can be said that the Flame Queen, she is a huge threat to our Stormwind City! Even... Far stronger than those Defias rebels!"

This matter is the reason why most of the storm executives, including King Varian, are worried! A powerful mage should be as powerful as the former guardian of Tirisfal. In the upcoming battle of Stormwind City, the threat to them is too great!

Otherwise, those who got the wind would not go crazy and want to leave Stormwind City as soon as possible! Now, this news is nothing more than a secret that some people have already known, but have not disclosed to the public.

"Your Majesty, the other party is just a stronger mage, wouldn't it be like this?"

The Duke of Elroe Burlock has been tossing around in Twilight Forest and Nightshade Town all these years. He is obviously far behind Stormwind City in terms of intelligence and so on, and he doesn't know the specific information about the Flame Queen.

In fact, most people here don’t know much about it. They only know that a few years ago, when the undead disaster ravaged the Lordaeron continent, the other party forcibly pushed the entire Lordaeron with the help of those powerful fire elements. Lun continent, drove away Alsace, and created that huge flame alliance...

There are also rumors that the other party once beat away the big demon Archimonde, the polluter of the Burning Legion. Of course, many people don't believe this kind of nonsense!

After all, in this era when going out is basically by walking, and communication is basically by shouting, gossip and so on are actually the same thing!

Just like the Varian king on their throne, the ghost wolf "Lo'Gosh", the Son of the Storm, the High King of the Alliance, the Gladiator, etc. are hung on the other side's head... There are also rumors, The opponent once fought against a hundred in the arena, killing the enemy's blood into rivers, and only then returned to Stormwind City after laying corpses in the field? But in fact, these claims are not very reliable. Their majesty the king is just a slightly stronger hero warrior?

And if someone wants to deal with their Varian king, as long as the other party is alone, a random combination of high-level fighters or paladins can basically teach their legendary king how to behave !

Otherwise, he would not have been assassinated by the black dragon princess Onyxia, and he would not have been captured and disappeared for such a long time!

"well……"

"Anyway, the other party is going to attack the city the morning after tomorrow at the latest, and I don't need to hide it...Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that a few years ago, the death knight Arthas led the Scourge army to invade and capture Quel'Thalas. Everyone must have heard of the incident in the original Silvermoon City, right?"

"Except for those high elves, no one knows exactly what happened at that time... Anyway, we only know that Silvermoon City was destroyed shortly after Alsace's undead army captured it! Then, the executioner of Alsace I fled back to the old city of Lordaeron alone..."

"In order to confirm this matter, we also specially sent people from SI:7 to investigate on the spot... That Silvermoon City, that huge city that is not inferior to our Stormwind City, was indeed razed to the ground by a certain terrifying spell... ...Therefore, in the rumors of the high elves, the fact that the flame queen wiped out hundreds of thousands of undead troops of the Scourge with a single spell should not be false..."

Thinking of this terrible thing, Valian became even more worried!

Who knows, that Flame Queen, the other party will also come to Stormwind City so ruthlessly? It is precisely because of this that he issued an order in the past two days: he began to organize the citizens to take the subway to evacuate to Ironforge, and let others go to sea to escape freely... because what they were worried about was actually that Little girl, that's all!

"this……"

"how so?"

"Could it be that those rumors are all true?"

"Oh... I'm afraid it is... It's really terrible..."

"Then, what should we do then? How should we defend this Stormwind City? We don't seem to have that kind of powerhouse, and we don't even have the means to deal with that kind of existence..."

"What are you still defending? I can't find a way to suppress the Flame Queen. No matter how many reinforcements come..."

"Perhaps, her spells must have certain restrictions? Otherwise, shouldn't she have directly blown up our alliance's camp on the front line of Tyren Mill more than a month ago?"

"This seems to make sense..."

"Hmph! She didn't blow up at that time! However, she directly summoned a huge flame demon and a holy light titan! Until now, that holy light titan has forced our Northern Expedition coalition forces to hide in Nanhai Town and dare not act rashly. This made the entire Northern Expedition plan come to an anticlimactic end!"

"That's right! General Marcus is right!"

"Also, I also heard that the other party released a super-large flame rain, covering a large area. In addition to killing and injuring many of our soldiers, they also directly forced down thousands of soldiers. Generals of the Northern Expedition!"

"That rain of flames? If...she also throws one in Stormwind City..."

"..."

The nobles and congressmen who were discussing fiercely did not know who said this, and then, the king's hall suddenly became cold. Those people just looked at each other tacitly. Although they didn't speak, the inexplicable eyes conveyed some thoughts that they both knew.

"..."

"Well, Senator Mirren, I know you still have a lot of subway tickets, why don't you secretly give me two? I want tonight's, or before tomorrow night..."

"Do you want a train ticket? It's not impossible to give you a few evenly... But, you should also know that the market is different now..."

"Of course, I understand, I understand..."

"Your Excellency Mirren, I want some..."

"..."

Looking at the group of nobles and some members of parliament who were selfish and caring only for themselves, who turned pale with fright when they heard of danger, and only wanted to escape and retreat, Varian took a deep breath, and then Barely stopped the urge to curse.

"Okay! Shut up, all of you!"

Finally, the Grand Duke of Bolvar was the first to bear it no longer.

He just walked out holding the hilt of the long sword at his waist. He still had a lot of scars on his face, but after he glanced at all the people present with such sharp eyes, he quickly frightened those who were whispering to each other. Guys muttering, or talking loudly, pause.

"Your Majesty the King!"

"Please send me some capable fighters and mages, and then find out the specific location of the Flame Queen. I think, for the sake of the Stormwind Kingdom, I can lead my troops to raid the existence that threatens the Kingdom the most!"

Finally, Bolvar, who was slightly concentrating, turned around resolutely, half-kneeling and said to Varian on the throne in a deep voice.

This is what he thought, since His Excellency Marshal Anduin Lothar was able to raid Karazhan back then and successfully killed the fallen guardian Medivh, who was also a powerful mage, then he, Bolvar, can also fight for the Stormwind Kingdom now. , to raid that powerful little girl mage for the sake of Stormwind!

He believed that when dealing with mages who would only throw spells from a distance, as long as he could get close to the opponent, he would have a certain chance of success.

"Your Excellency, Grand Duke, I object!!"

"You may not know, that little girl, it is said that she is a demigod-level existence! Against that kind of immortal, our attack may be very weak! If you do it rashly, you will end up losing your life in vain!"

"That will be meaningless to the kingdom and to you!"

Before King Varian could speak, Marcus Jonathan, the city defense general of Stormwind City, first came out to strongly object. This kind of life-sacrificing assault is basically a narrow escape, or even ten deaths. Anyway, he firmly disagrees with Bovar to do that!

Bolvar is too important to the Stormwind Kingdom, there is no need to take such a risk.

"Marcus, it has been proven that demigods can also be killed!"

"Think about it, the mighty Archimonde, Medivh who was once beheaded by the sword of the heroic Lord Lothar, and Cenarius, the demigod of the jungle who died under the orc's ax a few years ago... Sorry, Your Excellency the Ambassador from Darnassus, I did not intend to offend you, I was just stating a fact."

The Grand Duke Bolvar, who knew he had made a slip of the tongue, quickly apologized to a night elf messenger who suddenly had an uneasy face on the other side.

It wasn't until he saw the other party waving his hand, putting away his shameful and angry look, and becoming a little depressed again, that he didn't seem to blame himself too much, then he continued to say:

"So, Your Majesty, I intend to..."

However, before Bovar's temporary plan could be finished, Varian stepped forward and reached out to interrupt him.

"That's enough, Bolvar, you don't need to say anything."

"Now, the military chiefs at all levels are here to stay. As for the others, go and perform your duties on your own, and coordinate the order in the city... That's all, you all go away first!"

After helping Bolvar, he didn't want to listen to the noisy nobles and members of the parliament anymore, so Varian simply waved his hand and told them all to go away, out of sight and out of mind!

Those people, if they want to escape early, they will also be knocked down! Anyway, now Stormwind City does not prohibit citizens from evacuating in advance, and now that the entire city is under military control during wartime, it doesn't make much sense for those guys to stay, so let them go!

"Bovar, don't be in a hurry...you should also understand that the situation now is different from that at the beginning!"

"I know that you want to contribute to the Kingdom of Stormwind, but your kind of plan will not have any chance of success... Back then, Marshal Lothar was able to succeed because of Khadgar's help, bypassing Medivender's defense, There was only one person on the other side! Moreover, Marshal Lothar and Medivh were good friends at the time, and they barely succeeded with the help of the soul of Medivh who was possessed by demons..."

"But now, you still want to lead a team to raid a powerful mage in the enemy's army? This is not a plan, but to die! In short, I will never allow it!"

After everyone was gone, Varian took a few steps forward, grabbed the other person's shoulders vigorously, and rejected this proposal as if sending him to death without leaving any room.

"But Your Majesty, what else can we do now? Are we going to send a killer from SI:7?"

Seeing the king's resolute attitude and knowing that he would not allow himself to do anything wrong, Bolvar could only ask back sadly. Now, the life and death of a kingdom depended on the enemy, which made him feel very angry and helpless!

"I'm afraid, SI:7 can't do it either!"

"Everyone knows that Mathias Shaw died a long time ago, and Pasonia Shore also died three days ago... plus those agents who were wiped out in Yuexi Town more than a month ago Elite... Now our MI7, we really can't send too many elite killers... Even if we send them out by force, it is probably just a waste of life..."

Standing aside, Marcus Jonathan, the city defense general of Stormwind, smiled wryly and shook his head. Now that MI7 is temporarily under his management after Pasonia Shore's death, this situation is just like this!

He felt that the situation they were facing right now was like letting them face the polluter Archimonde alone in Stormwind City. This battle was completely impossible to fight! At the beginning, when the Kalimdor coalition faced Archimonde, there were a lot of powerful warriors, mages, druids, etc. from the tribes and night elves.

But now, their Stormwind City can't even gather five archmages...

"Then what should we do, just wait to die?"

"Just like this, we just let that damned Van Cleef remnant come in, burn Stormwind City, and then hang the heads of us enemies on the city gate?!"

To this day, Bovar finally understands the correctness of the word "eliminate evil and complete affairs"! Looking at the present, just because of the little remnant left behind and not caught, the result is really troublesome...

"..."

"Stay here for two days and see if it really doesn't work, when the time comes... we will withdraw our entire army to Ironforge!"

Varian closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then opened them suddenly.

Now, with the elite army of the Alliance outside and the night elves or other strong men from other races unable to support them in time, perhaps a temporary retreat is their only option.

"Your Majesty! Are you crazy?"

"Once we let go of Stormwind City, I'm afraid the Burning Plains, Redridge Mountains, and the Swamp of Sorrows will not belong to our Stormwind Kingdom! Those Defias rebels and evil orc tribes will definitely take over All our lands are divided up!"

Hearing that Varian was going to talk about the retreat of the entire army, Bolvar was really surprised. It is foreseeable that once they evacuate the city, the Kingdom of Stormwind may really perish...

"Ha! Bervar, it's not like we haven't retreated before!"

"Think about it, twenty years ago, didn't we also lose all our land? But in the end, we still came back stronger... So, please believe me, old friend... As long as we If it is still there, then we still have hope..."

Retreating is only Varian's last option. No matter what, they always have to defend first. He intends to see the opponent's methods first. Maybe they can defend?

"..."

Defias' army camp of all countries, Vanessa's mob is currently repairing here.

By tomorrow afternoon at the latest, they should be able to appear outside the magnificent white gate of Stormwind City. At this time, Vanessa was discussing with a group of generals about the siege of the city the day after tomorrow based on the architectural blueprints of Stormwind City preserved by her father's generation and the stonemason unions.

"Vanessa, this city... I don't think we can break into it!"

"Look, this dangerous terrain... It's really too difficult to attack, and the valley is not big, and the mountain is steep, our troops can't expand too much..."

"The first gate is actually a bit better. The large flat land here is barely enough for us to use cannons to bombard the enemy. We should be able to break through this line of defense! However, the second, more majestic gate is... "

After looking at the detailed layout of the entire city, Pete frowned and shook his head.

That Valley of Heroes gave him a headache just looking at it, but it was a nightmare for the attackers! Back then, why did Vanessa's father, that Edwin Van Cleef, design this city so outrageously? Look, there is actually a big and deep artificial lake in the Valley of Heroes in front of the two city gates, so that if they want to attack now, they can only rely on that stone bridge...

But what should they do if the other party blows up the stone bridge? Do you want to climb those mountains, or do you want to cut wood and build ships?

"I think, if possible, it might be easier to attack from the sea after our fleet is established?"

Pete felt that the plan to attack Stormwind City was a little too hasty.

The current construction blueprint of Stormwind City shows that the only flaw of the opponent may be the port... As long as their Defias navy is strong enough, they can build ten or eight steel dreadnoughts and force them to Landing at the port of Stormwind City is infinitely better than attacking the Valley of Heroes like this, right?

Rather than wasting time here now, why not go back and sweep up Elwynn Forest, or attack that North County, try to wipe out the vital forces of the Stormwind Kingdom as much as possible, destroy the enemy's farmland and orchards, and then fool those people into the Western Wilderness Pioneering?

At that time, as long as the Defias Republic is guarding the pass tightly, and Stormwind City, which has no money and no one, is unable to resume production under the suppression of their Defias Republic and the orc tribe, it will collapse by itself in a short time .

"No! That dreadnought has just been repaired, and it doesn't have much combat power! And our first steel fleet will take at least half a year to take shape. I can't wait that long!"

Seriously looking at the terrain, Vanessa rejected Defias General Pete's suggestion without raising her head. In fact, Vanessa herself knew that she might not be able to get in, but even if she couldn't get in, she still had to fire a few shots to scare those bastards in Stormwind City, that would be great!

"Look! These secret passages in the Stormwind Castle Fortress, if we sneak in through them, will it work?"

After pondering for a while, Vanessa suddenly pointed to those secret passages and said.

On this drawing of the Masons' Union, all the secret passages, sewers, the flow direction of the inland river, and the main buildings are clearly drawn! So, after pondering for a while, Vanessa naturally focused on the secret passages that could lead directly to the fortress of Stormwind Castle.

"No! Stormwind City will definitely be prepared for these secret passages. They know the origin of our Defias, so it is impossible not to take precautions!"

"Besides, we don't have elite troops like the Silver Hands. I don't think we can defeat those Stormwind royal guards after rushing in! Moreover, once they take countermeasures and directly pour the river water in, then we can attack The army is finished!"

How is it possible to use a secret path known to both the enemy and us? Anyway, Pete would never agree to such an outrageous plan! Instead of going to die like that, it would be better to smash the enemy at the gate of the city!

"Then tell me, what are we going to do?"

Violently stabbing a black dagger into the fortress where the nobles of Stormwind lived, Vanessa asked Pete angrily.

"Let me think about it first..."

Pete didn't care about the black dagger that was still shaking slightly, ignored Vanessa's cannibalistic gaze and the other mages, shamans and ogres around who were not working hard, and just stared at the map and thought. .

In this situation, it seems that there is no other way but to forcefully attack the main entrance.

"Hey! Big wolf dog, don't you want to go to the meeting?"

She has never liked meetings, and studying combat strategies would only cause confusion for them, so she just wandered around in this large camp alone as a matter of course.

Then soon, she suddenly found a certain big wolfhound who was a little melancholy.

"Meetings? Hogg doesn't know how to hold meetings... Hogg only kills, sets fire, robs and earns gold coins!"

"Hogg wants to earn a lot of gold coins, the more the better!"

After turning his head to glance at a little human girl who was only as tall as his own thigh, Hogg's ferocious fangs head and big dog-headed face with a spiked collar turned back again, staring blankly into the distance .

Hogg couldn't afford to provoke this little girl, nor did she dare to provoke her, so she answered the other party's questions honestly.

"Gold coins, what do you want gold coins for, a big dog?"

Annie looked at the other party, and there were only a few pieces of broken iron that acted as armor, and a huge green quality axe. If Annie had to describe the kobold in front of her in one word, it would be poor!

In this way, it makes sense for the other party to want to make money.

"Hogg wants to support my female gnolls and future offspring! Hogg will soon have many, many offspring! Therefore, Hogg needs money..."

In this world, milk powder is expensive, and Hogg has acquired a large group of beauties in the harem at once. Once those female wolf men give him little wolf men, the burden of life will be all on it. up.

So, Hogg is really worried. He is no longer the lone wolf in the forest where one person is full and the whole family is not hungry...

"Oh? Why do you want so many offspring? They can't be eaten!"

Annie, who suddenly became interested in this jackal, sat down on a piece of wood next to him and began to look at him with interest while dangling her legs.

Little Annie thinks that the idea of ​​studying this kind of monster is sometimes quite interesting.

"Hogg wants to be the chief of the Gnoll tribe, and Hogg wants to form a powerful army of his offspring, and then...!"

Scratching his head, Hogg forgot his words, because it had been staring at a distant target.

"Then what? Say it!"

Annie, who was hearing the critical moment, became a little impatient, and hurriedly urged her.

"Then...then Hogg took them to continue to rob money, let them breed more offspring, and strengthen my Hogg's clan...then...to rob money..."

Give birth to a large number of offspring → rob money → continue to have a large number of offspring → rob money again → repeat... And this is the highest pursuit of the wolf man Hogg in this life! It believes that one day, it can have a big tribe, and it, Hogg, is the king of the tribe!

"..."

Well, Annie doesn't want to criticize this jackal with lofty ideals.

Although, she can't quite understand the other party's weird way of thinking: making money, looking at the little wolf man... and then robbing the money, and then raising the little wolf man, in her opinion, this is clearly an endless loop, living like this How boring...

"But, if you want to rob money or make money, then you go... What are you looking at that man-eating troll doing now? Let me tell you, cannibalism is not good, I don't like it very much!"

Annie now hates those trolls in Vanessa's army because they eat people!

Fortunately, little Vanessa said that they were just used as cannon fodder to die when they attacked the city. Otherwise, Anne might not be able to resist burning them first!

"Because, the leader of the ogre, Grubtok, told Hogg that as long as Hogg kills the leader of the troll, he will give Hogg a full five hundred gold coins!"

Thinking of the 500 gold coins, Hogg's eyes lit up, and the hand holding the huge ax began to feel a little eager to rush up and do it regardless.

"Oh? That troll you're talking about, is that bad guy over there who's gnawing on an arm?"

Following the other party's line of sight, Annie quickly spotted a blue-skinned troll with a slightly different reminder and clothes from among the group of trolls. The other party actually ate so vigorously, she couldn't help but want to burn that bad guy!

"That's right! That's it, Hogg wants to kill it now!"

After holding the hatchet in both hands, Hogg began to gasp heavily in his nose. He was obviously struggling fiercely with the five hundred gold coins. He wondered if he should rush up now and provoke The other party started internal strife?

"But...they have a lot of people now, if you rush up, you will definitely not be able to beat them..."

Look at the large group of opponents, hundreds of thousands, and this Hogg has only one, this stupid guy who can't even bring a younger brother, definitely has no hope of victory.

"Of course Hogg knows, so Hogg is working hard to find a way..."

The other party didn't place an order, and it, Hogg, was also very desperate... Plus, it didn't want to call out to those younger brothers, because it would cost money, and it didn't want someone to take away its gold coins!

"Then have you thought about it now?"

After tilting her head and looking at the other party for a while, Annie suddenly asked.

"No, Hogg is thinking..."

The gnoll continued to stare at the troll in the distance again, just like when Annie saw him just now.

"You are in a daze, you are not thinking of a way!"

Blinking and waiting for a while, Anne was really a little impatient.

"Hogg has no choice...Hogg is trying hard to think..."

Hogg is good at killing people, setting fires, destroying people, blocking roads and robbing people in Stormwind City, but he has no choice but to think of ways to make a cunning troll alone.

"Well, let me teach you a good way to kill the opponent, what do you think?"

Looking at this stupid wolf man, and then at the disgusting Stranglethorn Vale troll in the distance, Annie felt that the big wolf dog with only pursuit and ideals in front of her was more pleasing to the eye.

So, she decided: help this big guy who looks pleasing to the eye!

"What do you want? Hogg won't give you any money!"

The jackal looked at the little human girl mage warily. The other party said this to him, maybe he wanted to share the money? Absolutely not! He, Hogg, will not share money with anyone, never!

"I don't want your money! I'm just a little annoyed to see those trolls, who let them eat people?"

Seeing the stingy look of the other party, Annie curled her lips in disdain. Vanessa's money was all given to the other party by herself, how could she care about the other party's five hundred gold coins?

"Hogg doesn't believe..."

This jackal who has lived for decades is not stupid, otherwise, he would have died countless times! It doesn't believe this human being, after all, the other party hired a troll, how could it possibly instigate itself to kill the other party, and, especially now, when it is about to attack Stormwind City?

So Hogg felt that the other party might have a conspiracy!

"Oh! I'm kind enough to talk to you. If you don't believe me, I'm leaving, and I don't care about you!"

Seeing that the other party didn't understand good people, Annie stood up suddenly, turned around and made a gesture to leave.

"Wait! Then tell me first?"

Hogg stopped the other party vigilantly. Anyway, if you really don't want money, it doesn't matter if you listen, right?

"It's like this. There are several kinds of grass in Elwynn Forest. They are called Ningshenhua, Silver Leaf Grass, Ground Root Grass and Magic Blood Grass, and... anyway, they are not poisonous. But ...As long as you collect them and put them together in the pot of those trolls, after those trolls eat them, they will die soon, and then your goal will be achieved! How about it, people Isn't it smart?"

When I was in the City of Flames a few days ago, out of boredom, Annie read a few books about herbs, so she easily found a good way to deal with trolls, that is to poison them to death!

"..."

Hogg was a little hesitant, because he had seen and eaten what she said before, and it seemed to be fine all along?

"By the way, don't put too much, just poison that troll to death! Also, don't say that I taught you to do it, anyway, I don't know you! Even if you expose it, I won't admit it either!"

"If you can, you'd better find a goblin stalker to help you poison, as long as you give the other party a few silver coins, those money-grubbing guys will definitely do this kind of trivial thing for you! Alright, big dog , goodbye!"

After finishing speaking, Annie waved her hand without waiting for the other party's reaction, and then took her little bear Tibbers to wander elsewhere.

As for the fact that she had instigated a stupid wolf man to play infighting in Vanessa's army just now, she would never remember such a thing! Annie is such a generalist, how could she cause two groups of people in her camp to fight among themselves during the siege? nonexistent!

"..."

Scratching his head, Hogg, the leader of the gnolls, looked at the direction in which the little girl mage was leaving, and then looked at the target in the distance who was with other trolls. After thinking for a long time, it finally landed The decision, that is: find those herbs, and then find a goblin to poison!

As for whether the poisoning of the troll would trigger a fight between the gnoll and the troll, that's none of Hogg's business!