Chapter 127 The Counterattack Begins
The Kingdom of Gilneas is second only to the Kingdom of Stormwind and the Kingdom of Stormwind, with a population of over one million, and is among the top human kingdoms.
With the Kingdom of Gilneas joining the Covenant, the Covenant not only gained another powerful member, but also basically completely controlled all the territories of the northern continent of the Eastern Kingdom.
You should know that the alliances in the southern continent of the Eastern Kingdom did not control half of the land in the southern continent. In this way, the strength of the Covenant will become stronger and stronger in the long run.
The Forsaken have strong military strength, but they cannot be invested in the war with the Alliance. It is undoubtedly the best choice to use the strong military strength of the Forsaken to solve the problems of the blood elves of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and the werewolves of the Kingdom of Gilneas within the Covenant.
The Dark Queen Sylvanas will not mind this. She has two ultimate goals in leading the Forsaken. The first is to avenge the Scourge, and the second is to let the living recognize the existence of the Forsaken.
Through the Forsaken helping the member states within the Covenant, the second point can be greatly achieved, so that the Covenant will gradually recognize and accept the existence of the Forsaken.
This trip, Galen or the entire Covenant gained a lot. The problem of the 7th Legion in Silverpine Forest was solved, so that this part of the 7th Legion was directly recalled to the Covenant, and the Stormpike Dwarves in Alterac Valley became an isolated army.
In a short period of time, the Alliance will not be able to set foot on the land of the northern continent of the Eastern Kingdoms again.
The addition of the Greymane Legion led by Lord Darius and the Gilneas Brigade has greatly increased the available forces of the Covenant. It is time for the Covenant to launch a counterattack against the Alliance.
Although the black dragon brothers and sisters of Storm Kingdom are cunning, they are not good at military affairs, but only good at politics. As enemies of the Covenant, they are much easier to deal with than Varian Wrynn.
"Tanred, the Alliance fleet is handed over to you. I think with the strength of the Royal Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras, the Alliance fleet is definitely not your opponent." The most important reason why the Covenant is so passive is the suppression and blockade of the Covenant by the Alliance Navy.
Admiral Tanrede originally led the last Royal Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras. Now he has taken back this part of the Royal Fleet of Kul Tiras from the Seventh Legion of Theramore, which has restored the strength of the Royal Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras to a certain extent.
Although it is completely incomparable to its heyday, if the opponent is only dealing with the Menethil Port Fleet of Stormwind Admiral Cantrebly, then Admiral Tanrede has absolute confidence.
"Please leave it to me, Garin, I will never let the Covenant down!" Admiral Tanrede led the Royal Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras to leave the Shipwreck Bay of the Kingdom of Gilneas.
In the southwest of the Kingdom of Gilneas, there is a huge archipelago called Tol Barad Islands. The Tol Barad Islands are very large, with an area equivalent to two-thirds of the Gilneas Peninsula.
The geographical location of Tol Barad Islands is extremely important. Paladin Fortress is a famous sea fortress belonging to the Kingdom of Stormgard. However, due to the two orc wars, the national strength of the Kingdom of Stormgard declined greatly, and the fleet was almost gone, and it lost control of Paladin, the sea fortress of Tol Barad Islands.
In the late period of the two orc wars, the Kingdom of Kul Tiras cooperated with Dalaran to recapture Tol Barad Islands and Paladin Fortress, and transformed it into a huge prison.
Now, Admiral Tanred uses Tol Barad Islands and Paladin Fortress as bases to attack the Menethil Port Fleet of Stormwind Admiral Cantrebly in the inland sea of the Eastern Kingdom.
The two sides are almost the same in the number of fleets, but the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras is far superior to the Menethil Port Fleet, and the scale of warships and the degree of elite sailors are suppressed.
After a series of disastrous defeats at sea, the Menethil Port Fleet, which had been rampant and blocked the land and ports of the Covenant, suffered a series of disastrous defeats at sea. Admiral Cantrebry of Stormwind City retreated to the Menethil Port and dared not attack rashly again.
The Covenant successfully gained control of the sea in the holy war with the Alliance with the help of the Royal Navy Fleet of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras.
The fleets of the Kingdom of Stormgarde and the Kingdom of Gilneas gathered together to transport the Solas Cavalry and the Greymane Legion to the Western Wilds in the southern continent of the Eastern Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Stormwind has a vast territory and controls the extremely rich Elwynn Forest, Westerly, Duskwood and Redridge Mountains in the southern continent of the Eastern Kingdom.
However, Duskwood has become unsuitable for living because of the curse of Karazhan, and only Nightfall stubbornly exists on that land.
Among the four territories of the Kingdom of Stormwind, only the Western Wilds has an excellent coastline, which is suitable for the landing of the Covenant fleet.
In addition, the cholera of the Defias Brotherhood caused Stormwind Kingdom to lose control of the West Wilderness. The Covenant landed in the West Wilderness and basically would not be resisted by the Alliance.
The West Wilderness is extremely rich. The reason why it is called the West Wilderness is that since the Horde occupied it during the Second Orc War, the rich land of the West Wilderness has been basically abandoned. The orcs, who are nomadic and influenced by the demon blood of the old tribe, naturally will not farm in the West Wilderness.
After the victory of the two Orc Wars, Stormwind Kingdom placed its main focus on the reconstruction of Stormwind City. After the reconstruction was completed, the rebellion of the Stonemason Brotherhood was caused by the arrears of wages.
After the Defias Brotherhood spread cholera in the West Wilderness, the land became so rich that it was impossible to reclaim it. There were weeds everywhere and no one cared for them. The taxes paid to Stormwind City every year were extremely low, so this rich land was known as the West Wilderness by Stormwind Kingdom.
Because Stormwind Kingdom did not manage the West Wilderness for many years, the coastline of the West Wilderness was basically controlled by the murlocs. The famous murloc Old Blind Eye was in the West Wilderness.
Old Blind Eye was known as the devil of adventurers, but how could the murlocs on the coast of the West Wilderness be the opponents of the fleets of the Kingdom of Stormgard and the Kingdom of Gilneas? Hundreds of warships fired artillery volleys, directly bombarding the murloc buildings on the coast of the West Wilderness, and directly driving these murlocs away.
The driven murlocs cursed loudly, but they were not Nagas or sea giants, and could not pose a threat to the fleet, so they could only choose to give up part of the territory on the coast of the West Wilderness.
In this way, the Thoras cavalry of the Kingdom of Stormgard of the Covenant and the Greymane Legion of the Kingdom of Gilneas successfully landed in the West Wilderness.
Garin did not go to the Western Wilds in person, but handed the Western Wilds over to Lord Darius and General Varokal.
Lord Darius is the Tiger General of Gilneas, the second strongest hero in the Kingdom of Gilneas, and possesses superb strategic military capabilities.
With Lord Darius in charge of the Western Wilds, Garin is very relieved.