Stormwind Wizard God-Chapter 149: Inevitable Defeat

Llane waited silently for ten minutes. When he knew Duke had arrived, he went to the meeting room and started the military meeting.

Those nobles who were still shouting "Even if there are a million orcs, let them all die under Stormwind City" before the defense of Stormwind City began all remained silent.

As expected, the topic changed from how to kill the orcs to how to evacuate.

Evacuation is not an easy task. Even though women and children had been evacuated months ago, it was not because they did not want to evacuate, but because there were simply not enough boats.

No one blamed Duke. Without Duke, the situation might be even worse. The simplest example is the new Stormwind Harbor, a stone pier that extends all the way to the sea. Compared with the original narrow military port and the fishermen's pier mainly based on the beach, the shipping capacity is more than ten times greater.

As for the shipping capacity, I really don't know what Duke is thinking. Almost all the ships directly under Duke's command are typical large cargo ships, which don't even need to be modified and can be used to carry people and cargo directly. The spacious cabins and good ventilation make it possible to cram people in like sardines in a can without any major problems.

Unfortunately, considering the voyage distance, no matter how overloaded the ship is, it can only carry more than 5,000 people per day on average.

At this moment, there are still more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians trapped in Stormwind City.

There are so many ships. It is no exaggeration to say that almost all the ships in the human world are here. Even if the shipyards in Stormwind Harbor and Kul Tiras work overtime day and night to build ships, the capacity will not increase significantly in a short period of time.

The shortage of transportation capacity is the biggest problem standing in Llane's way.

In history, Stormwind suffered a heavy blow for this reason. After Lothar attacked Karazhan, the orcs advanced faster than in this world, so the roads they came from were blocked. Lothar was unable to return to Stormwind City. When he returned to Stormwind City, Llane had already been killed by Garona in a secret underground meeting room in front of the little prince Varian.

There was no leader, the port was garbage, and there were not enough ships. As a result, when Stormwind was captured by the Horde, more than 80% of the people who did not have time to escape were slaughtered.

Lothar only brought less than 20% of the citizens of Stormwind and the orphans and widows left by Llane to Southshore. Without soldiers, people, weapons and supplies, Lothar, who was almost penniless, was at the end of his rope. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

This is why Lothar later announced that he would give up the imperial power of Emperor Thoradin as a direct descendant of Thoradin, and at the cost of recognizing the legitimacy of the royal powers of the kings of human countries, in exchange for the establishment of an alliance to jointly fight against the invasion of the Horde.

In this life, with the existence of Duke, the course of history has been greatly changed.

At least Llane was still alive, and now more than 300,000 people had been transported to South Sea Town. Regardless of the fact that Stormwind lost as it did in history, it was clear that it had survived this life. (Because there were too many people, and Duke had sent people there to prepare for large-scale construction, there were voices of dissatisfaction in both Stromgarde and Alterac. They suspected that the people from Stormwind were here to stay.)

King Llane knew that Duke had done his best. But evacuation is not something that can be done at any time, and it is not a simple math problem. Oh, 300,000 divided by 5,000, it will take exactly 60 days to evacuate.

It was wishful thinking. Hundreds of thousands of orcs were waiting outside, and once the city was breached, all the remaining people would be instantly trapped, and no one would be able to escape. The only people who were truly safe were those who evacuated in the first few days. The further you went, the greater the danger.

Now, if we count all the militia and city guards, there are 90,000 people at most. It sounds like a lot, but once the decisive battle comes, it will only take half a day to kill all of them.

"Stormwind City can no longer be defended. For the continuation and future of the kingdom, we unanimously suggest that the noble Queen and His Highness Varian should evacuate first." Several dukes stood up together and were the first to make such an admonition.

When Lothar heard this, he snorted coldly.

Why let the queen and the prince retreat first? Isn't it because they don't want to retreat, so you guys who are afraid of death dare not violate the taboo and retreat first?

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.

The upper beam is upright, and the lower beam will have to ask the upper beam's consent before wanting to go crooked.

With the queen and the prince standing here, the nobles didn't even dare to ask about the matter of evacuating their offspring. Now, the fact that Stormwind Fortress almost fell gave them the best excuse.

Llane glanced at these nobles, and no one dared to really look into Llane's burning eyes.

After a pause, Llane said, "Yes, all noble women, first-in-line heirs, those who do not hold military positions, or underage noble children can evacuate with the queen and the prince. Don't worry, when fighting to the death is meaningless, I will not ask you to fight to the death with me."

Llane's answer made the nobles feel mixed emotions.

The good news is that Llane finally gave in, giving their offspring an excuse to slip away.

What made him angry was that Llane still did not allow anyone to desert the battlefield. Stormwind had been established for a thousand years, and military merit was used to secure the title and advance the rank. This was why the nobles tried their best to give their children a sinecure in the army in order to make their offspring stand out, and even the kid from the Brando family who had conflicts with Duke before took credit for it.

Now, Llane blocked the escape Road for these guys. Except for a few who had a good reason to escape, the rest would die with the king.

Those who had arranged for their offspring to escape in advance would naturally be secretly delighted.

Those who are not so smart now look like they have just eaten arsenic as a snack.

Ignoring these guys, Llane focused on another important question: "Lothar, if I put the entire city's combat power at your disposal, how many days can you defend Stormwind City?"

Lothar thought for a moment and said, "Just relying on that 16-foot (5-meter) high wall? If the orcs use that as a breakthrough point... 10 days, no more, and at least 30,000 people are needed to cover the rear, this batch of troops will definitely be wiped out."

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion among the nobles, and almost everyone was thinking about his own little thoughts.

Llane turned his head to Edwin VanCleef, who was sitting next to Duke and looked a little uneasy. "VanCleef, if I ask your people to urgently build 50 arrow towers and catapult towers over 20 feet high on the east wall, can you do it? If you can, how many days will it take?"

It was the first time for VanCleef to attend such an important military meeting. He was extremely nervous. His clothes on the back were completely soaked with cold sweat. At this time, he heard the Duke's voice: "Don't be nervous. Answer truthfully. His wise Majesty will not take his anger out on you casually."