Stormwind Wizard God-Chapter 357: Lordaeron City

The Kingdom of Alterac was destroyed.

Orgrim wisely limited the number of orcs that attacked.

There were three thousand men, half of them were elite soldiers and half were miscellaneous soldiers. More than two thousand were orcs, and there were also many trolls and dozens of ogres.

This is a number that tests Duke's mental state.

Duke had been effectively implementing a high exchange ratio lethal strategy, and Orgrim had seen this, so at Broken Ridge, Orgrim attacked with a force that was almost teasing Duke.

The high mountains of Alterac are a natural barrier for humans, but not for the Horde. Duke only sent the Knights of the Silver Hand and the Windrunner sisters to cover the retreat, and did not defend it to the death.

It turned out that Duke's decision was correct.

General Hass, who stayed not far from Duke, saw with a grim face that many trolls with skin colors between white and blue climbed up the cliffs around Broken Ridge, which Hass had always believed to be cliffs, and threw spears at the paladins below.

"They are Frostmane trolls, a branch of the Frost trolls. They have been active in Dun Morogh of the Bronzebeard dwarves. Now it seems that they have also been recruited by the Horde." Duke said lightly.

Hass could almost imagine that if he defended to the death, the Paladin might be able to hold on, but the ordinary human warrior would surely collapse quickly under this three-dimensional attack.

In the summer, Alterac had no protection from snow, and after the paladins of the Silver Hand withdrew, the entire city quickly caught fire.

The warriors of the Horde roared loudly, celebrating destruction and conquest. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

"Hmph!" Duke snorted coldly, and his facial muscles twitched a little, because he saw the orcs pulling out large quantities of frozen meat and other food from the cellar.

In the cold city of Alterac, digging two meters underground will reveal frozen soil, which is perfect for making ice cellars.

Most of the people in the Horde are not afraid of meat, and this batch of meat will obviously become a strong support for the Horde to attack Lordaeron.

Duke couldn't help but sigh, and finally Orgrim succeeded.

Although the situation is not as bad as it was in history, it is not much better.

In the original timeline, the Second Dark Gate War completely changed the Kingdom of Alterac and the fate of the Barov family. The treacherous King Aiden surrendered to the orc army and launched a counterattack against the Alliance army. They continued to incite peasant riots in the Alliance-controlled areas. The rebels repeatedly harassed the Dalaran Kingdom army in the Hillsbrad area, preventing them from supporting the Alliance army fighting on other fronts.

Soon, the actions of the Kingdom of Alterac aroused the anger of the Dalaran mages, and Dalaran quickly and decisively sent out troops to completely destroy the Kingdom of Alterac and razed the entire Kingdom of Alterac to the ground. This is the ruins of Alterac in later generations.

Ten minutes later, Duke saw the Knights of the Silver Hand, who were not too injured, and the Windrunner sisters, who were covered in sweat.

Uther seemed a little dissatisfied: "Deputy Commander, why did you send the retreat signal so early? We can still kill more tribes."

In Duke's opinion, Uther is not a qualified commander. His command ability is limited and his overall view is insufficient. He is like the most perfect saint, spurring everyone forward with an almost strict faith. Uther is indeed the most perfect banner, but it does not mean that everyone is willing to live a life that is more Puritan than the Puritans. Most of the time, Duke only uses Uther as a fierce general.

Duke smiled faintly: "This is not a good place for a decisive battle. If you can kill 100 tribal warriors in an hour somewhere else, you can only kill 40 here. Save your strength, there is still a battle to be fought. Pack up, we will set off for Lordaeron City immediately. If we don't leave now, the Horde will get to your hometown before us."

Not only Uther, but also Saidan, Tirion and other paladins from Lordaeron had their eyebrows twitched.

Ignoring the Paladins, Duke turned to General Haas and said, "Bring the Mountain Eagle Knights and all the infantry you can muster with me."

Hass was stunned. He turned his head and looked into the distance, at the Alterac refugees winding along the long and winding mountain road. "What about the people of Alterac?"

"Leave it to the local garrison."

"What if the Horde attacks them?" Hass and several other Alterac generals were anxious.

Duke's eyes sharpened, and his sharp gaze reminded Hass of an eagle soaring over the snowy mountains, about to swoop down on the snow to feed on rabbits. "I've been fighting Orgrim for so long, and I don't know what he's going to do. Believe me, Orgrim had already led a large force to Lordaeron long before he divided his forces to attack Broken Ridge. They may arrive faster than any of us think."

Ilucia's eyes were red, and she silently stood in the team behind Duke. She knew what Duke meant best. Her two damn brothers were leading the Horde. With them leading the way, the main force of the Horde would pass through the Alterac Mountains at a more terrifying speed.

Duke guessed it right.

Except for the 5,000-strong rear guard, all of Orgrim's main forces began to march rapidly in the afternoon.

As Brother Barov had said, these roads were abandoned by the forces of Alterac.

Even if there were occasionally some bunkers stuck on the main roads, when the Barov brothers went up with the contract they got from King Aiden and shouted a few times, the defenders in the bunkers would quickly retreat.

This was an era of information closure. Except for the commanders, kings, and generals of the alliance, no one was qualified to enjoy magical communication. Most of the news was still delivered by post horses.

The subordinates of those minor nobles did not know that their lord was dead, but after seeing the lord's signature and fire seal, they quickly evacuated the bunker.

Orgrim was able to lead his warriors quickly through these narrow pass.

He had thought that the Barov brothers might be of some use, and now he was delighted to find that he had been right.

The road ahead is still very dangerous.

Orcs and trolls don't mind climbing mountains, but ogres have a lot of trouble. Without Cho'gall, their movements are much slower. On a stone path like this, as long as there are a few soldiers blocking the road, once the corpses pile up, the ogres will not be able to pass in any form.

Orgrim was unwilling to give up the ogres, especially the two-headed ogre warriors. So he urged his army forward quickly. He knew that when his army passed through the mountains, no one could stop the Horde's axe from smashing into the heart of the Alliance.

Once he succeeded, the trapped Grom Hellscream detachment in Silverpine Forest would be freed. Based on his understanding of humans, most of them would rather give up large tracts of land in order to mobilize all their forces to protect their capital.