Stormwind Wizard God-Chapter 260: Attack

At first glance, the scene of the attack on Southshore is strikingly similar to last year's Southshore battle.

In fact, when Duke received the tribal flag from the message, Duke really looked down on these attacking tribal clans.

It's simple, it's not even in the top ten of the Hordes.

Originally Duke thought that by hanging up the head of Chief Blackhand, he could at least attract Blackhand's two brainless sons, Rend Blackhand or something like that.

No.

There is not even a well-known clan.

Those chieftains of the small and medium clans who were attached to the former Warchief paid the price for their ignorance of the current situation. They were all regarded as abandoned pawns for feinting by Orgrim.

There were no Death Knights, no Ogres, no Warlocks... Duke could imagine that no matter how many of these fools there were, they would never be able to please Southshore, which had reinforced its defenses for more than a year.

Don't underestimate the gap between the top ten clans and the clans behind them, and don't think that the combat power of the orcs are all similar.

Why are clans that rank higher in the rankings more powerful in fighting?

Only the most powerful clans can occupy the best territories and the most fertile herds of animals. Conversely, because they have good territories, they can afford to support more warriors and clansmen.

This situation is like a snowball.

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Generally speaking, the official warriors of the top ten clans, even the females, rarely had a height less than two meters. But the warriors of the clans below them were at most 10% to 20% stronger than the orc laborers.

On the morning of March 29, the Second Battle of Southshore began.

Duke's face was livid.

It's not because the defense of Southshore is tight, on the contrary, Southshore is impregnable. Llane, the Army General, still has time to chat with Duke.

Duke was angry because Lothar had taken away almost all of the Alliance's elite troops.

Those who stayed in Southshore were basically infantry, including 80,000 troops of Stormwind Kingdom, 30,000 Lordaeron infantry of General Abendis, Duke's new Stormwind Mage Regiment, and the understaffed Lordaeron Third Cavalry Regiment with only 1,500 cavalry. All the other elite troops, including Grand Lord Mograine, were withdrawn and sent to the South and North Coasts.

"Damn it, how could Lothar do this to me? Didn't I tell him repeatedly not to place bets easily? Before confirming Orgrim's flag, he must not bet on his elite troops." Duke was furious.

Llane was a little stunned: "I am very confident that I can defend Southshore Town. I don't think there is anything wrong with Anduin taking away other elites. Besides, when Terenas and Jain heard that 200,000 orcs were heading there, they were so anxious that they sent magic messages almost 10 times an hour."

Duke slammed the table and said, "This is the key point. I admit that orcs would not resort to false propaganda. But Orgrim is definitely a smart leader. He does not like to exchange a large number of sacrifices for so-called glory. In Stormwind City, it was he who proposed to take a detour to the east and north of Stormwind City."

Duke didn't want to mention the Battle of Stormwind either, as that was King Llane's eternal pain. Llane's handsome face twitched slightly, but he nodded: "Indeed, since then I have felt that the Horde's actions are often contradictory. Sometimes they are reckless and frivolous, and sometimes they are cautious and careful."

"Blackhand was the reckless one. Orgrim, who was his deputy at the time, was the cautious one."

"Indeed, this can also explain why the first battle of Southshore happened." Llane frowned: "So what you mean is that the people who went to the other side of the strait are the main force of the Horde?"

"No, those must be empty ships," Duke said with absolute certainty.

"That..."

"Once these ships pass through the strait between the north and south continents and pass under the Thandol Bridge, they will return to a landing place in the northeast corner of the wetland and carry the Hordes to kill from here." Duke drew a line from south to north on the military map, and the ultimate goal was - the east coast of Hinterland.

Seeing this line, Llane, General Tom Seamus, and General Abendis all took a deep breath. The cold air penetrated their lungs, making everyone feel like they were spitting ice cubes out of their mouths and noses.

There is no such thing as a reckless man who can reach the level of a general. Of course, everyone knows what this means.

Under pressure from the front, and from King Terenas Menethil, Lothar had to withdraw most of the Alliance's troops to deal with the Horde's frontal attack. If the Horde's frontal army ignored them, the orcs could march straight in and reach the capital of Lordaeron within a week, destroying the core kingdom of the Alliance.

On the other hand, the Alliance was blocked from the front and the Horde landed in Hinterlands from behind. In this area where the Alliance had no control at all, if the Horde was allowed to do whatever it wanted, the Alliance would also collapse.

In the Hinterlands, the Horde can fully utilize its mountain warfare advantages. Going west, they can directly attack Alterac, the weakest of the seven human kingdoms in the Alliance. If everything goes well, they can also go around and bypass the high mountains between the Hinterlands and the Arathi Highlands that even the orcs cannot cross, and attack the Arathi Highlands in turn. If they can defeat the defense of the Thandor Bridge from the rear, they can break through the land blockade of the southern and northern continents and pull all the orc troops from the southern continent over.

If they could take over Alterac, the Horde would have many options: they could attack the Stormwind refugee camp in Hillsbrad, and then head west to attack Dalaran.

With Lothar withdrawing most of his main forces, the Horde can completely act like a no-man's land.

The more Llane and the others watched, the more frightened they became.

General Abendis raised a question: "Sir Deputy Commander, didn't you ask Admiral Trollbane to deploy a large number of catapults and crossbows along the strait early in the morning? The strait is so narrow that the Horde can't easily pass even with empty ships, right?"

Duke pursed his lips for a long time before saying, "I know Orgrim. He must have a way to pass through the strait. Although I don't know why, I have already placed my strongest ranged troops there. If the situation is critical, I will lead the Stormwind Royal Family Mage Corps to rush over."

This is also the sorrow of those who travel through time.

Didn't Duke know what that was? Of course he did.

The problem is that after Medivh was possessed, Duke could explain many things with "I can sense evil". However, Duke could not convince the Alliance without sufficient evidence for the Horde's next move.

The Alliance was not founded by Lothar and Duke. The Alliance was ultimately a collection of a large number of kingdoms Even if Duke had fought a good battle and proved himself, he still could not use "intuition" or "guessing" to command every army in the entire Alliance.

While making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, drive the enemy to where you want.