They did not put all their efforts into fighting the undead on their own land. After most of Drustvar and Tiragarde Strait were occupied by the undead, Kul Tiras backed up the Stormsong Valley.
The domestic situation has reached its most critical moment.
In this case, Dai Lin, who returned to the kingdom, issued new orders vigorously and resolutely.
To fight on your own land, in addition to having enough supplies, you also need to stabilize the minds of the citizens. Especially after most of the citizens in Tiragarde Strait have lost their homes, how to resettle these refugees has become a problem with the undead.
In battle, the most important thing.
In the end, Dai Lin's decision did not go beyond the thinking scope of the great nobles. He chose to send some of his citizens to the overseas territories managed by Kul Tiras, closer to the large island of Tol Barad on the eastern continent, to cultivate wasteland, and to send some of his citizens to the overseas territories managed by Kul Tiras, and to reclaim wasteland on the large island of Tol Barad, which is closer to the eastern continent.
Some residents were sent to the eastern continent, where they would start a new life in the now sparsely populated Hillsbrad Hills... and at the same time serve as a source of troops for the empire.
This can also be regarded as compensation to the empire in another sense after the Kul Tiras army withdrew from the front battlefield. With the current situation of Kul Tiras, even the stern leader cannot ask Dai Lin to give up.
Nations, come and fight for the empire of mankind.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling the generals and marshals of the empire were, the undead still bypassed their normal tactical thinking and opened up a second battlefield overseas. The significance of this move can be seen by anyone with a little bit of strategic thinking.
In order to divide the empire's military power, the maritime power of Kul Tiras was split into two, greatly weakening the empire's naval power.
This was an upright conspiracy. Even if Lothar saw the evil purpose behind the undead's actions, he had to agree to Dai Lin's request.
Once he firmly refuses, the Kul Tirans may completely separate from the Human Empire. This is a consequence that Lothar and the Human Empire cannot bear.
But how to resettle these immigrants who have left their homes and are full of hatred for the undead has become a top priority for the officials at the center of the empire. Especially under the current cloudy situation of the war on the Arathi front, how to solve the problem in the shortest possible time?
Integrating this force into the empire's system will extremely test the administrative capabilities of the empire's officials.
There is no shortage of land. The orcs' rampage here has prevented the population of Hillsbrad Hills from recovering until now. The fertile cultivated land is even allowed to be overgrown with weeds, and there are simply not enough farmers to cultivate it.
, so in the following week, when the merchant ships and troop transport ships from Kul Tiras and the empire were sent to Nanhai Town, the immigrants who had left their hometowns were quickly assigned to their own homes under the guidance of local officials.
of land and property.
This somewhat calmed the minds of the immigrants who were thinking about their homeland, but the real danger also came at this time.
One-third of the Hillsbrad Hills belonged to the former Kingdom of Alterac. After Countess Prestor gave Alterac to the Emperor and became the royal domain, this part of the hills also directly belonged to the Kingdom of Alterac.
In the management of the royal territory, the officials Lothar promoted from civilians were generally very capable, but their number was too small. After all, the empire had only been established for a few years.
And people's energy is always limited. When most of them are busy settling the endless stream of immigrants, the internal investigation of the original royal territory has naturally been suspended. They were forced to go everywhere by the imperial intelligence officers.
The bandits and thieves running around finally had a chance to breathe, but after seeing Emperor Lothar's iron-fisted rule, anyone with a brain knew that committing crimes in the royal territory would definitely be a huge reward.
Too little but too risky.
So many criminals took this opportunity to escape from the royal territory, but there were also some weird guys who sneaked into the snowy mountains and towns of the royal territory through the same underground channels.
In New Tarren Mill, this human town close to the Stormpike dwarf station has become more and more prosperous now, especially after the fall of Ironforge. Some of the dwarves who escaped went to Eagle's Nest Mountain, but there were also
Some of them came to the Stormpike Fortress in Alterac Valley, including the current nominal ruler of the Bronzebeard dwarves, Moira Bronzebeard.
The princess has been living in seclusion recently due to her pregnancy, but the imperial intelligence officer also noticed that there were many traces of Dark Iron dwarves activities near Princess Moira's fortress. In other words, this princess
The seemingly peaceful princess is actually secretly planning her own revenge.
With the child in her belly half of the Thaurissan family, she theoretically has the right to rule the Dark Iron Dwarves, and for the southern land that the empire currently cannot reach, in the core area of the undead rule, there may be
The empire maintains its acquiescence and support for a rebellion. After all, with the empire's current strength, they are really powerless to deal with the situation in Blackstone Mountain.
There are very few humans who have access to the mysterious dwarf princess. Among them are some nobles who are good friends with the dwarves, and some big businessmen who cooperate with the dwarves. Among these people with status, there is an 18-year-old girl who is very popular.
It is obvious that she is a small businessman from New Tarren Mill, named Taresha. She looks very young, but her business skills are very skillful.
Many businessmen want to know the background of this very familiar little girl in the lobby, but just what they can find is enough to stop them from all thoughts of harming her.
She is a close friend of General Patton, the commander of the Stormpike Air Force.
She had dined with the Emperor of Man on more than one occasion.
Her name is a very important "Protected Person" in the Imperial Intelligence Officer's Handbook.
Finally, she has a younger brother...his name is Thrall, who is the young chief of the orc Frostwolf tribe currently migrating to the continent of Kalimdor. He is also one of the four young orc heroes. He and the other three young orcs are willing to
Become a proton in exchange for peace between the orcs and humans.
From the point of view of the orcs, once Thrall is harmed, it is difficult to say whether the orcs will fight back to the Eastern Continent in this troubled year. And because of Thrall's relationship, Taresha has also received a lot of convenience.
In the past two years or so, she has managed more and more businesses. The grocery store "Taresha and Sal's Cabin" has opened in every big city in northern Xinjiang, and Taresha's husband
Friends are also great.
He is a young genius who has recently stood out in the empire's intelligence system. He has brought back valuable information about the undead many times. He currently serves as the third-level leader of the empire's intelligence system, managing more than 120 assassins... and the previous reasons
Compared to this last one, this is a very powerful threat.
And Taresha has become a human friend of the dwarf princess Moira because of her straightforward personality and meticulous care. In private situations, she can even comb the princess's hair or rub her swollen feet.
The real brilliance of Taresha is that she does not hide her purpose of getting close to Moira, and she occasionally uses her insignificant power to help this bitter and resentful princess realize her revenge plan.
Occasionally, he even saves the lives of these big shots.
"Bang"
On the edge of the town of New Tarren Mill, the door of "Taresha and Sal's Cottage" was pushed open, and Thales rushed into the store with an anxious look on his face. Without saying hello to the clerk, he rushed to the third floor of the grocery store.
.
The clerks had turned a blind eye to this, and it was no secret that their young boss was having an affair with this handsome young man.
"Taresa, Taresa, come out!"
Thales, who was wearing casual clothes, knocked anxiously on the door of his girlfriend's boudoir. At this time, Taresha should be taking a nap. But a moment later, the door opened, and Taresha, wearing only pajamas, looked at her with dissatisfaction.
Looking at Thales, screaming:
"I told you, don't disturb me when I'm resting! Yeah! What are you going to do! Get out! Get out!"
Before the little boss finished speaking, Thales picked him up and rushed into the room. The little boss turned red with embarrassment, thinking that his boyfriend had something... but in fact he was not.
Thales threw his girlfriend on the bed, then opened the closet, grabbed a few clothes and threw them to her, turned his back, and said in a fast tone:
"Get dressed quickly and come with me...it's not safe here anymore!"
"Um?"
Taresha felt the seriousness of the matter from Thales' actions. She immediately took off her pajamas and put on her clothes slowly. While putting them on, she asked:
"What happened?"
"A group of lunatics carrying the werewolf disease have rushed into the king's territory. There are now their people in New Taren Mill. Who knows what they will do with those disease specimens. In short, come with me quickly. This town will be destroyed soon."
Being blocked by soldiers, I cannot interfere with the military operations of the local garrison, but this is undoubtedly a foolish choice."
"!!!"
Taresha's expression immediately became tense. She subconsciously took out a small dwarf musket from her drawer. She grabbed her boyfriend's hand with some fear and asked in a low voice:
"Who did it? Who would be so crazy?"
"The undead, it must be them!"
Thales pulled Taresha towards the door. Tyrion's face and the words he had said appeared before his eyes. After a moment, he said hesitantly:
"But it should not be the order of the Dark Blade King, but the actions of the lords under his command."
"How do you know?"
Taresha secretly looked at the soldiers blocking the streets around her. She gritted her teeth and asked:
"Are you familiar with him? I also heard that Tyrion can eat people."
"I've seen him... I know he ordered the undead not to harm civilians..."
Thales wanted to say something, but the words buried in his heart were not spoken in the end. He silently escorted his girlfriend out of the town, sent her to the carriage, and then said to her:
"Go directly to Lordaeron and don't stay. The royal territory is no longer safe. The forces of the undead have penetrated here. Protect yourself. I will find you!"
"Tails! Thales! Come back to me!"
Seeing her boyfriend decisively turning around and returning to the town, the little boss's mind was immediately filled with worry. She called out Thales's name, but got no response. Finally, the little boss gritted his teeth.
, said to the coachman:
"Go to Stormpike Fortress!"
After the madly running carriage, the town of New Tarren Mill was in chaos. The discovered Syndicate dead soldiers no longer hid themselves. They took out golden syringes from the packages they carried and poured out the strange dark green liquid.
Inject it into your own body.
They don't need to use these diseases as poisoning weapons...they are the weapons themselves!
"Ouch!"
The concentrated sample took effect quickly. Amidst the shrill howls of wolves, the werewolf lunatics, covered with manes all over their bodies, their muscles tensed, their eyes blood-red, and their hearts filled with anger and fanaticism, rushed out of their hiding place.
, when the soldiers were caught off guard, they tore their throats open, tore their skin with virus-laden claws, and spread the disease to one person after another through their blood.
New Tarren Mill is one of the most prosperous towns in the royal territory, so the number of dead soldiers deployed here is very large, and after the unsuspecting soldiers were scratched, in a short period of time, they became
It became a new source of infection. Under this exponential spread speed, in less than 10 minutes, the entire garrison on the streets of Tarren Mill was almost wiped out.
The residents screamed and tried to escape from this chaotic town, full of blood and death. Innocent civilians were involved, but with the efforts of the intelligence officers led by Thales, most of the civilians were evacuated from the town.
, and then a steady stream of knights came into the town to encircle and suppress the sudden outbreak of werewolf disaster.
Watching the brutal war between werewolves and knights, Thales felt numb all over. He was not afraid of the power of werewolves. He could easily kill these beasts. However, after seeing the horrific spread of the werewolf disease, a man who had been hiding in
His inner doubts were answered.
The source of lycanthropy in Gilneas must be related to Tyrion. Before the establishment of the empire, lycanthropy in Gilneas had already begun to spread. In other words, Tyrion had been spreading since then.
He has buried his power in the land of Northern Xinjiang. If he can control these werewolves, once the werewolves of Gilneas rush into the hinterland of the empire, then...
Thinking of that terrible result, Thales could feel his body trembling.
And this is only the part that they actively exposed, what about those that have not been exposed? For example, the rumors about vampire touch that have been spreading wildly in the royal territory recently... Can the empire really win in the face of such a sophisticated opponent?
Perhaps, it would be a wise choice to completely join the undead side at this time.
"Tails! Tails!"
Just when the assassin was worried about his future, his little girlfriend's voice sounded behind him again. Thales was frightened and turned around suddenly to see Taresha riding a griffon and General Patton.
They fell outside the town together, and behind them were the heavily armed Stormpike Air Force.
General Patton placed Taresha on the ground, then grabbed his warhammer and led the gryphon knights into the town where the battle was raging. Thales could still hear them roaring.
"Protect the safety of the princess! Kill all these beasts!"
"Storpike Guards! Charge!"
"How did you convince these stone heads?"
Thales hugged his trembling little girlfriend. He hugged her tightly, as if he was afraid of losing her, while Taresha buried her head in Thales' chest and said in a low voice:
"I lied to them. I lied to them that the undead released the werewolves in New Tarren Mill in order to attack Princess Moira... Now it's over. The princess will definitely hate me for this."
"No, she won't, she will just thank you for it."
Thales breathed a sigh of relief, brushed his girlfriend's hair, and said softly:
"Don't forget what your boyfriend does. Anyway, I have to write a report quickly. This time, the order within the royal territory is probably going to be shaken by a big earthquake."
