Uther gave Dathrohan a deep look: "Saidan, don't put the cart before the horse."
"The Knights of the Silver Hand are certainly the regular army of Lordaeron, but we are paladins, not mercenaries who only care about profit."
"As you said, if we send out a surprise attack at this time, with the field combat capabilities of the Knights of the Silver Hand, it is indeed possible to defeat Barov's reinforcements in one fell swoop.
but……"
"Do you really think the enemy won't take any precautions against this? What if you step into the opponent's trap and the raid fails? Can you afford the consequences?"
"this……"
Saidan Dathrohan is a typical soldier. He doesn't have so many tricks up his sleeve.
"Forget it, I can't tell you anything."
Dasohan crossed his arms in front of his chest angrily and sat down on the big rock by the river.
"I would like to see how you plan to fulfill His Majesty Terenas' order and break through this strong mountain guard post."
"Breaking through...?"
Uther smiled bitterly: "Now that things have happened, do you really think we can still achieve the strategic goals we set before departure?"
Dathrohan, who was full of anger, rarely saw the frustrated look on the old man's face. He was stunned for a moment before asking in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"Even if they can't break through Bingfeng Post on the eastern front, the army on the western front led by Alexander should still have some gains, right?"
"How can a mere Alterac, which has been destroyed for many years, be able to make a comeback?"
Uther patted Dathrohan on the shoulder and sighed softly.
"Saidan, you are a good general, but you cannot be a commander who coordinates the overall situation. Do you know why?"
"Uh~"
Dasohan scratched his head with his big muscular hands: "His Majesty also mentioned it before, saying that my view of the overall situation is not broad enough."
"exactly."
Uther looked toward the snow-capped Alterac Mountains worriedly.
"If my prediction is correct, Alexander should be worried right now."
"Lordaeron has been too eager for quick success over the years, and has offended too many people as a result. Gilneas and Dalaran will not make it easy for us. This Alterac rebellion is not as simple as you think."
…
Without the interference of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and under the anxious attention of Mayor Matthew, more than 300 elite cavalry members of the Barov family were successfully welcomed into the Icewind Hill Fortress.
Due to the single professional composition of the Syndicate, it had never launched an attack before and could only passively guard this strong fortress.
Seeing that the supplies coming from the rear are getting less and less,
The enemy's offensive has never weakened, and it's strange that the morale of Bingfeng Gang can be so high.
After Steinblade...and even the entire Alterac completely changed hands, Etherton immediately ordered the temporary ministers headed by Jorach Ravenholdt to ensure the logistics supplies sent to Icewind Post.
We cannot cut off the food rations of the frontline soldiers.
As General Haas led a large number of Ravenholdt bandits to the front line, the first batch of food shipped from Stannbrad also entered the fortress.
The soldiers, whose ration consumption was strictly controlled by the Tetta brothers and sisters, were finally able to have a full meal, and the soldiers' mood soon became high.
The big-headed soldiers didn't care who was in power, Faculest or Etherton. Reinforcements from General Haas and the Barov family arrived one after another, sending a good signal to the soldiers on the front line.
The rear is stable, and there is no need to worry about logistical supplies and reinforcements. The soldiers on the front only need to focus on defending the fortress.
Sarlayan and Valeela quickly resolved the instability within the Icewind Post fortress, and other good news followed. Naturally, the morale of the Icewind Post also increased, and the lifeless atmosphere before could no longer be seen.
Look.
When the second grain transportation team arrived, the Barov messenger who came with the grain transportation team secretly brought a message to Saryan.
"opened?!"
Sarlayan looked at the messenger with wide eyes: "Did Meri mention more detailed information?"
The messenger, who had an ordinary appearance and figure, nodded silently and handed a letter with intact beeswax into Sarlayan's hand.
When setting off from Steinblade, Sharlayan and Valeera, who were scrambling for time, did not take Tinargosa and Merry with them.
Merry, who stayed behind, communicated with the confidants Alex had left behind, and with the help of Tinagosa's keen perception of the flow of the magic network as a blue dragon, he found Thoradin, whom Alex had mentioned before.
Secret room.
Merry is a human elder who has experienced the rise and fall of the Arathor Empire...although he is now a lich.
To Merry, Thoradin's method of sealing the chamber was very familiar.
Even if a contemporary mage finds this place, he cannot open the door.
Because Thoradin used a very ancient arcane sealing technique, it has a strong sense of age.
Even with the help of mages who have studied ancient secrets, it will undoubtedly be very difficult for contemporary arcanists to break this seal.
But Thoradin's seal cannot defeat Merry, an old lich.
It only took a week of research, and Merry, who was extremely knowledgeable, solved the mystery of the seal.
The messenger who delivered the letter still had a mission to return to Caer Daron, handed the letter to Sarlayan, and then left.
Sarlayan quickly returned to the camp assigned to him, couldn't wait to tear open the beeswax, and read the contents of the letter together with Valeera who was also curious.
"Uh~ This handwriting..."
Seeing the crooked Saras characters on the letter that looked like ghostly symbols, the corners of Sarlayan's and Valeera's mouths twitched at the same time.
Without looking carefully, you can tell at a glance that this letter must have been written by Tinagosa, or at least written by her own hand.
From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as an encrypted letter. Most people really can't recognize Tina's "crazy" characters.
Sarlayan rolled his eyes and handed the letter to Valeera: "No, I can't understand it. It's up to you to 'decrypt' it."
Valeera glared at Sarlayan angrily: "What can't you understand? You just don't have the patience... Forget it, I'll do it."
Decrypting intelligence has always been one of the specialties of the Backlight Blade, and Valeera has also received strict training in this area.
With her patient translation word for word, Sarlayan finally understood what Tina recorded in the letter.
"Tallbane?"
Sarlayan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that what Thoradin placed in the secret chamber would be this famous troll killer.
The Trolbane mentioned here is not the surname of the Stromgard royal family, but a two-handed battle ax named "Tlbane".
Trollbane, Troll means troll in common human language, and bane means destruction and nemesis.
These two words together mean troll nemesis, or troll killer.
The first generation of Trollbane who joined the army with Emperor Thoradin was called the Troll Slayer, and this two-handed battle ax was his side weapon.
In recognition of the outstanding contributions of the Trollbane family, after the Arathor Empire was officially established, Emperor Thoradin gave Ignaus Trollbane a holy sword named Tolkara to encourage him and his descendants.
Continue to contribute your own strength to the defense of the Arathor Empire.
According to historical records, the troll-slayer battleaxe named Trollbane has been missing since then.
There are rumors that the ax was snatched away by trolls in a desperate attempt, and some say that Thoradin took it with him to his tomb.
After conquering Zul'Aman, Sharlayan found a broken two-handed ax suspected to be Trollbane's in the Amani troll's treasure house.
But the battle ax was too broken to be used. After appraisal by the elf blacksmith, the enchanted structure inside the battle ax had been damaged long ago, and it could not even be repaired as before.
If Merry hadn't repeatedly mentioned in the letter that the real troll slayer—Tolbane—had been found in the secret chamber, Sarlayan would have really thought that the trophies collected by the Amani trolls were genuine.
Merry was a person who witnessed that era. He must have seen the real Trollbane battle ax with his own eyes, and there was no way he could admit it.
According to Merry, the troll-killing battle ax that Emperor Thoradin kept in the secret room was actually an artifact, and it is still full of vigor. As soon as it was unsealed, it injured an accompanying Barov family servant.
"Um……"
Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully: "Why did Emperor Thoradin hide the real Trollbane battle ax in the secret chamber?"
Valeera also looked confused about this, as analyzing general trends was not her strong point.
The barrage did give some guesses at this time.
[Could it be...that it is to allow future generations to continue to be enterprising?]