I followed the Alliance's former army into the Swamp of Sorrows. To my surprise, I didn't hate the hot and humid climate here. What really surprised me was that in such an environment, we could still encounter towns.
On the second day after crossing the eastern part of the Redridge Mountains and entering the swamp, we discovered a town newly built by the goblins. The goblins named this town Swamp Paddle Town, and seemed to want to build it into a port market town.
I know that goblins who are good at digging camps have always penetrated every corner to make money, but what business opportunities are there in the harsh environment of the swamp?'
Zandalari observer Hertaz wrote this in the latest part of his diary. At this moment, he has no idea what kind of danger is waiting for him ahead.
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It can be said that Li De has been very busy recently.
A large military supply order was signed from the Alliance, which forced the Hanhai Protectorate to run production at full capacity. At the same time, Li De was also running around signing business orders, and was also worried about the issue of building a factory in Lordaeron.
The technical threshold for making compressed biscuits is very low, even if it is a manual workshop. In order to support the front line, several manual workshops that can be put into production quickly were first built in Andorhal, and then a factory capable of assembly line operations was built.
After running around like this for more than half a month, Li De couldn't help but look at Zhaoxia with some distress. This golden-maned BMW has lost a lot of weight during this time.
But Li De had no choice. He was now one of the leaders of the alliance. After joining the alliance, the trade barriers of various countries were also opened to a certain extent by the Hanhai Protector.
This kind of international trade must be negotiated by Li De himself at this stage.
In fact, Li De was not the only one who was busy. After the joint meeting in Alterac that day, the leaders of various countries also began to be busy: Trollbane was repairing the road to receive the army, Terenas was moving food and supplies to the rear...
Lothar is preparing to train a new army in Alterac to guard against the remnants of the tribes in the alliance countries.
Because of Li De and Hanhai Protector's contribution in logistics, it really helped the alliance save a lot of money. With this money saved, the alliance can consider the issue of forming a new army. Maybe it can take advantage of this
With this opportunity, I might be able to clean up the remnants of the tribe that I had been unable to kill before.
'Hey, I really should train a deputy who can handle foreign affairs with me. I can't just rely on me to talk about everything, right?'
After returning to his office in Alterac, the tired Li De took a cup of hot water from Pumillo's hand and thought in his mind.
But the next moment Pumillo handed him a document.
"Most of the logistics materials that need to be delivered have been delivered. Only military uniforms are still in production. Please take a look."
After receiving the document, Li De casually looked through it. The compressed biscuits and canned bacon had been produced and stockpiled long ago. The inventory of Hanhai Protector was enough to supply an army of ten thousand people.
But military quilts are a big problem. Hanhai Duhu has always focused on the spinning business, and a large part of the yarns that can be produced are used to fulfill orders. Weaving production lines and ready-made quilt factories also have
It is still being perfected, so the output of quilts cannot be increased in the short term.
At present, the quilts delivered by Hanhai Duhu are only summer clothes, while winter clothes are still in production and need to be postponed.
But after understanding this, Danas said that winter clothes didn't matter. He was the one who had followed Lothar all the way to the Dark Portal. The climate there, whether it was the hot and dry Cursed Land or the hot and humid Swamp of Sorrows,
There is no need for winter clothes at all.
So the 10,000 men from the former army put on summer clothes and headed towards the Cursed Land with military rations.
Li De agreed with Danas on this point. However, as the leader of the Hanhai Protectorate, he still hoped that the textile factory could complete the industrial upgrade faster.
"Pumillo, please make arrangements. I'm going back to Tanaris in the next two days."
Putting down the water glass in his hand, Li De said to Pumillo.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements. There happens to be a ship to Tanaris the day after tomorrow, and traveling with you will be this batch of 300 immigrants."
More than a month after taking over the work of the Immigration Bureau, Pumillo has become more and more familiar with it, and it can be said that he handles related work with ease.
"Yeah, okay."
Li De agreed casually, but then he raised his hand to stop Pumillo from writing the approval note.
"Wait a minute, don't make a decision yet, I'll wait for the first battle report from the south to be sent over before making a decision."
After thinking about it for a while, Li De decided that it would be better to wait and see first. Although the alliance was fully prepared in all aspects for this war, facing such a group of enemies, one cannot be too cautious.
In this way, Li De waited for another three days in Alterac, and finally received the first battle report from the Cursed Land.
The 10,000 advance troops led by Danas and the 10,000 troops led by Turalyon and Khadgar completed the rendezvous. Shortly after the rendezvous, the orcs in the Dark Portal finally began to mobilize!
According to the information we have obtained, it can be known that the first organized orcs and troops to break out of the Dark Portal belong to the Thunder King clan.
This is a very powerful clan. Its number has exceeded the 12,500 people a normal orc clan should have, but has reached a full 15,000 people!
Among the orcs who have all the people as soldiers, a clan of 15,000 people is enough to mobilize an army of at least 10,000 people!
The 10,000-strong army of the Thunder King clan broke out of the Dark Gate and marched hundreds of miles north, approaching the camp of the Alliance army. The two sides were about to start a battle in the wild!
Of course, even if the orcs are coming so fiercely, the Alliance army still has an advantage in numbers, not to mention the gryphon knights of the Wildhammer dwarves; the weapons of the Bronzebeard dwarves and gnomes are all in place.
In the face of this huge advantage in all aspects of soldiers, equipment, and logistics, Turalyon and Danaus don't have to worry about being slapped in the face even if they shout "I have the advantage."
In fact, in this first battle since the second opening of the Dark Portal, the Alliance did take advantage of the opportunity and won a beautiful victory on the battlefield.
Even though the orcs had the help of the black dragon, the response of other dragon legions was not slow either.
There is the green dragon's camp in the Swamp of Sorrows. As soon as Deathwing and the black dragon appeared on the battlefield, the information here spread throughout the dragon army through the green dragon's dream magic.
The red dragon queen Alexstrasza arrived quickly, leading a group of the youngest and strongest red dragons under her command, chasing Deathwing into the endless sea.
Without the help of the black dragon, the Thunder King Clan, which is weak in weapons, equipment and logistics, is no match for the Alliance's 20,000-strong army. Even their chief Fenris was hit by Alleria's arrow in the shoulder and carried it with hatred.
The remaining troops retreated for more than thirty miles before setting up camp on the spot.
Perhaps it was because Fenris couldn't afford to lose face by retreating to the Dark Portal.
As for the Thunder King Clan's move to stay at the Dark Portal, Turalyon and the others did not show how nervous they were.
The black dragon that colludes with the orcs has its own dragon army to deal with it. The battle just now also shows that the orcs alone have absolutely no way of agreeing to the alliance.
It seems to confirm Danas's assertion that the orc problem will be solved within three months!
After reading the battle report, Li De at the rear was surprisingly not as happy as he appeared. Turalyon and Danaus won reasonably, but Li De always felt that it was a little too easy.
However, here's the problem. Li De couldn't tell what was wrong with the situation. In order to defeat the orcs, all forces were mobilized. If the victory was not so easy, maybe there was something really wrong.
'Maybe I'm a little too worried?'
Li De said to himself that all the forces that the Kingdom Continent can mobilize have been mobilized, plus the logistical capabilities of the Hanhai Protector and the high-end combat power of the Dragon Legion.
After both the Skull of Gul'dan and the Eye of Dalaran were stolen, security was tightened in all places where the artifacts were held by various tribes.
Under such a situation, there is indeed no reason to be uneasy.
‘I need to visit Archbishop Antonidas. There needs to be a portal between the Protector of the Vast Sea and Alterac.’
Thinking of this, Li De immediately walked out of the Immigration Bureau's office and walked towards the second floor.
The immigration office, the joint conference office of all ethnic groups, and the portal are all located in the former Barov family's mansion.
The only difference is that the Immigration Office is on one side of the lobby on the first floor; the Joint Conference Office is in the original banquet hall inside the lobby on the first floor; the portal is in the most spacious room on the second floor after going up the stairs. It is said that
The house was originally the bedroom of Patriarch Barov.
Entering the room where the portal was located, Li De subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
In order to build a magical core that could host the portal, the mages of Dalaran deeply remodeled this room.
Many magic crystals are inlaid on the four walls of the room, and large areas of the wall are painted with magic patterns using magic potions. Although this room now seems to belong to this mansion, it is actually independent of another space.
, became part of Dalaran.
"Li De, protector, have a good day."
After entering the room, Dalaran's magic apprentice saluted Li De respectfully.
Li De nodded in return and looked at the huge magic base in the center of the room under the dense purple air. There were eight empty seats on the base, but there was only one empty seat at the moment. There was an oval light door floating on it, and through the light door
You can vaguely see the scene of a city.
"Is this the portal to Dalaran?"
"Yes, there is currently only a portal in Dalaran. Due to the lack of magic network infrastructure in other places, it will take some time before portals can be established."
Li De knew clearly that it seemed that the "other places" lacking infrastructure included the Hanhai Protectorate.
Without thinking about this, Li De stepped into the teleportation gate. The moment he passed through the teleportation gate, it was as if his whole body was being scanned, and the scene in front of Li De suddenly changed.
Before Li De could clearly see the scene in front of him, a slightly lazy voice sounded in his ears.
"Welcome to the magic city of Dalaran, Protector Li De."