Whether it was the quality of the soldiers, logistical equipment or organizational style, the Alliance army, which had an advantage, lost to the orcs, which Li De could not accept.
Fortunately, Kel'Thuzad had superb magical attainments and successfully established a connection with Dalaran, and Li De obtained more detailed information here.
The victory of the orcs this time is very strange, but it is already clear that the goblins are the helpers of the orcs!
If it was just a military defeat within the scope of common sense, Dalaran would not have informed Li De as soon as possible after making contact. After all, in this war between the alliance and the orcs, Li De was mainly responsible for
It's logistics, not military.
It was precisely because they realized that the goblins played a disgraceful role in this war that the Kingdom Continent felt it necessary to immediately inform Li De that the Vast Sea Protector and Kezan had less than a day's voyage. If the goblins completely turned to the orcs,
It will definitely endanger the Hanhai Protectorate.
Goblins helped the orcs in the war between Azeroth and another world. It is still unclear whether this was an individual act or whether a large number of goblins turned against the orcs.
And the most difficult thing about this matter is the goblin residents led by Noggenfogg in the Vast Sea Protectorate.
It’s not that it’s difficult to choose between nations, after all, they have always been a race that is good at fighting among themselves. What the goblin residents of the Hanhai Protectorate are most worried about is whether the conflict with Kezan will lead to the exclusion of them in the country of Hanhai.
In the enlarged high-level meeting, Nogfogg expressed his position to Li De. If Kezan becomes an enemy of the Hanhai Protector, he will firmly stand on Li De's side, and his former team, Hot Sand, will be his enemy.
Reed responded to Nogfogger's statement in a conciliatory manner. He needed further detailed information to ensure the correctness of his judgment.
The Kezan goblins are also divided into many different factions. It is not yet clear which faction helped the orcs.
The alliance is fighting against the orcs, and as a member of the alliance, the Hanhai Protector has no reason to rashly provoke a powerful enemy.
However, after the high-level enlarged meeting ended, Kel'Thuzad actually found Li De in private.
"Guard Li De, I want to talk to you about goblins."
This surprised Li De. This was the first time Kel'Thuzad took the initiative to communicate with him.
"I think this time it's likely that the Kezan goblins turned against the orcs collectively."
Kel'Thuzad made his point clear in the first sentence, and then explained it to Li De.
"During the Second Orc War, the goblins had a history of helping the orcs, and the tribe's warships were built for them by the goblins.
The battle report mentioned that the orcs had received sufficient war supplies, and being able to support such a huge war expenditure was definitely not something that a certain goblin rich man or a small consortium could do.
In addition, there was friction between the Hanhai Protector and the Bilgewater Conglomerate before, but the other party cooled it down in a low-key manner. There is reason to believe that they did not want to arouse our suspicion."
After Kel'Thuzad analyzed all this, Li De couldn't help but look at him with admiration. Only then did he realize that the man in front of him was not only a powerful magician, but also had extraordinary wisdom.
"Is Magister Kel'Thuzad just saying this to me?"
Li De felt that the other party had not finished what he said.
Kel'Thuzad certainly didn't finish his words.
"This is an excellent opportunity for Protector Li De to allow the goblins of Protector Hanhai to completely separate from Kezan and become a new independent goblin force."
This surprised Li De. He thought about countless possibilities, and even thought that the other party was trying to remind him to be wary of Nogfogg.
"Everyone who comes to the Hanhai Protector can feel the loyalty of your citizens to you and this homeland. So even if you are an enemy of Kezan, there is no need to worry that your goblin citizens will become a security risk.
What should be considered instead is how to maximize benefits.
Kezan is the financial center and technology center of the goblins. In the past, even if they were loyal to you, those goblins would still have a different emotion when facing Kezan.
But now if Kozan becomes the enemy, he can successfully disenchant the goblins under your control. Just build another goblin center in Gadgetzan. By then, even if you recruit more goblins under your control, you don't have to worry about legal issues.
The question of legitimacy.”
Kel'Thuzad finished speaking eloquently, and Li De was completely shocked.
There is no shortage of strong people in Azeroth, but there is a shortage of people who use their brains to think about problems. Most strong people like to use arcana/holy light/life... to think about problems. Of course, the most common ones are to use muscles instead of brains to think.
.
But the Kel'Thuzad in front of him surprised Li De. What kind of magician was he? He was clearly a talented person!
"Thank you for your teaching, Your Majesty the Magister. But Li De doesn't understand why you specifically told me this?"
Hearing Li De's question, Kel'Thuzad looked far into the distance. Standing on the balcony of the highest floor of the Gadgetzan Hotel, he could clearly see the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge and the Oracle.
"It took me three years to become a magician from a magic apprentice."
Kel'Thuzad's first words shocked Li De. He really didn't know that this guy's talent was so terrifying. How many people who have been learning arcane magic in Dalaran since they were young will never become a high-level master in their entire lives.
mage.
"Before I came into contact with arcane magic, I studied military, history, politics and theology... I tried to understand the meaning of life and the truth of the world from these subjects, but unfortunately I got nothing until I was twenty-eight years old.
One year, I saw from the arcana that the rules of the world are so beautiful."
Li De's heart skipped a beat every time Kel'Thuzad said something. No wonder Kel'Thuzad later turned his hands into clouds and rain, stirring up such big waves. It turned out that he was the legendary all-around genius.
Thanks to such a person, without his help, how could a wandering soul sealed in ice almost destroy the world?
"I have studied politics to a certain extent, and based on my limited knowledge, the so-called politics is just demagoguery and exploitation in different forms. This is the case in every country.
However, under your rule, the Protector of Hanhai, I saw something completely different from what I had learned, which caused some changes in my mentality, so I said a few more words.
I also want to see if in this stagnant world, colors I have never seen before can appear.”
When Kel'Thuzad said this, Li De could feel that this smart man who claimed to have seen the world had a trace of self-doubt in his heart.
"Ding~, please be careful! The hero Kel'Thuzad, who is inspired by the hero of wonders Oracle, may trigger a loyalty event with a 0.01% chance!"
At this moment, Eureka's prompt sounded next to Li De's ears.
Li De felt excited. If he could get Kel'Thuzad to join him, wouldn't the Protector of the Vast Sea be even more powerful?!
Thinking of this, Li De took a half step forward and sincerely invited Kel'Thuzad.
"Your Majesty the Magister! Please join the Protector of the Vast Sea, and we might as well work together to change the world!"
The moment Li De sent out the invitation, Kel'Thuzad felt in a trance. However, after dozens of seconds of hesitation and contradiction, Kel'Thuzad finally shook his head.
"Sorry Protector Li De, I thought about arcana and politics, and I decided to stand on the side of arcana. Politics can only solve temporary problems, arcana is eternal."
"Ding~, the trigger of 'Recruiting Hero Kel'Thuzad' failed, please let the leader try again."
Li De's rejection by Kel'Thuzad was actually unexpected. How could such a top talent return to his command so easily?
Although he was rejected, Li De was not discouraged. On the contrary, he seemed confident. Real people are never cold to the system. Although he did not directly obtain Kel'Thuzad's surrender, his relationship with Kel'Thuzad was solid after this incident.
It's much closer.
Soon Li De gathered his energy again. He wanted to find out what the goblins had done in this war.