On the ship to Stormwind City, Kel'Thuzad was waiting on his cat on the deck. Mr. Bigglesworth lay on the wine barrel with his eyes half closed, enjoying the dried fish that Kel'Thuzad fed to him.
"Are you going to take it with you even to the battlefield?"
Lid walked to Kel'Thuzad and said. At the same time, he couldn't help but stretched out his fingers to scratch Beagleworth's chin, making the kitten purr comfortably.
This surprised Kel'Thuzad. Beagleworth never got close to anyone except him.
"Bigworth only eats the food I feed, and I have the confidence to protect its safety on the battlefield. To be precise, I have confidence in you. I believe you can turn the tide."
Kel'Thuzad said this, which made Li De feel the pressure on him increase sharply. To be honest, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the alliance. The orcs only have more than 10,000 people from the Thunder King clan, the vanguard of the orcs, and he only has
Five thousand people. And even among these five thousand people, there is still a negative atmosphere.
…
The ship docked at the port of Stormwind City. When Lid led the team off the ship, he met Duke Grayson who was sent by Varian to contact him.
"Li De, protector, have a good day."
"Good day, Duke Grayson."
After the two greeted each other, Grayson showed a forced smile.
"General Turalyon is missing now, and everyone in Stormwind Kingdom is in panic. It's great that you can come. His Majesty Varian needs your help now."
Li De understood in his heart and didn't say anything more. He just asked the other party to take him to see Varian.
Stormwind City has begun slow urban construction work. Li De shook his head with some dissatisfaction in his eyes. Such a reappearance efficiency is too slow. If the orcs cross the three-way intersection at the junction of Dusk Forest, Redridge Mountain and Elwynn Forest,
, here is simply not enough to resist the invasion of the orcs.
After leaving the port, walking in the city where the city wall had not yet been built, Li De was thinking about how to fight this battle. But when he saw that even when crossing the river across the city, he had to walk on a pontoon composed of small boats.
Li De finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Why is the rebuilding so slow?!"
Grayson sighed.
"The national treasury really can't come up with so much money. It has already cost half of the treasury money to rebuild the houses, so the city walls, bridges and roads can only be postponed.
The plan we outlined for His Majesty is a ten-year reconstruction plan for Stormwind City, but now the orcs have invaded again, disrupting our plan."
Li De didn't speak after hearing this, and just sneered. He knew that Greg was in charge of the civil service system in Stormwind City now. This scheming guy now planned to become a powerful minister, especially since Turalyon was gone and there was no one to restrict him.
.Li De would not believe it even if his subordinates in charge of city construction said there was no corruption.
Seeing that Li De just sneered, Grayson was too embarrassed to mention the matter anymore. In Turalyon's absence, he was the commander of the King's Guards. He also criticized some of Greg's men. Those guys went too far!
Li De didn't dwell on this too much. He didn't have the energy to care about those bastards now. He only knew that it was useless to use Stormwind City to resist the orcs, and the battle plan needed to be adjusted.
It can be said that Varian is very unlike a king. Because of the drastic changes in his family and country, he is more like a warrior. The most obvious point is that he did not even build a decent palace. His daily residence was actually built into a military building.
fortress.
"Guard Li De, you are finally here."
Li De noticed the twinkling light in Varian's eyes when he looked at him. At this time, Varian was wearing a military uniform and holding the protector Gazas he gave him in his hand. He looked very much like a mighty general.
It's just that in Li De's opinion, he was deliberately imitating Lothar and Turalyon, and the military uniform was more like a costume.
"Marshal Lothar appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the former army. I recommend you to the marshal as the deputy commander-in-chief. All logistics of the army will rely on Stormwind City."
Both are leaders of the alliance, and their status is equal now, so they can skip all politeness and go straight to the point.
Although Varian was a little stunned, he quickly got into the mood and invited Li De into the war room to view the news currently received by the Griffin Knights.
"On the day when the blizzard started, many griffons were restless. Fortunately, griffons are extremely adaptable creatures, especially resistant to severe cold. My team all flew out of the cursed land, but I did not have the ability to bring Tula out.
Praise them."
In the war room, Li De met Kurdran Wildhammer. When he mentioned this matter, the leader of the Wildhammer dwarves was so jealous that blood filled his eyes. The powerful coalition army was finally defeated by a heavy snowfall.
This incident was regarded as a lifelong shame by him.
Also in the war room was Archmage Ansrem, who brought two hundred mages to the Kingdom of Storms this time.
“We did make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and ignoring that there would be strategic-level spellcasters among the orcs, especially after the orcs snatched the Eye of Dalaran.
I followed the leader of Kurdran to survey the outskirts of the Cursed Land. The snow there has not dissipated yet, and it has a strong magical aura. It can be determined to be caused by the Eye of Dalaran."
Speaking of this matter, Ansrem also shook his head repeatedly. But there was one thing he could never say outside of Dalaran, that is, the mages of Dalaran had been studying their own artifacts for so many years, but they could not master anything except
Observe other magic beyond space.
On the contrary, the orcs who were considered incapable of using arcane magic were actually able to use the Eye of Dalaran to create spells that could change the celestial phenomena! He had already reported this to Antonidas, but if he told it to the outside world, it would definitely be a mistake for Antonidas.
Laran's Scandal.
"Everyone, after the previous disastrous defeat, we must learn this lesson. Now our troops are weaker than the orcs, so we must and can only defend strategically.
The current situation in Stormwind City is obvious to everyone. We cannot expect Stormwind City to fight against the orcs.
Without a strong military fortress, we can only rely on favorable terrain for defense. Defend the Redridge Mountains and defend the Dusk Forest! This is the only thing we can do now. Only by confining the orcs to the Swamp of Sorrows and the Cursed Land can we be qualified to discuss
There is a possibility of counterattack in the future.”
According to his status, Li De is the leader of the alliance, and according to his position, Li De is the commander-in-chief of the former army, so his words have the highest effectiveness.
Varian had no military experience at all and was a little confused about Reed's statement of completely giving up the Swamp of Sorrows, but he still believed in Reed's decision.
"Let's withdraw from the Swamp of Sorrows first. Our army is not suitable for fighting there. If we go too far forward in the Swamp of Sorrows, it will increase our logistical pressure. On the contrary, if we give up the Swamp of Sorrows, then the orcs will be under the greatest logistical pressure.
"
Kel'Thuzad was explaining to Li De what he was too lazy to say. Ever since he entered the war room, this guy had immediately assumed the role of a staff officer.
"Bishop Bendinitas, how many priests are there in Stormwind Kingdom now?"
Suddenly asked by Li De, Bendinitas made some calculations in his mind.
"There are less than a hundred people left. Most of them followed General Turalyon to the Cursed Land. Now..."
Bendinitas didn't say any more, and Li De understood.
"From now on, mages, priests and gryphon knights will be integrated into the former army's general command system. They will then participate in the unified reorganization of the army and eliminate any possibility of fighting independently. We only have such a small amount of troops and cannot tolerate any
Mistake.”
Ansrem, Bendinitas and Kurdran Wildhammer all expressed their acceptance. Only then did Li De look at Varian.
"King Varian, I am in charge of logistics issues here in Stormwind City. This is what I am most worried about. At this critical moment of life and death, we must not let the greed of a small group of people destroy us!"
Li De basically pointed out the corruption problem of civil servants in Stormwind City. Varian had been holding back his anger for a long time. When he heard that Lothar was attacking nobles in Alterac, Varian really wanted to do this.
Learn to do this.
But being precocious, he knew very well that he couldn't. The main body of the Stormwind Kingdom was aristocracy. Now that the kingdom was very weak, he could only order MI7 to silently collect evidence.
Fortunately, the army under Li De in this war was entirely allocated exclusively by the Alliance, and most of the logistics supplies were produced by Lordaeron and the Vast Sea Protectorate. Stormwind City was responsible for organizing personnel and transportation issues.
In other words, as long as a financial channel is established that is not affected by Greg's series of civil servants, these problems can be avoided.
"Well, in the past, the Hanhai Protectorate was still under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Stormwind. According to legal principles, it was necessary to pay taxes for the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Now the Hanhai Protectorate has become independent, but it has not paid taxes to the Kingdom of Stormwind in the previous year, so before the two countries formally establish diplomatic relations, the Hanhai Protectorate must first pay taxes.
I plan to use the tax money of 10,000 gold coins to improve the bridge facilities in Stormwind City, but the premise is that every money spent on this 10,000 gold coins must be completed under the supervision of the Hanhai Protector.
Therefore, the Governor of Hanhai hopes to open a construction bank in Stormwind City. In the future, funds related to construction and security can be placed in the bank, and the money used for this war can also be deposited in the bank."
Except for Kel'Thuzad, no one present understood the meaning of Li De's proposal, and Varian agreed without hesitation.
If Nogfogg knew that Li De opened up a country's urban construction market with only 10,000 gold coins, his jaw would definitely drop in shock.