At the southwest tip of the Kingdom of Gilneas, King Greymane's private estate was visited by Blackmoore.
"You really know how to enjoy it. You built the manor on a mountain by the sea, so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountain and the sea."
Greymane had no intention of chatting with this guy. If it wasn't for the sake of privacy, he really didn't want this guy to enter his manor.
Seeing that Greymane did not speak, Blackmoore continued to speak with a smile.
"How can a guy who is a junior officer be better than my three thousand heavy infantry? I will wait for the news of his defeat to spread back to the north."
Greymane sighed. To be honest, he still recognized Blackmoore's abilities, but this guy was really not up to par.
As a warlord, Blackmoore also ruled an agricultural population of 10,000 people. It was just wishful thinking to support 3,000 heavy infantry with agricultural tax revenue. Therefore, while he imposed exorbitant taxes on the government, he also used various unscrupulous methods.
Business feeds armies.
"Well, after all, the other party is also the leader of the alliance member states. What you said is a bit too much."
"Haha, the leader of the member states? After he and his five thousand troops are wiped out, it probably won't be the same."
Greymane didn't want to get entangled with him, but asked the question he was most concerned about.
"Do you still want those two thousand orc prisoners of war?"
Blackmoore smiled very frivolously, knowing that Greymane's city would only stop here.
"Haha, don't worry, although I have not become the commander of the former army, our business is still valid."
Greymane didn't understand why Blackmoore would take the initiative to carry these burdens. Originally, he thought that Blackmoore was willing to buy orc prisoners of war from him, just to owe him a favor so that he could recommend him to Lothar. But now it seems,
That doesn't seem to be the case.
"What do you want with these orcs?"
Greymane finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, and Blackmoore pretended to be profound.
"Of course it's waste recycling. I recently hired a goblin consultant and he popularized a concept called 'risk hedging' to me."
“‘Risk hedging’? What does that mean?”
"That is to say, although I have made a judgment that Li De will fail in the south, if my judgment is wrong, I still have additional investment that can bring me profits.
Although I hate Lidden Victory, it does not prevent me from making money from him. It seems that since we are friends, I can show you a very profitable way."
When he heard Blackmoore calling him his friend, Greymane felt disgusted in his heart, but in order to hear about the 'very profitable way', Greymane remained patient.
"Growing cotton, the price of cotton will definitely increase in the future. There are large areas of wasteland in the eastern Hillsbrad Hills and southern Silver Pine Forest suitable for growing cotton. We can work together to do this."
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Li De didn't know what was happening in the north. He was enjoying the joy of victory at this time.
"Ding~, congratulations to the leader for killing 2,735 enemies and gaining 27,350 productivity points in this defensive battle."
This victory can be said to be reasonable. The Alliance's First Division has a complete combat system. There are mines outside the defense line, elite soldiers above the defense line, support from mages and priests behind them, and the firepower of dragons and griffons in the sky.
suppress.
In contrast, the Warsong clan on the opposite side relied entirely on their bloody courage. How could they be undefeated with such a huge gap?
Of course, in the specific battle, the role of bloody courage cannot be ignored. Grom Hellscream, the leader of the Warsong clan, passed through the minefield with his arrogant steel body and took the lead in climbing towards the defense line. His climbing speed was extremely fast.
, almost in a few blinks of an eye, we will be on the defensive line.
It's a pity that such a strong heroic warrior like him is the target of focus in the first place, not to mention that not long ago he had the record of killing a griffin by throwing an axe. No one in the entire First Division dared to look down on him.
Therefore, such a character must be focused on. It can be said that the top combat power of the First Division is all staring at Grom, and it can be said that they are given a very high treatment.
And Grom really deserves this "honor". The combat power he showed is not even the combat power that a hero-level powerhouse should have. Li De almost suffered a loss in the battle with him, and Kel'Thuzad continued
Several rounds of ice magic could not control his limbs.
It was that kind of unreasonable power that almost created a gap in the defensive position on the high wall. In the end, Archmage Ansrem used a very powerful magic to knock Grom away.
Mu himself estimated that such magic might not be able to kill Grom.
Although he couldn't kill Grom, Li De was very satisfied with this result. In the defensive battle, he gained 27,350 productivity points. In addition to the results of the previous squadron's air raid, Li De gained a total of 3 in this battle.
Wan Duo's productivity, plus what he had before, a wonder of the classical era, is now half enough.
In this battle, more than 3,000 Warsong clan orcs were killed, and nearly 100 orcs were captured. Seeing that the chief was seriously injured, the remaining more than 1,000 Warsong orcs finally chose to retreat with Grom first.
Maybe it was God who destined Grom to be unlucky. Just as the orcs were retracing their steps to exit the Twilight Forest, the soldiers carrying Grom stepped on a mine that had not exploded when they came. Grom's stretcher was immediately blown away.
He grabbed Lao Gao, then fell heavily to the ground, spitting out another mouthful of blood.
"I swear to tear them all to pieces!"
After falling to the ground, Grom regained some consciousness, but his speech was still a little unclear. But even so, Grom was still revered by the clan warriors like a god. The injuries he suffered today can be taken at will.
It would have been fatal if it came out, but Grom was able to survive tenaciously.
However, as they are now a defeated army, the mood among the team is more about the humiliation of defeat. Grom's personal bravery can only give them some comfort.
Compared to the gloom and gloom of the orc army, the mood of the Alliance 1st Division at this moment can be said to be high-spirited.
The disastrous defeat of the old front army made these soldiers seriously lack of self-confidence, but now the great victory over the orcs happened before their eyes.
Although the defenders in offensive and defensive battles have an advantage when the numbers are roughly equal, but when their own casualties were less than 200, more than half of the opponent's troops were killed. This is no matter how you say it.
An absolute victory.
But even so, Li De still wanted to make a post-war summary and find out the problems encountered in this battle:
During the battle, the connection and cooperation between the soldiers on the defense line was very poor. The most intense fighting areas along the entire defense line were handed over to the reinforcement battalion, while several other regiments were supplemented in other places.
During the battle, the orcs made several fierce attacks and almost reached the high wall. In the process of team adjustment, due to the unfamiliarity of the various units, the lack of coordination almost caused a gap in the defense line, allowing the orcs to succeed.
There were less than 200 casualties, and the number of killed was 128, of which 56 were Hanhai soldiers. These soldiers who died in battle were still in accordance with the pension standards of the Hanhai Protector.
At the same time, Li De also said that for soldiers who are not members of the Hanhai Protectorate, after contacting the families of those who died in action, they can choose to immigrate to the Hanhai Protectorate to receive pension benefits if they wish.
In addition to the dead, there are also seriously injured and disabled people among the wounded. Although holy light and magic potions have very good therapeutic effects, they cannot help people with severed arms and legs regenerate.
For these disabled people, Li De also welcomes them to join the Hanhai Protectorate after they retire.
Realistically speaking, after understanding the pension standards of the Hanhai Protector, the soldiers are obviously more motivated than before. Including the fact of immigrating to the Hanhai Protector itself is quite attractive.
Since the first year of the Dark Portal, the Kingdom Continent has never achieved true peace, and the civilians living in the Kingdom Continent are in danger. At this time, a member state called the Hanhai Protector suddenly appeared in the alliance, and when they learned that
Overseas, where it is safer, some people have begun to consider whether to immigrate to the Hanhai Protectorate to escape the war.
Li De has seen all these changes in the soldiers. But this is not enough. At this stage, he can only use materials to mobilize the fighting spirit of the soldiers.
However, such an army cannot yet reach its ultimate combat effectiveness. As the war progresses and the team members understand each other to a certain extent, Li De will disperse the reinforcement battalion. These 700 soldiers are actually 700 reserve cadres.