Li De is quite interested in the collision of different power systems and philosophical systems, but it is obviously not the time now.
After Drek'Thar woke up, he learned that it was the Holy Light of Benedictus that saved him, and he expressed his gratitude very seriously.
But after that, he said with a serious face.
"That's not the way an orc fights!"
Although all orcs knew that Kargath was an old pervert with a godly face and a grimace, the fact that he had a cannon attached to his arm was still beyond Drek'Thar's understanding.
But soon after, the Alliance advancing army discovered that the enemy had changed far more than Drek'Thar had described.
On the jungle battlefield in the swamp, a "talking tree" appears, that is, the orcs have mastered a new weapon, a fast-loading musket!
Relying on these weapons, the orcs can use disguise to make cold shots without getting close to the alliance soldiers!
The special combat environment, the orcs suitable for small groups of combat, and the powerful muskets suddenly made the tribe more difficult to deal with.
"These weapons are definitely sold by goblins to orcs!"
Looking at the muskets and the dismantled modified artillery on the table, Lothar said angrily.
For these few items captured, the Alliance's advancing army paid a heavy price.
"Marshal, do we declare war on the goblins?"
The adjutant Galavande who followed Lothar south asked this question. Lothar did not answer directly, but looked at Li De who was sitting aside.
"Li De, you are more familiar with the situation of goblins than we are. I want to hear your opinion."
At this time, Li De was picking up the weapons on the table and observing. When Lothar said this, he put down what he was holding.
"The goblins are also divided into multiple forces. Take the goblins who built warships for the orcs in the Second War as an example. They are the goblins of Booty Bay and belong to the Hotsand Consortium in terms of power.
The goblins in the entire southern part of the Kingdom Continent, that is, Booty Bay, have the ability to spread their influence here.
But when it comes to going to war with a goblin force with highly advanced technology, even if there is suspicion, evidence needs to be found.
These weapons don’t have any markings on them, and the design style is something I’ve never seen before, so it’s hard to tell which goblin force they come from.”
After Li De finished speaking, Lothar was convinced.
"I think so too. If you want to start a war with a race, you should be more cautious, so we must hurry up and find out the origin of these weapons.
We can take this opportunity to mobilize our troops and prepare for battle.
At the same time, you can also send envoys to Booty Bay to find the goblins to hold accountable, which can also confuse the goblins and mislead them into thinking that the Alliance only talks about it and dare not actually take action."
Lothar quickly gave instructions, and the envoys from the Kingdom of Storm arrived at Booty Bay on behalf of the Alliance. After meeting with Rivergaz, they questioned them on why they sold weapons and supplies to the orcs.
"Sorry, we goblins are neutral in terms of business ethics.
We don't care whether customers are engaged in a war or not. The obligation of merchants is to provide demand for the market. The one with the highest price will get it, which is more than reasonable.
Taking a step back, why does the Alliance think that I am selling weapons and supplies to the orcs?
Without evidence, even a powerful alliance cannot humiliate goblins."
Li De could guess the way Rivigaz acted rogue. He had already asked Lothar to take over the army and become the vanguard to fight against the tribe.
But during this process, Kel'Thuzad, who also attended the combat meeting, said with a smile.
"Let me see, why bother? Since the Aspect Dragon is eager to capture Deathwing, we need to work together to control the Dark Portal.
Then why not ask the Aspect Dragons to form a few flying brigades first, conduct a thorough bombing in the Swamp of Sorrows, and burn all the vegetation here.
It will be much easier to deal with the orcs without trees to hide in, or we can burn all the orcs to death once and for all."
Listening to Kel'Thuzad's relaxed tone, Li De explained to him with a wry smile.
"Swamp of Sorrows is such a large area, it would be too difficult to conduct a comprehensive bombing.
And this plan to burn all the vegetation, apart from others, the Green Dragon Queen will definitely not agree to such a battle plan."
Lady Ysera, Queen of the Green Dragon, has an inseparable relationship with the Druid sect.
Ysera, like the druids, loves the forest extremely much. The Green Dragon Queen will never allow the trees in the entire Swamp of Sorrows to be burned down for the sake of war.
In fact, there was no need for the green dragon, Krasus just stared at Kel'Thuzad dissatisfied.
The swamp is such a huge life system. How many lives will be killed if all the trees are burned? A mage who is only obsessed with arcane magic will not understand how important life is to Azeroth, nor does he know what the red dragon protects.
What does it mean.
Feeling the silence after what he said and the dissatisfaction of some people, Kel'Thuzad spread his hands.
"Then I have no choice, but if we fight against the orcs in the forest, our first division's team combat thinking is not a problem at all.
But it’s not that easy to find the arsenal where goblins provide weapons to the orcs. The dense forest here is a natural hidden area.”
Everything was developing according to Kel'Thuzad's assertion. After the First Division replaced the vanguard of the advancing army, it occupied the orc stronghold much faster.
This is all because the First Division uses a ten-man squad as its basic combat unit, and the core of a squad is the elite soldiers of the Hanhai Protectorate.
Among the soldiers who were separated from the reinforced battalion, some were hunters who were proficient in survival, some were able to use shaman spells, some were good at engineering, and some were simply elite warriors with overwhelming strength.
During the previous renovation period of Night Town, what Li De hated most was team combat, which required them to be familiar with each other and be able to cooperate tacitly.
A team like this has strong survivability on the battlefield in the Swamp of Sorrows, and usually only three or five teams cooperate well. Even if they face an Orc Centurion, there will be no problem at all.
But as Kel'Thuzad said, finding goblin arsenals to produce weapons for the orcs became a big problem.
Deathwing will not give the Alliance and the Dragon too much time to destroy the arsenal. As more orcs are equipped with a steady stream of muskets and engineering weapons, this war will become increasingly difficult to fight.
However, on the third day after the first division was replaced, things took a turn for the better.
At that time, the First Division had already punched in many directions, and had torn out a dozen orc strongholds and connected them together, confronting the tribes to the east across a river bend.
It was under this circumstance that the griffin knight in charge of the investigation reported to Li De that a group of monsters had been discovered 50 kilometers behind the orc position.
"Monsters, aren't these orcs monsters? Don't you see it wrong? You think the orcs are some other kind of monster."
During the military meeting that was being held, Bolvar said casually, causing Brad, who was acting as Li De's secretary, to raise his head and pay attention.
"What we see is not the orcs! Those monsters are fighting the orcs! They are even longer than the orcs and it is unacceptable:
He is of medium height, with a purplish-gray body, loose skin, hooves on his feet, a silly and hateful face.
We also took photos, and if you don’t believe me, develop them and see.”
The griffin knights hurriedly realized that it was no wonder that Bolvar questioned, because the orcs had firearms, and the gryphon knights' detection became more and more difficult.
Under a hasty investigation, it is possible to be blinded.
Li De did not believe what the pregnant griffin knight said was true. Speaking of the "monsters" they called them, they were really a bunch of pathetic people.