The high elves have been winning one after another on the battlefield, and only the Amani are no match for Quel'Thalas. Zul'jin has now retreated to Zul'Aman with his troops.
He wanted to send people to ask for help from the southern tribes, but the first thing Halduron did when he recovered from his coma was to lead a long-distance attack and continue to block the road south.
At the same time, Talanji appeared on the streets of Silvermoon City, dressed in fine clothes.
Since Sunstrider himself said that he would not accept mediation, Zandalari never mentioned mediation. However, as an ordinary traveler, Talanji would occasionally give some "well-intentioned" reminders.
"I hope you can salvage the bodies of your companions after every battle. Those vulgar Amani are not as civilized as Zandalari. They still retain the habit of cannibalism."
The highly off-the-job urban life makes elves sensitive, pretentious and prone to anxiety. The cruel world outside Silvermoon City is too far away for them. People who are not on the front line do not understand the real situation and have no idea of the changes in the battlefield situation. Naturally, they
There will be no anxiety.
But when Talanji concretely placed the details of Amani cannibalism in front of them in a sinister tone, this seed would take root and sprout in the hearts of the elves, and eventually grow into a towering tree.
As long as they think about their relatives and friends, they may die on the battlefield, and their bodies will be dragged into the mysterious and terrifying Zul'Aman, disassembled on the chopping block, and then let people eat their flesh and blood, the elves will shudder.
No matter how many times you have defeated the trolls on the battlefield, the elves will not take this kind of war with little profit at all, but if any elves are eaten by the trolls, even if only one is eaten, the elves will never accept it.
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"As the saying goes, there is a certain amount of relaxation. There is no need to deliberately add fuel to the flames. Let fear ferment on its own. We must also give our elf friends some time."
In the hotel, Li De spoke calmly, holding a fan in his hand, as if the anxiety of the people of Silvermoon City had nothing to do with him. Talanji couldn't help but laugh and asked.
"It's none of my business now. What should I do next? Or should I continue to wait?"
Li De coughed and felt a little dry in his mouth. After drinking a glass of water, he couldn't help but complain about the monotony of Silver Moon City's drinks, even if it was unauthentic sweet tea.
"Let him ferment it for two days. Although Zul'jin's army has retreated to Zul'Aman, there is no way they can invade Zul'Aman in less than a month without killing tens of thousands of people."
What Li De said is no exaggeration. Since ancient times, there has been a road in Oman. From Sebunuwa to the east is a mountain road called the Amani Trail. It can be said that one man can pass it and no one can open it.
"So taking advantage of this time, we can add some external pressure to the Elf King, so as not to seem like we are creating unrest behind the scenes."
"Where does the pressure come from?"
Lothar, who was sitting on the sofa next to the wall, asked that since he was honest with Li De, he could now chat and laugh with the trolls like Li De.
It's just that Lothar didn't expect that this problem would be on him.
"Of course the pressure comes from you. The high elves thought that with the road to the south blocked, Zuljin would not be able to ask for help from the south. But weren't the 1,000 dead moss-rot trolls a signal for help?
While waiting for the emotions in Silvermoon City to ferment in the past two days, we can send people to investigate the situation of forest trolls in various places. If there are trolls trying to go north, then you can put pressure on Anasteria.
Already."
In fact, Li De's strategy is a bit underhanded. It is simply a beggar-thy-neighbor tree. If the trolls in the south are detected to be gathering, Lothar will, as the commander of the alliance, attack Stromgarde and Lordaeron.
And Wildhammer Dwarf Correspondence:
There is only one message conveyed in the letter: in addition to protecting local residents, do not prevent them from going north and cause unnecessary conflicts.
Of course, the trolls cannot really be allowed to enter Quel'Thalas. As long as they create pressure on the high elves and force them to agree to peace talks, the goal will be achieved.
Therefore, Lothar must be appropriately exaggerated in her expression.
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Relying on the high-speed intelligence network formed by the two lines of the gryphon knights and Zandalari's messenger pterosaurs, Li De and the others could grasp the trends of the entire northern continent even if they were just sitting in the Eagle Wing Plaza Hotel.
Two days later, the messenger pterosaur sent accurate information from Yangfan Port. Forest trolls everywhere were indeed ready to move.
After receiving the accurate information, Lothar immediately sent letters to various countries via this air route.
Anastria was certainly aware of the frequent communications to the outside world for two consecutive days, but he had no reason to intercept these letters.
Because the composition of this group of people is too complex: Zandalari, mages, and most importantly, Lothar. With this big sign, Anastria can't even forcefully expel them.
As for everyone's little actions behind the scenes, Anasteria knew very well that they had not given up the idea of mediating.
The sunk costs of this battle are too high so far. Even if they just defeat Zulman and then withdraw after executing Zuljin, then the high elves can still be considered as winning the war.
The total population of the high elves was just over a hundred thousand. In the early days of the war, three thousand people died due to a sneak attack. Later, because they retreated to Silvery Moon City, the number of casualties was not actually large, but it was just too frustrating.
Since the orcs retreated, the high elves took the initiative and killed more than 10,000 trolls on the wild battlefield. At the same time, they also lost 2,000 people.
The death toll exceeded 5,000, which was already unbearable for Silvermoon City, which had a population of 100,000. The ceasefire was so silent that the Sun Chasers really couldn't swallow this breath.
Therefore, Zul'jin must be killed. As for the southern tribes, if Zul'jin dies, the remaining troll elves will really not take it seriously. What the Sunstriders are afraid of is Zul'jin's call to the forest trolls.
force.
But when Lothar visited him with letters from leaders of various countries, Anasteria also hesitated.
"Your Majesty Sun Chaser, our allies in the south have recently expressed their uneasiness to me. There is a movement of forest troll tribes to gather. The reason seems to be the war here."
Before his butt could get hot, Lothar handed the letters from various countries into the hands of the Sun Chaser.
"As you know, the Alliance has just experienced a war. They don't know how to deal with this kind of thing, and they are all asking me for my opinion. I'm afraid the help we can give to your country is very limited."
Lothar pretended to be uneasy and said, while Anasteria narrowed her eyes.
"Your external communications have been very frequent these past two days."
Hearing the sound of the string and knowing its elegant meaning, Lothar knew exactly what the other party was suspecting.
"You can view all our previous communication records. Are you doubting us for sending information to the outside world? Could it be that we attracted the southern tribes of forest trolls?!"
"That's not true. I'm just curious as to why your news is so timely."
After the entire army of the Rotten Moss tribe was wiped out, Anasteria himself knew that the trolls from the south would come sooner or later. But he did not expect that the troll tribes would come so quickly and in so many numbers!
In letters from various countries: The total number of trolls that have been detected by all parties has exceeded 200,000! This is almost twice the population of high elves!
"Are you kidding me? A primitive tribe scattered all over the place can organize so many armies?!"
It is true that the forest trolls have a large population, but except for Zul'Aman, which has a city, most of them only live in villages scattered throughout the country. At most, there are a few communities in the Hinterlands formed on the ruins of the Amani Empire, and almost all the rest are
Not a climate.
This is why the Sun Chasers were so confident before. As long as Zul'jin did not go south, no one would have the prestige to assemble a large army.
Now faced with this pile of letters, the Sun Chaser wanted to curse. Damn it! Where did these 200,000 troops come from!
Lothar looked helpless, but in fact this was just a statistical trick.
Villages of forest trolls can be seen everywhere. If you want to count their numbers, you must report them step by step from each town under the jurisdiction of each country.
As for the number of people, as long as there are more than 1,000 people walking around, from a distance you can see that there are mountains and plains everywhere. Inexperienced people mistakenly think that there are thousands or tens of thousands of people, which is normal.
If one level of false reporting is a bit false and one country is false reporting a small amount, the sum of several countries must be a frighteningly large number!
Here in Anastria, even if you doubt that these numbers are accurate, you can look at the summary report and it is clear that it has the signatures of officials at all levels. Even if the numbers are exaggerated, they appear authoritative.
There is a more important point, does Sun Chaser dare to bet? It doesn’t matter if the number is false, but what if it is true?