"You're back!" Wearing the Lightbringer suit, holding the blue-purple crystal mine warhammer specially made for him by Will in his hand, the white cloak with obvious traces of battle behind him swayed gently with the wind: "King's Capital
How was the trip?"
The last time Fording returned to Winter Town to report that he was safe, David had not returned yet. This was also the first time Fording reunited with David after returning to Hearthglen to fight against the Scourge.
"Not bad." David and Fording sat down at the wooden table where they usually ate together and started chatting: "This is Winter Town now."
"In that case, you should have become a noble of the Tilan Kingdom now, right?"
"Baron, he also received the surname of Glamorgan."
"Baron David Glamorgan?" Fording said twice: "Sounds pretty good."
David smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to explain to Fording how unlucky this last name was, so he could only change the topic and ask Fording about the situation there.
"It's much better than originally expected." Fording pointed at himself: "You can tell from my condition."
"Yeah, you look like you're in pretty good shape."
I wasn't as depressed as expected, and couldn't eat because of the bad battle situation.
According to Fording's description, the Alliance army in Hearthglen now habitually plows the ground with artillery groups after the war, and then the Paladins take the lead in cleaning the battlefield...
"My personal suggestion... is to continue to defend Hearthglen." David believes that this is the safest way to play. As long as he defends Hearthglen, with various equipment and reinforcements from other races in place, Fording can fight steadily and clean up a little bit.
Drop the Scourge.
For this human kingdom, the biggest trouble is that the land after the ravages of the Scourge will become extremely desolate. The originally fertile East Weald has turned into a plague land, filled with various mutant creatures.
With the assistance of Fording, a popular, powerful, and moral paladin, it is not impossible for the Kingdom of Lordaeron to recover and return to its peak.
"Yes."
This is a sure-win strategy, especially if you know the subsequent plot: after Arthas resurrected Kel'Thuzad, he will attack the mage city of Dalaran, and then open the portal to welcome Archimonde.
The tactics are simple and crude, but they are particularly effective against the Scourge.
Fording didn't expect that after David saw his entanglement, he actually supported him to do what he really wanted to do.
After successfully avoiding the chaos during the outbreak of the plague and the subsequent invasion of natural disasters, Fordring successfully returned to Hearthglen to assume power and built a strong defensive front. When the Scourge truly assembled, although their numbers were staggering, they were still in countless numbers.
Under the suppression of artillery and firearms, there is no way to pose a real threat to Hearthglen.
"so……"
After all, this round of raging Scourge has also brought disaster to several kingdoms surrounding the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The Kingdom of Lordaeron will not have to worry about invasion by foreign enemies for a long time in the future.
In addition, the Ironforge dwarves have invested more and more gunners, as well as dwarf musketeers using improved versions of Garand rifles, which has once again greatly improved the defense of the walls of Hearthglen. Hearthglen has become the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
The safest place, Fordring is in Hearthglen, and even the reputation of the Kingdom of Lordaeron has returned to its peak.
Although in the original Warcraft plot, the dwarves sent flying troops and artillery troops, and the dwarf musketeers were an important unit of the alliance, it would never be what it is now.
"Where's Arthas?" With Fordring's style of play, Arthas wouldn't be reduced to ashes by Hearthglen's heavy artillery, right?
After Fording heard Arthas' name, he shook his head helplessly: "This is also what I am most worried about at the moment."
"I think Arthas has never appeared on the battlefield in Hearthglen. He may have led some of the Scourge soldiers to attack Quel'Thalas."
The few Scourge soldiers who can survive the baptism of cannonballs will be quickly eliminated by the Paladins of the Silver Hand.
"It sounds like everything is going well." After listening to Fording's story, David felt that the situation in Azeroth was pretty good. If the current situation continues, the Kingdom of Lordaeron will definitely not be destroyed.
"Yes, this is a safe choice, but is it really the right choice?" Tirion Fordring showed his helplessness for the first time today. As a paladin with a high sense of morality and honor,
He felt that he had made a wrong choice.
But what if this is really a trap targeting Fordring and the humans in Hearthglen?
If you take the initiative to attack, you will give up your biggest advantage. If Arthas suddenly comes out at this time and launches a surprise attack on the remaining Knights of the Silver Hand, there is a high probability that the situation of the battle will be reversed.
As for Quel'Thalas and Dalaran... Fordring is the lord of Hearthglen and a noble of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, not the lord of Quel'Thalas or Dalaran.
But he sensed Fording's dilemma: Fording felt that Arthas had a high chance of attacking Quel'Thalas, but he couldn't gamble.
When the war is over, Tirion Fordring, who has made great achievements, will put Calia Menethil on the throne, so that he can at least assume the role of regent.
To put it bluntly, Fording couldn't afford to bet even if there was only a one percent chance of falling into the trap, not to mention the probability was far from that low.
Because the most terrifying thing about the Scourge Legion is that the more they fight, the more abundant their troops become, and the more they fight, the stronger they become!
The comrades who were fighting against the natural disasters alongside you one second may become members of the natural disasters the next second, waving their weapons at you.
"..." Tirion Fordring glanced at David a few times to make sure that the other person was not comforting him casually, but was actually showing support for him: "I originally thought you would give me some advice."
In a world where extraordinary individuals exist, powerful individuals can have a great impact on the battle situation. In addition, the Kingdom of Lordaeron is still a relatively "primitive" country, so moving heavy artillery groups is very troublesome.
As Fording narrated, David realized that the situation was not just much better than originally expected. After Fording knew the plot and made preparations in advance, the battle situation was basically the best situation according to his estimation.
to develop.
Therefore, Fording's current brilliant results are based on the Hearthglen defense line he prepared in advance.
At that time, it was Fording's best time to launch a counterattack.
But did he do something wrong? There didn't seem to be anything wrong. This kind of situation where he couldn't make the right choice made him feel very uncomfortable.
In addition, Fording is also contacting the Wildhammer dwarves to get their help, because the Wildhammer dwarves have flying combat units such as gryphon knights.
"Ah...this..."
After all, the Sunwell in Quel'Thalas is Arthas' most important goal right now.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and David felt like he couldn't tell what Alsace was thinking.
Arthas, who was still just a subordinate of the Lich King, was ordered to occupy the Sunwell and resurrect the lich Kel'Thuzad. When faced with the difficulty of attacking Hearthglen for a long time, he left enough troops to continue attacking Hearthglen and took the remaining troops with him.
It was his only choice to send his troops to attack Quel'Thalas.
"Ironforge is currently manufacturing a large number of helicopters." Fording talked about the upcoming battle: "I plan to wait until enough armed helicopters arrive in Hearthglen before launching a counterattack against the Scourge. With enough air force cooperation, absolutely
The Scourge Legion can be completely wiped out."
David was speechless, feeling that Fording returned to Winter Town this time because he hoped that he could persuade him a few words to make him more determined to defend Hearthglen, instead of running out to fight Arthas to the death and destroying the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron.
All your last hopes are on the line.
"It's not all going well." Fording saw David's thoughts. After talking about the things that went well, he finally started to talk about the things that didn't go well: "I can only defend Hearthglen and protect more and more Lordaeron.
The people have no extra power to rescue other people."
Looking at Fording's uncomfortable expression, David thought for a few seconds and finally said to him: "Actually, just do what you want."
As more refugees from Lordaeron fled into Hearthglen, including Calia Menethil, the Lordaeron royal family, Fordring had begun to consider a counterattack against the Scourge.
In this situation, even someone as brave as Fording must be extremely cautious, for fear of making irreparable mistakes.
Behind him is the last hope of Lordaeron. His duty is to protect these hopes of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, not to lead all the soldiers out of Hearthglen to rescue Quel'Thalas.
"So, you are waiting for the new armed helicopter provided by Ironforge?"
After Archimonde came to Azeroth, Arthas and the Scourge were thrown aside. What followed was an internal struggle between the Burning Legion and the Scourge, and the heroes of several major races in Azeroth joined forces to fight against the Burning Legion.
Legion.
If Arthas is indeed attacking Quel'Thalas, then everything is easy to say, and he can use the opportunity to attack Quel'Thalas's elves from both front and back.
"So, Arthas may be standing outside Hearthglen, waiting for you to rush out with your troops and launch a sneak attack; he may also abandon Hearthglen and attack Quel'Thalas directly."
If those additional factors were not taken into consideration, with Tirion Fordring's character, after knowing what Arthas was going to do, he would definitely rush in front of Arthas and kill the former prince of Lordaeron, now the murderer.
The king kills.
"Is this surprising?"
"No, I was negligent." Fording smiled, the kind of smile that came from the heart: "In order to make your life 'satisfactory', you persisted for two years in this land that lacked food and was very cold.
Years of people.”
"Yes, no matter who you have trouble with, you can't have trouble with yourself." David stretched out his hand and shook Fording's big hand: "Besides, my friends and I will support you."
When their hands were held together, David vaguely felt something.