What confused all the commanders of the Elven Expeditionary Corps was that the retreat direction of this group of orcs was not to the southwest, but to the northwest.
It stands to reason that if the orcs were defeated in the siege, the most appropriate direction to retreat should be to the southwest, because that place is at the junction of three regions and has gathered a large number of the main force of the orcs.
But why did the remaining orc army retreat to the northwest? Even the Windrunner sisters were confused at this time. All the reasons they could find were overturned by themselves one by one.
Could it be that the orcs were so angry that they made a fatal strategic mistake? Not only the Windrunner sisters did not believe this, but even all the commanders of the Elven Expeditionary Corps did not believe this ridiculous reason.
So what makes the orcs do the opposite? You must know that after passing through the swamp in the northwest, there are uninhabited and impassable mountains, and there are no orc troops there now. Isn't this looking for death?
However, the retreat route of the orcs just made the interception plan of the Elven Expeditionary Corps fail, forcing the Allied forces' interception plan to follow and pursue.
"Send a message to Admiral Daelin! It will be difficult for us to catch up with the remnants of the orcs!" Sylvanas sighed and said: "They have death knights using the Frost Road to open the way. The Frost Road in the swamp area can allow them to
Walking on flat ground. Although we elves all have mounts, they are of no great use in such a swamp."
"Our judgment was indeed wrong!" Alleria nodded and said.
Then she turned to a griffon knight: "Send someone to Admiral Daelin and report to him the current situation of the remaining orcs truthfully. Tell him that we cannot pursue the orcs. Unless there is a force in front of the orcs that can intercept them.
After a while, or maybe someone can kill all their death knights now."
The griffin knight responded and left to deliver the order.
"So what do we do now?" Sylvanas asked Alleria.
"Tomorrow morning, choose the direction closest to the main road to march. After entering the main road, the legion will move west along the main road."
Alleria said: "We don't care why the orcs retreated to the northwest. As long as we move west along the road, we can separate the remaining orc forces from the main orc force in the southwest.
This remnant of the orcs ran to the northwest. Without military support or logistical supplies, it was just a lone army. As long as Admiral Dailin brings his troops to follow up and cooperate with us, it will only be a matter of time to eliminate them sooner or later. We don't have to do it now.
Chase after them with all your might and fight to the death with this orc."
"What if the main force of the orcs in the southwest comes to support them again?" Sylvanas thought for a while and asked.
"What do you think?" Aurelia raised her head and smiled.
"If they come too few, we will eat them. If they come too many, we will retreat!"
Sylvanas smiled and said: "The fire in Menethil City should have been extinguished by then! We just need to quickly retreat along the road to the dock of Menethil City. But then we must advance
Ask my brother-in-law to park the fleet at the dock of Menethil City, and make some preparations in Menethil City first."
"That's right! If a large number of orcs come to support us, we will give up chasing the remnants of the orcs," Alleria said.
"Do we need to wait on the road tomorrow for Admiral Daelin's troops to come and join us before continuing the march?" Sylvanas asked again.
"Let's first see what kind of plan the Griffin Knights bring back Admiral Daelin!" Alleria said: "The Griffin Knights are fast, and I think we will definitely get relevant news before dawn."
"If he wants us to wait on the road, that would be great!" Sylvanas said with a smile.
"Why?" Alleria asked relentlessly.
"Because this is Proudmoore, not Quel'Thalas!" Sylvanas said, "I don't want us elves to directly face the charge of those gorilla-like orcs.
Those death knights are also very troublesome, the death warriors they summon are disgusting, our poison has no effect on them, it is best to let the human warriors go up front."
Alleria frowned. It was obvious that she was a little disgusted with the behavior of always making small calculations for her own side in joint operations. But just when she was about to reprimand, Sylvanas snatched the words away: "This is
My brother-in-law said it!"
"Is what that bastard said right?" Alleria said angrily.
"Anyway, I didn't find anything wrong!" Sylvanas curled her lips and said, "Don't humans always make their own calculations?"
"Is Admiral Daelin playing his little tricks now? If you are like this, how can the war be fought? It would be strange not to lose the war!" Alleria scolded with a frown.
"What does defeat matter? This is Proudmoore, not Quel'Thalas!" Sylvanas retorted: "Besides, Proudmoore is the foundation of Daelin, what tricks does he dare to play? As long as we don't
If he leaves, he should be thankful!"
Alleria snorted dissatisfied: "Why did you learn something you shouldn't learn from that bastard?"
"Brother-in-law said that it is best for us, the Elf Expeditionary Corps, to stay away from the orcs and fight head-on as much as possible. If that is not possible, we should at least keep advancing and retreating together with the human army.
We were lucky enough to escape last time, but we will not always be so lucky. Even if we can get lucky a hundred times, as long as we are unlucky once, the whole army will be annihilated.
One lesson is enough for us, we don’t need so many lessons! Humans will always be the most selfish race in the world of Azeroth! We must always be careful when cooperating with them."
Alleria thought of the risks faced by the Elven Expeditionary Corps in the last war, and was speechless for a moment.
Dailin received the news from Alleria. He was also puzzled by the orcs' actions, so he urgently convened a meeting of high-level officers. Everyone discussed it at the meeting, but no one could give a reasonable explanation.
They were just as confused as the elves, let alone the intentions of the remaining orcs, but no one thought that the orcs had a seizure or were seeking death collectively.
"Since we can't guess the orcs' intentions, there's no need to guess now. Let's discuss what to do next. The gryphon knights sent by the elves are waiting for our reply." Dai Lin saw that he couldn't figure out the orcs' intentions for a while and said.
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"Does the elf have any plans?" a human officer asked.
"Currently we only know that the orcs have between fifty and less than one hundred death knights. They use the Frost Road to clear the way for the orc troops, so these remnants of the orcs can march in a straight line in the swamp.
Although the elves have mounts, they are of little use in the swamp, so they cannot catch up with the remaining orc troops. The elf commander decided to turn the entire army to the main road tomorrow. As for the next step, they are also waiting for our decision.
"Dai Lin said.
A group of officers began to whisper and make noises again...