Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 73 72. The Wrath of the King of the Clan

  At the same time as the naval battle in the remote sea area, the war in the Kingdom of Lordaeron on the eastern continent has also advanced to the most anxious moment.

   Orc troops rushed out of Alterac Valley, and human troops rushed over from East Wilderness and Stratholme.

  The battlefield of Quel'Thalas has swept away many elite legions and returned to Lordaeron to support, but the Orc Warchief has also scattered some small clans.

   Allow them to raid the heart of Lordaeron and disperse the Alliance's support.

The    Alliance's counterattack in the Hillsbrad Foothills was completely disrupted, and General Gavinrad and the Gilneas Legion also wanted to aid the war in Tirisfal.

   But the remnants of the cunning Thunder King clan and the Fire Blade clan, in turn, obstructed their advance in every possible way, and the positions of the two sides changed in an instant.

   What is even more regrettable is that the cowardly king of Aiden Perenold not only opened the passage of Alterac Valley to the orcs, but also blocked the road from the hills back to the kingdom of Lordaeron.

   This kind of shameless surrender to the enemy made the situation of the Alliance fall into the worst and most desperate **** in just a few days.

  The outer city walls of the Royal City of Lordaeron had fallen a day earlier.

   But fortunately, this royal city, including the palace, has three walls, and now the civilians in the city, males from the age of 15 and above, have been recruited into the army and stick to the second wall.

   All women and children were temporarily placed in the court of Terenas II.

  The palace is big enough and the material reserves are also sufficient.

  The nobles who have always been miserly have become generous at this critical moment. The nobles headed by Lord Daval Prestor have donated all their property in the royal city.

  It is said that the Lord Davar, who was born in the kingdom of Alterac, felt ashamed of his king's betrayal, and he has pledged allegiance to Terenas II of the kingdom of Lordaeron.

   And he also contributed hundreds of his family's private soldiers who were good at fighting to this war.

   In short, the nobles performed well. At this moment, they were very knowledgeable and did not make any trouble.

   But this is going well, and it can’t hide the precarious situation at present.

   Terenas II has already sent his daughter Princess Calia and son Arthas Menethil out of the royal city and sent them to the safer city of Dalaran.

   He stayed by himself, and gave a speech in public, saying that he would live and die with Lordaeron.

   This greatly boosted the morale of the people, and Marshal Lothar brought his adopted son, the fifteen-year-old Crown Prince of Stormwind Varian Wrynn himself to sit on the city wall.

  Although the orcs went crazy and attacked the city day and night, they still managed to buy time.

   However, even the stupidest and most stupid people have realized it.

   If there is no reinforcements from the alliance to break through the besieged orcs and support the royal city, with the current casualty rate and the situation developing, the royal city will fall completely within seven days at most.

   In the ruins of the first city wall of Lordaeron, Orgrim Doomhammer's headquarters is here, very close to the front line, this is a very dangerous place.

  Especially the Human Assassin League Ravenholdt is going crazy these days.

   Continue to send high-level assassins, even legendary assassins here, trying to end this tragic war by assassinating Orgrim, but this is too difficult.

  Orgrim Doomhammer himself is a legendary warrior, and he also has legendary weapons like Doomhammer in his hand.

The leader of the guards around him, Brox Saurfang, even defeated Muradin Bronzebeard one-on-one in the battle a few days ago. There are two legendary warriors here, and the most elite army of orcs protects them. .

   Even if Ravenholdt has all his cards, it is not so easy to succeed in the assassination.

  In the early morning of the fifth day of the siege battle, after the midnight fight, the two sides had a tacit understanding and at the same time stopped their troops to rest for a short time. The city was full of corpses, human and orc.

  The tragic street fighting has exhausted both sides.

   But both sides are well aware that after the sun rises, another round of crazy meat grinder fighting will resume.

   At this moment, a dusty orc warlord, carrying a battle axe covered in blood, walked into the tent of the Great Chief Orgrim. His name was Varok Saurfang.

   Another legendary warrior with news that angered the Warchief.

  “哐”

   The Doomhammer slammed on the table, smashing the rough wooden table to pieces. Orgrim Doomhammer, who had always shown little emotional change, burst into flames at this moment.

   He looked at the ashamed Overseer in front of him, and he said word by word:

   "You just let Gul'dan run away? And let him take the two clans I need most right now! There are no spellcasters from the Raider clan, how should we deal with the human mages who have moved to Lordaeron?

   Without the ogres of the Twilight's Hammer clan, how are we going to knock on that **** wall!

   Warlock!

  You never let me down, but this time.”

   "I will not deny my dereliction of duty, Warchief."

  Valok Saurfang is a pure orc, with a pure orc body shape, very green skin, and fangs that fit the style of an orc.

   He carried a spine battle axe, bowed his head when he was reprimanded, guiltily afraid to look into Orgrim's eyes.

   He knew that his mistake might ruin the victory of the entire tribe.

   "I will join the next battle!"

  Saurfang said in a deep voice:

   "I'd rather die there than help the Horde open up that wall! This way I'll wash away my shame."

"and then?"

   After the initial anger, Orgrim calmed down quickly. He closed his eyes and sat in the chair, revealing a feeling of exhaustion and loss that he had never felt before.

   He leaned on the Doomhammer and asked:

   "You're dead there, it's a relief after a hundred, but after the wall is broken, we have to invade the court of Terenas II.

   We have to pay more casualties to capture this city, and we may have to kill every human in the city to force them to admit defeat.

   But we can't afford that, Warlock.

  If the last elite of the tribe is buried here, even if we win this battle here, we will still lose the whole war

  I, in fact, had already guessed the result when I was crossing the sea. "

   "Great Chief!"

   Warlock Saurfang thought that Orgrim was only temporarily lost, he raised his head and said in a deep voice:

   "Even if we lose the Stormreaver and Twilight's Hammer clans, we still have the advantage! The Dragonmaw clan has not betrayed, and Zuluhed has domesticated enough dragons.

  Those dragons can't directly join the battle, but they can transport our soldiers to the battlefield.

The   Bloodring Clan and Thunder King Clan can be brought directly into the Tirisfal region, and their vacancies can be filled by the Warsong Clan and Shattered Hand Clan still in Draenor.

   And the Bonebreaker clan.

   Although these clans became manic and uncontrollable because they drank too much demon blood, even the Black Hand was reluctant to lead them through the Dark Portal.

   But Warchief, for now, they are also available power. "

  Saurfang's words should have given the warchief confidence.

   But at this time, Orgrim was even more painful and lost. The Great Chief was silent for a few minutes before sighing and saying to the Overseer who was trusted by him in front of him:

   "No more. No reinforcements, Varok, before we crossed the sea and set foot in the north, I had received news from Draenor.

   The Warsong clan and the Shattered Hand clan, who were supposed to assemble in Hellfire Peninsula, awaiting battle orders went to war.

   They could not find an enemy, so they turned their weapons on their own.

  Our strongest, bravest, and now craziest brother, Grom Hellscream, has brought his insatiable clan to war on Kargath and his Shattered Hand.

  The blood of demons changed us and corrupted them.

   Those two clans were so engrossed in each other's war that they ignored my orders, and in fact they never obeyed me after I killed the Black Hand.

   All the orcs now assembled in Azeroth are our last army, and if we spend all our strength in Lordaeron, we shall win.

  We will also lose.

   Humans have seven kingdoms!

   We have only one tribe.

   defeated Lordaeron, and the Gilneas hiding on the peninsula.

   Killed all the Gilneas, and the highland knights of Stromgarde not only would not surrender, but would fight against us even more frantically.

  Even if we destroy Stromgarde and Stromgard, the remaining humans can cross the sea to Kul Tiras to continue their resistance!

   And the navy of Kul Tiras, and their Admiral Daelin, are already at sea, and we have suffered the pain of defeat. "

  The Great Chief stood up, carried the warhammer, and staggered to the side of the tent. He looked at the city of Lordaeron, which was shrouded in war. He closed his eyes in pain and said to Saurfang, who was shocked behind him:

   "This is our only chance to win, Varok.

  I need the two clans that Gul'dan took away. If we can conquer Lordaeron and get the rich war resources of Lordaeron after bearing a certain price, we still have a slim hope of victory.

   But now, we are gone.

   This is a big gamble.

  We have lost because of Gul'dan's betrayal."

   "We still have dragons!"

  Walok was furious at this moment, and he shouted:

   "The Dragonmaw clan can still catch more dragons, Warchief! As long as we hold on, we can drown them with dragon fire, and we can."

   "I gave Zuluhed an order that if he senses Gul'dan's betrayal, he can use Gul'dan as bait for the red dragon!"

   Orgrim turned his head, and there was a hint of sarcasm from the corner of his mouth.

   He said to Saurfang:

   "But Zuluhed let him run.

  Valok, you are a good warrior, but not a good leader. Do you really think that an old chief like Zuluhed did not notice Gul'dan's intentions?

   During the five-day siege battle, the dragon knights under Zuluhed were blocking the magicians in Dalaran, but since yesterday, human magicians have appeared in Lordaeron.

   Zuluhed is starting to preserve his strength, Varok.

   He also saw that the failure of the tribe was imminent, and that cunning old thing began to find a way back for himself.

   He and his dragons will not fight to the death for us.

   Gul'dan's betrayal was a mockery of me.

   He knew that after he left, the disintegration of the tribe was imminent. "

  The Great Chief shook his head while maintaining a surprisingly calmness. He walked back to the tent, took out a hide, and wrote down the instructions with a pen.

With   's thick fingers, the Great Chief seemed to release all the anger in his heart on the letter in front of him.

   "Guard! Send this letter to the wetlands as quickly as possible, and give it to the two chiefs of the Black-toothed Smile Clan.

   Tell Red and Maim.

  I know that the two of them have always wanted to avenge Gul'dan's **** for their father, the High Chief Blackhand. Now, I will give them the chance for revenge.

  The ships we can still use are up to them to choose.

   As long as they can find Gul'dan and those traitors, that bastard, they're at their disposal! And I have only one request for this! Don't let the traitor who stole our victory die too easily! "

   (end of this chapter)