Rise of the blood elves

284【Bad News】

Angmar did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately apologized to Ysera and said goodbye, and hurried to the teleportation array in the Sunwell Highlands.

This thing was still his idea. In fact, as the war progressed, everyone thought of this, and he just started it.

In a large-scale war, a teleportation network that can connect all participating races is of extremely important strategic significance.

As the Third War progresses, if we do not view this war from a world historical perspective, the northern tribes often refer to it as the Natural Disaster War. The terrifying combat capabilities of the Scourge Legion completely crushed the human army that was still in the "primitive era" .

A few months ago, when Arthas sent his troops to destroy Lordaeron, it was often in a key battle to determine the ownership of a certain area. Lordaeron's army knew that the undead were swarming, but faced the common human wave tactics, they could only look away and sigh. , had to attack bravely with a total force that was not lacking a few days ago but was in a weak position when the war started.

The reason is that the Scourge Legion's marching speed is several times that of humans. They are not hindered by logistical supply problems, and they do not need to ensure adequate rest to maintain combat effectiveness like humans do.

The fighting method of the Scourge Legion is equivalent to the "alternative version of Blitzkrieg" in which although the skin has been changed, the core elements remain unchanged.Take advantage of the marching speed, use money to assemble troops at an outrageous speed before the enemy reacts, quickly launch a surprise attack, and drown any opponent without any declaration.

This war has caused mankind to suffer a lot, and it has become more and more aware of the backwardness of strategic and tactical thinking and military concepts.

Until recently, they continued the traditional war concepts during the First and Second Wars, using griffons to detect enemy situations and deliver key military orders. Even in some low-sequence armies where griffons were insufficient, horses were still used to convey messages. Humans are not High elves with profound knowledge have a pitifully low proportion of spellcasters. Most of them are concentrated in Dalaran and rarely appear in wars.The limited casters are not enough to fundamentally change this dilemma.

When the massive natural disaster gargoyles completely gained control of the air, Lordaeron's army was as if an arm had been cut off, and it was completely passive.

This situation did not improve until Lordaeron was declared destroyed and Dalaran called for the formation of a coalition of tribes to join the war.

In the early days of peace, due to the constraints of many factors such as politics, economy, and the overall level of spellcasters, laying out a complete transmission network was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Even Dalaran, which is under the careful guidance of the high elves and has developed together for more than a thousand years, and is implicitly related to Blue, dare not talk about using a giant teleportation network in the military field. First, there is no such thing The second is that it does not have this size.

Even if Dalaran is built on the Magic Network node, which is the second most energetic node in the Eastern Continent after the High Elves' Island of Quel'Danas, it does not have the energy conditions to support a giant teleportation network.There is only one profitable teleportation array that connects the capitals of various countries and allows wealthy travelers to travel between them.

But the blood elves can.

After the coalition of tribes was formed, and at Angmar's suggestion, the prince ordered the magisters to use the Sunwell Temple on Quel'Danas Island and the three node temples in Eversong Forest to provide energy, and established an alliance covering the entire north. The teleportation network expanded the previous teleportation channels, and successively connected Quel'Thalas, Eagle's Nest Mountain, the coalition base in the ruins of Dalaran, Gilneas, and Kul Tiras.

Of course, when it was first established, the transmission network played a very limited role due to insufficient energy.It can only reduce the communication costs between the command levels of various races, and in disguise improve the joint combat efficiency of the troops of all races. At most, it can transport a few streamlined elite troops to the battlefield, or transport some seriously wounded soldiers back.

But in the foreseeable future, with the recovery of the Sunwell and the massive energy supply, this giant transmission network will rewrite the nature of this war in one fell swoop, offset the advantages of the Scourge, and return the balance of the two sides to balance.

Angmar stepped into the magic circle and quietly told the mage beside him the destination of his trip.

"Lordaeron, Blood Elf Bastion."

"I wish you a safe journey, three seats." The mage operating the magic circle said respectfully, adjusted the runes, and activated the teleportation spell.

Speaking of which, the third magister, the future Grand Magister, and the Light of Dawn of Quel'Thalas traveled alone without any entourage. I'm afraid no one would believe it.

But Angmar has long been accustomed to this. Travelers are always lonely. This is caused by his style of doing things.But having said that, after only a few months of rising to prominence, how can you develop your own power, judge whether a person is trustworthy, and make him a confidant?

Except for the three Quinsas who were with him, no one else was good enough.

After a moment of turmoil, Angmar appeared in the Bulwark of the Undead in the original timeline of the Blood Elf Bulwark.

When Angmar brought Gul'dan's Head back to the Eastern Continent earlier, a civil war broke out in Tirisfal Glades.

Strictly speaking, this is not a civil war, but a war between the Burning Legion and the Scourge.

History has proven that Archimonde had long known that Ner'zhul was rebellious.

This old orc was not satisfied with being subordinate to others. As early as when he lured Arthas to fall, he had tricked Arthas into using Frostmourne to eradicate the people who were assigned to supervise him and supervise the Scourge, which might have a negative impact on his independence plan. The Dread Lord Mal'Ganis disguised it as an accident. Only in this way can the Dread Lord's soul be absorbed into the magic sword and prevent it from returning to the Twisting Void to reveal the truth.

But it was unexpected. Perhaps Frostmourne was created by the Dread Lords, and Mal'Ganis knew some ways to escape from it, or perhaps Arthas forgot to do the last hit at the time. In short, Mal'Ganis did not die in the end. He reported the matter to Archimonde and hid it in Northrend as a secret.

According to Angmar's speculation, after Arthas gave him the information about Tichondrius, Archimonde no longer tolerated the petty thoughts of the Lich King Ner'zhul, and began to order to stay in the Eastern Continent and supervise the Arthas Ministry. The Dreadlord takes over the army.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Ner'zhul could not just surrender, so he directly ordered Arthas to mobilize troops to resist, and even did not hesitate to mobilize all the troops that suppressed the coalition forces of the various races back to fight for the headquarters of the King of Lordaeron in the Eastern Continent.

Varimathras and Deserok, the two fear lords who survived the War of Dawn, also acted in this way under direct orders from Archimonde.

According to Archimonde's ideas, it is inevitable to conquer Mount Hyjal.When he uproots the World Tree and uses the energy of the New Well of Eternity to open the portal to the Twisting Nether, the endless army of demons will flood the entire Azeroth.

As for the pitiful mortal armies on the battlefield of Lordaeron, they can completely let them go for the time being and deal with internal worries first, and then eliminate enemies.Completely abandon the peripheral lands, wipe out the Alsace tribe loyal to the Lich King, and seize Tirisfal Glades, where the capital of Lordaeron is located, to avoid future trouble.

No matter from which perspective, this strategic decision is absolutely correct.

So what happened was that all the Scourge returned to Tirisfal Glades and started a civil war, allowing the coalition forces of all races to take the opportunity to regain the lost territory.

Although the Lich King is the master of most of the undead from natural disasters, all his undead knowledge comes from the Nasrezim clan. The natural disaster troops controlled by Varimathras and Deserok are still very impressive, enough to compete with Al The SARS department contends.

The two sides fought fiercely, but even Archimonde did not expect that he would fall in Mount Hyjal.

Once he died and the Burning Legion army was destroyed, the two Dread Lords were completely heartbroken. They could no longer get support from the demon army, and there was no point in continuing the fight.

Even if the Alsace tribe could be wiped out at the cost of a tragic victory, it would be a thousand losses to the enemy and a loss of nine hundred and ninety-nine. The remaining troops were destined to no longer be able to compete with the coalition of tribes behind the oriole.

So they left the battlefield, led the rest of the troops, and retreated to the northeast corner of Tirisfal Glades, occupying the Scarlet Monastery of Holy Light and fortifying themselves on the spot.Preserve the last living force in Azeroth for the Burning Legion, and at the same time secretly plan to open the portal again to obtain support from the Twisting Nether.

Of course, Ner'zhul was happy to see this all come to fruition. Since the two fear devils could not retreat, he would not waste his troops in vain and let the coalition forces of all races reap the benefits. On the one hand, he sent troops to suppress it, and on the other hand, he sent troops to the southeast and two directions again, intending to Retake strategic locations one by one and fight a protracted war with the coalition forces of various ethnic groups.

This civil war between the evil camps ended in a dramatic scene, which brought great benefits to the coalition forces of all races.

Before Alsace moved eastward, the combined forces of the blood elves and Wildhammer dwarves, regardless of the large number of remaining undead in the land behind them, marched to the only choke point between Andorhal and Tirisfal Glades, and occupied it. .

When the Wildhammer dwarves regained Andorhal to ensure reinforcements from the Hillsbrad Hills, the blood elves built this pass into the best defense line that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and opened the way to Quell. The entire army was sent out of Salas's portal, completely eliminating the undead's attempt to advance eastward again.

From then on, even if the Scourge Legion had one million troops, facing this pass that was only less than ten meters wide, they could not exert their superiority in strength.

This is the most meaningful military operation since the establishment of the coalition of ethnic groups. Its impact on the future war situation will determine the success or failure of this war.

In the past, due to the overpopulation of Tirisfal Glades, where the capital of Lordaeron is located, a large amount of food had to be transported from the grain-producing area of ​​Andorhal every late autumn to meet consumption. This road, which was full of rutted grain carriages, was frequently used. The pass was named "Lordaeron's Grain Road".

But now, people have begun to call it the "Blood Elf Barrier".

Angmar looked around. This was his first time here.