wheel of war 8
We are not talking about emotional matters or private matters between us. Instead, we turn to politics, political topics after the war, such as some arrangements after Lordaeron's restoration, future relationships with tribes, and distribution of troops and official positions. These are the more important things to us.
Of course, we cannot completely put aside emotional topics. For example, one of the longest-consuming topics among us is discussing how to combine these night elves priestesses under Mavi’s men with some of our generals and confidants. After so much experience, we all realize that their priestesses are very powerful. They can fight well in military uniforms, and they are more powerful medical staff than Paladins. Not only that, their powerful spells are rare for us, and each of them is kind in their hearts and has no selfishness to us... Of course, the most important thing is that they are all women. If they can marry our people, they are no different from ours. After all, the identity of the night elves still makes me feel some barriers, and such an identity also strengthens their determination to obey the alliance.
Of course, the main premise is that they must not reject such things. But I believe that is OK. After all, after experiencing this war, they will slowly cultivate their emotions. If they are all the same as Mavie...
In short, Jaina and I should have talked about the issue of this naval battle with the tribe, but more about what happened after we defeated the tribe. Because all the commanders and I didn't think that the tribe could resist us. Perhaps it was our underestimation of the enemy that led us to be in a passive position...
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Three days later we arrived at our destination, the southernmost island of the Dark Spear Islands. During this period, we did not encounter any ships. It was not until we were close to this Blood Claw Island that we encountered some large-scale enemy ships to resist. They tried to use the turret clusters built on some high platforms on the coastline to resist our attacks, but unfortunately, their tonnage was much worse than ours. They hurried on the coastline and did not dare to confront us head-on.
But this does not mean how timid they are. There is a reason for them to choose such a tactic, because the coastline they defend is a concave terrain. If we do not destroy the enemy's sea turret and rush into the inner bay rashly, we will be severely damaged.
But things were not that difficult. After seeing that the enemy did not have much air defense equipment, I decided to adopt a new tactic, that is, some modified transport ships, that is, transport ships loading a large amount of ammunition, and the griffin knights were used to attack the enemy by dive bombing in the air, and then they would reload the ammunition and bomb repeatedly.
This was the first practical attack carried out by this kind of warship unit similar to aircraft carriers. After I became a dragon, a large number of griffon knights kept dropping various explosives on the enemy islands, and the enemy's turret instantly turned into a sea of fire. As a last resort, the tribal battleships anchored in the port defense decided to fight the battleships anchored in the deep sea under bombing. Unfortunately, although we almost had no large-tonnage battleship fleet of Kurtiras, the tonnage and number of cruisers in Stormwind City and Iron Fortress were far greater than the destroyers of this tribe. With the support of the air force, the enemy was completely sunk by us without entering their artillery range.
Similarly, the enemy's shores were all destroyed under our air force attack. Of course, we are not satisfied with the status quo. We have to destroy all the facilities of the entire island and even all the tribes inside. After all, this is the bat origin of their bat knights, and I cannot leave hidden dangers to the alliance.
Because many tall vegetation such as coconut trees on the island interfered with our vision, I finally decided to purify the place with flames. When I burned the nearby bushes, I always found that many trolls were hiding nearby.
I think these trolls are waiting for us to attack us when we land, but I will not give them such a chance. We will destroy as many unsightly defense facilities as possible, until the entire island becomes flat, that is, it is endless that our main knights land and occupy this island without any enemy existence. Then they rebuilt the basic infrastructure here and station it here.
That's right, the first thing we occupied here was to use this as a springboard to march into the main island of Dark Spear Island, so I have to ensure that it is safe no matter what.
After using cannons, griffins and my flames, we finally completely purified the place. In this war we crushed the tribe with zero losses. Except for the small fishing boats in some small ports on the north side of the island that might have escaped, all the trolls and all of them were destroyed, and the habitat of giant bats was completely destroyed.
After confirming that there were no traces of enemies on the island, Jaina, who had been watching the battle, used her powerful blizzard to extinguish the flames we released. Finally, after a day, our infantry stepped into and occupied the island. Today's war ended randomly.
I was very satisfied with the result of this war, and it was even better than the best I thought. Without losses, the tribe's outposts and a considerable number of enemy warships and troops were eliminated. This not only inspired our morale, but also made us the first time that the tribe tasted the beaten taste.
I decided to take a night off first and continue to attack Zarazane Island, the same size as Blood Claw Island in the west, in this way, and then attack Dark Spear Island. I believe that at this speed, I will be able to wipe out the tribe's navy in less than five days.
Of course, we cannot relax. After patrolling in batches, we will rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
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On the same morning on the island of Zarazane, the leader here, Zarazane, was able to see all this from afar, and saw the powerful destructive power of the alliance. Within a day, all the trolls and troll navals and established coastline defense facilities on Blood Claw Island instantly turned into scorched earth.
He clearly saw that if it weren't for the tribe still scattered with a large number of troll guerrillas on the island, the alliance would have to destroy the bat habitat deep in the island. It would only take dozens of minutes for this naval battle alliance to win this war. What's even more frightening is that the alliance's fleet seems to have not used its power. Because many warships did not shoot a shot from beginning to end. And there was no powerful spell to bombard it, it already shows that the war defense has no meaning...
As the leader of the Trolls in Zarazane Island, Zarazane knew that the next step was the goal of the alliance was himself, but what should he do? His strength was no better than the defense of Blood Claw Island, and the tribe's navy was severely damaged in the waters north of the Dust Swamp, and the same was true for the tribe's army. When he learned that the main force led by Thrall was still in the Dust Swamp, Zarazane couldn't help but scold the leader of the tribe. Now that their Troll's Blood Claw Island defenders were wiped out, he felt very angry. Yes, he thought Thrall was sure that Arthas wanted to recover the lost land and did not return to defend, but now he seemed to see that the tribe had left them here like abandoned children and let the alliance massacre them.
"What should we do? Should we escape to the main island?"
After hearing his deputy saying his request for retreating without permission, Zarazane couldn't help but feel angry. Although he thought so, he couldn't do so.
"What's the difference between our island and Darkspear Main Island! It will sooner or later become a sea of fire, and we will be criticized as deserters."
"Then what do we do?" After hearing that his leader's opinion was consistent with him, he asked in a different way. Zarazane sighed and said a more feasible way, because he thought Zulkin would not abandon him. Maybe, but Zarazane could only believe that otherwise Zulkin would treat him as a traitor.
"Waiting for our Lord Zulkin's order, he must have his own plans."
Yes, Zulkin is extremely prestige among the trolls. He was able to lead his race under the suppression of Lordaeron, Fort Rapids and Quelthalas, which proves his strength, so Zarazane still firmly believes that he must have some way. At this time, Zulkin's messenger Senjin arrived, and he told the Chief Zarazane about Zulkin's plan:
"All the troops moved to the main island of Darkspear, and the residents who were still garrison landed in our village and then moved to Orgrimmar."
"The powerful alliance is not far away, how could they give us a chance to transfer."
Zarazane questioned Senjin's message, but Senjin was ready to deal with his doubts.
"They will clear the islands, so you have time to go." Jinson said, the same sentence he brought. "I have such questions, but Lord Zulkin asked me to tell you this."
After hearing this, Zarazane was no longer confused. He was convinced that Zulkin was prepared, so he showed a very convincing look.
"Very good, it seems he hasn't forgotten us yet."
Zarazane nodded, as if he realized what preparations Zulkin should have made, and Senjin was also very convinced of this.
"Mr. Zulkin seems to be very confident in dealing with the alliance's tactics. Please believe in this."
"I understand." Zarazane expressed his respect and immediately organized his troops to head towards the main island of Darkspear Island. And as Zulkin said, they were not attacked by the alliance when they retreated.
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Zarazane, who was driving on the sea at night to the main island of Dark Spears, could not sleep. As the chief witch doctor of the troll, he always had a premonition that something big would happen. This major event was far more than the uneasy feeling when he learned that a large number of naval forces invaded a few days ago. Zarazane believed that the alliance would kill them all. Just like the scene of Blood Claw Island during the day, if his premonition was really like this, Zarazane himself couldn't help but feel a little scared. After all, as the patriarch, he didn't want this, but what was his premonition this time? If the small premonition was that the entire tribe of a troll on an island was destroyed, then the premonition this time would be...
So Zarazane was thinking about the future of his tribe on the deck of his flagship, and of course he was also recalling the past when he was thinking. With the huge anger brought to him by the premonition, the anger Zulkin once refused to listen to his opinions and did not join the tribe or start a war against the Burning Legion. His suggestion at the time was to use his powerful maritime power to develop trade and remain neutral, and to fight for profits, and also let others change their understanding of trolls, so that the trolls would not be in this situation now. The more he thought about it, the more angry his tribesmen even had no one to support him when Zulkin proposed to join the tribe.
Although Zulkin asked them to return to the main island to fight with them this time, according to the results, Zarazane still did not think they had any chance of winning. The alliance's fleet was too powerful, and even if all the trolls were combined, they were not opponents at all. He believed that the best way was not to continue defending like this, but to abandon Darkspear Island and the tribes to join. On land, the alliance did not have strong sea support, and the tribes and the league could play their advantages. But now let him continue to use the island to resist the alliance, perhaps just like his premonition, the end of their clan came as a premonition, because he heard that the powerful mages in the alliance could release magic similar to Archmond to kill more than 100,000 troops of the tribe, and even almost killed his powerful leader.
Just as he was thinking and recalling angryly, a strange figure wrapped in dark gray cloth appeared on his boat. When he noticed, the figure was already in front of him. Zarazane realized that the powerful character must surpass him. Just when he was about to call the guard, the figure unveiled the package on his head, a troll figure. Zarazane realized that the troll in front of him was the god Sandy he worshiped. Although no troll had seen the troll shoot directly, Zarazane, who was proficient in witchcraft, felt that the troll in front of him was him.
"Bonsandy?! Is it you?"
The figure ignored Zarazane's nonsense, but told him a message.
"Now the trolls are going to become a horseback pawn from the fool Zulkin to attack the alliance, which is simply digging a grave."
After hearing his god say this, Zarazane came to his spirit. After all, his thoughts were the same as he did, and he did not want to act as cannon fodder for the tribe. Moreover, it is said that this god will only appear when the trolls are in danger of extermination. Now it is time to see that he is coming.
"I know this, but what can we do? After the battle of the Northern Fortress, the Alliance achieved a strategic transfer and severely damaged our troops. This is also a helpless choice. After all, we have joined the tribe, so the Alliance will not let us go."
Zarazane said tentatively, and Bonsandy also expressed his attitude, and did not seem to deny that the trolls joining the tribe was wrong. The wrong thing was Zulkin's selfishness. In this and the depth of their conversation, Zarazane also believed that this troll was his god, because in his words he cared about every troll, which was the same as in the rumors.
"Yes, the Alliance will not let the tribe go, and of course it will not let the trolls go. From the overall perspective, Thrall's plan is not wrong, but that guy Zulkin actually realized his ambition to dominate the trolls at the expense of other troll races. That's really selfish. He is a little unworthy of being the leader of the troll."
"What? Why is Zulkin selfish? Is he not waiting for us to face the alliance together on the main island of Dark Spear Island?"
Zarazane questioned, while Bonsandy explained the reason in detail.
"He has transferred the Jungle Trolls and Forest Trolls and the Dark Spear Clan loyal to him to other places, leaving you there to die."
"How could this be?"
"You will know that when you arrive at the island, you will still see some trolls that have not yet been transferred." The troll with a robe said, and then sighed and turned his head, which surprised Zarazane. "But this is also a last resort for the overall situation."
"That is, you told me that there will always be someone who will sacrifice, and we will sacrifice it."
"That's right, but you may not necessarily need to sacrifice. I will teach you some ways to sacrifice your tribe members."
"What's the solution?" Zarazane asked in confusion, and at this moment, the troll in black robe stretched his palm to Zarazane's head, and taught him some witchcraft at this time.
"Go to resurrect those late powerful troll warriors, their undead form will help you resist the attacks of the alliance and let them replace the sacrifices of our tribe."
Zarazane was forced to study these undead resurrection magic in pain. When this pain was completed, the black shadow disappeared, leaving Zarazane alone on the deck alone. However, when he had fully mastered the magic that the black shadow said, yes, that is the undead's powerful resurrection magic. He knew that his spell could resurrect any deceased trolls. And compared to ordinary undead magic, even if the corpse was incomplete, as long as the deceased souls agreed, they could resurrect their souls on some puppets and continue to fight. There were a large number of troll graves in the center of Dark Spear Island.
Zarazane hesitated about this, but the rising sun rose. When he saw some living people on the fleet, he realized that if they could let them live away from the Dark Spear Island in front, he had to do so...
Two days ago, Zulkin received a secret letter from Sar and understood Sar's plan, which was to focus on the landing war of the alliance, so that Zulkin would not consume his naval power. Zulkin was not in trouble with Sar's plan, and he knew that this was the tribe's last choice. But to really realize this plan, a considerable number of main forces had to be sent to mistakenly let the alliance realize that they had eliminated the tribe's naval main force. Of course, he did not know when the alliance would arrive here. He had to implement this plan quickly.
So he could only choose to save the car and protect the coach, that is, to treat some trolls who are relatively alienated from him as the targets of this sacrifice. So he immediately thought of the troll leader Zarazane. Yes, this guy actually ordered the name of the island he was in with his own name. Such arrogant behavior still made Zulkin unhappy. Although that guy had not violated his orders, who knows what would happen in the future? In addition, his clan is a strong and relatively unfamiliar with him, so Zulkin decided to let him have some other trolls from other ethnic groups, such as the Snow Troll who fled in Northrend, and stay on the Dark Spear Main Island. He and his main navy force and the Dark Spear, Forest, Jungle Troll, etc. who are completely loyal to him first fled to the area near the exile coast, after all, he had other plans waiting for him to implement.
When Zarazane led his army here, Zulkin happened to be the last group of forest trolls left here. Seeing this, Zarazane realized that the black shadow was right. Zulkin was indeed transferring his people, leaving other outsiders, other trolls and his own tribe here to welcome the arrival of the alliance.
After Zulkin realized that Zarazane arrived, he also greeted his guard and told the troll about his plan.
"I think you want to defend here for us, and the trolls can't all die here."
At this time, Zulkin comforted the patriarch, but compared to the falsehood of other races, Zulkin was very direct, and he was also prepared. If Zarazane disagreed, then kill him and find a troll who agreed to his suggestion to execute the order.
The powerful Zulkin was very confident in killing Zarazane by his guards, but Zarazane did not deny Zulkin's order, which surprised the troll chief.
"You are right. Lord Zulkin, we trolls can't all die here. I will stick to it, but I will use another way so that I don't have to sacrifice too many of us at all."
"Oh, what's the solution?"
Zulkin was very confused. Of course, he was also on guard. After all, the experienced troll leader knew very well that this time was often threatened by his safety. However, Zarazane just smiled and waved his hand. Soon, the troll who had been deceased nearby who had not known how long he had died on the beach was resurrected by him. Zulkin quickly realized that this witchcraft was the undead summoning technique of the natural disaster of the undead. Perhaps if he had put it in the past, he would have killed such an existence as their clan without hesitation, but he did not do so now. First of all, he was not sure whether the troll in front of him had surpassed him; of course there was another important reason, that is, their trolls are now, this is indeed a good way to make up for the serious disadvantages of the troll's current strength. However, Zulkin is not a fool, and of course he must also understand Zarazane's purpose:
"I don't know when you've studied such magic, but you have to give me a reason to let you use this kind of magic."
"The reason is simple. Our trolls still have to survive. Now that I have sacrificed me, then the next one is you. If we don't do this, we will eventually perish. The strength of the alliance. You should realize that the current crisis is outside, not the contradiction between our ethnic groups. If I am unfaithful to you, I don't need to show you that I have such ability, right?" Zarazane said. Obviously, he, who is also experienced, knows what Zulkin might do to him and how he should deal with this crisis for his own humanity.
"The reason is very good. I will take your people with you."
Zulkin hesitated for a while when he held the battle axe tightly for a while, but in the end he agreed with the statement and left here under the escort of several of his bodyguards. Zarazane bowed deeply behind him to express his respect.
"This is of course, you are the leader of all our trolls, Lord Zulkin."
Although Zarazane said and did this, he hated Zulkin very much. He did not expect that the troll leader would treat him and his tribe like this. He was determined to overthrow his rule over the troll.
So Zarazane was appointed as the second person of the troll by Zulkin to lead the trolls here to fight the alliance. Zarazane also waited for Zulkin to leave and immediately implemented his own plan and began such a plan. It was to go to the concentrated place where the martyrs were buried and resurrected the martyrs and warriors of the previous trolls here. After these resurrected warriors were resurrected, Zarazane seemed to feel the will of these people, and this feeling of overtaking them gradually made him enjoy a kind of fun, a kind of absolute dominance. It was precisely this with this evil magic that Zarazane, who was originally very selfless, gradually lost himself and became very arrogant. In addition, his hatred for Zulkin made him change in the direction of violence. At this time, some of his subordinates realized that the selfless patriarch in their eyes had changed and were ready to dissuade him.
"Mr. Zarazane, you are blaspheming our martyr, if Lord Zulkin knew..."
However, after he finished speaking Lord Zulkin, before he could say anything else, Zarazane angrily used magic to kill him and took it to his will. The same was true for other trolls, but before they could react, they were killed by the resurrected trolls of Zarazane and became puppets under Zarazane's will.
Seeing this, he was very satisfied with his ability and was even more satisfied that all these wills could be taken into his own, so he decided to turn more people into puppets that he could control. Of course, he could not slaughter his own race, but through other methods, that is, the method used by natural disasters: pollute food, and as the highest commander here, he obviously had such ability. Then after lunch, all the trolls became living dead people under his will. Then his goal also turned to the subsequent cluster of alliance warships. Although he knew that although the number of alliance troops was stronger than himself, he could still resurrect the dead soldiers, and as long as the alliance had sacrificed, they would become their subordinates, and then the alliance would be submerged by his dead compatriots.
At the same time, a dark dragon hiding here to observe everything. He knew that his plan had been successful, and it was not in vain that the magic he learned from Tikdios. Now Zarazane has successfully become a puppet against the alliance. Although he is still not an opponent of the alliance, his appearance like this can be regarded as helping him revenge the alliance and then let them regain the fear that was once brought by the undead. Of course, it also fulfilled her master's wish, which was to make the alliance mistakenly believe that the tribe had changed, and that was changed by any means and even the undead. This would force the alliance to be determined to carry out the war to the end of the tribe. And she herself began to enjoy the fun of this kind of game, which might be what Nesario said of dominating the game - it was indeed much more interesting than killing enemies.
Back to me, the next day, we set sail to Zarazane Island, but we were empty, there were no enemies except for the burning traces, as if they had fled there, and I was more convinced that the tribe's navy had all retreated to Darkspear Island. So the army moved to their main island and then with the tribe's naval master
Chapter completed!