Chapter 365: It's so hard to make a decision
Returning from Kazmodan to the Wetlands Camp, Carlos walked for twenty-one days. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It took Carlos only a split second to return to Alterac City from the wetlands.
Magic, leading the core technology.
Don't and Anduin. Lothar met and was Alex. Barov's advice to his son. The reason is simple, the alliance at this time is an alliance belonging to the generals, a military organization with the purpose of killing orcs and defeating the tribe in a frenzied atmosphere. Terenus. Minethil handed over the military command of the kingdom of Lordaeron to Anduin. Lothar; Admiral Dalin, who died his son. Proudmoor encircled the few remaining fleets of orcs at sea; Gilneth was attacked by the Horde in the final stages of the Battle of Hillbride. Greymane is appeasing the sub-nobles of the country; Fort Riptide opened up access to the wetlands by land, and keeping the grain route open was a universal excuse.
So Carlos couldn't go to Anduin. Lothar, otherwise he will be burned at the stake of morality.
Are you part of the Alliance?
If so, should we contribute to the Alliance?
Can the Alterac people do it?
Why didn't Alterac let them do that?
Politicians understand that military affairs are nothing but a continuation of politics, but in the eyes of generals and soldiers, war is a battle, nothing more than a game of life and death.
But politicians can't deny this in front of the soldiers, otherwise who will go to war!
This created a very embarrassing situation for Carlos, because he was not only the king of Alterac and a natural politician, but also a recognized war maniac within the alliance who could fight and fight. Regardless of Anduin. Whether Lothar has such an idea, everyone else in the league will pin too heavy "hopes" on Carlos.
This "hope" will crush the entire kingdom.
So Alex. Barov hoped that his son would not return to the battlefield until at least the kings of the other families had arrived at the front, and not to be the "leader".
Dirty political ......
Carlos was very disgusted by these calculations, but he could not deny that his father was much more politically sensitive than himself. If you can't save yourself, how can you kill and injure the enemy. So Carlos, although disgusted, still listened to his father's advice.
To leave the battlefield, there must be an excuse.
So what's a good excuse?
Of course, I went back to my hometown to get married!
Galiya. Menethil, Alsace. Minethiel's only sister, Terenas. Minethiel's own eldest daughter, the eldest princess of the kingdom of Lordaeron, and Carlos's fiancée.
What a perfect reason, others are to go back to their hometown to get married after this battle, perfect will die. Carlos is married to fight the "last battle", the perfect reverse flag, there is no flaw in logic, no one can say a "no"!
Back in Alterac City, Carlos enjoys his long-lost royal power.
Although he thinks that he has not done much and has only done a trivial job, Carlos is already a living legend in the eyes of others.
Blow out ......
and Anduin. Lothar or Dalein. Carlos is too young compared to a big guy like Broadmoore, but being young also has the advantage of being young, that is, becoming "someone else's child" in the mouth of adults.
Although the finances of the Kingdom of Alterac have always been tight, as a father, Alex. Barov didn't mind spending a small amount of money for poets and musicians to compose some popular tavern tunes for Carlos.
So, when Carlos returned to the palace from the Mage Tower, the guards knelt on the ground, making the young king a little embarrassed.
After a simple wash and tidying up, and changing into a new outfit, Carlos went to see his father, and after an affectionate hug, he found that neither of them knew how to speak, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.
As the Grand Duke Regent, Alex performed impeccably, uniting friends, suppressing rivals, collecting taxes and grain, building and pioneering, and everything in the kingdom of Alterac was running in an orderly manner. Through magical communication, Alex's contact with his son Carlos has never been interrupted. In the same way, Carlos also had a lot to discuss and exchange ideas with his father.
However, when the two actually met, they found that there seemed to be nothing to say.
"Your mother is about to give birth, and Galia said that she will take care of her mother-in-law, and she will also go to Keldaron, and the wedding will be held in Keldarlon. After all, the environment of Kelldaron is much better than that of Alterac City. ”
Alex was the first to speak, breaking the silence.
"No problem, you can arrange it."
Carlos replied with a smile.
"How's the front line?"
Alex asked with concern.
"In general, we have the advantage, but the logistical supply lines are too long. Now on the main road leading from the Scorching Canyon to the Burning Plains, it has become an oil battle, the orcs dare not retreat, and we can only wait for the troops behind to go up and form an absolute numerical superiority, and the real decisive battle will come. ”
Carlos thought for a moment and said what he really thought.
Procurement of materials can be put aside, and poor transportation roads are the key. Transporting grain and grass from Lordaeron to Ironforge Castle, there were ten carts full when they set off, and they walked slowly for a month or two on the road, and there were only less than six and a half carts left, and the loss of people eating and chewing was too great. Thanks to the well-developed forging industry in Ironforge Fort, the alliance's ordnance can be replenished from the dwarves, otherwise the logistics of the Lordaeron kingdoms are estimated to be even more annoying. But food is always a hard wound, especially the scarcity of water in the Scorching Canyon, and drinking water alone accounts for half of the capacity of the transport fleet, so in the Iron Furnace Fort, more than 100,000 troops have nothing to build snowmen to have snowball fights, but there are more than 10,000 people fighting to the death with orcs in the Scorching Canyon. Because there is no way, no matter how many troops there are, they should be starved to death.
"It will take at least three months to stock up on ordnance and food, and the dwarves have regained control of Kazmodan, and their fields have already been sown when I leave, and if the dwarves can provide some food, then Sir Lothar will be much less stressed. But this is just my opinion, and it depends on him for details, after all, he is the commander of the alliance and the supreme commander. ”
"You mean it's just a confrontation now, and the real war will be after the summer harvest?"
Alex asked with a frown and a solemn expression, hoping for an affirmative answer.
"That's right, that's my opinion."
Carlos nodded.
"Can we disband the army?"
Alex was desperate to know what his son thought.
The war mobilization order of the Kingdom of Alterac has not been lifted until now. Although the Orcs were defeated at the Battle of Hillbride and Orgrim fled south, no one was sure if the Orcs would make a comeback. It was so difficult to issue a war mobilization order under such a crisis as it was at that time, and now once the militia is disbanded and then conscripted, it will not be a matter of a year and a half. Therefore, under huge financial pressure, Alex never terminated the war mobilization order.
Carlos genuinely felt the difficulty.
Gather the displaced people and rebuild their homes, until this moment, the population of the kingdom of Alterac is no more than 400,000, and the army has gathered a full 70,000. It is not an exaggeration to say that such a ratio of soldiers to civilians is that all the people are soldiers, you must know that the population base of the Lordaeron Kingdom is more than two million, and it has only maintained a strength of about 150,000 troops.
No matter what the world, if you want to share the fruits of victory, there are only two conditions. First, you have to stand on the winner's side, and second, you have to see how much you contribute.
Although Terenus had given away all his daughters, Carlos still felt a little uneasy in his heart, after all, the matter of the first king Aiden preparing to join the orcs of the tribe was there. In wartime, hello, hello, everyone, is there still less things to count after the counteroffensive? Maintaining such a large army is not only about the fear of needing support from the unfavorable situation on the front line, but also about preventing being stabbed by "teammates". Don't you see another world line, the Barov family saved the alliance, and is it still settled by the autumn queen?
What a lesson from the past!
So despite the cost of money and labor, Carlos still made a difficult decision.
"Take a break." (To be continued.) )