Chapter 157: Dilemma

Ryan waited silently for ten minutes, and when he knew that Duke had arrived, he went to the council chamber and began the military discussion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The nobles who were still shouting before the Battle of Stormwind began, 'Even if there are a million orcs, let them all die under Stormwind' are silent.

Not surprisingly, the topic changed from how to consume the orcs to how to evacuate.

Evacuation is not an easy task. Even though the evacuation of women and children had begun months ago, it was not that they did not want to evacuate, but that there were not so many ships at all.

No one blames Duke, and it would have been worse if it hadn't been for him. The simplest example of this is the new Storm Harbour, a stone wharf that stretches all the way to the sea, which is ten times more capable than the original small military port and the fishermen's wharf, which is dominated by sandy beaches.

And the capacity, I really don't know what Duke thinks. Almost all the ships directly under Duke's command are typical large cargo ships, which can be used to carry people and goods without even modifications. The spacious cabin and good ventilation make it stuff like a sardine can, and it won't be a big problem.

Unfortunately, considering the voyage, no matter how much the ship is almost overloaded, it can carry more than 5,000 people a day on average.

At this moment, there are still more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians trapped in Stormwind.

There are so many ships, it is no exaggeration to say that almost the entire human world is here. Even if the shipyards of Storm Port and Kurtilas work overtime day and night to build ships, the capacity will not increase significantly in a short period of time.

The shortage of transportation capacity is the biggest problem in front of Ryan.

The kingdom of Stormwind in 'history' was also hit hard for this reason. After Lothar's raid on Karazhan, the orcs advanced faster than in this world, so all the roads were blocked. Lothar was slow to return to Stormwind, and when he rushed back to Stormwind, Ryan was already in an underground secret council chamber, killed by Garona in the presence of the little prince Varian.

The dragons are leaderless, plus the port garbage, and the ships are insufficient. As a result, when Stormwind was captured by the Horde, more than eighty percent of the citizens who did not have time to escape were slaughtered.

Lothar only took less than half of the citizens of the Stormwind Kingdom and the orphans and widows left behind by Ryan to the town of Southsea Town. There were no soldiers, no people, no weapons to supply, and Lothar, who was almost poor, went straight to the point of exhaustion.

This is why the later generation of Lothar, as a direct descendant of Soladin, announced that he would renounce the imperial power of Soladin the Great, at the cost of recognizing the legitimacy of the kingship of the kings of the human countries, in exchange for the formation of an alliance to jointly resist the invasion of the tribes.

In this life, with the existence of Duke, the course of history has long been greatly changed.

At least Ryan is still alive, and now more than 300,000 nationals have been transported to Nanhai Town. Regardless of the fact that the Stormwind Kingdom lost as it did historically, it is clear that this life has survived. (Due to the sheer number of nationals, and the fact that Duke had sent people there early in the morning to prepare for a big construction project, there were voices of discontent from both Riptide and Alterac, and they wondered if the Stormwind guys were here and couldn't leave.) )

King Ryan is well aware that Duke has reached his limits. But evacuation is not something that can be withdrawn, let alone a simple mathematical problem. Oh, 300,000 divided by 5,000, exactly 60 days to withdraw.

Thinking beautifully, hundreds of thousands of orc armies are eyeing outside, and once the city is broken, all the remaining people will be wrapped in dumplings in an instant, and none of them will be able to escape. What is really safe is only those who evacuate in the first few days, and the further back you go, the greater the danger.

Now, if you count all the militia and city guards, there are 90,000 people when you are full. It sounds like a lot, once the decisive battle is held, it will only take half a day to kill all the people.

"Stormwind can no longer be defended, and for the sake of the continuation and future of the kingdom, we unanimously recommend that the Honorable Queen and His Highness Varian should evacuate first. The dukes stood together and said this first.

When Lothar heard this, there was a cold snort in his nose.

Why did you let the queen and the prince withdraw first? Isn't it that the two mothers and sons don't withdraw, you guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death don't dare to make a taboo and withdraw first?

The upper beam is not right, and the lower beam must be crooked.

The upper beam is upright, and the lower beam wants to be crooked, and you have to ask if the upper beam is willing or not.

There is a queen and a prince erected here, and the nobles dare not ask about the removal of the heir. Now, the near-fall of Stormstorm gave them the best excuse.

Ryan swept over the nobles, and none of them dared to really make eye contact with Ryan's burning gaze.

After a pause, Ryan still said: "Yes, all noble women, the first heir to the family, those who do not hold military positions, or the children of underage nobles can leave with the queen and the prince." Rest assured, I will not ask you to fight to the end with me when the bloody battle is meaningless. ”

Ryan's reply made the nobles really angry.

Happily, Ryan finally relented and gave their heirs an excuse to slip away.

Annoyedly, Ryan still didn't allow any escape. The Storm King has been in the country for thousands of years, and has maintained his title with military merits and advanced with military merits. This is why the nobles have tried their best to hang up in the army in order to get ahead for their children, and even have the fact that the boy of the Brando family, who had a conflict with Duke before, took the lead.

Well, now, Ryan blocked the escape path of these guys in one bite. Except for a few who had a noble reason to run away, the rest had to live and die with the king.

arranged for the heirs to run away in advance, so they naturally secretly rejoiced.

Not so smart, now they all look like they have just eaten arsenic as a snack.

Ignoring these guys, Ryan focused on another important question: "Lothar, if I put the entire city's combat power at my disposal, how many days can you hold Stormwind?"

Lothar thought for a moment, "Just that 16-foot (5-meter) high wall, if the orcs use that as a breakthrough point...... 10 days, there will be no more, and at least 30,000 people will be needed after the break, and this group of troops will definitely be wiped out. ”

When the words fell, there was a commotion among the nobles, and almost everyone was thinking about their own thoughts.

Ryan turned his head to Edwin Van Cleeff, who was sitting next to Duke with a somewhat cramped look on his face: "Van Cleef, if I ask your men to urgently build 50 arrow towers and trebuchets over 20 feet high on the east side of the wall, will they be able to do it? If they can, how many days?"

It was the first time to attend such an important military meeting, Van Cleef was extremely nervous, his cold sweat completely soaked the clothes on his back, and at this time, he heard Duke's voice: "Don't be nervous, answer truthfully." Your Wise Majesty will not be angry with you at will. (To be continued.) )