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"Ahem, why me? Isn't it the paladin who was introduced by Archbishop Fao?" Duke whispered his doubts.

At the long table, Terenus gracefully lowered the saucer in his hand.

"That's an option, too. Terenus looked at Anduin, who gave him a knowing look.

Anduin: "I think it's similar to how I was elected Commander of the Alliance. If it weren't for Duke, perhaps the kings of the Seven Kingdoms would have chosen a 'paladin' elected by the more neutral Bishop Fao in the matter of the deputy commander of the coalition forces. ”

As if singing a double reed, King Terenus said again: "All the dwarves need is support, and after receiving enough support, the dwarves will not have mobile forces for a short time. But the kings of the Seven Kingdoms were different, and they had to consider whose hands their armies would be safer. What's more, this time, the seven countries have all handed over their elite troops. We trust Sir Lothar, but there are times when it is necessary to divide our forces militarily. In fact, it is really difficult to find a candidate who is strategic, decisive, and fair enough to be accepted by all countries. ”

Anduin spoke again: "I understand that the archbishop wants the 'paladins' to perform a miracle, but when there is a better and more secure choice, why should we take an unnecessary risk?"

Terenus laughed, his gray silver hair rippling, but at this time it looked a little cute in Duke's eyes: "Putting a ready-made, admittedly fair, neutral enough candidate with a proud record and enough neutrality to choose, and running to choose a completely unknown novice, is that the greatest absurdity?" ”

Duke was a little embarrassed, and a little bit of a feeling that he had finally changed history.

Yes, he forgot that he was the most suitable one.

Historically, Lothar almost ran to the northern continent alone. Born in Stormwind City, he naturally couldn't affect the interests of the five kingdoms of the Northern Continent, plus Kur Tiras. It's the same with Duke. The roots of Duke's interests are in the southern continent, and Duke's series of successful performances such as ceding the command of the fleet have successfully conquered the kings, so there is Duke's ascendancy.

And Tulayan, who had ascended to the sky in one step, was also considered to have ascended to the sky in the next discussion with Lothar, but unfortunately halfway through the climb, Tulayan continued to be Lothar's deputy, but an adjutant in the army, not the deputy commander of the alliance, not to mention the independent leadership of the army.

In the eyes of King Minethil and Lothar, Bishop Fao would not be dissatisfied with the fact that the so-called paladin had given such a high position before he had seen it. It's all about the archbishop's face. After all, a paladin is a combat profession, and it is not a strategist academy, a commander from an officer academy.

"I'm sorry, Tulayan......" Duke smiled bitterly.

Next, there was a lot of talk at luncheon. Terenus talked about forming the Silver Hand Knights with the Paladins as the core. This is not a short-term matter, it will take at least a month to recruit people from Lordaeron and the entire northern continent first. Then training, reorganization, and implementation of beliefs, all add up to at least three months to form combat power.

And the Horde's cross-sea attack was imminent.

After the luncheon, in the afternoon during the military discussion.

The hastily built grass platform team gathered together.

The main attendees and their allied ranks were:

Commander-in-Chief Anduin, Adjutant Duke, Admiral Dalin, Lieutenant Admiral Mograini, Rear Admiral Abydis.

Of course, the main reason is that most of the kings of various countries rushed back to the country to transfer troops, and King Lordaeron was not good at military affairs, so it was enough for him to send troops and money. The kings also made a private agreement, specifically forbidding Terenus to interfere in command.

Dahlin was a king, but at this time he entered the role of Admiral of the Alliance very well, showing respect for Lothar as the commander-in-chief.

"The current situation is that my fast reconnaissance ship has found that the Horde has built a large number of small and medium-sized transport ships, but has not found a single ship as large as our destroyers. ”

"A large-scale crossing of the sea without any cover?" Lothar's head hurt: "This is completely contrary to common sense. ”

"That's common sense in human beings. Duke reminded lightly: "If it were a normal human, it would be absolutely impossible to climb over the cliffs east and north of Stormwind City to attack the two low walls of Stormwind City, in fact, the tribe did it, and Stormwind City was also lost." ”

No one argues against Duke.

Lothar looked up, "Who has a reasonable inference?"

Duke glanced at Admiral Dalin and pointed to the town of Nanhai in the middle of the huge map: "If I don't have good shipbuilding skills, or if I don't have enough time to build a large number of warships enough to contend with the enemy, but I have enough troops, then I will use a large number of transport ships to drown the enemy." ”

Dai Lin looked at Duke with a little unpleasant face: "I would like to remind Your Excellency the Deputy Commander-in-Chief that the First Fleet of Kul Tiras has arrived at the dock in South Sea Town, and the Second and Third Fleets will also arrive in five days. And the Storm Fleet, which Your Excellency handed over command to me, was also on standby in Nanhai Town early in the morning. ”

The implication is not to underestimate the dominance of our Kul Tiras.

"Very good confidence, Your Excellency Admiral, how many warships are there in the four fleets combined?"

"12 reconnaissance ships, 312 destroyers, 89 cruisers, 18 large battleships. Admiral Dai Lin puffed out his chest proudly: "If the tribe is all these moving target ships, the Kul Tiras Navy can wipe them all out on the sea." ”

"That's a good number, but what if the Horde has more than 10,000 convoys, 20,000, 30,000, and if the number of enemy ships is far greater than the total number of your guns?" Duke continued.

Dai Lin's face finally felt a little wrong: "This ...... It shouldn't be possible, right?"

Duke pulls up a three-dimensional video of the tribe using hard labor to sacrifice and attack Stormwind.

"See? This is the hard labor of the tribe. These hard labors, which have no survival value in the eyes of the orcs, will be used as cannon fodder at will. There are more than 500,000 known tribal warriors, and this does not include these hard laborers. If I had this hand, I would have built 20,000 transports, the first 5,000 of which were all laborious to keep the ships to a minimum, and even to drain the ammunition on the human side by tuging the boats, and when Dalin your ships were all hit by the cannons and about to explode, my regular troops would come. ”

The generals' scalps were numb, and Lothar took a deep breath: "What's the best way to do that?"

Duke smiled: "Please allow me to introduce to you, the defense line of Nanhai Town." (To be continued.) )