After Andoine finished sending the bill, the commanders around him smiled bitterly.
What kind of business is this?
Why does it sound like the heroes who guard the borders for the Alliance have become profiteers?
Yet, no one had any objections. Because the Rotterdam Kingdom had not been kind in the past two years. At the end of the day, it was all because of Alterac.
Since they had fallen out with each other, the Rotterdam Kingdom bought and annexed Alterac's land in both official and unofficial forms.
The Barov Family's land was confiscated by the 'Alliance'.
However, the rich Rotterdam Kingdom chose to compensate the surrounding countries with money when it came to distributing the confiscated land. They kept the land prices low while exerting all kinds of political pressure. As a result, the entire Alterac Mountains were now under the Rotterdam Kingdom.
Only Stannbrad, Icewind Ridge, and Hillsbrad Hills belonged to the nobles of the Rotterdam Kingdom for the time being.
To everyone's surprise, Duque did not bother with the Rotterdam Kingdom on the Alterac Mountains at all. It was as if he had acquiesced to the Rotterdam Kingdom's misdeeds.
No one thought that retribution would come so soon.
Andoine took out a letter that Duque had written a long time ago and read it.
"The Alliance's highest command has informed the Rotterdam Kingdom that the Horde army broke through the Door of Darkness at four in the morning and is attacking the Watchtower where the Southern Army is stationed. The Horde's attack is fierce, and we have retaliated with heavy cannons. We have wiped out more than 5,000 Horde soldiers in half an hour. To prevent the Horde's million-strong army from breaking through the Watchtower and sailing north from the Swamp of Sorrows to the Sea-Watching Cliff of the Hinterlands, we are requesting your country to fulfill its responsibility as the leader of the Alliance and allocate five million gold coins … "
The commanders covered their mouths and laughed after hearing it.
Damn it, is this a notice?
This is clearly a blackmail letter!
Clearly telling the Rotterdam Kingdom that the war has started, and this place is too far away from you. You don't have to send troops, but you have to give me double the money. Otherwise, don't blame me for not having the money to buy cannons.
Geographically speaking, the Alliance was not weak at all. Because even if the Overwatch Stronghold fell, there was still the newly established Redridge Mountain Stronghold at the front line of the Redridge Mountain. Ryan personally led 70% of the Stormwind Kingdom's military forces, in addition to Reginald Windsor's Duke Private Army, which totaled to 120,000 soldiers.
Someone asked if the Horde would attack Upwind Trail?
Hehe! The entire Headwind Trail was within the attack range of the Karazhan Mage Tower. In terms of magical defense, Karazhan and the Well of the Sun had the same level of defense at this time. They were even stronger than the Dalajan and Silverymoon City.
Hence, the biggest possibility of the fall of the Watchtower was what Andoine had said just now. The tribe would cross the sea and attack the Hinterlands.
If that was the case, who would be the one kneeling? It was either Rotterdam or Cuel Salas!
In fact, when Terenas was woken up in the middle of the night, he was very upset. But when he saw the Orc limbs flying in the air in the magic mirror, he was silent for a long time.
That's right!
The Horde was back.
Looking at the map that Andoine had attached, and judging from the tribe's battle flags, Terenas could feel his stomach hurting. There were nearly 10 first-class tribes and clans written on it.
Knowing that it was Duque who was robbing them, Terenas could only pinch his nose and accept it.
Of course, the most infuriating thing was Duque's reminder. "We will definitely attack the Horde at the Watchtower, but please be careful. According to the information provided by the Alliance's captives, the Alliance Command believes that the Warsong Clan in the Tirisfal Woodland and the Frostwolf Clan in the Alterac Mountains (a first-class clan) will respond to the Horde's attack."
Seeing this, Terenas had the urge to jump into Lake Lordamir.
F * ck, the Warsong Clan had not been completely wiped out after two years. That was enough to give him a headache.
Where did the first-class Frostwolf Clan come from?
When did this information come from?
Terenas would not believe it even if he was beaten to death. This was the information he had just received.
Needless to say, Duque obviously knew about it a long time ago. He didn't say it when Rotterdam took over the Alterac Mountains, and only revealed it when the Horde attacked.
Alright, there were two first-class tribes in his backyard. Even if they were half-dead, when the Horde's army arrived, the Rotterdam Kingdom would be destroyed.
Was this a blackmail letter from the frontline?
No!
This was a scumbag blackmail letter with extra information!
Terenas slammed the armrest of his throne three times with all his might! Even the ministers at the foot of the throne could feel the tremors.
His confidant, Duke Charmas, whispered, "We have to pay for this, and not just the amount."
"Yes! Send my orders to double the reward to the Alliance command center. Let's use the Rotterdam Kingdom's treasury first. Then, whoever takes Alterac Mountain's land will be split according to their shares. "
Double was 10 million gold coins.
Even Duke Charmas, who was used to seeing big scenes, could not help but grit his teeth when he heard this.
They did not believe that Duque would give up on the Watchtower that he had spent so much effort to build, but Rotterdam could not afford to gamble.
Actually, 10 million gold coins was not that much for Duque.
In order to upgrade their technology, the Bronze-Bearded Dwarves, who were the main suppliers of raw materials and workers, were actually selling everything they had. If they did not build the Watchtower and the Redridge Mountain Fortress, they would first have to kneel to Stormwind and Khaz Modan. Duque was a kind person. Since the Bronze-Bearded Dwarves were so determined to support Stormwind, how could Duque let Magni suffer losses?
Less than five minutes after the news of Rotterdam's promise of 10 million gold coins, Duque sent Magni an arms purchase order that was worth 5 million gold coins and was 200 pages long. In order to fulfill their duties as allies, the cannons, ammunition, soldiers, and workers provided by the Iron Furnace Castle were all free of charge.
Now, in this order, Duque doubled the cost that Magni told Duque, and added a zero before the decimal point to purchase.
In the end, it was Magni who was kind enough, or perhaps he felt that it was too shameless to earn so much, that he waved his pen and said, "For the Alliance, I'll give you a 50% discount."
On the other side, the Horde had no idea that there was such an exciting game within the Alliance.
The Horde's vanguard almost peed their pants.
Ner 'zhul panicked and wanted to run back, but he was grabbed by the Death Knight Tyron Gorefiend!
"Idiot! Calm down! It's too late! The Dark Portal has already been opened, and we have already angered the Alliance. If we go back like this, the Alliance will only rush into our world and kill us all. Completing the mission is more important. "
"Mission!? Do we still have hope? "
"Yes! Your hope is me! " A sudden voice interrupted, and it was in a strange Orc language. Ner 'zhul looked in the direction of the voice and saw a cold-looking human standing in the middle of the Death Knights near him.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
