Age of Empires From Scratch Chapter 127

  Chapter 127 Fording's Choice

"You're back!" Wearing the Lightbringer suit, holding the blue-purple crystal mine warhammer that Will specially made for him in his hand, and the white cloak with obvious battle marks behind him, gently swaying with the wind: "The king's capital How was the trip?"

  When Fording returned to Cold Winter Town to report his safety last time, David hadn't returned yet. This was also the first time Fording reunited with David after returning to Hearthglen to fight against the Scourge.

   "Not bad." David and Fording sat down and chatted at the wooden table where they usually ate together: "Now this is Winter Town."

   "In that case, you should also be a nobleman of the Kingdom of Tilan now, right?"

   "Baron, he also got a Glamorgan surname."

   "David - Baron Glamorgan?" Fording repeated twice: "It sounds good."

  David smiled awkwardly. He didn't know how to explain to Fording how unlucky this surname was, so he could only change the subject and ask about Fording's situation.

   "Much better than expected." Fording pointed to himself: "It can be seen from my state."

   "Yeah, you seem to be in good shape."

   There is no expected lack of energy or lack of food due to the bad battle situation.

Following Fording's narration, David realized that the situation was not just much better than what he had expected. After Fording knew the plot and made preparations in advance, the battle situation was basically the best situation according to his estimation. to develop.

After successfully avoiding the chaos of the plague outbreak and the subsequent invasion of natural disasters, Fording successfully returned to Hearth Valley to take power and built a strong defense line. Under the suppression of artillery and guns, there is no way to pose a real threat to Hearth Valley.

  The few Scourge soldiers who can survive the baptism of shells will also be quickly wiped out by the paladins of the Silver Hand.

  In addition, the dwarves of Ironforge have invested more and more gunners, as well as dwarven musketeers using improved Garland rifles, which has greatly improved the defense of the walls of Hearth Valley. Hearthglen has become the safest place in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and Fording's reputation in Hearthglen and even in the Kingdom of Lordaeron has returned to its peak.

  As more Lordaeron refugees fled into Hearthglen, including Calia Menethil, the Lordaeron royal family, Fording has begun to consider counterattacking against the Scourge.

"Helicopters are currently being produced in large numbers in Ironforge." Fording chatted about the next battle situation: "I am going to wait until enough armed helicopters come to Hearth Valley before launching a counterattack against the Scourge. With enough air force cooperation, absolutely The Scourge can be completely wiped out."

   "Ah...this..."

  Although in the original story of Warcraft, the dwarves sent flying troops and artillery troops, and the dwarf musketeers were an important unit of the alliance, but it will definitely not be like this.

  According to Fording's description, the Alliance army in Hearthglen now habitually plows the ground with artillery groups after the war, and then the paladins take the lead in cleaning the battlefield...

   The tactics are simple and rough, but they are especially effective against the Scourge.

   "Where's Alsace?" With Fording's style of play, Alsace won't be killed by the heavy artillery of Hearthglen, right?

  After hearing Alsace's name, Fording shook his head helplessly: "This is also what I am most worried about right now."

  In a world where extraordinary individuals exist, powerful individuals will have a great impact on the battle situation. In addition, the Kingdom of Lordaeron is still a relatively 'primitive' country, so it is very troublesome to move heavy artillery groups.

  So Fording's current brilliant results are created by relying on the Hearth Valley defense line he prepared in advance.

   If he took the initiative to attack, it would be tantamount to giving up his greatest advantage. At this time, if Alsace suddenly came out and launched a surprise attack on the remaining Knights of the Silver Hand, there would be a high probability of turning the tide of the battle.

  Because the most terrifying thing about the Scourge is that the more they fight, the more troops they have, and the more they fight, the stronger they become!

  The comrades who were fighting against natural disasters with you one second may become members of the Scourge in the next second, waving their weapons at you.

  In this case, even if you are as brave as Fording, you must be extremely cautious, for fear of making irreparable mistakes.

   "So, you're waiting for a new gunship from Ironforge?"

"Yes."

   In addition, Fording is still contacting the Wildhammer dwarves, wanting to get help from the Wildhammer dwarves, because the Wildhammer dwarves have a combat unit that can fly, the Griffin Knight.

   "It sounds like everything is going well." After listening to Fording's narration, David felt that the situation in Azeroth was quite good. According to the current state of development, the Kingdom of Lordaeron would definitely not be destroyed.

   When the war is over, Tirion Fordring, who has made great contributions, will send Calia Menethil to the throne. At least he can be the regent himself.

  Assisted by Fording, a popular, powerful, and moral paladin, it is not impossible for the Kingdom of Lordaeron to recover to its peak as long as it takes a good rest.

   After all, the Scourge has wreaked havoc this time, and by the way, it has also brought disaster to several kingdoms around the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The Kingdom of Lordaeron will not have to worry about foreign invasion for a long time to come.

  For this human kingdom, the biggest trouble is that the land after the Scourge ravages will become incomparably barren, and the originally rich East Weald has become a land of plague, full of all kinds of mutated creatures.

"It's not all going well." Fording saw David's thoughts, and after talking about the smooth things, he finally started to talk about the bad things: "I can only defend Hearthglen and protect more and more Lordaeron People, there is no power left to rescue others."

"so…"

   "I think that Arthas has never appeared on the battlefield in Hearthglen, and he probably took some Scourge soldiers to attack Quel'Thalas."

   After all, the Sunwell in Quel'Thalas is Alsace's most important goal right now.

Alsace, who was still under the Lich King, was ordered to occupy the Sunwell and resurrect the Lich Kel'Thuzad. When he was unable to attack Hearthglen for a long time, he left enough troops to continue attacking Hearthglen. It was his only option to attack Quel'Thalas with his troops.

   "So, Arthas may be guarding outside Hearthglen, waiting for you to lead troops to rush out and launch a sneak attack; or he may leave Hearthglen and attack Quel'Thalas directly."

   The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and David felt that he couldn't judge what Alsace was thinking at the moment.

  But he noticed Fording's embarrassment: Fording felt that the possibility of Alsace attacking Quel'Thalas was very high, but he couldn't gamble.

  Behind him is the last hope of Lordaeron. His duty is to protect these hopes of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, not to bring all the soldiers out of Hearthglen to rescue Quel'Thalas.

  If Arthas is indeed attacking Quel'Thalas, then everything is easy to say, so take advantage of the situation and attack the elves of Quel'Thalas back and forth.

   But what if this is really a trap for Fording and humans in Hearthglen?

   To put it bluntly, even if there is only a 1% chance of being tricked, Fording can't afford to bet, let alone the probability is far from that low.

"My personal suggestion... is to continue to guard Hearthglen." David believes that this is the safest way to play. As long as he guards Hearthglen, with various equipment and reinforcements from other races in place, Fording can fight steadily to clear it out. Scourge.

  This is a winning strategy, especially if you know the follow-up plot: After Arthas revives Kel'Thuzad, he will attack the wizard city of Dalaran, and then open the portal to meet Archimonde.

After Archimonde came to Azeroth, Arthas and the Scourge were thrown aside, and then there was an internal struggle between the Burning Legion and the Scourge, and the heroes of several major races of Azeroth joined forces to fight against the Burning Legion. Legion.

   At that time, it was the best time for Fording to launch a counterattack.

  As for Quel'Thalas and Dalaran... Fording is the lord of Hearthglen, a nobleman of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, not the lord of Quel'Thalas or Dalaran.

"Yes, this is a safe choice, but is it really the right choice?" Tirion Fordring showed helplessness for the first time today. As a paladin with a high sense of morality and honor, He felt that he had made a not-so-right choice.

If those additional factors are not taken into account, Tirion Fordring, after knowing what Alsace is going to do, will definitely rush to Alsace and kill the former Lordaeron prince and current murderer. King kills.

   But did he do something wrong? It seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. This kind of situation where no choice was right made him feel very uncomfortable.

  Looking at Fording's uncomfortable expression, David thought for a few seconds, and finally said to him: "Actually, just do what you think."

   "..." Tirion Fording glanced at David a few times, making sure that the other party was not casually comforting him, but really supporting him: "I thought you would persuade me a few words."

David was dumbfounded, feeling that Fording returned to Cold Winter Town this time, hoping that he could persuade him a few words to make him more determined to stick to Hearthglen, instead of running out to fight Alsace to the death and annihilating the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron Stake all your last hopes.

   Fording didn't expect that after David saw his entanglement, he actually supported him to do what he really wanted in his heart.

   "Is this weird?"

"No, I was negligent." Fording smiled, the kind of smile from the heart: "In order to make your life 'satisfactory', you have persisted for two days in this land that lacks food and is very cold. years."

   "Yeah, if you can't get along with anyone, you can't get along with yourself." David stretched out his hand and held Fording's big hand together: "Besides, my partners and I will support you."

  When the two held hands together, David vaguely felt something.

  (end of this chapter)

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