My Frostmourne can't be so cute

He can capture every inch of land he sees, but who will guard these lands?

Killing the lord on a piece of land does not mean that you have occupied it. The ability to collect taxes from the farmers and small traders on this piece of land means that the war is over.

Arthas decided to wait a while-he planned to wait until the other forces of the Alliance arrived in the Silverpine Forest before launching an attack on the Kingdom of Gilneas.

At that time, the coalition forces will have a sufficient number of troops to ensure that when they advance into King City of Gilneas, they will not cause trouble behind them, and their supply convoy will not burn on the road in broad daylight.

Of course, Arthas had another choice-in addition to the most elite Royal Guard of Lordaeron, his father's command also had many militias guarding all over the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

If these militiamen are transferred to Silver Pine Forest, they can take on the task of defending the newly occupied area.

But Alsace did not intend to do this, mainly based on two considerations.

First, the army of the Kingdom of Stormgard is passing through the Hillsbrad Hills, and the army from Stormwind will also land in Nanhai Town and borrow here.

It is true that Stormwind and the Kingdom of Stormgard are both the most loyal allies of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. The former received the selfless and generous assistance of the Menethil family. Although the latter conflicted with the Kingdom of Lordaeron at first, Over the years, they have also become closely linked.

But Arthas had to make some necessary preparations-as Arthas, he can also unconditionally believe in the friendship between Varian Wrynn and Danas Trollbane, but as Arthas Menech Prince Er, the future king of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, apart from Frostmourne, he will not and cannot trust anyone without reservation.

There must be enough militia teams around the Hillsbrad Hills and Lordaeron’s city to ensure that in the event of an accident, the Lordaeron Royal Guard, which has already driven to the Silverpine Forest, will not be too late to return.

The second thing... Like the first point, Arthas believed that most lords and nobles of the Kingdom of Lordaeron were loyal to his family, but it is hard to guarantee that some are as unpredictable as Edras Pernold. Generation.

Therefore, Arthas would not transfer those militias, leaving the kingdom of Lordaeron empty, and giving these guys a chance.

Therefore, instead of rushing for success, it is better to loosen the noose in his hand and let Gene Greymane linger for a while.

Until tonight the news of the big defeat was returned to the Gilneas City-Arthas believed that such news could not be kept away; he wanted to see, Gene Greymane, an old fox known for his cunning, Under such unfavorable conditions, what tricks can we play?

...

Tormon didn't know what tricks his distant uncle Gene Greymane could play, but he knew very well that he was finished.

Facing the fierce offensive of the Royal Guard of Lordaeron, even the loyalty to the Greymane family and the intimidation of Tormon and his guards could not bring the feared soldiers back to the battlefield.

Retreat swept the entire Gilneas army like a trend. The soldiers dropped their weapons and passed by Tormon and his guards. They fled backwards like a desperate boar. With.

"Go back! Go back and fight!"

Tormon wielded his weapon in vain until his guards pulled him to join the fleeing army-loyalty is one thing, burial is another; even Tormon's guards, I don't want to die here with him.

Instinctively underfoot to escape, Tormon’s face was ashes ashes; he kept mumbling "If it was", even though he was still running, he didn't think he could escape back to the Greymane Wall .

Even if he is the commander here, it is impossible for him to let the soldiers who stayed in the fortress open the gates under the conditions of being outside the city-especially when there are a large number of chasing soldiers behind him. Ermon's qualifications are too shallow, he does not have enough time, nor enough to establish such prestige.

What's more, even if the soldiers' brains are not very good and they are willing to open the gates for Tormon, there is no possibility for him to run back to the Greymane Wall.

Arthas and Kanter did not intend to follow these deserters and wait for an opportunity to attack the Greymane Wall, so the orders received by the Royal Guards of Lordaeron were only to completely defeat the Gilneas kingdom/army.

Two-legged infantry can't run with four-legged horses. The cavalry of Lordaeron hung tightly behind the deserters of the Gilneas Kingdom while splitting out two cavalry units, which quickly circumvented the Gilneas from the flanks. Both sides of the kingdom army.

Tormon was rushing forward like a headless fly, and suddenly hit another Gilneas soldier in front of him.

The frontline commander realized that his troops had stopped fleeing.

Are these Gilneas kingdoms/armies planning to rise up?

——Of course not, they don't have the guts yet, otherwise they won't run away at first.

On the way to the Gilneas Kingdom/Army, the originally flat and wide road was now blocked-dozens of thick pine tree trunks lay across there, behind the trunks, a large number of heavily armed and silver warriors The Royal Guard of Lordaeron in A has already established an insurmountable line of defense.

Kanter, the commander of the Royal Guard of Lordaeron, had already made arrangements-this afternoon, a team of Royal Guards of Lordaeron quietly left the barracks and lurked inside the Silver Pine Forest.

In the middle of the night, when the screams for killing began, the royal guards of Lordaeron walked around the back of the Gilneas Kingdom army, knocked down the pine trees that had been almost sawn off before, and blocked their way back.(To be continued.)

768 Vereesa's Complaint

For the sake of the overall situation, Arthas will not cause a massacre in the Kingdom of Gilneas-although he is not stingy in this critical moment.

But at the same time, Arthas will not let go of every opportunity to weaken the strength of the Gilneas Kingdom/army-he will not let these soldiers of the Gilneas Kingdom have a chance to escape and become prisoners of war. This is their only destiny.

"Put down your weapons and surrender!"

"Let down your weapons and become a prisoner!"

...

The Royal Guard of Lordaeron surrounded the soldiers of the Gilneas Kingdom from all sides, enclosed them in a relatively loose encirclement, and shouted orders at the same time.

Most of the Gilneas army had already thrown away the weapons in their hands, facing the iron hooves and swords of the cavalry, they could not fight back.

However, even so, the soldiers of the Gilneas Kingdom were just silent. Despite the fear of death, no one wanted to be the first to kneel.

"Let's put down our weapons. We lost."

Tormon hesitated for a while, then took the initiative to throw the one-handed sword in his hand to the ground, and said to the guards around him——I don’t know what the royal member meant, whether it was the battle tonight or the whole A war.

"Wow!" and "Ding jingle bells" one after another. Under the leadership of Tormon, who is the closest to the royal family and the highest official title, the soldiers of the Gilneas Kingdom chose to compromise.

"I need to see King Terenas. I am the commander here, Tormon Greymane."

Tormon squeezed the crowd and walked to the forefront of the defeated army, yelling at the royal guards of Lordaeron in front of him.

After a while, several Lordaeron royal guards rode a few steps forward from the cavalry group, and looked down at Tormon Greymane with cold eyes on the tall war horse.

"How to do?"

One of the knights asked his companion.

"This guy is the royal family of Gilneas, and it is probably a nobleman... Well, search his body, don't leave a piece of iron, and then take him to see the king."

A longer-year-old Royal Guardian of Lordaeron said-Kanter is absent, and only a few of their team leaders can make a decision through consultation.

...

The rules of war between human kingdoms are quite special, and there is always preferential treatment to the nobles-as long as the nobles are not dead, before his family completely refuses to use the ransom to help him get rid of his prisoner status, the safety and dignity of the nobles can always be moderated. Guaranteed.

Tormon is no exception-although his men were all tied up in a string after surrendering, but he, until he saw His Majesty King Terenas, no one took him Tied up.

In his camp, His Majesty King Terenas received the captured enemy commander.

"Your name is Greymane? Who are you from Jean? Son?"

King Terenas was dressed a little more formal, sitting on the side of the marching bed, looking at the man in front of him with interest, tentatively counted as a young captive.

"No, nephew, from afar."

Tormon replied.