Alliance Takes Action

Aside from detailed accounts of the war and concerns about political issues, Cook also summarized the battle situation in his letter: one corps of the Giant Deer Army suffered 321 casualties, 23 of whom died, with the remainder either lightly wounded or recovered. ✊👊 ♟🐳

The number of casualties was within an acceptable range compared to the total force of over 2,500 men, and could even be considered small. However, Cook was not entirely satisfied because the performance of the Giant Deer Army in this battle, like the casualties, was too mediocre.

Although relations have eased somewhat, and they are even fighting on the same side, some competition still exists between Amani and Quel'Thalas. Cook harbors some resentment, which is amplified by the special treatment given to the Giant Deer Army, leading him to provoke many soldiers.

Unlike the nitpicking Cook, Zul'ra was more open-minded. It should be noted that although the Giant Deer Army was a professional army that had undergone several months of training, it was still an army from the era of cold weapons. Although the personnel and equipment were complete, they were not equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery, and their teamwork still needed improvement.

The Sin'dorei have a deep technological foundation. In order to recapture their old capital, they prepared a lot of things, such as magic siege engines, magic arrows, magic bombs, etc. In addition to the hardware, they also had corresponding software tactics, all of which were prepared in advance. For the Giant Deer Army to maintain such low losses in their first battle is already very good.

Zul'ra wrote a letter to Cook, praising the Giant Deer Army's operations and reminding him to focus on the soft aspects of teamwork, while leaving the hardware aspects to him. He also instructed Cook to keep track of the war's progress and ensure it proceeded according to plan.

Letting the Sin'dorei reclaim Silvermoon City would help stabilize their situation, but Zul'ra had no intention of helping them completely resolve the crisis. His discussion with Cook and Bakaji was that after recapturing Silvermoon City, one of the towns involved in the war would move to Quel'Danas, and from there they would choose an opportunity to head north to Northrend to open up a new situation for the Amani.

The plan proceeded smoothly, with good news coming one after another. Following Silvermoon City, the few remaining Undead on Quel'Danas were also wiped out. The port that the Amani needed was built on the island where the Sunwell was once located, and ships carrying Amani soldiers began to sail to the northern continent.

The Sin'dorei had also approached Zul'ra about the abrupt end of the war, but they only received a evasive answer: the entire Darkwood no longer belonged to Quel'Thalas, but the long Dead Scar and the Dead Scar Scourge it still threatened the half-rebuilt Silvermoon City.

Although still threatened by the the Scourge, the Sin'dorei had two main concerns: reconstruction and the threat of the Scourge. They could also guess that Zul'ra and Sylvanas had a tacit understanding on this matter, so they kept quiet and focused on restoring the Sin'dorei's strength.

As winter slowly approached, the Sin'dorei recaptured Silvermoon City and rebuilt half of it overnight, finally providing a place for the Sin'dorei civilians who had been crammed into various shelters to stay. However, this also brought them to a crossroads.

At the crossroads before the Sin'dorei, one path leads to the Alliance, while the other leads to the Horde. Just as they faced this choice, Zul'ra received a letter from Thrall across the ocean.

Thrall had not responded to the letter brought by Sylvanas, which had created some confusion for the Warchief, leading him to believe that he had neglected the historical issues between the Amani and Quel'Thalas. Therefore Zul'ra, he apologized in this letter.

Thrall apologized for neglecting the feelings of the Amani'lai, saying he shouldn't have sent Zul'ra to investigate the Sin'dorei's possible allies, but then he went on to talk about the importance of the existence of the uncorrupted Orcs.

Thrall's letter was very tactful, describing the importance of the brown-skinned Orcs and hoping that Zul'ra could help Sylvanas obtain a path to the foreign lands from the Sin'dorei and investigate whether pure Orcs still existed.

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Zul'ra was willing to help Thrall, but this wasn't his primary responsibility. However, it wouldn't be right for him to ignore it, so he wrote a letter to Sylvanas, hinting at the Warchief's anxiety.

Sylvanas's bargaining chip when joining the Horde was a letter she obtained from within the Sin'dorei, which mentioned the appearance of uncorrupted Orcs in other realms. She was able to join the Horde on this condition.

If this matter fell through, Sylvanas's position in the Horde would undoubtedly be affected, so she quickly wrote back to Zul'ra, explaining the situation.

Recently, Stormwind, Kul Tiras, and Dalaran have all sent envoys, indicating that the Alliance is extending an olive branch to the Sin'dorei. If Zul'ra is ready to have a proper talk with them, then they should come to Antalas.

Zul'ra responded swiftly to Sylvanas's letter, "Antalas himself will absolutely not go. If you want to talk, come to Zul'Aman."

With the letter sent out, Sylvanas soon had no choice but to lead her men across Battleaxe Ridge to Zul'Aman to meet Zul'ra.

"Are you satisfied now?" Sylvanas stared expressionlessly at the Trolls before her.

"Why should I say I'm satisfied?" Zul'ra sat on the stone chair, gesturing for Sylvanas to sit down, and asked with a smile.

"Let's get down to business!" Sylvanas glanced away, refusing to look at the Trolls's hateful smiling face.

"The ships of the Alliance's envoys will arrive at Sunsail Anchorage soon."

"Who are they?" Zul'ra asked, glancing at the group. The Alliance was different now that it had a leader; their actions were much more decisive than before.

"Stormwind is represented by Countess Katrana Prestor, who is the royal advisor of Stormwind. Kul Tiras is represented by Lady Priscilla Ashvane, who is a powerful eunuch of Kul Tiras. As for Dalaran, it is Vereesa Windrunner." Sylvanas paused slightly when she mentioned the last representative of Dalaran.

"Hmm, this is getting interesting. What are you planning to do?" Zul'ra paused for a moment, then looked at Sylvanas with a hint of schadenfreude on her face.

"Your smile is irritating. You need to understand that I'm thinking about the Horde right now. Once the Sin'dorei join the Alliance, it will cause us immense damage!" Sylvanas with a dark expression.

"I am well aware of this, which is why I asked you for a solution. I don't have a good one at the moment!" Zul'ra put away his gloating expression and showed that he was very serious, but he was also helpless. The Sin'dorei had a deep connection with the Alliance, which was an indisputable fact.

"... If we're talking about solutions, I do have one: use force to coerce Quel'Thalas." Sylvanas looked at the Trolls who had lost his smile, her face darkening as she pondered for a long time before slowly uttering a sentence.

"Can it succeed?" Zul'ra's eyes widened in surprise. How could it possibly succeed? It seemed like the only thing they could do was push the other side towards the Alliance!

"Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't succeed, but now there's a very good opportunity." Sylvanas narrowed her eyes.

"What kind of opportunity?" Zul'ra looked thoughtful. What kind of idea was this woman coming up with?

"The Alliance's envoys are our opportunity...!" Sylvanas whispered her plan.

There was no more at night.