Prisoners and Provocation
Commanding the battle for the first time, the pressure was huge, but it had to be faced. Zul'ra tried not to be alone. Instead, he went to various military camps on the front line to talk to the soldiers and observe the Elves prisoners who were sent.¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸
Because Greenwood Army and Red-Brow Army had the upper hand, they won the small group battle and captured nearly six hundred High Elves in total. All of these Elves prisoners were transferred to Anowien's military camp.
Being escorted to the military camp in the enemy's core area and losing the equipment and weapons they could rely on, High Elves seemed very depressed. Although they were promised that they would not be killed, they did not know how credible Trolls's words were.
Compared to High Elves who is confused about his future and regrets laying down his weapons, Trolls is standing guard outside Anowien The morale of the Warriors increased greatly. This was the first time they saw so many prisoners, because in the past, there were usually few prisoners in the battles between Trolls and Elves. Even if there were prisoners, they would be sacrificed and would not be seen by people.
As the leader of Trolls, Zul'ra watched the morale of his men increase, and the pressure in his heart was naturally relieved. However, he did not lose his mind. He had some conversations with the officers among the Elves prisoners. Of course, there was no torture game of imprisonment, nor was there any temptation to induce the prisoners to betray their race. It was just free labor.
The conversation between Zul'ra and Elves prisoners was mainly small talk, and some information was extracted from casual words. The captured officers, after learning about Zul'ra's identity, were a little wary, but because he solemnly promised not to harm the prisoners, they still said some things.
From the mouths of High Elves captives, Zul'ra learned about Quel'Thalas society. To be honest, after living together for thousands of years, Trollss knew nothing more about Quel'Thalas has Sun King, Arcane who knows a lot, and Sunwell and other public information, but I really know nothing about High Elves.
Quel'Thalas is still under the rule of the Sunstrider Dynasty. The entire kingdom is governed by Sun King, and Silvermoon Council is responsible for supervision. Silvermoon Council is mainly composed of nobles, Priest and citizen representatives. They have the power to supervise the kingdom, declare war, and approve peace talks.
The members of Silvermoon Council are elected by public recommendation and are representatives of major families, the bourgeoisie and religious forces. Although there are some election activities for civilians every year, the bottom residents cannot get involved in the political circle at all.
In Quel'Thalas, the best chance for civilians Elves to get ahead is to join the army, but most Elves are unwilling to do so, because Sunwell the water in the holy well exudes a steady stream of Arcane energy. Although it is impossible to conjure infinite gold and silver, it is enough to conjure food to provide the entire kingdom.
There is no need to worry about the most basic problems of food and clothing, so High Elves has never had any trouble with the social order even after thousands of years. They enjoy the spring scenery of the northern forest, the ubiquitous Arcane energy, and the convenience and comfort brought by Arcane.
On Zul'ra's side, through communication with the prisoners, he was able to ascertain the overall social situation of Quel'Thalas and think about it. However, the situation on the battlefield on the other side was not optimistic. Red-Brow Army was okay. It consumed a large number of Tranquillien's troops and fought and retreated according to the original plan. However, Greenwood Army suffered an unimaginable blow.
Deatholme is a military camp. The army there is not only strong, but the people leading the army are also experienced. When faced with a dark jungle full of ambushes, a powerful squadron usually steps forward to break out of the encirclement, and then a large group follows behind to counter the encirclement.
Deatholme's army is not only sophisticated in tactics, although they did not bring those powerful mages, they did bring Arcane Constructs, those robots powered by Arcane Magic are rampaging on the battlefield. If Malacrass, as an experienced priest, had not had the skills to use the power of the gods to use Ultimate Voodoo, I am afraid that the defense line would have been broken up at this moment.
Within a week after the siege of Anowien, Trolls achieved a small victory and began to shake its defense line. On the tenth day, Red-Brow Army fought and retreated and merged with the Greenwood Army. The two armies began to fall into a pincer attack back to back.
Pieces of snowflake-like battle reports flew in front of Zul'ra. After thinking about it, Zul'ra first mobilized a town in the White-Ear Army to follow the instructions of Orcs The trebuchets made according to the instructions of Uruk and Barius were pulled out and the Incendiary Bomb made of rosin was thrown at Anowien.
While launching a fierce attack on Anowien, Zul'ra sent orders to Malacrass and Maki, asking them to choose an opportunity to release some channels. Road, allowing the Elves troops of Tranquillien and Deatholme to enter the southeast of Sunscar Peak, and they will attract the enemy's main attention.
After High Elves entered the southeast of Sunscar Peak, Greenwood Army and Red-Brow Army must launch an attack from behind Elves's army. They must not let them retreat westward and cut through their troops. Malacrass and Maki replied to this letter saying that they would resolutely obey the order.
After forming an agreement with the Green Forest and Red Eyebrow armies, Zul'ra asked Lostro to personally lead a town to the north side of Battleaxe Ridge. There was a lake there, and they were responsible for stationing on both sides of the lake. If High Elves made a large-scale breakthrough from there, they were not allowed to stop them. They were only responsible for killing every High Elves they saw.
After adjusting the battle situation, the vanguard of High Elves's troops began to appear to the west of Battleaxe Ridge. After Zul'ra saw them, he immediately surrounded Anowien. The town withdrew Battleaxe Ridge, but before leaving, he picked a Elves lieutenant officer as a prisoner to stay in the Anowien temple and asked him to deliver a message to the Elves supreme commander.
"What did you say?" Sylvanas looked at his subordinates who had returned from the enemy's lines in disbelief.
"General, Zul'ra Jin, that is, King of the Amani, he asked me to bring you a message, saying that he hopes to have a head-on confrontation with you in front of Battleaxe Ridge three days later. In addition, he said that you can rest assured that he will not hurt the prisoners no matter what. He also said..." The lieutenant looked at the stern superior, feeling guilty from the bottom of his heart and unable to speak.
"What else did he say? How many people were you captured? Where were they captured? Why didn't I get the news?" Sylvanas subconsciously asked, surprised and confused. There are Elvess captured. Are those despicable Trollss planning to threaten themselves with prisoners?
"We have captured a total of 576 people, and they were all captured in Forest Road, but our unit numbers are different. I am Deatholme th..." The lieutenant's voice became quieter as he spoke. He is the officer of Deatholme and the direct subordinate of Sylvanas.
"Tell me what you haven't finished saying before." Sylvanas looked at the guy whose voice was getting smaller and interrupted him from reporting his number. She accepted the fact that her companions were captured, but she couldn't accept the attitude of her subordinates. What else did the king of Trolls say?
"He said that he hopes you are also prepared to become a prisoner. If you defeat him, you can safely rescue the prisoner." The lieutenant lowered his head in shame.
I'm a bit stuck today, so I'll go to bed tonight. The first update tomorrow will be postponed, sorry.