Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao

After Marshal Windsor captured the Blackrock Pass checkpoint, he left behind only a few thousand troops. Clearly, he had been absolutely confident and had never considered the possibility of defeat—or the issue of defending Blackrock Pass.

Those few thousand troops were swiftly dealt with by the Trifarix Legion. However, the Blackrock Pass checkpoint had also been completely destroyed, losing its defensive function.

The Trifarix Legion could only establish defensive measures as best they could in preparation for an enemy attack.

The Uncrowned Syndicate branch had received news from Stormwind: the second wave of reinforcements—or rather, the true main force—was personally led by King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind. He had even brought the entire Stormwind Knights, along with elite forces such as the Northshire paladins, and they had already arrived at Lakeshire.

Since the War of the Three Hammers, the Bronzebeard Clan, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron Clan, which had originally been locked in a standoff, seemed to have joined forces once again.

High Thane Falstad Wildhammer attacked the Badlands, tying down the Fel Orcs. Meanwhile, Dwarf King Magni Bronzebeard led an elite force of Dwarven mountaineers and the Stormpike Legion that had withdrawn from Alterac Valley into the Searing Gorge through Stone Dam Path, intending to join forces with his daughter, Moira Thaurissan, to capture Blackrock Spire. (The Stormwind Alliance had abandoned its struggle with the Horde in Alterac. With Southshore fallen and Dalaran gone, the part of Alterac occupied by the Stormpike Guard had become an exclave.)

Who knew why Moira Thaurissan had reconciled with her father and Stormwind ahead of time? Perhaps it was because, if she wanted to avenge her husband, only a united Alliance could stand against Rend's Blackrock Clan.

Stormwind, the three Dwarven clans, the Gnomes, and the Stormwind Alliance's iron triangle were attacking the Burning