As for the fourth and fifth steps, those were matters for later. As long as the first three went according to plan, the rest would be easy. They might even be able to ride that momentum and take Zul'Aman without much difficulty.
Although each of these points carried some degree of danger, everyone agreed on the battle plan. This was war, after all. No battle plan was without risks, and a sure thing was almost impossible to come by.
Whether to adopt a battle plan depended mainly on whether the gains were worth the risks. This plan would trade the devastation of Quel'Thalas's entire southern region for a chance to eliminate the threat of the Zul'Aman Trolls forever. That clearly seemed worthwhile.
So their arguments did not center on those issues, much less on specific tactics. The officers in the lower ranks would handle the tactical details themselves.
Of all these major issues, the first step was the hardest and the second the easiest. Although the third was not the easiest, they were still quite confident of its success.
That was because the Orcs Forces in Arathi and Hillsbrad were already out in the open. By now, both the Alliance and the Orcs had a fairly clear idea of each other's strength.
The Alliance and the Orcs were currently locked in a standoff, their forces balanced on a knife's edge. If Yu Lin Bloodhawk's army from The Hinterlands suddenly intervened, then, counting the Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps, that would amount to three full corps.
Such a large force suddenly entering the war and striking the Orcs at their weak point would surely shatter the existing balance at once. The situation on the battlefield would swing entirely in the Alliance's favor.
The second step was the simplest because once the