The Alliance army, having taken all of the Redridge Mountains, did not immediately launch its next offensive.
Heading west from the crossroads led into Elwynn Forest, while heading south led into Duskwood.
Yet the vast Alliance army simply remained at the crossroads to rest and regroup.
Aside from the army genuinely needing a good rest, the next two areas would indeed be difficult to conquer.
Those forests stretched as far as the eye could see, giving most races a headache at the mere sight.
The Wildhammer Dwarves had fought the Forest Trolls of the Hinterlands for over two hundred years precisely because the forests were so vast.
Otherwise, their powerful Gryphon Riders could have wiped out the Forest Trolls of the Hinterlands a hundred times over!
The Kingdom of Stormwind faced the same situation.
Too few people, too much territory, and a terrifying amount of forest!
Even with humans doing their best to clear farmland in the forests, their efforts were still just a drop in the ocean.
Although the Orcs had a huge population, they could not possibly have brought their entire race to invade.
They also controlled a great deal of territory.
Even if they worked themselves to death cutting down trees, they could not clear much.
Thus, attacking these two great forests would present the Allied Forces with some truly nasty problems.
Marching along the roads and defeating the Orcs occupying the towns along the way would be easy.
But wiping them out completely would be extremely difficult!
Unless the High Elf Kingdom was willing to send large numbers of Ranger units.
But that was clearly impossible!
The High Elves' own territory consisted of two enormous forests as well.
Large numbers of Ranger units had to be stationed along the borders of Quel'Thalas.
Wiping out the Orc