To be safe, Orgrim secretly sent five thousand troops as reinforcements and began making arrangements to keep Lothar and his men trapped beneath Stonefist Hold.
Meanwhile, Lothar and the others had completed the first step. The second step of their plan was to assemble secretly in Stromgarde and march on Stonefist Hold.
But before long, they received word of unusual movements among the Orcs, so they held a meeting that night.
At the meeting, Lothar told them the news outright. "We just received word today that the Orcs have sent reinforcements, roughly five thousand."
"Isn't that a good thing? It means we've drawn the Orcs' attention," Turalyon said excitedly.
"But that's still far from enough. Degol still has over ten thousand Orcs," Uther reminded him.
"In that case, let's begin the second step. How is the army's assembly coming along, Remus?" Lothar asked.
"Everyone has assembled, Marshal. We can move out tomorrow. But do we still need to act in secret this time?"
Lothar shook his head. "The enemy already knows our plan. There's no need to conceal it anymore. This time, we can march out openly."
"But won't they become suspicious?" an officer beside Remus asked.
"This time, we really are taking our main force. Even if they have doubts, they'll have no choice but to send aid. Isn't that right?" Turalyon said confidently.
Just as their discussion was nearing its end, he suddenly asked, "If I remember correctly, our Stormwind City should have plenty of catapults and dwarven cannons. Right?"
Remus found it strange that he would ask this, but answered anyway. "We do have some, but we can't transport them there. They're too cumbersome. We'd never be able to bring them back."
Lothar noticed that he seemed to have a new idea, so rather than hurry to