Chapter 358
Now, of course Ye Ting had to take precautions before it happened.
Of course, he wasn't thinking about killing Zul'jin in a prisoner-of-war camp—even though the troll leader had a huge reputation among the Amani trolls.
Although the prisoner of war camp where Zul'jin was held was within the human kingdom, it belonged to Quel'Thalas, which is also a rare cooperation between humans and high elves - they have always been in the same position on trolls.
As the leader of the Zul'Aman trolls, Zul'jin's hands are covered with the blood of the high elves, which can be regarded as the death vengeance of the high elves. However, due to strategic considerations, the high elves have not executed him after capturing him. , but let him live in a prisoner of war camp to contain the Amani trolls.
Although Quel'Thalas is far more powerful than the Amani trolls today, due to the slow reproduction rate, it is almost impossible for Quel'Thalas to attack Zul'Aman at the cost of huge casualties. After all, trolls reproduce faster than high elves. Much sooner. And if they can keep Zul'jin alive, the Amani trolls will be in chaos for a long time, and the dispute over redeeming the leader, rescuing the leader or fighting for it has divided the entire Amani troll. Quel' Sara It can make them weak for a long time.
Conversely, if Zul'jin is killed, the Amani trolls who have lost their leader are likely to re-elect a new leader and then unite under the banner of revenge for Zul'jin, so that Quel'Shara It is possible that he could be drawn into a new war, which is not in the interests of the high elves.
In Ye Ting's view, if there were no orcs, the strategies of the high elves would indeed be wise. After all, the powerful reproduction ability of trolls made them like rice, which would grow again in the coming year.
Anyone familiar with biology knows that the curve of species reproduction is related to the capacity of the environment. When the number of species is scarce, the growth rate will be greatly increased - because the environment is large enough to accommodate more numbers. But when the number of species is too high, the rate of reproduction will gradually decrease to zero, because the environment is not enough to accommodate such a large population.
The same goes for Amani trolls. No matter how much the high elves slaughter the Amani trolls in the ancestral Aman jungle, their population will recover quickly, but the high elves themselves cannot afford to consume them - the specific reasons refer to the Vietnam War in the Lighthouse Country.
However, the trolls in the Zul'Aman jungle are limited. When the high elves let them not clear them and weaken them in other ways, the number of trolls will no longer increase after reaching the limit, and generally speaking, it will not affect the elves. what trouble.
But now, the presence of the orcs has made the high elves shoot themselves in the foot, and they haven't found it yet.
Chapter 0469 Combine Vertical and Horizontal: Lordaeron
In fact, Ye Ting's strategy is very simple.
The fundamental reason why the high elves did not hesitate to let Zul'jin, the great enemy, live was that they had no way to completely wipe out the Zu-Aman jungle and eradicate the trolls.
Even in the modern society of the earth that develops science, jungle warfare is a huge trouble for a powerful country with advanced technology, and in World of Warcraft, it is also true for elves.
The dense jungle can greatly narrow the gap in the quality of individual soldiers between trolls and elves. The rangers of high elves are like a drop in the bucket when facing a large number of trolls. What's worse, the number of high elves makes it impossible for them to thoroughly check The entire Zul'Aman jungle, this gave the troll tribes hidden in the jungle a chance to survive and finally rejuvenate (casually burn the forest on a large scale, causing huge damage, and there will be dragons looking for trouble).
However, this is not an insoluble trouble.
Although the high elves are few in number, they cannot completely fill the pit of jungle warfare, but some people can.
That is humans and dwarves.
In fact, trolls have a feud not only with high elves, but also with humans and dwarves.
Needless to say, humans, thousands of years ago, the destruction of the Amani troll empire was due to the combined forces of humans and high elves.
As for dwarves, the Bronzebeards and Dark Irons are far away from the troll habitat, but the Wildhammer dwarves living in the Hinterlands are not. They are also neighbors of the Amani trolls and often conflict with the trolls.
In the past of peaceful times, humans, high elves, and Wildhammer dwarves, despite their civil connections, never considered joining forces to wipe out the Amani trolls.
But now is different.
The emergence of the Horde is not only an opportunity for the revival of the Amani trolls, but also an opportunity for the union of humans, high elves and Wildhammer dwarves.
Because of the orcs, the high elves have now confirmed that they will join the alliance.
Although the Wildhammer dwarves and the Bronzebeard dwarves have long been separated, the dwarves have broken bones and connected tendons after all. How can they let the Bronzebeard dwarves be slaughtered by the orcs? In this respect, dwarves are much more united than humans, so Ye Ting can be sure that Wildhammer dwarves can easily be persuaded to join the alliance.
Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for the three to jointly eliminate the Amani trolls. On the one hand, the trolls are indeed the common enemy of the three and the potential ally of the orcs; on the other hand, the human nations also need to do something to impress them. High elves, so that they can see more benefits brought to them by the alliance, not just because the situation forced them to join the alliance.
However, how to do this requires someone to match up with each other.
All Ye Ting has to do is such a job.
Until then, however, he must seek the support of Anduin Lothar and King Terenas of Lordaeron.
With Lothar's military literacy, after Ye Ting's reminder, it is natural to see that trolls add
The possibility of joining the tribe can also be aware of the threat to the alliance if all this happens, but when Ye Ting proposed a plan to eliminate the Amani trolls, the commander hesitated.
"Sorry, Sander, although I agree with you, we really don't have the strength to deal with the Amani trolls at the moment," the warrior explained with a sigh, "Actually, it's hard for me to Convince the kings that it will cost them a lot of money to eliminate a potential threat...after all, like the orcs before, most people will get away with it until it really hits."
"Yeah, everyone can be a 'post-mortem Zhuge Liang' (this is automatically translated into a proverb with the same meaning in Azeroth), but how many people can really see the long-term?" Ye Ting smiled bitterly and continued. Said: "However, the manpower and material resources that we need to suppress the ancestor Aman are not as much as we imagined, and there may be some rewards."
"Oh, how do you say it?" Lothar heard the words and looked at Ye Ting with interest. He was looking forward to the genius mage giving him another surprise - just like he had done countless times before.
"Actually, we're not the only ones happy to take down trolls—our new allies, the high elves, and our potential allies, the Wildhammer dwarves, would be happy to make such a deal with us."
"Go on, Sander, go on." Lothar's eyes lit up when Ye Ting mentioned the high elves and the Wildhammer dwarves.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander," Ye Ting smiled confidently: "As we all know, the high elves have had a bloody feud with the Amani trolls for generations. If it wasn't for the lack of national strength, they would have wanted to eradicate this big trouble. I listen. Said, this time joining the alliance, the high elves were originally willing to come up with more troops, but it is precisely because of the defense of the Amani trolls that they have to leave enough manpower to guard the border. If we can solve this trouble for them , will give us more help in fighting the orcs than the high elves."
In fact, the high elves never proposed this idea, but Ye Ting was confident that he could persuade them.
But Lothar believed Ye Ting's words, and felt that what he said was reasonable and convincing.
Ye Ting continued to analyze: "As for the Wildhammer dwarves, although they have not been closely related to us, they who live in the Hinterlands have also suffered from trolls, although they should support Kaz in order to Modan's compatriots joined the alliance, but I think that common interests can deepen their loyalty to the alliance, and the Amani trolls are the goal of showing sincerity."
These words made Lothar nodded again and again. He even thought of using the process of fighting the Amani trolls as an opportunity to run the army of the three tribes, and the tall trolls could also allow the soldiers to adapt to the feeling of fighting the orcs in advance.
You must know that the human kingdoms have not had wars for many years, and it is good to warm up a little before fighting the orcs.
As a result, Lothar immediately became a supporter of Ye Ting's plan, and even helped him persuade King Terenas of Lordaeron.
Originally, King Terenas did not support this kind of gambling that wasted his troops and might not see the benefit, but Lothar's reasoning and Ye Ting's analysis based on his interests still persuaded him.
And what moved him the most was Ye Ting's reason.
"If you want to eliminate the Amani trolls in the Hinterlands and Zu'Aman, since the armies of the rest of mankind are far away, the only thing that can be used is the army of Lordaeron. In this way, the favor of eliminating the Amani trolls is undoubtedly. It is all under His Majesty's head, and Lordaeron's status in the hearts of Wildhammer dwarves and high elves will undoubtedly increase greatly. The benefits of such good feelings for Lordaeron... I don't need to analyze it for His Majesty."
What Ye Ting said was true, even though the kings of the human kingdoms are now united selflessly, even if Terenas is a famous and wise king, but as long as he is a ruler... no, as long as he is a human being, there will be selfishness.
And Terenas' selfishness is undoubtedly to maintain the alliance and expand the influence of Lordaeron, not to mention the rebirth of the glory of the Arathi Empire, at least to be the same as Duke Huan of Qi, and become the leader of the alliance for a long time (of course, he does not know What is Duke Huan of Qi).
Under such circumstances, being able to have a higher influence on foreigners will undoubtedly help him to become the leader of the alliance - anyway, dwarves and elves don't care much about who the leader of the alliance is - plus Ye Ting mentioned from Even a wise king like Terenas was still tempted by the rewards of the high elves and dwarves.
Chapter 0470 Combining vertical and horizontal: Quel'Thalas (on)
After securing the kingdom of Lordaeron, Ye Ting's second stop was Quel'Thalas.
Compared with the Wildhammer dwarves, clearing the Amani trolls is more important to Quel'Thalas, and at this moment, Quel'Thalas has officially joined the alliance, which can be regarded as a closer ally. The plan was first justified by comparisons among allies.
Of course, this time he had to seek Alleria's help first.
Compared with the rulers in Silvermoon City, the rangers represented by Alleria have always been the main force against Amani trolls in the jungle, and they also have the greatest hatred between them and the trolls. group of people.
Although they also know that Silvermoon City's plan to deal with the trolls and their leader Zul'jin is indeed a long-term consideration, but the reason is one thing, and the emotion is another.
Allowing mortal enemies to thrive in the Zul'Aman jungle, and letting enemy leaders live well in prisoner-of-war camps, the rangers have long accumulated great dissatisfaction in their hearts.
Therefore, Ye Ting's plan was a hit with them, and Alleria gave it on the spot after hearing about it.
He gave Ye Ting a deep hug.
From her point of view, Ye Ting tried his best to connect the three forces to complete this plan thankfully, obviously for her sake.
Such a good brother, where can I find a second one?
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