Chapter 2 War Preparation

"Marshal Oslet, how is the conscription going?" After Prince Galen Trollbane gave a speech in the Royal Square of Stromgarde, he immediately announced the conscription. In order to defend the Kingdom of Stromgarde, the mobilized people of Stromgarde actively joined the army to save their lives.

Marshal Oslet, the Marshal of the Kingdom of Stromgarde who rose with Thoras Trollbane, although his reputation was not very high, it was he and the old King Thoras Trollbane who created the Stromgarde militia that was not inferior to the Iron Horse Brotherhood of Stormwind.

He has extremely strong abilities in command and training. Unfortunately, because of the world of swords and magic where personal strength in Azeroth is infinitely magnified, Marshal Oslet, whose strength is limited to the peak of the ninth level, has gradually been suppressed.

Garin Trollbane's declaration yesterday also inspired the nearly fifty-year-old marshal, who was now as energetic as a middle-aged general. "Prince, your encouragement yesterday has inspired a large number of people to join the army. The veterans who had retired like me have returned, and even a large number of women have joined the army. After my selection and elimination of some unsuitable ones, our troops have restored the number of 50,000."

"Fifty thousand..." Garin Trollbane touched his chin and thought. This number has far exceeded his expectations, because the aging Kingdom of Stormgarde now has a total population of less than 300,000, and the royal city of Stromgarde has only a little over 100,000.

"Very good, Marshal Oslet, I have learned that the troops attacking us are not the main force of the fallen prince Arthas Menethil, but a detachment. With the advantage of the Thoradin Wall, I think we will definitely win."

Since in history, Galen Trollbane, who was only at the peak of the ninth level, could win without the blessing of Tokaral, although it must have been a huge sacrifice, this made him firmly believe that he could definitely win, but it could not be a miserable victory, but a big victory.

Since he inherited everything from Galen Trollbane, he must revitalize the Kingdom of Stormgarde, so he must use a great victory against the Scourge to tell all the forces in the Eastern Kingdom that the Kingdom of Stormgarde has not yet declined, so that he can stop the exile of the people of Stromgarde, call them back to their country, and accept the people of Lordaeron, Alterac and Dalaran who are seeking refuge.

"That's great, Prince. It turns out that Emperor Arathor is still caring for his descendants." Even the strongest human kingdoms of Lordaeron and the mysterious kingdom of Quel'Thalas could not stop the attack of the Scourge. Marshal Oslet originally wanted to die with the Kingdom of Stormgarde, but he was immediately excited when he heard the news.

"Marshal Oslet, how are our armaments? Can we meet the arming of the new recruits? I don't want my brave people to fight the Scourge without armor protection." Thirty thousand new recruits undoubtedly need new weapons and equipment to be armed. Those without weapons can only be regarded as civilians. Only with weapons and equipment can they be real militia.

Hearing Prince Galen Trollbane's concerned inquiry, Marshal Oslet felt warm in his heart. Perhaps such a prince who cares about the people of Stromgarde may surpass the old King Thoras Trollbane in the future.

"Don't worry, Prince. Although we didn't get the land of Alterac after the Second War, we got the weapons of Alterac with the help of King Thoras Trollbane, which is enough to arm our new soldiers." The rebellious Alterac was divided among Lordaeron, Stormgard and Gilneas. Lordaeron got the land, Gilneas got the money, and Stormgard got the stock of weapons.

"That's good." With weapons and equipment, we have the basic strength to fight against the Scourge. The people of Stromgarde are the most martial in the Alliance. Arathi Highlands has tempered the will of the people of Stromgarde. It can be said that the strongest soldiers of the Alliance are produced here, so the troops of Stormgarde call themselves militias, because every person who picks up a weapon and puts on armor will be a qualified soldier.

"I have seen the royal treasury of Stromgarde. It is terrible. My father, King Thoras Trollbane, caused the finances of the Kingdom of Stromgarde to plummet when he supported the Kingdom of Lordaeron to set up an orc internment camp. He even emptied the last gold coin in the treasury by supporting Jaina Proudmoore and the shameless Osmar Garithos. Marshal Oslet, we need gold coins to support this war. Even if my people volunteer to become warriors to defend their homes, we should pay them the gold coins they deserve. Moreover, we need to build and purchase more supplies to fight against the coming Scourge." Although the old King Thoras Trollbane was named a hero, he was indeed warlike. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Stromgarde would not have declined so much. A series of foolish actions after middle age emptied the Kingdom of Stromgarde.

"Prince, I am willing to give away all my property. This was given to me by the old king. I am willing to give everything for the Kingdom of Stormgarde." Marshal Oslet thought that Prince Galen Trollbane wanted his help, so he immediately planned to give away all his property.

"No, Marshal Auslet, you misunderstood me." Although Garin Trollbane wanted the help of nobles like Marshal Auslet, he did not want to hollow them out, but spoke out about himself The method is "Marshal Auslett, I want to levy a war tax, and I hope every noble can donate to this war. Of course, it would be better for you, Marshal Auslett, to take the lead. At the same time, I want to make a loan with the goblins in Booty Bay."

Garlin Trollbane revealed his own method. Asking for help from the nobles will inevitably cause a backlash. If he can defeat the Scourge, even if it is a partial victory, then Stromgarde will never be able to unite the Stonefist Ogres and Deadwood. The Troll Syndicate organization can be defeated. The rapid fall of Stromgarde and the large number of Stromgarde nobles and people joining the Syndicate are probably due to the original Garlin Trollbane's demands for the nobility and his harsh demands. caused by taxation.

Marshal Auslet's talent mainly lies in commanding and training, but his years of experience with the nobles told him that this method is absolutely feasible, and I believe that the nobles and the people will accept it, so he replied, "Prince, your method is feasible. But those cunning goblins won’t lend us money easily, and they definitely want to drain us.”

Most races in Azeroth have great prejudice against goblins, especially humans. Therefore, even though the strength of goblins is spread throughout Azeroth, and there are several powerful trade princes, the human kingdoms of the Alliance have almost no cooperation with them. They cooperate.

"Perhaps, precisely because they are greedy for money, they will be more reliable than our hypocritical allies, Marshal Auslet." Garin Trollbane naturally does not hate goblins, and indeed, as he said, money-grubbing goblins are more reliable than those who are greedy for money. I don’t know how much better hypocritical politicians are.

"I still have some artifacts handed down from Emperor Thoradin in my treasure house. I will use them as collateral to lend money to the goblins. I think they will definitely agree." As the direct successor of the Arathor Empire, Storm The treasure house of the Kingdom of Gard contains artifacts inherited from mankind.

"No! Prince, that is the basis for our Kingdom of Stromgard to maintain its legitimacy." Marshal Auslet heard this and immediately dissuaded him.

Garin Trollbane stretched out his hand to signal Marshal Auslet to stop trying to dissuade him. "Marshal Auslet, our people, are more important than those so-called artifacts. The symbolic artifacts are gone. I can take them back, but we Once my people are gone, they will be lost forever. I have made up my mind, and I hope you will not continue to stop me."

"This..." Marshal Auslet still couldn't accept it, but when he saw the firm look in Prince Garlin Trollbane's eyes, he finally nodded. He was born as a civilian and rose up in the army, and he recognized the young prince in front of him even more.