Chinese Warriors in World of Warcraft

Chapter 498 Grand Duke of Stromgarde (24)

In the afternoon, the few remaining court mages in Stromgarde drew a sound amplification circle.

King Solas stood on the square in front of the palace, called everyone together, and announced an order, which was also his last order as King Stormgard:
The last member of the Thorbane family has died. As a death knight, he is naturally not qualified to continue to be king, so he entrusted Stromgarde and the entire Arathi Highlands to the inheritor of Emperor Thoradin's will, Excalibur Si Holders of Domcards:
Marquis Nicholas from the Kingdom of Lordaeron!

After this order was issued, the crowd was enthusiastic.

Some were angry and unwilling, some were overjoyed, some scolded and cried bitterly, and some rushed to tell each other.

Some people still think about the pride of being an Arathi, but more people have long been disappointed with this dilapidated country.In the current situation where crises are everywhere and the city may be destroyed at any time, handing over Stromgarde to Marquis Nicholas is equivalent to gaining the support of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

This point, most people can still figure it out!
Later, Jiang Jie came forward and swore on the spot that he would use his life to protect Stromgarde, the Arathi Highlands, and the original territory of the ancient Arathor Empire, the place where human beings rose.

The remaining hundreds of Arathi cavalry, under the order of King Solas, swore to Jiang Jie in public and pledged their allegiance to the new owner of Stromgarde, and then some of the Stromgarde guards also swore their allegiance, and then more people swore allegiance.

Afterwards, King Solas personally wrote a letter, sent it directly by the mage, and sent it to the Lordaeron Palace. The Marquis Lawrence handed it to Queen Kalia. , expressing his request more:
Stromgarde can only be handed over to the heirs of Emperor Thoradin, not Lordaeron.The owner of Stromgarde cannot be just a Marquis, but at least a Grand Duke.

If Lordaeron doesn't agree, then Lordaeron will never get Stromgarde.

Queen Kalia then held a meeting of the highest level of Lordaeron in the King's Hall to discuss the matter.

Many nobles objected, and every nobleman wanted a share of the pie, and believed that Stromgarde should be divided and managed: Marquis Nicholas could serve as the highest consul of Stromgarde, but he absolutely could not have such a large and unprecedented fiefdom.The Arathi Heights should be divided into several parts and entrusted to other meritorious people.

But no matter how strong the opposition is, it is useless, because there are not many old nobles in Lordaeron now. Those old nobles have now gone to the southern Westfall and become people from Stormwind City. Even if they want to come back now, Kaka Queen Leia would not agree, and King Varian would not agree.

In the end, with the support of Regent Uther and Marquis Lawrence, Queen Kalia issued an order to confer Jiang Jie as the Grand Duke of Stromgarde and the entire Arathi Highlands.

Jiang Jie became the largest nobleman in the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron, and even the largest nobleman in the entire Eastern Continent. The total area of ​​the fief was even comparable to that of the former Barov family, and his status instantly surpassed the Marquis of Lawrence, almost equal to the regent Uther. You are equal, Her Majesty's grace is eye-catching.

Everyone knows that Nicholas Jiang's rise has become unstoppable, and Stromgarde has even become an independent vassal state, a duchy managed by the Grand Duke.This is Lordaeron's compromise to King Solas, and to all the people of Stromgarde:
This is the last dignity of Stromgarde and the Trollbane family, even if only King Solas and Danas Trollbane's great contributions to the alliance are considered, Lordaeron must do the same.

And Jiang Jie is the biggest beneficiary.

Three days later, another exciting news came:

Duke Jorachi, the Gnome Archmage and others personally kicked the Dreadlord "Varimathras" back into the Twisting Nether.

No one knows how the League of Assassins did it. A few people started to be amazed by the terrorist forces of the League of Assassins, but most people didn't know what the "League of Assassins" was at all, because the banner played by Duke Jorazzi was Lavin Howard Manor and the Ravenholdt family.

This is a strategy and a compromise.

It is impossible for Lordaeron to canonize a leader of the dark world, but if the canonization object is a family patriarch who is supported by many nobles, then it is acceptable.

Although the neutral status of the Assassin Alliance will not be changed because of this, but the leader of the Assassin Alliance is the Duke of Lordaeron, so it will definitely benefit from it, and Lordaeron will also benefit from it. This is a win-win situation.

Although the truly powerful people know what's going on, being a bitch and setting up a memorial archway is nothing more than that, but who dares to say it?
This is politics.

After Varimathras' death, hundreds of members of the League of Assassins shot at the same time, and the Alterac Mountains were strewn with bones. The blood of three thousand Syndicate members stained the Snowy Mountains red.

Afterwards, the assassin disappeared, and the great knight "Baron Maxwell" personally led five thousand members of the Knights of the Silver Hand to attack the Alterac Mountains in an all-round way, wipe out the remaining diehards, and eliminate the mountain yeti.

Maybe it won't be long before the looted food will return to Lordaeron's hands, and then the entire Alterac Mountains will truly become Lordaeron's territory.

Perhaps in a few months, all the land south of Ghostlands and north of Thaddor Bridge, except for the Hinterlands, Gilneas, and Kul Tiras, will belong to Lordaeron.

And the Duke of Jorazzi Ravenholdt, who has made great contributions, will also be officially canonized as a Duke, with a large fiefdom.

The strange thing is that, unlike the time when Jiang Jie was conferred, this time the Regent of Uther and the Marquis of Lawrence strongly demanded to reduce the fiefdom as much as possible. Tarren Mill, which has 5 people, must not be conferred on a leader from the Assassin Alliance, but Most of the nobles strongly advocated the merits of the Duke of Cholazy and demanded that the fief be expanded, and Tarren Mill must be among them.

The influence and control of the League of Assassins is palpitating.

This will be a long wrangling, and Jiang Jie doesn't care about the final result.

On the afternoon of Detherok's death, after declaring his allegiance to the new owner of Stromgarde, the Arathor cavalry troop galloped back to the Valley of Refuge, continuing to maintain the security there and resist the attack of the orcs.

On the third day, the Fenris People's Army finally came to Stromgarde and served as the personal guard of Grand Duke Nicholas, responsible for the security of the palace and the entire Stromgarde.

After seeing the chaos in Stromgarden, the Stonefist Ogre launched a large-scale attack, but by this time the Fenris People's Army had arrived, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Everyone in the entire Stromgarde saw the powerful fighting power of the Fenris People's Army, and also saw the terrifying power of Night Dire and Shadow Phoenix.

Any member of the Fenrisian People's Army can confront and kill an ogre head-on, while a small squad of Stromgarde guards cannot;
The Nightmare and Shadow Phoenix flying in the sky easily killed the few stone fist spellcasters, which directly led to the defeat of the stone fist ogre.

In less than half an hour, the Stonefist Ogre left more than 100 corpses and fled. Afterwards, Nightmare and Shadow Phoenix chased them out, and Jiang Jie also led the Fenris People's Army to attack.

Not long after, the good news came:

The Stonefist outpost was breached, and the base camp of the Stonefist Ogre was breached. Only a small number of ogres escaped. The Fenris People's Army is chasing them with all their strength. The threat of the ogre is basically eliminated!
When they learned that these people were warriors and apprentices of Grand Duke Nicholas, at least 3000 people flocked to the Palace Square, demanding that they learn from Grand Duke Nicholas and join the Fenris People's Army.

Jiang Jie immediately stated that the Fenris People's Army will expand its recruitment in the near future, but he himself will not accept disciples casually. The newly recruited people can worship Darian, Sven and others as teachers... This is a matter of the future, and it is still a matter of no.

On the fifth day, three hundred earthlings finally arrived at Stromgarde, led by Blank Blackheart, and immediately assigned 200 people to build the collapsed city wall, and another 100 people to build the mausoleum.

During this period of time, there were many robberies and murders due to the confusion of people's hearts. However, with the arrival of the Fenris People's Army and the earth spirits, and the defeat of the Stonefist Ogre, the situation gradually stabilized, and everything is improving. direction development.

However, on the seventh day, a war horse dragged a seriously wounded and dying Arathor cavalryman, broke into Stromgarde, and broke into the palace.

After reporting a crucial news, he died.

"The Grand Lich Kel'Thuzad and the War Chief Orgrim Doomhammer led a massive invasion of the orc undead in Hammerfell, and the Valley of Refuge has fallen!"

(End of this chapter)