On the Horde side, Orgrim was also very troubled.
Because a very important fulcrum in his plan could not be opened up for a long time.
The fulcrum is Garona, a female half-orc who was caught by Orgrim unexpectedly. She is more resilient than Orgrim expected. Perhaps it is related to Garona's life as a slave since childhood, Garona has an unimaginable endurance for pain.
The straightforward orcs are not good at torture, and all their torture methods are still based on the simplest violence.
If Orgrim wanted to get the location of the Shadow Council from Garona, he couldn't really kill her. Unfortunately, Garona was not only incredibly tough, but also seemed to have a mysterious power in her body. Once Garona's vitality dropped to a certain level, it would wrap Garona up completely, even if Orgrim used the Doomhammer to hit her.
When the mysterious half-orc's vitality and physical strength recovered to a certain level, Garona became a captive at the mercy of others again.
This situation drove Orgrim crazy.
He was indeed eager to overthrow the damn Warchief Blackhand to avenge his friend Durotan, but unfortunately, he couldn't catch the Shadow Council and Gul'dan. Even if he defeated the Warchief, it would still be a typical temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
Once the Shadow Council, hiding in the dark like a poisonous snake, launches its attack, the mysterious and strange power of the curse will make Orgrim's scalp tingle just thinking about it.
The only good news is that humans are beginning to be unable to hold on. Every day, more than one wave of orc commandos breaks through the moat, and even crosses the city wall. If humans had not formed a very elite emergency force to suppress the orcs' attacks with counter-charges and a large number of long-range attacks, the city might have been broken.
Orgrim was still struggling. Stormwind was the first large alien kingdom he encountered after crossing the portal, and it would be a great honor to capture its capital. If this honor was accomplished by the current warchief Blackhand, then even if Orgrim succeeded in the challenge, most of the orcs in the Horde would still remember the kindness of the former warchief.
Even if he came to power and achieved even more glorious victories in the future, the simple-minded orcs would still think that he was merely stealing Blackhand's achievements and following the winning streak set by Blackhand.
There are so many things to do, it makes me angry just thinking about it.
As the chief of the "later generations", besides his extremely strong personal combat power, Orgrim's greatest feature is his brain. He is a rare chief among the orcs, who is far-sighted and cold-blooded to the point of being utilitarian.
When he is not absolutely sure that he can control everything, he will choose to be patient.
However, on the twenty-fifth day of the siege, Orgrim sensitively realized that the human fighting power had finally reached a critical point.
"You said that there will be no more than 100,000 humans in Stormwind?" Orgrim had a complicated reaction to the scout's report.
"Yes, when the wind and waves are calm, humans can evacuate about 10,000 people a day. But there were a few days of strong winds and heavy rains a while ago, and the human retreat work has almost come to a standstill." The scout captain reported.
Orgrim felt pain. If the humans didn't have so many tricks and only relied on that low wall, the Horde could have broken into the city in two or three days. At that time, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians would have been captured, instead of the current less than 100,000. the Horde would not have to fill the lives of more than 20,000 warriors and 70,000 to 80,000 orc laborers during this period.
Thinking of this, Orgrim felt extremely depressed.
The humans had gone from being powerless to being able to attack and defend in a methodical way, causing the Horde's losses to continue to increase. Although the simple-minded people in the Horde still believed that humans were worthless, Orgrim knew very well that if too many humans were allowed to escape, the Horde would have to pay more than double the price for exterminating them in the future.
Can't wait any longer!
No matter how much it costs, they must destroy this rear guard unit here. If they cannot truly destroy the human force, this war-torn unit will become the biggest trouble for the Horde in the future.
Thinking of this, Orgrim no longer hesitated. He wanted to give advice to the chieftain and launch a general attack tonight.
Meanwhile, in Stormwind Keep.
The people who hold the fate of Stormwind in their hands gathered together.
Duke said softly, "The Horde's general attack will be tonight."
Llane looked up suddenly: "Are you sure?"
"I deliberately let go of the scouts of the Horde who passed through my defense lines to observe Stormwind Harbor." Duke's understated words gave people a strong feeling that everything was under Duke's control.
Lothar took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, the last fifty thousand men are the minimum number of troops needed to defend the walls of Stormwind."
Bolvar suddenly raised his head, looked at Duke, and then looked at Llane: "Your Majesty, I still strongly suggest that you follow the last batch of ships to evacuate this evening! You are the king of Stormwind Kingdom, you..."
"Enough! Bolvar!" King Llane suddenly shouted at the loyal Bolvar: "Since Duke said that he is sure to send us away at the last moment, then why should we hesitate! I can't accept that I will abandon my people who trust me and run away like a coward! If you want to ensure that Stormwind Kingdom has a king, Varian has been sent to Southshore."
These words were very harsh and hurtful. Bolvar had almost risked his life to give advice, and his words were undoubtedly a vote of no confidence in Duke, who was reluctant to put forward a final plan.
"Sorry, Duke, Bolvar just..." Llane scolded Bolvar and immediately turned to apologize to Duke.
"No, this is my problem. I shouldn't have used Your Majesty as part of my plan."
"No - Duke, you are right! You have fully explained to me the risks I will encounter. The worst that can happen is that I, the king of a lost country, will die as a martyr for my country. No, I should say that if this plan fails, I would rather die as a martyr for my country. I really don't have the face to beg for charity from those guys like a stray dog."
Llane suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Bolvar and several other most loyal ministers. Everyone saw the determination to die in Llane's eyes.
Wise and great, this has always been Llane's label.
But few people thought that Llane would rather die than surrender and be so stubborn.
Perhaps many people would think that losing to the powerful orcs is not such a shameful thing, but they ignore the feelings of a king who is determined to achieve great achievements but has to give up his capital and the thousand-year foundation of his ancestors.
Duke also lamented that in "history", it was because Llane was assassinated and Stormwind fell that Lothar was forced to go into exile with the little prince Varian.
Now "history" has changed slightly, but the strength of the orcs remains unchanged. If it weren't for Duke, Llane might still die here.
"Well, as long as you listen to me, I can guarantee that even if Stormwind City falls, we can still bite off a piece of meat from those green monsters."