How does a general maintain his power and influence? By fostering internal strife to emphasize his importance. How does a major power maintain its advantage over its neighbors? By creating localized conflicts.
How do you create localized conflicts? Besides sowing discord, are there other methods? Yes, by selling them weapons, the kind with guaranteed quality.
Does Galen have weapons?
Have you forgotten the plain, outdated equipment initially replaced in Galen's warehouses? And the thousands of sets of armor and weapons with one attack and one defense, piled up like mountains? And the tens of thousands of sets of steel armor and swords with two attack and two defense, replaced just a month ago? Galen still has all of these.
To replace these outdated weapons and equipment, equipping the entire army with the latest weapons and armor with three attack and three defense, Galen tearfully placed an order at the blacksmith shop for over forty thousand sets of precious metal weapons and armor, said to be fused with mithril.
The population and territory of the Bristleback tribe are less than half of the Rozarmane tribe. To be honest, if Galen were the chieftain of the Bristleback tribe, he would probably have sleepless nights, constantly worried, with a strong enemy watching them closely, the pressure to survive would be immense.
Let's start by selling a thousand sets of plain equipment to the Bristleback quilboars, letting them taste the sweetness first, and at the same time announcing the grand opening of Galeport, the commercial city of the Barrens!
Experience from his previous life told Galen that arms dealing was a shortcut to wealth.
Otherwise, what's the point of building so many blacksmith shops in Trollbane Harbor? They are all golden egg-laying hens.
Now that he has decided to promote James, why not give him an important task?
Gandalf cast a long-lasting spell on James: Universal Language. Then he gave him a Scroll of Recall for life-saving purposes and sent him to the territory of the Bristleback quilboars as an envoy.
Galen didn't know if James was cursing him internally, nor did he consider whether a secret agent of the Dark Division could do business. Anyway, the opportunity for promotion has been given to you, now please start your performance!
At this moment, Galen was already walking on the road to Mulgore. Only he was walking alone in the Barrens. Gandalf did not follow. He was arranged by Galen to guard the port town. If he needed anything, the Archmage could teleport over at any time.
Moreover, with Galen's ninth level strength, there are not many people who can pose a life-threatening threat to him, and in the Barrens, it may only be that female quilboar hiding in Razorfen.
Reddish-yellow grassland, red rocky mountains, and prairie lions galloping on the vast grassland, and striders scattering and fleeing, such a familiar scene, just pulling them from the memory of the screen to the front.
After departing from Galen Harbor, Galen headed west all the way until the mountains blocked the road, and then south all the way.
He remembered that Mulgore was surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only one entrance and exit connected to the outside world, located in the middle of the western part of the Barrens. Starting from Galen Harbor, heading southwest should be no problem.
Riding the Albino Raptor across the grassland caused a series of chain reactions. Galen even brazenly crossed the territory of the Bristleback quilboars. The enraged quilboars said that they had never seen such an arrogant person in their lives, and chased after him with weapons.
Unfortunately, they couldn't outrun the Albino Raptor, the Ferrari of mounts. Galen left them behind, eating dust.
Galen remembered that the territory of the Bristleback quilboars was near the entrance to Mulgore. In later generations, a tauren camp was built at the entrance, Camp Taurajo, guarded by a tauren named Taurajo.
This is a one-line canyon. As long as you pass through this canyon, you will arrive at Mulgore. To be honest, Mulgore is really a good place. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, rich in products, and not afraid of being besieged. It is not a problem to support millions of people here.
How to describe this land?
A place for the rise of a king!
There is fertile soil if you want fertile soil, and mineral deposits if you want mineral deposits. Although the transportation may not be so convenient, as long as you guard the entrance and build a few more roads inside, it is not a problem at all.
What if you don't want to leave it to the tauren? This place with mountains, protection, a large lake, a water source, and fertile grasslands, very suitable for developing animal husbandry, rich in iron and tin resources, a proper place for a kingdom to rise.
If Galen had crossed over to Mulgore in the first place, would he have worked so hard to open so many branch factories?
Just close the gate of Mulgore, occupy this land and not lose it, and you can settle a million people no matter what.
Forget it, forget it, my foundation has been laid, and it is quite cost-effective to exchange a piece of land for a loyal ally, and there are large tracts of unclaimed land in southern Kalimdor, and occupying a few more pieces can be worth Mulgore.
After entering Mulgore, Galen put the Albino Raptor into the mount contract prepared for him by Gandalf, and then re-summoned a flying mount: a Dreadbat.
To be honest, the Dreadbat doesn't look as majestic and domineering as a gryphon. It's a pity that the gryphon nests are now fully training gryphon knights, and there is no time to cultivate a gryphon mount for Galen, so the Dreadbat will have to do for now.
Drop a magical creation at the location of future Thunder Bluff: an Ivory Tower. After landing, the Ivory Tower will automatically assemble into a outpost.
First occupy the land and declare sovereignty.
Then Galen flew north all the way, preparing to cross the mountains and go to Stonetalon Mountains to find the tauren who came out of Desolace.
Stonetalon Mountains is the largest mountain range in southern Kalimdor, and its vastness is second only to Mount Hyjal in the north of the Western Continent. This area is surrounded by mountains, forming a series of wide valleys, and the valleys are connected by paths, and the route of the paths is in the shape of the character T. The eastern exit is in the northeast of the Barrens, and the southern exit is the entrance to Desolace.
In the original timeline, a very important thing happened in Stonetalon Mountains. Under the guidance of the prophet Medivh, Jaina and Thrall had a historic meeting here. In the end, they formed an alliance. The union of Orgrimmar and Theramore, the human and orc allied forces jointly helped the night elves resist Archimonde of the Burning Legion.
Because of the one-way passage of Stonetalon Pass, it facilitated Galen's search. Carelessly, Galen broke into the territory of a harpy. Galen quickly put an Invincible on himself and the Dreadbat. Galen didn't want to change to a new flying mount for the time being, otherwise this bat would probably be dismembered by the harpy witches.
Finally, after arriving at the fork in the path, Galen discovered traces of the tauren.
In the territory of the Bristleback quilboars, James, wearing gray-black tight-fitting leather armor, walked into the chieftain's house on the cliff wall with a calm expression on the surface, but extremely nervous inside.
"Respected Chieftain of the Bristleback, do you want to defeat the Steelmane quilboar tribe? I have a good deal I want to discuss with you, provided you can afford the price!"