Prior laughed loudly, greatly weakening the scream. Thornback's mocking tone was condescending and arrogant, so Chief Thornback coughed dryly, but he heard Prior was still laughing. He felt very embarrassed.
, and felt shameless, so he snorted softly, turned around and walked away.
Seeing a few wild boars walking away, Prell softly exclaimed: "A bunch of sand sculptures!" In the days before the battle, he led his soldiers to dig trenches while secretly observing the soldiers' behavior.
reaction.
Although the kobold soldiers showed a complex attitude of excitement, fanaticism and fear in the face of the upcoming war, thanks to the obedience and discipline in the nature of the kobolds and the consistent teachings of the tauren instructors, at least they
Didn't show too much laxity or panic.
The fear of war did not appear, which made Prell very satisfied. After all, he was a new recruit, and his requirements were not high. And from the beginning, he did not expect the kobold soldiers to show such strong combat effectiveness.
Protection is his first requirement. Having experienced this battle and gaining enough war experience is what Prell values more.
For this war with the centaurs, the forests of the Sweetwater Oasis were destroyed, and the Thornback Boarmen sent a large number of men to cut down the trees and make a batch of crude throwing spears.
Compared with centaurs, both wild boars and harpies lack sufficient long-range attack methods. Although both sides have spellcasters, the casters also need protection, and the casting distance of the spellcasters on both sides is also limited and is restricted by physical strength.
And mana, on such a large battlefield, the caster provides more of an auxiliary and gain, rather than the main output.
Due to the physical reasons of the race, the harpies almost do not use crossbows, but use throwing spears. The same goes for the quilboars. They prefer crossbows instead of bows. After all, there is no compound bow in the world of Azeroth. If you want to have enough
To achieve a certain range, the bow must be lengthened, and the quilboar's technology in making crossbows is obviously far inferior to that of the centaur.
Then the only ones who can compete with the centaur archers are the tauren, but Screaming Thorns does not dare to ask too many tauren troops to join the battle, fearing that the tauren will turn out to be the main force. This complicated mentality has caused the coalition forces to change from one to the other.
There is a lack of long-range attacks from the beginning.
Prell ignored this. While leading the kobold soldiers to dig trenches, he also used the forge provided by the tauren to continue making bullets using the materials brought by Snu and Belga according to his requirements.
and explosives.
In contrast, although the Tauren only have 2,000 troops, their war facilities are the most complete. They have a complete range of arms, except for cavalry, and various logistics facilities. This time, Screaming Thorns was jealous, and even
I think the tauren sent 2,000 people, which is too much.
The wars of the indigenous races are still a bit primitive and rough. The wild boars attach the most importance to logistics. Even logistics only includes the transportation and supply of food and necessary weapons, treatment of the wounded, repair of weapons, and material maintenance. They have no such concept and
experience.
In short, on the fifth day after the coalition forces reached the edge of the western hills of the Backwater Oasis, the centaurs, who could no longer bear it, finally launched an active attack.
For the Kokar clan, the indigenous coalition forces are stationed to the west of the backwater oasis. Even if the coalition forces are wasted without attacking, they will not be able to hold on in the end. In order to cope with the coalition's attack, the Kokar clan has dispersed all the herdsmen tribes scattered outside.
I moved back and prepared to defend the oasis.
However, defending is not an option. Even if the rainy season has just passed, the centaurs have not prepared enough food reserves for the following dry season. Their activities are limited to the backwater oasis, while other indigenous coalition forces and their clan people are
You can continue to hunt, gather, and fish.
Khan Dezpar was far away in the Barrens, so the leadership of the Ko'kar clan that remained in the Barrens fell to Elwyn Cordobane.
In the past four days, the centaurs and the indigenous coalition forces have continuously sent scouts to each other, and dozens of small-scale battles have been carried out in this vast but crowded land. Generally speaking, the centaurs have the advantage.
Therefore, Erwin Cordobane has obtained everything he can know about the indigenous coalition. In fact, the tauren have raptor druids. In terms of intelligence and reconnaissance alone, they are far more powerful than the centaurs. It's a pity that Screaming.
Thornmane didn't know much about Druid, and Cairne Bloodhoof was unwilling to introduce him too much, so the reconnaissance battle between the two sides still took place on the ground.
On the opposite side of the indigenous coalition, there were tauren, wild boars and harpies. Erwin Cordobane was not surprised at all. After all, after the centaurs came to the Barrens, they arrogantly attacked all the indigenous races that they could offend.
Offended.
The only thing that made him curious was that there were kobolds in the indigenous coalition! Erwin Cordobane had never seen a kobold, but he had heard about this race from well-informed goblin traders.
They are a timid rat-like race that only knows how to mine.
Although he didn't know why the kobolds appeared here, after taking into account the alliance defense line layout detected by the scouts, Erwin Cordobane immediately selected the kobold garrison's defense line as the first breakthrough point.
He is familiar with the wild boars and knows that this race is tough, tough and tenacious. He also knows that the tauren are also tough and have fighting power. As for the harpies, although they are a ragtag group, when it comes to escaping, they are completely comparable to the centaurs.
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The more familiar you are, the harder it is to start, because not only are centaurs familiar with other races, but other races are also familiar with centaurs. Therefore, with conventional tactics, everyone has their own methods, and the winner cannot be determined in a short period of time. The only thing left is
It's wasted.
If the goblin merchants are not lying, then the kobolds who are small in size, weak in combat power, and timid in character are the best targets.
In the early morning of the fifth day, the centaurs blew the horns made of thunder lizard horns, and the sound was sharp, resounding throughout the hills. The quilboars beat the war drums made of kodo hides, and the sound was loud.
Dull. The tauren and harpies also blew their horns.
Prell and Rexxar stood on the watchtower, which was temporarily built by tauren craftsmen supported by Cairn Bloodhoof and according to Prell's request, so that he could climb up and look far away, observe the battle situation and command.
The formation formed by Screaming and Thornmane is a half circle, but in the past few days, Prell has led the kobold soldiers to set up trenches, allowing the far left wing to protrude out. The formation is not such a complete arc, it is more
Shao Rang, who once inspected the position, was a little dissatisfied with Screaming and Thornmane, feeling that the kobolds destroyed the beauty of war.
The trenches dug by the kobolds are a bit like the word "field", with three horizontal trenches and several small trenches connected to each other. On both sides of the trench, especially the outermost layer, there are dismantled carriages.
The carriage was blocked.
Previously, Prell built a total of one hundred exquisite handmade muskets (improved models). This time, Prell brought out all the one hundred kobold musketeers and distributed them in the first trench.
For this reason, he also took the time to make a batch of bullets and explosives in the past few days. Next to the musketeers were 50 selected kobold grenadiers and two hundred hammer shield soldiers.
Rexxar did not go to the front line in person. Like Prell, he gave the command of the front line to the tauren instructors and gave them enough trust.
Unlike the indigenous coalition, the Centaur did not form a corresponding linear front. Only a few small groups of Centaur soldiers appeared on the top of the hillside of the distant hills. Behind them, hundreds of large and small flags fluttered in the wind.
Although this was not the first time he participated in a battle of similar scale, Prell was still a little nervous. His hand unconsciously grasped the sword tightly, and his expression was very serious. Lexa also looked a little nervous, but with
Prell was different. He was more worried about the performance of the kobold soldiers.
What can be done and what needs to be done has been done. In such a battle involving tens of thousands of people, it ultimately depends on the performance of ordinary soldiers.
The camp and front of the indigenous coalition did not stupidly face directly to the east, but tilted slightly from southwest to northeast. The kobold army was in the southwest, so that they did not have to face the rays of the rising sun, but no matter how they chose, they would
Attacking from west to east cannot avoid being affected by the sun.
In this regard, the centaurs are obviously more cunning and experienced. The flags of the two opposing sides are flying. The wild boar officers have already guarded their respective leaders and began to lecture in front of the formation, trying to use words to stimulate the morale of the soldiers, but the centaur formation
It was always very quiet in front of me.
From the beginning, Screaming Thornmane planned to defend and counterattack. The chief of the Thornback Clan had not been dazzled by the so-called "alliance leader" status. He knew that even if the indigenous coalition had a slight advantage in strength, it would not be able to compete with half of them.
When people and horses are fighting, the front must be stabilized.
The best way to stabilize the front is to wait for the centaurs to attack. Unfortunately, after the wild boar leaders finished their lecture, there was still no movement from the centaurs.
The battlefield suddenly fell into dead silence. The soldiers sent by both sides were all professional soldiers, or the elites of their own tribes. They still had the most basic war discipline.
Prell looked at the eastern sky, squinted his eyes and said to Lexa: "The centaurs are really cunning, they have used all the war factors they can exploit!"
Rexxar also squinted his eyes and kept nodding. As the sun gradually rose into the sky, just when the quilboar army became impatient and the kobold army even made a slight commotion, the centaur army finally moved.
A group of centaur soldiers first rushed down the hill, and then more and more soldiers rushed out from behind the hill. Although they were far away, Prell could still hear the sound of tens of thousands of horse hooves hitting the ground as thousands of people ran.
The sound, just in terms of the momentum of the charge, can be said to be quite shocking and intimidating.
After rushing close to the range of the bow and arrow, the centaurs suddenly dispersed to both sides. At the edge of the distance, they drew their bows and shot arrows, running back and forth, but never made any further progress.
Naturally, their main attack was on the central position where the quilboars of the Thornback clan were located. The quilboars had already been prepared for this. Countless wooden shields were raised above their heads, so the sound of arrows hitting the leather covered with wooden shields was like raindrops.
Generally it spreads wildly around.
The kobold's position was in the southwest, and it was in a remote location. Lexa put up a pergola and looked at it for a long time, and sighed: "The centaur's grasp of the range of the bow and crossbow alone is not as good as our orc army!"
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During the interval of the first wave of arrow rain, the wild boar men's counterattack also began. Thousands of crossbows were raised, and only a small half of the arrows hit the centaurs running back and forth. Prell squinted his eyes and shook his head.
Needless to say, the quilboar's short bow is not as good as the centaur's homemade horn bow. That is to say, the strong crossbow is barely usable, but the range of the crossbow is slightly inferior to the horn bow. This causes the quilboar's crossbow to counterattack, and the results obtained are not as good.
Not big.
The Centaurs did not send more troops. They only sent about two to three thousand people to constantly harass the Thornback clan's military formation in an attempt to pull back the formation of the Chinese army, but they suffered a loss.
He would not be fooled, so the scene slowly turned into a unilateral fire suppression by the Centaur.
The indigenous races lack cavalry. Prell once heard Amedeo say that the Steelmane clan also tried to train wild boars before and planned to build a wild boar cavalry, but in the end it failed to take shape. The reason is very simple. The short-distance sprint of wild boars is limited.
It was insufficient for long-distance raids, and in short it was useless, so in the end this unit with racial characteristics was abandoned.
In terms of mobility, the only one available among the indigenous coalition forces is the harpy. The harpy can fly quickly at low altitude, but the problem is that they do not have powerful medium and long-range attack methods. They only rely on throwing guns, and they must get close to the target to have a greater impact.
Great hit rate.
Moreover, the harpy flying in mid-air has become the best target for the centaur who is good at shooting. Previously, the Witchwing clan attacked the Apalaye camp and was defeated by the tauren who also had good shooting skills.
The lack of cavalry and the lack of crossbows are shortcomings common to almost all indigenous races, but their opponents, the centaurs, are the best light cavalry and horse archers in the world of Azeroth, not even one.