Thanks to the intelligence provided by Jaina and the aerial reconnaissance advantage of the Raptor Druid, the Horde had a good understanding of Daelin Proudmoore's combat style and made corresponding countermeasures based on his command style.
In the defensive formation put up by the tribe, the kobold musketeers were distributed in an arc-shaped trench that had been dug, including archers, crossbowmen, harpooneers, etc. of all races.
Therefore, the first round of mutual attacks between the two sides was between the Horde's long-range shooters and the Kul Tiran crossbowmen. However, the Horde had formulated a battle plan to lure the enemy deeper, so its troops were far inferior to the Admiral's side, and the long-range attacks were very fast.
was suppressed.
Therefore, Thrall sent Brox Saurfang and led a group of orc warriors to rush out to meet the enemy, while Grom Hellscream led the wolf cavalry to outflank them.
Daelin Proudmoore also immediately sent out a human cavalry team. In fact, it is unwise to attack the crossbow phalanx with cavalry, but since you want to lure the enemy, you have to act like it, otherwise you will not be able to deceive Daelin Proudmoore.
Moore.
The wolf cavalry and the human cavalry soon met on the flank of the battlefield. At first, the wolf cavalry were very restrained, constantly advancing and retreating, trying to find opportunities to break in, but as the human cavalry continued to press in, Grom Hellscream came again.
He couldn't help but took the lead and rushed forward.
As a result, the two cavalry, which were not very large in number, collided together, and the shooting of the Kul Tiran crossbowmen in the center also slowed down a lot, because the orc infantry led by Brox Saurfang had already
Coming closer.
The crossbowmen who were close to the two cavalry groups began to slowly assemble under the command of the commander, faintly surrounding the two melee cavalry groups.
This is why Prell, who was watching from a distance, shook his head helplessly. Since he chose to lure the enemy deeper, as a bait, the tribe must also send out leaders of sufficient weight to lead the team.
If Wo'jin and Prell lead the team to fight, there is no need to think too much. Prell feels that with Daelin Proudmoore's IQ, he can definitely tell that there must be something fishy.
Therefore, the only ones who came to meet the enemy were orcs and tauren, and they had to fight hard. Finally, they showed that they could not resist and retreated, attracting the admiral into the ambush circle.
But now looking at Grom Hellscream's performance, he has obviously forgotten his mission of luring the enemy, and even completely ignored the surrounding situation on the battlefield, only caring about himself fighting happily.
Just like now, the original mission of the wolf cavalry was to contain and harass, but he was forced to fight against the human cavalry, and was about to be surrounded by the human army.
On the contrary, Brox Saurfang performed even better on the frontal battlefield. The orc invasion wars were launched twice. If counted, the actual large-scale war only lasted about two or three years.
But in the past two or three years of war, the orcs have penetrated almost the entire Eastern Kingdom from south to north. Humans and dwarves are almost unable to stop them. This is due to the orcs' strong individual combat effectiveness and flexible small group coordination tactics.
Now, the hundreds of orcs led by Brox Saurfang to face the enemy have fully demonstrated their dominance in the war.
During the Battle of Mount Hyjal, the enemies we faced were undead and demons after all. It was an unconventional war, and it did not fully reflect the tactics and combat effectiveness of the orcs. Instead, the goblins and the Kingdom of Thresh performed more brilliantly.
Behind Brox Saurfang were followed the orc warriors who seemed to be running around in a chaotic manner. There seemed to be no formation at all. Of course, facing the human crossbow phalanx, the denser the formation, the greater the casualties.
While the orcs were running fast, they gradually divided into small formations of three to five people. Two warriors holding shields and axes on both sides were guarding a leading soldier in heavy armor in the middle. Behind them
, followed by two warriors covered with small hand axes.
The leading heavy-armored warriors continued to charge, and the shield-holding warriors on both sides kept pushing the rushing human soldiers to one side. The warriors behind threw small axes. Once a small gap was broken through, they immediately stabilized the gap and continued to attack.
expand.
If we count them all, Thrall's current orc warriors are almost all veterans who have experienced the second orc invasion war. They have been able to survive more than ten years of human encirclement and suppression. Their combat experience is extremely rich.
, and his life-saving skills are also top-notch.
Countless such squads are not fighting independently. Once they open a gap in the human legion, other nearby squads will immediately rush over to form a larger group, and then continue to rush to both sides.
In this way, under the leadership of Brox Saurfang, hundreds of orc warriors actually forced the human legion to retreat continuously.
Brox Saurfang is obviously smarter than Grom Hellscream. He knows that the orcs seem to have the upper hand now, but that is because there is another human cavalry that has not been sent out. Once the cavalry is dispatched,
They charged and approached, and his infantry faced the human cavalry and crossbowmen and had to retreat and flee.
Since Brox Saurfang's orc warriors were already fighting with the human shield soldiers and spear soldiers, in order not to accidentally kill their teammates, the human crossbowmen turned to one side to surround and kill the wolf cavalry, and the rest
The crossbowmen still suppressed the tribe's position.
Then Prell saw that Daelin Proudmoore sent out another group of cavalry under him and slowly started running, knowing that this was the time for the Horde to retreat.
Thrall also saw it, so he ordered his men to blow the retreat horn. Brox Saurfang immediately led the soldiers to retreat. On the contrary, the more flexible Wolf Cavalry retreated later.
Seeing that nearly half of the wolf cavalry had been lost, Thrall hesitated to speak. He sighed helplessly. Grom Hellscream didn't seem to realize it yet, and said angrily: "If it weren't for those crossbowmen, the human cavalry would
They are no match for us at all!”
He had obviously forgotten the task of pretending to lure the enemy, or deliberately ignored it. The retreat of the Horde army made Daelin Proudmoore slightly slow to react for a moment, and then he immediately pressed forward with his army.
After escaping from Durnholde Castle and going to the Frostwolf Clan, Thrall led the Frostwolf Clan to launch a small-scale battle to liberate the orcs in the early days. At that time, he also used the tactic of showing weakness to lure the enemy, but then
As more and more orcs were liberated, and more and more orc clans took refuge, Thrall's military command style had to move closer to the orcs.
So after seeing Daelin Proudmoore's troops pressing forward, he immediately commanded the tribe's troops to slowly withdraw from their position, and then fled quickly, while he himself led a group of wolf cavalry to press back.
Daelin Proudmoore laughed disdainfully. He had seen too many small tactics of luring enemies, but he never thought that the orcs, who were always wild and only knew how to charge forward, would actually do it. In his eyes,
, tauren, kobolds, trolls, jackals and orcs are the same, they are just a group of beasts.
In Prell's plan, if he wanted to lure the admiral into the ambush circle at Razor Ridge, a simple retreat might not be effective, so his mission was to launch an attack on the human army while the tribal army was retreating.
Between Razor Hill and Tiragarde Castle are mostly hilly slopes that are only about ten meters tall. Seeing the tribal army rushing towards the hills in a chaotic manner, the human army did not speed up the pursuit, but slowed down.
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Sure enough, as soon as they approached a hill, a group of kobold musketeers, grenadiers, gnoll crossbowmen, orcs and tauren archers, and troll harpooneers appeared and attacked them head-on.
Daelin Proudmoore laughed heartily and said to his adjutant: "You see, this is the tactic of those beasts. Do you think you can defeat us by ambushing us? It's really the thinking of beasts!"
The retreating tribal troops also joined the counterattack array. The battle lasted for about half an hour. Facing the attack of the human crossbowmen who had an absolute numerical advantage, the tribe once again retreated in embarrassment.
The admiral thought he had seen through the tribe's tactical arrangements, and he continued to press forward with confidence and boldness. Even if there was an ambush on the tribe's side, it didn't matter. Now he had an absolute advantage in long-range attack methods.
And judging from the performance of the tribe's spellcasters on the battlefield, the level of the tribe's mages is far inferior to that of humans. This is an indisputable fact. The tribe does not even need to show weakness at all.
At the entrance to Razor Hill, there was another fierce battle between the tribe and the humans. This time, the tribe had more troops participating in the battle, which made Daelin Proudmoore even more certain that the tribe had been forced into a difficult situation.
In fact, he did not choose to launch a war against the tribe without thinking. After coming to Theramore, he also sent a large number of scouts and gained a basic understanding of the tribe through various channels.
The orcs had just built Orgrimmar, which was a camp with only city walls and full of tents. It was said that the city was praising the orcs, which meant that the tribe, including the orcs, was not very powerful.
After a fierce battle at the entrance to Razor Hill, the tribe was repulsed again and began to flee northward along the valley in panic. "They cannot be allowed to return to Orgrimmar alive!" Daelin Proudmoore immediately ordered.
He knew that the city of Orgrimmar built by the orcs was a stronghold that relied on a huge valley and had built a huge wall. Unless he dismantled all the artillery on the battleship and transported it, it would be difficult to build it in a short time.
The new orc city was captured within a short period of time.
Razor Ridge is a stronghold composed of many hills and valleys. The orcs' newly built observation towers, tents, and even some houses were occupied and destroyed by the incoming human army, and then they continued to pursue along the valley.
At the top of a valley, Thrall jumped off the back of the warg Snow Song: "What's the situation?" Prell had already led the team to evacuate. He shook his telescope: "The human frontline army has entered the blasting zone.
Within the range, we can wait a little longer."
Yes, Prell's original plan was to introduce the human army into this wide valley, and then detonate the already laid goblin engineer mines and the powder barrels of Thresh Kingdom.
The reason why he did not choose a relatively narrow valley was because he was worried that Daelin Proudmoore would become wary. Thrall sighed softly. He had accepted the orthodox military education of humans. From his human thinking, Pred
This is a pretty good strategy.
After all, he is an enemy. As long as he can destroy the opponent, he can use any vicious strategies and methods. But from his orc thinking, Thrall feels that war is about defeating the opponent in an upright manner on the frontal battlefield, and any means other than fighting can be used.
, even a sneak attack is disgraceful and immoral.
Prell didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, but even if he knew, he would probably sneer at it. Since it is already a war, and both sides are fighting to the death, it is nonsense to worry about morality and honor.
He has always been results-oriented. As long as he can defeat the enemy, what does it matter about the process and means?
The human cavalry in the vanguard had slowly entered this wide valley. They kept looking towards the top of the valley, and the following human troops gradually followed. However, the human army suddenly stopped.
This is when Dailin Proudmoore saw that it was almost dusk, so he decided to give up the pursuit for the time being. At least let his soldiers have a full meal first, right? Anyway, there is only one place where the orcs can escape, and that is Orgrimmar.
, and Orgrimmar is there, not moving.
His order saved his own life, because he noticed that humans suddenly stopped and some soldiers seemed to be retreating back. Prell and Sal looked at each other and immediately gave the order to detonate.