When the early morning sun cast the first ray of sunlight from the Endless Sea in the east onto the messy human army camp, Daelin Proudmoore raised his head and looked to the east. He felt a little dazzled.
During the second Orc Invasion War more than ten years ago, the Admiral once encountered a night attack by Orcs in the Sunset Swamp of the Wetlands. However, it was not so much a night attack, but rather the support of the Orcs during the overnight march.
An encounter between the troops of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras.
Daelin Proudmoore hated the orcs, and was full of human arrogance and discrimination against other member races of the tribe. However, it would be too one-sided to say that he looked down on the combat effectiveness of the tribe because of this.
But no matter what, Daelin Proudmoore never expected that those who launched a night attack on his army would actually be a group of kobolds, as well as a small number of gnolls, orcs, and supporting harpies.
Daelin Proudmoore has met other kobolds in the Eastern Kingdom. He knows the kobold race very well. Just like the fishmen, the kobolds always show shrinking and timidity when they are alone, but once the situation arises,
What has changed is that the kobolds have discovered other lone creatures, and then they will rush up with crazy and dependable screams.
So in his perception, kobolds are a dirty and cowardly lower race that only hides in mines, carefully protecting the ridiculous candles above their heads.
But he didn't expect that the night seemed to give the kobolds who came for a sneak attack enough courage. First, a group of grenadiers blew up the outside of the human army camp and caused enough chaos, and then muskets and crossbows.
, the javelin was thrown in randomly.
The timing of the sneak attack made humans uncomfortable, because it was about two hours before dawn. At that time, the tired soldiers were already asleep, and they were suddenly awakened from their dreams. There was no camp roar incident, just a simple panic. It can be said that Kurti
The navy of the Kingdom of Lars can already be regarded as elite.
Before the awakened soldiers picked up their weapons and formed a square formation, the orcs' wolf cavalry roared and charged in, disrupting several groups of soldiers who had just assembled. Not only that, they were also everywhere in the camp.
A fire was set and the fire spread to almost half of the camp.
The number of the tribe's army that came for a sneak attack, mainly composed of kobolds, was not large, about less than a thousand. This was estimated by Daelin Proudmoore's lieutenants based on their own losses.
Even though there was a big explosion in the Razor Ridge Valley and about two thousand soldiers were lost, Daelin Proudmoore still had more than ten thousand troops. Therefore, after the riots on the north and east sides of the camp, Daelin Proudmoore
A counterattack army was immediately organized.
So those cunning Horde soldiers immediately fled, and the "bang, bang, bang, bang" sound of the gongs as they left made Daelin Proudmoore feel uneasy when he thought about it.
This night attack lasted less than an hour. Less than two hundred human soldiers were killed due to panic, but seven to eight hundred people were injured due to panic, crowding and stampede. More than thirty unlucky people were injured.
They were trampled to death, and more than a hundred others fell into the sea of fire and did not escape.
While the furious Daelin Proudmoore was commanding his troops to extinguish the camp fires to the north and east, another sound of fighting came from the southwest, and then the fire soon filled the sky, reflecting half of the dark sky.
After receiving the news, Daelin Proudmoore almost fainted with anger, because those damn kobolds actually dug a short tunnel and burned more than half of the food piled in the southwest of the camp.
So when the sun rose, Daelin Proudmoore had been sitting by the campfire in front of the tent for more than half an hour. He suffered heavy losses in this night attack, but if you want to say that he underestimated the enemy, Daelin Proudmoore
Moore felt wronged.
Because he never expected that it would be a group of kobolds who launched the night attack. This had broken his most conventional understanding and was completely beyond his expectation. Even his aides did not expect this.
If the food had not been burned, Daelin Proudmoore would still have the courage to continue fighting the tribe, but now he has backed down. He decided to lead his army back to Tiragard Castle first, and then leave the Kingdom of Kul Tiras as quickly as possible.
Bring in a new batch of food.
Theramore is a newly built small city. Jaina is still worried about the food rations of her people. Daelin Proudmoore is not yet frantically trying to collect food from Theramore.
When the staff reported the statistical loss results, Daelin Proudmoore stayed for a while. The existing supplies and food were no longer enough to support him in launching a new round of offensive. The admiral was so angry that he drew his long sword.
He chopped hard on a piece of wood that was about to burn out in the bonfire in front of him.
The sparks flew all over the ground with dust, burning off several stems of the beard he was always proud of, which made Daelin Proudmoore feel even more distressed.
While Daelin Proudmoore was worried and angry about the loss a few hours ago, Prell was leading his men who participated in the night attack and returned to Razor Hill.
This night attack was very successful. From the beginning, Prell's plan was not to kill Daelin Proudmoore's soldiers. He was just going for the other party's food.
He ordered Rexxar and Grom Hellscream to launch a sudden attack on the north and east sides respectively. He himself led a small number of kobolds, escorted by quilboars led by Georod Zabana, and went around to the humans.
Southwest corner of the camp.
This is the benefit of Prell's emphasis on intelligence. Gonzalo worked hard all night and collected accurate information, which also allowed this night attack to achieve huge results.
At this moment, Grom Hellscream was holding the warg, walking affectionately beside Prell, and couldn't help but admire him. The tribe's losses during the night attack a few hours ago were simply negligible.
The kobold musketeers, kobolds and gnoll grenadiers, as well as a small number of troll shooters selected by Prell, were all present. Only two gnolls and one ogre warrior were injured, and three others were injured.
The wargs of the Wolf Cavalry were killed by the humans who fought back. They actually achieved a glorious record of not having a single soldier die in battle!
Prell smiled and launched a night attack. He always liked to use grenadiers and musketeers to harass from a distance. If it weren't for the lack of troops, he would have to send soldiers to charge into the camp to prevent the awakened human soldiers from gathering together.
, maybe the three wargs will not be sacrificed.
Prell was quite proud of the fact that he was calculating mentally but not intentionally, and Lexa, who was leading the team, was already familiar with how to conduct night battles. Therefore, Prell was quite proud of achieving such results.
But he felt that if there was another night attack, it might not go so smoothly. Since Daelin Proudmoore suffered a loss once, he would not suffer a second time.
After returning to Razor Hill, the wolf cavalry who rushed back first informed Thrall and others of the victory, so the warriors who participated in the night attack received personal greetings from Thrall, Cairn, Bloodhoof, Vol'jin and other leaders.
Go out to greet.
Thrall is now more and more pleased with Prell. He feels that he has received human military education and has found someone with whom we can understand each other regarding war.
After Prell told the general story of the night attack, Georod also received the rare qualification to participate in the military meeting because of his military exploits. Although he was appointed as the warlord by Thrall, in fact, within the tribe, he could not
Not many people agree with him.
Now, relying on his victory in the night attack with Prell, he finally got Thrall and other leaders to initially recognize him. In any case, the Razor Ridge quilboar did participate in the war and made meritorious service. This is why Georod joined.
A certificate of surrender presented to the tribe.
Due to the smooth progress of the war, Thrall and others' previous deployment of the war seemed a bit conservative. The leaders and senior commanders began to discuss the next step.
Sal was the first to look at Prell. He felt that Preyer's military wisdom should have better suggestions, just like his previous plan to lure the enemy and his night attack strategy.
Prell then stood up, and the people sitting in the center of the tent all looked at the kobold, the shortest among everyone present.
"Daelin Proudmoore will not admit defeat. According to my estimation, he will definitely retreat to Tiragarde Castle, and then order the fleet to transport food and supplies from the Kingdom of Kul Tiras. He may also fight with the goblins
, the pirate groups cooperated to purchase food supplies and spend money to hire mercenaries, so our next goal is to break into Tiragarde Castle!
Tiragarde Castle is the largest colonial castle of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras on the continent of Kalimdor. It is too close to Orgrimmar. If it cannot be uprooted, then even if Daelin Proudmoore is defeated by us
Defeated once, he will still come back!
So we have to capture Tiragarde Castle. It would be great if we can take it as our own! In this way, we can use the existing ports and docks to form our own navy and fleet!"
Prell pointed to the large map laid on the ground in the center of the tent and said. Sal nodded. As Prell said, the tribe's biggest shortcoming now is the lack of a navy.
Although they originally crossed the sea from the Eastern Kingdom mainland, the orcs relied on the power of the goblins. They did not have their own navy. Nowadays, those transport ships were originally stolen by the orcs from humans, and most of them were mortgaged as freight.
Got the goblins.
If Tiragarde Castle cannot be breached, as Prell said, the Horde cannot restrict its opponents at sea, and Daelin Proudmoore can also choose to land from other places through fleet dispatch and launch an attack on Orgrimmar.
, this castle is the cancer of the tribe.
So the leaders and officers present at the meeting quickly unified their opinions, and the next step was to counterattack Tiragarde Castle. As for how to destroy this strong fortress that humans had built for several years, Prell gave a suggestion: "Dig.
Tunnel, blast the city wall!"
Thinking of the big explosion that happened yesterday afternoon in the valley not far north of the tent where they were staying, everyone was shocked.
Thrall suddenly thought of Gazlowe, the chief designer and architect of Orgrimmar, who was extremely keen on blasting. Unfortunately, the goblins, under the leadership of Gazlowe, were continuing to build Orgrimmar.
Rima, they are not willing to get involved easily in the war between the tribes, especially the orcs and the Alliance.
"Then", Thrall was full of pride, leaned down, and hit the location of Tiragarde Castle on the map with his thick fist: "We will march here, capture this castle, and drive the admiral back to him.