Almost immediately, Daelin Proudmoore led his demoralized army and just returned to Tiragarde Castle when the Horde army followed them.
Standing on the solid wall of the castle, the admiral frowned, looking at the neatly lined up tribal soldiers of different heights below the city, as well as the kobold soldiers who were quickly busy digging trenches. He only felt that there was nowhere to vent his anger.
After a huge explosion in the Razor Ridge Valley, they were attacked by kobolds at night. Although the admiral's total force was still greater than that of the tribe, the invisible and intangible morale had already weakened him and his men.
They were full of doubts about whether they could defeat the tribe.
He never expected that, having made sufficient preparations for war, he would be faced with a dilemma due to lack of food due to a night attack. Daelin Proudmoore had already sent a fleet to ask for help in the direction of Theramore.
At the same time, we began to contact the goblins and South China Sea pirate groups, preparing to raise some emergency food supplies.
But he failed to understand that although the invasion of the Orcs and the Burning Legion caused huge damage to the world of Azeroth, it also spread many new technologies and new war concepts.
For example, the tribe relied more and more on the Tauren Raptor Druids. The Druids represented by Gonzalo Swiftwind tirelessly flew reconnaissance all over the map. The admiral sent three ships to contact the merchant coast.
There is a small fleet of pirates in the South China Sea nearby, and this news has already been known to the tribe.
So under Prell's suggestion, Thrall decided to launch a quick attack on Tiragarde Castle. The specific method was to have the kobolds dig tunnels directly to the bottom of the Tiragarde Castle wall, and then plant explosives.
, conduct a blast.
The walls of Tiragarde Castle were equipped with artillery dismantled from warships and merchant ships. When the tribe followed, they immediately launched a tentative charge against Tiragarde, and then roughly estimated the power of the artillery.
range.
At this moment, outside the range of the artillery, the kobold soldiers had dug a shallow trench and kept piling the excavated soil on the outside of the trench, which soon formed several hills.
Then behind the hill, the kobolds continued to dig, digging two tunnels at the same time, thinking about extending in the direction of the walls of Tiragarde Castle.
The trench is about 700 meters away from the city wall. At the digging speed of the soldiers and kobolds put in by Prell, it will be possible to dig under the city wall in about four days.
At first, Daelin Proudmoore thought that the tribe did not have any decent siege equipment, nor did their craftsmen temporarily build carts, ram carts, and trebuchets. It was probably because these beasts were planning to invade the city.
, fighting a war of attrition.
However, two days later, there was still no movement from the tribe. Instead, more and more soil was excavated. Daelin Proudmoore speculated that maybe the tribe planned to trap them in the castle, but the dock was still there.
In his hands, if the tribe really planned to do this, the admiral felt that he could afford it.
On the third day, the admiral couldn't bear it anymore and sent an army out of the city to challenge. He couldn't guess the tribe's plan, but his intuition told him that if the kobolds were allowed to continue digging trenches, he would always feel uneasy.
.
Thrall then sent an army to fight, relying on the trenches and hills dug by the kobolds to defend and counterattack, making the admiral's attack in vain.
This battle affected the excavation progress of the kobolds to some extent. On the morning of the fifth day, the admiral who had reached a food deal with the South China Sea pirate group on the merchant coast sent a fleet to receive the food.
He did not trust the pirates. If the pirates were allowed to bring food, they would probably not be happy, so Daelin Proudmoore decided to let his men go. He felt that with the prestige of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras for hundreds of years, the pirates would not be happy.
They won't suddenly change their minds.
This was the tribe's move that confused the admiral, making him think that the tribe's plan was to besiege him rather than to attack by force.
After the tauren druid conveyed the news of the fleet's departure, Prell said to Thrall and others: "We can take action!"
So the gunpowder transported from Orgrimmar and Black Wolf Town was transported in barrels to the tunnels that had been dug under the city wall. Gazlowe's goblin engineers personally laid the fuses and everything was arranged.
appropriate.
Seeing the large number of tribal soldiers who had been guarding and patrolling the trenches suddenly retreating, Daelin Proudmoore, who was used to patrolling the city walls every day, felt that something was wrong. He felt that there must be something fishy, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Where.
When he saw an orc wolf cavalry waving a red flag on each of the two mountains, Dailin Proudmoore suddenly had an idea and thought of something.
Then his face turned pale and he yelled: "Quick, evacuate from the city wall!" As he yelled, he took the lead and ran towards the bottom of the city wall, because he suddenly thought of the incident in the Razor Ridge Valley a few days ago.
big Bang.
In the world of Azeroth, there are no military cases of digging tunnels and blasting city walls to capture cities. After all, among the many intelligent races, only dwarves and goblins are the best at using gunpowder.
But the dwarves are not very strong. Compared with humans, they are not too keen on waging wars with other countries. The same is true for goblins. They prefer to earn gold coins from trade rather than actively starting wars everywhere.
In the Eastern Kingdom Continent, humans occupy an absolute dominant position. If not for the two orc invasions and the undead natural disaster war that just ended, humans would still be the boss of the Eastern Continent.
In fact, in the entire world of Azeroth, humans have always been the most adept at learning. However, their use of gunpowder is mainly muskets, artillery, and ground blasting. There has never been any precedent for underground blasting.
This is because digging tunnels requires a skilled soil work team and a detailed understanding of soil and rocks. Moreover, most of mankind's external wars involve other intelligent races, and the intelligent races in the world of Azeroth can act like
There are very few human beings who have built strong castles like this.
Therefore, Daelin Proudmoore has never considered that aspect. He really could not imagine or predict that the tribe would choose such an siege method.
Only after seeing the orc wolf cavalry waving red flags and a large group of kobolds jumping out of the trenches and escaping to the rear in disgrace did he think of this possibility.
Daelin Proudmoore's war intuition once again saved his life. He had just ran down from the city wall and retreated dozens of meters behind the city wall. He found that only a small number of soldiers followed him and retreated, and there were
Many soldiers didn't understand what was going on.
Before he could give the order, Daelin Proudmoore heard two dull noises, and then the ground beneath his feet began to shake. The admiral felt like he was sitting on a warship sailing through huge winds and waves.
His body shook involuntarily.
Then he stared dumbfounded at the two sections of the city wall that were suddenly blown up. The two sections of the city wall seemed to be jumping on the spot. Huge plumes of smoke spread in all directions, and countless pieces of gravel and soil fell one after another.
Daelin Proudmoore opened his mouth wide, and his ears were roaring from the explosion. He had been dragged away from the city wall by the guards around him, and there were twenty or thirty soldiers who raised their shields to block the laser fire.
The gravel and soil that came from.
He saw with his own eyes a soldier who had escaped from the smoke and had thrown away his weapon somewhere. He was shouting in horror. When he saw the soldiers holding shields in front of the admiral, he
I immediately felt safe and ran over quickly.
However, before his companions could respond, the soldier suddenly opened his mouth, froze in place, and then knelt down sluggishly. Before his knees touched the ground, his front body fell to the ground. And he fell to the ground.
On the back of his head, a sharp stone penetrated his helmet.
When there was no more sound of gravel and soil falling to the ground, and the rising smoke and dust were blown away by the sea breeze, we could hear howls and screams everywhere. Daelin Proudmoore's eyes were filled with disbelief and fear.
Believe it or not, he noticed that five or six more soldiers holding shields who were blocking the rubble in front of him fell down.
The original city wall has lost two large pieces, each section is more than 10 meters. Large and small blasted city wall boulders and rubble are scattered, and there are many severed limbs in them. There is not much blood because they have been covered with dust.
Covered.
Daelin Proudmoore's first thought was that the two sections of the city wall that had been blown down must be repaired as soon as possible. Before he could give any more orders, a shocking roar suddenly sounded outside the city in the distance.
Thrall divided the nearly a thousand orc wolf cavalry he brought into two teams. One team was led by him, and the other team was handed over to Grom Hellscream. The Saurfang brothers served as adjutants respectively, and then crossed the paved road.
The plank bridge over the trench rushes towards Tiragarde Castle.
Kane Bloodhoof led the tauren warriors and followed the wolf cavalry. Vol'jin led the troll warriors and followed in the direction of Thrall's charge.
Prell did not go into battle. Thrall gave him the task of guarding the formation. This was not because he was afraid that Prell would make more contributions, but because Thrall felt that even now Daelin Proudmoore was still capable.
Prell's wisdom was enough to handle the counterattack, ensuring that their camp and formation would not be in chaos.
Rexxar led a thousand garrison soldiers and Georod's wild boar army, and rushed towards the gap in the city wall left by the two blasts.
In the era when city walls were used to protect the entire city's residents, if the city walls were breached and destroyed, the psychological pressure on the defending soldiers was huge, because it meant that they lost the last and strongest line of defense.
There is another important reason why Prell is willing to stay. He has reached level 60, and the experience gained in combat can no longer upgrade him. Moreover, after the Battle of Mount Hyjal, all his remaining soldiers were upgraded.
level, there may be another level up, but at least we can’t see it now.
The city wall was blasted and destroyed, causing the soldiers of the already weak Kingdom of Kul Tiras army to fall again. Coupled with the Horde's attack that was not delayed at all, they forcibly occupied a destroyed city wall, and then
A steady stream of tribal soldiers rushed into the castle.
This also meant that Tiragarde Castle could basically be considered lost, so Daelin Proudmoore had to retreat towards the dock under the dissuasion of the wood and his cronies.
He had to regroup his troops and defend the dock, otherwise their escape route would be cut off.
It took several years to build Tiragarde Castle, but it took only half a day for the tribe to occupy most of it. More soldiers rushed towards the dock, where human troops continued to attack.
They were gathering on the ground, and more importantly, the admiral was still among the crowd at the dock!