According to Prell's conversations with the goblins within the kingdom, as well as his exchanges with the Dark Iron dwarves, the muskets in the world of Azeroth were first invented by the dwarves, but this technology was soon adopted by those who were also skilled in the use of explosives.
The goblins learned from it.
In other words, in the current world of Azeroth, the only ones that can provide a full set of musket manufacturing and sales services are the dwarves, goblins, and the Kingdom of Thresh.
There is the Baal Modan excavation site of the dwarves in the southern part of the Barrens, but even if they are as crazy as the centaurs, they have no interest in provoking those dwarves, and the relationship between the tribe and the dwarves has always been relatively neutral, and even the relationship between the tauren and Baal Modan is not
Not too bad.
The dwarves have no reason to sell weapons to the centaurs. Even if they were once enemies of the orcs, at least according to the tribe's current intelligence system, Bael Modan has no interaction with the centaurs.
Thinking of the centaurs that suddenly appeared in the south of Senjin Village, they must have been transported by the South Sea pirate group on a pirate ship. According to speculation, based on the relationship between the South Sea pirate group and the venture capital company, it can be inferred that the venture capital company once again contacted
The centaurs are in cahoots.
So there is no need to think too much. The centaur army used muskets, which must have been provided by the goblins of the Venture Capital Company in order to retaliate against the Kingdom of Thresh.
When the smoke dissipated, Prell observed carefully through the telescope and breathed a sigh of relief. There were about three hundred soldiers with muskets in the Centaur army, which was not too many.
This time, the Centaur's tactics also changed. They made full use of their own mobility and the advantage of running. Every time they attacked, they just rushed to the edge of the range of Prell's defense line and fired a round.
Bows, arrows and muskets immediately retreated and then circled back again.
Moreover, Prell also noticed that compared with the previous battle at the Backwater Oasis, the bows used by the Centaur soldiers seemed to have been changed, with a longer range and more accurate arrows.
So the scene gradually changed. The Centaur side pressed against the defense line of the garrison. They used skirmish formations and constantly tried to charge, looking for more suitable opportunities. Even if they could not form overwhelming firepower, they still managed to defeat the garrison.
The legionnaires were miserable.
Prell had no time to continue observing. He and Belga led the medical team to busy treating the wounded. From the current battle loss ratio of both sides, we can see the difference between muskets and bows and arrows.
The advantage of muskets is that compared to bows and arrows, the range is improved, but the shooting speed is limited. Taking the veterans of the garrison who were promoted by Prell as an example, they can only shoot 2 to 3 times a minute, but the centaurs can
It is completely possible to shoot more than 5 times in 1 minute.
Although muskets do not require high physical strength from the user, as long as the barrel material is sufficient, they can keep shooting. However, archers rely entirely on physical strength and cannot shoot continuously at high speed.
However, the centaurs have an advantage in terms of military strength, relying on the number of soldiers to completely make up for the gap. In short battles, or in the early stages of a war, the advantage of bows and arrows is fully reflected.
If the musketeers of the Thresh Kingdom's garrison hadn't counterattacked with a three-stage strike tactic, and if the jackals and a few tauren shooters weren't inferior to the centaurs in terms of physical strength, I'm afraid it would have been really difficult to hold on to the north gate of the crossroads.
As for the Crouching Tiger Cannon, in order to take care of the size of the kobolds, this small cannon has a limited range and is more effective for dense charge formations. However, the Centaur has set up a skirmisher formation from the beginning, so the shooting benefits of the Crouching Tiger Cannon are also limited.
Very tiny.
So from the time when the two sides fought until the centaurs withdrew at dusk, the garrison had more than 200 wounded people. Prell was busy throughout the battle and rescued most of the wounded.
In recent years, as the diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thresh and surrounding forces have eased, and through the continuous expansion of foreign trade, the Kingdom of Thresh has also had spare money. At least Prell has enough materials and technology to continue to arm its soldiers.
Thresh Kingdom exchanged the technology for making armor from the orcs, and at the same time, Prell spent a lot of money to buy the technology for making plate armor from the Dark Iron Dwarves, and equipped the melee soldiers of the garrison with full-body plate armor.
There are not many melee fighters in the garrison, so Prell can still afford this expenditure. As for the most numerous long-range arms such as musketeers and grenadiers, they still use leather armor, but in the vulnerable parts of the body,
Inlaid with steel plates for enhanced protection.
Moreover, all soldiers wear helmets, which are very effective protection against Centaur bows and arrows. Under Prell's fortifications, the main protection positions of the soldiers are the head and upper body.
It is also due to the armor wearing rate and defensive capabilities that far exceed the opponent's. Although the Centaur shooters have high accuracy and high hit rate, most of the garrison is only wounded rather than killed on the spot. This gives
Prell and the medical team had enough time to treat him.
At night, Prell saw Kane Bloodhoof, and the tauren chief looked depressed. To the east of the crossroads, he encountered the same situation as Prell.
The centaur only used running and shooting as its attack, and did not give the tauren any chance of close combat. This put the tauren, who were always good at close combat and melee, at a great disadvantage.
Back in the Desolate Land, the centaurs relied on this seemingly innate tactical talent to quickly occupy the entire Desolate Land, drive away the tauren who had lived there for generations, and beat the tauren to a pulp.
Do not seek refuge in higher places.
Today's Thunder Bluff, as well as Black Cloud Peak and Luanfeng Hill in Thousand Needles, are all built on high places. Being able to force a nomadic tribe to climb mountains shows the overall strength of the Centaur.
Regarding the centaur's tactics, the two leaders are not at a loss. There are even many ways to crack it. For example, the most effective one is to counterattack with an equally flexible mobile force, and surround the centaur by involving them and encircling them.
Then the tauren charge into the melee.
It is a pity that the only mobile force in the tribe today is the wolf cavalry of the Frostwolf clan who followed Sal west across the ocean.
But the number of wolf cavalry was too small, and the Frostwolf clan was exiled after all. Before the orcs invaded and Thrall appeared, the Frostwolf clan had been living a miserable life. They huddled in the Alterac Mountains, barely maintaining the clan's health.
Survival allowed them to develop a powerful cavalry army, which would be really difficult for the orcs.
He holds the tribe's only cavalry unit. Although the number is small, only about seven or eight hundred people, it is enough for the orcs headed by Thrall to occupy the most important say among the four major forces of the tribe.
The tauren are huge, and the only ones suitable for development as mounts are kodos, but kodos move slowly and are not suitable for cavalry charges at all; the darkspear trolls have mastered the technology of taming raptors that almost all jungle trolls know, but after all,
The number of people is too small, and it is impossible to develop a cavalry.
This is also the reason why Prell prefers Amedeo. Dances with Wolves, the steel-maned wild boar dog trainer, hoping that he can train more fighting pigs. Prell's plan is to build the Kingdom of Thresh
Create a cavalry unit with fighting pigs as mounts to make up for the biggest shortcoming of the kingdom's army.
Unfortunately, fighting pigs cannot be formed in one or two years, and cavalry cannot be built in one or two years, so until now, the tribal army still relies on infantry as the main force.
The lack of cavalry is one of the reasons why the tribe had to negotiate peace with Theramore. Even though Theramore's overall strength is weak now, Jaina has a good relationship with the human kingdom. She can completely rely on the support of the human kingdom to establish an alliance.
Here comes a cavalry team that is as good as the Wolf Cavalry.
Prell and Kane Bloodhoof were relatively speechless. The reason why they were able to force the centaurs to negotiate peace in the previous battle at the Backwater Oasis was because almost all the indigenous races in the Barrens united and approached the centaurs.
This is my hometown. This opportunity only comes once, and it will be rare to see it again.
Now that the centaurs have re-occupied the Sweetwater Oasis, the Thornback Wildboars are watching from the sidelines. The Thornback Wildboars have an ambiguous attitude. The indigenous races are not aligned with the tribe and want to counterattack the Backwater Oasis. Prell has a pessimistic attitude.
The first day's battle is over. Overall, as the defenders, the Thresh Kingdom and the Tauren have a greater proportion of wounded. After all, the crossroads is not a human castle like Tiragard. If there is such a strong fortress, half of the
Whether the men and horses dare to attack is another matter.
The battle on the second day was exactly the same as the previous day. On the third day, Prior had to withdraw from the front line and stayed in the small blacksmith shop at the crossroads.
After three days of continuous fighting, the muskets of the garrison suffered wear and tear due to continuous shooting. Although some musketeers replaced the weapons with extra preparations, gaps in the muskets still appeared.
In the past three days, the centaurs had been frantically launching wave after wave of attacks on the crossroads. The musketeers were shooting almost non-stop, which caused huge wear and tear on the barrels.
Therefore, Prell had to act as a temporary repairman and manufacturer. He had professional skills in forging and alchemy, and his personal efficiency far exceeded that of other craftsmen accompanying the army.
During this period, Prell also considered a night attack, but soon gave up the idea because the soldiers were too tired.
This is the disadvantage of being far less powerful than the centaurs. The centaurs rely on their overwhelming strength to send soldiers to the battlefield in batches. However, on the tribal side, it is difficult for the soldiers to take turns. After all, the intersection is too small. They
The defense line was built on the outskirts of this simple military town.
Therefore, the defensive front was stretched too long, and except for the necessary reserves, the soldiers had no chance to rest at all.
The good news is that the army of orcs, trolls, and Razor Hill quilboars led by Thrall himself has already advanced to about a day's journey from the crossroads. The Witchwing clan discovered that the centaurs had returned again and forcibly occupied the Forgotten Pool.
After going south, the army was also gathered.
However, the Witchwing clan's harpy army is still in the northwest of the Forgotten Pool. It would be really difficult for them to rely on the harpies alone to break through the centaur defense line between the Forgotten Pool and the Sweetwater Oasis.
According to the high-altitude reconnaissance of Gonzalo and other tauren raptor druids, the centaur army, in addition to the two large oases in the west and northwest, also sent an army of thousands of people to the backwater oasis.
, rushing towards the south side of the intersection.
The centaurs, who had been dormant for several years, finally became serious after experiencing several setbacks over the years, and showed their great strength to the new tribe!
Similarly, behind their backs, the forces that secretly support the Centaurs began to become restless!