However, the orc forward commander still cautiously sent a pathfinding team of only ten people in front of the forward troops he led. Moreover, he also believed that the troops on the left and right wings of the legion would definitely make the same decision as him.
For the pathfinding team sent this time, the orc forward commander no longer dared to let them go too far, because the previous pathfinding team already had two groups of twenty heroic cavalry warriors. During the execution of the mission,
Died silently.
So this time, the orc forward commander repeatedly asked the exploration team that they must not move forward more than 500 meters away from the main forward force, because once people exceed this distance, it will be difficult for the main orc forward force to move forward in such dense woods.
Within the Yongsong Forest, they quickly discovered, responded and supported them. The orc forward commander believed that the black owl that flew up just now must have been disturbed by the warriors of the pathfinding team.
The orc forward commander turned to the adjutant who was following him and asked him to pass on the order to make everyone in the army be more vigilant, because he felt a little uneasy today, but he didn't know why it was like this, so he still felt
It's better to be careful.
Ever since the owl appeared, the orc forward commander realized that today would not go so smoothly, but as for the reason, he really did not need a reason, because he could not think of a reason. This was purely because he was a battle-hardened army commander.
Just intuition.
After passing the order, the orc forward commander felt a little more at ease. No matter what happened, he fully believed that his troops could handle it. Even if the bottom line was the worst, they could at least hold on until the main force of the legion came to support them, because they were far away.
The main force of the legion is less than five kilometers away.
Is five kilometers far? Not far! For a pure cavalry legion, five kilometers is really not very far, not to mention that I have more than 600 elite wolf cavalry under my command!
These are 600 people, not 600 sheep. If the enemy wants to wipe out so many of their heavily armed cavalry in an instant, the orc commander really doesn't believe how many people can do it easily.
His unit is the most elite unit in the legion. Even among the entire orc tribe, it is one of the few most powerful units, and this is what the orc forward commander has the most confidence to rely on.
In Quel'Thalas, in a dense forest thirty kilometers south of the eastern temple of Nanyonge Forest, hundreds of military tents are densely arranged, but from outside the woods, not a single one can be seen.
traces of.
In one of the largest military tents among the hundreds of military tents, Sylvanas was looking at the military map intently.
"Report!" Suddenly a report sounded outside the military tent.
"Come in." Sylvanas looked back at the military map and said calmly.
The curtain of the military tent was lifted, and a female ranger wearing an emerald green Windrunner Legion formal suit walked in.
"The scouts from the front received news that the orc forwards have arrived in Area 6. They sent another ten-person path exploration team. However, the orc path exploration team acted very cautiously. They kept a distance of 500 meters from their main forward force.
With a distance of about meters, the reconnaissance team cannot completely eliminate the enemy's pathfinding team in such a short period of time." The female ranger reported neatly.
"Five hundred meters?" Sylvanas paused for a moment.
The main force is 500 meters forward. This distance is not too short for ordinary infantry, but for cavalry, this distance is indeed conservative enough.
It seems that these orcs are not so arrogant and have become conservative so quickly, Sylvanas thought to herself.
Sylvanas had made full use of it before. The high elves completely took advantage of aerial reconnaissance and familiarity with the terrain. Before the main force of the orcs could react, they easily ate a total of seven or eight orc wolves that came out to explore the way.
Cavalry exploration team.
These orc exploration teams included the enemy's vanguard, as well as those on the left and right wings. Every time the high elves attacked, they were quickly devoured by an overwhelmingly superior force and then fled away immediately. Therefore, the high elves did not suffer any casualties.
However, the results of this battle were not great. They only killed seventy or eighty enemy wolf cavalry in total. Now the orcs were more cautious, and the pathfinding team was getting closer and closer to the main force.
"They have to be eaten even if they are five hundred meters away!" Sylvanas said: "I want their forwards and the pathfinding teams on the left and right wings to be compressed to less than two hundred meters away from their main force. Five hundred meters is too far.
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The female ranger who came in to report smiled slightly. She knew that her commander would definitely say this. Commander Sylvanas's temper was not easy to talk to, but she just smiled and said nothing.
Wait for Commander Sylvanas to issue new orders.
"How many scouts do we have there?" Sylvanas asked.
"Five Owl Rangers, thirty Mountain Lion Night Walkers!" The female ranger who came in to report said: "Forty Mountain Division Night Walkers have just been transferred to the enemy's left flank to ambush the enemy's pathfinding team.
I'm afraid it's too late to come back now."
Sylvanas stretched out a hand, put it on the temporary desk in the military tent, and rested her chin with the back of her hand. She was thinking...
Thirty-five high elf rangers, plus the mountain lion pet, it is not difficult to eliminate a ten-person exploration team of orcs. What is difficult is that they cannot be eliminated silently and cleanly.
The equipment of these orc wolf cavalry is very good, basically full-body plate armor, and their personal protection is very high, which makes the direct damage of the bows and arrows of high elf rangers below the middle level to these orcs extremely limited. Without strong melee combat
With the addition of units, it is obviously not that easy to quickly eliminate these orc exploration teams.
The high elf scouts were not afraid of the orcs' pathfinding team escaping back. In fact, it was impossible for the orc wolf cavalry's pathfinding team to escape back to the main force under the concussive shooting of more than thirty rangers.
middle.
The high elf scouts were worried that they would not be able to completely kill everyone in the orc exploration team before the enemy's main forward force came to support them.
Because five hundred meters is not too short for infantry, but for cavalry, it is just a matter of messages. As long as those orc and wolf cavalry pathfinding teams are attacked, they will definitely be the first to do so.
Send an enemy encounter signal within a certain time to notify the main force in the rear for support.
At the speed of the wolf cavalry, the distance of 500 meters is really not that far. Even if the enemy only has twenty or thirty cavalry coming to support at full speed, the high elf scouts' attack will be forced to stop and they will quickly escape.