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0560 harassment tactics

After the end of the war, the Alliance did not pursue the victory further, but retreated behind the Wall of Thoradin before the horde troops assembled to counterattack, and took out heavy troops to defend the Wall of Thoradin.

Ye Ting and Lothar's judgments are correct.

The army that the Alliance encountered before, led by the Horde Chieftain himself, was just a small number of elites that the Horde gathered urgently after finding out that the Alliance had launched an attack on their rear from the direction of Hillsbrad Hills.

In Orgrim's view, the armies of these alliances are the main force that came to support the Kingdom of Stormgard.As the Horde could not attack Stromgarde for a long time, Orgrim was seriously worried that the Horde would be in a disadvantageous position by the alliance's reinforcements and the defenders of Stromgarde.

The resourceful Great Chief had to lead the elite and temporarily resist the attack of the Alliance. On the other hand, the large army of the Horde also began to gather and change direction. The strategy of the Horde was to divide the army and use a small number of troops to guard Stromgarde, and the large army defeated the army. The reinforcements of the alliance, giving the strength of the alliance a fatal blow.

At the same time that the Alliance army was withdrawing from the Arathi Highlands, the main force of the orcs finally assembled, and they chased the Lothar army all the way to the wall of Thoradin.

Facing the high wall that made the troll empire retreat, they launched a tentative attack.

However, even though the strength of the orc tribes was generally stronger than that of the Amani troll empire at this time, they still lost their troops in front of this solid city wall but could not advance an inch.

Finally, after repeated attacks to no avail, Orgrim had to turn around and return to continue besieging Stromgarde.

Orgrim did not leave a small number of troops to temporarily block the main force of the Alliance hiding behind the Wall of Thoradin.

Through the limited battle before, he has realized that the main force of the alliance is stronger than he imagined, and even the elite troops led by him are not their opponents, leaving a small group of ordinary orc troops will only be eaten by the enemy in one bite .

However, when the main force of the Horde returned to Stromgarde once again, they were surprised to find that the situation suddenly changed.

The Stromgarde, which had been beaten almost completely out of ammunition and food, now seems to have been fully supplied, and the counterattack against them has become sharper.

Arrows, logs, stone and various military supplies that had to be saved originally were now used by the defenders of Stromgarde, causing heavy losses to the wildly attacking orcs.

On the other hand, the number of troops defending Stromgarde also seems to have grown, at least to the point where they can be rotated, and the fatigue tactics of the Horde attacking day and night have also lost their effect.

In short, after a few days of siege warfare, the Horde has clearly felt the increase in Stromgarde's defense strength.

This change of form made Orgrim feel inexplicable. In the end, under the investigation of scouts and warlocks, the reason for everything was finally revealed - this "isolated city", which was tightly besieged by the tribe, recovered from the sea and the alliance. Traffic and contacts, the alliance's human and material resources, entered Stromgarde from the sea.

All this almost made Orgrim want to vomit blood.

He really could not have imagined that the betrayal of the giant dragon and the failure of the Dragonmaw clan would have such a great impact on the tribe.

The loss of the tribe's sea power not only meant the bankruptcy of the sea landing plan, and a large number of soldiers were buried in the sea in vain, but now it has also affected the tribe's strategy for the Arathi Highlands.

This is a fortified city built on a high cliff, backed by the sea, and can only be attacked in one direction, which is the key for the tribe to truly occupy the Arathi Highlands.

As the capital of Stormgarde Kingdom, as long as Stromgarde does not fall, the Horde will not be able to establish a stable foothold in Arathi Highlands; and if the Horde cannot establish a foothold in Arathi Highlands, it means that the Horde cannot establish a stable presence in Lordaeron 's base.

The so-called attacking Lordaeron Continent first and completely defeating the Alliance did not even know where to start.

And then, Ye Ting's suggestion put the tribes in Arathi Highlands into a dilemma.

"You mean, you want to form a pure cavalry unit to harass the rear of the tribe?" This Ye Ting's sudden suggestion made Lothar ponder.

All along, Lothar, a battle-hardened veteran, still prefers frontal attack and defense when facing orcs.

This is also impossible. Although Lothar and most of the generals in the alliance understand the true meaning of war and know that war is just a continuation of politics, they are still accustomed to setting up a battle with the enemy and confronting the enemy. The only common strategy is to use mass destruction magic on the assembled enemy.

This is like the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period, or the iron Hanhans of the Middle Ages in Europe.

However, as the war continued, various strategies from opponents Orgrim, as well as teammates such as Ye Ting, Sylvanas and others were either invincible or omnipotent. The soldier opened his eyes.

Tactics don't matter whether they are good or bad, only practical and impractical.

Now, Lothar has fully accepted Ye Ting's slightly despicable tactic of "do not fight head-on, but only attack the enemy's weakness". After careful consideration, he felt more and more that Ye Ting's method was very feasible.

According to the current situation, although the alliance was completely on the defensive, the geographically-occupied alliance had few places to defend, only the Wall of Thoradin and Stromgarde. Therefore, instead, the defending alliance took the initiative.

On the other hand, although the tribe is powerful, they occupy the Arathi Highlands with no danger to defend, and they have been attacking Stromgarde in the past. Now they are attacked by the enemy, and they are passive. Unless they give up the plan to attack the mainland of Lordaeron, otherwise this situation will It goes on and on.

In this way, the alliance has the ability to take the initiative to harass the tribe.

Although facing the tribal army, such harassment cannot cause any fatal damage to the opponent at all, but it is equivalent to boiling a frog in warm water, or slowly bleeding, weakening the tribe by killing a small number of enemy troops and harassing the enemy's forage. strength.

Thinking about it carefully, isn't this an enlarged version of his previous tactics against the Horde on the battlefield?

On the battlefield, Lothar used the alliance's advantages in coordination and equipment to keep himself on the defensive, and constantly consume the strength of the actively attacking tribe through defense; the overall strategy of the alliance is the same, through passive defense to consume the overall strength of the tribe with strong overall strength. Power, the final blow is fatal.

On the battlefield, Lothar will send cavalry to seize the opportunity to attack while defending, and then retreat to the shield wall. On the one hand, it consumes the enemy, on the other hand, it maintains morale and prevents the morale reduction caused by long-term defense; Isn't Ting's suggestion the same?

Chapter 0561 Candidates

After Lothar wanted to understand, he immediately approved Ye Ting's suggestion and asked, "How many cavalry do you need?"

Ye Ting shook his head: "The harassment tactics don't require those cavalry under your command."

"Why?" Lothar was a little confused, and even Turalyon was puzzled.

Mobile troops don't need cavalry, what else can they use?

"Knights in heavy armor are actually not suitable for harassment tactics." Ye Ting explained, "Those tin cans are too heavy, riding a horse and running for a few miles will not be able to run, there is no way to complete my tactics. ——What I need is not to run fast in a short period of time, but troops with sufficient endurance.”

"So, what do you need?" Losar looked strange.

"Ranger, Griffin Knight and Paladin." Ye Ting smiled slightly, "Ranger is responsible for harassment operations, Griffin is responsible for investigation, Paladin is responsible for healing injuries and dealing with emergencies."

Lothar and Turalyon listened and exclaimed that Ye Ting's design was exquisite.

In fact, Ye Ting was referring to the Mongolian horse archers who swept across Europe back then.

The human society in Azeroth is similar to the Middle Ages in Europe, and it is the same in terms of arms. In terms of cavalry, the human kingdoms advocate chivalry, so they prefer heavy armored knights, but there are few such arms as light cavalry and cavalry archers.