The combined fleet of the orcs and the Darkspear Trolls had just landed in Durotar, which had not yet been officially named. The scouts left by the Burning Legion discovered their whereabouts and informed the news immediately, not far to the northwest. Mannoroth lurks everywhere.
Even with the main force of the Burning Legion, it is not easy to capture the big shade tree guarded by the green dragon. After all, this is one of the important nodes for the material world to enter the Emerald Dream, and it has always been heavily guarded.
Moreover, Mannoroth also learned another not-so-good news when he sent out scouts to conduct reconnaissance.
Due to the deep bond between the Green Dragon Queen Yinthera and the forest demigod Cenarius, once the big shade is attacked, Cenarius, who has been wandering in the forest, is likely to lead his own dryads and forest guardians The children of the deceased rushed to reinforce him.
As long as nothing happens to Argus, the Burning Legion's lair in the Twisting Nether, the demons fighting in the field can be resurrected unlimited times.
However, once the demons die, their souls will automatically escape back to Argus to wait to reshape their bodies. It will not be so easy to rely on the power of the Sunwell to enter Azeroth next time.
Mannoroth is not very bright, but he at least knows to save his troops as much as possible before the final battle.
Just at this time, the orcs who had taken the initiative to drink the blood of Mannoroth to gain powerful strength came to the door.
Mannoroth thought for a moment with his dull mind and quickly came up with a good alternative.
Let the orcs drink their own blood again, and let them rush forward to serve as cannon fodder for the Burning Legion.
Orcs who drink the blood of demons will be strengthened by the evil energy contained in the blood. However, the blood of demons will also greatly catalyze their negative emotions, making it difficult for these evil orcs to control their behavior and be manipulated by bloodthirsty impulses. own will.
After making a preliminary plan, Mannoroth was no longer busy attacking. He planned to let the orcs hit a wall in Ashenvale first, and then show up at the right time to give them some "goodwill" tips.
Mannoroth also participated in the ancient war ten thousand years ago. He knew exactly what to do to annoy the night elves, and he also understood some of the customs of the orcs.
Unlike the Alliance, which has long used stone on a large scale to build city walls and guard towers, the tribe still maintains a relatively primitive architectural style and builds fortifications by cutting down trees.
The orcs who had just landed in Kalimdor must have a base to settle down, and a large amount of wood would be used to build the base.
The red earth where the orcs and trolls landed is very barren, and the barren land next door is also sparsely vegetated.
If they want to obtain a large amount of wood, the orcs can only explore the Azshara region and Ashenvale to the north.
These two areas are without exception the territory of the night elves.
Due to the popularity of Druin's teachings in night elf society, night elves have long been accustomed to living in symbiosis with the forest, and are extremely disgusted with excessive cutting of trees that damages the environment.
This is a gap that is difficult to bridge between two races with different ideals.
With the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, Mannoroth temporarily suppressed his inner restlessness, and he deliberately sent some low-level demons to lure the orcs to discover the high-quality logging field in Ashenvale Forest.
In fact, he did succeed.
After some discussions after landing in Durotar (yet to be named), the orcs and trolls came to the conclusion that they should first build a base camp on the spot.
The Darkspear trolls took a fancy to an overseas archipelago discovered before landing. Compared with the barren red land under their feet, which was almost barren of grass, the island's natural resources were richer.
But the disadvantage is that it is not convenient to travel between the overseas islands and the mainland of Kalimdor. Once a war breaks out on the front line, it will take more time to travel.
After sending scouts to survey the area, Guyin'er did not intend to go to the south of the red earth and huddle with the trolls. He chose a valley to the north closer to the Azshara region.
The main reason for choosing this place is that it is convenient to collect water and cut wood. On the west side of the base is the Nushui River originating from Mount Hyjal.
And judging from the surrounding terrain, this valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it very suitable for building fortifications.
If Sharlayan were here, he would be able to recognize at a glance that the valley Guyin'er chose was exactly where Orgrimmar, the future main city of the orcs, was located in the original history.
It can only be said that some things are inevitable by chance. Guyin'er's choice of this place as his base is the inevitable result driven by various needs.
Guyin'er knew that the hatred between the Alliance and the Horde was as deep as the ocean, and it was impossible to live in harmony on the same continent.
As early as when Medivh agreed to sail west to Kalimdor to expel the Burning Legion, Guyin had made up his mind to find a new home suitable for the orcs to settle on the other side of the Endless Sea.
After initially settling on the red land temporarily named Durotar, Guyin'er sent two groups of scouts to explore west and north respectively.
The scouts heading west crossed the Raging River and entered the Barrens. The tauren who were gathering their forces to outflank the demons soon discovered these green-skinned creatures that they had never seen before.
Because they did not understand the habits and intentions of the orcs, the tauren did not show up rashly to contact the orc scouts under the order of Cairn Bloodhoof, but quietly followed them to observe and monitor.
The other scout heading north soon discovered the low-level demons that Mannoroth had deliberately sent to seduce, and tracked these demons into the Ashenvale Forest on the west bank of the upper reaches of the Wrathwater River.
Compared with Durotar, which is barren, the natural resources of Ashenvale Forest are very rich.
Guyin'er's plan to build the base originally required the use of a large amount of wood. The scouts immediately cheered and returned to the canyon base where construction had not yet begun, and told the good news to the great chief Guyin'er who was sitting in the center.
Since landing in Kalimdor, perhaps due to the influence of the evil energy emitted by the demons nearby, the orcs who had drank the blood of demons have become a little restless, and they used the war hymn of drinking large doses of demon blood. The clan is the most important.
Recently, the warriors of the Warsong Clan often cannot control their emotions and fight with their compatriots from other clans, which seriously affects the atmosphere of unity within the tribe.
As a last resort, Guyin'er rushed the Warsong clan headed by Grom Hellscream to the border of Ashenvale Forest to log wood on the pretext of collecting building materials.
Mannoroth, who was hiding in the dark to observe the development of the situation, was a little dumbfounded. He did not expect the orcs to be so cooperative and take the initiative to bring the Warsong clan, which was most susceptible to his temptation, to his lips.
The silly and cheerful Mannoroth continued to monitor the Warsong clan who were temporarily sent to the frontier with full expectancy.
The Warsong clan has always admired gaining glory on the battlefield. In their view, it is undoubtedly an insult to let the great Warsong warriors do such hard and responsible chores as logging.
However, the orders of the war chief must be strictly implemented. This was the intention of the Warsong chief Grom. The Warsong orcs could only vent their anger on the trees angrily.
Not to mention, driven by emotions, the Warsong Orcs cut wood very efficiently.
This is indeed a good thing for the tribes who are in urgent need of wood to build fortifications, but from the perspective of the night elves, it doesn't hurt at all.
Due to Sharlayan's advance notice, Cenarius did not actually appear near Ashenvale, but retreated to Mount Hyjal early to wait for Archimonde's arrival.
Staying in the eastern part of Ashenvale is a partial division of the Sentinel Force. They are patrolling the border area between Ashenvale and Azshara as a guerrilla force.
After discovering that a group of greenskins of unknown origin were frantically cutting down the trees in Ashenvale, the nature-loving Night Elf Sentinels naturally stepped in to try to stop their atrocities.
However...
First of all, there was a language barrier, and secondly, the Warsong clan, which was full of recklessness, was worried that they had nothing to fight with, and the night elf patrol just ran into the muzzle of the gun.
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, the strong night elves are no worse than the orcs without the blessing of demon blood, not to mention that the Warsong orcs are still at a low ebb after the demon blood subsides.
Although the number of night elves is small, when fighting these tall purple-skinned elves, the Warsong orcs, who have always been very confident in their own strength, always feel aggrieved. This is the first time that they have been so suppressed by the enemy on a frontal battlefield. awful.
Many Warsong orcs even began to miss the "glorious" history of following the old tribe in Draenor to overthrow the Gorian Empire and wantonly killing the Draenei.
Seeing that the Warsong orcs were never able to gain the upper hand in the conflict with the night elves, and that the progress of the logging task was seriously delayed due to harassment, Mannoroth, who felt that the time was ripe, finally stepped from behind the scenes to the front.
Just when Mannoroth spotted Grom and the other Warsong Orcs appearing to seduce them with anger, the drastic changes in Northrend, the Arctic continent, also officially began.
At the same time, Thalayan had just finished his interview with Malfurion and happened to receive the first-hand information from Valeera from Felwood.
"Anasalon?"
Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully: "It's not unexpected. Next...it depends on how Yin Lidan performs after learning the news."
