When Arthas solved the hidden danger of the black dragon and resurrected Archbishop Alonsos Faol, the thundering war drums in the Barrens of Kalimdor also started ringing.
A coalition of tauren, humans, and dwarves is blocking the centaur army on the great plains south of the Barrens.
In fact, fighting the centaurs on the plains was also a helpless move by Varian and Cairn Bloodhoof, because their ultimate goal was to help the tauren tribe evacuate from the Barrens. Now that the tauren tribe had begun to migrate, they had to stop the centaurs. Only the crazy charge of the people and horses can ensure the safety of the rear.
But the price is that for the centaurs, who are almost all cavalry and mounted archers, the plains are the most suitable terrain for them to display their strength. This is bound to be a fierce battle.
Bain Bloodhoof, the son of Chief Kane of the Bloodhoof clan, led the tauren to retreat to the Mulgore grassland in the northwest. Once they passed through the canyons and mountain passes, the centaurs could not catch up with them.
Kane Bloodhoof and the most elite warriors and hunters in the clan joined the battle against the centaurs. With the support of the alliance, they finally got a chance for revenge, who had been oppressed and harassed by the centaurs.
The eyes of many Tauren warriors were bloodshot. Some of their relatives and friends had died at the hands of centaurs in the early years. The hatred of Centaurs among the entire Tauren group had reached its peak.
Kane picked up the rune spear passed down from generation to generation by the chiefs of the Bloodhoof clan. This legendary weapon was engraved with ancient texts left by its ancestors, and each section was a legend and epic left by the ancestors of the Bloodhoof clan.
This rune spear has drunk the blood of countless powerful enemies and has witnessed the rise and fall of countless races on the grassland. It is a symbol of Bloodhoof and a symbol of legend.
Kane threw the rune spear and stabbed it on the ground in front of him. It was related to the revenge and survival of the tribe. Even the wise and calm Kane felt a rage burning in his chest.
The chief roared to his warriors, his infectious voice resonating with the powerful heartbeat in the chest of every tauren warrior.
"Warriors of Shuharu! For decades, we have had enough of the brutal aggression of these four-legged savage races. They brutally took the lives of our relatives, lovers and friends."
"We have always pursued peace and nature and avoided disputes with other races, but this does not mean that we can always tolerate the centaurs' wanton behavior!"
"It's time to show the centaurs our wrath!"
Under Kane's inspiring speech, the Tauren warriors burst out with their anger and courage. They chose to stay and fight the Centaur army for the sake of their relatives, lovers and friends.
They've endured it long enough and it's time to break out.
"Roar!!!"
Compared with the angry Tauren, the Alliance seems less burdensome. After all, they do not carry the life and death of the entire ethnic group on their shoulders. They are only responsible for coming to help the Tauren tide over the difficulties.
But Varian and Muradin did not slack off at all, because they knew that the opponent they were about to face was something they had never encountered before, which meant that the strategies and methods they had used before would be limited.
Moreover, their understanding of the centaurs is limited to some information given to them by Alsace's spies, which will lead to more factors that are difficult to control in the situation.
After motivating his soldiers, Kane lifted the curtain of the command tent and walked in with his horns on the roof of the tent. When Varian saw Kane's appearance, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry. The size of the tauren was not considered when this tent was originally designed."
"It doesn't matter, it's already a great favor that you can assist us." Kane put his hand against his chest and bowed to Varian. The alliance's assistance came very timely, and it was undoubtedly a timely help for the Tauren.
"We will help all allies who are kind to us, and will repel any enemies who dare to threaten us." Varian nodded towards Kane. As both a warrior and a leader, he understood Kane very well.
Leading a huge clan alone to live on a dangerous grassland. In Varian's opinion, Kane's situation may be more difficult than his. After all, after the reconstruction of Stormwind City, in addition to internal conflicts, external threats Relatively speaking it's not that serious.
But the tauren are different. In addition to facing the ferocious beasts in the barren land, they also have to suffer the oppression of barbaric races such as centaurs and wild boars.
Although in terms of individual combat power, the tauren are much stronger than the two, the number of tauren is simply a world of difference compared to centaurs and wild boars.
The quilboars occupy a considerable part of the Barrens. These guys have everything in their diet. Coupled with the unique thorn forest, their habitat is basically not threatened.
The centaurs are even more straightforward. They have no fixed settlement at all. In other words, their settlement is one hundred and eighty thousand miles away from the barren land. These bloody and cruel invaders rely on their own movement speed to move from the mainland. The westernmost race all the way to the barren land to vent their ugly desires.
Wild boars and centaurs occasionally clash, but both parties know that each other is not someone who can be bullied at will, so these guys' sinister ideas hit it off, and they unanimously put the butcher's knife on the tauren's neck.
This is also the reason why tauren can only live in a small area in the barren land, and are also robbed by centaurs and wild boars.
There is no way, the tauren do not completely gather together for activities. They often set up camps in small settlements all over the barren land either for hunting or to follow the footsteps of nature.
The unsuspecting tauren are naturally the best targets for centaurs and wild boar people to attack. Although after countless tragedies, the tauren have become accustomed to gathering into large tribes to act together, but because of their way of life, sooner or later there will be attacks. While on separate safari.
Kane had long wanted to unite other clans to permanently solve the threat of centaurs and wild boar people. He used the reputation of the Bloodhoof clan to unite many small clans, but he pessimistically found that their manpower and strength were inferior to The quilboars and centaurs are still too weak.
Not to mention that some clans are not willing to join the big clan headed by Kane, and some elders and chiefs in the big clan are also dissatisfied with Kane's conservative policies.
Kane had nothing to say about this. Every time he held a meeting with the leaders of other clans, he did not want to bring up this issue: it was not at all that he wanted to hide in a corner of the Barrens so conservatively and let the enemies plunder the tauren villages. .
But because the power disparity between the two sides is too great, one careless move may push the entire "Tauren" race into the abyss of eternal destruction.
Just when Kane realized that the internal and external conflicts were about to reach their peak, the Alliance sent a piece of covenant like a timely help, giving all the tauren a new hope.
They intervened in the disputes between the local forces in Kalimdor in a way that the tauren could not refuse. Kane didn't know why the alliance wanted to wade into this muddy water, but the genuine help from the alliance made Kane excited.
That's why he sent his most capable assistant, the wisest and most stable elder in the clan: Hamuul Runetotem, to negotiate with the alliance's cities.
But what made Kane uneasy at the time was that he didn't know what the benefits of the Alliance's alliance with the Tauren were, and he was afraid that behind the false friendship was the real dirty face.
However, a tauren elder who usually disagreed with Kane and had a fiery temper and stubborn personality supported Kane's actions. Her name is Magatha Grimtotem.
The Grimtotem clan she leads is the most warlike clan among the tauren, and Magatha is also a powerful shaman. She follows the ancient traditions of the tauren tribe, and is also angry with Kane's conservative policies. It’s been a long time.
The arrival of the Alliance foreshadowed something for this shaman. She spared no effort to promote the alliance between the Tauren and the Alliance. Even though she felt that the dwarves and humans were not loved by Mother Earth and the spirits of nature, she believed in the revelations given to her by nature. , she believes that the Alliance is the only one who can drag the tauren out of some terrible vortex.
Magatha also predicted that there was a terrifying but respectable being within the alliance. He was half light and justice, half darkness and evil. Full of contradictory concepts and energy entangled in a mortal, this was Magatha. Something Gaza never expected.
——He is more fiery than justice, but also deeper than evil. His justice is kindness and generosity to his allies and people, while his evil is cruelty that makes his enemies tremble in fear.
Magatha did not tell Kane directly about this prophecy because she was worried that Kane would give up his alliance with the alliance and choose other allies. In that case, Magatha would not be able to see the future at all.
Although her opinions often differed from those of Kane, Magatha believed that everything she did was for the benefit of the tauren tribe. She affirmed that Kane was a wise leader, but at some point, as a leader, Kane The burden on his body lacked the decisiveness he had as the chief of the Bloodhoof clan.
Kane may have noticed something. Underneath his simple appearance was a shrewd heart. The Tauren Warchief finally realized that forming an alliance with the Alliance may be the key to their complete elimination of the Centaur problem.
For this reason, Magatha did not hesitate to send nearly all the troops of Grimtotem, asking them to obey Kane's command and fight against the centaurs together.
"Witch" Magatha's change of attitude surprised Kane for a moment, but after calming down, Kane realized more deeply that the actions of Magatha and other clans completely left the fate of the tauren in his own hands. choices in.
"For this reason, I must do my best. Shuharu will no longer evade or retreat." Kane stroked the long beard on his chin and said to Muradin and Varian in a deep voice, "I am willing to lead my Warriors are fighting on the front lines.”
"I appreciate and admire your courage, Chief Kane," Varian showed a heartfelt smile, "But we haven't reached the point where we need to fight so hard yet. A friend of mine told me that in a close fight, Before that, it’s best to do everything you can to weaken the opponent.”
Muradin poked Varian's waist and whispered, "Which friend of yours said that? It sounds sinister—but I like it."
"Who else do you think it could be?" Varian glared at Muradin, "Are we fully prepared for the ammunition this time?"
The dwarf patted his chest, "Of course, although it is not easy to transport those big guys to the grassland, I believe they can give the centaurs a big 'surprise'!"
After finishing speaking, Muradin pretended to be mysterious and said, "Besides, I also brought something, which is a new weapon just developed by the dwarves. They are waiting for me to hand over the actual combat report to them!"
Varian's face looked a little strange, "Combat report? - Muradin, are you sure there are no hidden dangers in this thing?"
Although he doesn't know much about technology, Varian at least knows that the new inventions of goblins and gnomes may be different in many ways, but one thing they are definitely the same is that they are extremely unreliable.
Moreover, goblins are unreliable, usually causing various explosions, but dwarf products are so unreliable... that is completely a metaphysical incident.
"Don't worry, my dwarf friend said this thing is very stable. The only drawback is that it costs a lot of money."
"Okay, that's up to you, but it's best not to use those weird gadgets in the crowd." Varian no longer struggled with this issue. He turned to Kane and said, "Chief Kane, Alliance The soldiers will first strike at the Centaur vanguard, which should cause some losses to their troops."
"So, if we can defeat the opponent's formation immediately, I hope that when the Alliance cavalry launches a surprise attack on the Centaur's flank, you can lead the Tauren warriors to put pressure on the Centaur from the front."
Kane thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "No problem, as long as I don't fall down, no centaur will break through our line."
"Muradin, lead your dwarf artillery troops and musketeers to suppress the centaurs with indiscriminate firepower. They rely on charge and speed to gain advantages. Then we must let them rush towards our infantry line and become theirs. grave."
"The artillery team and the musketry team are on standby at any time!" Muradin put on his helmet and gave Varian a thumbs up, "But I won't personally command the boys. I want to try to see if the centaur feels good when smashed. Same."
"Whatever you want, as long as you don't go too deep. We just need more powerful combat power to suppress the Centaurs - pay attention to their casters. The intelligence given to us by Alsace and Chief Kane shows that the Centaurs In addition to bows and arrows, there will also be spellcasters, and their movement speed is also very fast."
After some arrangements, the three of them discussed all the issues they could think of, and the vanguard of the centaur pursuit of the tauren also appeared in the sight of the alliance scouts.
