After the war, the Alliance did not pursue the victory further. Instead, before the large Horde troops could gather to counterattack, they retreated behind Thoradin's Wall and deployed heavy troops to defend Thoradin's Wall.
Ye Ting and Lothar's judgment was correct.
The army that the Alliance encountered before, led by the tribal warchief himself, was just a small number of elites that the tribe hurriedly assembled after discovering that the Alliance was launching an attack on their rear from the direction of Hillsbrad Hills.
In Orgrim's view, these alliance armies are the main force coming to support the Kingdom of Stormgard. Since the Horde was unable to attack Stromgarde for a long time, Orgrim was seriously worried that the Horde would be attacked from both sides by the alliance's reinforcements and the defenders of Stromgarde, and would fall into a disadvantageous situation.
This resourceful warchief had to lead his elite troops to temporarily resist the Alliance's attack. On the other hand, the Horde's large forces also began to gather and change direction. The Horde's strategy was to divide their forces, use a small number of troops to guard Stromgarde, and defeat the large forces. The alliance's reinforcements dealt a fatal blow to the alliance's power.
At the same time that the alliance's army withdrew from the Arathi Highlands, the main force of the orcs finally assembled, and they pursued Lothar's army all the way to Thoradin's Wall.
Facing the high wall that had kept the troll empire away, they launched a tentative attack.
However, even though the orc tribe was generally stronger than the Amani troll empire at this time, they were still losing troops and generals in front of this solid city wall but could not make an inch forward.
Finally, after repeated attacks to no avail, Orgrim had to turn around and return to continue the siege of Stromgarde.
Orgrim did not leave a small number of troops to temporarily block the main force of the Alliance hiding behind Thoradin's Wall.
Through the previous limited battles, he has realized that the main force of the alliance is stronger than he imagined. Even the elite troops led by himself are no match for them. The small group of ordinary orc troops left behind will only be eaten by the enemy..
However, when the main force of the tribe returned to the walls of Stromgarde, they were surprised to find that the situation suddenly became different.
Stromgarde, which had been almost completely depleted of ammunition and food, now seemed to be fully supplied, and its counterattack against them became sharper.
Arrows, logs, stones, and various military supplies that had to be sparingly used were now used freely by the defenders of Stromgarde, causing heavy losses to the orcs who were madly attacking.
On the other hand, the number of troops defending Stromgarde seems to have increased, at least enough to be rotated, and the tribe's fatigue tactics of attacking day and night have also lost their effect.
In short, after several days of siege battles, the tribe has clearly felt that the defense strength of Stromgarde has improved.
This change in form made Orgrim feel that in the end, under the investigation of the scouts and warlocks, the reason for everything was finally revealed - this"lonely" city that was tightly surrounded by the tribe. The sea route and the alliance restored transportation and peace. Contact, the Alliance's manpower and material resources continuously entered Stromgarde from the sea.
All this almost made Orgrim want to vomit blood.
He really didn't expect that the great rebellion and the defeat of the Dragonmaw clan would have such a great impact on the tribe.
The loss of the tribe's maritime power not only meant the bankruptcy of the sea landing plan, and a large number of warriors perished in the sea in vain, but now it also affected the tribe's strategy for the Arathi Highlands.
This fortified city built on a high cliff, backed by the sea, and with only one direction to attack, is the key to the tribe's desire to truly occupy the Arathi Highlands.
As the capital of the Kingdom of Stormgard, as long as Stromgarde does not fall, the Horde will not be able to securely establish a foothold in the Arathi Highlands; and the Horde's inability to establish a foothold in the Arathi Highlands means that the Horde will not be able to establish a stable presence in Lordaeron. base area.
I don’t even know where to begin with the idea of attacking the continent of Lordaeron and completely defeating the Alliance with a preemptive strike.
Then, Ye Ting's suggestion put the tribes in Arathi Highlands into a dilemma.
"Are you saying that you want to form a pure cavalry force to harass the tribe's rear?"This sudden suggestion from Ye Ting made Lothar think deeply.
Lothar, a veteran warrior who has been on the battlefield for a long time, still likes frontal attack and defense when facing the orcs.
There is no way around it, although 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, their long-standing tradition has made them accustomed to arranging battle arrays with the enemy, fighting head-on, or simply defending. In urban warfare, the only commonly used strategy is to use magic of mass destruction against the assembled enemies.
This is like the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period, or the iron fools of the European Middle Ages.
However, as the war continues, from the opponent Orgrim, as well as his teammates such as Ye Ting, Sylvanas and others, have various strategies that are either impossible to guard against or use all kinds of tricks, which is an eye-opener for this veteran warrior.
Tactics do not matter good or evil. There is only practicality and impracticality.
Now, Lothar is fully able to accept Ye Ting's slightly despicable tactics of"not fighting head-on, only attacking the enemy's weak points". After thinking about it carefully, he feels more and more that Ye Ting's method It is very feasible.
According to the current situation, although the Alliance is completely on the defensive, there are not many places that the Alliance that completely occupies the geography needs to defend. The only places that need to be defended are Thoradin's Wall and Stromgarde. Therefore, the Alliance as the defender will occupy On the other hand, the Horde, although powerful, has no danger of defending the Arathi Highlands, and they have been unable to attack Stromgarde. Now they are attacked from both sides and are passive. Unless they give up their plan to conquer the continent of Lordaeron, this will happen The situation will continue.
In this way, the alliance will have the ability to take the initiative and harass the tribe.
Although facing the tribe's army, such harassment cannot cause any fatal harm to the opponent, but it is equivalent to boiling water in warm water. Frog, or slowly bleed, weakening the tribe's power by continuously killing a small number of enemy troops and disturbing the enemy's forage.
Think about it carefully, isn't this equivalent to an enlarged version of his previous tactics against the tribe on the battlefield?
On the battlefield Lothar used the alliance's advantages in coordination and equipment to put himself on the defensive, constantly consuming the power of the actively attacking tribes through defense; the alliance's overall strategy was the same, using passive defense to consume the power of the overall powerful tribes. The final blow is fatal.
On the battlefield, Lothar will send cavalry to seize the opportunity to attack while defending, and then withdraw behind 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; overall Strategically, isn’t Ye Ting’s suggestion the same now?
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