Chapter 172 Centaur Stone Arm
The Kokar Centaur is coming. Even if the orcs and the murlocs do not plan to cooperate, they can each attract some of the centaur's attacks and share the other's defense pressure.
Now the thorny murlocs directly choose to jump into the water to avoid it, so all the pressure is concentrated on the orc team, which will make the situation of the orc team even more dangerous.
Seeing the murlocs go into the water one after another, the orcs began to curse.
Yang Yi didn't care about the orcs at all. The louder the orcs cursed, the worse they were.
At first, the orcs came to the murloc village to cause trouble and woke him up who hadn't slept enough.
Later, the two sides fought fiercely. Now it's better to make the orcs sad.
Besides, the murlocs have no obligation to help this group of orcs share the attacks of the centaurs.
The orcs saw that the murlocs hid in the water, but even if some of them could swim, they were unwilling to go into the water, because they couldn't dive into the water for a long time like the murlocs to avoid the attacks of the centaurs' bows and arrows, and they also knew that as long as they were in the water, they would be slaughtered by the murlocs.
The orcs followed Baine's advice and began to retreat in a hurry towards the Deadwater Tauren Village.
The Kolkar Centaur were a race that had been galloping on the Kalimdor continent for many years with their speed. They quickly ran to the Deadwater Oasis.
There were more than 800 Kolkar Centaur team members, all of whom came from the Forgotten Pool, one of the three major oases in the Barrens.
The leader of the Centaur was named Stonearm. He was a capable general of Barak Kodoban, the leader of the Forgotten Pool Centaur.
The notoriety of the Centaur Stonearm had long been widely known in the Barrens. His upper body was more like a barbarian than any other Centaur. He never used a spear, axe or longbow like other Centaur. The hands and feet of the Centaur Stonearm were as hard as rocks. He did not need any weapons at all. He could easily smash the enemy's head with his bare hands.
Stonearm led a large group of Kolkar centaurs to the Deadwater Oasis and found that there was only an empty, unfinished fishman village and a retreating orc team left in the Deadwater Oasis.
The purpose of Stonearm's trip was to prevent other races from establishing a base in the Deadwater Oasis.
The Great Khan Hezrul Bloodseal received news that the wall of the village in the Deadwater Oasis would be built in the near future. So he ordered Barak Kodoban to send Stonearm to the Deadwater Oasis with a team of centaurs in advance, hoping to destroy the construction before the wall was built and rob property.
"Send a team to rob food and set fire to the buildings in this village. Other Kolkar warriors, follow me, let's kill those filthy greenskin outsiders."
The orcs of the tribe are all greenskin orcs. They did not live on the planet Azeroth from the beginning. In fact, they have not been on the continent of Kalimdor for many years.
The Kolkar centaurs believed that they were the masters of this land. If the orcs had not suddenly appeared and saved the tauren, the centaurs would have already controlled the Barrens and Mulgore. The centaurs and these foreign orcs had a hatred from the beginning.
Now the power of the tribe is rapidly expanding in the Barrens. Every time Stone Arm takes the centaurs out to plunder, the orc wolf riders will follow like hounds following the scent. The centaurs dare not stay in the target area for a long time, and cannot rob and kill as much as they want, which makes Stone Arm hate the orcs even more.
The Kolkar centaurs are already familiar with looting and robbing. They quickly divided a team and rushed into the fishman village from the unbuilt wall. After looting the food and any other materials that could be taken away from the warehouse that had not been moved yet, they immediately held torches and started to set fire everywhere.
The remaining large forces of Kolkar centaurs roared wildly and rushed towards the orcs, not giving the orcs any chance to retreat to the mountain.
On the way of the centaur charge, Una Wolfclaw and other orc hunters set up frost traps.
Frost traps will create a smooth ice surface when the enemy approaches, greatly reducing the movement speed of enemies within the ice surface.
Several frost traps were triggered by the centaur in a chain, greatly slowing down the speed of the centaur charge.
However, even so, the orcs did not have time to retreat to the mountain, and they were caught by the centaur team at the foot of the mountain.
On the wide flat ground, the centaur's accelerated charge was like a tidal wave, and even with the deceleration of the frost trap, it was still difficult for ordinary people to resist.
The female orc Serrag Blackthorn took the lead and swung the whirlwind axe to block the front. She summoned two ghost wolves to fight side by side with her.
The tauren Baine Bloodhoof did not evacuate first on the kodo beast. He waved his war halberd on the kodo beast and used his burly body to block the centaur's advance.
The attacks of the centaurs were like surging tides. Thrage Blackthorn and Baine Bloodhoof joined all the orc warriors to stubbornly block the centaurs' surging offensive.
The number of centaurs greatly exceeded that of the orcs, and soon the orcs were surrounded by the centaurs.
On the other side, Yang Yi and the murlocs of Ratchet Town hid in the lake.
The old blind man watched the centaurs set fire to the village, and his eyes were burning with anger. These were the houses and walls that the murlocs of Ratchet Town had worked hard to build.
"Lord, let's drive away the centaurs in the village."
Yang Yi observed the situation. There were more than 800 centaurs in total, and they were divided into two sides. On one side, there were about 100 centaurs looting and destroying the murloc village, and on the other side, the main force of the centaurs was besieging the orcs, and Baine was also trapped.
There are 300 fighting murlocs in Ratchet Town. Although they are hiding in the safe lake, they can no longer suppress their anger when they see the newly built village being destroyed by centaurs from afar.
"Old Blind Eye, take a squadron of fighting murlocs to the shore from the murloc village, and let the shield-bearing murlocs line up in front. If the centaurs run out of the murloc village, don't chase them. If the centaurs surround them, retreat back to the lake." Yang Yi ordered Old Blind Eye.
According to the formation Yang Yi had given to the fighting murlocs, a squadron actually only had 100 fighting murlocs, which was not a large number.
Yang Yi knew that this was a flat land, and the centaurs dared to send a team of 100 people to enter the village to plunder with confidence.
The centaurs knew that the murlocs had no mounts. If the murlocs attacked them, they would definitely use the kite-flying tactics that the centaurs are good at, and use the dual advantages of moving speed and range to beat the murlocs.
So Yang Yi asked Old Blind Eye to take the shield-bearing fighting murlocs ashore. If the centaurs ran away, that would be the best. If they gave up destroying the village and turned to attack the shield-bearing murlocs, then let the murlocs hide back in the water.
Yang Yi did not intend to let this large group of murlocs annihilate the centaurs in the murloc village, but asked Old Blind Eye to contain the centaurs and try to delay a little time so that the centaurs could not wantonly destroy the murloc village.
After explaining the task to Old Blind Eye, Yang Yi led the remaining murlocs to approach the main force of the centaurs that besieged the orcs and Bain.
Bain was trapped by the centaurs, and Yang Yi did not want him to get into trouble. If the situation was urgent, Yang Yi considered whether to take the murloc team to rescue Bain.
Yang Yi brought the murloc brigade, and the primary purpose was also to contain the centaur team. If the main force of the centaurs turned around to attack the murlocs, he would immediately let the murlocs run into the water.
A group of more than 200 fighting murlocs kept approaching, and the centaur team had to be on guard when besieging the orc team.
Sure enough, the Centaur leader Stonearm found the murloc team coming ashore, and he immediately ordered a team of Centaurs to prevent the murlocs from attacking from behind.
The murlocs on both sides held back the Centaurs, and only the sharp arrows and spears in the air occasionally intertwined, and there were basically no casualties.
In contrast, the battle between the orcs and the Centaurs was much more intense and cruel.
The Centaurs and Orcs fell one by one, and the female Orc Serague and the Tauren Bain began to lead the Orc team to break out in the direction of the Tauren Village.
The battle went on quickly, and the Stonearm leader of the Kokar Centaurs also knew that the reinforcements at the crossroads would arrive soon, and knew that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, so he let the Centaurs launch a swift offensive in the form of a frontal charge at the beginning.
The strength of the female orc Thraga and the tauren Bain exceeded the imagination of the centaur Stonearm. The centaur leader originally thought that the centaur's collective charge, which was bound to be unstoppable, was blocked by the orcs led by the two, and found that the two were leading the orc team to fight a bloody way.
Stonearm took out a kodo horn from his horse's back, blew the horn, and changed the tactics.
The sound of Stonearm's kodo horn was low and powerful. After hearing the horn, the centaurs stopped their fearless charge. They turned their horses on the flat ground and reorganized their formations.
Stonearm led the centaur team for many years in the barren land. His fighting style was not as fanatical as that of the centaur Verogo.
Stonearm knew very well what the purpose of his trip was. This time they were going to destroy the construction of the village and rob supplies before the wall of the Dead Water Oasis was built.
The abominable orc team that they met unexpectedly changed the centaur's plan.
Stone Arm originally brought the centaurs to destroy and kill. He didn't care about changing the plan. It would be the most satisfying to kill the orcs and take revenge. If that didn't work, he would use the longbow's range to consume the orcs and try to preserve the manpower of the centaurs.
Therefore, the leader of Stone Arm blew the Kodo Horn, letting the centaurs and the orcs keep their distance and use bows and arrows to attack remotely.
This way, the orcs can be consumed, and there is no need to worry about the tribal reinforcements being dragged down by the counterattack of the orcs when they arrive, so that the centaurs will be attacked from both sides.
The Kokar centaurs' combat method of using bows and arrows to attack remotely and engage the enemy at running speed is very troublesome, especially on the vast plains.
To deal with this tactic of the centaurs, either there are solid fortifications to hold on, or there are cavalry troops to catch up with the centaurs.
The orcs had no mounts, and Bain had only one kodo beast, which was useless. So when facing the centaurs using bows and arrows to attack from a distance, they could only close together to shrink their defense, and let the orc hunters fight back with bows and arrows while advancing.
Yang Yi watched the battle between the orcs and the centaurs from a distance. It seemed that the centaurs did not intend to destroy the orcs at all costs.
"As long as Bain is not in danger of life, it would be best if all the orcs died."
Yang Yi only cared about the safety of the tauren Bain. He looked at the Dead Water Tauren Village under construction in the distance. What surprised him was that the tauren on the mountain did not rush down to meet Bain and the orcs in the first place.
"Strange, where did the black bull named Makaba Flathoof brought by Bain hide?"
Yang Yi thought that Bain and the orcs were close to the foot of the mountain. At this time, if the tauren could organize a team to rush down the mountain, it would help Bain and his team to a great extent.
Yang Yi was wondering why the Tauren Village did not respond to Bain and his men. Soon he discovered that there were indeed Tauren rushing down from the Tauren Village, but there were only two of them.
Yang Yi used his Eagle Eyes to look over and found that they were the minotaurs Jerrick Gaoshan and Mur Leijiao. The two minotaurs had worked all night like Yang Yi last night. They stayed up all night to purify the lake of the Dead Water Oasis before going to rest.
"There are only two minotaurs. No matter how powerful these two minotaurs are, they are useless." Yang Yi was not optimistic.
As Yang Yi guessed, Jerrick Gaoshan and Mur Leijiao could not turn the tide with their own strength. There were too many centaurs. They could not break through the area covered by the dense arrows of the centaurs, let alone join up with Bain and the orcs.
Seeing that the two minotaurs rushing down the mountain were forced to move forward by the arrows, the centaur leader Shibi folded his arms in the distance. He used his rich combat experience to control the whole scene.
"Haha, warriors of the Kokar Centaur! Loot as much as you want! Burn! Kill!"
Shibi laughed wantonly. Now he only needed to pay attention to the signals of the centaur scouts he had sent out. As soon as the tribal reinforcements appeared, he would immediately organize the centaurs to leave the Dead Water Oasis with the spoils.
Soon, the centaur scouts in the direction of the crossroads blew the horn, and the scouts found that a team was approaching the battlefield.
Shibi put down his arms and held his chin to think for a while.
According to Shibi's pre-war prediction, the tribal reinforcements at the crossroads would indeed come, but the speed would not be so fast.
And the centaur scouts' horns sounded steady and slow, not hurried, and it seemed that the number of people coming was not large.
In view of this situation, Shibi did not immediately stop the centaur attack, but looked at the direction of the crossroads.
In the direction of the crossroads, a group of people slowly appeared on the grassland. There were not many people, about two hundred people.
Unlike the neatly-fitted uniforms of the tribal orc soldiers, these newcomers wore a variety of equipment and held a variety of weapons. Some even used sticks as weapons and held up wooden boards as shields.
“They are not the tribal reinforcements, but a group of humans.”
Stone Arm led the Centaur team to plunder everywhere in the Barren Land. He had seen many humans and could tell them apart quickly. .