Chapter 19: The Opening Battle of the Barren Lands (1)

"Power and glory!"

"Blood and thunder!"

More than 3,000 strong, heavily armed minotaurs riding against the Kodomon, shouted battle cries across the wasteland of the barren lands, galloping through the barren wasteland, and in the blink of an eye, they struck into the centaur raider army that covered the mountains in front of them.

Old Tang sat on his black combat Kodo beast, holding two giant swords, and crashed into the centaur army with monstrous fighting intent, the wind sword and the arcane sword in his hand were in the enemy group, slashing left and right, and rounding the centaur around him, even the human weapons were all cut into two pieces.

The mount "Brute Horn" under the crotch also held back its strength, and the centaur raiders who were blocking in front of Lao Tang fell to the ground, and from time to time there was an unlucky egg, who was pierced in the belly and pierced the chest by the sharp and thick horns of the "Brute Horn", leaving a hideous blood hole, and then fell to the ground with a wail, unable to get up again.

More than 3,000 strong men of the minotaurs who rode to fight the Kodo beast followed closely behind Old Tang in a frenzy. Fiercely wielding the weapon in his hand, he swept away the centaurs in his way. The razor-sharp battle axe lightly sliced through the shoddy leather armor of the centaur raiders, and the huge strength, under the hindrance of the centaur flesh, did not stop at all, and instantly split the target in two; The monstrous giant hammer, with the whirring Sky Breaker, smashed into the centaur's body, instantly smashing a depression, making the centaur who was hit spit blood.

Three thousand hussars, with their crotch full of armor, all fat and strong, and the impact of the amazing combat Kodo beast, all the way on a rampage, gathered together like a red-hot soldering iron piercing a piece of solidified butter. Under the guidance of the spear tip of the old Tang incarnation, it quickly chiseled through the centaur army formation. Left behind him a mess, a flesh passage full of stumps and severed arms.

"Assemble, all of them, follow me, and kill again! Kodo Knights! Charge! "Seeing that the warriors under his command easily cut through the defense line of the centaur raiders, and the centaur army was still busy turning the direction of the enemy with difficulty, it was really difficult to make the centaurs who were not too strong in organization and discipline and brave enough to obey the order to quickly complete the change of formation. The entire Centaur formation was now in disarray.

Taking advantage of the enemy's chaotic position, Old Tang led the fierce Minotaur warriors under his command, quickly assembled into a cone formation, and once again covered the past. The Kodo Beast Cavalry is indeed worthy of the reputation of "Azeroth Heavy Tank". With the still strong physique and unclear weight of the centaur, he still couldn't resist, and was instantly staggered by the collision, and the man turned on his back. From time to time, there were a few of them in the Kodo cavalry array, and the rising Kodo beasts raised their horns, stabbed the unprotected belly of the centaur in the way, and then shook their heads and smashed the unlucky bastard on the centaur raider on the side, bringing a series of miserable howls. Not to mention those centaurs who were trampled to the ground, if they were unlucky, they would definitely be trampled into pulp in an instant just when they were on the way of the Kodo beast cavalry

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The disparate encounter in the Barrens quickly ended with a jaw-dropping, one-sided massacre. The inferior Minotaur warriors, with the help of the Crotto Beasts under their crotches, bravely slaughtered an army of centaurs three times their size in a crisp and neat manner. And the fierce Minotaur warriors, under the protection of a fine and heavy armor, only paid the price of a few hundred minor injuries. And these lightly wounded warriors, under the care of the shamans and druids who accompanied the army, will soon regain their combat strength and return to the battlefield alive.

It was a brilliant victory! Annihilated this group of centaur raiders, but the soldiers under his command were basically free of casualties, Old Tang, who was in a very good mood, proudly commented on the opening battle of his barren land.

The Minotaur advance force, which had spent the holiday and had been running in with the combat Kodo Beast under its crotch for a few days, happened to encounter this centaur raider force of nearly 10,000 people at noon today, and started the first battle into the barren land.

At this moment, nine days have passed since the last small meeting of Kane, Old Tang, and Hamuel in Kane's big tent of the Chinese army. At the end of that small-scale meeting, the old Tang, who had just advanced to become an eighth-order warrior, took on the arduous task of going deep behind enemy lines and provoking a war between the centaurs and the boar people. As the proposer and formulator of the plan, Lao Tang, who has led his subordinates many times and performed similar dangerous missions, is definitely the most suitable commander for this plan.

During the meeting, the old Tang, who had been greedy for a long time, raised the problem of insufficient mobility of the elite troops under his command. After all, it is absolutely impossible to go deep behind enemy lines to do tasks, and if you want to be in the enemy's encirclement, you will be able to take advantage of the enemy's encirclement, and you will not have efficient mobility. After listening to Kaotang's request, Kane and Hamuel thought carefully for a while, and finally decided to broadcast more than 2,500 of the 5,000 combat Kodo beasts that had been trained by the entire Minotaur tribe to support the soldiers under Lao Tang's command, and in addition, they selected nearly 1,200 elites from various clans and also supplemented Lao Tang as manpower.

In this way, with the five hundred combat Kodo beasts obtained last time, Lao Tang gathered a total of more than three thousand strong and powerful Kodo beast mounts. Coupled with the more than 3,000 proud soldiers and fierce generals who were once again fully staffed, the first existing elite Kodo beast cavalry of the Minotaur tribe was officially formed. And the three thousand hussars under the command of Lao Tang, who are elite in a hundred battles, are about to kill the elite of Shuharu in the chaos of the barren land. Don believes that today's glorious victory is just the beginning, and that the great name and brilliant exploits of Tang and his brave soldiers will one day resound throughout Azeroth and become a legend to be admired and worshiped by future generations.

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"General Jaywan, how's the situation going? The corpses of these centaurs must be burned. We can't reveal our whereabouts for a short time. "Riding his own black combat Kodomon, the Brute Horn, Old Tang came to the side of the Jevan * Terror Totem, who was commanding the soldiers and cleaning the battlefield.

Don's friend, the paralyzed man, Grudiger Darkcloud, was sent on another secret mission by the current chief of the Terror Totem, Magatha Terror Totem, and did not appear in the Minotaur advance force. And Jayvan * Terror Totem, an iron-blooded veteran with a strong sense of honor, was arranged by Old Tang's heroic legendary aunt to Old Tang's side.

In the words of Old Tang's fierce aunt, "Grudig, I asked him to do something for me, and you don't have enough manpower?" I'm not old enough to be protected by someone else! A good ninth-order warrior, if he continues to be idle like this, he will become a waste. ”

In this way, this iron-blooded veteran, a ninth-order powerhouse, was "demoted" from the captain of the Chieftain Guard to a general of the advance force, and from now on, he would be able to eat with Lao Tang's subordinates.

Regarding his aunt's original intention of arranging this, Lao Tang was transparent in his heart and saw it clearly, this was paving the way for himself to take over the Horror Totem Clan. For such an arrangement, Old Tang could only be grateful in his heart.

Grudig, the man with facial paralysis, is a rising star of the Terror Totem Clan and an elite figure of the younger generation. In the past five years, the man with facial paralysis has been born and died countless times with himself, and he has already become a brother who can be absolutely trusted and entrusted to his back, and he is an absolute iron rod who supports his superiority. Even if he is temporarily transferred away from his side now, this feeling will not fade.

And Jayvann * Terror Totem, a ninth-order iron-blooded veteran, is not only the second master in the clan except for his aunt, but in the early years, he was active in the front line of the battle against the centaurs, and he is also a heroic figure with great achievements, and he has deep prestige among the clansmen, representing the interests of most veterans in the clan.

As long as he can convince this veteran with his excellent performance in the next days of conquest and get his approval, then he is equivalent to killing the veteran faction in the clan and the younger generation he represents, and becoming the chief of the Terror Totem Clan, there will be no more obstacles, and it can be called a certainty.

As for whether Lao Tang himself can get the approval of this veteran, it depends on Lao Tang's own appearance. After all, the road has been paved for Lao Tang, if his appearance is unsatisfactory and disappointing, then it can only be said that Lao Tang himself has no ability, so the position of clan chief, don't do it, the provincial leader of the clan will fail, and there will be no return.

Old Tang didn't have any burden or pressure on whether he could successfully impress and convince this ninth-order veteran senior. Old Tang, a guy with self-confidence in his bones, had already decided that he was the most outstanding figure of the young generation of the Minotaurs, and he was the best candidate to lead the Terror Totem Clan to glory. Not to mention that it is just the chief of the Terror Totem Clan, even the great chief of the entire Minotaur tribe, after Kane's Bloody Hoof, he will one day be in his pocket.

This is a firm determination that complements Don's own beliefs. Only by leading the Minotaur to rise strongly in Azeroth will the more powerful Minotaur tribe become their firm backing, and will they have enough confidence to face any enemy and any challenge. And becoming the chief of the Terror Totem Clan and the big chief of the entire Minotaur tribe is just a small step in the phase.

"Overseer Good, the battlefield can be completely cleaned in half an hour, the next step, should we divide the troops into two ways, first send a few elite squads, capture some wild boar people, and use them as bait for the plan?" Jayvahn * Terror Totem, seeing Old Tang coming over, briefly reported the situation of the battlefield cleaning, and then shifted his focus to the next arrangement.

As a veteran who made a name for himself at a young age, Jayvain* Terror Totem is not only a brave general who only knows how to fight on the battlefield, but also has excellent command skills as well as experienced experience. Therefore, after learning that he was about to partner with this legendary veteran, Old Tang gave him the plan and strategy of this mission in detail before he set off.

"Well, it's time to hurry up!" Old Tang said, took out a map of the barren land from the magic backpack on his waist, jumped off the back of the brute, pulled the iron-blooded veteran Javann, walked to a fairly smooth bluestone next to him, spread out the map, and began to discuss the next action.

"General Djevann, in a moment I will personally lead two squads of warriors to form an assault detachment and catch some boar men as bait for the plan. You lead the rest of your brothers to the Forgotten Pool, a small oasis beneath the Ghost Mist Peak. The scouts have figured out where there are less than 5,000 Kokar centaurs stationed there, and it will be easy to take it with our strength. It should be noted that except for leaving two tongues to find out the information of the barren land, the rest of the centaurs must be wiped out, and not one of them can be let go and leak our whereabouts. ”

Pointing to the map, Old Tang began to lay out the task in detail.

Because the advance force of the minotaurs was all converted into cavalry units, and with the excellent mobility of fighting the Kodomon, it was enough to catch up with the swift footsteps of the centaurs. Therefore, the current old Tang also dares to speak, does not let go of any of the routed army, and will no longer be like when he is broken, facing the frenzied escape of the rout centaurs, there is nothing to do.

"In two days, I will lead the assault team to complete the mission and meet you there. In this little oasis, you will have to wait for us for two days. Within two days, news of the loss of the Pool of Oblivion should not be known to the centaur army. When our plan is implemented, even if the centaurs know about it, they will only think of the boar people. But if a centaur comes to investigate, eat them all, and if the centaurs are sending out a large army and are not capable of the enemy, we must quickly evacuate before they find out our traces, so that they cannot find that we have set foot in the barren land. We'll take a long-term view when the time comes. Old Tang then added.

"If you retreat, you lead a large army back to the Stonetalon Pass, waiting for the migrating people. When we discover that the Pool of Oblivion is once again occupied by the Centaurs, we will return there to join you. If, after two days, we do not return, it proves that our mission has failed, so two days, after two days of waiting, whether they see us or not, the advance force must retreat and rendezvous with the migratory troops, and report the situation to the Great Chief. ”

Old Tang thought about the plan before and after, and clearly put forward the mission deadline, and once the mission failed, the retreat and rendezvous of the advance force.

"Well, don't worry, I promise to lead these awesome boys, lay down the oasis, and meet up there when you complete your mission. May Mother Earth protect you! Goode, return safely! Jevann, an iron-blooded veteran, nodded firmly, and sent his blessings to Don, who was about to carry out the task.

"I will, then I'll go and pick the members of the raid detachment. May Mother Earth bless you! General Jawann. Old Tang said, re-stepped onto his black combat Kodomon, the brute horn, and galloped over like a large army cleaning the battlefield.

"Anak! Cole! And Bane! Come find me under that big tree! Be quick! ”

In this desolate Gobi, Old Tang's loud voice spread almost throughout the entire battlefield that had just been soaked in blood.

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~There will be a popular character of the Minotaur in the next chapter~~ Old Tang and his raid detachment, in order to complete the task of capturing the boar captives~~Stay tuned~!!