Chapter 516: Kane's Layout
The Sadol Bridge, which can be said to be the first bridge in the Eastern Kingdom, is well-deserved in terms of scale and actual role.
The Black Iron Dwarves originally thought that they could completely destroy the bridge, but not only did it not happen, but the bridge was repaired on the basis of the two bridges that had been destroyed in the Second War of Humans and Beasts.
The Sador Bridge was originally a fortress, and the pillars of the bridge had a typical dwarven barracks, which could be garrisoned.
To the north of the bridge, on the shore of Changshui Lake and east of the soft bridge, it was once a stronghold of the Black Iron Dwarves. It is now a large outpost in Stormgard, and the soft bridge has become a permanent cement bridge.
After the restoration of the Sardol Bridge, Stormgard further strengthened its grip on it to ensure the safety of the Sardol Strait. Because the strait has been used regularly by ships at Fadil Military Port in the past two years, no one wants to see a rain of bombs in the sky or a collapse of the bridge when ships pass by.
In addition to keeping the bridge, Stormgard also helped the dwarves recapture Dammod.
Dammod is a dwarven rampart built against a hill to the south and west of the Sadol Bridge. It is the main guard of the south of the bridge.
Stormgard strengthened the area, building trenches and walls with concrete spurs, as well as two turrets with long-diameter cannons for the Black Iron Dwarves' steam tanks and war golems.
Without heavy weapons, the Black Iron Dwarves had to fill the trenches with their lives, and they felt that it was a good deal.
Due to the need to cross the wetlands to supply Dammad from the Dwarven Kingdom, and the threat along the way, Stormgard and Ironforge made an agreement to supply the Dhammod Dwarves from Garin, an industrial town at the Diagonal Crossroads.
Today, the slab-shaped concrete road (which is less difficult to construct and prevents thermal expansion and contraction) has been repaired from Garin City to the Sadol Bridge, and supplies are very fast, and reinforcements can come very quickly.
Damild was led by Salgas Anvimar, with the brothers Motre Gamarsen and Rago Gamarsen as his right and left men, and Longbeard and old Ibenser often advised him on a large number of occasions.
With the ample supply of the Kingdom of Stormgard, their condition quickly improved.
And under the influence of Stormgard, they also had more than a dozen paladins born here (those who are not directly under the Holy Temple are all called paladins, not Templars).
This time, the Falcon Vanguard is mainly clearing the Dragon's Maw poachers of Camp Furry Tooth in the wetlands, and repairing Dan Ogaz, the southern gateway to the wetlands that connects the town of Lockmodan.
As we all know, wetlands are called the lungs of the planet and are an important part of the global ecological environment.
It is rich in products and beautiful scenery. But for the natives of this world, it is too vast, uninhabited, and infested with mosquitoes that even explorers are reluctant to enter the area.
And the Dragon's Throat Orcs are the remnants of the Second Human-Beast War.
After the collapse of the tribal army, which was led by the tribal alliance and the great chieftain, most of the orcs fled in all directions in their respective tribes.
Nao Zu, with his direct relatives, was the first to evacuate. It was hoped that the other tribes would share the firepower.
I never thought that Tulayan's military command style was very different from that of Lothar, he was bold and careful, taking advantage of the victory, biting Naozu to the death, and chasing all the way to the world of Draenau.
The other tribes, on the other hand, were able to breathe. After all, the military power of the human side is limited.
Although the orcs still had the upper hand in terms of the number of soldiers, the wolves lost their heads and were in chaos.
The Dragon's Throat tribe is shrewd.
Thinking backwards, you're all scrambling south to escape from the Burning Plains through the Red Ridge Mountains, the Swamp of Sorrows, to the Damned Lands, and back to the world of Draeenor through the Dark Gate.
I farther north, detouring through the weakly defended Danmoro region of the dwarves and entering the vast wetlands, when the time comes, even if the humans send hundreds of thousands of people, it will be impossible to pull out the dragon's throat tribe in the vast wetlands.
However, Dragonthroat did a great death, that is, using the artifact Demon Soul, to control the Red Dragon Queen Alexstasa, and then make the dragon serve them.
This allowed them to occupy the mountain city of Sgrimbaatar, abandoned by the Hammer Dwarves, and prospered for a few years.
But in this era of heroes, few people can be glorious, the human mage Luo Ning, and his little friends, in the 10th year of the Warcraft calendar, liberated the Red Dragon Queen Alexstasa.
The Red Dragon Queen, who was humiliated by all kinds of play, was furious, led the Red Dragon Legion to severely damage the Dragon's Throat Clan, and then went to settle accounts with Deathwing, the mastermind behind the scenes.
And the remnants of the Dragonthroat Clan's orcs have been recuperating and recovering in the Twilight Heights all these years.
Some of them fled to the wetlands when they were killed in Grimbaatar.
Now, eight years later, the Dragonthroat Orcs, led by Nacrosh, have adapted to the environment, looting the Panhuan Mountain Road leading to Lokmodan, sacking the Velga excavation site from time to time, and sometimes visiting Minethil Harbor to show their presence.
No one else knows, but Kane knows that these orcs have been plotting to destroy Minethil Harbor for a long time.
Minasil Harbour is very important to the dwarves and the Alliance, and to the north of it is the snowy peaks of Kazmodan. Although Kazmodan and the wetlands are two different areas, they are actually closely linked.
The dwarves, in particular, like to build their cities in the mountains, and there are large areas of farmland below the snow line at the northern foot of Kazmodan, which are connected by mountain passes.
On the next big step, there is another terrace, which is also planted.
The dwarves had originally wanted to dig further roads and open the gateway to Kazmodan's harbour to the wetlands, but years of internal and external conquest aborted the plan.
Therefore, from Kazmodan to Minaihil Port, if the aircraft is not applicable, you can only go east out of Kazmodan, first to Lokmodan, and then go down to Dan Ogaz through Panhuan Mountain Road, and then turn north and west to Minaihil Port, which can be said to bypass the big circle, which greatly affects the freight efficiency and poor safety.
With the Second War of Man and Beast, the wetlands, Lozmodan, and Kazmodan remain unresolved, and the dwarves are struggling to deal with their evil cousins, the Black Iron Dwarves, and their long-time foes, the Palatet.
Coupled with the Gnolls, Swamp Lurkers, Berserk Elementals, Velociraptors and other beasts, and Dragonthroat Orcs, their lives are very difficult.
Stormgard is ready to do it to the end, last time to help them recover the land, this time to help them pacify the Quartet.
At the same time, this is also to train their own officers and soldiers in actual combat, and strive to create a strong army that is capable of fighting, at least in terms of operational awareness and tactical thinking, before the invasion of the Burning Legion.
Therefore, this time the troops sent out to the wetland, and the method of training soldiers in rotation was adopted.
Kane had the ideal belief that with the overall advanced nature of the Falcon Legion, as long as he was not greedy for merit, these wild monsters who made a living by hunting were by no means opponents, and after a few battles, they would collapse on their own, and then they could be won with a sweep.
Another reason Kane started this project was to avoid the call for help from Lordaeron.
Due to the activity of the new tribe (led by the Hammer of Doom, Thrall was only the appointed successor at this time), the Hillbled Hills is now in a miasma (Blackmore trained Thrall according to the Slave Commander, not just a gladiator, Thrall got rid of the kind of combat thinking that the orcs were straight and straight, and played sports warfare or something). And the Hammer of Doom has always been a clever leader who is good at opening up his voice, listening to opinions, and taking advice), and the human officers and soldiers are played like stupid boys, arriving late every time, eating a lot of dust, and being taught from time to time, and very passive.
In fact, even if the Falcon Legion is replaced against the new tribe, it will not perform better than them.
Orcs are hunters, commanded by experienced tactics and strategists, and supported by people familiar with how humans operate.
And 12 years have passed since the end of the Second War between Man and Beast, and the Orcs have long since not turned their heads as they did when they first came to Azeroth, on the contrary, they are now more familiar with the wilderness than humans, and playing sports warfare, hide and seek with such opponents, is basically looking for abuse.
But Tenaris is not an orc, the situation in his eyes is that the orc captives have escaped, so many officers and soldiers can't handle it, the more they suppress, the more they catch, the more chaotic they are, they are robbed again and again, the orcs are regrouping, but the officers and soldiers are exhausted, so he thought of Stormgard.
Stormgard's army is known as a strong army, and the Falcon Legion has become even more famous in recent years, so Terenus sent a letter to transfer troops to help in the name of the alliance leader.
Where is Kane willing to wade into such troubled waters?
Sal, the son of destiny, is in the period of brushing up experience, don't want to be lucky with a high value, whoever goes up will lose face.
More critically, weakening the new tribe now is completely thankless.
There is a saying: orcs are never slaves.
This is not to say that orcs really cannot be enslaved, they themselves enslave their own kind, and the big and small eating between clans is often staged.
Orcs will never be slaves, which means that the cultural traditions and lifestyles of orcs are destined to be full of fighting spirit and violent tendencies, which are deeply rooted in the bloodline and inherited by genes.
In the past few years, he has done enough social experiments, using a series of management methods that surpass this era, coaxing and fighting, and giving him a place to vent his anger, even so, the orcs can only barely be used.
He knew that such a situation would not last for a few years, and that the orcs were full of restlessness, and if they wanted their emotions to be high, they would have to venture around, and they would soon get tired of the two-point life and become ungodly.
There is only one circumstance that can change the attitude of the orcs, and that is aging, when they are over 40 years old and have not yet died in battle, they will gradually become calmer, and their injuries and illnesses will not allow them to take any more risks, so they will stay at home and find some work to make ends meet.
Such characteristics make them unable to integrate into the human social system, at least in a short time, and it will take several generations to change.
But that's not much meaning, the cognitive difference is too big, the dwarves can be divided into three, the humans can become the seven kingdoms, and there will be a chasm between the orc clans, just like the killing between the raw and familiar ones in the Celestial Empire, which can fight more than when the alien race was warned.
So in his opinion, these orcs should either be sent away or exterminated, and there is no other better way to deal with them.
In the SC universe, Kane Zhao's great humanism is set to slay insects and destroy the stars.
But in this world, Kane Sun's split soul can only say: how prolific and bold. He has no way to kick his feet horizontally and vertically in this world, and it is really easy to be profited by fishermen if he fights with orcs, such as the Burning Legion, such as the Elder Gods, and so on.
So what he chose was to send it away.
According to the development and acceleration trend of the forces under his control, it will not take a few years for the orcs to go from being a formidable enemy to a mercenary that can be used for business, driven by industrial creations, and indirectly used for their own use.
Now that they have made up their minds, they are naturally foreshadowed early, and when the truth is revealed in the future, the orcs will have to admit that they owe him a lot of favors.
Based on the cultural customs of the orcs, this favor cannot be measured in money.
Of course, Kane doesn't think it's that mysterious, but it's good to be able to make the future tribe a dumping ground for Stormgard's industrial products through the use of human favors.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the foundation of the birth of industry, market demand, is the foundation of birth. The Europeans of the origin world used their sea ships to connect the markets of countries thousands of miles away, so what about Stormgard, who led him?
There are only 50,000 people in Stormgard, and the market of 50,000 people is not enough for industry, even if it is already very small.
So he had to plan ahead and send the orc bastards to Kalimdor, and there was also a consideration in cultivating the future market.
This is not only orcs, but also trolls, minotaurs, and even goblins who think that the tribesmen are stupid and have a lot of money, and are more willing to do business with them.
The future is like harvesting this big fish, so it is appropriate to bury the line now.