Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

At the banquet, Varian and the three boarmen leaders toasted each other and discussed the development plans of Mulgore and the Barrens.

Varian's plan for the Mulgore-Barrens free trade zone was highly recognized by several leaders, who all agreed to create an almost unlimited trading market covering various races including humans, boarmen, harpies, and gnolls.

While Thunder Bluff was celebrating, a war had just ended in the desolate land west of Mulgore.

This was a fierce war between the Centaurs and the Minotaur.

The Centaurs in Desolace became increasingly intolerant of the Tauren and wanted to monopolize Desolace, so they kept waging war against the Tauren.

Today's battle directly resulted in the deaths of nearly a thousand Minotaur.

In a big tent in the Tauren camp, an old Tauren said to a young Tauren: "Chief Cain, more than 900 warriors died today. We can't hesitate any longer. It's time to find a new home."

The old tauren who spoke was Moon, the chieftain of the Dawn Chaser tribe.

The young Tauren chieftain is the famous Cairne Bloodhoof. He is not only the chieftain of the Bloodhoof tribe, but also the chieftain of the entire Tauren tribe.

Cairne Bloodhoof thought for a moment and said, "Let the druid leader Hamuul and the shaman Magatha come over to discuss this together."

After a while, the two high-level Tauren leaders also arrived.

Kane Bloodhoof said, "We lost nearly a thousand soldiers today. Chief Moon wants to abandon the Desolate Land and go somewhere else to find a new home. I want to hear your opinions."

The druid leader Hamuul said: "According to the news, the five major tribes of centaurs have now gathered three tribes, led by their leader, Dazipa Khan, and are preparing to encircle and suppress us tauren."

Shaman Magatha said: "But if the whole tribe migrates, the movement will be slow. What if we are chased? It is better to resist and repel the attack of the centaurs first, and then slowly move the whole tribe."

Cairne Bloodhoof said: "It's too late. The three centaur tribes have several times more people than the tauren. They have no way to resist. We should migrate quickly to avoid being exterminated. The centaurs want to occupy Desolace, so we should leave Desolace."

The druid leader Hamuul said: "I agree with Chief Cain. As long as we leave Desolace and stay away from Desolace, there won't be so many centaurs in our new homeland. Even if there is another war, there won't be such a huge gap in the number of centaurs."

Shaman Magasa and old Chief Moon fell into deep thought.

After a moment, they both nodded heavily.

The main reason was the current situation, which they could not help but consider. In the past, it was only one Centaur tribe that attacked them, but now it was several Centaur tribes that attacked them.

If we don't migrate, we will be exterminated.

So, the Tauren began their vigorous migration.

Under the command of the chiefs of each tribe, the Tauren abandoned many of their baggage and only packed up valuable and light luggage.

In less than half a day, the Tauren had made all preparations for migration.

At Chief Cain's command, the entire Tauren tribe quickly headed north towards the Stonetalon Mountains.

Following Chief Cain's instructions, the druid leader Hamuul led some soldiers, reserved some tents in the empty camp, lit some fires, and pretended that there were still tauren living there.

Then, some false footprints were placed on several fork roads to interfere with the Centaurs' pursuit.

These measures have proven to be very effective.

A vanguard of Centaurs came to the vicinity of the old camp of the Tauren. Seeing the smoke rising from the chimneys, they mistakenly thought that the main force of the Tauren was still there, so they just lurked nearby and did not continue to pursue.

Other Centaur troops were misled by false footprints on the fork in the road and chased in the wrong direction.

When the Centaur army arrived, they found that the Tauren camp was empty. At this time, Chief Cain had already led the Tauren army into the Stonetalon Mountains.

Shortly after the tauren entered Stonetalon Mountains, they were discovered by Varian through the vision of the griffin.

Varian judged from the direction of the Tauren's march that in two or three days, the Tauren would meet the Kolkar Centaur stationed in the Giant Tree Valley.

The Centaurs from the Desolate Land are also chasing after them, and the Tauren are about to be caught in a situation of fighting on two fronts.

Varian thought about it and felt that the Tauren were too pitiful, so he decided to help them.

Of course, there are also reasons for using them for hunting and trading.

So Varian drew a map, marking the Kolkar centaurs in the Valley of the Great Trees, the route into the Barrens, and the boar people in the three major oases.

Then, he quietly placed the map on the road in the direction of the Tauren troops' advance, using the royal griffin.

Sure enough, not long after, the Minotaur picked up the map.

Chief Kane was secretly shocked after reading it. If there was no map, the Tauren would really enter the Giant Wood Valley! Then there would be no way to avoid a big battle with the Kokar Centaur.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the map, Chief Kane sent several scouts to the Giant Tree Valley for observation.

It was just as the map said! There was a group of centaurs stationed in the Giant Tree Valley!

To avoid conflict and unnecessary casualties.

Chief Kane immediately followed another route drawn on the map and entered the barren land.

Soon after entering the Barrens, the Tauren encountered the Death's Head Boar stationed near the Forgotten Pool.

The manager of the Forgotten Pool is Agum, the prophet of the Death's Head tribe.

When Agrum Agrum heard that the Tauren were being chased by the Centaurs and fled from their homes, he, who also hated the Centaurs, immediately invited Chief Cain to station in the Pool of Oblivion.

Agam said: "You can stay here without worry. The Centaurs will never dare to attack here."

Chief Kane glanced at the powerful and strong Headless Boarmen and finally felt relieved.

When setting up camp, Chief Kane discovered that the environment of the oasis was so good, with green grass, plenty of water, and abundant food. It was many times better than the previous desolate place.

Chief Kane was thinking, what a wonderful thing it would be if the Tauren also had such a beautiful home with abundant grass and water.

At night, Agham invited the Tauren Chieftain Cairne, the Druid Chief Hamuul, the old Chief Moon, the Shaman Magatha and others to dinner.