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

As for why a large number of soldiers were not sent to the Cursed Land to attack the orcs, it was because the number of orcs was already very large. At this time, there were already nearly 100,000 orcs. In the wild, fighting a large-scale battle with the orcs was no longer advantageous.

When the orcs launch a large-scale attack, retreat to Stormwind City or Daggerridge Fortress and rely on the solid city walls to hold out. This way, you can minimize the losses and there is no need to fight the orcs head-on in the wild.

Of course, Varian would not turn a blind eye to the orcs' border harassment.

So Varian returned to Daggerridge Fortress and called a meeting with several generals.

Since Mathias had been called back by MI7, he was now responsible for gathering intelligence on the orcs on the border;

Karen was called back by his father, Sir Lothar, probably with another task assigned to him.

The only people in the meeting now are Varian, Gavinrad, Gryan Stoutmantle, and Marcus, a total of four people.

Varian said, "I'm sure everyone has heard about the orc invasion?"

Gavinrad said: "I heard, Your Highness, are we going to attack the orcs?"

Varian said, "There is no need to attack. I want you to go to the border between Dawn Forest and Redridge Mountains to deal with those scattered orcs and feel their strength."

Gryan Stoutmantle said: "Well, let's each take 2,000 soldiers to fight!"

Varian said, "There's no need for so many, because these are all small-scale battles. Many orc exploration teams only have dozens of orcs. I estimate that if each person leads 200 knights, it should be enough. If we encounter a large group of orcs, we can run away quickly."

"If you lead a large army, you will need to carry a lot of supplies and food, which will make you less flexible. Now is not the time for a large-scale battle."

Marcus said, "Can we not use knights? I want to use griffin knights to fight them in the air."

Varian said, "Of course. We can also take this opportunity to learn how the orcs deal with air forces. Knowing ourselves and the enemy will help us win every battle."

After some discussion, Varian and Marcus each led two hundred griffon knights; Gavinrad and Gryan Stoutmantle each led two hundred champion knights.

Each team is equipped with three priests to assist in treatment.

The purpose of this operation is to eliminate scattered orcs and understand their strength, and no large-scale combat will be carried out for the time being.

Under the command of Gryan Stoutmantle, a force of several hundred men quickly gathered on the grass outside Daggerridge Castle.

After an impassioned mobilization, Varian immediately activated the magic of the time and space gate. A burst of light covered the soldiers on the grass, as well as Gavinrad and a few others.

A moment later, Varian and hundreds of soldiers appeared directly in the central square of Gran Village.

At this time, hundreds of militiamen were training in the square of Gran Village.

When they saw the few people who suddenly appeared and Marcus among them, they shouted, "Hello, instructor!"

These were all residents who had undergone militia training at Dagger Ridge Fortress, so they only knew instructor Marcus, not Varian.

Marcus said hurriedly: "This is His Royal Highness Prince Varian, say hello to His Royal Highness."

The militiamen shouted again: "Hello, Your Highness!"

Varian waved his hands, signaling them to continue training.

Then Varian, led by the guards, went to the village chief's hall. He did not expect that Duke Elro Eberlocke had already taken some soldiers to the border to find orcs for battle.

Originally, Varian wanted to go to the village chief's hall to have a glass of juice. The juice from the Dawn Forest is very good.

Since the Duke is not here, I won’t drink for now.

So Varian ordered several generals to set off directly.

Gavinrad, went to Redridge Mountains.

Gryan Stoutmantle and Marcus stayed in Dawnwood because that was where the most orcs appeared at this stage.

Varian took his griffin troops to Deadwind Pass near Dawnwood.

As soon as he arrived at the intersection of Deadwind Pass, Varian discovered a small group of dozens of orcs.

So Varian commanded the griffon riders to attack the orc infantry.

These orc infantrymen are strong and powerful, holding large axes or hammers in their hands. They may be strong in close combat, but they cannot hit the griffins flying in the air.

The Griffin Knight was seen continuously sending arcane energy balls towards the Orc infantry.

After being hit, the orc infantry screamed and ran to the rear.

Orcs have thick skin and flesh, and it takes a griffin rider several attacks to kill an orc.

At this time, an orc squad leader took out a horn and blew it.

"Woo!"

The loud sound of the horn immediately spread throughout the neighborhood.

Soon, a bunch of flying creatures came flying towards the Griffin Knight. There were probably about four or five hundred of them.

When Varian took a look, he realized that these flying creatures were actually void rays from the planet Draenor!

And those sitting on the void ray were obviously orc warlocks and shamans.

Varian had always thought that the orcs' only air force was the wyvern, and that the wyvern was only found on the continent of Kalimdor.

It turns out that the orcs had already trained local flying troops in Draenor.

Varian looked at the void ray troops flying towards him and fired a chain lightning at them.

A bolt of lightning struck more than a dozen warlocks, injuring them all.

But the shamans in the rear immediately treated the injured soldiers.

Varian was immediately shocked. These warlocks and shamans were of high levels, and it was difficult for him to crush their attacks even with chain lightning.

At this moment, when the enemy outnumbers us, a forced attack may result in heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Varian knew a lot of magic, and he immediately cast Bewitching Magic on some of the orc warlocks.

He immediately controlled dozens of orc warlocks.

The orc warlocks and shamans around were so focused on fighting the griffin riders that they didn't notice that some of the soldiers had already been controlled.

Suddenly, these dozens of warlocks turned around and cast a rain of shadow arrows at the warlocks and shamans behind them.

Dozens of warlocks cast at the same time, causing the shadow rain of arrows to cover a large area of ​​their own people in the rear.

The warlocks and shamans in the rear were caught off guard and were injured one after another. Then they began to attack each other, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The shamans at the edge who were not hit by the shadow arrow rain immediately began to dispel the orc warlock who was bewitched.

But can Varian dispel them comfortably?

Suddenly, a burst of fireballs exploded among the warlocks. These were the continuous fireballs cast by Varian.

After this wave of operations, nearly a hundred orc warlocks and shamans were lost, and they all fell from the void rays to the ground and were smashed into meat paste.