Chapter 121: Battle with the Thornback Boarmen

As soon as he returned to Garin Port, Garin discovered that the town had become quite popular. The port town, which originally had only a few hundred farmers, now had many short green-skinned creatures walking on the streets.

Goblin!

Garin recognized these little things at a glance. After all, he had played a goblin warlock. In the Cataclysm version, he was wearing a warlock suit of Dragon Soul and was ridiculed by his teammates in the ten-man group as the ugliest in the audience. The goblin's appearance multiplied by the appearance of the suit was so ugly that it was beyond imagination and no one could surpass it.

Jialin will remember this for the rest of his life.

Although the goblins had visited, Garin always felt that something was missing in the city. After connecting to the Heart of Origin, he found that two of the four legions stationed at Garin Port were missing, and Gandalf was not in the city at the moment. Where did they go?

During the time he was away, did anything happen in Galin Port that he didn't know about?

I quickly checked the strategic map and found that the two missing legions were southwest of Galin Port, in the central area of ​​the Barrens, close to the territory of the Thornback Boarmen.

Without having time to check the situation in the city, he teleported directly to Gandalf's side.

As soon as I landed, I saw more than 400 human knights in heavy armor and holding lances, galloping across the wasteland of the Barrens, and then heavily inserted into the boarmen's team, causing a group of thornback boars to be blown away.

"What's going on, Lao Gan?"

Garin was very puzzled. The strategy he had set before leaving was to secretly support the Thornback Boarmen, give them equipment, and then let them fight against the Steelmand Tribe. How come his side started fighting the Thornback Boarmen first?

Gandalf had been paying close attention to the situation. He noticed Garin's arrival and didn't want to pay any attention to this hands-off boss who had been away for a month. However, Garin's address was too offensive, so he had to pay attention to his own prince, otherwise there would be more trouble later.

"Your Highness, have you ever heard of thieves eating thieves?"

After Gandalf's brief narration, Garin understood the whole story. At first, Grayjop completed his mission as an envoy very successfully. The Thornback Boarmen, who were at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Steelmantle Tribe, were in urgent need of any assistance, including the assistance of the Razorback Tribe in the south, and they accepted all the assistance.

This time, Huiyop came to their tribe and said he wanted to sell them a batch of weapons. At first they were very happy to exchange and even used a batch of high-quality ore as payment.

In the first transaction, everyone got what they needed and was happy. Later, the Thornback Boarmen were equipped with these weapons. In an encounter with the Steelmantle Tribe, they fought back and forth with an elite force of the Steelmantle Tribe, and finally the Steelmantle Tribe was defeated.

This is not difficult to guess. Even the earliest white-board equipment of the human infantry was made entirely of metal. After being equipped with the equipment, the boarmen, who were originally equipped with simple leather armor and a large number of stone weapons, and only had a small number of metal weapons, were upgraded from muskets to cannons. It was a complete dimensionality reduction attack.

After the Thornback Boarmen won a battle, they became a little arrogant. Just then, Grayjop came to make the second transaction as agreed. The Thornbacks were not willing to exchange money for goods. They wanted the equipment but did not want to pay.

No wonder, Gray Yop only brought a few hundred people to transport equipment, giving the boars the illusion that I could eat them. The high-ranking officials of the Thornback Boars had no idea that Gray Yop and his men had Gandalf's group teleportation support at any time!

"Want to steal my stuff? Don't you even ask me when I've suffered a loss? Beat him up!" Jialin understood the whole story. How could he tolerate this?

I have always been the one taking advantage of others. When have I ever suffered any loss?

The 400-man knight troop was assembled within two months after the castle was upgraded to level three and ten barracks were fully operational. When Garin was building the stronghold in the Barrens, he took into account the flat terrain here, which was suitable for the use of cavalry, and there was a possibility of a confrontation with Centaurs, so he brought all the existing knights with him.

There is a saying that only magic can fight magic. I use the human knight troops to attack the centaur troops, no problem!

As expected of a high-level troop of level six strength, the army formation of four hundred knights directly broke through the wild boar formation. They thrust with spears in their right hands and slashed with broadswords in their left hands. All the wild boar along the way were killed without any chance to fight back. Even if you used the blank equipment I gave you, how could you withstand the three attacks and three defenses of the knights?

In addition to the four hundred knights, there were also two legions of troops present. Garen saw that they were Gandalf's Legion of Raging Tide and a new legion, which Garen named the Legion of the Wild Wind. The four hundred knights belonged to this legion.

The Raging Tide Legion was just watching the battle. Most of them were wizards and did not participate in the battle. Otherwise, with the wizards blessed by Gandalf's glorious halo and continuous magic, the boars would have been defeated long ago.

So this battle against the Thornback Boarmen is the first show of the Storm Legion, and so far, the battle situation is pretty good.

It was a fairly traditional tactic, with the infantry facing the enemy head-on, the musketeers providing damage in the back row, the priests blessing the fire of the soul and healing the wounded, and the knights attacking from the flanks, repeatedly breaking through the enemy's formation.

In this barren land, the battle between the human Hurricane Legion and the Thornback Boarmen came to an end soon. The boarmen's army was slaughtered cleanly and efficiently by the Hurricane Legion, while the tactically mature Hurricane Legion, with the assistance of priests, suffered only a few hundred casualties. Garin used a resurrection spell to restore the Hurricane Legion to its full strength again.

Thousands of the Thornback Boarmen here were slaughtered, which was a huge blow to them. They were even on the verge of extinction. Their remaining warriors were simply unable to stop the attack of the Steelhair Tribe. Their territory might be handed over to others, and their tribe would soon go into exile or even be annexed by other tribes!

The Thornback Boarman typed GG, and a team holding a white flag came to Garin, and the Thornback Boarman leader surrendered and asked for peace.

Garin had not expected things to develop to this point. He had never thought of using the army to pave the way and resolve the ownership issue of the barren land. Does he have the strength to do so?

The answer is yes. He can concentrate his superior forces to eliminate the Steelmand Tribe in the north, the Harpys in the northwest, and finally deal with the Thornback Boarmen. Finally, he can attack Razor Highlands. Even if he cannot succeed in one battle, he can suppress the remaining boarmen near their royal city.

But there was no need, he did not want to leave a reputation as a warmonger in the Western Continent, especially since he had just gained the friendship of the Tauren and had formed an alliance with them, making him already invincible.

In Garen's view, the rulers of the Western Continent, before the orcs arrived, were the night elves in the north and the tauren who occupied Mulgore to recuperate. The goblins were only focused on business and only sought neutrality.

The other races are still in a barbaric and uncivilized state, and none of them can fight, except the Centaurs who are destined to become enemies. Why should we go to such great lengths to send troops to fight when the problems of other races can be solved by diplomatic means?

Given the external environment, there are large tracts of unowned land waiting for Garin to occupy and develop, so Garin still hopes to open up the situation in the western continent through trade and leave a good reputation for the night elves.

Garin accepted the surrender of the Thornback Boarmen, but he made an additional request. They must become vassals of Garin Port and work for Garin in the future. Garin will be responsible for their safety and establish strongholds in their territory. Even if the Steelmantle Tribe attacks, he can send troops to fight them back.

After the defeat of the Thornback Boarmen, their fate was no longer in their own hands. Moreover, Garin promised not to treat them as slaves, but only as vassals. Regular tribute of ore as protection fee could give them a chance to develop in peace.

The Thornback chieftain agreed.

Therefore, in the territory of the Thornback Boarmen, near the northern mountains at the exit of Mulgore, Garin prepared to plan a fortress and arrange for a legion to be stationed there.

When we attack the boarmen in the future, let the Thornback Boarmen's troops serve as the vanguard. This is a civil war among the boarmen. The ones dispatched are mercenaries, and the Thornback tribe paid them. What does it have to do with me, Garin?

Although the process did not develop as Garin expected, the first step of the Barren Land Raiders plan was:

Completed!