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

After careful consideration, Sir Lothar quickly ordered the soldiers and all residents stationed in Gran Village in Dawnforest and Lakeside Town in Redridge Mountains to withdraw to Stormwind City.

After receiving the order, Duke Elro Eberlock and Mayor Solomon of Lakeside Town immediately began to organize the residents to retreat, and he also sent a team to destroy the unharvested crops and orchards, with no intention of leaving any food for the orcs.

Because preparations were made very early, soon the road from Gran Village to Stormwind City, and the road from Lakeside Town to Stormwind City, were filled with residents heading to Stormwind City.

All the stored food and valuables in Gran Village and Lakeside Town must also be moved back.

The transportation of these grains was not done in a hurry like ordinary residents, but through a portal opened by a wizard. This was a green channel specially opened for grains, so all the grains in Gran Village and Lakeside Town were quickly transported away.

At this time, Stormwind City had already installed dozens of turrets and arrow towers at the city gates and surrounding walls under Varian's advance arrangements, and nearly a hundred large crossbows were placed on the castle towers.

A large number of traps and explosives were buried in the grass outside the gate of Stormwind City.

By the time most of the food and residents had arrived in Stormwind City, most of the orcs had already arrived at the Deadwind Pass near Dawnwood.

Kilrogg Deadeye said, "Captain, there is a human town not far away called Gran Village. We sent scouts to check it out before. There are 40,000 to 50,000 human residents and soldiers."

Chief Blackhand said, "Okay! Let's wipe out these tens of thousands of humans first and seize all their food."

"Kilrogg, the soldiers you lead will attack from the left. Rend Blackhand, you will lead the Blackfang Grinning soldiers to attack from the right. All other orc soldiers and ogre soldiers, follow me and attack from the front!"

The chiefs replied, "Yes, Great Chief!"

Soon, three armies of orcs rushed towards Gran Village from three directions.

Kilrogg Deadeye was most familiar with the route. He led the soldiers of the Bleeding Hollow Clan and rushed into Gran Village from the south several hours ahead of other troops.

As a result, Kilrogg's troops arrived at Gran Village and circled around the square for several times, but did not see a single person. Only the orc soldiers were left looking at each other in bewilderment in the square.

Kilrogg was stunned. This human ran away, so how could he get any credit?

So Kilrogg immediately ordered: "You, quickly check every place in the village, including the warehouse, the tavern, and other houses to see if there is any food and other supplies!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The Bleeding Hollow Clan soldiers answered in unison.

Soon, the Blood Hollow Clan soldiers rushed to various places, including warehouses, houses, armories, shops, and hotels, and searched everywhere.

Kilrogg personally led his troops into the village chief's hall, but found nothing valuable, no food, no valuables, only some tables, chairs and benches.

Kilrogg suddenly became angry and smashed the tables, chairs and benches in the room, destroying almost all the furniture.

Soon, Chief Blackhand's troops and Red Blackhand's troops also arrived at Gran Village.

Kilrogg said: "Captain, the humans have fled, and Gran Village is now an empty city."

Chief Blackhand's eyes widened and he said, "Nothing? Is there any food?"

Kilrogg said: "The soldiers and I searched the entire village, but there was nothing. There were no people, no food, and it was basically empty."

Chief Blackhand was furious and said, "This is outrageous! There are so many of them, they can't get far. Let the scouts find their location quickly. We will catch up with them and kill them all."

Kilrogg said, "Yes, Great Chief!"

Soon, several Void Ray troops flew in almost all directions, some flying towards Redridge Mountains, some towards Stranglethorn Vale, some towards Elwynn Forest, and some towards Westfall, looking for any traces of humans.

While the reconnaissance soldiers were looking for humans, the orc army was not idle either. Under the instructions of Chieftain Blackhand, they began to hunt prey in the Dawn Forest.

This caused great disaster to the dire wolves, spiders and other wild beasts in the Dawn Forest. Countless orcs searched for them everywhere, and even if they hid deep in the woods, they could not escape the clutches of the orcs.

In just two days, almost all the wild beasts in the eastern part of the Dawn Forest were captured by tens of thousands of orcs.

The beasts in the Dawn Forest tasted no worse than the crocodiles and crabs in the Swamp of Sorrows, so the orcs were very happy to eat delicious food in Gran Village for a few days.

At this time, the scouts who flew to Elwynn Forest returned.

A scout leader hurried to Chief Blackhand and said, "Chief, I found traces of humans!"

Chief Blackhand was so excited that he put down the spider leg in his hand and said, "Tell me quickly, where are they hiding?"

The scout leader said, "There is a large human city about 7,000 to 8,000 kilometers away from here. It has a very large population. The residents of Gran Village should have moved there."

"Great Chief, this is the map I drew."

Chief Blackhand said: "Good! Well done! With the map, humans can't escape. When we conquer the human city, your contribution will be indispensable."

The scout leader said excitedly: "This is all part of my job, thank you for the compliment, Chief!"

Soon Chief Blackhand convened a meeting of all the chiefs.

After all the chiefs were seated, Chief Blackhand hung the map drawn by the scout on the wall.

Chieftain Blackhand pointed to the location of Stormwind City on the map and said, "Everyone, our scouts have found the human city. This Stormwind City is the human city."

"I took a look and found that the location of this city is very good. If we capture it, we will occupy it and live here from now on."

"Stormwind City is surrounded by dense forests and there are many wild beasts. It is far more than what Draenor can compare to. We will live here in the future and have a good life."

Zulushid said, "It's probably not easy to attack a city. If there are tall walls, it will be more difficult."

Red Blackhand said: "Don't worry, during the days when you were not in the New World, we manufactured a large number of catapults. With our flying troops, it is no problem for us to capture a city."

Chief Blackhand said, "Okay, then we will prepare for war and attack the human city in a few days!"