Facing the Horde army's siege, these ballistae displayed their terrifying lethality. A single five-meter bolt could pierce several Orc warriors at once. Unless they were heavy infantry of the Trifarix Legion, ordinary shields and armor were as fragile as paper before these bolts.
General Twinbraid had long anticipated the day Triumph Bulwark would come under attack, so he had stockpiled large quantities of bolts and cut down many of the already scarce trees in the Barrens. After all, their Night Elf allies would not care about fellow Alliance members.
The toughness of Kodo Beast and Thunder Lizard sinews exceeded General Twinbraid's expectations, making these ballistae even more powerful than ordinary cannons.
General Nazgrel was also astonished by the immense power of these ballistae. To reduce casualties, he first ordered the Orc forces to withdraw.
When General Twinbraid saw the Orcs retreating from atop the walls, he knew his ballistae had worked. Kicking his short legs, he rushed up the wall and shouted in a Dwarf's booming voice, "Get back inside your fortress, you Orcs! As long as I'm here, don't even think about taking Triumph Bulwark!"
Faced with such provocation, most Orc commanders would likely have been directly Enraged, but General Nazgrel was not. He endured the constant abuse of the human scum that made up the Northwatch Army atop Triumph Bulwark and refused to let his troops resume their attack, while still keeping Triumph Bulwark tightly surrounded.
While ordering those human scum to keep cursing at General Nazgrel, General Twinbraid began pondering Nazgrel's intentions.
He knew Desolation Hold lacked powerful siege weapons, while the rifts caused by Deathwing had cut off the possibility of transporting siege weapons from the northern Barrens. The Tauren of Mulgore did not possess large siege weapons at all, so what exactly was the enemy