To help their new ally, the Pandaren Empire, win this battle, the Horde forces that had landed in Pandaria were gathered at Kun-Lai Summit and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
Rend's Trifarix Legion, Lor'themar Theron's Sunfury Legion, Arnak Grimtotem's Dragonhorn Legion, Vol'jin's Shimon'quash Hunters, Chen Stormstout's Shado-Pan monks, and the reconstituted Kor'kron Legion from the Horde expeditionary force all fell under Garrosh's command.
The remaining Kor'kron Legion had previously been reorganized by Dranosh Saurfang into the Glory Warband. The Kor'kron Legion, once the Horde's most powerful legion, had been reduced to little more than a name.
Now that Garrosh Hellscream had returned from his trial on the Wandering Isle, it was time for him to command a legion. The Kor'kron Legion's designation was what Rend had left for Garrosh.
Although the Kor'kron Legion had been founded by Thrall, it was Garrosh who had truly brought it to its peak. Unfortunately, during the Siege of Orgrimmar, most of the two hundred thousand Kor'kron soldiers had died alongside Garrosh.
The Horde vanguard led by General Nazgrel consisted of Warsong Clan elites. They were immensely excited at the prospect of following their chieftain, Garrosh Hellscream, to rebuild the Kor'kron Legion.
The five great legions were nearly equal in number, most numbering just over twenty thousand. Together, they formed a formidable Horde army of one hundred and twenty thousand, enough to rival the Shado-Pan garrison stationed along Serpent's Spine.
Pandaren monks excelled at long-range rapid marches. Thus, while evacuating Pandaren refugees from Kun-Lai Summit, Chen led the Shado-Pan Pandaren swiftly toward Zouchin Village to evacuate the villagers there.
This Zandalari Troll invasion of Pandaria was smaller in scale than it had been in the original history, because Zul'Gurub, Zul'Drak, Zul'Aman, and Zul'Farrak were now all under Horde control.
Even so, large numbers of young