"Colonel Daelin, it's almost time for us to get to work." Sylvanas smiled at Daelin and Yu Lin Bloodhawk. "Have the main force form up for a charge. Brother-in-law, your Steel Torrent's four hundred battle pets will lead the vanguard. Colonel Daelin, take two thousand heavy infantry in behind them to exploit the breakthrough. The elf rangers will follow and provide ranged support."
A little under an hour later, an owl ranger broke off Beast's Eye and reported, "The orcs have pursued them far enough. Shidewa and the others are preparing to disengage."
"Now it's our turn to put on a show!" she ordered loudly. "Fire the ballistas! Clear a path for the charging force!"
Her words had barely left her lips.
Tw ang! Twang! Twang! Three powerful bowstrings snapped forward as the three ballistas fired almost simultaneously. Three explosive bolts, each two meters long, whistled viciously toward the three towering arrow towers inside the Orcs Camp.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The explosive bolts instantly blasted through a main support post on each of the three orc arrow towers. With a main support gone, the upper platforms of the tall towers the orcs had painstakingly built began to creak and groan, tilting to one side as they collapsed. The terrified orc archers atop them jumped without a thought for the consequences. Although the towers were tall, a properly managed landing would usually leave them badly injured at worst, rather than dead. If they stayed until the entire tower collapsed, however, they were very likely to be badly hurt by the fall and then crushed to death by the tower's timbers.
Creak! Creak! Creak! Under the elves' hands, the three ballistas were swiftly cocked and reloaded. Their next targets were the Orcs Camp's southern gate and the wooden fencing on either side.