If we had to use one word to describe the terrain of Zul'Aman, it would be easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This Troll Empire capital with a history of tens of thousands of years had already stood in the southeast of Eversong Woods before the Sundering. After tens of thousands of years of elite development in Forest Troll, Zul'Aman has completely turned into an iron barrel-like fortress.
The main buildings of Zul'Aman are all located on the towering Hatchet Hills, surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the sea on one side. There are steep cliffs on all sides that serve as natural barriers. Not to mention that Troll have built high walls on all four sides, leaving only a gate on the west side of Zul'Aman that serves as an entrance.
Although Troll's level of sorcery cannot create a defensive barrier like Silvermoon City around Zul'Aman, the excellent terrain of this Troll city is enough to scare away all attackers.
Zul'Aman Not to mention the high walls on all sides, even this gate is enough to stop intruders who lack strength.
Opposite the city gate of Zul'Aman is a passage that winds upward depending on the terrain. This passage named Amani Pass is quite wide and can accommodate several carriages traveling side by side. However, there are constructions on both sides of the road. The towering rock dams, not to mention if Amani Trolls set up ambushes on both sides, would definitely give the coalition forces a good look. If they could be ruthless enough to destroy the dams on both sides, it would be enough to delay the coalition's attack for several days.
However, what confused the coalition forces from the grassroots soldiers to the commanders was that Amani Trolls had no intention of setting up an ambush here. Even the Farstriders' Camp they had previously occupied was abandoned by them. It seemed that they were focusing on Zul'Aman.
Although the coalition soldiers were fortunate to be able to encounter the enemy at a later stage, the coalition commanders had to carefully consider the deep meaning behind Amani Trolls's actions.
No one would believe that this group of guys who are fond of sacrificing Immolation of living people to Loa, who have been entangled with High Elf for thousands of years and have never given up, suddenly changed their temper. After all, just a few days ago Amani Trolls coerced a few small Horde and Troll to launch a large-scale attack on the unsteady coalition forces. It cannot be said that in just a few days, Amani Trolls suddenly realized the value of life, right?
However, the fact is that since that large-scale battle, the coalition forces have not had even one conflict with the large-scale Troll. Until now, the coalition soldiers have set foot on the land outside Zul'Aman, and have not encountered a single Forest Troll. This makes the commanders of the coalition forces doubt whether Zul'Aman Troll has prepared some bigger conspiracy waiting for the coalition forces.
The elf rangers who had participated in the previous High Elf counterattack Zul'Aman battle were even more reminded of the previous fiasco when High Elf Legion's experience was very similar to what it is now. The early advance was extremely smooth. However, when the High Elfs with high morale entered Zul'Aman, they immediately encountered a head-on attack. Amani Trolls, who was waiting for them, missed the target. As a result, Quel'Thalas lost thousands of elite soldiers and countless others were injured.
However, even if the coalition commander guessed that there must be something abnormal behind Amani Trolls's unusual behavior, he still had to continue marching. After all, if he didn't even dare to enter Zul'Aman's gate, then why did the coalition soldiers come?
"Compared to Uther, it's very difficult." Varian stood on Dreadwake, looking at the coalition soldiers who had formed a battle formation below and said, "If possible, he would definitely prefer to have a head-on fight with Troll on the open ground, instead of going into the enemy's lair to fight a battle in an unfamiliar environment."
Everyone around Varian also showed expressions of approval. After all, human soldiers, whether ordinary infantry or Paladin, are better at fighting Legion after setting up a formation.
When fighting Orcs before, although the individual quality of the human soldiers was not as good as the Orcs soldiers who quoted Demon Blood, when the human soldiers set up their positions, they were able to achieve good results even against Orcs who had an advantage in numbers.
The strict battle formation system, well-trained soldiers, and unimpeded command are all things that human nations are proud of. It is precisely with these advantages that humans can thrive in Eastern Kingdoms and gradually become the most prosperous ethnic group.
However, now the coalition soldiers have to give up their own advantages, enter Zul'Aman, which is unfamiliar even to the elves, and start a battle with the Troll who have lived there for tens of thousands of years. This is also very helpless.
The coalition forces have traveled thousands of miles. Even if Kul Tiras's fleet provides supplies, they will not be able to fight for a long time in Quel'Thalas. If the coalition forces cannot give Amani Trolls a severe blow attack, then when the coalition forces withdraw, these Troll will still have to continue fighting with Quel'Thalas, and then this operation to rescue Quel'Thalas will be meaningless.
This situation forced the commander of the coalition forces to continue to order the soldiers to advance towards the gate of Zul'Aman, even though he knew that going deep into Zul'Aman would be detrimental to his own side. It is likely that Amani Trolls also saw through this, so he was leisurely waiting for the coalition forces to come to Zul'Aman.
"Well, I'm afraid this is also Uncle Terenas's helplessness. As the leader of the Alliance, he probably has many things that he has to do as a last resort. If he doesn't do it, I'm afraid Alliance can't be maintained... wait a minute," Varian continued to sigh, but as he was speaking, he suddenly paused, glanced down, and said strangely, "Why did it stop in front? It doesn't look like it has encountered an enemy."
Not only Varian, but everyone who could see the movement of the coalition forces below noticed at this moment that the coalition sergeants who were advancing steadily suddenly stopped under the orders of commanders at all levels, and the accompanying mages scattered everywhere broke away from the team and walked towards the front of the team.
"I'm afraid it was blocked by the gate." Aaron raised his head and looked at the Zul'Aman city gate standing at the end of Amani Pass in front of him, guessing.
In the game, if you want to open the door of Zul'Aman, you need to knock the gong at the door, but the coalition forces may not know this. Uther probably wants the mages to break the witchcraft on the door.
"Everyone, should we follow up and watch the excitement?" After asking everyone's opinions, Aaron controlled Dreadwake to rise into the air and flew from the edge of Amani Pass to the front door. He happened to see dozens of mages working feverishly to decipher the witchcraft attached to the closed wooden door.
However, the magic used by Troll is completely different from the Arcane Magic that the mages inherited from the Kaldorei Empire. The mages were busy for a long time and failed to open the door. On the contrary, these mages consumed a lot of energy and had to take a rest.
After Aaron watched the performances of the mages for a long time, he jumped off the boat while the mages were resting, ran to Uther, and asked tentatively, "Sir, do you want me to try it?"
Uther looked at Aaron in confusion. "You also know magic?"
Aaron waved his hand and said, "How can I know magic? However, I have other ways. The mages need to rest anyway, so let me try it."
Uther thought about it and felt that there was nothing to lose by letting Aaron try it, so he agreed. As a result, he saw this guy commanding many Alliance big shots to move dozens of rockets from Dreadwake and aim at the door of Zul'Aman.