After Aaron and Loa completed their discussion, they returned to the camp where the expedition team was located. With such a powerful group of reinforcements that the enemy did not know about, the difficulty of this battle was reduced a lot.
What makes Aaron feel a little pity is that those Loa brought by Annhylde have not remained. Although they are still in soul state, their actual combat power is far less than before when they were alive, and even not as good as those Troll who have just swallowed their essence and have not yet had time to master their own power. However, they are still a powerful combat power.
After returning to the camp, the expedition team's pre-war preparations were almost complete. Because one of the main purposes of this attack on Zul'Drak was to help the Blood Knightss accumulate combat experience, these Paladins were used as the main force of the attack.
Vrykul, who have been trained by Archaedas and Ygrim for a period of time, have also adapted to how to cooperate with the "villains" in fighting. Before attacking Ulduar, they can take this opportunity to verify the results of their training.
Apart from this, the other troops are not large in size. The dwarves who are interested in fighting are organized into the queue of Paladin. The rangers either stay at the rear of the team with the mages to act as long-range attacks, or they are dispersed to serve as scouts.
Because during the previous attack on Utgarde Keep, the main battles were conducted inside the castle, so the cooperation among various parts of the expedition team had not been honed, and this unfamiliarity became apparent during the march.
In order to ensure that he could have an overview of the overall situation, Aaron drove Dreadwake to closely follow the large force, and borrowed some sailors who knew the semaphore from Kul Tiras's fleet to pass orders through these sailors to coordinate various parts.
The only problem is that the cooperation between the Furbolgs and these semaphore messengers is not very good, and various problems always arise. When the third sailor sent over came back to complain, Aaron simply gave up command of the Furbolg troops and allowed these guys to march in a haphazard manner.
"I think if there is a problem in this battle, it will definitely be caused by these Furbolg." Bolvar, who had been watching, also saw this problem.
"So I asked Orsonn to take his people and stay away from our troops." Aaron said to Bolvar while observing the march below, "Speaking of which, why are you following here? Shouldn't you stay with Utgarde to train Proto-Dragon?"
"Such a joint operation is of great reference significance. Of course I will not let go of the opportunity to watch." Bolvar said matter-of-factly.
With the establishment of the Alliance, coordinated operations between countries have become more frequent, and it is not surprising that Bolvar would realize this.
When the vanguard arrived under the first city wall of Zul'Drak, Aaron became increasingly busy. When marching, Aaron only needed to observe the traveling speed of each part to ensure that no part was separated from the main force.
After the actual battle, Aaron realized that there were still many problems with this system. The most important one was that although he was above the troops and could overlook the overall situation, he was still a little confused when facing the battle line that stretched for hundreds of meters. This panic was not relieved until the offensive advanced to the second layer of the wall of Zul'Drak due to the accumulation of experience.
Here Aaron and the others have become entangled with the main force of Ice Troll. These Ice Troll have the right location to help, keeping the Blood Knightss firmly outside the wall. However, Aaron is not in a hurry. When the battle reaches a stalemate, it is time for some special forces to come into play.
"Look, our reinforcements are coming." Aaron suddenly pointed to the rear of the Ice Troll defense line and said. Standing on the deck of Dreadwake, you can clearly see that that direction is beginning to become chaotic. Standing up, seeing this scene, Aaron was completely relieved. Several Loa had already launched an attack on Ice Troll's defense line as agreed. The victory of this battle had been established.
Unlike Aaron who felt like he had the overall situation under control, the one opposite him, the leader Ice Troll, and the Frost King who commanded Drakkari Troll were in a very bad mood.
"Not good!" Frost King, who was sitting on the front line, suddenly heard the noise from behind and immediately realized something was wrong. He stood up and looked back, only to see groups of wild beasts coming from behind his own camp.
The Ice Troll camp was immediately thrown into chaos after being attacked. Although they had some evil thoughts towards Loa, they had not yet taken action, and they did not expect that these beasts would attack first.
"No, retreat quickly!" Frost King Malakk stood up and roared loudly at his men who were struggling with the intruders.
The Frost King's reaction was very decisive. The Trolls had set up their formation to deal with the enemies from the front. Now they suddenly encountered the Backstabs from the rear. It was only a matter of time before they collapsed. It would be better to disperse all our own troops before the enemies on the two sides had made contact and break out first. Relying on the tight defense of the capital Gundraks, things could turn around.
However, although he made the choice very quickly, the resentment in the Frost King's heart could not be suppressed. Recently, he was attacked first by Undead, then by Furbolg and a lot of random races. Now even Loa has betrayed his tribe, which made the Frost King furious.
While commanding his men to retreat, Frost King looked at the several Loa who were commanding the herd to attack the Ice Troll hastily formed defense line in the distance. He waved the tomahawk in his hand in that direction hatefully and cursed in a low voice, "You feed these unfamiliar beasts, I will never let you go."
After venting his anger, Frost King regained his composure and said to himself, "Maybe it's time to consider the suggestions of those conspirators from Zandalar. Although I know they have bad intentions, I have no choice now."
Thinking of this, the Frost King called over a few messengers and ordered them to find an opportunity to return to Gundrak and tell those Zandalari Trolls to start preparing for the ceremony. Although the Frost King could see that there were two Loa who were not involved in this betrayal, he no longer wanted to believe these beasts.
"Since you dare to betray, just wait and accept the wrath of Drakkari." The Frost King roared and saw that his men had almost evacuated, and the enemy soldiers had already rushed through the second layer of the city wall and rushed towards his direction. The Frost King hurriedly took his cronies and evacuated in the direction of Gundrak.
"Retreat now?" Aaron looked at Troll's movements in confusion. He thought he would need to cause more casualties to Ice Troll to force these Ice Troll back.
Watching the Ice Trolls evacuate in an orderly manner, Aaron suddenly realized the wisdom of the opponent's choice. Since they were attacked from both sides, it was just a loss anyway, so retreating in advance can obviously reduce their casualties.
"We can't let them retreat so easily." Aaron issued an order to the people below through the messenger, asking the members of the expedition team to speed up their advance, pursue Ice Troll as much as possible, and kill the opponent's effective forces.
By the time Aaron and their soldiers could clearly see the herd driven by Loa, there was not a single Ice Troll on the entire battlefield who could still stand up.