Nervous and busy days always fly by.
As the first batch of human refugees landed in the north of Stranglethorn Valley near the mouth of the river that was later named "Grom Plateau" by the tribe, seven or eight days passed in the blink of an eye.
The originally simple wooden city became larger and larger due to the logging and construction of tens of thousands of young and strong laborers day after day. It gradually became the size of a small city, and patrols and hunters were organized to hunt.
Kill the velociraptors, tigers, crocodiles and other beasts moving around.
Their meat will become food, and their leather will be processed and turned into a roof to protect them from wind and rain, or it will be tanned and made into leather armor, leather shields, leather boots, belts, leather bags, and leather clothing.
Since Stranglethorn Vale is located in a tropical area, rainfall can be said to be quite frequent.
I often take it up and down three or four times a day.
In order to prevent your feet from being soaked in water and mud all day long, waterproof boots are in great demand. Whether you are working outside the fence or working inside the fence, everyone basically needs a pair.
Leather raincoats can prevent hunters hiding in trees from becoming drowned rats after a rain.
In addition, the colorful fur of jungle tigers is deeply loved by nobles and wealthy businessmen in various northern human kingdoms. It can be sold for very high prices and is an out-and-out luxury product. Black leopard skin without any trace of hair is also
It's also a good thing.
Some of the more daring ones even brought back big cat cubs and velociraptor eggs, intending to domesticate them and turn them into good helpers for humans.
Velociraptors, in particular, can completely replace horses as a flexible means of transportation in this rainforest, and can even form a dragoon unit.
Others became interested in the large number of different species of parrots in Stranglethorn Vale and began to capture, feed and train these intelligent birds to imitate human speech.
As for the purpose, most people just find it interesting and can relieve their boredom after boring work.
But there is also a small group of people who believe that parrots can fly, have particularly good eyesight, and can learn human language, making them the ideal scouts.
As long as enough talking parrots are domesticated, they alone can establish an effective cordon around the camp.
When someone with evil intentions approaches, the parrot can immediately fly back to alert the person standing guard, and then the entire camp will sound the alarm and enter a state of war readiness.
As a result, hundreds of parrots became a beautiful scenery in the camp after being fed for several days.
Especially those who learn to speak awkwardly at the beginning often make people around them laugh, filling the air with joy.
When the time came to the tenth day, the second batch of fleets finally arrived safely, causing the number of residents in the camp to instantly expand to 20,000.
This is definitely a first-rate force in the wild rainforest of Stranglethorn Valley.
It is estimated that except for the Gurubashi trolls in Zul'Gurub and several large clans affiliated with them, there is no other force that can compare with the size of this group of refugees from the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
Moreover, human tools, weapons and equipment are also more sophisticated.
Whether it is sharp steel arrows, or metal armor and swords that gleam in the sun after being greased and maintained, they all have a crushing advantage over the local area.
A group of fishmen living near the coastline once wanted to launch a sneak attack at night.
As a result, more than 1,500 elite veterans who had been baptized by the Stratholme Undead Scourge led more than 3,000 novice militiamen to kill them all.
You must know that in order to gain a firm foothold in Stranglethorn Valley, the first two fleets that set off were basically all young adults who had undergone certain training and had combat experience.
Once in danger, he can transform into a qualified soldier in minutes.
With advance warning and detours, outflanking and bagging, not a single one of the two thousand murlocs escaped alive.
With the crude primitive weapons in their hands and the sharp teeth they were proud of, they could not threaten the fully armed humans who had formed a formation with spears exceeding four meters in length.
Often a round of arrows and long-handled weapons will pierce them and they will fall down in pieces.
Even if you are lucky enough to rush forward, you will be knocked to the ground by the heavily armored warrior holding a shield to complete the last hit.
Facts have proven that fishmen cannot pose a threat to any race that has established civilization in Azeroth.
Apart from the fact that they reproduce at the same rate as mice and cockroaches, they are basically useless.
After this battle, the entire coastline around the camp suddenly became much quieter, and even small fishing boats out to sea no longer had to worry about being attacked or harassed.
Moreover, the corpses of the fishmen were not wasted, and were all thrown directly to the domesticated velociraptors, tigers and leopard cubs to eat.
When cleaning the battlefield, people also found many blue pearls, a specialty of Stranglethorn Valley, on the corpses.
According to the judgment of a businessman who has traveled far and wide, this thing will definitely fetch a very high price in the capital of Lordaeron or the territory of the elves.
In the future, you may consider getting some gnome or goblin diving equipment and engage in pearl cultivation on the long coastline, which is sure to make a fortune.
This discovery, coupled with the rich natural resources, undoubtedly completely confirmed the statement that Stranglethorn Valley is full of gold, and also made people believe that life in the future will be better than in the past.
Especially the businessmen, nobles and officials in the church began to look forward to how they and their families could get rich quickly after completing the migration and become the upper ruling class of this new human kingdom.
After all, the current rationing system, which is designed to maximize survival, cannot be maintained for a long time. Sooner or later, the currency and market will have to be opened up.
At that time, abundant natural resources can be continuously transformed into wealth.
In contrast, ordinary people, because of their limited knowledge, can only imagine getting their own land and living a good life without worries about food and clothing.
However, no one noticed that while they were fighting the fish-men, several pairs of eyes in the jungle were taking the opportunity to hide in the dark and observe the battle.
When humans began to celebrate their victory, these tall and thin figures quickly disappeared into the vast night.
About a few hours later, near the huge bonfire in the ancient jungle ruins in the north of Stranglethorn Valley.
A troll with short red hair slowly walked out of the darkness and said in a tone full of disgust and hatred: "I have personally confirmed it.
The number of those humans is very large, and they are still increasing.
They possess many sophisticated metal weapons and armors, and it is clear that they want to settle here and seize the land that belongs to us trolls.
Can't wait any longer.
We must summon all members of the Bloodscalp tribe to launch an attack to kill all these damn human invaders or drive them into the sea.
Stranglethorn Vale is the territory of the trolls!
Whoever tries to challenge this will be met with slaughter and destruction!"
"I totally agree! Kill all those humans! Steal all the materials! Throw them into the pot and cook them!"
Another troll warrior, also with red hair, raised his hands and let out a bloodthirsty roar.
Under his leadership, other trolls around the bonfire soon started shouting that they would launch a war to kill all the humans coming across the sea, eat each other's flesh, drink each other's blood, and pile their skulls together to make witches.
Poison pile.
Don’t think this is just an exaggeration!
As the most powerful troll tribe in the northern region of Stranglethorn Vale, the Bloodscalp Trolls are notoriously bloodthirsty and cruel.
Many explorers and scouts from the Northern Kingdom of Stormwind were captured by them more than once, dismembered alive and thrown into pots to be eaten as food.
Because in the tradition of trolls, killing a powerful enemy and eating them can gain the power possessed by the opponent. Even in disputes within the troll tribe, killing and eating captives is common.
Therefore, the primitive and barbaric custom of cannibalism can be said to be quite common among the Trolls of Stranglethorn Valley.
This can be glimpsed from the piles of humanoid skulls piled around the troll camp.
Even the Darkspear tribe, which later surrendered to the orcs, retained similar customs before they were officially confirmed to join the tribe.
In addition, because Stranglethorn Vale has a typical tropical rainforest climate, metal objects will easily rust in a humid environment no matter how carefully maintained they are, making them very difficult to preserve.
This means that for local trolls who lack metal smelting capabilities, bones are actually a more easily obtained and durable weapon material.
They also believed that weapons made from the bones of powerful enemies they had killed with their own hands would give them extra strength while standing in battle.
The front ends of many weapons such as bows, arrows, spears, and javelins are often sharpened humanoid ribs. Weapons such as axes and hammers are also tied to a polished stone using leg bones.
Only the elite trolls living in the city of Zul'Gurub can actually use weapons and equipment made by mithril and thorium plus voodoo magic.
Therefore, the metal products brought by the refugees from Lordaeron are extremely attractive to the Bloodcap Trolls.
Combining the above factors, a war between humans and trolls is inevitable.
In just a few days, the Bloodscalp Trolls had already gathered tens of thousands of people, including a team of swift dragon cavalry and elite hunters who had tamed the Stranglethorn Tigers as helpers.
Since they usually disperse into small tribes of about one to two hundred people and live a primitive life of fishing, hunting and gathering, large-scale gatherings must take a certain amount of time.
Naturally, such large-scale gatherings and migrations cannot be trivial, let alone concealed from the humans who already control the largest river in Stranglethorn Valley with their strong ships and cannons.
In addition, there were one hundred and fifty goblin musketeers left behind by the rich man of Booty Bay, Levigaz, who were very familiar with the local situation. They soon noticed the unusual movements of the bloodcap trolls.
There is no doubt that anyone who knows something about the primitive and backward lifestyle of trolls knows that they are absolutely incapable of gathering thousands or even tens of thousands of people together to build a city.
Because cities mean there is sufficient food and a large surplus, which in turn gives rise to a complex social division of labor.
Although the climate and environment of the Stranglethorn Vale tropical rainforest makes it easier to obtain food, fishing, hunting and gathering alone cannot meet the daily consumption of a city.
To be continued...