While the ford battle consumed the combined force's attention, the 1st Kani'karr Corps moved into position.
The troll-operated siege element had been moving through the Meren valley's western terrain for two days, the catapults and ballistae disassembled into their transport components and carried by the ogre teams whose specific assignment was the protection and positioning of the Horde's heaviest weapons. The ogres, each one standing a three times a full head taller than the largest orc and weighing twice as much, carried the catapult arms and ballista frames across terrain that wheeled transport could not navigate, their massive hands gripping the timber and iron components with the casual strength that made ogres the Horde's premier heavy labor asset.
The ogres were bored.
