Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Seeing that something was not right, the Green King gave the order to withdraw his troops without hesitation.

Greenskins who can become kings have much better brains than ordinary greenskins. In the opinion of the greenskin king, their misjudgment in this battle has allowed the dwarves to take the lead and set the pace.

The greenskins' ability to execute tactics is very poor, let alone adjust tactics temporarily.

In this case, whether he chooses to deploy troops to support other battlefields, or simply fight to the end, they will have to pay a higher price than usual.

Rather than that, it would be better to simply withdraw the troops and fight another day after regrouping.

With the signal to withdraw troops here, the green-skinned army quickly retreated.

To be honest, the greenskins retreated earlier than they expected. Balai, who confirmed this situation, did not have much joy on his face. Even Shi Lei, who did not fight easily in the late night battle, also It's a deep frown.

Such a straightforward retreat showed that the commander on the opposite side had sufficient decisiveness.

Balai was definitely not willing to let the greenskins retreat like this. He directly ordered the large forces to cooperate with the boar knights to launch a proper pursuit and expand their results.

As for Shi Lei, he didn't do this.

In this late-night environment, human troops without night vision would not have a big problem in positional warfare as a defender, but if they launched a pursuit, it would be a bit desperate.

Shi Lei had a clear mind and would give up when he saw fit. He would leave the pursuit to the dwarves and they would not interfere.

It was almost four or five hours before dawn, and it was unclear whether the greenskins on the opposite side would suddenly kill them and respond.

Out of caution, Shi Lei arranged for enough troops to keep vigil to ensure that the greenskins would not take advantage of the loopholes. He also took a rest after finishing some post-war tasks at hand.

Although he didn't go to bed until early in the morning, Shi Lei still had enough professionalism to wake up on time at seven o'clock the next morning.

The fact that he can sleep until now is enough to prove that the greenskins did not come back after withdrawing their troops last night.

After breakfast, Shi Lei took a proper nap.

During the day, the greenskin didn't know if he would continue to launch an offensive, and he had to keep his spirits up.

This time, he slept until noon and then woke up, finally having enough sleep.

During this period, the greenskins had been silent. Obviously, after experiencing yesterday's daytime and nighttime attacks, the greenskins no longer had the energy to continue the offensive.

After all, they are not made of iron. As long as they are flesh and blood, they need to rest.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shi Lei quickly adjusted his defense and gave his soldiers a rest in shifts.

This is not a good thing as a defender. The dominance is completely in the hands of the enemy. You don't know when the enemy will suddenly attack. This situation will make people uneasy.

And just as Shi Lei was making arrangements, a soldier walked in quickly.

"General, General Balai from Copperhearth Castle is here."

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The moment he heard the report, many thoughts flashed through Shi Lei's mind, but he couldn't confirm the purpose of Balai's sudden arrival.

After being informed by the soldiers, Balai was taken to the conference room of the camp and met Shi Lei.

After experiencing the battle last night, Balai undoubtedly further realized the value of gunpowder in a war.

With the desire for gunpowder, he had actually wanted to come.

However, considering that this matter was essentially something he was asking for, and in the early hours of the morning, they had just finished a battle with the greenskins. If they came too early, they might still be sleeping and resting.

Taking this into consideration, Balai was patient and waited until after noon before calling his little nephew Wojin to come with him.

"Your Excellency Shi Lei!"

After seeing Shi Lei, Balai took the initiative to step forward and hold hands with Shi Lei. This situation made Shi Lei think more.

Ever since the two of them had some quarrels over defense issues, in order to avoid some disputes and conflicts, he would basically disappear and disappear, relying entirely on Wojin as the intermediary messenger to negotiate.

Now that Balai took the initiative to come to him and obviously lowered his attitude a little, Shi Lei had to think more.

Just when Shi Lei was thinking this, Balai had already expressed his gratitude for the battle last night.

Although that night attack was most likely launched by the greenskins against Da Zhou's troops, it cannot be denied that Da Zhou had helped them fight two battles, and the results of both battles were very good, especially the battle last night. , allowing them to seize the opportunity and kill many green-skinned soldiers, which can be regarded as effectively reducing the green-skinned troops.

As soon as he talked about this matter, Balai became excited.

After all, ever since they were forced to shrink their defense by the greenskins, their troops in Copperforge have been being consumed by the greenskins, and it has been a long time since there has been a change like this.

"Thanks to the continuous efforts of your troops, you put pressure on the greenskins on the frontal battlefield. Otherwise, if we continue to fight at that momentum, the situation on our side may not be optimistic."

In this regard, Shi Lei just smiled and responded with a few words, and did not forget about Balai's compliments.

At the same time, he didn't lie. In the battle last night, the pressure they endured was far greater than during the day.

It can only be said that the specific situation here is different from what he initially expected.

He didn't expect the greenskins to be so large, and at the same time, they were divided into several battlefields around Copperhearth Castle.

According to his original plan, the dwarf army was to charge in the front battlefield, and they would play auxiliary in the flank battlefield, focusing on pulling the front line, but not bearing much risk.

As a result, who would have thought that the tactics of shrinking the defense of Copperforge forced them to take charge of part of the main battlefield in the end, which made the pressure they needed to bear rise sharply.

Like last night, they were "focused on" by the greenskins.

This was undoubtedly contrary to his original idea.

However, just before Bale came over, Shi Lei looked at the battlefield map and pondered for a while.

After all, the area where they were stationed was just a corner of the Copperforge battlefield, but because of the loopholes in the extended section, they would be focused on by the greenskins from time to time.

However, after last night's battle, the greenskins should also know that this loophole has been plugged.

Under this premise, the key battle situation in this battlefield is still dominated by the front battlefield. If the greenskins want to achieve results, the main forces must still be placed on the front battlefield. It depends on what the greenskins' offensive ideas are next.

Shi Lei and Bale had another in-depth discussion around the measures that the greenskins might take next.

During this process, Shi Lei actually knew that Bale was definitely not here to talk to him about this, but if the other party didn't mention it, he would pretend not to know. After discussing this issue, Bale was speechless for a while, causing a brief stalemate on the scene.

Just as Shi Lei was about to get up and end the conversation on the grounds that he still had military affairs to deal with, Bale coughed twice and spoke with a stiff face...

"Speaking of which, Mr. Shi Lei, when you were fighting the greenskins yesterday, you used a special weapon all the time"

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