Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1167: Balai Arrives
As soon as he saw that the situation was not right, the Greenskin King gave the order to withdraw his troops.

The greenskins who can become kings are always much smarter than ordinary greenskins. In the opinion of the greenskin king, their misjudgment in this battle has allowed the dwarves to take the initiative and set the rhythm.

The greenskins have a very poor ability to execute tactics, let alone adjust tactics temporarily.

In this situation, whether he chooses to withdraw troops to support other battlefields or simply fight to the end, they will pay a greater price than usual.

Instead of that, it would be better to simply withdraw the troops and fight again another day after regrouping.

As the signal to withdraw troops was issued, the greenskin army retreated quickly.

To be honest, the greenskins retreated earlier than they expected. After confirming this, Bale did not look very happy. Even Shi Lei, who had not had an easy battle late at night, had a frown on his face.

Such a quick retreat shows that the opposing commander has sufficient decisiveness.

Bale was certainly unwilling to let the greenskins retreat like this, so he directly ordered the large army to cooperate with the Boar Riders to launch an appropriate pursuit and expand their victory.

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

In this late night environment, human troops who do not have night vision will not have any problem fighting a positional battle as the defenders, but if they launch a pursuit, it would be a bit reckless.

Shi Lei was clear-headed and knew when to quit. He left the pursuit to the dwarves and they would not get involved.

There are still about four or five hours until dawn, and it is unclear whether the greenskins on the opposite side will suddenly strike back and kill them.

Out of caution, Shi Lei arranged enough defensive forces to keep watch at night to ensure that the greenskins would not find any loopholes. He also took a rest only after finishing some post-war work at hand.

Even though he didn't go to bed until the early hours of the morning, Shi Lei's professionalism allowed him to wake up on time at seven o'clock the next morning.

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

After finishing breakfast, Shi Lei took a nap.

During the day, he didn't know whether the greenskins would continue to attack, so he had to get enough rest.

He slept until noon and finally woke up, feeling full of sleep.

During this period, the greenskins remained silent. Apparently, after experiencing the attacks during the day and at night yesterday, they no longer had the energy to continue their offensive.

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

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shi Lei quickly adjusted the deployment and allowed his soldiers to take turns to rest.

The bad thing about being on the defensive is that the initiative is completely in the hands of the enemy, and you never know when the enemy will suddenly attack. This situation will make people feel uneasy.

Just as Shi Lei was making these arrangements, a personal soldier walked in quickly.

"General, General Barai from Copperforge Fort is here."

"..."

The moment he heard the report, many thoughts flashed through Shi Lei's mind, but for a moment he was unable to confirm the purpose of Bale's sudden visit.

After the personal guards reported, Bale was taken to the camp's meeting room to meet Shi Lei.

After experiencing the battle last night, Bale undoubtedly became more aware of the value of gunpowder in a war.

With his desire for gunpowder, he had actually wanted to come here a long time ago.

However, considering that he was essentially asking for help, and that it was early in the morning and they had just finished a battle with the greenskins, if they came too early, the other side might still be sleeping. Considering this, Barley patiently waited until after noon and called his nephew Woking to come with him.

"Mr. Shi Lei!"

After seeing Shi Lei, Bale took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with him, which made Shi Lei think more.

Ever since the two of them had some arguments over the deployment of defenses, in order to avoid disputes and conflicts, he basically avoided meeting with them as much as possible, and relied entirely on Woking to act as the middleman for negotiations.

Now that Bale had come to him on his own initiative and had clearly lowered his posture a bit, Shi Lei had to think more about it.

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

Although that night attack was most likely launched by the greenskins against the Great Zhou troops, it cannot be denied that the Great Zhou has helped them fight two battles, and the results of both battles were very good, especially the battle last night, which gave them the opportunity to kill many greenskin soldiers, which effectively reduced the greenskins' strength.

When talking about this matter, Bale became completely excited.

After all, ever since they were forced to shrink their defense by the greenskins, their troops in Copperforge have been consumed by the greenskins, and they haven't seen such a change for a long time.

"It is thanks to your troops' continued efforts that you put pressure on the greenskins on the front battlefield. Otherwise, if the battle continues at that pace, the situation here would not be optimistic."

In response, Shi Lei just smiled and said a few words, and did not get carried away by Balei's praise.

At the same time, he was not lying. The pressure they endured in the battle last night was far greater than during the day.

All I can say is that the specific situation here is somewhat different from what he initially expected.

He didn't expect the greenskins to be so large in scale, and the area surrounding Copperforge was divided into several battlefields.

According to his original plan, he wanted the dwarf army to charge on the front battlefield, while they would play supporting roles on the flanks, focusing on pulling the battle line but without taking much risk.

Who could have imagined that Copperforge's defensive tactics would force them to take charge of part of the main battlefield, which caused the pressure they had to bear to increase sharply.

Like last night, I received "special care" from the greenskins.

This was undoubtedly contrary to his original idea.

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

After all, the area where they are stationed is just a corner of the Copperforge battlefield, but because of the loopholes in the extended section, it will be paid special attention by the greenskins from time to time.

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

Under this premise, the key battle situation on this battlefield is ultimately dominated by the front battlefield. If the greenskins want to achieve results, their main forces must still be placed on the front battlefield. It depends on what offensive strategy the greenskins will adopt next.

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

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

Just as Shi Lei was about to stand up and end the conversation on the pretext that he had military matters to attend to, Balai coughed twice and spoke...

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

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(End of this chapter)