The entire army advanced at great speed. Its fighting force consisted primarily of cavalry, and even the infantry units had large numbers of horses, leaving their marching speed not far behind that of the cavalry.
Less than half an hour passed between the Allied Army raising its banners and fully entering the battlefield. This was only possible because Two Rivers County had provided it with excellent logistical support.
The core of this tactic was to lead the Allied Army along a roundabout route and enter the battlefield from the fortress's flank, making it easier to encircle and contain the Barbarians.
The two detachments tasked with pinning down the Barbarians' wings were led by Alex and Count Hawk, each commanding roughly 25,000 troops.
The crucial central army was led by Victor. Alongside his own mobile force, it included some of the first-category militia units mobilized by Two Rivers County, but it had the fewest troops, numbering only 20,000.
Yet with the mobile force at its core and mortars to rely on, the central army was by no means weak. In fact, it should have been the strongest of the three, though the Barbarians did not know this.
Although the Barbarian army wanted to react, it was currently an alliance of small and medium-sized tribes, with too many leaders and a chaotic command structure. Simply relaying orders took a great deal of time.
By the time they were ready to respond, it was already too late. They could only watch helplessly as this enemy army, which had appeared out of nowhere, surrounded them.
Even their communications with the Barbarian camp were cut off by the Northern Alliance Army's cavalry units, leaving the chiefs of those small and medium-sized tribes utterly bewildered.
They simply could not understand how the enemy had arrived so