But Prince Yonitsa was no useless wine sack and rice bag. He knew the enemy had dared to seize Vorka City from amid a vast army, and had done so in little more than a day.
That could only mean the troops carrying out this mission were no ordinary force. Retaking Vorka City would not be easy.
Even so, Prince Yonitsa remained confident. He believed the Xister Kingdom Army still had six legions outside the encirclement, and once they launched their offensive, they would surely retake Vorka City.
To be safe, however, Prince Yonitsa ordered the Xister Kingdom's main army to prepare its defenses while scraping together two legions from the main force.
He ordered these two legions to join the attack as well, finding a way to coordinate with the six legions outside the encirclement and retake Vorka City through a combined assault from front and rear.
He did not believe the enemy had many troops—no more than three legions at most. With eight legions committed this time, surely he could retake Vorka City.
Although the Xister Kingdom's main army had been cut off from its rear, Yonitsa and the legion commanders did not panic. The various units of the Xister Kingdom Army had brought fairly ample supplies on this campaign.
Some legions simply had more than others. With centralized allocation and careful budgeting, the supplies they held would sustain the entire main army for over a month.
Moreover, they still occupied a large swath of East Sea Alliance territory. If necessary, they could requisition supplies from the inhabitants of those occupied areas.
But a major battle was imminent, and they needed to hold out more effectively against the enemy's encirclement.
Prince Yonitsa decisively abandoned the outlying occupied territories and ordered the main army to withdraw. He pulled in