"How many troops are on the other side?"
"Over a thousand by visual estimate! Mostly Big Guys, with a Goblin Wolf Cavalry unit following them!"
That answer made Wojin's expression turn even uglier.
The noses of Goblin Wolf Cavalry were deadly tracking tools. Those sly bastards had obviously followed the scent here.
To them, a thousand troops could only be considered a small force. The problem was that they didn't have many troops here either!
They were at a disadvantage in this battle, with no spare forces to hold this place for long.
Of the Boar Knights who had previously followed Wojin, all but one unit of personal guards had immediately gone to reinforce the main battlefield upon returning.
The ones currently stationed here were the three hundred militia of Copper Furnace Fortress.
To put it bluntly, these militia were commoners hastily conscripted during wartime. Although they had received some weapons and equipment, their combat strength was nowhere near that of regular dwarf soldiers. Their assignment here carried more symbolic than practical significance.
Their primary task was to keep watch. If they discovered green-skinned troops sneaking in, they were to send a signal immediately to notify the others.
This could greatly reduce the waste of their regular army's combat strength.
Under these circumstances, if the infiltrating green-skinned force was small, they would hold it off and wait for regular troops to arrive and eliminate it.
If the force was too large, they would withdraw directly and likewise wait for the regular army to deal with it.
Shi Lei had no idea how Copper Furnace Fortress had arranged things here. Otherwise, he would have found it hard not to suspect that Copper Furnace Fortress, because its forces were stretched thin, had tacitly allowed the green-skinned troops to invade after learning that