Shi Lei's thinking was simple: if the green-skinned army merely pulled back a short distance and intended to set up camp and rest, they would continue sending hot-air balloons to harass them, leaving them no peace.
This would force the green-skinned army to retreat even farther in one go.
That way, even if they launched another offensive against Copper Furnace Fortress later, they would still have to burn through plenty of time and energy just traveling back and forth.
For them, as the defending side, this was undoubtedly an advantage.
Even if the goblin strategist on the other side could see through their goal, there was nothing he could do about it. Who could blame them? This round had genuinely given them the upper hand.
No matter how displeased they were, the greenskins could only pinch their noses and accept it.
Once they confirmed that the main force of the greenskin army had completely withdrawn into the distance, Copper Furnace Fortress eagerly dispatched troops down the mountain to recover defensive resources.
Chiefly, the wooden rollers they had thrown down earlier.
They had previously been under siege by the greenskin army and had been forced to pull in their defensive lines and hold their ground behind the fortifications.
Under those circumstances, they obviously had no way to recover the wooden rollers they had thrown out.
Now, they had finally found an opportunity.
Still, they shouldn't get their hopes up too high.
The greenskins on the other side weren't fools, either. After the battle, they had collected most of the wooden rollers and burned them. The rest were simply ones they hadn't had time to deal with.
It was still better than nothing.
Besides that, the dwarves were also racing to gather timber from the surrounding areas. All of it could be