It was not even winter yet, and they had already fought such a deadly, hard-fought battle.
In theory, with the Ratmen soundly defeated, if the southern forces of Great Zhou wanted to widen their advantage, they should have immediately switched from defense to offense and pursued the victory.
Unfortunately, circumstances did not allow it.
At present, not only did Bolevin and Locke, the two Extraordinary Mages, need a great deal of time to recover, but the troops stationed at their southern frontier fortress also needed time to rest and reorganize.
For the time being, they simply lacked the ability to send out troops.
Not to mention that some Ratmen deserters might already have fled into Great Zhou's territory!
With no other choice, and out of caution, Soros could only quickly draw part of his limited forces and dispatch them to the post stations and villages nearest their southern frontier fortress to garrison and patrol the area.
At the same time, he gathered the troops once more and, starting from the southern frontier fortress, worked with the Wyvern Riders to conduct a carpet search of the interior!
One night, outside a post station behind the southern frontier fortress, pairs of eyes gleaming with a firefly-like light suddenly lit up in the darkness.
They lowered their bodies, pressing themselves directly against the ground. Almost crawling, they slowly crept closer, preparing to attack the post station and plunder supplies to solve their food shortage.
However, before they could get completely close, a night wind swept past. The Ratmen in the front rank stiffened one after another, then collapsed limply onto the ground.
Almost at that very moment, beneath the dark night sky, the Chameleon Lurkers quietly revealed themselves.
As one of the particularly specialized units among the Lizardmen, the Chameleon Lurkers lacked combat