The Lizardmen forces maintained their Spear Formation as they advanced. Meanwhile, the Raptor Cavalry split into two groups to provide support on both flanks, while the Green Lizard Short Spear Soldiers offered cover farther out. This was the Lizardmen's most classic offensive tactic at the moment.
With the Ratmen as their opponents, their clashes with the Claw Clan in the early years had already fully proven how formidable this tactic was.
After this round of slaughter, the Lizardmen forces led by Soros immediately recovered a few traces of their former fighting spirit.
It was not merely because they had employed this tactic. It was also because the Ratmen's offensive before them had returned to its former state.
In other words, it had become a war of attrition!
When the main army took the initiative to attack, they were the offensive side and had lost the advantage of home ground, leaving them to face even greater pressure.
On top of that, maintaining a large army on campaign would cause a nation's expenses to keep rising.
Simply put, every day a large army was on campaign—even if it did not fight—that was money burning away. Money burning like mad!
Fully aware of this, the Ratmen had turned around and lowered the pace of battle, choosing instead to fight a war of attrition. Their purpose was obvious: they wanted to wear the Lizardmen down on this front.
Soros knew the Ratmen's little scheme inside out, but he could not deny that the Ratmen's circumstances meant they were naturally suited to fighting wars of attrition.
At that moment, faced with the Ratmen's classic tactic, he truly had no way to deal with them. It felt as though he had been forcibly dragged into the enemy's rhythm.
Over the next few days, battles continued to