Chapter 171:
With the help of Lady Shani and the Thorn Clan’s midnight raid, Commander Natalie’s forces were able to rapidly break through the Circle Tower hunting squads’ main formation. However, apart from the hundred-strong unit here, there were currently another 500 soldiers across eastern Prussia and the Transia border region hunting down members of the White Oak Battalion.
600 against 1,400 seemed like an egg striking a rock, but Natalie had previously mentioned that the Witch Hunters’ battle-ready troops numbered less than 500, with the rest either disabled from the prolonged war or still recovering from injuries.
They had also implemented a divide-and-conquer strategy, which made the current battlefield situation still unfavorable.
However, there was still some good news.
The Spirit Hunters were not foolish enough to spread their three main battalions too thinly. They had set up interception forces in several directions, allowing half of the Witch Hunters’ five divided squads to pass through the blockades unscathed and quickly reach the vicinity of the Anderma Hills.
But with three squads successfully traversing the war zone, it meant the remaining two smaller squads had undoubtedly fallen into the enemy’s ambush and were being obstructed.
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
Aboard his horse, Joy Stick shouted to the Transia reinforcements who had just routed two battalions of Spirit Hunter recruits:
“Send these wounded to the rear, and any able-bodied brothers, quickly follow me. Niuniu and Sister Pomegranate’s squads have been encircled in the middle like dumplings.”