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The Herder's reinforcements really did arrive.
Because the barbarians spared no effort to inform the Paratu People of this fact.
With the arrival of reinforcements, the Herder's army morale soared. They arranged their troops on the southern and northern highlands, with the chieftains all but wishing the Paratu People would come down so they could count each head one by one.
This was, of course, a psychological tactic, crude and simple to the extreme.
But it was indeed effective, as even the most obstinate Paratu person could no longer deny it: the barbarians' reinforcements had truly come.
And the reinforcements of the Paratu People? There was no news of them for the time being.
The White Lion burned two-thirds of the bridge forest, and Alpad also set a fire that turned the White Lion's timber source into ash.