The worst had befallen the American army.
In just a few hours, General Pan Xing received two pieces of bad news from the rear and the front lines, plunging the entire Northwest Army into a massive predicament.
And it wasn't over yet. The intentions of the Australasian army were not so simple; apart from encircling the Northwest Army from behind, a portion of the Australasian forces had already moved south towards Minneapolis, intending to directly cut off the Northwest Army's retreat.
Looking at the map, it was clear that there were only two routes for the Northwest Army to retreat. One was to move east towards Minneapolis and then head to the Great Lakes region, the other was to follow the river south to Kansas and then head straight for the Eastern Region.
If nothing out of the ordinary occurred, the first route was definitely the one the American Northwest Army would take.