Warhammer Kingdom, Atrus Province.
The Warhammer Kingdom's Army, recognizing the trick too late to capture the Orc infantry, was forced to make a strategic shift.
"What?"
"Are the Moxi People all a bunch of stupid pigs? Preferring the Teluns Defense Line to fall rather than sending troops to support it?"
The surprise of Joseph II did not resonate with everyone else.
War is brutal, any price paid for the ultimate victory is worth it.
Letting the Teluns Defense Line fall is definitely not what the Moxi People want. However, after the Battle for Dardiel City, the Teluns Defense Line was left with only two lone cities.
The defense line had become a line with no defense, naturally losing its original strategic value. A single city without enough strategic value was not worth risking a kingdom's fate to save.
The appropriate sacrifices to avoid another strategic passive stance are entirely worth it.