For a fairly long period of time afterward, everyone in Hope Village strictly followed the tactic of "retreat when the enemy advances."
Whenever the Pigmen gained even a slight advantage in battle, the villagers would retreat back into their territory.
After all, Pigmen are fierce and utterly fearless; with their reckless, all-out fighting style, any attempt at a direct clash would cost Hope Village a heavy price in lives.
But each one of them has only a single life—how could they just throw it away here?
As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.
And this crafty strategy from Hope Village kept disrupting the rhythm of the Pigmen's assaults; plus, with the Bowman Team and Crossbow Carriage supporting from the city wall, even though the Pigmen were attacking harder and had the advantage, their losses were actually greater than Hope Village's.
The number of Pigmen kept dropping.
