The news that André had launched an offensive basically meant that the war, which had only quieted for a month, was once again restarting.
Only this time the battlefield was once again shifting from along the Nao'an River to the Roaring Corridor.
After half a year of repairing the dirt roads and pushing forward the ramparts, the timing was already ripe.
Even if it weren't ripe, they had to move; the Saint's Grandson had already sent four or five letters asking why he was still delaying the attack.
Though summer is long, the window for an offensive is very short; André had to attack, this was to serve the later grand strategy.
It was just that Horn wanted strategic results, didn't care about casualties, only wanted Fat Cow Castle, whereas André was trying to clear the stage unscathed or with minimal losses.
Enduring the Pope's urging—"You're avoiding his edge?"—André stubbornly held out until the Norn people finished assembling their thirty thousand new troops.
