Under normal circumstances, even if ambushed by the enemy's main forces, the army should be able to hold out for a long time.
Currently, Alpha Kingdom's main forces are confronting the enemy at the frontlines. The troops that can be mobilized number just sixty or seventy thousand at most.
A attacking force with over twentyfold numerical superiority, especially given that they're defending—how could they possibly lose?
Especially since the frontline defense against potential enemy ambushes comprises thirty thousand troops, mostly from the armies of the royal family.
Thirty thousand main forces combined with a million-strong Orc Army—no matter how you look at it, this is the configuration for a decisive battle. To be completely routed in disarray is utterly inconceivable.
If it weren't for the retreating fugitives telling the same story, Daniel might even suspect they were enemy spies sent to sow discord among his ranks.
