"I will make those as soon as we have enough ammunition made to finish the first engagement. That will tell us if we have a chance of holding our home, or if we will need to retreat and regroup outside the encirclement." Wolfe agreed.
"You are considering running away?" One of the Wrath Demons asked.
"I am considering moving all the noncombatants away. The Bunnies aren't exactly up for a frontline battle, even if we give them rifles. They're too sweet natured to cut down attacking soldiers without hesitation. They will do it, but that reluctance could cost lives, and I would hate to be responsible for that.
There is an underground road system that leads out of town. If it looks like we are going to lose, I will order all the villages in the Forest to evacuate outside the humans lines and prepare for a winter battle against a new human army.
They won't be happy that it was humans two winters in a row, but they'll adapt, they always do.
