Further on in the story, the Temujai begins their first attack with strategic units known as Ulans and, as Halt had said, made a fake retreat of which the Skandians purposely followed their "ambush". Halt, however, had placed a group of Skandians in the bushes to ambush the Temujai. This drove them back to the General of the Army, along with the Colonel of Intelligence, were very surprised because the Skandians were not behaving anything at all from what they've heard.