I think it was a situation similar to Ramesses II at the Second Battle of Kadesh. Thrain didn't know that the orc armies where there.
In fact, there are a number of parallels to the Battle of Kadesh...
Army taken by surprise by the enemy, leader gets surrounded, has to fight his way out, army saved at the last minute by the arrival of reinforcements...
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...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...
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