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Sorgan turned quickly to look off toward the south ‘Now that’s what I’d call an army,’ he said ‘I was still just a bit nervous about the "sneak ahead and get ot their point across’

Thein what Narasan called ‘quick step’, and it seeood tian’s first trench The front rank looked dubiously at the ten-foot drop to the botto the following ranks

‘I see a certain lack of enthusiasrin

‘If a s in a juy about ita black uniform conferred briefly with other s - if that’s what they were -behind the now-hesitant red-unifore of the trench

‘Efficient, maybe,’ Padan observed, ‘but just a bit extreme, perhaps’ Then he peered into the trench ‘Just how close to the other side of the trench did your people plant those stakes, Sorgan?’

‘Real close’

‘The veno as it was before,’ Padan noted ‘It looks to an grinned at him ‘That was the whole idea, Padan Now that thosefor the up the stakes I’d say that it’s likely to take them about two days to clear the bottom of the trench By then, there’ll be twice asto come this way’

‘Shrewd,’ Padan said ‘After two or three more trenches, I’d say that all five church ar for the tiather up as old as they can carry’

But it didn’t turn out that way, Sorgan was forced to adulators, and the one as apparently their leader snapped out soain grabbing hold of ulators didn’t just push the soldiers over the edge of the trench

They threw them instead - just as far as they could - and the pile of dead soldiers began to stretch farther and farther out into the trench as the Regulators carpeted Sorgan’s trench with people

‘That does it!’ Rabbit exclaihtest trace of his usual tian had assumed was little more than a decoration and drew an arrow from the quiver belted to his back ‘Which way did that one called Konag go?’ the little man asked Torl

‘Ah’ Torl’s eyes swept across the far side of the trench ‘I think he’s that one standing off to the right side, Rabbit,’ he said ‘Do you think you can take hi to try,’ Rabbit announced, drawing his bow and sighting along the arrow shaft