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Chapter 14
Attack in the snow part 1
Epov
"What about a night attack" I asked. We had been discussing the castle attack back at Mallalam's clearing.
Horace shook his head "we still need the numbers to keep the defenders guessing"
With no sign of a solution, we decided to ride to study the castle, to see if there were any weak points.
"Do you have to be so negative? Will said
"I'm not negative, just facing the facts" Horace said " the fact is, that siege work is a very precise, very ordered science. There are rules and guide lines that have been laid down after years of trial and error, that is a fact, whether you like it or not!"
"Don't be so hard on him Horace, we are doing our best!" I told him
"People look to you Rangers for innovation and ingenuity when it comes to planning and he has been trained by Halt, recognized as the greatest of all rangers and blindingly brilliant ideas that come out of no where happen to rangers all the time!" Horace replied growling his words at me.
He had seen Will do it before, he had told me some time ago, and now Horace must sense without really knowing how, that there was an idea building now, simply waiting for Will to recongnise it and develop it.
"This is the spot"Will said interrupting the augment. We had reached the western part of the forest, where the going was more difficult.
"Well, for once, our small numbers will be an advantage" Horace said "I'd hate to try to move through that"
Before us was a snow set area covered in man height bushes.
"If we could distract them from this wall, could we do it?" Will asked Horace
"Yes, I think so, what do you have in mind?" Horace asked
"Just an idea, I have to check something first, but I think I might have away to do this!" Will said smiling.
Horace and I could see he was not going to say any more. But I could see Horace was not going to let Will have the last word, he assumed a long suffering look and said "well, it took you long enough"
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