Betrayal
“The horses and wagons were loaded for war.
Nisero recognized the looks of fear and excitement on the faces of men from ordinary walks of life conscripted into service. Their full compliment of training had probably been a speech about war and service to the King, if even that much. Their immediate officers probably had little more war experience. These men were gathered for numbers and the intimidation of mass.
If actual bloodshed began, the men would be little more than pawns. Nisero w...as not sure that the eastern kingdom wasn’t doing the same thing. They had been at war with their neighbors for far longer, so chances were that the former farmers and merchants’ sons that still lived within their ranks were far more seasoned than these green civilians in borrowed war garb.
The typical hope of such displays was to bring foreign kings to the negotiating table. Men would then return to their farms and families claiming to be disappointed that there was no fighting, having no knowledge of the terms of the peace.MoreLess
Nisero recognized the looks of fear and excitement on the faces of men from ordinary walks of life conscripted into service. Their full compliment of training had probably been a speech about war and service to the King, if even that much. Their immediate officers probably had little more war experience. These men were gathered for numbers and the intimidation of mass.
If actual bloodshed began, the men would be little more than pawns. Nisero w...as not sure that the eastern kingdom wasn’t doing the same thing. They had been at war with their neighbors for far longer, so chances were that the former farmers and merchants’ sons that still lived within their ranks were far more seasoned than these green civilians in borrowed war garb.
The typical hope of such displays was to bring foreign kings to the negotiating table. Men would then return to their farms and families claiming to be disappointed that there was no fighting, having no knowledge of the terms of the peace.MoreLess
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