Dragonwall
Dragonwall
“He also entrusted the Mirror of Shao, along with the wagon required to carry the Ministry of Magic’s bulky artifact, to his father-in-law. A few of Kwan’s lords grumbled about nepotism, but the general didn’t care. His father-in-law was the only noble with whom he had more than a passing acquaintance, and he needed someone he trusted in command of the contentious lords.
Tzu Hsuang took his forces and marched to the river docks in Tai Tung, where he loaded his fifty thousand pengs aboard a fleet... of barges assembled for that purpose. Hsuang’s orders were to sail up the Hungtze as far as the river would carry him, then march west toward the enemy. If the war proceeded according to Batu’s plan, Hsuang and the nobles would engage the barbarians just west of Shou Kuan.
Batu took the five provincial armies and went north along the Spice Road. As the general had feared earlier that morning, the afternoon quickly turned hot and dusty. The men, unaccustomed to grueling marches, tired quickly.MoreLess
Tzu Hsuang took his forces and marched to the river docks in Tai Tung, where he loaded his fifty thousand pengs aboard a fleet... of barges assembled for that purpose. Hsuang’s orders were to sail up the Hungtze as far as the river would carry him, then march west toward the enemy. If the war proceeded according to Batu’s plan, Hsuang and the nobles would engage the barbarians just west of Shou Kuan.
Batu took the five provincial armies and went north along the Spice Road. As the general had feared earlier that morning, the afternoon quickly turned hot and dusty. The men, unaccustomed to grueling marches, tired quickly.MoreLess
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