“Piles of snow grew taller around him, and his entire army had been dusted with the weather, which seemed content to let the snow swallow them whole while they huddled and shivered under blankets and tents. No fires burned, and the only advantage the snow offered them was camouflage to any of the governor’s scouts. Rodion placed his hand on the frozen stack of ammunition to his right, all that was left of his own supply. But he knew that bullets would be of little help if the North Americans... arrived with more of those weapons that had decimated his army. Craven attacks in the middle of the night. The deception reminded Rodion all too well of Delun’s games; it was tiring, and Rodion was done playing. He pushed himself off the frozen earth and trudged his way through the growing snow piles. He found one of his officers under a lump of snow-covered blankets and kicked him awake from his frigid slumber. “Gather the men.” The colonel was too tired or too frightened to ask any questions, and the men were stirred against their will while Rodion squinted through the growing snowfall.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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