Diseased

For a number of days, I was limited to long walks. Well, short walks at first, and only after that longer walks.

The army was far from idle during that time; Rakkal might not be able to chase down the centaurs, but that didn't stop him from trying. And from the morale of the troops, he seemed a notable degree more successful than Hortiluk had been.

I may have explained this earlier, that Hammer and Anvil is the tactic of driving the opponent's cavalry into a heavy infantry force, the Anvil. This works best when the Anvil isn't just standing there, easily gone around.

It also... well, the Hammer isn't supposed to be outnumbered two to one. For all his politics and tricks within our own government, Hortiluk hadn't made any great strides in keeping our friendships alive with the tribes that had been our allies.