Part Four E, F and G

Part Four E F and G

Gambatar looked at the huge funeral pyres burning in the cold dawn of the first days of spring in the middle of the endless steppe.

Much had happened in the 15 days since he began his rule in the castle that once belonged to Count Qiang.

He watched the retinue approaching.

It was his brother; who was stopping, before continuing his caravan to the capital, to begin to rule the kingdom of Xian....

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The king of the Tartung looked at the scorched earth around the castle, the walls also had visible effects of the battle that had taken place.

His brother Gambatar stood in the middle of the smoldering earth.

The man was laughing his head off. His brother had lived up to all his expectations...He had made the grade. The smoldering remains of a heavy series of battles were visible everywhere.

-- The count and his court," he asked, as he gazed complacently at the destruction, "the women, where are they?