Chapter 107 - Mavelan Forward Command
"How far have we advanced?" General Jagards asked his lieutenant, "Are things going to LaPorte’s plan?"
"We’ve hit some resistance we didn’t expect," the lieutenant said, "The numbers are a bit stronger than LaPorte indicated and there seems to be more direction than indicated."
"Figures," Jagards grunted, "How bad is it?"
"Bad enough," the lieutenant said, "Thing is, it’s coming from a different direction. To the east everything is as LaPorte said it would be, but we’re getting a full formation defense coming from the north."
"Mullinix Regulars?" Jagards asked, slightly worried by that possibility, "Do they have another base nearby other than the cirrus base?"
"Southlake has a small military center," the lieutenant said, "But they would have had to have advance warning if they came from there."
"Something is rotten," Jagards said, "I want a message run to King Facie. I want to know how far he wants me to press this. This is a different situation than we originally were presented with."
"I can try to get our scouts to find out just how organized they are," the lieutenant suggested.
"Do that after you send the message to the king," Jagards told him, "I want any results to be sent here immediately."
"You’ve got it, sir," the lieutenant said, running off.
General Jagards watched the fighting in the early dawn and wondered just how big a mistake it had been to join forces with the renegade Mullinix. There was no going back now, however. He had to at least give it a try otherwise Facie would likely kill them all. He just hoped that Facie had at least enough sense to know when to stop. Otherwise his troops wouldn’t be the only ones paying the price.
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