And when they all came and were in one place, those who were the greatest leaders among the troops, then Ivar asked if they had devised any tactic that was likely to succeed more than those that they had tried before. But they all answered that they did not have such wit in these matters that they might devise a tactic which would be successful. "Now, as often, you are the one whose advice might be useful."
Ivar answered thus: "One plan has come to me in my mind, which we have not tried. There is a large forest not far from here, and now, when night falls, we shall travel from our tents secretly to the forest, but we will leave our war-tents standing here, and when we come to the forest, each man shall bind branches for himself. And when that is done, we shall attack the town from all sid
