"The scouts report that Redridge is in sight, General."
"Thank you, Captain Worthington. Have your men pull back until the rest of the army catches up." Gerald watched as the man rode off to relay his orders.
"How do you plan to proceed?" asked the princess.
"Revi"s report was rather detailed," he replied. "It seems we will have little choice but to attack their centre."
"Won"t they be expecting that?" she asked.
"Yes, but the ends of the lines are both fortified, and we can"t afford the casualties a full-scale siege would bring."
"What about the tower?"
"I"ve been thinking about that," Gerald responded, "but we have no siege engines. It"s a circular keep, quite well fortified from Revi"s description. I daresay the Trolls could toss rocks at it all day to little effect. At least at
