Chapter 33; Battle of Iki “Day One”
I spurred the horse towards the cavalrymen who were ready to wait on cue to move. The flag raisers and whistleblowers were on cue ready. When the drumbeat changed, I gave the samurai the order to move. The drums that sounded were the hallmark of the Ilkhanat army starting the attack. Straw and pieces of burning trees rolled down the hill where our troops prepared. Thick smoke welled up, billowing thick darkening the sky, making the sun's light unable to break through to the earth. Like a previous attack, Ilkhanat's army opened the attack with stones and fireballs. In front of the Ilkhanat army there stood no fortress wall. After the shoreline, the fields that we had prepared as a battleground welcomed them. We prepared behind a hill that was directly connected with the terrai
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