I tried to sit up, but my head ached abominably and I groaned, then clutched his arm as it all came back to me. They are our only hope for eventual victory." If I am given the time and the material, I can build new and better chariots with wheels that do not burst, but I cannot replace the horses. Salitis will overwhelm and destroy us very easily. My chariots are swifter than those of Salitis, but my men cannot match his in skill and training. "Your Majesty, I have forty chariots that I can send in to meet him. The messenger, who had expected to be killed, kissed Queen Lostris" sandals. None of us spoke until Tanus had sent the man away with orders that he be fed and cared for. Their horses are in the traces and they are coming on a cloud of dust, swiftly as the flight of the swallow. They swam the horses over as they did before, but this time there were none of our galleys ready to turn back their boats. The messenger stuttered in fear of his life, "Divine Majesty, while our fleet was busy at Asyut, the barbarian made another crossing at Esna. However, there must be droves of renegade Egyptians from the usurper's navy available to Salitis, and even if that were not the case, it would certainly be possible to recruit enough mercenary Syrian sailors in Gaza and Joppa, and the other ports along the eastern coast of the great sea, to man several hundred of these galleys and transports. Those ships were lying abandoned in the docks of Memphis and Tanis in the Delta. We knew that when he swept through the Lower Kingdom, Salitis had captured most of the fleet of the red pretender intact. It was the enemy's logical move, and both Salitis and Lord Intef should have made it much earlier. Secretly, I had expected and dreaded what would happen next. THE SUCCESS OF MY CHARIOTS AT ESNA, and the feeling of confidence that it instilled in us all, were short-lived. "Tanus, the enemy horses that swam across last night?I must have them." "Taita, what about your chariots? Can they not give battle to the Hyksos?"
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However, Salitis had brought his transports up behind the screen of fighting galleys, and while the river battle still raged, he was able to embark almost two full regiments of horse and chariot, and ferry them intact to our side of the river, without our galleys being able to reach them.
He would even ride with me again, if only I could fix my wheels. My orphan chariot squadron was at last to be part of the standing army, and he would give me the men and gold to build five hundred more. Tanus had quashed his pride, and given in to me. This will be the tale of Clan Mason, from thier humble beginings through to thier rise as force for good in my universe, new enemies will rise to join old ones, come and see how Jack Mason and Tik eleth will not only rise to meet them but bring the fight to them gathering with them new friends and allies in thier valient fight against the creeping darkness and what lies within.For a moment it did not penetrate my aching skull, then I realized that it had happened. GhostNobody Fandoms: Alien vs Predator (2004)
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