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."A few said they'd had, butonly a six or a dozen at most.""Any House Master has sixty Knights at his personal command," Harmakros putin."I suspect thatGrand Master Soton has sent one of his trusted comrades north to do somesurveillance on our forts and castles.Soton is not the sort of man to takethe word of Styphon's priests on a military situation that could draw intwo-thirds of his forces." As a young man, Harmakros had spent three campaignseasonsGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlin Hos-Ktemnos as a mercenary captain and knew the area and local politicsquite well.He had liked the duty, but didn't like the priestly meddling ofStyphon's House in everything from military strategy to local bordellos.Styphon's House had originated in Hos-Ktemnos and had fully franchised theplace.According to Harmakros, "there wasn't a town small enough that you couldn'tfind a Styphon's House shrine, temple farm or domed temple within spittingdistance.""I suppose not," Kalvan said, "But Soton's a consecrated Archpriest ofStyphon's House and, thusly, a member of the Inner Circle.I suppose theKnights also take vows of some sort.Can they refuse obedience to Styphon'sVoice?""Not if Sesklos gives them a simple order to come north and wage holy waragainst us.But if Soton receives no such order well, he's not only anArchpriest of Styphon's House, he's also the prince of more land than mostGreat Kings Kaiphranos, for one never mind what the law says.If those landsunder the Order's suzerainty were endangered, Soton could behave like theirPrince if Sesklos would let him.He may do it anyway."Harmakros walked over to the deerskin map hung on the wall, drew his sword andran the point along the western borders of Hos-Bletha and Hos-Ktemnos."Ourfriend Soton wears three helmets.One isGrand Master of the Holy Order of the Zarthani Knights, consecrated to defendStyphon's House from all martial enemies; another is Archpriest of Styphon'sHouse; lastly, he's a general in the armies ofHos-Ktemnos and Hos-Bletha.The Knights are the principal weapons against theclans and tribes of theLower and Upper Sastragath.Great Kings neither have to spend a single pieceof silver to keep it, nor worry about princes winning battles and becomingambitious."If Styphon's House wants to take away that weapon and use it somewhere else,they're going to have to persuade the Great Kings of the south that it's agood idea.If the nomads are on the move, that may take a while.It may noteven happen at all.Hos-Hostigos may be a headache to Hos-Ktemnos andPage 82 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHos-Bletha, but a nomad invasion could be more like a kick in the guts!"Harmakros' explanation made sense to Kalvan, even if it probably erred on theside of optimism.No point in raising that objection now, when they knew solittle about Styphon's House's plans."Put Klestreus on to interrogating everybody who's ever been near theSastragath.Talk to ColonelVerkan when he returns from Grefftscharr, and see if he would discreetlyquestion fellow traders." They got around, and usually kept their eyes open.They kept their mouths shut, too.But gold, silver and trading privileges orlosing them could do something about that.Kalvan poured himself some more wine and relaxed.The Zarthani Knights werehere-and-now's 'AfrikaKorps,' but they were also widely scattered and no cavalryman was much good ona half-starved horse.They couldn't begin their move north until they could cut fodder on the way;cavalry mounts couldn't maintain their strength by grazing.Spring was coming late in the south.It would be another month before therewas any chance of bringing thousands of heavy cavalry, remounts and all theirsupport troops north.The Sacred Squares ofHos-Ktemnos would be even harder to recruit for a blitzkrieg since they wouldalso have to walk and be fed while they did; although their rations could becarried by wagons whose oxen could graze.Kalvan wasn't going to object if Dralm did decide to swallow up the Knights inChesapeake Bay.God or no gods, it was best to be prepared for the worst, andthere was a great deal that could be done along those lines right now.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlLet Harmakros buy fodder as well as rations from the Blethan merchants; fivehundred well-fed horses were better than two thousand starving one.Anothershop to make field carriages for artillery; the RoyalFoundry would scream if it had to give up more of its trained people.But he'dsee if Verkan could recruit replacements in Greffa or Zygros City [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."A few said they'd had, butonly a six or a dozen at most.""Any House Master has sixty Knights at his personal command," Harmakros putin."I suspect thatGrand Master Soton has sent one of his trusted comrades north to do somesurveillance on our forts and castles.Soton is not the sort of man to takethe word of Styphon's priests on a military situation that could draw intwo-thirds of his forces." As a young man, Harmakros had spent three campaignseasonsGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlin Hos-Ktemnos as a mercenary captain and knew the area and local politicsquite well.He had liked the duty, but didn't like the priestly meddling ofStyphon's House in everything from military strategy to local bordellos.Styphon's House had originated in Hos-Ktemnos and had fully franchised theplace.According to Harmakros, "there wasn't a town small enough that you couldn'tfind a Styphon's House shrine, temple farm or domed temple within spittingdistance.""I suppose not," Kalvan said, "But Soton's a consecrated Archpriest ofStyphon's House and, thusly, a member of the Inner Circle.I suppose theKnights also take vows of some sort.Can they refuse obedience to Styphon'sVoice?""Not if Sesklos gives them a simple order to come north and wage holy waragainst us.But if Soton receives no such order well, he's not only anArchpriest of Styphon's House, he's also the prince of more land than mostGreat Kings Kaiphranos, for one never mind what the law says.If those landsunder the Order's suzerainty were endangered, Soton could behave like theirPrince if Sesklos would let him.He may do it anyway."Harmakros walked over to the deerskin map hung on the wall, drew his sword andran the point along the western borders of Hos-Bletha and Hos-Ktemnos."Ourfriend Soton wears three helmets.One isGrand Master of the Holy Order of the Zarthani Knights, consecrated to defendStyphon's House from all martial enemies; another is Archpriest of Styphon'sHouse; lastly, he's a general in the armies ofHos-Ktemnos and Hos-Bletha.The Knights are the principal weapons against theclans and tribes of theLower and Upper Sastragath.Great Kings neither have to spend a single pieceof silver to keep it, nor worry about princes winning battles and becomingambitious."If Styphon's House wants to take away that weapon and use it somewhere else,they're going to have to persuade the Great Kings of the south that it's agood idea.If the nomads are on the move, that may take a while.It may noteven happen at all.Hos-Hostigos may be a headache to Hos-Ktemnos andPage 82 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHos-Bletha, but a nomad invasion could be more like a kick in the guts!"Harmakros' explanation made sense to Kalvan, even if it probably erred on theside of optimism.No point in raising that objection now, when they knew solittle about Styphon's House's plans."Put Klestreus on to interrogating everybody who's ever been near theSastragath.Talk to ColonelVerkan when he returns from Grefftscharr, and see if he would discreetlyquestion fellow traders." They got around, and usually kept their eyes open.They kept their mouths shut, too.But gold, silver and trading privileges orlosing them could do something about that.Kalvan poured himself some more wine and relaxed.The Zarthani Knights werehere-and-now's 'AfrikaKorps,' but they were also widely scattered and no cavalryman was much good ona half-starved horse.They couldn't begin their move north until they could cut fodder on the way;cavalry mounts couldn't maintain their strength by grazing.Spring was coming late in the south.It would be another month before therewas any chance of bringing thousands of heavy cavalry, remounts and all theirsupport troops north.The Sacred Squares ofHos-Ktemnos would be even harder to recruit for a blitzkrieg since they wouldalso have to walk and be fed while they did; although their rations could becarried by wagons whose oxen could graze.Kalvan wasn't going to object if Dralm did decide to swallow up the Knights inChesapeake Bay.God or no gods, it was best to be prepared for the worst, andthere was a great deal that could be done along those lines right now.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlLet Harmakros buy fodder as well as rations from the Blethan merchants; fivehundred well-fed horses were better than two thousand starving one.Anothershop to make field carriages for artillery; the RoyalFoundry would scream if it had to give up more of its trained people.But he'dsee if Verkan could recruit replacements in Greffa or Zygros City [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]