67 Confrontation part 2 5yr

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The setting sun hid behind fluffy pillows of clouds, turning them peach in the late spring evening.

Loud screaming, galloping horses, and explosions were audible on the deserted stretch of muddy road two days north of the Wawrika province, the shadows of the scattered tall trees grew long, inching eastward by the minute.

While Hartley was engaged in battle, the escorts provided by Viscount Sanzu were also locked in a brutal slaughter, the four armored soldiers charged their horses in a tight organized formation, racing towards the unarmored squad of crossbow men, swinging their heavy swords in mighty arcs, cleaving off the limbs of anyone too slow or unlucky enough to be in the way.

Blood splashed across horses and armors, a half dozen men who had abandoned their crossbows, armed themselves with swords, making futile attempts to battle mounted soldiers in close combat.

The rest scattered and fled in chaotic panic, screaming expletives as they tried to reorganize and retreat to preserve their lives, every now and then one was able to get off a single bolt from his crossbow, unfortunately for them, running and aiming a crossbow reduced the accuracy making it almost i