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Along with his commander, a sorcerer, and two of his peers, Batu was studying the enemy in a magic scrying basin.

At last, after twenty years of chasing down bands of nomad raiders, Batu knew he was about to fight a real war.

Like the horseman, Batu had dark eyes set wide over broad cheeks, a flat nose with flaring nostrils, and a powerful build.

On the other hand, Batu was only thirty-eight, and, though he was also a first-degree general, he commanded an army of only five thousand men.

As Batu and the others watched, a subdued and distant thunder rolled out of the scrying basin.

Still, Batu found it disturbing that any of his men fell, for he did not know a single Shou horseman who could boast of hitting such a distant target from a galloping mount.

Through the scrying basin, Batu heard the screams of dying men and the terrified shrieks of wounded horses.

When his officers showed the proper restraint and did not pursue, Batu breathed a sigh of relief.

The number of casualties unsettled Batu, for the heavy losses reflected too well on the accuracy of the enemy bowmen.

The Minister of War disagreed with Batu, and the older generals knew it would not be prudent to contradict their superior.

As the two men looked away, Batu recognized their caution and realized that he could expect no help from them.

Even if Batu did not perish during the slaughter, the stigma of losing an entire army would destroy his career.

In that respect, Batu considered himself no different from any other soldier, and if Kwan ordered him to meet the enemy naked and alone, he would be obliged to do so.

Fortunately, if all Kwan wanted was to be rid of him, Batu thought that he could salvage a respectable death from his predicament.

For the first time since Batu had begun his protest, Kwan looked directly at him.