![]() ![]() I found myself lying on a sheepskin mattress, with Tanus leaning over me. Iwoke again under the awning on the deck of Tanus" flagship. I tried to sit up, but my head ached abominably and I groaned, then clutched his arm as it all came back to me. "The gods cannot desert this very Egypt now. "No" my mistress's voice shook with the force of her denial. 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. They are our only hope for eventual victory."įor a moment it did not penetrate my aching skull, then I realized that it had happened. ![]() 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. I will not ride with you again until you do something about them." However, those new-fangled wheels of yours " are more dangerous than a regiment of Hyksos. "If I am to have five hundred of those contraptions of yours for my new chariot division, I will need a thousand of those cursed brutes to pull them. I have already sent Hui to gather them up," he assured me. ![]() "Don't worry that battered head of yours". "Now that he is across the river, can you check the barbarian?" ![]()
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