half the point to dragoons is the fight. The other half is getting somewheres fast so you can fight where the other bastards don’t want you to.”
“Can’t do that on Merkle’s Hill,” Colonel Biffle said positively.
He was right. Ned of the Forest wished he were wrong. But then Ned pointed with his saber again, this time toward the southeast. “We’ll just have to see if we can’t slide around behind ’em, then. If we can get a decent-sized band of soldiers on the road between them and Rising Rock, they’ll have to fall back, on account of if they don’t, they’ll never get another chance.”
“Can we do it?” Biffle asked.
“Don’t know,” Ned answered. “But I’ll tell you what I do know—I do know I’d sooner try something my own self than wait for Thraxton the gods-damned Braggart to huff and puff and blow their house down.” He raised his voice to a bellow: “Captain Watson!”
“Yes, Lord Ned?” Watson had a way of appearing wherever he was needed.
“If we try and slide some men around to the south side g
“Can’t do that on Merkle’s Hill,” Colonel Biffle said positively.
He was right. Ned of the Forest wished he were wrong. But then Ned pointed with his saber again, this time toward the southeast. “We’ll just have to see if we can’t slide around behind ’em, then. If we can get a decent-sized band of soldiers on the road between them and Rising Rock, they’ll have to fall back, on account of if they don’t, they’ll never get another chance.”
“Can we do it?” Biffle asked.
“Don’t know,” Ned answered. “But I’ll tell you what I do know—I do know I’d sooner try something my own self than wait for Thraxton the gods-damned Braggart to huff and puff and blow their house down.” He raised his voice to a bellow: “Captain Watson!”
“Yes, Lord Ned?” Watson had a way of appearing wherever he was needed.
“If we try and slide some men around to the south side g