The Causality of Time by Jonnathan Strawthorne

Author:Jonnathan Strawthorne [Strawthorne, Jonnathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 40654757
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

An Unmovable Will

Dawn had arrived with an exhale of mist rising up into the dark sky. The march started with four men abreast moving along to the steady, rhythmic motion of a fast-paced walk. The men said nothing as there was nothing to say. The animals were quiet as well, seeming to sense the impending battle of wills. The clanks of weapons on leather or copper armor and the pounding of thousands of footsteps on the hard ground sent a message of defiance. Anyone observing the march would have been impressed with the precision and professionalism of the group. Si-tatious had worked a miracle with the militia. He formed them into a cohesive fighting unit with a modicum of professionalism that made him proud of their accomplishment. The men sensed it, and with respect for his command and the overall strategy of Talmido’s war plans, worked harder to impress him.

The day before, Talmido and Si-tatious apprised the men of the battle plan and the militiamen of the critical strategic and tactical applications. With the assurance that a portion of the Assyrian army group’s soldiers was going to defect, the militiamen calmed down and began to understand and accept the madness of the method.

The militiamen were to be the bait. They were to march ahead of the veterans and the archers just out of sight so as not to draw attention to the groups lagging behind. The veterans and the archers would split up into two groups on either side of the militiamen, ready to enter the battle once engaged. The defecting contingents of men in the Assyrian army group, upon hearing the call to arms of Talmido’s men, would then turn on their army group and begin closing the encirclement and eventual destruction of the enemy. At least, that was what was supposed to happen in theory.

A new day announced itself with the first shafts of light splaying themselves out over the hills and touching the cloudless, star-filled sky. Roosting birds began to wake with the chatter of their morning ritual drowning out the footfalls of men and animals alike.

The two militant groups approached each other at a pace of one and a half leagues per hour, quickly closing the gap for an eventual conflict that would change the course of history. The battle to come would incite the parties that be to instigate battles of antiquity that would resonate throughout history, changing the landscape of humanity for all time. Empires would fall and Empires would rise, with ethnic groups and languages blossoming forth in an ever-shrinking variety. The change in communication would have a dramatic effect on culture and the future wars to come. Talmido and his men would know nothing of these significant transformations, or of the far-flung universal issues at play across the cosmos. Perhaps ignorance is bliss.

Soon Si-tatious sent out scouts and pickets to gather information on the Assyrian army group’s position. Within two days, the gap was closed to a three-day march in which

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