I'd hoped for an ordinary day, but it turned out to be an incredibly busy and exhausting one. I arrived in Breisburg, reached agreements with each faction, and found Bodo.
Then I gathered the scattered troops to attack the Viscount Neunil family. It's hard to believe all of that happened in a single day. It certainly felt like far longer.
It was already late afternoon, but that suited the swift strategy I always emphasize. Give the enemy no time to respond: move before word of you does, keep the march silent, and when you strike, strike with everything at once.
Frontinus set it down plainly enough in his chapter on concealing one's plans. The old Romans knew what they were about.
Anton, who had risen to the rank of vice commander, shouted energetically.
"All 238 members of the Gale Knights have assembled!"
