January third. At six in the morning, the Royal Capital had yet to awaken from the night.
Robson's army finally arrived forty miles outside the Royal Capital. Bound by the laws of the kingdom, which stipulated that Extraordinary Corps must halt fifty miles out and conventional armies thirty miles out, foreign troops could not advance any further upon reaching their designated perimeter.
At this distance, the Royal Capital would have ample time to react if the arriving army intended to make any sudden moves.
Robson had to admit, 'His Majesty the King is a deeply suspicious man.' They were already more than thirty miles out, yet he had deliberately placed Robson's encampment right next to the kingdom's Northern Guard Corps.
This was a clear sign of vigilance, even though Robson, by all accounts, had neither the intention nor the capability to rebel.
