"Look. There's no reinforcements coming for us. We can give in. Or we can wait - and we won't have to wait long! Make them come in and fight us through the streets, today or tomorrow. We'll maul them. But we'll lose. Either way, they execute Florian." Ash spoke in a pragmatic tone. "Look at the situation. There's fifteen thousand men out there. We're two and a half thousand. That's us outnumbered over five to one!"
She grinned at Florian.
"You're right. There's only one thing we can do. We attack."
(from Lost Burgundy, Book #4 of Ash - A Secret History by Mary Gentle)
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