Archos marvalled that there had been no oposition to his move, he had taken the hill with narry a fight against his weary advanced guard. With his main army now in place, he set about the task of preparing his defenses. Air patrols were sent up, to meet any threat from the WO air arm, he sent out small battle groupings to sieze valleys and suitable places for foraging, he had all surrounding wooded areas routed out and searched for spies, he had his men sleeping in triple shifts eating in triple shifts, and patrolling in battle groupings. A second flying column was then dispatched to march two hours further, towards the sea coast, to the small port area, to gain their submission, if they were willing, good, he would do nothing to harm them. If they were not....
*when the fire elves and dragons arrived, he sent them post haste to relieve his force fighting the rear guard, with orders that the now battle hardened soldiers who had been campaigning at the WO rear, would be split in twain, the first half would rejoin him, the second half, with its very best soldiers, would be sent to Tsana Dragonesti, to further her advance against the WO east flank*
*as camp was at last erercted, he set himself on his meditations, it would be a very long, very hard night to open the shee from this end*
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