Two sentries swapping guard duties saw them come out, exchanged sinister grins, scooped up two handfuls of snow to put out the warming bonfire, and then ducked back into their tent.
Damn it, even common soldiers had been bought off just to freeze him to death!
This was a very small encampment consisting of about twenty tents, surrounded by a perimeter of wagons. There were no caltrops or chevaux-de-frise set up outside, and the terrain nearby was completely flat with no natural defenses to rely on—it was obvious from a glance that no one intended to stay here long.
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