Seeing them come out, the two relieved sentries exchanged a malicious grin, scooped up two handfuls of snow to put out the campfire that had been keeping them warm, and then ducked back into their tent.
Damn it, even the common soldiers had been bought off! They were trying to freeze him to death!
This was a tiny encampment consisting of about twenty tents, ringed by carts. There were no caltrops or spiked barriers deployed along the perimeter, and the surrounding terrain was flat with no defensible features—a clear sign that nobody intended to stay here for long.
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