The two soldiers on relief duty watched them emerge, exchanged sinister grins, scooped up two handfuls of snow to extinguish the campfire used for warmth, and then ducked back into their tent.
Damn it, even the common infantrymen had been bought off. They were trying to freeze him to death!
This was a tiny encampment consisting of about twenty tents, ringed by supply carts. There were no caltrops or chevaux-de-frise deployed along the perimeter, and the surrounding terrain was flat and indefensible, clearly showing they had no intention of staying long.
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