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| 44 | 35 | "I do not View more quotes about understand">understand the advance of Yamada," said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 44 | 32 | But the reality was that the cavalry had repudiated in fact, if not in name, its allegiance to Lord Temmu, following his betrayal of me into the power of Lord Yamada. |
| 44 | 33 | The cavalry was now, in fact, if not in name, an independent unit. |
| 44 | 34 | I was not now to be commanded as a subordinate but courted as an ally. |
| 44 | 35 | "I do not understand the advance of Yamada," said Lord Okimoto. |
| 44 | 36 | "Why should he not fear the cavalry? It lifted the siege, it ruined camps, it shocked troops into disarray, it disrupted supply lines, it burned storehouses, it spread havoc throughout villages, towns, and fortresses of Lord Yamada, it forced the withdrawal of his army, to protect the core of his homelands". |
| 44 | 37 | "Perhaps he is a fool," said Lord Temmu. |
| 44 | 38 | "Perhaps," said Lord Okimoto, "he has assurances that the cavalry will not fly". |