Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 61 | 424 | View more quotes about once">Once I had arranged the peasants, and set them about their diversions, and had arrested the progress of Lord Yamada, in such a way as to suggest he was fully ready for battle, but hoped to lure the invasion force farther south, perhaps deeper into a trap, I had contacted Lords Nishida and Okimoto under the pretense of warning them of imminent danger. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 61 | 421 | My ultimate goal, naturally enough, under the circumstances, was to bring the situation between the rival houses of Temmu and Yamada to the point where neither house could achieve, or plausibly claim, victory. |
| 61 | 422 | In this way neither Priest-Kings nor Kurii could claim the benefits accruing to the outcome of a dark, portentous wager, one in which the stakes were, substantially, a world, and perhaps two. |
| 61 | 423 | So Aiko found herself on the palace grounds, brought by Ichiro and Haruki, while Lord Yamada, Nodachi, I, and some others, and the many peasants of Arashi, advanced to meet, and discomfit, the forces of Temmu on the north road. |
| 61 | 424 | Once I had arranged the peasants, and set them about their diversions, and had arrested the progress of Lord Yamada, in such a way as to suggest he was fully ready for battle, but hoped to lure the invasion force farther south, perhaps deeper into a trap, I had contacted Lords Nishida and Okimoto under the pretense of warning them of imminent danger. |
| 61 | 425 | Given the higher rank and the usual circumspection of Lord Okimoto, on which I had counted, I had managed to halt their march, at least temporarily, and purchase some days of truce, while messages were being exchanged between their road camp and the distant holding of the northern shogun. |
| 61 | 426 | These days, and the availability of tarns, allowing an expedited communication, gave me the opportunity to marshal the cavalry in such a way that I would be justified in issuing my ultimatum to both houses, peace, or destruction. |
| 61 | 427 | During these days Aiko came to the attention of Lord Yamada, who had returned to his palace, following the fortification of the road camp. |
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My ultimate goal, naturally enough, under the circumstances, was to bring the situation between the rival houses of Temmu and Yamada to the point where neither house could achieve, or plausibly claim, victory.
In this way neither Priest-Kings nor Kurii could claim the benefits accruing to the outcome of a dark, portentous wager, one in which the stakes were, substantially, a world, and perhaps two.
So Aiko found herself on the palace grounds, brought by Ichiro and Haruki, while Lord Yamada, Nodachi, I, and some others, and the many peasants of Arashi, advanced to meet, and discomfit, the forces of Temmu on the north road.
Once I had arranged the peasants, and set them about their diversions, and had arrested the progress of Lord Yamada, in such a way as to suggest he was fully ready for battle, but hoped to lure the invasion force farther south, perhaps deeper into a trap, I had contacted Lords Nishida and Okimoto under the pretense of warning them of imminent danger.
Given the higher rank and the usual circumspection of Lord Okimoto, on which I had counted, I had managed to halt their march, at least temporarily, and purchase some days of truce, while messages were being exchanged between their road camp and the distant holding of the northern shogun.
These days, and the availability of tarns, allowing an expedited communication, gave me the opportunity to marshal the cavalry in such a way that I would be justified in issuing my ultimatum to both houses, peace, or destruction.
During these days Aiko came to the attention of Lord Yamada, who had returned to his palace, following the fortification of the road camp.
- (Rebels of Gor)