Hosker, G [Sword Of Cartimandua 11] Roman Treachery - Plot & Excerpts
Honour demanded that they get her back or die trying. At the rear of the turma Sextus could hear them closing on them. The horses could go little faster than a running man in this thick forest and the only advantage the horsemen had was that they would not be as tired as their enemies when it came to a fight and, the Roman warrior knew that it would come to down to a fight. If only they had something they could deploy to slow them down. Sextus almost slapped his own head at his stupidity. He turned to the trooper next to him. “Take out your caltrops.” To the two in front he said, “You two, take out your caltrops and then throw them on either side of you.” He reached down to his saddlebags and took his handful out. To the trooper next to him he said, “Throw them behind you.” The four of them dispersed their small number of caltrops; they were wicked pieces of metal which always had a spike upwards no matter how they landed. Sextus was counting on the fact that their pursuers might either be barefoot or only have fur shoes. Either way it would hurt.Suddenly, from behind there came a scream, followed by another and then a string of what sounded like Votadini obscenities.
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