troops to keep The Mukans from attacking Tr, and
The Frns from attacking The Holy Land. With the rest he formed a great
caravan and marched toward Zo, with herds of oxen and sheep, and,
grain,
to sustain them, so they wouldn't be a burden on the people of that
land.
156 Soon their camps were all about the city of Zo and Ti, and from
north and south every ship was being brought. This time they would not
need the spice. Their numbers would be more than a match for the enemy.
157 In the midst of summer two large fleets left the city's harbors
with the same destination...Epon. Their arrival did not please the
enemy.
158 The Epon fleet was massed in the harbor and came out to meet them.
But The Trns had also had a navy, and The Hawk had brought the sailors
along.
159 Manning the captured Epon men-of-war, they were more than a match
for their opponents. They swept through them, clearing the way for the
attacking fleet. The Harbor was heavily defended. There were impaling
logs hidden in the shallow water everywhere.
160 Several ships hit them. There were booms in the channel with ships
attached to them full of bowmen, but these were eventually taken, and
the harbor seized.
161 After seven vicious days of fighting, the enemy finally withdrew
into his city. Those that didn't flew eastward. The Hawk didn't like
the look of the city. Its walls were higher and broader than any he had
ever seen. It was like no city in their own land, or, Tr.
162 For two days he walked around it, trying to find a weakness, but he
could find none.
163 In the midst of his thinking, The Lady Hawk came up to him. ''I've
got
an idea," she remarked, "how we can take the city. Can I borrow some
men to work on it?"