“A hundred and fifty thousand,” said Gestur, the more voluble of the two. “It was hard to work around their sentries, lord. Even so, we are confident that it is above a hundred and thirty thousand infantry and twenty thousand mounted knights.” “Twenty thousand knights,” said Gray mildly. “Damn.” “There aren’t twenty thousand knights in the whole of Albion,” said Tekoa. “Not even ten thousand. They must have support from the continent.” “So it sounds as though we can assume we are outnumbered four to one,” Roper surmised. He took another spoonful of hoosh, frowning into his bowl. “What else?”
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