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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3822510" data-attributes="member: 3448">“Your Grace, we need to delay the Horde of Ripping Tusk so they cannot meet up with Brightspan’s army.  That horde would dramatically alter the likelihood of holding Tulani. I recommend sending Stithis and some of his air elemental allies to disrupt their travel.”“Without truly engaging, they won’t be able to slow the orcs by much, and it would be suicide for them to actually attack.”“Even a small delay could be very valuable, Your Grace,” replied Dame Brionna.  “If they can cause some weather effects, disrupt fords ahead of the horde, and so forth, it could make a difference of several days or more.”“All right.  I’m willing to ask Stithis to take on that mission.”  Alistair paused.  “We desperately need to get more troops to deal with the attacks within the Archduchy.  How long will it take for Lord Davion to get the new field armies ready?” “Regardless of the general’s skill, that takes time, Your Grace.  The farmboys who make up most of the recruits will take six weeks to become green troops under Lord Davion.  Anything less and they would be, at best, irregulars.  It takes a certain amount of drilling to show them which is the sharp end of a spear.”“But they have hoes!” said Kit, both as a joke and in frustration at that time table.“Even if they have some basic understanding of combat, they need to learn to fight as a formation.  Less than six weeks, and they are just a mob.”Alistair nodded.  “We understand.  Can we think about other sources of troops?”“What about seeking more church knights, Your Grace?  The Church of Glor’diadel has historically been very cooperative with itself.  Most of the church knights from this province have already been committed, but the Archbishop might talk to other Archbishops.  We could also enlist organized orders of church knights.”</blockquote>

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