Battle of Varant - Volume I

... yet General Rhobar chose to attack. He gathered his host and struck with concentrated force against the poorly guarded right flank of the enemy. He did not linger over skirmishes, but drove like a precisely aimed sword into the side of the foe and cut soldiers down as though they were but weak veins - albeit that they were attached to a strong and healthy heart. Ever onward he pressed his men, ever onward toward the border of Varant. He knew that to win this battle, he must divide the enemy's forces and prevent Gellon and Lukkor

from joining forces and striking him with a devastating blow. If he was to succeed in disrupting their supply lines, then victory would surely be his ...

... Gellon was no more, his army defeated, his now leaderless men on the flight. Yet Rhobar was determined to leave his foe no opportunity to regroup and forthwith ordered they march onward, intent on destroying them utterly. Lukkor, however, resolved to seize the hour and strike Rhobar's weary troops with a mortal blow ...