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One of the soldiers pushed his horse past the leader to take the brunt of the iht over the heart, and the round As he drew his sword, he slaot his sword free, and cut at the wingless leader Only then did he recognize the scarred and battered shield of the boy cowering before him

"Ekkehard!" With an effort, he twisted his wrist so that the flat of the blade caught his young half brother in the helh the lad at least had enough horsemanship to keep his seat and ride past His three other companions thren their arms and yielded Only the one lay dead, trampled by his own horse

"Get them out of here!" he shouted before he pressed forith Fulk and Sibold on either side and the rest of hisup around him as Anshelm dropped back to take care of Ekkehard Druth the left flank, Lady Bertha had pushed her advantage and noide to roll up the struggling Quht, past Druthh, emboldened by his success

But he knew that the Qus flashed in sunlight as the clouds scudded away on a stiff wind With a cry of triuht would be very different than the one six years before when the Quh had ruined his voice and almost taken his life

Bulkezu turned to face hihing as they closed Sanglant had the advantage of height--the Wendish horses were sier than the stolid Quriffin warrior parried every one with shield or sword Sparks flew as his griffin feathers notched Wendish steel But in the end brute strength won, and a rasp

Bulkezu threw hi hold of Sanglant’s belt, he dragged the prince froround as the horses broke free and bolted, leaving theed around theer as he tried to break Sanglant’s grip, but Sanglant wrapped his shield around Bulkezu’s back and struck hie dent appeared in the face an to crack A trickle of blood oozed frolant struck a fourth ti his shoulders to one side so that the griffin feathers cut into Sanglant’s left arround, its leather straps severed Bulkezu caught his lower ar all the while, to drive the sword into the ground He thrust with his dagger at Sanglant’s head The blow scraped gold flakes fro with his boot and shoved The wing snapped off They rolled on the ground Bulkezu’s other wing snapped, shedding griffin feathers along the earth as they wrestled, each trying to get the upper hand

Sanglant caught sight of a Quot hold of his sword, whipping it up to parry the blow that would have crushed his head Bulkezu kicked him away and scralant killed another Quman rider before Fulk cleared a space for him to remount Resuelto

"Bulkezu?" he shouted as Resuelto pranced away froriffin feathers, which could even cut into hooves

Bulkezu had vanished, is The Pechanek standard swayed and, abruptly, collapsed under a Wendish charge A roar of triurated The Ungrians, rallying round, cried out Sanglant’s name

Between one breath and the next, battle turned to rout The bravest Quman warriors soon found themselves isolated and surrounded and in this way they perished in the ers!" the prince called to Fulk "Let all the fords and ferries west and east be on their guard"

He and his captains withdrew frohter, those who could catch the fleeing Qu in all directions Back on a rise they found Brother Breschius and a dozen Ungrian noble hi like a lost child, scratching at her cheeks in the old way as she mourned her dead husband Her attendants had to restrain her twice frolant surveyed the scene with a dull heart All of Bayan’s liveliness was gone, fled; what re Bayan with his grief, while Anshelriffin feathers had laid open his skin They stung like crazy, but they didn’t hurt half asBayan dead