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What is behind him, and what does it mean? Too, I assumed General Yamada, from what I had learned of this mighty adversary, would more likely be at the front of his troops than in the rear. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #90)

We began with the tents farthest to the south, selecting tents in the kaissa-board fashion, to conserve our incendiary materials, fire jars lit in flight, as this approach is designed to capitalize on the likelihood that a fire consuming one tent may spread to another. We began with the farthest tents to confuse the enemy as to our mission, that he would merely see us pass overhead, and, more importantly, that the enemy in the fore would see fire behind him, and the mountain and holding before him. This is likely to have its effect on morale. What is behind him, and what does it mean? Too, I assumed General Yamada, from what I had learned of this mighty adversary, would more likely be at the front of his troops than in the rear. Accordingly, he would find himself removed from the immediate locus of the attack, this delaying a personal response to it, and, almost certainly, would assure a delay in his apprehension of the situation, its nature and gravity. Uncertainty and confusion are sometimes as effective as the blade and glaive. Action undertaken in such a situation may easily prove inopportune and unwise. - (Rebels of Gor)