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"Yamada's generals," I said, "prior to the arrival of the dragon, might well fear a sortie from the holding". "The dragon has now arrived," said Pertinax. Such sorties from a besieged holding, city, or such, providing a sufficient number of troops is available, are not that uncommon. There have been numerous instances not only of the clash of armies before walled, besieged cities, sometimes almost daily, often involving challenges and conflicts of champions, but there is always the danger of destructive, nocturnal raids, designed to burn tents and spread panic, or, often, to disable or destroy siege engines, siege towers, and such. To be sure, in the present instance, siege towers were impractical, given the height and steepness of the escarpment surmounted by the holding of Temmu. Too, the garrison of the holding, given its slightness, would be unlikely to mount a sortie in force. Still the threat of raids, almost certainly under the cover of darkness, would not be discounted by the generals of Lord Yamada. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )