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Such things being the case, and their conviction, at least initially, that they were dealing with foes which need not be taken seriously, not formidable foes, but only with unprepared and naive townsfolk, led them to make mistakes which they would be unlikely to have committed at the walls and gates of cities. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 44, Sentence #58)

Doubtless an account of such episodes had reached even to the command tents of the enemy, and even to the command cabins of the corsair fleet. As most mercenaries fight for loot and pay, their allegiance is likely to be less to the cause of their lord than to his purse. Similarly, they prefer to enter a town or city, whenever possible, by means of a surreptitiously opened gate or a deliberately abandoned parapet than by a storming of stoutly defended walls and a fighting of their way across ditches filled with their fallen fellows. Such things being the case, and their conviction, at least initially, that they were dealing with foes which need not be taken seriously, not formidable foes, but only with unprepared and naive townsfolk, led them to make mistakes which they would be unlikely to have committed at the walls and gates of cities. A supposed defender casts messages down from the wall at night, offering treason for sale, willing to arrange the opening of a gate, if a dangling basket will be filled with gold. The gold is provided and the gate, as anticipated, is opened but, as was not made clear in the arrangement, is swiftly closed, as well, trapping intruders within. Those who buy treason may not understand the treason they have purchased, treason to the defenders or treason to the attackers. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 44)