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Die murgosische Reiterei hatte bereits jedes Faß gespalten und ritt mit Triumphgebrüll den Weg zurück, den sie gekommen war. Die Fußsoldaten, die den Rückzug vorgetäuscht hatten, rannten von den Kämmen hinunter, um ihre früheren Posten wieder zu beziehen. Aus diesen vorteilhaften Stellungen schossen sie Salve um Salve auf die inzwischen entmutigten Malloreaner. Unter diesem tödlichen Beschuß bemühten sich die Rotgewandeten, wenigstens das bißchen Wasser noch zu retten, das auf dem Boden ihrer zerstörten Fässer zurückgeblieben war. Doch ihre Verluste durch den Pfeilsturm wuchsen.
With brutal efficiency, the Murgo cavalry had already axed open every barrel and cask and was riding back the way they had come with triumphant jeers. The Murgos, whose feigned retreat had drawn the Mallorean troops into their fatal charge, ran back down the ridges to resume their former positions. From their vantage points above the now-demoralized Malloreans, they sent great sheets of arrows arching up into the morning sky to rain down upon their enemies. In the midst of that deadly rain, the Malloreans desperately tried to salvage what little water was left in the bottoms of their shattered barrels, but their losses from the arrow storm soon grew unacceptable. The men in red tunics broke and ran out into the waiting desert, leaving their wagons behind.
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