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In the meanwhile, their own arquebusiers continue firing on the forest, firing upon your own men. When you yet again thunder of cannonfire, it delights you to see them land yet another hit.
Though you had avoided initial disaster, the tensity of battle continues to grow. You've no certainty of how long your own pikemen shall hold the bridge. Perhaps you could get your muskets to fire upon the,? From the angle they stand, they'd have a far greater chance of avoiding friendly fire...but of course, doing so would leave them more vulnerable to the arquebusiers who continue to fire upon them - and even more of their numbers seem to be arriving. Finally, what of the giants? Have the Fortelli chosen to withhold them out of fear of losing such a valuable unit? Or is their plan another? You will simply have to guess...
<span class="mu-s">ARQUEBUSIERS</span>
>Continue firing on the units further off
>Risk friendly fire, shoot the troops in the bridge
>Focus on a specific target (Specify which)
>Write-in
<span class="mu-s">MUSKETS</span>
>Change your focus to the troops in the bridge, but expose yourself
>Change your focus to the arquebusiers firing upon them
>Split your orders: have one team of muskets fire on the bridge, and another on the arquebusiers
>Write-in
<span class="mu-s">SAKER</span>
>Keep firing on the arquebusiers
>Change your target yet again (Specify Which)
>Write-in
As you finish giving your orders, one of your men tells you of something that brings you surprise...<span class="mu-i">the skirmishers you had sent north are here. And they say they've got urgent news.</span> Turning your retinue around, you quickly move to see what it is they're talking about, telling your men to let their captain through to explain himself. After some moments, you see <span class="mu-i">Captain Dessany</span>, his horse panting as he spots.
"Your lordship..." he says, out of breath himself. "Gigantes have crossed the river. They're coming from the north..."
Damnation.
>UPDATE TO BE CONTINUED
>YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO REACT TO THE GIANTS IN SEQUENCE