When we were alone, Tanus said softly, "Salitis has four regiments across the river. "The gods cannot desert this very Egypt now. "No" my mistress's voice shook with the force of her denial. They are our only hope for eventual victory." If I am given the time and the material, I can build new and better chariots with wheels that do not burst, but I cannot replace the horses. Salitis will overwhelm and destroy us very easily. My chariots are swifter than those of Salitis, but my men cannot match his in skill and training. "Your Majesty, I have forty chariots that I can send in to meet him. We cannot prevail against their chariots." "I can fight on, of course," Tanus agreed. "Now that he is across the river, can you check the barbarian?"
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