"Yes, yes, indeed, I know what you're waiting for, you old goat. As soon as my attention is distracted by this rabble, you'll bring those archers of yours back to the front again, and all efforts of siege will be halted for the day," Zilan said. Even knowing that, presently, he was beginning to see few options. His troops were being harried and picked off, bit by bit. Even the counterattack offered by the chariots had been put to a halt, after Captain Lombard had warded them away. Now both Lady Blackthorn and Lombard were returning to their different parts of the battlefield in order to take up their positions, and exert their continual pressure.