When the sentry on Tachi's city walls saw the Golden Lion Flag on the horizon in the dawn light, he could hardly believe his eyes.
The Tanilians clearly didn't expect the enemy to arrive so quickly. Red Sulfur Harbor had just fallen, and the Venetians, still in the midst of reorganizing, had forcibly marched thirty kilometers overnight, cutting through the countryside that was, in theory, still under the Federation's control, and headed straight for them.
Now, most of the foraging teams sent out by Captain Kidd had not yet returned, and the Saint Marco Legion had already reached the base of Tachi's walls.
Layton didn't rush to attack the city; instead, after cutting off Tachi from the outside world, he divided his forces to start purging the Federation's small units from behind.
