In the next few days, Billy and the others heard from the spies that the population was beginning to receive weapons from the soldiers. That put him even more on guard since it didn't make sense to arm them when they were tired of traveling. It was hard to imagine that they would be happy marching again, so Billy assumed that they would fight right there.
"Jeannette lost two wars by using common tactics. I suppose this time she will play on the defense since she is wary of me," Billy thought.
