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Rade can hear the trumpet again.
A few seconds later, arrows rise from the loyalist line. The sound of hundreds of bows shooting in unison is still unnerving to the duke. Riding behind his own line, he can hear several men cry out. Shields are raised preemptively.
He turns to the horn-bearer on his right. "Signal our archers to halt."
The man gives the signal. Rade's archers, previously marching with the rest of the army, come to a complete stop. Rade and his bodyguards remain behind the archers, letting the bulk of his forces continue on.
As loyalist arrows tear into his line, his own archers respond with shots of their own.
Arrows fly.
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