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Arrows sweep across the river as the captain draws the company into line at the approach to the Tekaro Bridge. The burnt-out hulks of siege towers and the bodies of dead soldiers lie strewn in heaps before the battered city gate. The fortified gatehouse bristles with archers, and the setting sun glints on the cauldrons of boiling oil and molten lead mounted on top of the battlements.

‘Charge!’ screams the captain, and suddenly you are swept up and carried across the bridge by a frenzied wave of horsemen.

Thirty yards from the gate, the archers open fire. Pick a number from the Random Number Table.

If the number you have picked is 0–3, turn to 244.

If the number you have picked is 4–6, turn to 29.

If the number you have picked is 7–9, turn to 150.