Impatient to see some results of his efforts Peter the Famished demanded of his generals (and his Small-Plater allies) another attempt to emplace Hanz on the Gluttonian Throne. No impromptu effort this time, his generals carefully coordinated the gathering of the armies to the south of the capital to effect a storming of the fortress and link up with the Small Plater faction holding the citadel. Marches were organized, garrisons called into action, the border with Boozonia was sealed off to prevent any untoward surprises. Everything was in order except for one small factor, a spy in the copy-room was passing the information to the Proper-Meal faction.
This allowed the Proper-Mealers to organize a timely response; Freedonian forces moved eastward with sudden urgency and the armies gathered to block the advance of the Small-Platers. By happy circumstance the garrison of Bourguignonne showed up having deduced that the sudden absence of the Small-Plater forces in the area meant that they were moving against the capital. They had undertaken a forced march that only such highly trained troops could endure to appear just in the nick of time.
The circumstances are now set for the largest battle in living memory with the throne of Gluttonia as the prize.
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