89. The tail of the tale and the ambush

The sun is going down and dusk is falling. The sentry sees tiny dots slowly approaching from afar and curiously he puts the binoculars in front of his eyes. This strategic hill allows a perfect vision over the national road so that you can see something on the road for kilometres. His eyes widen excitedly. He jumps up from his folding chair and jogs to where the rest of his group are lazing in their tents under the shade of trees. "Major! Major, come quick! I see something coming down the road! I can’t make out what precisely, but something is on its way!” Hunter awakens and through sleepy eyes looks up to the young troop who excitedly is yelling in front of his tent: "Come, Major! Have a look!” Hunter supposes the mercenaries probably would return along this road and turn in to one of the farms to their hide-out. Maybe a little further on but not too far. It seems to him that they haven’t turned in out of sight. Earlier, he discussed his suspicion with Colonel Morrison and he gave