Sakahich was taught a lesson, his face turning green and then white. He saluted and left without saying a word.
Using some special material, the smoke screen released by the Grand Council army dissipated more slowly than the thick smoke produced by simply burning wet wood; it did not rise into the sky with the heat wave but floated on the ground, moving with the wind.
Therefore, it was not until the eight heavy cannons on the eastern hills completed their loading and fired another round of cannonballs toward River Valley Village that the smoke covering the battlefield thinned enough to vaguely see the scene across the river.
Seeing this, the artillery commander of the Grand Council army immediately ordered the loading of canister shot and pivoted the muzzles to the west, waiting for the rebel's left flank to appear in sight.
