Difference between revisions of "War of Reckoning"

While warform listeners were able to jump the distance between plateaus, an Alethi army could only cross a chasm with a wooden bridge from an adjacent plateau. There was no way to climb a plateau from a chasm. The bridges were made of wood.{{book ref|sa1|6}} Permanent bridges could only be constructed next to the warcamps because any permanent bridgebridges built further on the plains were destroyed by listener raids.{{book ref|sa1|17}}

:These were only light in comparison to the bridge-towers. At least 25twenty five men were needed to carry a bridge, though the bridges were constructed with spaces for forty men.{{book ref|sa1|6}}. Their advantage was that they could be carried even while running, so they were much faster than the bridge-towers. Instead of offering cover, the bridgemen were exposed to the listener archers during the approach of the final plateau.

Sadeas waspioneered the firsttechnique{{book oneref|sa2|8}} toof useusing the light bridges, <!---advantageous hefor wastheir first?mobility, --->manned andby hadbridgemen muchwho successwere withleft themexposed because of their mobility. He also usedfor the exposed bridgemen on purpose toof attractattracting enemy fire that would otherwise have centered on his own soldiers.{{book ref|sa1|6}}{{book ref|sa1|15}}{{book ref|sa1|32}} That is also why bridgemen were neither armored nor trained.{{book ref|sa1|15}} When others of the highprinces saw Sadeas' success, they began using his system as well.{{book ref|sa2|8}}

Dalinar did not use those bridges because he was convinced that officers shouldn't demand anything from their soldiers that they would not do themselves and reproached Sadeas for wasting lives.{{book ref|sa1|15}}{{book ref|sa1|65}} HeLater, reproached Sadeas for wasting lives. Laterthough, Sadeas and Dalinar worked together. Sadeas, who could reach a plateau faster than anyone else, becausewith he used thehis light bridges, andwent leftahead hiswith mainmost armyof withhis Dalinar<!---force mainand armysecured witha Dalinar? --->.foothold; Dalinar followed withat the slowpace of his chull-drawn bridges, usingalthough he could reach the lightcontested plateau twice as quickly because he crossed on some mobile bridges Sadeas had lent him so he didn't need to crossstop theand lower his own bridges at each chasmschasm. At the final plateau, Dalinar would put his own bridges forward, so as not to waste bridgemen's lives.{{book <!--- not in the Tower Battle? --->ref|sa1|58}}

Kaladin was the first to train a bridgecrew of a light bridge{{book ref|sa1|14}} and had considerable success with it.{{book ref|sa1|59}} Not only hedid managedhe manage to make them faster than other crews, he also managed to figure out a way of carrying the bridge so it could offer protection for the crew.{{book ref|sa1|32}} <!--- fits passage about Kaladin (and Side Carry) in here? --->