[JonPop]

Surprise was the key to victory. All of the soldiers guarding the ship and seven aboard ship had been killed. The remainder of the men on ship had been taken below and locked up. The loss for the BetterMan forces was 13 dead, 2 wounded. The crossbows were an unforgiving weapon.

The dock had been cleaned with buckets of water to remove the blood and the burned bales had been hidden. To the eye, everything looked as before.

Robin and his men were on the rooftops overlooking the wharf. The Knights had removed their armor and were on board the ship along with the archers and remainder of the soldiers.
The cannon of the ship were wheeled around to face the dock, loaded with grape shot and ready to fire.

Sir JonPop was dressed in the Captains long coat to hide the bandage on his arm. Princess Susan, who had been forbidden to take part in the seizing of the ship, was now aboard with several quivers of arrows.
A rider had reported to Robin Hood, that the delaying tactic had been a success but with great loss to his men. They had delayed and killed many soldiers. He reported that the convoy was fast approaching and the remainder of Robin's men were still following behind and beside, killing those that were slow to catch up.
The BetterMan soldiers were all armed with the captured crossbows and the longbows of Robin Hood's men and the archers were equipped with steel tipped arrows that would penetrate armor. The stage was set.