Salammbô Chapter 14 - The Pass of the Hatchet, part 2

In which a beleaguered army suffers the ravages of hunger, thirst, and despair beneath a stifling mist, their bodies and spirits succumbing to relentless misery as hope wanes. At length, an envoy is sent to parley with their stern adversary, whose stern acceptance of their plight culminates in a grim and relentless spectacle of power and submission upon a sunlit plain.