10,000 killstreak

The kings agreed. Morganor blew a distinctive call on his horn, and the army swiftly began to retreat towards this bridge, seeking the safety of a defensive regrouping. But the bridge soon piled up with men trying to climb over one another like sheep fleeing before a wolf, and King Arthur and King Ban killed ten thousand of them as the retreat became a rout. Merlin then advised that the killing should stop; it was better to return to the enemy camp and divide the gold and silver and all the other valuable things that the enemy had left behind. King Arthur considered this good advice, so they let the remaining strag- glers flee with their lives.

Of Arthure and Merlin - Translation by https://reflection.eleusinianm.co.uk/