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ten thousand
"10,000" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
chosen men
This is an idiom that means these were particularly good soldiers. AT: "well-trained soldier" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
disaster was close to them
Here immanent disaster is spoken of as if it was standing very close by them. AT: "they would soon be completely defeated" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
25,100 men
"twenty-five thousand one hundred men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)