`` we were led to believe , '' and here , hushin paused , allowing these first words to deliver a certain barbed effect to the general as he looked him deeply in the eyes , `` that this was going to be an easy conquest , that the israelites were weak and unprepared for an assault from the north , that you would attack the northern regions , and sweep down upon the whole of the nation , leaving it a heap of rubble , your own words , as i recall !