Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150207130230/@comment-17114085-20150212194326

Pacman the great wrote: (I'm not going to be able to reply much for a while, I had a meningitis jab and was allergic to it.)

The skirmishers started to break rank and run, outpacing the shield wall due to their lighter armour. The phalanx, realising this, also ran. Though they were as heavily armed as the shield wall, they didn't have to worry about keeping formation, so could retreat.

The infantry commander stared at the ground, remaining silent.

Fifty of Luciun's knights focused on taking out the great cavalry, supported by the skirmishers, whilst the rest of the knights fought the shield wall. The infantry primarily focused on the other dismounted cavalry, but some helped the knights against the shield wall. (Ouch, hope you feel better soon. I know full well that sickness tends to make you not want to reply. I was sick with pneumonia a few months back and stayed away from the Wiki for 4 days.)

The Thane was with the force in the west fighting the phalanx. Seeing that the soldiers were retreating and a few of his men had gone chasing after them he called them back to reinforce the soldiers in the east of the skirmish.

The archers on the wall continued to fire down on the retreating soldiers while they were in their line of sight. They were only able to kill about half a dozen soldiers before they were stopped firing. (449 vs. 420, but 164 men are currently retreating from the battle.)

The dismounted cavalry leader wasn't going to repeat himself a third time. He ordered his men to continued attacking the infantry and they resumed fighting on the wall. The archers, as soon as they stopped firing (180 vs. 80)

(I assume by knights that you mean heavy infantry.)

The cavalry and the shield wall lost another 20 men, but with the full 400 men now fighting Luciun's 285 soldiers in the east the numbers were now in their favor. The Thane's men reinforced the warriors attacking Luciun's men from the west and started to push them back due to superior numbers and were able to deal 14 casualties to the Jarl's men. Of the great cavalry 30 still remained and another 90 regular cavalry still remained. (435 vs. 400, in total but 164 out of those 435 are currently retreating in the west. So in truth it is 271 vs. 400.)