Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24510587-20170621000455/@comment-7262318-20170630035040

Pacman the great wrote:

15th of Sun's Dawn

In accordance with Section 3 Clause 17 of the Battle Tactics and Formation Act of 267, the Pikemen were all required to stand in place as they got shot by Ballistae, and, somewhat unsurprisingly, 93 of them were killed. The 443 that were left were law abiding citizens and did not retreat, but their ranks collapsed into a cramped disorder.

8 Crossbowmen were killed, and 5 Longbowmen, The 32 Crossbowmen and 27 Longbowmen were not too perturbed by their casualites, but for some unknown reason, the Arbalists were really intimidated by not getting shot, so withdrew. The Trebuchets hit their intended targets, but would take time to create breaches in the walls. (Can I get an explanation for that bolded section in chat tomorrow?)

Krozum was quite surprised, and extremely furious to see his men running from the battle for no reason whatsoever, so he bellowed at them "Stop running, you idiots! Stand and fight for your fellow orcs!"

The Ballista, to compensate for the arbalists running away, turned their attention on the crossbowmen and began firing on them with the Longbowmen, along with the 150 Archers that I just remembered I had. The Trebuchets continued to attack the walls.

The Cavalry of Krozum's army moved towards the sides of the wall that were crumbling, waiting for the moment that they fell so they could charge in and wipe out resistance.

With the Pikemen's formation broken, Krozum sent his horde onto them. 400 Berserkers charged into them with their axes and swords ready to maim and murder. Behind them followed 150 Swordsmen and 150 Orcish Warriors, who were there to clean up whatever remnants were left of the army.