Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150207130230/@comment-17114085-20150209130331

Pacman the great wrote: (Yeah... I'd've used Thermopylae as an example, but Shills beat me to it.)

The archers behind the phalanx fired at the men descending from the walls. Those who couldn't instead sealed (potential) gaps in the phalanx. Some of the infantry (I'm presuming Luciun's, because the shield wall is between the phalanx and the passages of the walls to block of the phalanx), clustered around the exits from the walls, killing the dismounted cavalry before they could gather in any great number.

The some of the archers with Luciun continued to fire at the shield wall, which had been disordered by being charged in the rear. Most of them fired at the Great Cavalry at close range, killing perhaps twenty of them. The cavalry that engaged were swamped by the sheer numbers of the archres, preventing them from withdrawing and recharging, and the horses, who (presumably) couldn't dodge, where killed by axes. His knights, because they were charging from behind, easily killed many of the shield wall, whilst the phalanx managed to kill a few of the shield wall with them now being threatened from the rear. (Already posted why that doesn't apply to this situation. Also last I checked archers aren't able to fire through stone walls, the dismounted cavalry are going down the watchtower which is like any other watchtower from the game walled and built with stone.)

They were able to kill only about 10 or so of the Dismounted infantry before they were able to group with the Housecarl's great cavalry. The shieldwall was forced to split their men, half attacking the rest of the phalanx and the others fighting Luciun's men. The skirmish was tightly packed so Falkreath archers ended up hitting their own men as well as Whiterun's, dealing about 10 casualties on their own side. So the skirmish stood at 685 men on Falkreath's side and 530 on Whiterun's side.

The Phalanx continued to dwindle. The archers that took the place in the center were no match for the warriors, as they were not as skilled in melee combat. Riverwood warriors were able to kill easily the 30 archers that took up position in the middle of the phalanx. Another 10 heavy infantry fell as the thane's men went in from the center rank of the phalanx and attacked the sides. However on the sides another 15 of their own men died. The skirmish now stood at 645 vs. 515.

On the wall the dismounted cavalry and the archers were now making quick work of the remaining infantry. Only 100 of the regular infantry were left standing against 100 archers and 100 of the dismounted cavalry. The infantry wouldn't hold much longer. Another 50 of the previously 150 cavalry had went down to aid in the Skirmish.

With 50 men bolstering the 30 they lost the Housecarl's now 160 men continued to attack from the south. The Great cavalry had to abandon their horses due to skirmish being too close range to adequately use them effectively. Despite not being on their horses anymore the great cavalry were still expertly trained soldiers. They easily held their own against Luciun's men. And as they attacked from the south another 200 of the Thane's men were fighting with Luciun's men in the west. With this they were able to deal a blow of 20 dead on Falkreath.

The skirmish on the street not stood at 625 vs. 565. On the wall it was 100 vs. 200. The sun was already going down as the day was coming to a close.