Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150131101228/@comment-24696651-20150204211451

(I think that infantry, even if only regulars, would be better equipped for hand to hand than archers. The regulars would have (admittedly light) chain, and battle axes, versus perhaps leather and clubs.)

Before the infantry made contact, Luciun adopted a different strategy and moved his men backward slightly, so they were just outside the walls, at the breach. That way, Whiterun's forces could only come from one direction, and if they cavalry charged round the corner, they would lose their momentum. Indeed, any attackers would be disordered as the clambered over the rubble and fallen rock. The infantry quickly formed a shield wall, with the same crescent as before. Infantry armed with pollaxes and spears were immediately behind the first rank of dismounted knights. The pollaxes and spears braced for the cavalry, forming a phalanx-like formation, whilst the knights in full plate had swords and good shields for hand to hand.

The archers likewise moved back, and the mangonels began to unlimber. They were just behind the heavy infantry, and would be able to fire over them. The archers, meanwhile, began to fire at the charging enemy.

The infantry on the walls concentrated at the points where they already had a foot hold to gain local superiority, trying to link up their groups. Their main strategy was to simply hack away at the nearby archers before they got a strike in.