Against the odds

[Gringoleader]

What's the greatest numerical disparity you've ever faced and beaten?

For me it was invading Brittany with an army of 50 guys against a defending force of around 800.

My army was 17 Royal Knights lead by a nutcase of a Prince and 33 Hobilars. Early period. Enemy was 500 peasants, 200 spearmen, 180 urban militias and some archers.

I knew their general had no valour, and the army was green as grass, so I just stormed in with two arrowhead formations. Killed the general in the opening hit and just ploughed through, they routed like nobody's business and the final tally was that I had killed 12, captured 342 and lost 3.

[Rnold]

next question: what v&v did you get?

[Fearless]

I'm impressed!!!..........Yep definitely a nutcase. Now I know why we have a V&V for cracked brain loon. You have either got to be that or a man with tremendous courage. Defending with 50 is courageous........but to ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you win the game....you deserve to!

[Jaret]

My nutcase was : 23 Hobilars defending vs. 1000 Peasants and 60 Archers in Normandy.

End Result :
6 of my Hobilars dead.
606 Enemy Peasants dead or captured.
60 Enemy Archers trampeled into the ground.

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[Rnold]

what kinda dif.level were you guys playing? in any case it is quite a battle. did you think you were ever going to win it.

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[MonkeyMan]

In my regular heir killing sprees, i sent a particularly inbred fool in 800 peasants, archers and spearmen. He ran in the woods killed 300+ peasants and archers and with just him left killed the enemy general by accident, and then chased the rest of the army of the field, taking another 200 prisoners. he gained a star, skilled attacker/risky attacker so i let him live for another 20 years until he got three levels on his drunk and glutton vices.