DojoRat
06-25-2003, 15:42
It had been a great battle. I was caught unprepared in Volynthia,(sp?). The Mongols had me out numbered and I had only two missle units and not a lot of cav. But as their warriors and heavies drew near I unleashed my Huscarles and Chivalric MA's when their battle line turned to meet my flanking cav and Vikings.
The Khan was captured as I sent my own royal knights leader (5 *) into the fray. I chased them for a while but pulled back as the horizon darkened with horse archers.
I used my cav and my vikings to break up their attacks and keep my morale up but couldn't really trap them and a few times an exposed unit was chewed up and routed. This went on for quite a while untill my bolts were spent and my horses exhausted.
But the Mongols were decimated, horses littered the field, and their morale was low. They gathered their last group of warriors and a few heavies to root out my infantry from the small copse of trees used to anchor their line. I would charge again when they drew close and follow them to their death as the sun set in blood. In preperation for this last push I manuevered the remnants of my cav to the left for one final ride to glory.
Or not. It seems fearless leader had had enough and ran screaming like a girl from the field. WTF Would the rest of my troops now panic? No, everthing went as planned and the Mongols were shattered in my counter charge and were chase off the field just before time ran out.
I was hoping my 5* would have gotten a good defender virtue for his efforts but instead he got the -6 girlie man vice. As to why he broke I don't exactly know. I don't think he had any negatives before the battle. I did use him a lot, with the rest of the cav, charging and retreating to keep the horse archers from degrading my infantry. His horses were no more tired than the rest,(1 or 2 bars)but my last move was repositioning him from the safety of the rear to the open spaces on the left flank. But I wasn't attacking yet, thought you never know what you click on when its getting late and you don't use the pause button.
What was really weird was that the rest of the cav, the remnants of three units just said, "Well.. uh see ya" and went went where I told them and then brought home the attack. Oh well, his exploits will be a footnote in the Dannish sagas and his head will serve as a foot rest for the King.
The Khan was captured as I sent my own royal knights leader (5 *) into the fray. I chased them for a while but pulled back as the horizon darkened with horse archers.
I used my cav and my vikings to break up their attacks and keep my morale up but couldn't really trap them and a few times an exposed unit was chewed up and routed. This went on for quite a while untill my bolts were spent and my horses exhausted.
But the Mongols were decimated, horses littered the field, and their morale was low. They gathered their last group of warriors and a few heavies to root out my infantry from the small copse of trees used to anchor their line. I would charge again when they drew close and follow them to their death as the sun set in blood. In preperation for this last push I manuevered the remnants of my cav to the left for one final ride to glory.
Or not. It seems fearless leader had had enough and ran screaming like a girl from the field. WTF Would the rest of my troops now panic? No, everthing went as planned and the Mongols were shattered in my counter charge and were chase off the field just before time ran out.
I was hoping my 5* would have gotten a good defender virtue for his efforts but instead he got the -6 girlie man vice. As to why he broke I don't exactly know. I don't think he had any negatives before the battle. I did use him a lot, with the rest of the cav, charging and retreating to keep the horse archers from degrading my infantry. His horses were no more tired than the rest,(1 or 2 bars)but my last move was repositioning him from the safety of the rear to the open spaces on the left flank. But I wasn't attacking yet, thought you never know what you click on when its getting late and you don't use the pause button.
What was really weird was that the rest of the cav, the remnants of three units just said, "Well.. uh see ya" and went went where I told them and then brought home the attack. Oh well, his exploits will be a footnote in the Dannish sagas and his head will serve as a foot rest for the King.