Battle reports thread - King of the Romans PBM

[Ituralde]

Battle near Ragusa, 1186:

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The Venetians had been quite surprised to find the Fortress they had been sent to relieve already in enemies hands. Leopold had ridden forth to meet them and drive them back south. They had chosen the more orderous path north though, probably hoping that they could use the mountains as cover. Not wanting them to join with some Venetian remnants further north, Leopold pursuied his enemy deep into the mountains. When he was finally able to get them to battle he surveyed the battlefield with much dismay.

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Mabye it would have been less strenuos to have faced this men in the Fortress at Ragusa than attempting to attack their formidable defensive position. He could count himself lucky that there were no Missile units among the enemy. Instead he was faced with some of the most formidable Heavy Infantry known.

Not wanting to exhaust his men too much Leopold tried to advance up a somewhat shallower slope to the East of the enemy, hoping to gain some equal ground from where he could attack him. Mabye sensing his plans or eager to engage the enemy the Venetians also set out towards a downhill slope to the left of their position.

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This gave Leopold enough time to deploy his men in a defensive fashion. Now turning the battle. His enemy would be charging downhill but he outnumbered them and once the Infantry was within reach of his Crossbowmen a deadly hail of bolts began, breaking the first attempts of attack.

Soon the Venetians engaged the Imperial troops in earnest though. Due to their superior numbers and positioning the enemy soon found himself outflanked. Leopold had meanwhile maneuvered his cavalry further up the slope from where he could survey the whole battlefield, and more importantly lead a downhill charge!

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The Venetian resistance was quickly dispersed and none of the Heave Infantry lived up to its reputation as they were hacked down one after another. Those that fled were mercilessly cut down, it would not have made sense to take them prisoner. After all he had just conquered Ragusa to deny his enemy access to these elite troops, so he surely had no intention of ransoming anybody.

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