Wessex, 1088
"Your Highness, we have arrived at the location of the rebels."
The King of the English ordered all his men to stop, and surveyed his surroundings.
"What the hell is this?" he thought, "The map didn't show any trees here. This might actually be a challenge." He turned his head to the man next to him. "Where are they?" he asked his attendant. He followed the man's outstretched arm into the distance, and squinted.
Their grey colors served them well in this weather, but he could still see them. And there were no doubt more hidden in the trees as well.
"Onward!" he orderd. And so the went, until they had arrived at a more suitable avenue of approach, with less forest to get in the way. The King paused to consider how the terrain would necessitate changes in his formation,
and arranged his knights in a single line with him in the center and the two wings of Hobilars on the right flank, one behind the other. He then gave the final order to advance up the hill.
His plan was simple. Whilst himself and two other units of knights would occupy the visible enemies. The right flank would advance of the woodless side of the hill and envelop the English knights. The left flank would hold back and engage the other rebels when the appeared from the wood.
As they neared closer to the force William charged the archers as the knights to his right charged the spear militia. It was then he noticed that what appeared to be a single regiment of spear militia was actually a battle line with additional peasents and town militia, still oriented to the English's original position.
Soon it was a proper battle. The archers quickly buckled under the power of the King's Guard, William's mailed knights entered battle with the rebel knights, and William's knights in the center fell back in preperation for another charge against the spear militia. The right continued to climb up the hill and surround the rebels, will the left advanced in response to the appearence of the peasents and Town militia.
It was not a true fight for long though, as the militia and peasents soon fled before the power of English Nobility.
Before long the rebel knights followed, and William had taken the field.
The fleeing rebels were soon hunted down and captured, but not before one last regiment of militia revealed itself and forest as it made it's escape.
Fortunately a quick thinking unit of Hobilars gave chase, and managed to cut most of them off before they could flee out of sight.
William called his soldiers back to him before the left. Reviewing his men, he marked "Well then, on to Wales."
Battle Reports - Magna Carta PBM
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