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The army came to a stumbling halt as the first arrows began to fall. The column your men were formed in wouldn't do for this situation, but on the other hand, you could not regroup without leaving the men in the open vulnerable to the enemy's attack. You had to counter them somehow. Of course, your own archers could offer counterfire, while the others would regroup into a line of battle.
The horse quickly turned about to fall back; the foot had a much harder time about it. Their heavy armour meant that though they could take a few arrows here and there, they were also slower, and you would need to move to engage the enemy upon the slope. If you could get your footmen into contact with the archers, they would surely melt in the melee.
But to get them there, you would need to suppress their barrage with one of your own. You had your crossbowmen and your rangers.
<span class="mu-i"> ''Send word to the archers: rangers and crossbowmen both; have them form a line and prepare to give counterfire to those bowmen upon the hill.''
You won't let it end here for certain, that's certain—not without shedding some of their blood as well. A few of the unlucky ones already lay dead upon the field, hit in the throat or eye. You can only hope a few of them have none-fatal injuries.
The lines themselves were at first a mess before the sergeant quickly reordered the formation and your own archers made ready to fire. The crossbowmen had to advance a bit more to make up for the shorter range of their weapons, but their accuracy would make up for it.
There is still one thing you could do before ordering the advance: to help the men regain some confidence and to ease the effect of the ambush, you could attempt to rally them if you so wished, though you weren't certain at what risk it would put yourself.
Would you like to rally the men?
>Yes, yes I would (Attempt to rally the men easing the malus if you are succesful, at risk of your own personage. [Roll a 1d100]
>No, just execute the plan [roll a 1d100, DC 35 (Base DC of 50-15=35)</span>
