>>5826668>>5826674>>5826757>>5826770>>5826827From under the leaves of the forest, the rangers begin marching out in rank and file. They do not move towards the Udirgols but instead march a metre ahead only to open fire upon the unfortunate nomads who seem to be panicking beyond compare.
And indeed both the knights and the regular horsemen quickly close the gaps between any routes of escape.
You see Phillipe chasing a few Udirgols who broke formation into the forest though one horse refuses to go into forest and is quickly cut down, another one has his horse trip on the underbrush, the horse gets up again, the rider does not.
Even now with them completely surrounded they seem determined to break in one way or another. Yet the volleys keep coming, the footmen keep closing in, and the knights quickly charge any who attempt to break out.
The gauntlet is closed, now it is time to squeeze. Although the enemy arrows still pepper the lines the ordinary footmen keep slowly making their way to them. More and more they fall and you have no doubt that it will be their last stand.
By about four o'clock after midday the battle is all but won. Nearly all their horses are lying dead upon either the grass or their riders. By this point the men were getting low on arrows so King Casimir had the cavalry trample the last few survivors.
The butcher’s bill on your side is heavy nonetheless. The Mozolavians are the most mauled, logical, for they brought the most men, followed by the Logegelians, your own men and the order. Thankfully, no one you knew personally had died on this day though there will probably be a few difficult conversations with the families once your soldiers return home.
But while you were overthinking such sombre things, Ehrenfried rode up beside you with a trophy he had.
‘’I took this sword off some high ranking Udirgol, there take look’’
‘’It reminds me of those sword they apparently have in the orient, look at it, it is curved instead of straight.’’
‘’Aye, this is a sword meant for slashing instead of thrusting. I guess that’s why they couldn't pierce our mail effectively, only their arrows could do that reliably.’’
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