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[b:lit]Allied Captain's Army[/b:lit]
- Pikemen [x3]
- Arquebusiers [x4]
- Culverins [x2]
- Hussars [x2]
- Skirmishers [x2]
Indeed, that is your force - rather balanced, if you would say so, though many of your contemporaries would scoff at your skewed ratio of pike to shot. It is needless to say that your force is a rather mercenary one, raised from free men hired through individual contracts of soldiership and drilled before battle. Without the support of the nobility to aid you numbers, [i:lit] you are completely lacking in heavy cavalry[/spoiler:lit]. Hopefully, it won't be an issue.
Your task was simple - to bring these reinforcements to your liege lord and his force as the fighting continued deeper into enemy territory. The theater in which you fight is a patchwork of minor states and republics, their allegiances as varied as their colors. It was of little surprise to you, then, when you had heard reports from your scouting parties that a sizeable enemy force had begun to move to intercept your reinforcements before they could succesfully join with your allies., and even less so when it became clear they intended to wait on one amidst the most vital of bridges over the treacherous and often murky river Riedgen, a stone pass known by locals as the Kuften Bridge.
It is clear to you that you have little choice but to engage this enemy - there is no other bridge over this dangerous safe for those even deeper into hostile territory, and you have little doubt that your current foes would waste no time to lay fire upon you were you to attempt to cross through boats or pontoons. Though there are a myriad of crossings in the river where the water is calm and shallow enough that even a company of men could march by unaided, your heavy and yet so highly valuable culverin guns would not be capable of such a feat.
No, there is little choice but to meet the foe here, and so, whatever your feelings, you must prepare for the imminent battle.
