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"Companies, march! Advance into positions" you bellow, barking out orders that are then relayed to the captains who carry them out. Sprawling walls of footmen, their long pikes pointed upwards into the sky, move downwards through the hill, forming at the very mouth of the bridge on your side, just close enough that your foe might be funneled into the bridge within the waiting sights of your firelocks, whose men now line across the side of the hill, behind the barriacade or inside the trenches. You see the line of fancily-dressed mercenaries, blue-feathered caps on their heads, quickly marching into the forest grove alongside the Saker cannons.
Your horsemen, of no use to you at your sides, are sent out into the flanks, to if not stop then delay any sudden flanking strikes.
You stare beyond the river, looking at your foe. The Vanguard party is within vision, yet distant still. Even from here, however, you can see the gleaming armor and fluttering banners, shining with such brightness so as to make some sort of mockery against your own knights in comparison. You need not see them from close to know the might of their personal panoplies. These are <span class="mu-i">Cavalieri</span>, wearing <span class="mu-s">Antinian Plate</span>, the greatest of armorsmiths of modernity. <span class="mu-i">You very much doubt your own cavalry would have much of a chance against such finely equipped horsemen, even if it had not been for their far greater numbers.</span>
By now, most of your army has gotten into position - yet your enemies do not move. They remain upon the other side of the river, upon an elevation that matches yours. It is clear they've no intention of charging just yet. So what is their plan? Do they intend to wait for the main column of men, the body of their force? And more importantly, <span class="mu-i">where is the rest of the Famiglia?</span> You know them to be reputed as a two-thousand strong force, yet from what Joan (who has taken to serving as your personal spotter once more) says they've nothing close to such numbers. Perhaps they are with the army, or perhaps divided across the plains, or perhaps, if you are most unfortunate, they are on their way towards the fallen crossings. You can only hope they've not the ability to drag their mares across the Carsa.
You've no intention of playing at their tune, however. Perhaps you could have your Sakers open fire upon these knights (though if they had not spotted them before they surely will), or perhaps to reposition your troops once more!
"Their infantry is growing ever closer, sir..."
<span class="mu-s">CHOOSE YOUR OPTION</span>
>Open fire against the Cavalieri!
>Send out another marching order (If so, which?)
>Do nothing, just wait and see.
>Write-in
