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When you are close enough to make out individual faces amongst the enemy, you order a general charge – and both battle-lines of your men leap into action! You cannot hope to track the advance of five thousand men, so you instead watch the battalions flags as best you can – your helmed head scanning the field. Adrastus’ forces plant themselves in the earth, apparently satisfied with their own positioning – they hope to withstand the charge of your men by will alone, apparently. In the distance, you see your uncle’s massive brazen frame, complete with red horse-hair crest – he stands atop a wheeled platform pulled by his own personal honorguard, to better view the field. Your uncles Mecisteus and Pronax are nowhere to be seen – unnerving.
As the Argive troopers collide, the crash of thousands of wooden spears against hide bucklers is deafening, and you begin to hear shouts of pain from the lines. You are barking orders left and right – helping your troops reposition and bring their full might to the fore. Your men listen as if you are Zeus the Thunderer, and are pushing hard against the bulge of Adrastus’ troops – and making headway! Your advancing right flank is already beginning to dislodge their opponents – you see hundreds of men scattering out of position and into the empty field. Bloodied, dirty, or disarmed, they are out of the fight by the rules of the exercise. Likewise, on the left, you see a pair of your battalions chewing into their counterparts. In fact, only one of Adrastus’ battalions has withstood your advance, battering your middle-left battalion.
Still, it’s clear that you are winning the day! You estimate that 70% of your lines are advancing and Adrastus’ first line has already been mauled, although they are certainly not yet out of the fight. If this continues, you’ll win the battle handily. But how to proceed?
>Maintain position in the commander’s backfield. Your forces are advancing – there’s no need to abandon your location, with your troops pressing ahead. You’ll also order your flailing battalion to pull back from the line, and replace them with their reserve force.
>Relinquish control of the army to Argyros, and advance to the right flank with your honorguard. Your forces are already succeeding here, but you have the ability to singlehandedly crush remaining resistance and may spark a general rout – if you’re lucky, you can collapse Adrastus’ entire right flank!
>Relinquish control of the army, and advance with your honor guard to support your flailing battalion personally. You’ll be able to reverse their loss and supplement their numbers with your honorguard, plugging the developing hole in the line as well.
>Relinquish control of the army, and hunt for your uncles Mecisteus and Pronax along the battle line – they are hiding somewhere, you know it! Better to drive them into the open now, before they can catch you by surprise.
>Something else?
