Welcome back to Outlandisha. The Earl and Count have managed to get their respective armies in motion. The Earl’s forces had just finished moving into position when the van of the Count’s forces arrived. While fighting on ground of the Earl’s choosing, (and why anyone would chose such a flat stretch of land is beyond me) his forces are tired and have suffered two crushing defeats within 2 months. The loss of his extra heavy knights in the last battle was a serious blow to the Earl. He's had to dip into the treasury and hire the service of some mercenaries. Unfortunately, the Earl is cheap, and as they say, you get what you pay for.
The Count’s forces while victorious, are tired. Hacking hapless Earlings into little bits is hard work.
The forces are now arrayed for battle.
Deployment from the Earl's side, looking North towards the dastardly cheese stealing Count's troops..
Deployment view from the Count's side, looking South at the Earl's command.
The Earl's Commands.
On the Earl's left flank, his recently hired Mercenary unit of Norther Barbarians, under the command of Thunder the Barbarian. When I rolled these up they had the highest combat rating of any of the Earl's infantry.
The view of the Count's troops in the distance from the Mercenary commanders perspective.
Next up, from the Earl's center is the Command of Wrong Way Ray. His command was untouched in the previous battle. Thanks to his abysmal failures at rolling for movement, he never got anywhere near the action. A unit of Medium Cavalry, Spearmen, and Swordsmen, with the obligatory skirmish archers.
And finally, the Earls right flank and the command of Captain A-Noid. This command was beat up in the last battle. Looking at the results of the last battle I decided he could have scraped together enough crossbowmen from his original two units to form a single unit (with recruits from the garrison units) for this battle. Given the mauling this command took, about half of these units were down one training level for this battle.
A unit of Medium Cavalry, two units of swordsmen, and one unit of crossbowmen, and two skirmish archers.
And that's it for the Earl's forces. I think he should have parted with a little more gold and hired more and/or better mercenaries... but the dice are fickle sometimes we let them make decisions.
Now on to the Count's deployment.
On the Count's right flank, opposite the mercenary command we find Grand Captain Cuss-a-lot's command. Two units of Knights and a unit of mounted arquebus. The Count has heard tales of an elite unit of mount rifles employed by King Calvin of Hoss Hobs to the north. While the secret of these 'rifles' eludes the Count he decided to field this unit as an experiment.
The Yellow Shield Knight unit in the lead... will this performance be as stellar as their last?
A unit of Skirmish Arquebus, a formed unit of Arquebus, a unit of Halberds and a unit of Pikes. The Pikes were down one for training as this was the reconstituted Pikemen unit from the first battle of of Bridgeton. The artillery belongs to the left flank command.
And on the Count's left flank, the command of Captain TBD. The artillery (worthless as it seems to be) is part of this command.
A unit of Light Cavalry archers, crossbow skirmishers, a unit of Spearmen and a unit of Halberds and the questionably useful (or useless) medium artillery battery.
The table is set. Let the foolishness commence.
So much lead, so little time
Ooh, should be fun!;
ReplyDeleteThe Earl looks to be a a serious disadvantage, but, who knows. I've heard rumors of unorthodox practices by Count William.... perhaps a visit from the Outlandishan Inquisition (aka Men in Black) is in the offing?
ReplyDeleteLooks like its set-up for an enticing tussle Barry.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James