As the king did not do the same, most of his early fire missed, and I believe towards the end of the ranged exchange some of his forced could no longer fire.Īs he finally advanced, he was peppered with arrows and bolts, and then I had my infantry charge.
The king slowly moved his forces towards us, but I had my archers hold their fire until the enemy was well within range to conserve ammo. At the start of the battle I positioned my archer on a hill overlook the rest of the field, with my infantry hidden behind and my cavalry to the side. I captured the king of Swadia myself when his 200 or so lesser-trained army came across my 100+ elite force. They also suffered heavy losses in a number of large (300+ soldiers) open-field battles, and collectively we captured a half-dozen or so of their lords. They were shortly cleared from the north. We also took various castles and their associated villages. Our alpha strike on them was devastating, as we took Curaw and Denin almost immediately (I sieged Denim myself, and was later awarded the city). The war with Swadia has been an interesting one.
