The Battle in the Fields of Emalitos was fought in northeast Basilea, between Basilean forces and an army of Rebels (ex-Basileans) which belonged to Captain Dionne
About
Constance and her mercenaries began to get into positon, moving north and taking postion to the right side of the road. Hayden have short blasts on his horn to communicate to those who could not hear Constance. The mercenaries arranged themselves into three columns, with ten men/women each row. Looking ahead of them, they saw hundreds of warriors in formation. Constance order the unit to load
Tancred, on top of Desiree, met with Hugh and his aides (Trennio and Platus). Hugh pointed out how they were outnumbered 2-to-1 however atleast half were untrained peasants. Hugh's plan was to take out their two units of Men-at-Arms (one swordmens and one crossbowmen) and assumed the peasant's will flee once they do. Hugh wanted Tancred's knights to attack both the unit's flank once Hugh sends his own men to engage. Tancred suggested ten of his knights on the left flank with the rest on the right, Hugh agreed. Tancred moved back to his kinghts and assigned Orion to the left flank with nine other knights.
Constance and her mercenaries began to fire at the incoming Men-in-Arms Swordsmen while being peppered with shots from the rebel's crossbow unit as the Swordsmen marched towards the mercenaries, and were managing to slowly pick off swordsmen while taking their own losses. Hayden would quickly tend to the wounded the best he could.
Orion was waiting, impatiently, for is order's to engage the enemy while observing the battle. Orion ordered his troop to form up and make it appear they were about to charge, this diverted the enemy crossbowmen to target them, taking pressure off the Mercenary unit.
Constance's mercenaries continued to fire at the oncoming swordsmen, even ignoring getting hit herself, as they got closer and closer. The enemy crossbowmen had turned back from the Paladins and continued firing at the mercenary unit. Constance was hit in the leg by an incoming bolt but pushed on. Jaque began to worry about how close they were however Constance yelled back to not run or they will be cut down and to keep shooting. One group of Men-in-Arms Swordsmen managed to get close enough and charged at the mercenaries and locking them into hand-to-hand combat.
Tancred watched as the swordsmen charged the mercenaries, as the other Men-in-Arms Swordsmen unit were engaged with the legion's Men-in-Arms Spearmen led by Captain Georgis which seemed to be going the way of the legion's forces. Heading towards Tancred and his paladins were the peasant infantry. Tancred got the signal to charge from Hugh and ordered to target the Men-in-Arms Swordsmen fighting legion's spearmen, ignoring the peasants. Tancred nodded to Kharius, who gave the signal to the rest of the unit. Another signal from Hugh ordered Orion to charge the Swordsmen who are engaged with Constance's mercenaries. Tancred's Paladins began to charge.
Orion's paladin's charged while the enemy crossbowmen shots attempted to slow them down. Some of the mercenaries had began to flee as Orion saw Constance and Jaque on the front lines, then he heard the order from Tancred to break off his attack which he complied despite the shock of the mercenaries.
The rebel swordsmen charging at the mercenaries stopped as they reformed to face Orion's paladins. Constance ordered her mercenaries to fire while they had the chance. The rebel swordsmen turn again to fact Constance and her mercenaries once they saw Orion's paladin's cease their charge. As they did, Tancred and his paladin's smashed into side of the swordmen, spliting the unit into two. The swordsmen turned to run, only to be cut down by the paladin knights.
Orion and his knights continued their charge, however this time towards the swordsmen engaged with the led by legion's Men-in-Arms Spearmen led by Captain Georgis and engaged with them. The rebels began to run with the far off peasants doing the same. The battle was won.
Result
The Rebels were completely wiped out and defeated
External Links
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