Battle Of The Three Armies Number 2

The Second Battle of the Two Armies involved the continued siege of the Hounding Castle and attacks by Fezian and Bogavanian forces on the besieging Beersteiners. The latter was necessary for the former because of them being outranged by Beersteiner weapons.

Below: Foreground - Beersteiner pike and Lobsters await an attack by Fezian heavy infantry. The Fezian cavalry follow behind.

                       Fezian and Bogavanian troops opposite the Beersteiner left flank, charge.

     On the Beerstein right flank the foot crusaders and mercenary Great Swords charge the enemy cavalry (the latter having not moved and so vulnerable to charges). The musketeers look for a gap to shoot down the enemy.

                          The mounted Beersteiner Crusaders charge in to help their brethren on foot.

                             The Beersteiner artillery, having pounded the enemy castle wall to collapse, had few remaining targets and prepared to limber up to a new vantage point.

                               The destroyed wall (and a cat food tray used for rolling dice)! The Bogavanian commander inside was wounded by flying debris. No troops were on the battlements of this wall.

                                 Beersteiner pike and lobsters finish off some heavy infantry.

                             Bogavanian and Fezian forces inside the castle, await the attack.

                 Crusader foot versus Fezian mounted plate. (Bogavanian and Fezian units fought in mixed formations). The ladders were not used.

                  Bogavanian allied Hillmen chomp up the mounted crusaders until they kill all of them!

                     The Hillmen, in turn, are exterminated by the infuriated foot crusaders!

As dusk approached the last arrows were loosed. The Fezian leader was fleeing with the miniscule remains of the heavy infantry. The Lobsters began pursuit, until they lost a man from musketry from the castle. They withdrew and left it to the longbows who shot an immense volley of arrows into the fleeing Fezians.            

The few surviving Fezian and Bogavanian forces outside the castle fled to its safety. There prince Vucic, despite blood pouring from a head wound, would continue the defence.

But more bad news awaits the Fezians and Bogavanians. A significant force under King James approaches from the South. The fall of The Hounding is probable next battle. Only a moat stands between them. (I forgot to represent the moat on the table).