ADLG -Gam Report 203

Andalusian Arab (133) vs Three Kingdoms Korean (121)

For the second game Harry wanted to try out his post-Oxford Koreans, or more correctly the list he wanted to use but it hadn’t been permitted! I used the same Arab army but this time in 15mm. Once again I was given the privilege of attacking in the plain. This time the Arab Cavalry wings were deployed in the centre and on the left, leaving the infantry to hold the right. This time the gully didn’t hide any nasty surprises, or rather the Arab Lights were sufficient to contest the area.

The Arab cavalry is still redeploying to the left while the Korean’s advance!

Once again, the cunningly angled field has allowed it to be lined with Bowmen, this time Koreans! In the centre the lines continue to close to battle.

Contact! A possible overlap on the Arab right as the heavy spearmen drive of the enemy lights. On the left the Arab cavalry have contacted the Korean cataphracts, but there is a gap that the Arab second line wishes to exploit – all things being equal; which is rarely the case.

And here is why it never the case. The next round of combat resulted in heavy losses to the Arab Cavalry and the Korean’s wisely plugging the gap. However on the right the flank attack by the Arab spearmen has destroyed a Korean unit, but the Korean pikes are causing pain on the Armoured heavy spearmen; in this case the armour and eliteness wasn’t saving them at all!

On the right the Arab spearmen were forced to orientate to a threat from their right, leaving the sole surviving spears to try and hold the enemy pikes. We should perhaps draw a veil over the demise of the first line of Arab cavalry which have succumbed to their wounds and pressure from the cataphracts.

Outcome

A Korean win by 13 to 23.

Lessons Learnt

I am curious as to what might have transpired if I had kept the second line of Cavalry intact as a reserve.

Relying on elite troops with armour is no benefit or defence when you roll ones in combat.