Achaemenid Persian (64) vs Tlaxcalans (290)
Paul requested one more trial for his Tlaxcalans, before he packed them up for the trip to Lisbon. I obliged by putting together another Achaemenid Persian Army for him to fight. This time the army used a Greek ally with a command of armoured Hoplites. In deployment to attack in the plains I placed the allies in the centre flanked by two similar Persian corps.
Our advance precipitated a significant redeployment of the Tlaxcalans to their right after their ambush was tripped. They continued in the centre to loiter on their hill, while the Spanish and pikes moved forward.
On the left we refused to engage in the plantation and decided to refuse that flank. In the centre we wanted to use the Immortals and Sparabara to provide fire support as the Hoplites moved forward to engage.
Instead, it was the Persians who were forced to engage the Pikes and the Spanish. On the left the Persian bows are causing hits on the Tlaxcalans. In the centre the Greeks are going to have to make a decision as to how they fight in two directions at the same time.
In reality there was only one option; that was to engage the Pikes one-on-one and leave the other Greeks to fight and destroy the enemy to their front, and trust in their armour. On the right the Persian cavalry screening the plantation are succeeding in winning the firefight and preventing the right of the Persian line being endangered.
The Persian right has been very successful against the Pikes, whilst the Greeks have traded blow-for-blow with the Tlaxcalans.
The Persian left is fighting to buy time for the centre and the right to win the day. However, the remains of the Tlaxcalans left proves to be increasingly stubborn despite the losses and being attacked in the flank.
Outcome
A battle that was won on the last turn through some Tlaxcalan good fortune, by inflicting 24 losses to receiving 25 of 26.
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