RP: The Second Battle of Weser.

The second battle between the Chatti and the Roman city of Arx

Part 1

Keffy Palazzo

Ansgar had decided to try to push back the Romans once again. The camp the romans were near was sent more reinforcements from Kuno.

Ansgar had positioned his cavalry in a way that they were both hidden in the trees, and that if anything passed between the two cavalry forces, they'd be crushed.

Ansgar ordered his archers to fire wave after wave of arrows against the Roman camp, hoping to bait them into charging.

Imperial Wyrm

Arrows were fired into the camp and soldiers were killed, but many took cover.  Archers fired arrows through slots in the city gates, hitting many Chatti. 

Titus was commanding his men on the front lines, behind the gates.

"We must hold them off for a while..I have a plan", Titus says.  Titus smirked. 

Keffy Palazzo

The spearmen used the same tactic as before, holding up their shields near the archers, parting the shields for the archers to fire every once in a while protecting them.

Eventually after some time passed, Ansgar decided to order for another smaller regiment of cavalry to flank the Roman camp, forcefully pushing them into the trap.

Imperial Wyrm

Some strong men pulled a catapult they had just forged, it took them a few days to build it.  But it was ready, ready and ready to fire.  It passed by on its wheels, being pushed.  When they were close enough to fire, they lit a boulder strapped to it on fire, and catapulted the boulder.   The flaming boulder flew over the camp and landed on many Chatti, killing them.  Men were knocked off horses and burned, some were killed and injured.

The boulder was not enough...they needed another one.  It would take time to reload.  They needed to get another large boulder.   Catapults were not easy to use.

Spearmen sneaked behind the cavalry, they had been hiding.  They were guerilla warriors, this was Titus' tactic.  The spearmen impaled men, making them fall off of their horses.  Men armed with javelins threw them at soldiers from a distance away.  The soldiers in the Arx camp were taking cover, the gate was still holding up but it would almost be destroyed.

Keffy Palazzo

Ansgar heard the yells of the cavalry, sending a few spearmen to assist them, along with more cavalry to replace the dead.

The flanking cavalry finally reached its destination, half the forces were directly behind the camp, while a quarter was a bit north to the catapult, and the other quarter was south to it.

With this, the flanking cavalry promptly pushed forward, throwing a hail of spears before taking out bastard swords and rushing at the Roman soldiers, and the catapult.

Imperial Wyrm

The gates had almost been destroyed completely, the Chatti had gotten in.  By that time, Titus was mounted on his horse.  Reinforcements had arrived from Arx, men on horseback with lances.  Spearmen had also come. 

Titus and his platoon of cavalry marched into battle, they held off the Chatti.  Titus stabbed a cavalry soldier in the throat, killing him.  His dead body fell off his horse and Titus' lance was painted by the mans blood.  He clashed lances with an enemy cavalry soldier.  They fought angrily while Roman spearmen came and attacked cavalry from behind and in front.  The Romans would not let the Chatti take their camp, not a chance in hell.

The men guarding the catapult were spearmen and cavalry.  A spearman took down a cavalry soldier while the catapult was wheeled away, being pushed back to prevent it from being attacked. 

Keffy Palazzo

The Chatti archers fired a neverending rain of steel tipped death on the Roman camp, while the roman soldiers in the cavalry positions were obliterated, The spearmen sent to reinforce the forest cavalry promptly charged at the Roman camp.

The Chatti soldier clashing with Titus yelled for his fellow cavalrymen, who charged in rage against Titus.

Kill the leader, and the army is weakened.